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T. A. 1. MAJORS, Publisher, WAS IT A MURDER? Examination at the inquest of Sa’mi Morse. IfPlaln sm|>tt'!onii Thiit There May Ilarc Ucvu r«ui Play «tn (lie Pm! of riel; i i noy. r<E\v York, February 28.—The inquest in the case of Salmi Morse was continued to «><iy. Mary Blackburn testified that Me- X'ivney bad asked her to be his wife, but tjiat she refused. Morse knew this. Me. Xuvnejr also knew that Morse was a suitor of hers. She had often heard Morse say that he wished he were dead. Thomas Mc- Givuey testified that he had known Morse ■■nul Mary Blackburn for three months, and ■ i!wl been on friendly terms with them until a week, when they had a difficulty fl . u " theatrical matters. He acknowledged going to Mary Blackburn's on the night Vt ° tlle duatil 0( Morse. He found .Morse and Miss Blackburn there in a ques tionable position. Morse immediately left tne room. 1 never struck biin. in my life, i remamed a few minutes talkifig to Miss iMaekburn, and then went to my lodging house. 1 stopped there until six o’clock Knndy morning, when 1 returned to Miss Blackburn's; slie admitted me. ei * wanted to see her on theatrical business. I did not mention Morse s noiue. Later he corrected his tes timony by saying that the janitress bad a tight, and that the room was not dark, as ihe at first stated. He said that he called * i e attention of the jffbitress to the posi ■ ions of Miss Blackburn and Morse, saying ,o ueri "'Mary, I want you as a witness iVi? stelle ‘” janitress heard him Morse an old rascal. After his sec «a;e call on Miss Bi«( Aeurn he went to Har hm\ It Was after GVelock. He had no unpleasantness with Miss Blackburn on H o evening of the 21st inst., beyond a few vcqrds in reference to a mortgage his law at r wanted to get on the stage properties, llie lawyer said be could not get SIO,OOO on them. Miss Blackburn told him that be had ho light to anything there, because every* j'"l# bad been purchased in her name, and flic answered her to the effect that the ques tion would liave to he tested before any money could lie raised on the property, ihecourisel for Miss Blackburn desired to < i oss examine McOivijey, us tlie character ut “is client bad been attacked, but the coroner decided that the only way in which mis testimony could be rebutted was to re call Miss Blackburn. This was done, and --lie explained that their difficulty was over a money transaction. (She denied in the most emphatic manner the truth of the re mainder of his testimony relating to her relation with Morse. Four Boys Blown »o Atoms, Omaha. Neb., February 27. — Four boys, <en t i old, while hunting yj* this afternoon-, exploded «,f < ' oufa ' ! iiug over six tons Tie vim^M 1 U'. , . , . , 'i; A'iKVfeWn‘Tv Ae Tliii-. Madsen, aged seventeen; Wm. Abney, sev eiiteen; Wm. Mallus, ’ twelve, and John Stitt, ten. The magazine was owned by Steele & Johnson, and located two and a half miles south of thb city. Tlie shock was severely felt all over town, and the Fire Department was stalled nut. Buildings half a mile from the magazine had windows shattered and doors split in two, trees were leveled and torn as if raked with grape and caninister, and the brandies left hung heavy with fruit of human flesh, one head being taken from a limb thirty'feet high. ' General Graham's Forward March. 1 Trinkitat, February 28.—General Gra- Hiarn marches from Fort Baker this after noon. He bivouacs to-night, and resumes the march on the Teb to-morrow, where a decisive battle is expected. One company is left on guard at Trinkitat. Cairo, February 28. —Two armed steam ers have proceeded up the White Nile from Khartoum, under General Stewart, bearing the white flag and distributing General Gordon’s proclamations. General Gordon has explained that his theatrical actions and announcements are necessary to im- Ip. ess the p< ople with a sense of ids power. Two Egyptian battalions have started for Assouan. Fresh directions have been sent General Graham, repeating the previous orders to restrict His operations to the de fense of Suakim. A Conductor's Fatal Forgetfulness. Paws, 111., February 28.—The local east hound passenger train on the Indianapolis & Gt. Louis road, leaving here Tor Indian apolis at 12 o’clock to-dnv, collided with a westbound through freight when one mile cast ol here. The engines of both trains were demolished. Fireman Lindsey, of the freight train, was instantly killed. Many cars are splintered and piled in a complete wreck, and many of the passen gfers were hurt. It is rumored that twelve were killed. Tile conductor of the freight train forgot the passenger train was com ing until it was too late, and the two trains met. A Tenement Horror. New York, February 28.