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About The Conyers weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 18??-1888 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1888)
THE CONYERS WEEKLY VOL. X. WASHINGTON, D. C, facts and fancies about MKN AND THINGS. Whnt Our National law lUnliers are Dolm —Departmental Gossip—Movements ot President and Mrs. Cleveland. CONGBESSIONAL. Among the petitions and memorials presented to the Senate was one (numer¬ ously signed) from Pennsylvania, asking tsuch a change of laws as to bar all pau¬ per immigration; to prevent the landing of immigrants under contiact; to debar ifrom citizenship other all foreigners who owe allegiance to powers or govern¬ ments, and to require twenty-one years residence before any immigrant can hold lany public office of trust or emolument. A bill reported from the committee and placed on the calendar, authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mis¬ sissippi River at Natchez. The resolution 'offered by Mr. Plumb, some days since, as to the inefficiency of the postal service [of discussion, the West and and Mr. South, Plumb was addressed taken up the for Senate upon it. Mr. Kenna discussed the 'President’s Message on the Pacific rail¬ roads. After a brief speech from Mr. 'Sherman, in reply to Mr. Kenna, and a still briefer one from Mr. Reagan in re¬ joinder to Mr. Sherman. Mr. Stewart ■addressed the Senate briefly in support of 'the education bill. The pending ques¬ tion, the chair announced, was with re¬ spect to the formation of a select com¬ mittee for the consideration of the Mes¬ sage of the President on the report of ithe Pacific railway commission, and that the mover of the resolution, the Senator from Massachusetts, (Hoar) would have (been entitled to the chairmanship, but (the chair was informed by that Senator 'that under no circumstances would he (accept a place upon that committee [In [chairman the House, of the Mr. committee Blount, of postoffices Georgia, on [and [tion postroads, the bill amending called up the for statutes eonsidera so as [to [but provide hooks that reprints no publications of books, that whether are {they or be issued complete or in parts, [bound sold by or subscription unbound, or in series otherwise, or whether shall or [be admitted to the mails as second-class matter. The object of the bill, ex¬ plained Mr. Blount, was to prevent the evasion of the law which designates wliat shall constitute second and third class mail matter. Under the law, books must pass through the mails as third class matter, but an abuse had sprung up and the law had been evaded by pub¬ lishers issuing hooks at stated intervals land passing them through the mails as {second-class matter, on the ground Bible that the ey were periodicals. While the and educational books had to pay eight cents a pound, a yellow-covered novel could go through the mails for one cent a pound. Mr. Crain from the committee on Presidential elections, etc., reported a joint resolution proposing a constitu¬ tional amendment providing that Con¬ gress Ihe shall hold its annual meetings on Ike first Monday in January; placed on House calendar. In the Senate,Mr. Coke presented ame- of El lorial signed by mercantile men ’aso, Texas, representing the extensive mount of smuggling done between the order towns of Mexico and those of the fnited States, under the Mexican free ane law, and asking that a reciprocity reaty be entered into with Mexico in or er to prevent such smuggling. Mr. 'asco presented a telegram which he had jeeived from the vice-president of the jeusaeola stating and that Atlanta that Railroad claimed compa r, company no ■ids except those embraced by the list ■proved Es in by the state of Florida. (This fcde contradiction to certain statements by Mr. Call.) Mr. Blair’s educa ■nal bill was taken up, and Mr. Pugh ■dressed the Senate in its favor..... ■ the House, the Speaker .pro tem. pre lited a memorial signed by Mrs. Waite, ■e of Chief Justice Waite, president of B Woman’s National Relief Association, ■lying fcaged that pensions be granted to those Bted. in the life-saving service; re ■dance with The House proceeded, order, consid- in ac ■tion of previous committee to the report of the on ■amerce, stigation relative to the proposed in¬ of the Reading strike.' After ■ie Bsolidated delay, various propositions were into the following resolu. B>. which was adopted without divis. B: of five “Resolved, That a special commit ■ members be appointed to in. Btigate forthwith the extent, causes a tea ■ct upon the interstate commerce of I continued failure by the Reading Broad