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VOL. VII.—NO. 17.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
A national federation of the work
ingmen of all classes is one of the prob
abilities of the future.
General Sherman has undertaken
to relieve the financial embarrassment
o f his old chief, General Grant.
Landlords or thier agents having re
fused to reduce rents 20 per cent, in
Limerick, tenants now refuse to uav
any rent.
There is a fair prospect that the
practice of printing undelivered speeches
in the Congressional Record will be
broken up.
According to Jarvis Patten, Com
missioner of Navigation, the American
merchant marine is second only to that
of Great Britain.
Several years ago a Mr. Reid intro
duced Chinese golden pheasant into Or
eo-on, and they are evidently adapted to
that climate, and propagating success
fully.
The year 1884 has been a great one
for mercantile failures. Only the fittest
have survived, and so 1885 will have the
best material upon which to build a
prosperous record.
It is estimated that the proposed
Nicaragua Canal would cost between
$60,000,000 and $100,000,000. The Suez
Canal cost $100,000,000, and it now
pays dividends on a sum equal to $400,-
000,000.
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General Gordon seems to be in
good health and tolerably comfortable
in Khartoum. He was so at least a
fortnight ago. Meanwhile, the relief ex
pedition is making slow progress, and
may possibly reach him by the middle of
March.
The principal of one of New York’s
many “finishing” schools, where young
ladies are presumed to get the final
touches of polish to fit them equisitely
for society, includes in her course of
lectures one on the art of slumbering
presentably.
In North America there is a larger
percentage of newspaper readers than
in any other division of the world, the
proportion being 36.66 copies to the per
capita of population, while in Europe
the proportion is 24.38, in Asia .01, in
South America, 3.92, in Africa .01 and
in Australasia 30.63.
The price of pig iron has fallen to
about the figure of January’, 1879, when
it was $17.25 per ton. It steadily ad
vanced during 1878 and reached S4O in
January, 1880. Perhaps history will
repeat itself, and the present price of
$ ; 8 and upward be more than doubled
in the year 1885.
\ French artist, finding it somewhat
annoying to have his creditors constant
ly at his door pressing him for money,
procured a bear, which he taught to
answer the door bell, and'to show its
teeth every time an unwelcome visitor
appeared. The plan was successful be-.
1 ond the artist's most sanguine expecta;
tions.
The oldest college student in Amer
ica, if not in the world, is probably Rev.
J. C. Wilder. He entered the Univer
f-ity of 1 ermont with the class of '32,
hut was obliged to leave before gradu
ating. Now, at eighty-three, he has
picked up the thread of his studies
again, and hopes to get a diploma with
the class of 'BS.
I here is now a glimmer of hope that
’hemoneyfor the Bartholdi statue will
" raised. At a meeting, the other
night, of the committee having the
matter in charge, $25,000 was contrib
uted. Congress is expected to appro
priate SIOO,OOO, and, with the addition
‘6 1 ut $35,000 from the people at large,
!un, l will be ample,
Exploration of the Paterson sewers
,; as discovered the nature of the winter
resorts of the famous New Jersey mos
-o’iitoes. Millions of the pests were
h’ghtenedfrom their roosts, and they
• w about like bats. Thus is explained
‘ w these blood-thirsty creatures ap
-I‘far m the spring, full grown and in
' 'r. " ous readiness for the season's cam
paign.
A Rr.,, AN convivium was held at
• l" I ':' commons at Hartford
I r day ‘ Erer ything was done to
Roma e Occaß mn resemble an ancient
The 'r ari( l u et as nearly as possible.
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k posing sisl,; d L preßented a Ter y ltn ’
k h e -v sa t at the tables,
authors'* Latin ° n the
■khad a deris j D fact the whole affair
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REIGN OF TERROR.
An fElection Trouble at Moorefield,
W. Va.
Armed Factions Expected to Collide at any
Moment.
Moorfield, W. Va., January 4.—Never
since the days of the civil war has there
been such excitement, in this place as the
past thirty-six hours have witnessed.
