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THE DALTON ARGUS.
Dalton, Georgin.
H. A. WRENCH, Publisher.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
A Brownfield, Me., nun boasts that
he has been married sixteen years, and
during that time has moved thirty-live
times. _____________.
The (Seaman Government is almost
certain to repeal the law prohibiting the
importation of American pork, and such
•ction is expected at a very early date.
Mr. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy,
issued an order to the Marine Band
when it plays in public to always “close
the programme with one of our National
airs.” _____________
There is nothing in a name. One of
the most liberal and progressive of Lon
don’s great merchants bears the patro
nymic of Hogg, and does not appear to
care who knows it.
The Emperor of Japan wants to ride
expensively. Therefore he has ordered
that a state coach be constructed, and
has }aid aside $175,000 for that purpose.
Os course the ornamentation is respon
tible for most of this sum.
A considkraele number of immi
grants from the North of Europe ar
rived in Philadelphia, by the American
Line, a few days ago clothed all in furs.
The weather was very hot and of course
they suffered immensely, still they re
fused to cast aside their furs.
The President of the New York State
fish commission has notified the people
in charge of the Zalinski dynamite gun
at the cannon foundry opposite West
Point that they must not fire a shell
into the Hudson river, as it would do-
Btroy an immense number of fish.
England had no earthly use for the
Island of Heligoland. It is not fortified,
could not be except at enormous ex
pense, and in the event of war between
England and Germany would have been
no aid to the former. Had she sold it
for SSOO she would have been ahead.
A curious fact is noticed in connec
tion with the formation of barnacles on
Ships’ bottoms. In the majority of cases
there is a much heavier growth of grass
and barnacles on one side than on the
other, and in numerous instances one
side will be almost free, while tfie other
is as foul as possible.
It is learned from Rhode Island pa
pers that a Providence woman “makes
application for divorce on the ground
that her husband wants her to marry
him for the tenth time. She alleges
that the ceremony has already been
performed nine times in as many year's
and that she is tired of it.”
Judge J. P. Smith, of Fort Worth,
walked from Kentucky to Texas in the
old Sam Houston days. He walked be
cause he didn’t have any money to spend
to pay his passage. He doesn’t need to
walk now unless he wants to, for he is
about the wealthiest man in Fort
Worth, and is reported to have a mill
ion.
An old farmer and hunter on Robinson
fork of Buffalo river, Nicholas County,
VV. Va., with his nqphew, while hunting
In the mountain forests a few days ago,
came on the trail of a pack of wolves.
The men traced the animals to a den in
the rocks. They followed the brutes
)nto the cave and captured seven young
Wolves. The men realized $l4O for their
Capture.
The Pall Mall Gazette says that Prof.
Gluck recently performed a remarkably
successful operation. He removed
Xrom one of his male patients a diseased
knee-joint and inserted an artificial sul>-
ititute made from ivory. The patient
has now left his bed. He walks with
ferfect ease, and says that his ivory
nee-joint is convenient and comfortable
In every way.
Mrs. Lyncrbab, of Galveston, had
the unusual experience the ether day of
finding a snake in her bonnet. She has
tily picked up the bonnet and, though
it felt heavier than usual, she gave n«
thought to the circumstance and clapped
it on her head. With a shrk’l shriek,
such as only a woman and a Chicago
tugboat can xsuise, she pulled it off, and
a puff adder, a snake of a vonomeus vari
ety, fell to the floor.
In Galesburg, 111., fire brick fer pav
ing has stood the test of xix years. The
clay there i« rtke best, but the excel
lence is in the burning. (Galesburg lias
now about five miles of this kind of
pavement, and it has cost Literally noth
ing for repairs during the six years tiiat
the oldest portions have been in use. All
the .work is done except the guttering,
and the materials furnished for*
total<of only 31.40 per yard.
An iCuglish officer who recently trav
eled on the public service says that he
Bent in his account of traveling ex
penses the entry: “Porter, 1 shilling.”
His acco.vJtts were returned, with the
remark thM porter could not be allowed,
but that if thito entry were intended for
the conveyance of luggage it should be
Doted as porterage. The alteration wag
duly made, and a query added as to
whstber a cab should not lie entered as
“cabbage.” The reply was that “corre-
PjMrfldpni'h on this subject must cease.”
BLAZING PARACHUTE.
An Aeronaut Drops From Flames in
the Clouds.