company to transport such corn Sce, and to report to the House, by ■ or otherwise, for consideration at any He such legislation as is necessary to Sire to the public regular and com Ke execution by the railroad company Bts obligations to serve as a common ■ier of interstate commerce, and Ring I investigate the differences in the Lehigh and vlkill region of Pennsylvania be Q corporations mining coal and the is; [relating and, further, to investigate all to mining corporations and Pdual miners of anthracite coal in prtion therewith, and all facts in r on to the matter, and report the f t° the house with such recommen ms as the committee may agree bong the petitions and memorials tnted in the Senate were the follow Against the repeal of internal reve taxes on tobacco and cigars, (from figar make;s’ union in St. Louis). For astitutional amendment prohibiting manufacture, transportation importation, exporta and sale of liquors in L'nited States, (from the yearly meet ff the Society of Friends in Balti *)• The resolution offered Mr. CONYERS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1888. Plumb, instructing the postoflice commit¬ tee to of make inefficient a thorough inquiry into the cause ly in the mail service, especial¬ West and South, was taken up for consideration. To public change the limit of appropriation for $375,000. building joint at Jacksonville, proposing Fla., to The resolution an amendment to the Constitution (known as Mr. Hoar’s amendment.) It provides that the term of office of President and of the Fiftieth Congress shall continue until the thirtieth day of April, 1889, at noon; would that otherwise Senators whose existing the term expire on 4th of March, 1889, shall continue in office un¬ til the 80th of April succeeding such ex¬ piration........The Speaker pro tem of the House announced the appointment of Mr. Gallinger, Cummings, of New York, and Mr. of New Hampshire, as addi¬ tional members of the committee oil printing, administration charged with inquiring into the of the government printing gesting office, the Speaker pro tem. sug¬ during the investigation that the committee be known as the special com¬ mittee on investigation. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, from the committee on judici¬ ary, reported a bill to regulate the juris¬ diction of the United States district courts in Alabama; placed on the House calendar. Bills were passed for the erec¬ tion, at a cost of $100,000 each, of pub¬ lic buildings at Greenville, S. C., and Asheville, sylvania, N. C. Mr. Brumm, of Penn¬ raittee presented a memorial working of a com, asking representing 83,000 of Reading men strike; an investigation ordered the it was printed. GOSSIP. The Senate has confirmed J. R. Jordan as United States marshal for the western district of Virginia; T. G. Crawford receiver of public moneys, Gainesville, Fla.; W. A. Fiske, postmaster, Ports¬ mouth, Va. The Secretary of the Treasury has desig¬ nated the First National Bank of Ashe¬ ville, N. C., as a decided depository of add public moneys. He has not to to the number of these depositories excejit in cases where it i.s an advantage to the disbursing officers. The judiciary committee reported fa¬ vorably on the substitute offered by Mr. Culberson in place of all bills relating to polygamy. The substitute provides that polygamy shall not exist or be lawful in the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. The Mississippi House of Representa¬ tives sent a memorial to Congress, protest¬ ing against the passage of the Senate bill having for its object the prevention of the use of cotton-seed oil as a substitute! for hog lard, and proposing to tax lard,, tax oil, and the privileges of manufactur¬ ing and dealing therein. Dennis Kearney, the celebrated Sand Lots orator of San Francisco, Cal., ad¬ dressed the House committee ou foreign; affairs in advocacy of additional legisl a-: tion to restrict Chinese immigration. Mr. the; ; Kearney exhibited a map showing Chinese district of San Francisco and: said that Chinese to the number of 75,000, now occupied the entire pioneer district' of San Francisco, and had erected a Joss house close to the leading Catholic church in the city. There had been introduced and refer¬ red to the committee on public buildings and grounds, up to date, about 150 bills for public buildings. They are scatiered all over the country, in nearly all the States, those for the South being: New Orleans, $1,500,000; Key West, Florida, $350,000; Newport News, Va., $100,000; Texarkana, Tex., $100,000; Monroe, La., $100,000; Columbus, Georgia, $150,000;: Asheville, N. C., $150,000; Staunton,: Va., $75,000; Vicksburg, Miss., $100,. 