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T. A. J, MAJORS, Publisher. TOUlt EXPLOSIONS. At Lawrence. Mass., Onondaga, Mich., and Olher Points. I*crs<>i s Killr rl nml n Kuniher af lIOUKCN SlliltlcM. I Lawrence, Mass., March (!.—The boiler at J. T. Trees’ dyeing establishment ex ploded to-day, killing the engineer, John Irees, Jr., and fatally injuring Win. More land and Michael Cronin, two employes. The force of the explosion was so great that three buildings were shattered to splinters. Pieces of the boiler and debris were thrown 440 feet, crashing through the roofs of dwellitfgs, but fortunately injured no one. , Jackson, Mich., March 0. News has just been received here of a terrible boiler explosion in Onondaga. Porter’s saw mill was destroyed, and Wm. Ward, engineer and John Porter were killed. Wm. Young had his arm blown off and was fatally in jured. Damage $3,000; no insurance. " ard leaves a wife and children. , Chattanooga, Tenn., March 6. —Two batteries containing four boilers exploded at Rising Fawn Furnace this morning, through lack of water. One man wm killed, one injured and the' qffitMlfting wrecked. New York, March o. —An of gas occurred this morning in the vault's of the cellar saloon kept by one Hollemler, situated in the fjtaats Zeitung building '1 he gas .pipes running through thed vaults leaked, and the escaping ga™ accumulated during the njght. When the gas in the cellar was lighted this morning the vault door wa.4 opened and a terrible explosion ensued. The iron -cover lid of the manhole leading from the vault to the sidewalk was blown high ip the air, failing with a frightful thud, fortunately hitting no one. Every pane o£ glass in the saloon was blown out, and bottles, glasses ami dishes destroyed. Two employes, Heinrich Refer, aged twenty-four, and Heinrich Bnchmann, aged twenty-one, were taken out stunned, and badly burned about the head and neck. The lbss on the slaoon is estimated at $2,000. Freaks of a Somnambulist. Cincinnati, March 8. —A few nights ago the family of M. T. Yandevort had quite an exciting event at their residence in Loveland. A lady visitor and relative is visiting them. _ The family had several > oung people as callers during the evening a id considerable conversation concerning | he many recent murders was indulged in. r l he lady who was the central figure in the after excitement, after the callers left re tired to a chamber having a window open ing out onto a veranda. About midnight some of the family were awakened by voices of men and the wailing of a female voice. Mr, Court Yandevort appeared at the window, revolver in hand, and saw two men and a woman in the street. When they caught sight of the weapon they retreated, making some remark about one of the murderers. In about half an hour the son was again awakened, and found a young army about the house. Alarmed at the strange sight, he ran down stairs, revolver in hand, and found some of the parties tryingto force open the dining room door, while at the same time the front door-bell was violently ringing. Mr. V. upon asking the crowd what the matter was, a voice from the outside replied that the family were murdered, and a woman had jumped from the upper window. Open ing the door lie found a crowd, headed by Othcer Martin. Mr. Vandevort informed them that his family were all alive and well, "at the same time inquiring where the woman was. Ho was escorted to the residence of Colonel Nash, and there found his guest, who was supposed to be sound asleep, and the family using caution to prevent her* rest from being broken by the noise. Ex planations were in order, and were gi#en as follows: The crew of an eastern-bound freight train were taking water and re ceiving orders when they ob ject coming down the track As it drew nearerthey in her night-dress and barefooted walking over the frozen ground, through the freez ing wind. They asked her what was the matter. She said the Vandevort family were all murdered, and she had escaped by jumping from the window. When asked where the house was, site led them toward the Vandevort residepce, making strange and pitiful noises all the time. As they neared the house they saw young Van devort at the window, and mistook him for one of the murderers. Alawned, they fled, and, after taking the lady to Colonel Nash’s house, they raised a crowd, includ ing Officer Martin, and proceeded again to the house determined to capture the mur derers, with the results already stated. The lady has no recollection of anything that occurred until Mr, Yandevort spoke to her at Colonel Nash’s. Up to that time she had persisted that the family'were all murdered. Although