Crowds of armed and excited inen have
filled the streets, and nothing but the most
persist nt and determined efforts of the
more conservative citizens has averted a
bloody battle between the two hostile
camps into which the community is di
vided. At the late October election Wm.
Loeb and James Wilson were can
didates for the Clerkship. Loeb was
defeated and at once set up the claim that
the constitutional amendment changing the
time of elections to November 4 went into
effect immediately and had his name added
to the Presidential ticket. He
was the only man voted for, and
his friends set up the claim he was
legally elected and proposed to take the of
fice by force, and which Wilson was pre
pared to resist. Yesterday the adherents of
the two men, armed to the teeth, assembled
in opposite quarters of the town, each deter
mined to obtain possession of the records.
About dusk a son of Loeb, with several
companions, found Wilson alone and beat
him with clubs so badly that he can not re
cover. His friends on hearing this became
furious, and to the number of seventy-five,
armed with shotguns, rilles and revolvers,
announced their determination of storming
the Court-house and killing Loeb. Mean
while the Sheriff had summoned a
strong posse and had taken possession
of the office, and the Mayor had
ordered the saloons closed. Scattered
shots began to be heard, and the non
combatants became wild with terror. The
Mayor and Sheriff, aided by a force of cool
men, succeeded in averting bloodshed, be
yond the slight wounding of several citi
zens by stray shots. Both parties con
tinued under arms during the night and
to-day, and the excitement is rather on
the increase, instead of abating. Each
party has pickets out, and trouble is in
sight to-night.
An Earthquake Shock.
Washington, Jonuary 4.—The reports
from a region of country lying on both
sides of the Potomac, and fifteen or twenty
miles east of Harper’s Ferry, show that the
earthquake reported yesterday was much
more generally and distictly felt than
was at first supposed. The reports all
agree in fixing the hour at nine o’clock.
From all affected quarters, the testimony
points to a general rumbling sound as the
forerunner of the shock. After the first
general shock there followed a series of
slighter jerks, or convulsions, that were
more manifest than the earlier shake. In
some places the effect of the shock was
like the rushing of an engine at headlong
speed over the track. In other places it
was compared to the sound of wagons
driven at reckless speed over a hard and
frosted road. In some places the effect
resembled the crackling of burning wood;
in others the sound was likened to the
smothered rumbling of thunder. At all
points the inhabitants were strangely
aware of an unwelcome visitor, and at
some places where the shock was more se
vere, many jumped from their beds and be
gan to inquire what was the matter. Pas
sengers arriving report the notice of a
slight vibration along the Potomac, between
Harper’s Ferry and Washington. At
Adamstown, Frederick County, Md., build
ings were shaken and windows rattled.
At Buckeystown! the inhabitants were
startled from sleep, and many rushed
from {their houses. The [shock seems to
have been strongest there.
He Broke up the Ball.
Jerseyville, 111., January 2. —Calhoun
County has neither railroad nor telegraph,
and at this season of the year is cut off
from all communication such as is afforded
by river and stage-coach. But a courier
yesterday brought in news of a desperate
shooting affray at a ball near Batchtown,
in that county, Christmas Eve. Rube
Harral was jealous of a would be
rival and in his madness got hold of a shot
gun and discharged both barrels into the
the company, wounding several persons,
two fatally. The injured are Laura Jones,
eye shot out and dying; Alice Beach, shot
in head and neck: Belle Jones, shot in ab
domen; Wm. Beach, shot in hip; and an
unknown man shot in the back. The others
received slight wounds. The murderer
mounted his horse and fled to the country
and is still at large.
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Kit Carson Memorial Tablet.
Santa Fe, N. M., January 2.—Fifteen
hundred people attended the ceremonies of
dedicating a memorial tabletover the grave
of the great scout and soldier, Kit Carson,
in Taos County, N. M., Inst Sunday.
Anthony Joseph, delegate to Congress, de
livered the oration. The tablet was fur
nished by the Grand Army of the Republic
of New Mexico, and bears the inscription.
“Kit Carson. Died, May 23, 1868. aged
fifty-nine.”
