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VOL. VI.-NO. 35.
OVER THE OCEAN.
Trial by Ji'T DisaParing In
England.
RrcoH-ott-"'* Ike Site riot <• *»•««'
»lna«e 'lie t rar-liiwM*"* Mett
toiideinned.
CrtM, May 4.—Majors Kitchener and
Rundle and Colonel Wertiey, attached to
Ae Egyptian army, are ordered to ascend
the Nile in a steamer on the 9th inst., for
the purpose of making a
Fresh reports of the surrender of Berber
are in circulation. An Egyptian soldier
has been sentenced to ten years’ penal ser
vitude for inciting black troops to mutiny.
He says ho was compelled to spread dis
sension and excite revolt. All efforts to
make him divulge further were without
avail.
Esxis, May 4.—Patrick Slattery has
made deposition before a magistrate to the
effect that at the instigation of a police
sergeant he suborned witnesses to swear
.alsely against the brothers Delahunty,
sentenced at Cork in 1883 to life servitude.
He declares the Delahuntys innocent.
London, May 4.—Trial by jury is going
out in England. In one court alone out of
a total of 1,024 cases no less than 444 are to
be heard by a Judge alone.
Vienna, May 4.—Owing to the discovery
at Moscow of a plot to assassinate the
Czar the festivities in honor of the coming
of age of the Czarevitch will be held in St.
Petersburg.
Pennsylvania Outlaws.
Kittanning, Pa., May 4. —The reported
encounter between the Haynes brothers
and Dan Mitchell and the Sheriff’s posse
did not take place. After the failure of
Officer Stiveson and his assistants to ar
rest them, the Sheriff’s posse of fifteen
started after them, but so far have been
unable to find any trace of the outlaws. It
is reported that they robbed a
store at Cochran’s Mills last
night. A vigilance committee is
forming throughout Armstrong County,
and if captured they will be lynched. Last
night Officers King. Oshea and Staley at
tempted to arrest three brothers nt? lle d
Skelly, who resisted, and in the encounter
which ensued King was shot tw’ice in the
head, and Oshea and Staley had narrow
escapes, each having a bullet hole through
bis coat. About twenty shots were ex
changed. The three .Skellys were arrested
to-day and are now in jail. They have the
reputation of being desperate men.
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Freight Conductor Killed.
Bunker Hill, 111., May 4.—After leav
ing the station last night freight train No.
35, west-bound, divided one mile south of
the city. A. H. Coker, conductor, was
thrown off the caboose across the track, its
wheels passing over the small of his back,
mangling him, and causing death an hour
later. The deceased was unmarried, and
aged thirty years. The remains were for
warded to Mattoon this morning, where his
mother and step-father reside. A brother
met a similar fate a year since a few
miles further south. A brakeman on the
caboose with him was pitched on the for
ward car, sustaining minor bruises.
The Steamer Florida.
New \ ork, May 4.—Agent Baldwin, of
l i»‘ State Line steamers, received many in
quiries to-day regarding the Florida, but
be was unable to give to any of them more
than a hopeful reply. There is a general
disposition, even among the friends of the
! .Gsengers, that the vessel was destroyed
y dynamite. The steamship Alaska, ar
r'ved to-day, brings no news of the steam
er state of Florida.
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I he Texas Floods.
Jefferson, Tex., May 4.—The river is
Eher than for eighteen years. The lower
portions of the town are under water, and
’""y p i of families forced to abandon
in h ° neS * ’ s believed every bridge
i 1 has been swept away. Large
| i ms ot farming country are submerged.
" s ® onero pß, bridges and other prop
y will reach many thousands.
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•he Siamese Embassy Arrives.
Si E " ' " ,1K > May 4.—The members of the
‘ i “® e “ bas sytothe United States ar-
Thw, 011 tbe steamship Alaska.
y were received by the Chief Clerk of
Bian ' ,MltTnen ‘ of State. The native
' men, bers were attired in European
ton "t " eS I he embassy goes to Washing
mu to-morrow.
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Sad Calamity.