weighing over two hundred pounds she escaped without a visible scratch or. injury, and has not .suf fered from any bad results of her remark able night’s experience. Those Resolutions Returned. Washington, March 7. Herr Von Ersendecker, German Minister, said to-day he had just received from the German Gov ernment the resolutions of condolence passed by the American Congress on the death of Herr Lasker, and would forward them as well as accompanying lettertrans mitted from Prince Bismarck do the De partment of >State in a few days. He added he had had no communication or'im derstanding whatever with the Foreign Affairs Committee in regard to the matter. He proposed to deal entirely with, the De partment of State. The letter of Prince Bismarck returning the resolutions, lie said, had already been published in sub stance, but in addition it oppressed Bis marck’s regret that he felt compelled, un der the circumstances, to return the reso lutions. Fxpons of American Pork. Washington, March ((.—Statements is sued by the Treasury Department show that, despite the opposition to American pork abroad, the quantity and value of the hog product exported in 1883 were millions of pounds and millions of dollars’ worth/in excess of 1882. The quantity of bacon ex ported is 50,000,000 pounds greater than in 1882; hams, seventy per. cent. greater than in 1882; pork, nearly 2,000,000 pounds greater, and lard, 45,000,000 in excess of the past year. The value of the pork pro ducts exported increased nearly $10,000,000. RaiPJo’s Suicide. Chicago, March 7.—A telephone message to the Doily Npxca states Hint Frank Hands, who made an attempt upon the life of Deputy McDonald last Saturday night at Joliet, and who was placed in solitary confinement, succeeded in ending his career by hanging himself last night. Ramie’s real name was Charles C. Scott. He killed no less than five men in 1877, and is sup posed to have murdered thirteen persons in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. He was originally' sentenced to the lowa Peniten tiary' for burglary, escaped and fearing ar rest, became a tramp. He was afterward sent to Michigan City Prison for burglary under another name, and left there in 1877. He robbed a farmer near Gilson, 111., and being pursued by a party of six, lie killed two and wounded three flfchers. He com niitted an almost sfpular robbery near St. Elmo, 111., and being followed by a party of citizens, killed three of the latter and escaped. He was finally' captured in Sr. Louis after a desperate struggle with an officer, and on bis trial for the Gilson tragedy escaped with a life sentence. His prison life lias been marked with three or four acts of desperation similar to that of last Saturday night. He used bis under clothing to effect bis death, and his lifeless body was discovered on opening the soli tary cell this morning. Sudden Rise of the Sandy River. Catlettsbuug, Ky., March 0. —One of the most sudden and destructive rises that has occurred in the Sandy River for years came out this morningetaking everything •The sctfhe at that place was ex tl;Extreme. The Sandy River Ak'-e tiiis place was lull of of timber ready to ru£, hut were not suffi cient to hold as they' came out, pfeti the breakw mters and the grade”® at they were torn up comjWtely, and the Ohio was filled with loose logs for some distance down the river. The Tom Spurlock made a narrow escape by raising steam and get ting across the Ohio just as the timber be gan to come out. Bowles & Williams, Ratcliff and other timber men are losers. Tiie Sea Lion and Tom Spurlock are busy saving what they can. The rise here is fully five feet. The Ohio being low, gives the Sandy more force. There was con siderable snow in the mountains, and heavy rains during the past twenty-four hours. There is considerable ice in the Ohio at this place. A Heartless Uncle. Rochester, Minn., March 7,—The cy clone of August 21 last killed Charles Quick, his wife and two of their seven children. Three of the orphaned children were adopt ed by r charitable people. Of the remaining two Jacob Schmelzer was appointed guar dian, and a special contribution of $775 to the Quick family placed to his credit. At the request of their uncle, August Quick, they were placed in his family, and disappeared from public notice until the coroner was summoned to investigate the death of Her mann, tiie eldest, aged fourteen. The boy r had died of starvation and neglect. Sent to school insufficiently clothed, bis feet hnd been frozen, and, his injuries receiving no care, the flesh of bis toes was ready to drop from the bones. The body was reduced to a mere skeleton, and while out gathering chips for firewood he dropped dead in his tracks. Steps are being taken to institute legal proceedings against the uncle. Became a Jewess. Baltimore, March 7.