— A fire broke out this morning on the third floor of a frame building occupied by Cornelius Van Riper, his wife and three children, and N. Connol ]y, Van Riper and bis three children were suffocated and burned to death. His wife jumped from the third story window and "was* instantly killed. The fire caused a loss of S4OO before it was extinguished. The bodies of Van Riper and his wile ami chil dren were taken to the Eleventh Precinct Station. The cause of the fire is unknown. Another Crew for the Artie Regions. Erie, Penn.. February 2!>.—Seven able seamen of the United'S;ates steamer Mich igan volunteered to go out with the Gree ley relief expedition, and reported to-day." and by telegraphic orders from Washing ton were examined by a surgeon. All are approved. The names of the men are C. J. Keegan, J. Wachter, C. L. Blare, J. Allman, A. L. Finn, P. Mu gins and Tlios. Wilson. Effect of the Flood at Maysville. Maysville, Ky., February 28. Last night about forty feet of the western wall of Robinson A Co.’s flour mill fell. Dur ing the flood the water was all around the foundation, which softened it and the sus taining earth, causing it to give away. The building was a large two-story brick, and' it will cost about Iff,(WO to replace ilie wall, not counting the suspehsiou of business to ti e mill. RISING FAWN, DADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. Apaches on the War-Path. Tucson, Arizona, Febrdary 20.- The Apaches Ht« aghiii committing depreda tion* in Sonora. On January ‘.9 they killed two men and stole horses and cattle near Chinapa; on the 39th they seriously wounded a mexican vaquero near Tetuachi, and stole the horses of American prospect ors, and the stock of Leoilafdo Gbmez, Pre rect of the A Vispe district. The authorities sent a fbree in pursuit, but there is no news yet. J'he Apaches are believed to be crossing the border, at several places simultaneously. The last few days they have been depredating in the Salnia ripa district. They killed Dolore Lopez and wounded Lorenzo Melendez, near Bainosi. Several bodies of Mexicans were found on Mexican soil near the border. At Marita vitlie, Indians killed the same day Jesus Dunrto Cbinavirachi. The malt carrier on the Sahuaripa route is missing and is be lieved to have been killed. Largo bands of cattle have been stolen from Los Fiedras and De Lumbre. A federal force is in pur suit. Another is seeking to head off the marauders. Colonel Garcia and a large force are out. On the Eve of Battle. Trinkitat, February 29.— Great activity this morning in the British camp, four miles distant, where everything is being got in readiness to forward the movement of the force employed in the expedi tion, which will number under 5,000. Skirmishers, thrown out early this morning, encountered the picket line of the rebels a short distance front Fort Baker, where an active exchange of shots is now going on, A spy coining into Fort Baker this morning reports that the rebels feel so confident oi defeating Gen. Graham that very little attention is being paid to military duties, and most of their time is taken up in feasting. Reports from Bua kini state that some of the friendly tribes, bad a fight with the rebels near there, and Captured 49 camels. Drstruotive Fire at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, February 29.—A disas trous fire occurred last night at tlie chemi cal xvorks of Powers & Wight-man, the largest of the kind in the country, which were totally destroyed. The loss to this place will be $1,500,000. The fire was first discovered about one o’clock, but the alarm was not responded to because the only en gines in that fire district were already engaged in combating a similar lire in the wool mills at Second and Lehigh avenue. One of the two engines which answered the first call came a distance of nearly two miles. The store of Coon Bros. & Co;, pro duce commission merchants. No. 29 South Water street, was damage* i SIO,OOO. Ex-Treasurer Polk Dead. Nashville, Tenn., February 29.—Mar shal T. Polk, ex-state treasurer of Tenues see, died at East Nashville to-night. Ho had been ill for some (lavs, but hts death was unexpected. He was lying on the bed, talkifig rs Usual to his family, having been up and •lojsfxjjHMra? foT'several week 7. liVeri uis family hardly knew when -Jje died. His son, James Knox Polk, saw it is arm tall, and went to him and found that he was dead. Several physicians were called, and they pronounced it heart disease. Serious Panic in a St. Louis Church. St. Louis, February 29.