»»ependence, lowa, May 4.—John Duf-
Hi ti" U ' e ’ ,ltur her* , burned yesterday,
the fl 11 <en ' P! ' r daughter perished in
hiu Th o parents were also badly
> and another child is not expected
’•'> i ©covey, •
! ’be Empress Anna Dead.
wi,i, ''' E ' ,' May 4-—The Empress Anna,
trin " '''"H’eror Ferdinand IV., of Aus
dead aun ' l °f the present Emperor, is
b» P)l ' <, ■i ' a^e . ei khty. The court has
months ' ' * nt ° ,no,,, ’ n ii>g for three
N The Walking-Match.
it New v" RK ’ B—The walking-match.
E’rald l,v n k en ' led the victorv of Fitz
'do- P, tle following score: Fitzgerald
. Howel 1(6n2 . Panclmt 56d : Xoremac,
F'tzgera■ y ’ Vint ’ «».
10s. beam. tn ? l fle h ‘ ? 000 11 nlile at fth - 2°>n.
ng the record by over four hours.
Crime.
lK >dca, lb '.’ r KK ’ M “ y 4 - —l ’“tri* k Keating, a
n ® Wa« in f i ’ u ' n Policearrived
J .'.' l-l dnmk, lv-n;. o.tb,. h.md of
Stye Dalton trails.
4. STEAMSHIP LOST,
Heverat S uapeetMl Dynamiter** on Board
mid the Nnpposilion Expressed That
Nome of the Deadly Ntufl' Muy
■lave Accidently Exploded.
New York, May 3. —Austin, Baldwin &
Co., agents of the State Line steamships,
Il>is morning received a dispatch from Glas
gow as follows: “The steamer Devon, New
York for Bristol, picked up, April 7, two
lifeboats of the State of Florida, without
occupants or gear. A sailing vessel bound
west was signaled by the steamer City of
Rome, April 23, latitude 445°. longitude 42”.
had the shipwrecked crew of the State
Line steamer on board.” The City
of Rome arrived at Liverpool April
27, from New York. The State of Florida
was of four thousand tons, built at Glasgow
in 1879. Among the passengers were Mrs.
P. Ward, Cleveland; Henry Wood, Miss
/Lillian W. Wood, Mrs. E. Wood, M. E.
Wood, Miss May Shackleton, of Ohio: Wal
ter King and James G. Graham, of Canada;
James Cruikshank, of Braddock, Pennsyl
vania; Andrew Tarus, Thomas Williamson,
Thomas Tayior, Jr., Miss Amy Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. T. Taylor, Mrs. Anna Taylor,
Miss' Ada Taylor, and Abraham
Williamson, of Chicago; George Edding
tsn and A. Bethune, of Toronto. When the
State of Florida left this port a rumor was
current that several of Rossa’s agents were
on board with dynamite, and detectives
were awaiting the arrival of the steamer at
Glasgow to arrest the men. This is con
firmed by cable from England. Rossa said
he knew- nothing of the men reported on
board.
London, May 3.—The C.ity of Rome
makes the following statements with regard
to the signals of the sailing vessel spoken
April 23: “The first signal was ‘Ship
wrecked crew,’ and then followed two
other signals, the first supposed to be
‘State,’ and presumed to refer to the State
of Florida.” The Captain of the Devon re
ports that he picked up two life boats of
the State of Florida Sunday evening in
latitude 47°, longitude 34°. He feels cer
tain the occupants were taken off by a
passing vessel.
Glasgow, May 2—The manager of the
State Line believes there was an acciden
tal explosion of dynamite on the State of
Florida. It is believed dynamiters were
among the passengers.
The Forest Fires.
Williamsport, Penn., May 3. —Latest
reports here show the forest fires at various
places have been extensive and very de
structive. Along the Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad, from Driftwood west to
Kane, heavy fires were in progress last
night. Many cattle are reported surround
ed by flames, and a number of fisherman
had great difficulty in getting out of the
burning territory. A large territory in the
Western part of Lycoming County was
burned over, but the loss is not very heavy.