—A sensation was created here yesterday by the announce ment of the marriage of Miss Coiista Hop wood, a beautiful young girl, to William Oberndorfer, a wealthy young Israelite, coupled with the news that she had em braced Judaism to satisfy her lover. Miss Hopwood’s father is a prominent citizen and stanch Protestant, being one of the vestrymen of Ascension Protestant Epis copal Church Oberndorfer came to this city last spring frmN'orfolkon a visit to Mrs. Laur, are aMHUio lives opposite Mi'. V.'nllr- l, e in--! Mi-s mutual int people had all obstacles and marry, informed his daughter that it was time she became a member of Ascension Church. To this her lover strenuously objected and at his bid ding she eloped with him a few nights ago to South Mills, Virginia, and they were mar ried. The Southern Floods. Blackfish, Ark., March 7. —The Missis sippi River here extends from its bed on the west to the St. Frances River on the east, a distance of over forty miles, and has reached a maximum height of 83feet, and there stands stationary, except slightly affected by recent rains". Edward Lee, ot Memphis, was drowned here. He was in the overflow in a dugout, which capsized, and although he succeeded in reaching a tree, he attempted to regain possession of his dugout, and failing, was drowned. Franco-Chinese War. Paris, March 7.—A dispatch from Hai Dzuong state that the advance of the French troops under (Ten. Negrier, upon Bac-Niuh, has commenced and that several skirmishes between French and Chinese troops had taken place. Three Frenchmen and many of the Chinese were killed and wounded. General Negrier has 6,000 men; another French column of 6,000, under Generals Milot a Butre is expected to start for Bac-Ninn early to-morrow morn ing, making 12,000 to participate in the at tack npon Bac-Niub. Lasker's Death Announced. Berlin,- March 7. —The announcement in the Reichstag of the death of Herr Lasker led to a debate on the action of the Amer ican House of. Representatives. There was some excitement. A representative of the Independents expressed his plati tude to .Congress, and bis indifference to the unjustifiable interference of Bismarck. A Conservative protested against the ac tion o-f this speaker and against tne course pursued by the America n Congress. Bombs in Vienna. Vienna, March 6.—The police have dis covered three dynamite laboratories in this city and.believe that others exist. A work man was arrested to-day in tiie suburbs who was attempting to smuggle some small bomb's- into the city. Bombs are found in the streets daily, and it feeling of great uneasiness prevails. It is sur mised that much of the dynamite used by the terrorists comes from America via fSwitzerla ad. RISING FAWN. I)AI)K COUNTY, GA-, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1884. THE COLOR LINE Drawn Sharply at Burlington, New Jersey. A Colored rreaelier Who Want* Hit Children educated In the IVliltc Reboots. Philadelphia, Pa., March, O.—A writ of mandamus was yesterday served upon the School Trustees of Burlington, N. J.,order ing them to admit the children of a colored minister, Rev. Jeremiah H. Pierce, to the white public school. The minister person ally served the writ, which he had obtained from the New Jersey Supreme Court. Mr. Pierce is a light mulatto, and his children are even lighter than himself. They are intelligent, bright and well-behaved. The school trustees claim that as the borough has erected a school-house exclusively for thecoloredchildren,at a cost of s>,ooo and provided it with two capable teachers, the Rev. Pierce should be satisfied. Tiiey say' if lie has any complaints to make as to the studies and thestandnrd of the instruction, he should make them known, so that they may be rectified. When Mr. Pierce’s chil dren take their seats in the white school it is predicted there will be open revolt upon the part of the offspring of the pale-faoes. The color line lias been drawn in the town, and the colored people are already beginning to feel the effects of their preach er’s conduct. Their churches, enter tainments nnd lodges are largely' depend ent upon contributions from the whites, and recently many'of tlie substantial white citizens have pointedly refused to give when asked. Rev. Mr. Pierce, pastor of the African M. E. Church, says: “I insti tuted this suit against the trustees, as a test case for the benefit of my race in this State. lam making the fight single-handed, and I am paying the expen ses out of my own pocket. Besides