Falling: Thwuramls of Feet He Is Picked
t’p a Corpse*
At the conclusion of a Fourth of July
celebration at Bardstown, 111., it was
announced that, as previously advertis
ed, Prof. Samuel Black, a young aero
naut of this city, would make an ascen
sion and parachute jump. After consid
erable delay the balloon, which was a
mammoth one, inflated with hot air, w as
about ready for the ascent, when cries
of “Let go!’’ came from the crowd, and
before every thing was in readiness the
balloon was set free. Prof. Black pluck
ily caught the ring and went up, though
he had not yet divested himself of his
outer suit, and was otherwise
not ready. The ascent was
rapid, and in a short time a
height of several thousand feet had been
attained. The eyes of the assembled
thousands intently watched for the ex
pected descent of the parachute, but
some thing, what it was no one
will ever know, was wrong, so
that it could not be severed.
But, far worse than this, it was soon dis
covered that the parachute was on fire.
Owing to the careless or unfortunate
manner of making the start a spark from
the furnace had caught apparently in
the crown of the parachute, and when
several thousand feet up burst into
flame before the horrified gaze of tho
spectators. Os course the descent was rap
id when, as quickly occurred, the ropes
of the parachute was severed by the fire.
The body of the unfortunate aeronaut
was found about ono and one-half miles
south of town, in an oat field, terribly
mangled. Nothing of the parachute re
mained unconsumed but parts of tho
ropes and rattan ribs. Prof. Black, who
was about twenty-two years of a<*e, had
previously made eight successful as
cents, one of which was at Quincy, and
others in various places in Missouri.
His father and mother were among the
spectators of his fatal flight.
Three Miners Killed.
At the Buena Vista Iron Mines, near
Roanoake, Va., the night shift was
called off, and six miners got into the
cage to ascend, but when within ten feet
of the top tho rope broke. Three men
leaped out and two caught and clung to
the siding until rescued, but the other
four fell one hundred feet to the bottom
of the shaft. Eli Painter, John Mont
gomery and Litz Snead were killed.
Bloyd Marcon had his collar bono bro
ken, and received internal injuries, but
will probably recover.
Bolt From a Clear Sky.
A bolt of lightning from a clear sky—
a very unusual phenomenon—struck a
tree on Charles Morton’s farm near
Vineland, N. J., and Morton,
who was standing near, was knock
ed senseless and so badly hurt that it is
feared he may not recover. A horse be
longing to Mary Hutchings was killed
by lightning, and P. Arnold’s poultry
house was struck and a dozen chickens
killed.
The Brooks Comet Observable.
Prof. Brooks’ comet is now in a favor
able position for telescopic observation
In the evening. Its discoverer states
that the comet now forms a triangle
■with the stars Zeta and Eta in the Big
Dipper, is moving slowly westward and
on July 10 will be midway between the
above stars. The comet has a bright
nucleus and a short tail and remains
above the horizon the entire night.
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Violation of Tobacco Laws.
At Parkersburg, W. Va., the three
cases against Bloch Bros., of Wheeling,
the largest tobacco dealers in the State,
came u;p on a charge of violating the
revenue laws. Bloch Bros, were fined
$5,000 and costs in each case. Some
time since Bloch Bros, compromised
with the Internal Revenue Department
by payment of $42,000.
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Entire Town Burned.
The entire business portion of Pull
man, Wash., was burned by fire. The
tire started in a livery stable and in
twenty minutes the whole town was in
flames. There was no lire service, and
in order to check t lie flamas the buildings
was blown with powder, but it was with
out avail.
Present From the Queen.
Queen Victoria has presented to Miss
Dorothy Tennant. Mr. Stanley’s fiancee,
a miniature of Her Majesty." The por
trait is enclosed in a case set with bril
liants, which also contains a lock of the
Queen’s hair.
Killed His Support.
Martin L<vppy, a drunken dependent
upon his wife’s earnings, is believed to
have killed her, in New York, by stick
ing a pair of shears in her heart. He
says she suicided.
Resignation of a Cabinet.
The Queen Regent has accepted the
resignation of the Spanish Cabinet, and
the sittings of the Cortes have been sus
pended pending the formation of a new
Ministry.
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Bank Robber’s Sentence.
AT Ashland, Wis., E. W. Baker, who
was convicted of robbing the Iron Ex
change Bank at Hurley, last winter, was
sentenced to five years in the peniten
tiary.
The Cholera.
Thirteen new cases and five death*
by cholera cn the Fourth at Valencia.
RETALIATION.
China Threaten* to Give Americans a
Dose of Their Own Medicine.