In Tioga County the fire is general. Large
quantities of timber are destroyed
along the line of the Tioga as
well as many bouses, barns
and other buildings. The town
of Thompson is wholly destroyed,
including a saw-mill. Loss over SIOO,OOO
Seventeen houses were burned in Arning,
entailing an additional loss of $15,000;
2,000,000 feet of lumber also burned. The
tire is fierce about Morris and Antrim.
Considerable pine timber was among the
property burned in different parts of Tioga
County. The saw-mill of Andrew Kaull,
at Spring Run, Elk County, was destroyed
with 2,000,000 feet of lumber; no insurance.
The saw-mill, logs and lumber of Dr. L. M.
Otts, at Hemlock Station, same county,
were also burned; loss about $0,000; insur
ance, $4,000. Reports from Center and
Clearfield Counties td-day say the loss is
not as heavy as was at first reported.
Houtzdale, Pa., May 3. —The fire which
destroyed the neighboring town of Brisbin
it is supposed originated half a mile west
of Hoover, Hughes & Co.’s mill, where
some Hungarians set fire to the bush to
clear a piece of ground for cultivation.
Wind carried the flames to the saw-mills,
and they were quickly swept away. The
progress of the tire was then very rapid
through the town, and the inhabitants were
compelled to fly in every direction, ami in
many cases without sufficient clothing.
When the first alarm was received, the
business people placed every team at the
disposal of their neighbors, and every bar
room was closed.
Port Jervis, N. Y., May 3.—The entire
village of Gilman’s Depot, on the Port Jer
vis and Monticello Railroad, burned yester
day afternoon and last night. The resi
dents were obliged to flee for their lives,
and were unable to save anything. Not
over half a dozen houses are standing in a
radius of five miles. The fire is still burn
ing. Gilman’s tannery and saw-mill were
destroyed. The whole settlement was
owned by him. Loss SIOO,OOO. Two rail
road bridges burned.
Emporium, Penn., May 3.—The forest
fires in this section yesterday swept over
at least fifty thousand acres, destroying,
as far as ascertained, four large mills and
some thirty other buildings, besides an im
mense number of lumber logs. People are
everywhere fighting the flames. The heat
is intense and the air suffocating, while the
smoke obscures the sun. The loss on mill
property, lumber, etc., amounte to SIOO,OOO.
The damage to standing timbers can not be
estimated.
Suicide of a Murderer.
Harrisonville, Mo., May 3.—James
Maxwell, the young druggist arrested last
night for the murder of his brother-in-law,
Newton Lafron, was found dead in his
cell this morning, having taken poison,
which he concealed in tobacco on his
person. _
Five Men K Hied.
Watertown, N. Y., May 3. —A boiler at
the Whitney Marble-works, Gouveneur, ex
ploded this afternoon, killing five men ami
' fatally injuring two. The building is ato
, tai wnek.
DALTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. MAY 10. 1884.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Locomotive and a Chicago Suburban
Passenger Train Collide.
Two Persona Fatally mid Twenty Merlootly
Injured by the Collision.
Chicago, May s.—This morning ths
Chicago & Eastern Illinois suburban train
left Auburn with passengers coming into
the city to business, and a stop was made
at South Englewood. Just as it was pul
ling out a heavy locomotive of the Grand
Trunk road, which enters the city over the
same tracks, plunged into the rear of the
passenger train, splitting the last car and
telescoping the other two, pinning the
passengers in broken timbers and flooding
the interior with steam from the
engine boiler. Two persons were probably
fatally injured, and about twenty others
seriously injured. The following is a list
of the wounded: Henry Wilson, engineer
of the passenger train, cut about the breast
and face, and two ribs broken. John Car
roll, of Englewood, ribs broken. P. J. Mur
phy, of Englewood, badly cut about the
head and body. A man named
Williams, leg broken. J. Cahill,
of Englewood, body crushed.
W. Cockle, of Englewood, both legs broken
and one eye destroyed. A. G. Massey, of
Englewood, head and body injured. A. J.
Hewitt, head cut. J. Somers, arm broken. J.