Will Contest.
Indianapolis, Ind., January 4.--M. 11.
Kidd has filed notice of contest for the seat
of George W. Steele, of the Eleventh In
diana District, in the Forty-ninth- Con
gress. Kidd charges that votes in his favor
were cast out by Republicans.
Wants Information.
Washington, January 4.—The British
Postoffice has requested information from
the Postmaster General in regard to the
general plan of the American railway pos
tal cars and the new system of city distri
bution recently put in p actice by the rail
way mail service.
DALTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1885.
N OTHER LANDS.
A Chinese Gunboat Capture*’ by the
French—Fighting in Panama.
Madrid, January 2.—Earthquake shocks
were again felt at Granada, Malaga, Neria
and Algarrobo last night. The panic
among the people is unabated. A number
of towns and villages have been completely
destroyed, and the inhabitants have de
serted them. Many persons sleep in rail
road carriages. A Royal decree has been
issued ordering that a national subscription
for thejrelief of sufferers be made. The pub
lic officials have agreed to contribute one
day’s pay each. By this means $200,000
will be raised.
Paris, January 2.—The Figaro reports
that a Chinese gunboat, trying to force the
blockade of Formosa, was captured off Tai
Wan Foo by the French gunboat Lagalis
soniere. She had fourteen Englishmen
among her crew.
Panama, January 2.—About sixty thatch
ed huts were burned at Gorgona, a
small village on the line of the canal
works. Some heavy fighting has taken
place in the State of Santander. The
rebels, commanded by General Fortunato
Bernal, were defeated with severe loss.
Federal troops sided with the State Gov
ernment, and thus assured victory.
San Francisco, January 2.—The City
of Peking arrived this morning with Hong
Kong dates of December 3, and Yokohama
of the 13tb. The Chinese Government have
engaged fifty-five German drill Sergeants
for the army. Improvement has since been
manifested in the discipline of the
and it will be remarkable if, under the
German drill, the Chinese will not show
themselves excellent soldiers and fighters.
Constantinople, January 2. —The Sul
tan has accepted the resignation of the
Grand Vizier. A ministerial criaia is
threatening. (
Peculiar Affliction.
New York, January 2.—The Rev. Dr.
Noah Schenck, of St. Ann’s Episcopal
Church, Brooklyn, the brother-in-law of
Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, is lying in a
critical condition at his house in Brooklyn,
owing to a malignant case of blood
poisoning. Prof. Sands, of Bellevue
Hospital, who held a consul
tation yesterday with Drs. Rushmore
and Hutchinion, has not lyet de
cided so perform an operation for the gan
grene in the leg, as the doctors consider
their patient’s mental and physical condi
tion too weak. The gangrene was the re
sult of an accidental cut on the leg with a
scythe when Dr. Schenck was a young man.
The cut went to the bone, deadening the
lower portion and making him somewhat
lame for the time. Hope of recovery from
the present illness has not been given up by
his friends, although the patient expresses
a belief that this affliction will be fatal.
Want Pay for Mormon Schools.
Salt Lake, January 2.—The school tax
case was heard to-day. Gentiles oppose
the collection of the tax because, they
claim, the school is sectarian. A witness
swore Mormons only could get employment
as teachers. These were required to close
the school on Mormon fast days every
month, they must pay tithing, and open
with “Mormon prayers.” A deposition
was read from the assistant teacher at
Spanish Fork, stating that two theological
classes in the public schools are reported as
history classes and that public funds are
used to pay tuition of Mormon teachers of
the Brigham Young Theological Academy.
Prof. Lincoln testified that he visited the
public school at Ogden. The teacher made
the pupils recite the Mormon Catechism.
There was a large volume of similar testi
mony.
Bold Train Robbery.
Baltimore, January 2.—A train which
left this city over the Baltimore Central
Railroad for Oxford, Pa., this afternoon,
was boarded at Rising Run, Cecil County,
by two men, who by threats of violence
compelled the passengers to surrender
their money and watches and other valu
ables. The men then jumped from the
train, which was running at full speed,
and were supposed to be fatally injured.