900. AN EXCITING TIME. The Buildings of I lie Vir«inia Penitentiary Distroyed and the Military Called Out. The buildings of the Virginia peniten¬ tiary, at Richmond, Va., leased by the Davis Shoe company, of Boston, Mass., and operated as a shoe factory, was dis¬ covered on fire. The flames spread of rap¬ fire idly, and, despite the efforts the department, the buildings occupied by the shoe company were totally destroyed, together with all valuable machinery and stock. The buildings burned were three story bricks and covered an area of about 700 feet in length and 60 in width. Loss to the shoe company is estimated at from $150,000 to $175,000. The amount of insurance is not yet ascertained. Soon after the'fire broke out the bells of the city sounded a military call, and in a few minutes about 200 soldiers were on the ground to guard against any emeute of the prisoners, but everything was entirely burned quiet, and after the walls of the building had fallen in and fears of a fur¬ ther spread of the fire was over, the mili¬ tary were ordered back. The buildings were state property, and the loss caused by their destruction will amount to $35, 000. The Shoe company worked between three and four hundred convicts. All the convicts, about 700 in number, remained quiet in their cells when the fire first broke out and for some time after, but when many of the cells began to fill with smoke the occupants clamored to be let out. This was soon done, and the pris oners were turned into the galleries fac¬ ing the inner court, where they remained under a strong military and civic guard until the fire was gotten under control, after which they were returned to theii cells. THE CITY MUST PAY. - George H. Clarkson, a $55 Chicago drum iner who was robbed of in cash, a revolver, a gold watch worth $150 and a gold chain worth $80, has entered suit against the city of Kansas City, Mo., for $5 000 damages. His claim is that the city is responsible for the safety of life and property of citizens and strangers, The case is without precedent. SOUTHLAND D0TT1NGS, INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FOR BUSY PEOPLE, The Social, Religions and Temperance World—Projected Enterprises—Mar¬ riages, Fires, Heaths. Etc. Speaker Carlisle, on account of sick¬ ness, will not speak at Atlanta, Ga. Nashville, Tcnn.,is to have a new dailj paper—the Democrat —with a strong fi¬ nancial backing. Thirteen colored men were arrested in Athens, Ga., charged with running “blind tigers,” and were each lined $50. Gray Poole, a negro deaf mute, Ilaleigh, was found in the fireplace at home, in N. 0., with the top of his head cooked nearly to a crisp. A great icc gorge in the harbor at St. Louis, Mo., gave way and boats and bar¬ ges were damaged to the extent of thous¬ ands of dollars. A careful estimate of the cattle losses in Texas, resulting from the recent severe blizzard, places the number of head lost at between 1,000 and 1,300. Lewis Moore, a negro who was to have been hung at Georgetown, Ga., received a respite from Governor Gordon fifteen minutes before the hour fixed for bis exe¬ cution. A wreck occurred near Ladiga, Aia., on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor¬ gia road. The freight ran off the track, upsetting the engine, ditched seven cars, and hurt two brakemen. One hundred laborers employed on the extension of the railway from Scotland Neck, N. C., to Greenville struck, de¬ manding an increase of wages, which the contractors refused to allow. Charles Ackerman, a switchman in the Louisville & Nashville Railroad yards, at Birmingham, Ala., fell from a moving train and was crushed to death. He was 33 years old and unmarried. Near Red Springs, Robinson county,N. C., Angus A. McNeil, a farmer, was thrown from his buggy and instantly killed. When found he was under the buggy, with his neck broken. Judge John II. Hull, of Sylvama, Ga., died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Scar¬ lett, in Camden county. He was one time judge of the circuit court, and for many years postmaster at Sylvania. Frank Lightford, who, it is alleged, poisoned six persons at the boarding bouse of Hattie Lightford, in Chattanoo¬ ga, Tenn., was arrested at South Pitts¬ burg. One of Lightford’s victims died, and another barely escaped death. Property belonging to the Rover Iron Works company, at Roanoke, Va., was sold at public auction to Clarence M. Clark, of Philadelphia, for $26,000. This includes a narrow gauge railroad of some length and very valuable iron ore banks. Six colored and two white convicts, escaped