McCarthy, internal injuries. F. Wilson, in
ternal injuries. M. J. McGrath, leg crushed.
Nine other persons were injured, but were
removed before their names were learned.
It is thought that W ilson and Cockle will
die. Engineer Terwilliger, of the Grand
Trunk engine, was arrested and locked up
in the Town of Lake police station, but was
subsequently released on bonds. He claims
that the accident was due to fog; that he
did not see the light of the train in time to
avoid the accident.
Solidified Whisky.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 5.—M. G. Peterman,
a German distiller near this city, has made
a discovery that will revolutionize the
manufacture of whisky. He has found a
method c f - making solidified whisky so that
it can be ‘ { ut into plugs like tobacco and
carried i’Jthe pocket. Incident to this dis
covery wls the finding of a p/ocess whereby
whkky may be distilled in liquid' form so
that it -'will be the exact equivalent
of two and three years old whisky
when it comes out of the still. To
successfully perform the feat it is neces
sary to use absolutely pure alcohol, and
this the inventor finds a great obstacle, as
all the alcohol in the market is adulter
ated. He is said to have refused SIOO,OOO
for his discovery. He said to-day that a
man could carry a plug of this whisky in
his pocket, taking a chew or dissolving a
chip of it in water and drinking the pro
duct as he felt inclined. Even if the arti
cles were never manufactured Peterman’s
invention is valuable on account of the
wonderful improvement it has wrought in
the distilling of the liquid. He expects
soon to put it before the public, but is
somewhat hampered at present by want of
funds.
Crops In Minnesota.
St. Paul, May 5. —The Minnesota agent
of the department of agriculture reports
seed as put in well this year. Plowing is
further advanced than usual at this time of
the year. The result of the experiment of
raising winter wheat is not very encourag
ing. In the prairie districts it is
p bad condition, notwithstand
ing the good covering of snow all
winter, but in a few wooded localities
where the experiment was made wheat is
excellent. The acreage of spring wheat
will be about 3)4 per cent, greater than last
year, though not up to the ordinary season.
There will be an increase in the acreage of
oats, barley, rye and flax seed, but the de
crease in the acreage of corn is owing to
the difficulty of obtaining reliable seed.
Fruit trees wintered well.
Severe Storm.
Rock Island, 111., May s.—lt has b6sn
raining almost steadily for three days.
This afternoon about half past four
o’clock a cyclone swept across the southern
end of the town carrying
before it. Three houses, one of them a
two story brick, were completely demol
ished. Half a dozen others were
unroofed, and many barns scattered
to the windr. The fair grounds were
in the track of the storm and all of its
buildings and fences were leveled. Trees
were uprooted and stripped of their branch
es. It is impossible as yet to estimate the
damage. Fortunately nobody was killed,
though four persons were more or less seri
ously hurt. Boats in the river were driven
across to the lowa side, but no serious dam
age to them is reported.
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A Serious Charge.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 5.—-Thomas Sim
mons, of Turtle Creek, Pa., was arrested
to-day on the charge of murdering his
mother-in-law, an old lady, named Catha
rine Dexter, who died recently. The infor
mation was made by a son.of ,Mrs. Dexter,
who alleges that Simmons violently threw
his mother against a door, and inflicted
other injuries, causing her death. Simmons
asserts his innocence.
Desperadoes Arrested.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 5.—501. and George
Haynes and Dan. Mitchell, desperadoes
and robbers, who have been terrorizing the
people of Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson J
and Clarion Counties, this State, for some
time past, have been captured and jailed.
A Farmer Suicides.
Kankakee, 111., May 5. Alexander
Betz a farr r residing in Salem Township,
was found this morning on his barn floor,
dying from a gash cut in his throat by his I
own band. Reason for the act is unknown.
XLVIIIth CONGRESS.
First Session,.
Washington, May I.—Senate.—The Sen.
ate proceeded to the consideration of bills on
the celandar, under the five-minute rule. The
first bill to engage attention was that intro
duced by Mr. Ingalls and reported favorably
from the Committee on Military Affairs, to re.
lease members of the original Fitz John Por
ter Court Martial from obligation of secrecy
so far as relates to votes of members. Mr.