It is supposed they are residents of that
immediate neighborhood, and will be
captured.
Rev. Dr. Schenck’s Death.
New York, January 4.--The Rev. Dr.
Noah Hunt Schenck, the brother-in-law of
Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, who has been
dangerously ill for a week, died this morn
ing at his home, in Brooklyn, at the age of
sixty. For the last sixteen years he had
been rector of St. Ann’s, on the Heights,
one of the largest and most fashionable
Protestant Episcopal churches in Brooklyn.
He was well-known throughout Ohio.
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Incessant Earthquake Shocks
Madrid, January 4.—The earthquake
shocks continue to be felt at Velez, Malaga
and Xeres. The government is about to
construct eight huts at Alhama to shelter
the sufferers in that vicinity.
Madrid, January 4. —There are incessent
earthquake shocks at Alhama. The num
ber of corpses recovered from the ruins
there is four hundred. Five hundred were
wounded, and the people have been almost
without food four days.
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Redemption of National Notes.
Washington. January 4.—The redemp
tion of National bank notes from the five
per cent, fund during th® calendar year
amounted to $140,494,444, aeainst $113,400-
473 rede '.med the previous year, an increase
of $27,033,971.
Marries Her Step-Son.
New York. January 4.—The widow of
George T. Chambers, and her step-son,
Harold Chambers, were married at the
bride’s residence, Thirtieth street. Harold
ia now twenty-one and his bride forty-five.
Harold is her third husband. The step
mother and bride is worth millions.
FRANCO-CHINESE WAR.
The French Win Two Bat tie 3 in
Tonquin.
Six Hundred Chinese Killed—French Foss,
Eighty-Seven.
Paris, January s.—Temps says the re
cent victory of General Negrier near Chu
is a prelude to offensive action. General
Briero DeLisle has resolved to occupy
Lang Son without awaiting reinforcements.
General Negrier is marching on Lang Son
via Loch Nan Valley. Operations in
Tonquin henceforth will be directed by
General Lewal, Minister of War, Admiral
Peyron, Minister of Marine, acting in
concert. A dispatch from Hanoi says:
After the defeat of six thousand Chinese
near Chu, by General Negrier, twelve thou
sand Chinese returned and renewed hostili
ties. General Negrier attacked them, pen
etrated their positions, defended by
forts and tiers of batteries, and
repulsed and routed the Chinese,
who, after an active resistance, abandoned
their positions. The Chinese lost six hun
dred killed and large numbers wounded. The
French captured two batteries of Krupp
guns, a large number [of rifles, a quantity
of ammunition and provisions and some
Chinese standards. The French losses, in
both battles, w r. three officers wounded,
nineteen men killed and sixty-five
wounded.
Orang and Green.
St. Johns, N. F., January 5. —Yesterday
at Bay Roberts there was another furious
Orange outbreak. The New York Redemp
tionist Fathers, who are holding a mission
at that place, wore besieged and imprisoned
in their dwellings. An Orange arch was
erected near the Catholic Church, and hun
dreds of armed Orangemen
paraded the streets. When the intelli
gence reached St. Johns, the United States
Consul demanded from Governor Glover
protection for the lives and liberty of
United States citizens. The latest dis
patch from Bay Robert says: Roman
Catholic Bishop McDonald was prevented
by Orangemen holding services in the
church which the Orangemen surrounded.
Affairs are growing darker and more
threatening. Hundreds of armed men are
parading the streets, and the police are
unequal to the occassion. The British man
of-war Tenedos arrived to reinforce the
civil authorities. The Orangemen refuse to
take down arches and flags.
An Occasion of Much Circumstance.
Philadelphia, January 5. —The depart
ure of the Liberty Bell for New Orleans,
January 23, will be accompanied with
great pomp and ceremony. The bell will
be escorted from Independence Hall to
the Pennsylvania Railroad station
by five hundred policemen and a
Gouncilmen committee. At the depot it
will be placed in a car which is now being
built for its reception by the P ennsylvania
Roilroad Company, "the bell will rest in
the center of the car, under a red, white
and blue canopy. The sides of the car will
be open, and at one end will be a compart
ment for the accommodation of the three
officers who form the guard.