my de sire to abolish the color system if you please, I want to obtain for my children the benefit of the higher grade of studies that are to be found.in the white schools. I had trouble at Woodstown, where I for merly resided, to secure for iny. children equal educational advantages wfth the whites. Finally they' were admitted, but tiie trustees refused all other colored child ren. When I came to investigate the while and colored schools of Burlington and compared them I found that the advan tages bestowed upon the whites were double those given my own color. My' eldest daughter, who is seventeen years of age, is now attending the Normal School at Trenton regularly. She has already gone through tiie model depnrtment. No objection was raised there on account of her color. The only step further, except the United States Supreme Court, that the Trustees can take in their obstruction policy is to carry the ease before the Court of Errors and’ Ap peals, which I understand, tiiey' mean to do, but I shall continue the fight u itil not only my own daughter, but other colored children, are admitted. Two-Cent Postage Affecting Postal Cards. Washington, March 9.—Since the intro duction of two-cent letter postage there has been an unexpected reduction in the number of postal cards issued. For fivo years the annual increase in the issue had been fourteen per cent. Since July 1 last there has been an increase!! of eight een per cent. in adhesive stamps and 25 per cent. in stamped envelopes issued. During those eight months the issue of postal cards only reached 256,552,750, as against 200,226,250 in the corresponding period in the preceding year. In consequence of the decreased demand for postal cards, the Postmaster General has sent a lettter to the Speaker of the House informing him that the estimates for the cost of manufacturing cards for the next fiscal year may be reduced $35,000. Elephants on a Rampage. London, March 9.—While the animals be longing to Ranger’s menagerie were being removed Irom a train at the depot of a town in Kent, two elephants, alarmed at the whistling of the engines, broke loose and careered wildly through the streets, breaking the massive gates of the depot and attacking three persons, two of whom were seriously injured. They final ly entereii a cul-de-sac and made their way into a house, the flooring of which gave way, and the animals were precipitat ed into the cellar, from which, after hours o work, they were drawn by other elephants. There was the wildest excitement upon the street. Quick Tim 1 ! Between New York and Chicago Chicago, March 9.— The first train of the new fast mail, which left New York Saturday night at 8:10, due in Chicago the next night at 12:25, arrived seven minutes ahead of time. Postmaster-Gen eral Gresham. First Assistant Post master General Hatton, and General Superintendent Thompson, of the railway mail service, accompanied the train. There were seven postal cars. General Gresham stated to an Associated Press representa tive that the new service is in every wav satisfactory; that at no time was the train over seventeen minutes behind schedule time. The trip was devoid of special in terest. The Eastern War. Suakim. March ft.—Osman Digna refuses to surrender to General Graham, and is determined to fight. Ho lias two cannon and one thousand rifles. “The Black Watch” regiment advanced eight miles to day, and encamped in front of the enemy’s lines: It is estimated that Osman Digna enrolled six thousand men at Sinkat. Train Thrown Into Harlem River. New York, March O.—A broken flange precipitated a local train on the Harlem Railroad into Harlem River to-night. The few passengers and train bands were res cued by boatmen. Maggie Maguire, of Hnnter’s Point,.had her skull fractured. Disastrous Rain-Storm in California, San Francisco, March 3.—Last night’s and to-day’s storm was the heaviest for many years. Santa Clara Valley, for a distance of eighteen miles, is a vast lake. Damages to V ro P ert y fully half a million. It is still raining. Suicide on a Freight Train. Cairo, 111., March 9. —A young man, supposed to be named Pierce, of Harris burg, 111., shot himself on a freight train on the Illinois Central Railroad at Irving ton, last night, and will die. XLYIIItIi CONGRESS. First Session. Washington, March f.