The most distinguished personage on
tho passenger list on the French steamer
La Bretagne, which arrived in New
York Sunday, was his Excellency, Tsui,
the Chinese Minister at Washington. If
Minister Tsui is’correct in his predic
tions we are on the eve of a great deal
of trouble with his Government. A
World correspondent was a passenger on
La Bratagne, and had a long talk with
Minister Tsui. His Excellency’s words
were carefully translated by Mr. V. K.
Lee, theofficial interpreter to the Chinese
Legation. Minister Tsui gave the fol
lowing interview for publication in the
World: “Unless the U. S. Government
repeals the law which now excludes my
countrymen from this country we shall
treat Americans to a dose of their own
medicine. I mean that we shall excluda
citizens of the United States from tho
Chinese Empire.” “Have you received
information to this effect officially from
the home office?” “We hope we shall
not be pushed to any measures of retal
iation. The Chinese Foreign Office has
sen* several demands to Mr. Blaine
to repeal the exclusion law. We
have received no reply from him.
Our treaties with the United States
have been regarded as sacred
trusts, and we have lived up to the very
letter of them. Now, without the
slightest warning or excuse, the United
States cruelly breaks its solemn agree
ment, and builds up a barrier against
our citizens.” “What is the present
status of the question in China?” “Tho
Council of State, which guides the Em
peror, is simply waiting to hear from
tho United States Foreign Office. And,
if we find that tho United States means
to persist in excluding the Chinese
from its shores, we shall proceed to the
same tactics. The Chinese Govern
ment will forbid the landing of Amer
ican citizens in the Empire.” “How
about the American citizens now resi
dents of China, and the American capi
tal invested there?” “All those will be
matters of detail which the Council of
State will arrange. I am aware that
there ate a great many millions of
American capital invested ih China.
American interest in China are, of
course, vastly more important financial
ly than our invested interests in the
United States. Any rupture between
tho two nations will, of course, injure
the American investments.
POWDER EXPLOSION.
Seven Children Injured, Five of Whom
Have Since Died.
A keg containing fifty pounds of pow
der exploded in August Smith’s grocery
store at Industry, near Scott Haven, Pa.,
Saturday evening, completely wrecking
the building and injuring seven chil
dren. The explosion was caused by
sparks from a Jackson cracker, which
exploded prematurely in the hands
of August Smith, jr., aged fourteen
years. The store was a resort for chil
dren, and at the time of the accident a
large number were present firing crack
ers. Five of the seven little victims of
the pow.der explosion have died.
The other two victims will recover.
Tho father of young Brennan is crazed
with grief, and tried to kill Smith, the
owner of the building where the powder
was stored. A close watch is now being
kept over him. The coroner’s jury ren
dered a verdict in accordance with the
facts and condemned the practice of
merchants keeping powder and other
explosives where children have access to
them. Mr. Smith has been frequently
warned about the danger of keeping his
powder under the counter, but failed to
heed the warnings, and, many harsh
words were said against him, notwith
standing the loss of his two children and
his wrecked house.
Double Headed Baby.
At Trenton. N. J., a son was born to
Mrs. Charles Welke with two perfect
heads, the left about live inches in di
ameter and the right three inches. The
child was alive just before birth, but
never breathed. There was a bifurca
tion of the spinal chord in the middle
>f the back, a branch running to each
head.
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Railroad Men Strike.
The yard men of the Pennsylvania
and the Louisville awd Nashville rail
roads, in Cincinnati, have quit work,the
companies having refused to pay the
Chicago scale as demanded. The dray
men of the city have resolved to sup
port the freight handlers.
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Electrical Engineer Shocked.
Frank Ainsworth, an engineer of the
Seashore Electric railway at Asbury
Park, N. J., was terribly shocked while
oiling the motors at Homer station. He
was thrown down and both hands burn
ed to the bone.
Damaged by Cloud-burst.
A cloud-burst in Richland County.
Wis., destroyed four milldams and
wrecked an iron bridge at Eagle Mills
The St. Paul railroad was so badly dam
aged that traffic will be suspended sot
several days.
Missouri Crops.
The Missouri State Board of Agricul
ture has just issued a report on the crop
prospects to date, and the report seems
to indicate that the crop will be consid
erably below the average.
Cholera on the Increase.
The cholera epidemic in Valencia has
slightly increased. Eleven new cases
and three deaths are reported at Rolova,
amj three ocw cases and three deaths al
Gapdia.
FARGO’S WRECK.
A Tornado Causes Havoc in a North
Dakota City.
Seven Children of One Family Crushed—
Passenger Train Overturned and
Occupant* Injured.