from the Coalburg mines, at Birmingham, Ala., by digging out of the shaft where they were at work. They dug out on the opposite side of the hill from the prison, and their escape wasnol discovered until night. A fire started in one of the compart¬ ments of the Union Cotton Press, al Charleston. S. C., the principal owner of which is the firm of Pelser, Rodgers & Co. Two thousand bales of cotton were destroyed, involving a loss of over $100, 000, fully covered by insurance. Yellowstone Kit came near breaking his neck during his show in Montgomery, Aia. He slipped from a high backwards. box where he was orating, and full Some gentlemen caught him just in time to prevent the back of his neck from striking a heavy iron-barred chest. Miss Arethusa Weller, Kansas City, who created a sensation in that city by her strange actions, and whose mind be came unbalanced as a result of her atten dance upon the Sam Jones revival meet ings, was adjudged insane by the county clerk, and ordered to be sent to the in sane ‘ asylum In accordance with a petition commercial signed by the presidents of several exchanges of New Orleans, La and many prominent represen ative drtzens, Gov. Nicholis issued a call for an imnu gration convention to meet at that city March 5th, the object teing to encourage immigration to the state. Twenty-fivo of the prominent citizens oi Opelika, Ala., met at the First Na tional bank to take steps in organizing a cotton factory. A committee of five, consisting of Major A. Barnes, chairman; N. P. Rcnfroe, R. M. Greene, G. J. Sud dith and H. B. T. Montgomery, was ap pointed to canvass the town and report. The Atlanta, Ga., directory canvass shows that there are ten chartered and private hanks, with an aggregate capital of $2,225,000; that there are 140 miles of streets and 190 separate streets, 240 miles of sidewalk, 60 of which are paved and curbed. There is 151,000 feet of sewer¬ age. The estimate of the population is 72,000. E. Short, railroad agent at Knoxville, Miss., on the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad, was assassinated. The assassin fired through a window. Short at the time was engaged in making out his monthly reports. His daughter, tele¬ graph operator, and his wife were in the room with him. His wife was shot in the back. A pair of Mormon elders passed through Raleigh, N. C., on their way to Davie county. The Mormon missionaries con fine their operations to the most ignorant people in the backwoods and unenlight ened communities. These latest arrivals say that quite a number of Mormons will visit the South, and do there earnest work in making converts. Several Mor mous have been nearly whipped to death in Western North Carolina. J. Browning, of Jefferson, Texas, bought cooked a half bushel of turnips, and some were for dinner with pork. Nee¬ lies Chaney, Allie Eubanks, and two wo¬ men whose names could not be ascertain¬ ed, both visitors from Marshall, (all col¬ ored), ate of the turnips, and were imme¬ diately taken sick. Browning, who ate also of the pork, was taken sick some eight hours afterwards. It was found that nails had been driven in the turnips, and they had been in a box with “Rough on Rats.” Charleston, S. C., is rejoicing over the capture by detectives of the burglars who have been operating there for the past six months. They were captured in their den on Meeting street. Their names are Andrew Gibbs and James Johnson, with a dozen aliases. Both are negroes under 30 years of age. The officers found in their nest a large assortment of plunder, which filled up a room of the main po¬ lice station. One of the burglars made a confession, and told how they had rob¬ bed over fifty houses within the last three months. JEFFERSON DAVIS Write* a Letter to the Legislature of Mis* sisstppi Regretting He Cannot Address It. The following letter from ex-President Davis was read before the Mississippi Legislature and ordered spread upon the journals: Beavoir, Miss., January 34, 1888. To the Senate and House of Rep¬ resentatives of Mississippi: Gentlemen the honor •. I am sincerely thankful for conferred by your concurrent resolution of the 12th instant, inviting me to visit you during your present session. It would give me great pleasure to meet the representatives of the people I have served so long and have loved so much. It is reasonable to suppose that the time is near at hand when I will go hence forever, and I would be glad personally generation to know the the men destiny of the present to whom of Mississippi is to be confided. Missis sipians from the time of her territorial existence, have borne an