— Senate. A bill was reported favorably relieving the mem bers and Judge Advocate in the Fit/. John Porter Court Martial of the sccrocy imposed by their oath as to the vote of the Court. Hills introduced and referred: To provide per manent reservations for the Indians of Northern Montana. Granting a copy right to newspapers; also hills to pro vide for ti.o erection of public buildings at Dayton, Springfield, Zanesville nnd Youngstown, Ohio. The Senate then took up and passed without debate the bill reported by Mr. Garland, from the Committee on tho Judiciary, to punish counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds or other securi ties of foreign Governments. The Senate took tip the bib to provide for the exercise of the Jurisdiction conferred upon tiie United States in places out of their territory and dominion. House.—Bills reported: To amend the Chinese Immigration Act. Referred to the committee of tiie whole. Mr. Hitt submitted a minority report. For the permanent im provement of i lie Erie Canal, and maintaining the same free to the people. Referred to the committee of the whole. To pre vent the adulteration of teas. It is based on the recent recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury. The House went into Com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Converse in the chair, to continue the considera tion of th - Naval Appropriation Bill. Tiie debate upon the hill was prolonged. Mr. Calkins offered an amendment, that after the Ist of July, last, tiie staff of corpsof the navy on the active list he reduced by reducing the numlerof Medical Directors from 15 to 5; Medical Inspectors, 15 to 6; Pay Directors, 13 to 5; Pay Inspectors, 13 to 5, and placing the officers removed on the retired list, agreed to. Washington, March s.—Senate.— Mr. Gar land, from the Judiciary Committee, reported favorably an original hill, providing for the collection of statistics touching marriage and divorce. The Chair laid before tiie Senate a bill extending the limits of the Yellowstone Park. Passed. The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Sawyer, passed a bill authorizing tiie Postmaster General to lease buildings for Post-offices, of tiie first, second and third classes, at reasonable rates, for terms not to exceed ten years. A hill was introduced to amend the Revised Statutes so ustogivet<> (he processes of United States Courts the same force in all States that processes of tho sev eral States have in their respective States. Adjourned. House. —Mr. Collins, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, deferred to the Committee of the Whole. The House then went into Com mittee of tin- Whole, Mr. Converse in tho chair, on the Naval Appropriation Bill. After 'considerable debate the committee rose. Bills reported: Forfeiting the Ontonagon unci Brule River land grant. Placed on the House cal-, endar. The land grant, forfeited by this bill, is that to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company. To repeal Section 22 of the act incorporating the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to declare the forfeiture of the land grant therein made. Washington, March o.— Senate. Among the memorials presented was one by Mr. Cock rell, from the United Labor organizations of St. Louis, protesting against tiie attempts of 'employers, as illustrated by recent events in Connecticut, with glass-blowers nnd other trades, to reduce the compensation of Ameri can labor to a point on a level with the pauper Europe, and praying for the passage of laws to restrict wholesale immigration, intended to effect the reduction of the wages of American workingmen. Referred. The following hill was reported favorably and placed on the calendar: Fixing the rate of postage to bo paid upon mail matter of the second-class when sent by others than publishers or news agents. It fixes the rate for transient news papers at one cent for four ounces, the pres ent rate being one cent for two ounces. A hill making an appropriation of $3,100, to supply deficiencies in the amounts required for gauging and ascertaining the depth of water and width of channel in the South Pass and other Mississippi tributaries, was passed. The Pendleton hill pueyiding for a system of Courts for the exeiYTse of the au thority conferred upon the United states for places outside their territory and djmirjon, was passed. House.— The morning hour was dispensed with, and the House went into committee of the whole on the Naval Appropriation Bill. An amendment was adopted authorizing the detail of naval line officers to act as instructors in State Univcrsitiesand Agricultural Col leges, provided the total number detailed shall not exceed forty. An amend ment was adopted to amend the clause prohibiting officers on the retired list from accepting positions in the civil ser vice of the I'uoDd States, by providing that prohibition shall not apply to any officers be low tM- rank of Major in the Army or Coin mmidw in the Navy, who has been retired by reason of wounds received in the service. Tho committee then rose and the bill was passed—yeas 259, nay 1, (Mr. White, of Ky.) Adjourned. Washington March 7.