The Fire Loss of the Year.
New York. January s.—The Daily Com
mercial BnZfrfin of January 6, estimates the
fire loss of the United States and Canada
for December. at $11,000,000, and for the
year at $112,000,000. This is $15,500,000
more than the average annual loss for the
nine’years preceding. In December there
were 244 fires where the reported loss was
SIO,OOO and upward. Os these there were
twenty-two fires of $100,(MX) or more, aggre
gating $3,150,000, or nearly 30 per cent, of
the entire fire loss for the month.
This Side up With Care.
Galveston, Tex.. January 5. —A well,
dressed man named N. A. Slith, out of
funds, resorted to a novel method to get to
his relatives in Atlanta, Ga. He fastened
himself up in a dry goods box, addressed
himself, and providing enough food and
water for the journey, liad the box deliv
ered at the express office. He was dis
covered, however, early this morning by
the night watchman, and turned over to
the police. He claims his friends would
have paid the express charges upon ar
rival at Atlanta.
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Cholera Still Lingers.
Rome, January 5.—A few cases of cholera
have occurred at Gaeta.
Paris, January s.—The evening papers
report that several deaths from cholera
have occurred on the Island of Noirrnou
tress, in the Atlantic, off the coast of
France.
Death of General Speck.
Van Wert, 0., January 5.—A dwarf
named Frank Springer, aged about twenty
years, died here to-day. He was only
thirty-one inches tall, and was at one time
engaged by Barnum for his circus under
the name of General Speck.
XLVIII. CONGRESS.
Second Session.
Washington, January 5. Senate. Tht
Chair laid before the Senate the credentials
of Hon. Justine 8. Morrill, re-elected Sena toi
from Vermont. Also the report of the Secre
tary of War relating to the Portage Lake and
Lake Superior ship canal, showing the inter
est of the State of .Michigan therein. Among
the petitions presented was one by Mr. Sher
man, from the Society Friends. Jpraying that
a provision tie made in the pending Spanish
treaty for the settlement, by arbitration, o)
any difference that may arise between Spait
and the United States. Referred. Bills wort
introudeed and referred by Mr. Beck—To ere
ate a Revenue Commission.
HOUSE. —Mr. Smith, of Pennsylvania, pres
ented the certificate of election of John A
Swope, to till the vacancy occasioned by the
death of W. A. Duncan, of the Nineteenth
District of Pennsylvania, and Swope took
the oath of office. Bills were introduced to
approp;' ate *1,0.10,(MX) for public buildings at
New Orleans; the use of the Bartholdi statue
fora light house; to appropriate S.'S.OtXl.OOll
for the erection of public buildings in such
cities as may be tho r.'ht advisable by a com
mission, to consist of the Secretaries or
Treasury. Interior, Posim ister General and
Attorney General; to grant copyrights >o
citizens of foreign countr.os; to proiid
the creation of a River and Harboi .
rnent There was a test vote on th
- bill, on motion to fix nd.
its consideration. The mon' < ncces-
VOte abSfisb* the in
sary two-thirds, rbemii cigars, snuff,
ternal revenue tax on t< ‘. c tax on 1
cigarettes and •’•’"O'> ». t I I IlqU ors dis-
KJC. WSS
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
Alex. Black, colored, near Dover, N.
C., shot and killed the wife of Mark McCleas-
Cause of the crime unknown. The murderer
escaped.
Shots were exchanged the other day Be
tween W. F. Derosseth and Nathan Pass at
Rockwood, Tenn., the result of an old diffi
culty. Both will die.
Edward Pickens and Miss Jennie Allen,
of Dalton, Ga., eloped and applied to Rev.
Silas Jasper to marry them. As they had
no license, and the bride was clearly under
age, the preacher’s ingenuity served him
to make his liability for violating the mar
riage laws difficult of proof. They went to
a point where the counties of Gilmer, Gor
don and Murray join, and with each party
standing in a county, and the preacher
astraddle of a county line, the ceremony
was performed. The question now is,
which county has the jurisdiction in the
case.