—There was a panic in St. Patrick’s Church to-night, caused by the bursting of a pipe attached to one of the steam coils. The church was filled with steam and the congregation, alarmed at this, attempted to leave the ed ifice in a body. As a result several persons were trampled under foot, and an old lady named Mqry McLaughlin sustained injuries which will prove fatal. Father McCafferv, who was preaching when the pipe burst, besought the congregation to keep their places, but liis appeal proved unavailing. Frozen to Death- Reading, Penn., February 29.—Jeremiah Van Rex, aged sixty-nine, and worth SIOO,- 000, left home in Amity Township, fifteen miles below Reading, early this morning, to drive to the city in a buggy. The long drive, against the cold wind chilled him. The carriage arrived at the bote], but lie failed to move. Van Rex was lifted from the carriage, and was just aide to walk into tiie hotel, where he ieii over with a groan. He was carried upstairs, where lie lingered in an unconscious condition until 1:20 p.m., when he died. A Bl zzard in New York. Saratoga, N. Y., February 29.—A heavy gale all night, and all roads substantially blocked. At East Line, south of here, a snow-bound freight train blocks communi cation on the Deleware and Hudson. Churchville, N. Y., February 29.—A terrific storm prevails. Five heavy trains on the New York Central railroad which were stopped in the snow here are frozen to the track. All west-bound freight traffic is stopped. The weather is extremely cold. Repeal of the Test Oath. Washington, February 27.—Tlie bill re pealing the test oath, which recently passed the House, lias passed tlie (Senate, after 4>e ing modified by an amendment, proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, pro viding that no person who held a commis sion in the U. S. Army or Navy before the war, and was afterward engaged in the military, naval or civil service of tlie so called Confederate States, shall be ap pointed to any position in the Army or Navy of tlie United States. An Insurance Man Shoots H’mself. Detroit, Mich., February 27.—George E. Smith, corporation attorney of Union City, Branch County, shot himself this morning, and will probably die. He had had trouble with the insurance companies for which lie was agent, they alleging crookedness iu his methods of doing business. A fresh agent had just put iu an appearance to ex amine into his affairs when the shooting took place. Smith was married and moved in the best circles of society. Seven Men Lost at Sea. New London. February 28.—A dispatch to-night i s tlie death by drowning or starvation o' seven men of the crew of the schooner Sarah VT. Hunt while searching for seals near Canljflbell Island, in the Pa cific Ocean. Tne commander of the brigan tine, with the aid of a uoy. kept hi vtsstl on her course tor a month. Tin, captain and steward of tlie schooner alone sailed the vessel 630 miles to New Xealaud, after losing the crew. A BATTLE Bolwecn the British and Rebel Forces Near Trinkitat. Desperate ilrsvery of the Rebels, Who are Defeated With Heavy f.ots. English less Small-(aroernl firahiini tlv«npln Tokar. Trinkitat, March 1. —The British troop 9 had a stubborn fight with the Egyptian rebels near Fort Baker. Forming his four thousand men into a square, General Gra ham ft Ivahced Over sttml knolls find scrub, a distance of three miles, with tlifi bagpipes playing and the standards flying, when the reb.ls opened Are upon him at long range. Over the entire distance was strewn the festering bodies of Baker Pasha’s men. The British continued their advance without answering the enemy’s fire until they passed the north. face of the rebel works. Hot firing then began on botli s|deS) which lasted several hoUrs. The rebels contested every inch. Refusing to fall back, they had to be killed. Baker Paslm was wounded by a piece o£ shell. The British loss was twenty-four killed and 142 wounded. It is estimated that there were one thousand of the enemy killed. The spoils taken from Bakel - Pasha were largely recovered. SUAKIM, March 2.