—Sen Bills passed:— Appropriating $250,000 for the erec tion of a fire-proof building for a hull of re cords. Constituting a majority of the Judges of tiic United States Supreme Court to be a quorum of the Court, instead of six Judges, as heretofore. The bill also prohibits a Judge who heard a ease at a Circuit from sitting on the Supreme Bench when the case comes up for appeal. The bill creating a Bureau of Statistics on Labor was taken up, discussed and laid over. A majority of the Committee on Public Lands reported favorably tiie House Dill de claring forfeited lands granted the Texas Pa cific Kailroad Company, anl the Senate ad journed until Monday. House.—A Dill was reported granting a pension to the widow of -General Francis P. Blair: also a bill granting General Pleasanton a pension of SIOO per month. Referred. The House then went into Com mittee of tiie Whole (Mr. Cox,' of New York, in the Chair,) on the private calender. The committee remained in session until 4 o'clock, when several private bills were reported hack to tin- House. Several minor lulls were passed. The House took a recess until 7:30. At the evening session the House passed a number of pension bills and adjourned. Washington. March 8.--’ enate. Senate not in session. II use.—Under call of committees, the fol lowing reports were submitted: A resolution confirming tiie right of Mr Skinner, of North Carolina, to his seat in tiie House. Laid over. To divide the State- of Illinois in to three Judicial districts. Placed on the House calendar. For tiie erection of public buildings at Duluth. Minn., and Akron, Ohio. Referred. By Mr. Diugiey (adversely), from the Committee on Shipping—Authorizing the purchase of foreign-built ships by U. S. citi zens. for use in the foreign carrying trade. Placed on the House calendar. Mr. Slocum presented the views of tiie minority, which were ordered printed. The House then went into eominitti e of ihe whole, Mr Blount in the chair, on the Post-office Ap propriation Bill. Mr. Horr said there would undoubte Uy be a deficiency of $2,500,090 if the bill passed in its present shape, and the only offset the committee provided was tne cutting down of $19,000 in the salaries of the Postmasters in nine cities. He was op pose! to the provision, contending that the postmasters In large cities fully earned the salaries they were now receiving. He invi ted special attention to the provi sions for the reduction of the compensation to railroads. Though he thought in was un wise, he make no special 'ob jection to it. his opposition being directed to the cause authorizing the payment of only fifty per cent, of that compensation to land-grant roads. Mr. Sumner (Cal.) advo cated the establishing of a postal telegraph, asserting its constitutionality, and maintain ing the advisability of such u step. The com mittee. without timber action,Tose and the House adjourned. SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS. Tiie special committee of the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature to whom was referred the hill proposing to remove the State Capital from Jackson to .Meridian, have reported favorably, and it is reported that a majority of both houses favor the change. A large delegation of wealthy and Influential citizens of Meredith have been in Jackson for several days past urging the measure. The citizens of Meredith agreed in the event of the passage of the hill to construct a new and suitable State House free of charge .to the State. Tffe citizens of Jackson were at first, disposed to look on the matter in the light of a huge joke, but it doesn’t seem so fanny now, and they are going to work. They claim that the Con stitution makes Jackson the permanent capital. The manufacture of perfumes from Flor ida-grown flowers bids fair to become an extensive industry in the State, fine firm nt Jacksonville is already at work. It is reported that a gentleman from South Flor ida has patented a process for the utiliza tion of the bloom of the mangrove and tho sapodilla, and to extract the sweet fra gance from the cassava plant as well. This will come into competition with the firm in the more northern portion of tiie State, and as the South Florida parties propose placing a lnrge capital in tho business it is barely possible that an unlocked for competition in the manufacture of extracts will he the result. Quite n sensation lias Lepn created throughout the upper portion of South Carolina l>y rich developments in a de serted gold mine in York