Logan said Congress had no power to release.
Mr. Garland moved indefinite postponement
of the bill. Agreed to without opposition.
House.—The morning hour was dispensed
with and Mr. Morrison moved the house go
into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff
Bill, and, pending that, moved that all gen
eral debate on the bill be closed at 4 o’clock
Tuesday next. Mr. Randall said he had no
objection to closing the debate, but hoped he
would be accorded an hourTuesday. Mr. Mc-
Kinley gave notice that at the conclusion
of the general debate that a motion would be
made to strike out the enacting clause. The
Speaker stated that up to the present time
forty-three gentlemen hail addressed the com
mittee. It was agreed that private business
be suspended to-morrow, and the day be de
voted to the tariff debate. Morrison’s limita
tion motion was agreed to without division,
and the House went into Committee of the
Whole as indicated.
Washington, May 2.—Senate.—The Chair
laid before the Senate a telegraphic commu
nication from Wicker, late Collector at Key
West, Fla., asking that a full investigation be
made into conduct in connection with the dis
charge ot his official duties. Mr. Garland,
from the Committee on Territories, reported
adversely the House bill requiring Gov
ernors of Territories to be for two
years residents of Territories in which
they may be appointed. Calendar.
Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported favorably the House bill
amending the act authorizing the construc
tion of a pontoon wagon bridge across the
Mississippi at or near Dubuque. The amend
ment merely modifies the width of the draw,
which, instead of being 500 feet, may be of
such width as the Secretary of War may pre
scribe, not, however, less than 400 feet. Passed.
Mr. Cullum, from the Committee on Territo
ries, reported adversely the memorial and
joint resolution of the Wyoming Legislature
asking additional compensation. Agreed to.
Adjourned till Monday.
House.—Without delay the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the tariff bill. Mr.
Wemple, of New York, took the floor in oppo
sition to the Morrison Bill. In the course of
his remarks he pointed to the condition of
Ireland as a practical illustration of the free
trade policy. Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, gave
notice of an amendment which he proposed to
offer, when the bill was opened for amend
ment providing that after July 1, 1884, no
duty shall be levied on raw material consumed
by the people or the factories, and addressed
the House in support thereof. He depicted
the advantages which would follow placing
raw materials on the free list, especially to
the commerce of ‘he country with Mexico,
South American and Central American and
advocated the abolition of the duty on wool
I ub a ii, acure which would benefit both the
. manufacturers and the farmers. Mr. Bel
| mont favored the bill. Mr. McMillan de
nounced the present tariff as n monstrous
; piece of injustice,' inequality and false pre
| tense.
Washington, May 3.—Senate.—Senate not
! in session.
House.—The Chinese Immigration Act oe
copied the whole day. There was consider
able oratory. Mr. Henley made a lengthy ad
dress supporting the bill. He was followed
bv Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts, in opposition.
The bill passed by a vote of 184 to 13, the nega
tive vote being east by Adams, of Illinois;
Brewer, of New York; Browne, of Indiana;
Everhart. Henderson, of Illinois; Hitt, Kean,
Lyman, Price,Rice and Skinner, of New York,
and Smalls. Adjourned.
Washington, May s.—Senate.—Bills re.
ported favorably: Mr. Halo, from the Com.
mittee on Appropriations, with amendments,
the agricultural appropriation bill. Mr. Vest,
from the Committee of Commerce, the Hous«
bill to adopt international regulations for the
preventing of collisions at sea. Bills intro
duced and referred: Mr. Flam—To prevent
the acquisition of real estate by aliens. Com
mittee on the , Judiciary. To re
strict aliens and foreign com
panies and corporations in their ownership of
public land and of any land in the Territories.