There are thirty-four mail landings on
the Mississippi River between Vicksburg
and Arkansas City.
Prohibition seems to be gaining ground
in Louisiana, especially in the interior
parishes. It is estimated that. $4,000,000 is
spent for liquor in that State every year.
Wade Hampton wrote a Christmas let
ter, in which he declared that “the South
only wants peace, good government and
thorough unification of the whole country.”
. Andy Campbell, Postmaster at Clement,
Ga., was arrested, charged with robbing
the mails.
Three prisoners escaped from the jail at
Parkersburg, W. Va.
The cotton mills in the vicinity of Balti
more have all resumed but one, ami gener
ally on full time.
There are but 1,257 lawyers in Georgia.
Arkansas will at the coming session of
her Legislature make an appeal for decent
roads.
Tramps are to be warmly received In
Florida this winter. The more tramps, the
warmer the reception will be.
The negroes who emigrated to Kansas a
few years ago, are getting back South as
fast as they can. California is further off
than Kansas, by the way.
The orange industry of Florida is devel
oping so rapidly that new methods are im
peratively called for to market the fruit.
The go-it-blind system is demoializing the
trade.
A masked robber burned the stables,
barn and crib of Capt. John Hannah, near
McKenzie, Tenn., the other night, then en
tered the house and shot at Capt Hannah
and carried off about S6O in gold. Capt.
Hannah beat the robber over the head with
a stick, which may lead to his detection.
About 150 barrels of corn was burned. No
clew to the robber.
The number of negroes who mahb their
marks instead of writing their names, in
the registration of votes in Louisiana, is
93,696, while only 16,556 write their names.
The number of white voters who make their
marksis no less than 21,512. The number
of white voters who write their names is
87,132.
Russell Hancock, aged thirty-three, a
planter and merchant at Clarksville, Miss.,
died a few days since. The deceased was a
son of Gan. W. 8. Hancock.
A terrible accident occurred two miles
from Red Hill Station and thirty miles
from Louisville, on the Chesapeake, Ohio
and Southwestern Railroad, the other
evening. The passenger train from Padu
cah was bowling along at a lively rate
when a lamp in the rear end of the last
coach exploded, casting its burning con
tents all over the car, setting fire to every
thing it touched. The coach contained
about fifteen ladies and several gentlemen,
all of whom were given a terrible fright,
and one of the latter being terribly burned
As soon as the explosion occurred a regu
lar panic ensued among the ladies, and
they, as well as the male passengers,
sought safety in the front end of the car.
One gentleman had presence of mind
enough to pull the bell-cord, stopping the
train. The coach, which was now almost a
mass of flames, was cut loose as quickly as
possible and the frightened passengers
made a hasty exit from the front end be
fore the flames reached them, but some
were forced to leave their valises and other
baggage. The accident occurred on a wild
and lonely part of the road, and as there
were no facilities for fighting the fire the
coach and its contents were soon consumed.
The only person burned was Mr. Hunting
ton, a brother of Mr. C. P. Huntington, an
old gentleman who was sitting quite close
to the lamp when the explosion occurred.
The burning oil flew all over him, burning
his hands and face very seriously.
A fire at Norfolk, Va., destroyed three
factories and four stores.
Bull fights are shortly to be introduced
at the New Orleans Exposition as Sunday
amusements.
James Quick killed Reuben McKneener
in Greenbrier County, W. Va., in a dispute
about a saddle.
Bad management is charged against, the
New Orleans Exposition. The exhibits
are not yet all in place.
A valuable silver mine has been dis
covered near Spring Place, Ga. It is the
same vein that is being worked at Duck
town, Tenn.
Charles Smith and Henry Davis, ar
rested for burglary at Smithfield, N. C.,
were taken from jail by masked men,
l>ound with chains and dropped from a
bridge forty feet into deep water.