County', near the North Carolina lino. Sometime ago it was purchased by a Mr. Armstrong, of Richmond, Va., for a little less titan SI,OOO. Its latest product is a nugget weighing about twenty pounds and containing J aboutos per cent, of pure gold. Mr. Arm strong has now associated with him Messrs. Rugg and Uty.il, of Bihimore, i who are in tiie North purchasing the necessary machinery for the speedy devel opment of tiie “'Lillie Langtry” gold mine. There were twenty-two graduates at the fourth commencement exercises of the Memphis Hospital Medical College which were held recently at tiie First Baptist Church, Memphis. Judge It. J. Morgan delivered an address to the graduates. Hon. L. R. Cooper, President of tiie Board of Trustees, awarded the diplomas, and Hon. John L. Tj, Sneed awarded the prizes. B. L. Stovall made the salutatory and J. H. Jones the valedictory. A banquet at the Clarendon Hotel followed the exercises at the church. L Some curio is figures are presented in the school enumeration of Alabama. There are enrolled 225,043 whites, nnd 178,8.58 blacks, making tiie school population of Alabama 403,0)1. Of these tiie school at tendance show? 120,<03 whites and 80,420 blacks, a total of 200,513, just about one half of the children of the State. A butchkk named Charles Hamilton, of Hot Springs, Ark., originally from Nash ville, Tenn., a few nights ago, became the victim of a terrible fate. In an attempt to slaughter a wild Texan steer he was over powered by tiie ferocious animal and terri bly gored before he could be rescued. He lingered a short while and died in leurful agony. fel.v Render and Duplin Counties, North Carolina, phosphate rock lias been discov ered which bids fair to form a new, en grossing and profitable employment for the people and to be a source of almost un bounded wealth to many of the property owners in those counties. Two negroes a few days ago camped near the depot of New Branford, Fla. The next morning both were discovered dead in camp, one shot through the hand and the other terribly mutilated. Half of his head was chopped off witli an ax. No clue is known. At Weatherford, Tex., the court-house was entirely consumed a few nights since, and the county records destroyed. The other papers were probably saved. The loss is over$1(1,00J; well insured. A SMART advertiser in Baltimore offered prizes for guesses as to the number of seeds ins pumpkin. It was cut and found to contain 727 seeds. The nearest guess was 721. A young French girl in Charleston, S. C. won a prize in the lottery and immediately had numerous offers of marriage. She proved wise, however, and invested it be yond tiie reach of rapacious lovers. The bill to establish an educational in stitution in the Stats and a college for the education white females in arts and sciences has passed tiie Mississippi Legislature. Mrs. Glascock, killed by her husband in Farquier County, Va., was a daughter of Ilerod Frazier, formerly of Loudon, Tenn., am# now a citizen of Missouri. The -forty-seventh anniversary of the New Orleans File Department was cele brated recently by a grand procession, which was an hour in passing a given point. Diking January and February .$28,200,- 000 additional capital was put into (South ern manufacturing and mining enterprises. Kentucky got $6,851,000 of it. The Mississippi Senate passed the rail road supervision bill a few days ago, to 8. The Nuire House at Denton, Texas, wafc destroyed by fire a few days ago. Hon. Amos Moriui.l, ex-Judge of the United States Court for the Eastern Dis trict of Texas died at Austin s» few morn ings since, of heart disease. Miss Julia, daughter of the late Gen Stonewall Jackson, already is eonspieuoui as an American belle in French and Eng lish “best” society, and she threatens to eclipse Miss Chamberlain. Mu. A. H. Burton, of Liucolnton, N. 0., has found tin ore on bis property richer than that at King'.-, Mountain. It is be lieved to bo a continuation of riio same vein. In Bryan County, Gu., Sheriff Sittiaven and a party of friends went deer sralkinj a few days ago. A young man mistook tb* Sheriff for a deer qnd shot hint dead. _ VOL. I-NO. 3. SCIENCE ANI) INDUSTRY. —The down of domestic fowls is be-' big made into cloth in Lyons, France.! —Southern horticulturists unite in thinking that the Japanese persimmon is the coming fruit for tho Gulf states. A mine of talc, a substance which is used fur giving a linisli to wa’l and. other fancy papers, has been discovered a’ San Antonio, i:i Lo ver Calfinva. It lias hitherto been imported from Chi na.—San Francisco Ca l. , [ —The value of the telephone patent is enormous, and we very much doubt if it could now be purchased for $25,- 000,005. I is proba >lv by far the meat valuable single patent which has ever been issued.