Committee on Public Lands. The following
is the text of the bill: ‘-Be it enacted, That it
shall be unlawful for any person, or associa
tion of persons, not citizens of the
United States, or for any corporation
or company organized under the author
ity of any foreign State, Prince
or potentate to acquire a title
from the United States to any
greater quantity of public land than individ
ual citizens of the United States are author
ized to enter under the settlement and im
provement laws thereof, or to acquire, re
ceive. or hold by deed, grant, demise, or trust,
hereafter executed, a greater quantity of
land in the Territories of the United States
than 640 acres of land.” The shipping bill was
taken up ami discussed at length. The Senate
adjourned without reaching a vote.
House.—Mr. Dunn introduced a bill to ex
clude the public lands of Arkansas from the
operation of the laws relating to mineral
lands. Referred. Mr. Washburn asked leave
to report from the Committee on Appropri
ation, a joint resolution appropriating $lO,-
000 to defray the expenses attending the visit
of the special embassy from Siam.
Mr. Weller objected. Mr. Lowry
then called up the Virginia contested
election case of < I'Ferrull vs. Paul. The reso
lution seating (FFerrall was adoptcd,*and that
gentleman appeared at the liar of the House
and took the oath of office. Mr. Laird intro
duced a bill for the issue of patents for lands
to any Pacific Railroad which shall complete
its road within thirty days from the passage
of the act. Referred, ’i'fie House then took
a recess until eight, the evening session for
debate on the tariff bill.
Sad Stories From the Forest Fires.
Houtzdale, Pa., Mayo.—A large num
ber of people were at the ruins at Brisbin
yesterday. Rain dispelled the fears of a
renewal of the fire. A strong appeal is
made for immediate aid. Hundreds are
compelled to sleep in their clothes, having
no bed covering or bedding. Money is
needed to provide shanties. The citi
zens of Houtzdale and towns
are doing their best, but with the popula
tion suddenly doubled by refugees from
Brisbin, they are unable to do
all that is necessary, and are
compelled to appeal to charity.
Port Jervih, N. Y., May 5. —The village
of Gilman’s Depot is desolate. Nothing
remains but smouldering feed barns. The
residents were compelled to sleep in barns.
Many spent the night, in the mill, sleeping
on the sawdust. They have lost every
thing.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 5. —Ralph Bagaley,
President of the Arthur Lumber Company,
of this city, returned from the scene of the_
conflagration in Elk County this morning,
an*l reports the devastation great. He es
timates the loss in Elk County alone at
over a million dollars. The heaviest losers
are mill owners.
A Brave Deed Rewarded.
Ottawa, May 5. —The Governor-General
has received from the President of the
United States a gold medal inscribed:
“Presented to Nelson Spalding, Master of j
the British bark, Entine Chelmsford, of ,
Quebec, in recognition of his humanity in ,
pi king up the master and <'rew of the
wrecked Anieri* an schooner, William .
Phail, December 1, 1883.”
SOUTHERN NEWS HLEANINHS.
A large crop of strawberries is expected
on the Maryland peninsular.
Sixteen hundred doves were bagged by
sportsmen in a single day in the rice fields
of West Wateree, 8. C.
The city of Knoxville is to build a temple
on the exposition grounds in New Orleans
to be constructed of the various marbles of
East Tennessee.
The unveiling of the Confederate monu
ment at Quincy, Fla., will come off some
time in May or June.
One of the richest gold discoveries ever
made in Georgia has recently been made
midway between Dahonega and Auroria.
Some specimens were shown that would
yield thousands to the ton.
The Baltimore Women’s Medical College
has added M. D. to the names of Mrs.
Mayne M. Pile, of Pennsylvania; Miss
Hattie B. Jones, West Virginia; Mrs. M.
Elida English, Maryland; Miss Emily W.
Field, Nebraska; Miss Gertrude Scott, Vir
ginia. The first honor, a gold medal, was
awarded to Mrs. Pile; Miss Jones took
second.
The Georgia Republican Convention in
dorsed General Longstreet for Governor.
A Mobilian, well versed in lumber, says
that there is no better investment at this
moment than cypress. It can be had at
very low figures, and will bring a profit in
six months of at least 3.3 H per cent.