Thomas Merrill and wife, living on a
ranch near Sierra Blanca, Texas, were
murdered in their house, it is supposed by
two Mexicans who were in their employ .anil
who have been missing since the affair.
Lige Parker, convicted at Little Roc*'
A rk ot the murder of a planter near that
d[y, confessed hi. guilt. He was sentenced
to he hanged February 12. I
Fredwicksburo (Va.) Lodge of the
fraternity will attend the dedma
elonol the W-einßlon Monumoul nt ,S«I
bw of this l° d « e ’
TERMS—Si A YEA R.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
—George Francis Train still lives and
writes poetry for the New York papers
N. Y. Sun. r
—John Habberton, author of
“Helen’s Babies,” is now mana"inf ed
itor of the New York Herald. ”
—Both of Georgia’s United States
Senators have been preachers, Senator
Brown as a Baptist, Senator Colquitt as
a Methodist.
—Verdi favors the lowering of the
musical pitch and the establishment of
a uniform diapason for the entire mu
sical world.
—The wife of a prominent New York
banker, Mrs. Henry Clews, has dis
covered that the American ladies do not
read newspapers, and she proposes to
start newspaper clubs for them.— Phil
adelphia Tribune.
—John G. Whittier received two
large birth-day cakes recently, one of
which was surrounded by seventy-seven
lighted candles. The’ Boston high
school girls sent the poet a basket” of
seventy-seven tea-roses.— Boston Jour
nal.
—Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Luther, ot
Swanzey, Mass., aged eighty-four and
eighty-three years respectively, are in
good health and able to walk two miles
and husk corn for their neighbors at
four cents a bushel.— Boston Herald.
—R. H. Stoddard says that Haw
thorne was never well paid, as liter
erary payment is understood now, even
in the fullness of his fame. He re
members the novelist once showing him
an offer from a publisher of $3 per
printed page for a story. Chicago
Herald.
—Bishop G. T. Bedell, of the
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, has ad
dressed a letter to the Ohio State Jour
nal, of Columbus, congratulating it on
the fact that it does not publish a Sun
day edition and subscribing for it as a
token of appreciation of “this whole
some reverence for the Lord's day.”
—Judge Poland, the venerable Ver
mont statesman, has discarded the
light-brown suit which made such a
stir in the House the first time he wore
it last session, and gone back to the
spike-tailed blue coat, ornamented with
brass buttons, that he has worn ever
since the time of the Wilmot Proviso.—
Troy Times.
—“Mark Twain,” writes a friend, “i»
undoubtedly destined to be the richest
of American authors- No man has
made so much money in the same
space of time as he has done. His wife
has a large estate, and together they
now have more than $1,000,000 He
is a sharp business man, increasing his
pile all the time by good investmen.s as
well as by new books and lectures, and
as he is still on the right side of fifty he
will probably turn his present million
into other millions before he dies-
HUMOROUS.
A sweeping victory—When yon get
the servant to handle the broom suc
cessfully.— Boston Post.
••Robbie,” said the visitor kindly,
“have you any little brothers and sis
ters’” “No.” replies wee Robbie, sol
elranly, “I'm all the children we’ve
°°—“lf you don’t keep out of this yard
you’ll catch it,” said a woman to a boy
In West Lynn. “All right,” answered
the gamin. “I wouldn’t have come in
if I’d known your folkshad it. —Lynn
Item.
—“Mamma,” said a little girl, J
think I've got ammonia ‘You mustn I
say ammonia, dear; you must sav
pneumonia. “But it isn’t new for J
think I had it yesterday. —Boston
Courier.
“How do you braid your hair so
nicely?” queried a gentleman who was
visiting a lady-friend. "Oh, broke in
her enfant terrible sister, ‘ she takes
off and ties the knot to the gas
lierand fusses over two hours even
morning-”—N. Y. Herald.
—“No, ma'am!” exclaimed the pro
voked young man to a young ladv, who
on the refusal of her favorite, had asked
him to accompany her to a P a s
don’t play second fiddle to any ■
die,” replied the girl, Wlth . a Am.
only asked you to be my beau.
ton Union. . , .
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