-“ The Arabs lost 1,110 men deud oft the field at Teb) besides guns nltd other munitions. The whole camp, including 375 tents and many camels, was taken. The condition of the camp showed that the Arabs relied upon being victo rious. General Graham sends part of the Tokar garrison to Trinkitat, and destroys the fortifications. He will then march to Tftiiianeib, where he will convoke the (Sheikhs of friendly tribes and those submitting to him, to make arrangements to keep open the route between Suakiin and Berber. After the battle Baker Pasha and admiral Hewitt re turned to Trinkitat. The soldiers and sailors heartily cheered Baker Pasha; Who Was so severely wounded that he was una ble to walk. Veterans who took part in the battle say they never met a more reso lute foe. The enemy’s trenches were found completely filled with corpses. The British troops entered Tokar at noon Saturday. A few shots wera exchanged with the enemy, WhMl the fouf thousand rebels holding the town fled. Osman Digna is encamped eight miles dis tant from Suakim. A battle with him is expected as soon as the British troops re turn to Suakim from Tokar. The determi nation and bravery of the rebels were shown in the fact that when they wer« charged by the cavalry great num bers of them threw themselves upon their backs on the ground and speared the horses of troopers.as they- dashed over them. The march to Tokar was accomplished in four hours from Teb. Hussars scoured the country and kept tip a desultory skirmish ing with the enemy, who retired in disor ganized masses in the direction of ieb. J vnun UtUT Ills. St. Paul, March 2, —Advices from Bis marck, Jamestown, ami Fargo show that March came In w ith a blllfiSifd thdtthfdWs all previous ones of this year into insignifl ' cance. There was a heavy snow fall all last night, and this morning wind com menced blowing at the rate of from forty to fifty miles an hour catching up >now and driving it in blinding masses so that it was impossible to stay upon the streets. Up to midnight no lives have been ri ported lost from the fact that it was none ventured to leave their houses. Trains were delayed all day, und all cuts are drifted full of snow. The re> port comes from ail parts of Dakota of snow. In some places it was light, blit the wind was terrific. The thermometer is from five to tell degrees below Zero. The wind reached this city this evening, but had spent its force. To-night all points Northwest are clear; ten to fifteen degrees below- zero. An Ancient Masonic Record. Philadelphia, Pa., March 2.—A most important original Masonic record ha« been discovered in tho library of the His torical Soviet vof Pennsylvania. Tiie relic consists of the original ledger account of the first Masonic lodge organized in this city (Sr. John’s Lodge), from June 34,1731, to June 24, 1738. Among the members of the lodge was Benjamin Franklin, who be came a member according to the records, in February, 1731. The exact date of Franklin’s admission to the order was not known until the discovert- of this ledger. It, is claimed it is the oldest Masonic lodge book in America, and one of the oldest in tiie world. Storms at Sea. Halifax, N. S., March 2.-—The steamer Juliet, from Newcastle, England, reports fearful storms and seas and revolving hur ricanes, heavy fields of ice. and immense ice-bergs. She sighted a two-master steamer, apparently hard and fast between two bergs, but could not make out bei name. L iter she passed an oil-cake or petroleum ship afire. The crew are be lievt dto have been rescued by a passing ship. A Man Kicked to Death. Effingham, 111., March 2.—Saturday evening Philip Pitsing, a prominent Ger man farmer living in the western part of the comity, was severely ami probably fa tally kicked Gy a horse. His skull was fractured and he sustained other injuries, lie was leading a horse with a halter, hav ing tied the end of the strap to his wrist, when the horse became frightened aiul ran away, with the above result. A Desperate Assault. Joliet, 111., March I.—A murderous as sault was made upon Captain John Mc- Donald, Deputy Warden of the Penitentia ry, this afternoon at tins place by the red banded assassin and notorious desperado, Frank P.ande, with a pok«r, crushing the skull. P.ande was finally subdued alter being slot in the hin aiid head. In all probability both will die. Counterfeiters Arrested. ( HICAGO, 111., March 2. — The authorities at Smithfleld, 111., telegraphed the United States Marshal at Springfield informing him of the arrest of a gang of counter feiters and the capture of their entire outfit this morning. Their names are Mr. and Mrs. Fiestery and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold. They Want No Education. Constantinople, March 2.— The porte has refused the French ambassador per mission to establish at Beyront a French college, on the ground that public instruc tion w< uid interfere with the rights of the government. The minister sent au indig nant protest to the Sultan. XLVIIIth CONGRESS. First Session. Washington, February 2ti.— Senate.