honorable part in the affairs of the country, and have shrunk from no sacrifices which patriot¬ ism has demanded. Bearing testimony, as one who comes down to you from a past age, I can applaud the chivalry and integrity of old Mississippi, and my high¬ est wish is that her future record may be worthy of the past. When your very complimentary resolution was received, my health did not permit me, as I desired, at once to accept and indicate a time at which I would visit you. My anxiety to confer with and learn the views of my younger brethren, caused me to hope that at a later period, I might be able to send you an acceptance, but that hope has not been realized, unless the session should be protracted. inability I am compelled attend. to With an¬ nounce my to grateful acknowledgment j of your kind consideration, I am, with cordial wishes for your welfare and happiness individu¬ ally and collectively, your fellow citizen, Jefferson Davis. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Tiie following statistics from the offi¬ cial reports, shows the growth of the co 1 ton and woolen industry in the Southern states in the past seven years, The iu crease in mills in the South during that period was eighty-five, or 51 per cent.; of spindles. 654,036, or 116 per cent.; of looms, 15,734, or 39 per cent. The in crease in each of the Southern states separately in the past seven years, was ns follows: Alabama—Mills increased 18 p er cent'.; spindles, 18 per cent.; looms, 71; j, er cent. Georgia—Mills, looms, 37 per 81 cent.; spindles, 90 per cent.; per € ont, Mississippi—Mills, looms, 25 per 109 cent.; spindles, 155 per cent.; per cent. Maryland Mills, 16 per cent.; spindles, 35 percent.; looms, 14 percent, North Carolina Mills, 61 per cent ; spindles, 139 per cent.; looms, 226 per cent. South Carolina—Mills, 107 per cent.; largest percentage of increase; spindles, 181 per cent.; looms, 195 pa cent. Tennessee—Mills, 75 per cent.; spindles 188 per cent, the largest in S^ ”^27 g0 °Tce„t."spin dies,' 35pmcent.'; I per cent North Carolina has mi Us, agafnst against 49 in 1880. ^ Carolina *9 14 in 1880. ■ ’ g [ & against 16 in 1880. Virginia, Geor ag inB 1880. ^ 4 Alabama, 1880 . 19 against 13 against 3 in 1V5 in 1880. Arkansas lms added one mill s { nce 1880; Kentucky one; Louisiana one . Mississippi two, and Maryland throe., r fhe' total number of mills in the Son: 0 to-day is 249, and consumption of r.-w cotton in 1886 and 1887 was 401,482 bales, against 316,062 in 1884-85. FLORIDA ITEMS. A scheme is on foot to build a railroad from Brewton, Ala., to Bronson, Fla. A large vein of iron ore crops out of the ground near Lake Irma, in Orange coun¬ ty. L. H. Cawthon, of Walton county, has the only flock of pure merino sheep in the South. It is said that Key W est’s custom-house will soon be moved to Tampa. The orange groves about Ar¬ cher sustained a severe check in theii growth by the recent frost. The west side of the Indian River, between Jupi¬ ter and the Narrows, is being settled upon rapidly. The land is well adapted to pineapple culture. COTTON REPORT. The weekly review of the cotton mar¬ ket, says that the total receipts have reached 90,130 bales, against 105,403 bales last week, 145,741 bales the previous week, and 159,308 bales three weeks since, making the total receipts since the 1st of September, 1887, 4,486,132 bales, against 4,346,172 bales for the same period of 1886-7, showing an increase since September 1, 1387* of 139,960 bales. THE BUSY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE EVER¬ PRESENT NEWSPAPER MAN. The European Powers Preparins (or » Great Struggle—Irish Affairs—Storms* Railroad Accidents, Suicides, etc. The Hynes carriage factory at Quincy, Ill. (the largest in the West), was de¬ stroyed by fire. Fifteen hundred cotton operators are on a strike at Cornwall, Ontario, on ac¬ count of a reduction in wages. tion Archbishop Walsh will lay the found Church - stone of the National Irish of St. Patrick, at Rome, Italy. Latest reports from Manitoba indicate that there has been great loss of life on tiie Canadian Pacific owing to snow slides. The private bank of W. H. Cutter, called the “Guelph bank company,” sus¬ pended payment recently at Guelph, On¬ tario. Ah Fat, a Chinaman, was hanged at Victoria, B. C., recently, for the mur¬ der of a Chinese woman named Chney Whey. The signal corps station at NantUcket, Mass., report upwards of fifty vessels in the ice near Nantucket, and from Great Point to Tucknuck shoals. The organized brick makers of Phila¬ delphia, have Pa., numbering about 4,009, decided to demand an advance of fifty cents