Two huge blocks of ice, the first made at
the Tallahassee, Fla., ice factory, were
placed on the sidewalk in front of a drug
store the other morning. Frozen in the
center of one was a dozen Florida oranges,
and in the other was a beautiful wreath of
Tallahassee’s choicest flowers.
A convention of plaid manufacturers of
the South met at Greensboro, N. C. recent
ly. All reported no stock on hand and
many had orders largely ahead of their
mills. They organized as the Southern
Plaid Manufacturers’ Association, and
elected T. M. Holt President.
The stand of corn and cotton throughout
Southern Georgia is said to be very perfect.
Crops of all kinds are now growing off
finely. The most of the corn crop has re
ceived the first going over with the plow
and hoe, and the chopping of cotton will
commence as soon as the land is dried off
sufficiently.
Dr. Eberhart, of Hartwell, Ga., is ex
tremely fond of a joke. The other night he
determined to scare his boys, who were up
town, out of their wits when they -,came
home. So he took a big board cut q\the
piazza, and with a stick of r’ us
drew a fiery coffin on the boa’
devil in it, after the manner of t
He became absorbed in hi; /A FT T'l ’
neglected to watch his phospho. '-Jr* . *
first thing he knew it ignited and before he
could let it loose the skin was burned off
all the fingers on his right hand.
During the noon recess of the High
School at Ackworth, Ga., the other day,
several of the boys went to Proctor’s Creek
bathing, among them Lee Allen, son of Mr.
J. G. Allen. After they had been in the
water but a few minntes Lee was seen sink
ing. The boys made the discovery of his
danger too late. His body was fished from
the bottom dead.
Henry Harris, printer, son of the editor
of the Greenville (Texas) Banner, suicided
a few days ago.
A cyclone struck the town of Del Rio,
Texas, (a few evenings since. The new
Episcopal Church, the Southern Pacific sa
loon and a number of small cabins were
swept away, and many new buildings
were twisted out of shape. Five persons
were severely injured, and Charles Schnack
was killed. Loss to the town, SIO,OOO.
It is claimed by certain old residents
that Beaufort, S. C., is one of the oldest
towns in the country in point of settlement.
Jean Ribault, commissioned by the great
Admiral C'oligny in 1560 to found a colony
of Huguenots in America, having landed
there, or near there, in 1562 to be followed
two years later by Laudonniere with three
ships and a larger company. Scarcely had
the little company reared its homes than
the Spaniards followed and slaughtered
them, and more than a hundred years
elapsed before a permanent settlement was
made. The old Episcopal church, built in
1724, is one of the relies of this latter settle
ment.
Strawberries are being hawked about
the streets of Charleston, 8. C., at five
cents a quart.
In Spartanburg County, S. C., the [Na
tional Bank deposits are heavier than ever
known before.
Maj. Gall, General Superintendent of
National Cemeteries in the United States,
will male great improvements around the
National Cemetery at Vicksburg.
Dr. W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville, S. C.,
has an almond tree loaded with the finest
kind of nuts.
Cotton looks worse in Mississippi, where
there if. any of it left, than at the same
time any year since 1837.
The Maryland State Democratic Conven
tion to select delegates to Chicago will be
held at Baltimore June 5.
A CALL has been issued for a meeting es a i
colored convention in Richmond, Va., July i
8, for the purpose of considering the ma- i
ter>al, educational and political interests of '
the colored race.
Two boys, sons of W. J. Long and Calvin
Jones, were poisoned by eating some wild
herb near Newmarket, Tenn., a few days
since. Their lives were saved only by the
prompt arrival of physicians, who admin
istered effective antidotes.
A water-spout burst over Hutchins Sta- 1
tion, Tex., on the 29th. The water was twn
feet deep on level ground. Farm impie- |
ments, fences and crops were destroyed.
Not a bridge remain*. No lives were k>st.
The destruction of property reaches thon
sands. The water caused Trinity River to
run up stream ail day.
There is « project on foot to drain the
Okefeenokee swamp in Georgia. Ihe lands
are said to be very rich, and the swamp is
interspersed with u number of high and
.in : lands, some of which are fine oak and
q,, hummocks. There will be big |
mone> in the project for the party who ! ,
nl 1V procure the swamp from the State.