— Bills reported favorably: House bill for the relief of Fite John Porter. Made the special order for Wednesday, March 12. To prohibit the mailing of newspapers containing lottery advertisements; placed on the calendar. Mr. Jackson submitted a minority report. A resolution complimentary to the English Government for tlie presentation of the ship Alert wtW passed. The ( hair laid before the Senate unniilshod business, being the bill to authorize the construction of additional stool Vessels for tin' navy. After debate bv Messrs, lisle, McPherson itnd itutler, but without uc lion tlio Senate wtbit into executive session and soon adjourned. 1 House.—After the transaction of routine matters, the House .went Into conunitteo of the whole (Mr. Cox la tlie chain on the Plenro-pneumonia Hill. Mr. Hop kins offered an amendment, pro viding that the appointment of Cxamtn urs shall bo with the consent of thqState leg islature. Mr. Ifandall advocated a resolution. Which he proposed to offer at ihe proper tiiilC, recommitting flip bill, with instructions to the Committee of Agricul ture to report back n bill which shall embrace a more thorough system of inspection, to the end that no diseased animals shall be exported, and further to report a bill to organize a more ttrict quarantine against the importation of diseased animals, und make such recommend ations as will secure, by the States, such legis lation as will eradicate the disease known as pleuro-pneuiuonia. Adjourned. WaMIIKIWon, February 87. Senate.— I The bawe§ c-orrilriittbfi oil Indian affairs reported favorably the bill for the allotment of itliid in severalty to the Indinnsof the Umatilla Reser vation in Oregon. Mr. Van Wyck offered the following resolution. Hcmeed, That the committee on postoffices and post roads be directed to inquire whether at any time the Western Union and Baltimore and fjliig Telegraph companies, or any officers Qr employes ol Suit! fcffitljmtoes, entered into a contract or negotiation for the purpose of consolidating said companies or making a combination for any purpose." Referred. 7he Senate resumed consideration of the bill to provide for the navy, which was debated the balance of the day, and the Senate ad lourned. House.—Mr. ilOfrlsdifi Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, repoidell tl res olution directing the Secretary of the Treas ury to inform the House how much money is now in the treasury of the United States, un der what several provisions of law is it there retained, and how much, in view of current ticeipts. expenditures and legal liabilities of tefe treasury, Win i*<? implied a ; the turn- in Apildntlon oi" that ptlrt bf Hie public debt now pjtyable, without embarrassing Ins aeimrt mint. Adopted. Mr. Uo Fevre offered a resolution reciting that speculation and gambling in American farm prqduets had obtained control of the market value of these products, and directing the Committee on tlie Judiciary to prepare a 'Jill prohibiting ♦he purehaee or sale or wheal, corn, cotton, provisions, of Other articles oh prime necessity, utfless there be an actual tiyinsfer or a warehouse receipt necompun icjf such action; also, a bill authorizing such government Interference as will give stability to the price of these com liifcltfcr,. T lie House Went *p l oCommittee of thflWholo |Mr. Cox in the chain ”n the rwlo-pnoumcuiiikbill. Mr. Muldrow offered v.im amendment ooutiiAbg Ihe operations <>t ■/vr* iw.pu-ii'ffWi iHaeßdmoiit was ns reed to ri mend mg section 4?)ty adding the words "into any other Slate oijTorrltory or fonreign country to the clause tulthniiniug ihe I’rpsidetlt to prohibit the trills[iui-tmltih tif KiltUo hilt of. a quarantined Ijße, Territory, or District. Adjiliiinud. Washington, February-28.— Senate.- Mr. Ingulfs introduced a bill to remove the in junction of s erecy from tnc court mar tial tlml tried General f it/. John Porter, in order (hat. the inoiiileil ilf ii tit it t wjvu Its de tails to the public and testify to tho ease, if called upon, flic Senate resumed considera tion of the bill to authorize the construction of stool v essels which was debated at some length. Mr. Jones (Fla.) offered an amend- UiePt to it. providing that the construct on of tlif Vt-sSe! shnUlu Mo the different navy-yards of the country, l’eiiding the debate on the amendment the Senate vwmt into executive session, and soon adjvWrm#. llbj kfe.—ill - . 1)( ustHAitising to a question of privilege, sent to tho Clerk'S fleVtt 6tid had read a resolution adopted by the Executive Com mittee of the Liberal Union iu the German Parliament, expressing its appreciation of the action of tlie House of Representatives In adopting the resolutions in honor of Edward Linker. Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs. The House restitut’d consideration of tliu Pleuro-pnomnOnia Hill, tho pending UMchdineni bking that reported from the CoV.nittee tiimhf wh(lit> striking out the fourth section. Hie quaranlihe sr-Otldri. The nmeiißncut was agreed to; yens l.Vi, nays ilk. A reAiition recommitting tlie liill to tin- ComiiMtee of Agriculture with instructions was riveted. The bill then passed—yeas ISS, nays 127. Adjourned. Masiiinoton, February Hi 1 . Fenatk, —An Original bill p-oViding for tile admission of the Territory of Dakota was reported from the Committee on TOrrliOiMOs. Ordered printed »nd rretimmitted. The Committe on Appro priations reported back adversely the bill ap propriating money for the relief of the suf reibrs from the Pout-horn cyclone. Tho reason given wastlmt iu the judgment of the miii mitteo the Buttering was not lb NUCII widespread character as to baffle all local and State relief. Tho bill for the construction of st-el cruisers, after much debate, was passed —yeas, 3H; nays, 13. Adjourned till Monday. House.— The House went into committee of the whole on tho private calendar. Onposi, tier was developed to the retirement of Gen era I’leusonton. The bill was finally so amended as to give him the rank of Colonel, am! was favorably reported in that form. Mr. Stefle moved to recommit the bill to the Com mittee on Military Affairs, with insti notions to report back a bill placing on the retired list, with the rank of Colonel, all soldiers of the late war suffering from total disability The point of order was raised against this mo tion. tint pending a decision, several dilatory motions was made, and tlio rod-call con sumed the time until 5 o’clock. The l’ost oflice Appropriation Bill was reported by Mr. Townshei.d, and referred to the committee of tin w hole. The House-then took a recess until 7:30, the evening session to lie held for eoksfde alien of pension bilis. The House at tty evening session passed about twenty pen sion bilis, und adjourned until to-morrow. Vashington, Marcli 1. — Senate.— Sonato not in session. 10U.se.— Mr. Oates, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a resolution calling on Hut Secretary of thclnterioff for information relative to tlm authorized fencing in of public lands by fnuividnals or con o- a! ions in several Statrs ard Territories. Adopted. The fol lowing hills were reported: To provide for the issue of circulating notes to National Banking Associations. Re ferred tt> Ihe committee of the whole. Mr. Kuoknei submitted a minority report. To es abiisli u lion d of Inter-State Commerce, and regulate such Commerce. Referred to the committee of the whole. To Increase the pension <jf widows, minor children and de pendent relatives ol deceased soldiers and sailors, jieferred to ihe committee on the whole, 'fcm House, at 190. went into com mittee <jf ihe whole, Mr. Converse, of Ohio, in ike chair, on the Naval appropriation Bill. Al’ttr debate, the Committee rose and the Ilousk adjourned. Bfadlatioh Thinks It Mean. Lon in >.» March 2.—Bradltuigh has sent a letter to ? nrthcote charging him with hav ing viola! d the law in having had Brad laugh ex luded from tho House of Coru moijs. Tit act, Bradlaughsay s, was mean andspitel il, and unworthy an English gen tlemen. SOUTHERN KEIVS iLEANINUS. Dr. J. J. liTnn, of Minneapolis, Minn., has purchased a largo body of lmd near Montgomery, Ain,, containing a fine qual ity of yellow ochre. Tim land contains forty or fifty acres, and ihst specimens taken have been examined by the best ex perts, and pronounced to be a very fine quality of ochre and equal to that of France. The land is situated some ten miles from Montgomery in Elmore County, arid within four miles of the railroad. Th» ochre is worth in New York by wholesale forty dol lars a ton, and-as an examination has shown the bed to lie from four t > eight feet thick, it may be said to be a fine invest ment. The railroads have carried from Flojirda to tlie West 500 car-loads o', oranges this season and there are 100 moM cars to go. A car carries about 250 boxes.ol' 30,990 oranges. This m»<ts tho total crop narketed West 21,000,00) oranges, or $420,000 in money, the oranges netting about s3a box,, or two cents apiece. As only a third of Ihe crop went West, the total crop of Florida was about 60,0)0,000 oranges that netted the orange growers about $1,200,000. The ltnltimoro American, in a late issue says: “A hint to the South: Min nesota during the past, four years adver tised her resources in Europe through 390,- 000 printed maps and circulars. Tne an nual cost was $4,200. Last year upwards of 35,000 immigrants were attracted to the State, The Southern States liave been complaining that they receive but a paltry part of tlie immigrants. Let them follow Minnesota’s example. Let them advertise.’, The ease of the State against Levy E. Siinger, charged with killing