— Tiie EL o r c an. —The latest rumor in regard to the proposed new steamship line about to be started b tween San Francisco and China is that the company intends to run steamers down to the coffee ports on the west coast of Central America and thereby inaugurate a vigorous op position to the Pacific Mail. —An ingenious English manufacturer has, by a simple and w rkable inven tion of coiled springs, succeeded iu dis pensing with the need of driving sew ing machines by hand or foot. A few tuns of a handle wind up sufficient powe to keep a machine going at full speed over an hour. It is completely nnd t control as to the rate of st tch ing and stopping, and can be applied to any existing machine at moderate cost. —Among the new applications of cot ton is its use. in part, in the construc tion of houses, the material employed for this purpose being the refuse, wh ch, when ground up with about an equal amount of straw and asbestos, is con verted into a paste, and this is formed into large slabs or bricks, which ac quire, it is said, the hardne-s of stone, and fmnish a really valuable building stock.—A. V. Sun. —The P'.anra entic'd Journal says that in Canada honey is ex r.ieted from the comb by a centrifugal machine and the comb rep aeed: the bees, when in rood condition, will till it again in four day- . After two sea mis’ use, the comb is melted into “foundation comb,” upon which the bees quickly put the finish ng touches. Canadian wax is practically out of the market: the supply is princi pally obtained from Africa. —The l.nd's’i Mechanic -avs: “Al though the average sptod of t ains n tel nited Slates is twenty per cen’. below the mean speed of trains in this country, all things eonsidere I, the ser vice controlled by the American engi neers to npares very favora >ly « ith any in tho world. 'The American engineers at first copied English builders and made 1< coino'ives with s'ngle drivers: but, as is their went, they quickly made improvements, and we : r > not d sposecl to dispute w tli Mr. Edwards the dictum that the American locomotive of to-day is one of the most perfect pieces of mechanism wrought out by the hand and mind o', man.” PITIi „Nl> POINT. —( liarity warm ;il over is very cold comfort. —The kind word that turneth away wrath has no practical effect in turning away a book agent. —Cleveland Leader. —Swinburne, the poet, announces that he is u t coming to America It is fortunate th it a Presidential election is at hand to make us forget his ab sence.—As Y. Ma d. —De 'oman what dresses ter please herse’f shows sense, but de 'oman what dresses ter displease some udder 'oman vvi 1 s'per lor finery is got a saft spot summers neir de lop o' her heal.- Uncle llemns. —The following is a literal transcript of a sign on a Pi nnsylvania village store. ■‘Tea and Tater.s, Sugar and Shingle-, Briokdust and asses, l\ hi.-ky. Tar and other Drugs.” lHUsb’trg.i Past. —Wire la'll and glass sh'nglos are now being manufactured, and by and by t will be so that adutilil father will have to go < lear up inio the primeval lumber eampi to pick up something with which to ca "ess his erring boy.— Um Hag ton II twkeyr. —A man in Stafford, Ya., poured spirits of tnrpent ne into his ear to cure theeir.iehe. Ii wen' right to the spot, an I he ha.sn t suffered a \ article of pa n since. I nl'ortunately the man didn't live long enough to write a “tes timon 1” recommending his cure.—- Norris ow i Hei a d. A rlteri i a sYentific monthly ask*: “What is a meter?” In reply ajo ular editor s lid: ‘An opinion has long pre vailed that a met r is a < ontnvance that w irks twenty seven t ours a day e'glifc days a week the yea round and when you resolv to c m omi ein tho us ■of gas it ilro vs in aeoupleo? extra hours daily without elm go. ” —Jew - It M sten —To a toast of “The babies -God bless them! ’ a railway conductor rc spo: ded: “May t eir route through life be pleasent anil profitable; their track straightforward, and not hack ward. May their fa: hers be safe con ductors, their mothers faithful tender-, and them switf i never misplaced!” .—Comparisons: The a tfullest man is the designer the most, changeable, the banker; the mi st accomruodat ng, the broker: the most “fees ’ able, the do tor; the most chaste, the engraver; the most talkative, the auctioneer; the most figurative, the cashier; the mo t tvpical. the printer; the. sweetest, the confectioner: the colde-t, the ice man; the <>ravest, the under'aker; the crusti est. The b iker: the seediest, the garden er. the greatest turn coat, the tailor.— Jrpy lines.