A tornado struck Fargo, N. Dak., and
suronding towns Monday morning, last
ing thirty-five minutes, partially wreck
ing and damaging forty buildings and
sweeping the Northern Pacific fast ex
press, nine coaches and three sleepers,
from the track, injuring nineteen people.
Seven people were killed outright in
Fargo. All telegraphic and telephone
communication is gone. Can get no in
formation from north or south as to the
extent of the killed. In Fargo, seven
children in the family of J. M. McCar
thy, aged 7 to 20 years, were killed
by a house crushing them. Mrs. J. M.
McCarthy, of Fargo, had her arm and
lower limbs broken and her body
crushed. Her recovery is doubtful. The
Davis Block, Chapin Block, both Con
gregational Churches, Xerxes? Wigwam,
Opera House, both newspaper houses,
Kenny Block, Dakota Bank Block, Ex
change Hotel, Grand Pacific and Jay
Cooke Hotels, Continental Block, Mani
toba Freight House, Northern Pacific
Machine Shops, Milwaukee Freight
Depot and Garfield Block, besides
many residences, store houses
and farm machinery halls are
among buildings most seriously dam
aged. Every town in the line of the
storm suffered proportionately to Fargo.
The passenger service is now in full
operation, but there are no telegraph,
telephone or electric light facilities.
The Electric Light Company losesss,ooo
by the complete destruction of its
towers. The great wheat crop of North
Dakota, which, from present prospects,
it is estimated will cost $3,000,000 to
move, came through the storm uninjured
in any way.
The Chinese Story Not Verified.
In the absence of Secretary Blaine
and Assistant Secretary Wharton, of the
State Department, Second Assistant
Secretary Adee said that he knew noth
ing whatever about the truth of the
published statement that the Chinese
Government had recently made vigor
ous demands for the repeal of the Chi
nese exclusion act, as outlined in a pub
lished interview with the new Chinese
Minister who arrived at Washington
Monday night. Inquiry at the Chinese
legation has failed, in the absence
of interpreters, to obtain any verifica
tion of the report.
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A Fiendish Deed.
At Toronto, Ont., two boys, aged about
twelve years, made a deliberate attempt
to cremate a six-year-o ’.d girl on a pub
lic street. Ono of them threw a large
quantity of coal oil over her and the
other set her clothing on fire. The girl
started to run, and flames leaped as high
as her head, but a man threw her down
and smothered the flames with his
heavy jacket before she was fatally
burned. The boys, who are unknown,
made their escape.
Agreement on the Silver Bill.
The conferees of the House and Sen
ate have agreed on a substitute silver
bill, and it has been reported to the Sen
ate. It provides for the purchase of four
million five hundred thousand ounces of
silver per month, to be paid for in bul
lion Treasury notes redeemable in coin.
Os the bullion purchased, two million
ounces are to be coined each month un
til July, 1891, and after that date as
much as may be necessary to redeem the
bullion notes.
Horrible Suspicion Against a Husband
R. G. Collins was arrested at Shelby,
N. C., charged with being accessory to
the murder of his wife at their home in
Plainville, Ga., two weeks ago. Mrs.
Collins was shot dead by a negro farm
hand, and it is now believed that Col
lins hired the negro to commit the mur
der. The negro has not yet been capt
ured.
Heavy Failure.
The St. Louis Ore and Steel Company
applied in the United States Circuit
Court for a receiver. . The bonded in
debtedness of the company is $2,700,000.
This step is taken to prevent a multi
plicity of suits, and the attachment of
the Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob prop
erties.
Truth Ahoilt Cholera Suppressed.
The new Spanish War Minister, who
has visited Valencia, declares that the
cholera epidemic is more serious than
is generally believed. The Cabinet
has decided to punish the local offi
cials for concealing the true state of af
fairs.
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Archer Sentenced.
At Baltimore, Ex-State Treasurer
Archer came into court, pleaded guilty
to a charge of embezzlement of the
funds of the State, and was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
Pythian Knights in a Wreck.
A special Knights of Pythias train
was wrecked at Manteno, 111. J. J.
Crowder, of Waco, Tex., was killed.
Four other Knights were injured.
Lottery Bill Vetoed.
Governor Nichols of Louisiana, has
returned the lottery bill to the House
with a message setting forth his reasons
for not signing it
TONGUE PALSIED.
Startling Affliction of a Detective—Sud
denly Hereft of Speech by Paralysis of
Vocal Chords.