Dr. H. W. Bassett, a prominent physician of Huuts vtlie, Ala., in November, 1882, was tried in the Circuit Court there recently. Defendant submitted his case to tlio jury without argument on the State’s testimony, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty after beihg out half an hour. The killing was caused by a dispute between tho parties over a dept. A surprising and remarkable case came up tor trial in the Criminal Court, at Huntsville, Ala., recently. N. T. Fuston, a young man about twenty-four years of age, of respectable and intelligent appear ance, has been confined in the county jail on the charge Of grand larceny. When his case was called for trial, in reply to ques tions by the Court, lie stated that he had no attorney, did not want any, und was guilty as charged. He goes to the coal mines (Or two years. The case of tlie (State vs. J. C. Richard son, charged with killing Tom McLin, col ored, came up recently before Judge Ma lone at Athens, Ga., for investigation, and RichaPdso'i win i!i/<hSieged from custody; (hare being no evidence to sustain tlie ’cmtt-gpi R. P. Roddy, a Greenville, S. C,, man, lias had erected over the spot where lie is to be buried a fine monument, and is at present engaged in railing flowers to be devoted to tlie Name purpose. He prefers making all the arrangements for before and after bis death himself. He is at present enjoying good health. In Bartow County, Ga., there is a vast salpeti'C cave, the property of Col. Mark Hardin. Finn tittle immemorial it lias been the home of countless swarms of bats. There are ten large chambers in which tons and tons of gunnohave been de posited. It Is proposed to mine this out and use it for fertilizers, Henry Haralson, a popular voting law yer «t Fort Payne, Aha., was fatally stabbed a niiY days ago in an encounter with a dentist, Dr? Roe, formerly of Bir mingham. The quarrel arose over accounts Haralson held against Roe. Roe cut Har alson’s throat. He leaves a wife and three children. There is great indignation over the killing fit Fort Payne. The press throughout Florida is agitating a special session of the Legislature for the purpose of appropriating funds to place tlie State in a position to make a .present-able appearance at the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition next winter. In a desperate fight between a hand of liorse-thlaVeS and a constable’s posse, near Greenwood, Tex., recently, Dr, AY. F. Smith, one of the posse, was shot through tlie bowels;, he is dying. It is thought a number Of others were wonnded, hut how serioilsly is Unknown, Two horses belong ing to tlie posse were killed. One thief was shot in tho breast, but escaped. Harry Stith, a colored policeman, ar rested Harry Johnson, a well known steam boat engineer, at Vicksburg, Miss., on the 27ih, for sonic trivi il offense. Johnson re fused to go with the officer, and stabbed him in the groin. Stitli then shot Johnson twice. Both died in a few minutes. The well being sunk by the ice company in Vicksburg, hu<l reached a depth of 40} feet, a few days ago, and work is still going on. Col. President of the ice com panv, • expressed a ill-termination to strike water if he has to bore through to tb° other side. White the funeral services of Mrs. Wil* 'iams was in progress recently at Knox ville, Tenn., a porch fell, wounding six in attendance, among whom are three popu lar ladies. One of the latter escaped with a broken ankle, while another’s arm was broken. Miss Alice Gbeex, Postmaster at Bir mingham, Ala., died there recently of con sumption. Her father, T. U. Greeu, was immediately appointed her successor bv the President. Rev. T. G. Thurston and daughter, aged sixteen, were drowned at Oxford, N. C., a few days ago. Thurston was a Presby terian minister of Hickory, aud was on his way to Taylorsville to preach. The marriage license being three dollar? in North Carolina and ouiv seventy-five cents in South Carolina, a great many North Carolina couples who want to marry, cross over the line and are joined iu iiw cheaper locality. \ StraSßCßg, Va., expects soon to have a steam pottery, with capacity to turn out at least 100,000 gallons of stoneware annu ally, and will employ thirty or forty hands. VOL. I.—NO. *2. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. —An inventorof Sandy Crock. X. Y., has been offered $1 ,'OOi for a half in terest in h s patent hair-pin. —-xY. a'. Hun. A ltarn ss-maker of Templeton, Mass., xv o is ninety-three years old, made ten h vrnes-es last year, doing tha stitching by hand.