a day for the coming season. A fire, which started it the store of Henry Rogers & Co., No. 549 Broadway, New York, caused a loss of $1,500,000 before the firemen controlled it. Several firemen were hurt. the Chicago’s labor organization opposes Convention holding of tiie Democratic auditorium National in the new be¬ cause non-union men and convict stone were used in its construction. Dr. Mackenzie made another examina¬ tion of Crown Prince Frederick William’s throat. The tumor inflammation was re¬ duced, and no signs of cancer found. No operation will be made. Tiie McKeesport, National Tube Works Company, of Pa., employing 4,000 men, have posted a notice ordering a re¬ duction of ten per cent, in wages of all employes. If the reduction is not ac¬ cepted the firm will shut down. The carpenters of Pittsburg, Pa., have notified employers that on the first oi May they will make a demand for an ad¬ vance of ten per cent, in wages, and the employers say that the demand will cause & suspeusion of business. Eugene Zimmerman, formerly a direc¬ tor of the Fidelity National Bank at Cincinnati, Ohio, who was in Europe when he was indicted by the United States grand jury for complicity has in the wrong transactions in that bank, re¬ turned. Ex-Lord Mayor Sullivan, of Dublin, Ireland, was released from Tullamore prison the other day after two months’ confinement. A large crowd was gath¬ ered in front of the building and greeted Mr. Sullivan with great enthusiasm, and he afterwards received addresses from various delegations. A man named Fitz Maurice, who re¬ cently took Ireland, a farm rngir Tralee, brothers County Kerry, from which two had been evicted, was going to market, when he was approached by the two brothers, who shook hands with him, as if to make sure of liis identity, and then shot him fatally with revolvers. Tiie limited express west bound on the Pan Handle railroad, ran into an open switch at Urbana, Ohio, and collided with a switch engine. Both engines were badly wrecked. Frank Brown, engineer, and Charles M. Alband, fireman of tire passenger locomotive and Frank Shade, roadmaster, were killed. Wm. McFarland, one of the oldest actors in the country, died in the county jail, at Minneapolis, Minn., where he was awaiting examination as to his sanity. Intemperance had made him a wreck. elder McFarland had and supported and Macready, noted the Booth Foriest, other stars of a former generation. The people of Ivildysart, Ireland, and surrounding neighborhood gathered, and headed by priests, marched toward the court-house. They were charged by and the police, succeeded who used their batons freely, in clearing the streets. Many persons lected were injured. The people col¬ again, and finally 1he police de¬ cided to allow them to remain. Tiie court-room was filled with priests. One thousand two hundred men have become idle at Sing Sing prison, New York, and locked in their cells. Advices from Platfshurg state that the same con¬ dition is true there of three hundred and fifty convicts in Clinton prison. The meq, will be confined in their cells for twenty-two hour s daily until the Senate passes a bill making an appropriation for manufacturing in prisons. About 3,000 men, women and girls, employed in the »noe manufacturing bus¬ iness, are locked out in Cincinnati, Ohio. The manufacturers agreed upon this course of action. The origin of the trouble was the keeping back of the wages of twelve girls in Blocker, Gerstle & Co.’s manufactory recently, which the firm claimed had been paid them im¬ properly by mistake in estimating their work. The incendiary who set fire to the hos¬ pital for Ruptured and Crippled Children on Forty-second street and Lexington avenue, in New York city, has been dis¬ covered in the person of a pretty, mild mannered Wilson. little girl of 11 years' named May She has been in the hos¬ pital nearly three years, suffering from a wry neck. She was about to be sent NO. 50. home as cured when the terrible crime was discovered. London, (England),advices from St,Pe¬ tersburg say that an army officer, who had been shot in the region of the heart, was taken to the hospital, where the doctors declared that his wound was mortal. The officer thereupon admitted that lie had shot himself in order to avoid the neces¬ sity of shooting the czar. He said he was a member of a secret society, which had balloted to decide who should undertake to assassinate the czar, and choice had fallen upon him. When the men employed at Glendowei colliery, near Minersville, Pa., came out from work recently, they were met at the mouth of the slope by a large crowd of wo¬ men