Nothing that’has occurred within a.
year in Reading, Pa., has created so
much talk as the announcement that
the famous “Bully” Lyon, ex-detectivo
and agent of the Law and Order League,
had been suddenly deprived of his speech.
From last Saturday night, when
Lyon says ho had one of tho
spells to which he is subject, until Tues
day afternoon he was unable to utter a
word, even in a whisper. This, it was
claimed, was due to a paralysis of tho
vocal organs. Instantly the famous ex
tortion case was recalled. This was a
case in which Lyon was arrested and
placed on trial on the charge of
taking S2O from Mrs. Eckert, tho
wife of a saloon-keeper whom ho
had prosecuted and sent to prison
on the charge of gambling. Lyon
was acquitted, but the costs, amount
ing to about SSOO, were placed on him.
While on the stand testifying in his own
defense, Lyon denied ever having taken
the money or even having seen tho
woman, closing his remarks by saying:
“I hope that God may paralyze my
tongue if I am not telling the truth.”
There are many who believe that
his loss of speech was directly
due to a visitation of Provi
dence, for his evidence was contradicted
by several witnesses. Late Tuesday af
ternoon Lyon was able to speak above a
whisper, and he could converse for a
short time in an ordinary tone. He fears
a return of the attack at any moment,
and those who were inclined to think
that he was being punished for his tes
timony still believe that his recovery of
speech is only temporary,
VIOLENT HAIL
Destroys Crops, and Wind and T.iglitning
Property, the Latter Also Taking Four
Lives.
The western edge of the most violent
storm of recent years struck the James
River Valley, N. D., Sunday night. Nu
merous barns and outbuildings were
blown down. At Edmunds, N. D., the
elevator was struck by lightning and.
Cobwinett's elevator was blown down.
John Fesburg was a farmer living thir
teen miles north of Jamestown, N. D.
He and wife and baby were killed by
I lightning, while another child was
! struck and will die. Fosburg and wife
gave up their bed to some neighbors
who were caught in the storm, and.
made a bed for themselves on the floor.
Tho lightning came through the open
window, accompanied by rain and wind.
Hail fell in streaks. In a strip of coun
try in the southern part of the county,
ten miles long and four miles wide,
crops were annihilated. llail-stones
were as large as hens’ eggs. Windows
were broken out of houses in the hail
belt, and five thousand acres of grain.,
are a total loss. Wires were down
and all telegraphic business has beeia
delayed.
A Whole Township Drunk.
A train which went through Banger
Creek bridge, near Collinsville, Tex.,.
Sunday, was loaded with beer and
liquors. The natives from the surround
ing country were not long in learning
how much good stuff was going to waste,
and in a few hours nearly the whole
towns'hip were drunk. Barrels of liquor
that went through the wreck Intact
were burst open by the maudlin crowd,
which literally swam in liquor. Officials
were helpless.
Hungarians Disgusted With America.
One hundred and fifty Hungarians
passed through Pittsburgh en route to
New York, to sail for home. They
have beer in this country from one to
three years, and go back disgusted, hav
ing discovered, they say, that the re
muneration for toil in this country, is
different from what European emigrant
agents led them to believe.
The Veto Overridden.
Tho Louisiana House, on tho Btb,
again passed the lottery bill, this time
over the Governor’s veto, by a vote of
66 to 31- —exactly enough to carry it.
There was r.o change in any vote. The
bill did not reach the Senate in time to
act on it, but will be taken up on the
9th, and, it is thought, paused over the
veto in that house also.
Arrested for Embezzling.
L. H. Bartlett, was arrested at
Seattle, Wash., charged with the em
bezzlement of a large sum of money
from the Morgan National Bank, of Fort
Morgan, Col., while be was cashier in
September, 1889. It is said Bartlett’s
shortage at Seattle, Wash., amounted to
$57,000. When arrested Bartlett was
employed as freight clerk on the Sound
steamer.
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The Statement Contradicted.
The statements appearing in Amer
ican papers dated Victoria. I>. C., that
schooners were arriving there and afr
Maple Bay for the purpose of re
sistance to American revenue cutters in
Behring Sea, are wholly without founda
tion.
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God In the Constitution.
A number of petitions from a half
dozen or more States were presented in
the Senate on the Bth praying for ac
knowledgment of the Almighty God and
the Christian religion in the Constitu
tion of the United States.
Governor Hill Declines an Opportunity.
Governor Hill has declined the invi
tation of the executive board of Tex* ’
Bar Association, to deliver the annual
address before that Association at Gal
veston, on August 7 next