— Boston Pets'. --A silk farm has been es ablished in Eowhattan County, Ya , by a number of I ren h families. Another one xvdl soon be est ib ishtul in North Carolina. — Phi'.alelphi'i l‘rcis. —Ventilated 1 od clothes is one of the latest inventions of KngUsh genius. They are p trtorate l and alloxv tne va p>r from the body to escap-\ — N. 1". Tima. Brass pins xyere made b\' hand many centuries agb. A Massachusetts man invented those with a solid head, 1 ut their first manufacture was in E-ug land, in IKJ;U —Bo 'on Her,ill. -The term “telephrase” has l>ee;i applied by I rof. Fleeming Jenkiu to ‘ the t ansmi s <>n of vehicles by elec tricity to a distance independent of any control exoresed irom the vehicle.” An experimental telephrage line has been constructed in EnglaniC People out West who des : re to raise silkworms need not wait to set out mul- I erry tie s. The leaves of the (Usage orange are found to be just as good f/>r s’lk worm foul as those of the mul berry, :n 1 there are many miles of < s’ge lit due ready for use distributed over the we t. A. Y. Examiner. —M. Ration de I mta brought before the Fren li Academy of Science a m mth awo a treatise on "(fiio’eta from the : t.uVd point of Chemislry.” His view after long a tention to physiologi cal stud es, is titat this dread disease is exc’usively propagated through the res piral >ry organ-y an I His chemical in |ii ries convince itirn (Rat the only safe t'eatment is to cause Ihe patient to in hale with prudence hype zot c vapor m xed with air. Mr. Shields, by layoff )>ip ‘ s P nforat ed at intervals of some hundred yards out o' F. lk.-tone harbor, and foreinp: oil throuff i them, sueoeeefuliy carried out, th-"other day,'his invention for e dming stormy water and making easy the entrance for vessels in distress. As he oil for the purpose can be procured for s x pence a ga I >n, and as fifteen or twenty eallons completely calmed the entrance to Folk stone in a very stiff bree e, it is muni est how easy of appli ance and t heap the plan is. A ( c :eva d n jut has invented a new and ingenious jiroie-s of tooth drawing. A square of India rubber, pierced with a. central hole, is pushed over the too:h till the upper part of the roo‘ is na thed. The luaia rubber gradually contracts, pulls on tie root, and th • o ending tooth is finally enuc leated, without ca ising the patient any Ia n whatever. Four or the da s a:o required to complete the operation. Very little bleeding and a slight swel ling o' the gum are the truly inconve nience experienced. PITH AND POINT. —Quest'on: How many dogs can a min keep who can not afford to take a paper.' —-There can lie no good in a man who emits bad language when he opens h s mouth. —Vh cac/o Times. —The tendency to sleep too soundly can be overcome by Raving hot soda biscuits for sup{ er. _lt is not every woman who can travel all over tho country on a dollar; but the woman whose picture is on that coin manages to do it. —-Delauudi what doan’ come nachul "■rates mighty harsh on de human year. Do dry, hoarse lau ,h o de owl makes a chicken ,e d mi hty oneasy.— ArkansaW Traveler. —Afler a man lias been moving hea v,n and earth to get a job, and iinally sue eeds, it is so soothing to his feel- Ings to learn by the papers that he has -accepted a pbsltio i:”— J)e‘roit Post'. —An editor says if as many people know how to pay their subscriptions as well as they think they kntav how to nit) a nc.YSj aper, editors would have an easier time of it. —A learned dentist si of “enu elea ino- a tooth.” koundstme, does n’t it ,J hit me one ation hurts as bad as though he l.ad said “yanked out. -Bo lon Tra i. trip?. —it is e’aimed that the coming tea •iop i -short bv ono-f >urih. but 3 0,1 ca .,’t s are this'eountry by such a story. \nv s' ortare down to one-half can e»‘- jlv be ma le up with marsh hay.--X>t> troi‘ Fr.e Ere s. *•]{ vo i would freeze,” said (Iror-s* snuggl ng up a lit tle closer, “you wcujd make delicio«3 ice- ream. If you were t o ire ze,” -responded Amelia with severity, after eat lung a whiff of I n breath, “you would mase a good rpm punch. ’ —A. 1. limes. Fdmuni ( - Stedman, the .banker noet/who has begun for the sec ond time >o make his lortuue. was offered several posit ons in journalism soon after his recent failure. He declined their, how ever as he had a family to support and couldn t afford the luxury.— N. X. H rap 'i c. Man's life. li am in i‘Go ‘J live a thousand years. When last h.s life h-ul ) a sjo He mizht, b ■ s.riet e< o lomy, A tortune b ive am s»ed. Then, ha ins’ a'uine 1 s.ime common sens And know cd-'c. too, of life. He could s?!ect the wo nan who Would make him a true wire. CuT as it is, man basil t tiuu To over, pay hi- debts, Hi weds tj txi ac<mjiinte i tyi.ii Toe woman whom he gets. fl (\ po ine, in Detroit Frcg Pre s.