from the adjacent Ileckslierville val¬ ley, who besought them to stand by theii striking brethren, and offered, if tliej would, “to share their last crust with them.” As an offered earnest of their substantial good faith, the women them contributions, which they had broughl with them, consisting of bread, meat and potatoes. Little or no attention was paid to this novel appeal. MISCEGENERATION. A Young German In New York CUy Weils a. Colored Woman* The East side of New York city was stirred up very much ou account of the celebration of the nuptials of Arto Shon vitch, a young German of the pronounced blonde type, to Bello Jackson, a buxom lass of most ebony hue. The mar¬ riage ceremony was celebrated at Kra¬ mer’s hall, 66 Essex street, which adjoins the celebrated Silver Dol¬ lar Saloon kept by ex-Assemblyman Charles Smith. The guests arrived at the hall about 9:30, aud were received with astonishment by mine host Kramer, who had made all the arrangements for the celebration with the groom; he natur¬ ally supposing the bride to be some rosy cheeked German lass, and had never stopped to question her antecedents. Great was his surprise, when, instead of a crowd of solid Germans and their wives, a company ol' dusky gentlemen and their ladies appeared, the midst dressed of them in the latest Mr. style. In and leaning his came Shouvitcli, on arm was a large colored girl. She wore the usual orange blossoms, and a veil covered her face. After everything had been ex¬ plained to Mr. Kramer, he joined heartily in tiie laugh that arose at his surprise. The festivities began with a march, and then came dancing. While the company were in the midst of it a scene occurred which was not on the hill of fare. It was the appearance of a poor, decrepit old woman in the barroom. She was crying bitterly; she was the mother of the groom. She begged and his piteously wife. to She be al¬ lowed to see him was brought in by a rear way, and was shown tiie bride through a window. At the sight of her the old woman fainted away. After being revived she begged her son to come away with her. He refused to have anything to say to her, and she was car¬ ried out. In the midst of the excitement a burly German insisted on forcing his way into the hall. He was hatless and coatless. He claimed to be the foster father of the groom, and threatened to shoot not only the bride but every person in the hall who could not vouch for her be¬ ing white. The excitement was now in¬ tense, and loud were the imprecations heaped on the head of the intruder. lie made a dash at the bride. The woman fainted, the colored men yelled, and all through the hall you could hear murmurs of “Gut him,” “Slit his wizen.” At last the man was ejected from the hall, quiet was finally restored, the festivities ter¬ minated peacefully, and Mr. aud Mrs. Sehonviteh left on their weddimr tour. STRANGE ACCIDENT. An orderly of Kossville hospital, patient, New York, was instructed to move a named Charles McClane, from the second floor of the hospital to the third, where the doctors were about to perform raised an operation on ! McClane. The orderly and tiie elevator to the second floor went for the patient. Having placed moved McClane him on a folding cot, the orderly and to the shaft, re-opened the door, without looking to see if the elevator was there, rolled the cot forward. During the orderly’s absence to prepare the patient, the elevator had been sent up a story, and McClane was precipitated the cellar, through the shaft clear down and was killed. MISSOURI 18 IIAPPY. The excitement over the gold discov¬ ery in the Prospect well at Appleton City, Mo., has not abated in the least. The strata in which the gold is found is thought to be from seven to nine feet through. One day’s washings have re^ suited in the finding of better specimens who than ever, and tiie local chemists, all have seen them, pronounce them gold. •SHAKE IN GREAT BRITAIN. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Scotland. It caused no damage. Shocks were also felt in different parts of England. Reports from Birmingham, Coventry and Edgbarton, a suburb ol Birmingham, show that disturbances Scotland the oc¬ curred in those places. In shocks were especially marked at Ding¬ wall, county Ro ss, and at Inver ness. CHOLERA IN CHILI. The latest cholera returns from Chili by cable are: Valparaiso, 46 cases and 30 deaths; Santiago, 54 cases, 18 deaths. The epidemic extends as far South as Valdiva. No more cases have appeared at La Serena. The Peruvian consul at Panama advises the government that the authorities at that port will not accept rnai's from Chili.