TERMS-$1 a year.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
r The United States Consulate at Paris,
it is said, pays yearly in fees over
$60,000.
Over SIOO,OOO is paid annually in j
salaries to base ball players. But iook
at the number of finger-nails lost and
amount of arnica used.
Holland, has just authorized the de
monetization of twenty-five million flor
ins of its silver coinage as soon as the
monetary condition of the coutftry will
permit. This is more than one-sixth of
the entire silver ia circulation.
The parcels post in England is prac
tically a failure. In the eight months
since this branch of the postal service
went into operation the receipts have
only been £155,000 against an estimate
of £340,000.
Mrs. Sally B. Hemmingway, the
oldest inhabitant of Jaffrey, Mass., who
died in her ninety-fourth year recently,
left six daughters, thirty-eight grand
children, ninety great-grandchildren
and five great-great grandchildren.
Hydrophobia is said to be unknown
among the dogs of Australia, which
circumstance is supposed to explain the
action of New South Wales and other
colonies in forbidding the importation
of dogs from Europe and America.
The Rev. J. V. Hickmott, of St.
Joseph, Mo., has imported large quanti
ties of red filberts, Kent cobnuts and
English walnuts to scatter free through
Missouri. He expects to be thanked by
the boys and girls of many generations
yet to live.
The analysis made by Dr. Reuseh of
volcanic ash from the Krakatoa erup
tion shows the principal constituents to
be ordinary pumice-stone, with frag
ments ranging in size from that of im
palpable powder to upwards of one mil
limetre in length.
Men really liable to jury duty in New
York are scarce. Out of a list of 182,-
31 registered voters only 15.450 could
Tfe held for service. Physical disability
J ’was the ground of exemption in 30,000
cases and lack of property in 70,000.
The other exempts were firemen, mi
litiamen. etc.
A Philadelphia baby has won the
diamond ring worn and oft’ered by Lucia,
Zarate, the Mexican midget, to any in-<
fant more than one day old whose finger
it would tit. The midget is twenty-one
years old, and the recipient was just
twenty-one days, at the time the prize
was claimed.
A request has been sent to the Sec
retary of the Navy asking that a navy
vessel be sent to rescue the shipwrecked
crew of the Bath, Mass., ship Rainier,
lost in the South Pacific January 5. The
survivors are on an unfrequented island,
one of the Ujael group, three thousand
miles from the main land.
The “cobweb” bonnet is the latest
thing in Paris. The frame is in the
finest metallic netting, a kind of gauze,
over silk which serves as lining. On
the wire are fixed, at certain distances,
small flies, having the air of “walking
into the parlor.” In front are rolls of
lace or a bow of ribbon, on which a but
terfly reposes.
The day the Bear started north on her
Arctic expedition, the officers indulged
in a dinner the bill of fare for which was
all in French. A curious exchange
starts the inquiry whether, when they
get down to salt horse, pemmican and
hard-tack, their gustatory hardships will
be greatly lightened by making out their
bills of fare in classic French.
Two Chicago packers have sailed for
Europe with the intention of opening a
pork-packing establishment at Bremen.
Native hogs will be used, as the Ameri
can article cannot be imported, and the
packing-house carried on on the same
principle as those in Chicago. If suc
cessful it is believed that similar estab
; lishment will be started in various parts
of Germany. _
In a school at Lawrence Mass., a
i teacher sent for an absent pulpil, and
when the little boy arrived he gave as
! an excuse for his tardiness, that his
aunt—who was alone in the house-had
fainted away. An older pulpil was
1 sent to the house to learn the condition
of the woman, and came back with the
i startling intelligence that she was dead.
I The rest of the family were in the mill.
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■ A Scotch gentleman, who died of
consumption on board a steamei within
four days of New York, was buned a
sea, against the sorrowful pleading*
ilis X. I'Kis occurrence lead* he
that “it would neem
ic( . chambers or ‘ f st . uffer!l
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