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MINE EXPLOSION,
i
Nearly One Hundred and Fifty Mer
Killed.
The Awful *|>e<-ta«-Ic Presented In the
nine—Bullrtingn an<l Ventilator*
lilnwii to Afoul*.
Lynchburg, Va., March 13.—A special
from Pocahontas this morning says: There
was an explosion in the coal mines here
last night at 12:30, and from 120 to 150
■miners killed.
Lynchburg, March 13,—4 p. m.— Further
intelligence from Pocahontas represents
the work of destruction at the coal mines
as horrible and complete. There were
ilso men in the mine at the time of the ex
plosion, not one of whom is believed
'to have escaped. Those not killed outright
by the terrible force of the explosion liavi
most likely perished from afterdamp. Tin
cause of the explosion is not yet definitely
•ascertained, as the entries to the mine art
«11 full of bad air, but the presumption is
that one miner struck a Assure of gas.
Several parties ventured into the
mines this morning, but could not long en
dure the foul atmosphere. A number of
• bodies were discovered horribly mangled,
some of them with the heads torn from the
trunks and others with the limbs all gone,
,presenting an appalling spectacle. The
work of destruction is not conAned entirely
-to the interior of the mines, but houses two
'or three hundred feet removed from the
mines, were overturned, and in several in
stances entirely demolished. A large
ventilator of the Southwest Im
provement Company was blown to atoms,
and the mines cannot be entered until an
other is constructed for the purpose of
freeing the atmosphere of suffocating
fumes. The work is now progressing
steadily. A large force is engaged on the
outside of the mines constructing coffins
and perfecting other arrangements for the
interment of the dead miners, most of
whom are foreigners. ’
Osman Digna Defeated
• Suakim, March 13—10 A. M.—The rebels
opened Are on General Graham’s forces at
1 o’clock this morning. The British forces
at once formed to repel a charge, but no
attack came. The men were thereupon or
dered to he down again. The Are of the
rebels continued all night, but the British
did not reply. One officer and two men
were wounded and one man killed. Fight
ing began at daybreak. The infantry and
artillery completely routed the enemy
from their pits and trenches. The battle
had not lasted more than half an hour
when the victory for the British was made
certain.
London, March 13— Noon.— A dispatch
from General Graham dated “Osman Dig
na’s Camp, March 13, 11:40 a. m.,” says:
“The camp of the enemy has been taken
after hard Aghting since 8 o’clock this
morning. Over seventy British killed, and
a hundred wounded.”
Siiakim, March 13. —The battle to-day
between the rebels and Graham’s forces
was a series of desperate, close Aghts.
One time during the battle a large
force of rebels charged upon the Second
Brigade like men inAamed with des
perate ferocity, shooting, yelling, and ut
terly heedless of death. They succeeded
in capturing all the Gatlings and
Gardiners belonging to the brigade. Gra
ham immediately ordered a bayonet
charge. The gallant troops went for the
enemy and a tearful hand to hand Aght en
sued for the possession of the guns. The
British Anally succeeded in recapturing
the latter, following up the advantage, and
continued to press the rebels, who couldn’t
run, but continued to retire slowly, striking
blow for blow, until driven beyond their
camp, when Graham ordered a halt. Os
man’s camp was found full of loot. The
British loss is 100 men killed, many of whom
are officers, and 150 wounded. The rebel
loss is 2,400 killed.
Fall of Bacninh.
Paris, Match 13. —The Gaulois publishes
a telegram professing to give an account
ofthefallof Bacninh. The French occu
pied Bacninh yesterday. The Chinese fled
in the direction of Thainghuien. The
French had seventy wounded. General
Negreyer’s column entered Bacninh at 6
Wednesday evening. The Chinese, demor
alised by the “turning” movements of the
combined French columns, abandoned their
positions and fled by the Thainenghuin
road. The Chinese loss was heavy. A
Krupp battery ami much ammunition was
found in the citadel.
Bismarck Makes a Speech.
Berlin, March 13. —In the Reichstag to
day Prince Bismarck, who arrived in Ber
lin last night, in a speech justified the re
fusal to receive the Lasker resolutions,
adopted in the House of Representatives of
the United States. He said, while recog
nizing the excellent intentions of the
United States Congress, he couldn’t har
ness himself to the triumphal car of the op
position party In Germany by giving Na
tional sanction bo the eulogium contained
in the American resolutions.
Prentiss Tiller Caught.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 13.—Prentiss
Tiller, the money clerk who robbed the Pa
cific Express Company at St. Louis two
weeks ago, was arrested here this morning.
He was dressed as a tramp. Tuesday af
jternoon he left a valise in a trunk store
which was found to contain $90,000. De
tectives watched the store, and when he
galled for the valise arrested him. He was
(heavily armed and made a desperate re
sistance. He denies his identity and re
fuses to talk.
! Terrific and Fatal Gas Explosion.
Pittsburg, March 13.—Shortly after
seven o’clock this evening gas in the fur
nace of the Edgar Thomson steel works,
at Braddock, Pa., exploded, instantly kill
ing Wm. McCall and seriously injuring
James Murray and Chris. Toole. The con
cussion was terrific, rending the furnace
asunder and scattering the debris in alt di
rections.
A Good Sguare Meal.
| Lawrence, Ks., March 13.- At 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, on a wager, Squire
Brsdley, an aged colored man fifty years
bid, unusually large and well preserved,
in twenty-one miiuites eat five dozen eggs,
a half a pound of bacon and a loaf of rye
bread. The eggs and bacon were fried by
himself. The entire meal weighed nine
and three-fourths pounds.
RISING FAWN, DADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1884.
The English Victory Complete.
London, March 14, -“Further details of
the desperate battle yesterday between
Graham’s forces and the rebois near the
Tainai Wells,* continue to arrive to-day.
During the confusion which ensued when
the Arabs made their wild rush upon the
British lines and caused them to retreat,
the newspaper reporters and other non
combatants took part in the fray and used
their revolvers freely and with deadly ef
fect against the enemy. After the battle
Osman’s camp and three villages were
burned. Among the trophies Osman’s
standard was taken and TewAk Bey’s re
captured. The British losses are con
siderably heavier than Arst reported.
The number killed reaches 100, the wounded
150. General Graham’s forces are return
ing to Suakim. Osman Digna Aed to the
hills. The Arabs retired before the Eng
lish slowly and sullenly. They
were defeated, but not put to
rout. They walked away, ns
if sauntering through a bazaar, with their
arms folded or swinging at their sides.
Many were shot down, but this did not
hasten their companions’ speed. Judges
of native character think the Arabs are so
allied by family ties that the great loss of
life will appall them, and break their faith
in Mabdi and their Sheikhs. It was
impossible to take prisoners. The
wounded Arabs would be motionless with
out uttering a single cry or moan, and
watch their chance to stab the advancing
British with a knife or spear. The victors
walked among the wounded as among so
many vipers. A wounded Arab killed a
British marine during the night. Another
attempted to stab Colonel Stewart while
his Aid-de-Camp was giving a wounded
man water. ,
The French in Bac Ninh.
Paris, March 14. —General Millot, com
mander of the French land forces at Ton
quin telegraphs as follows from Pbanghoa
on the 12th: “We marched this morning
to Bac Ninh, the Ist brigade proceeding
via Chi, and carried in a brilliant manner
the heights of Tsungson, which were pro
tected by Ave earthworks. The 2d brigade,
supported by the Aotilla, rapidly carried
the defenses of Vatbuoi and Dam Laobuoi,
and resolutely pursued the enemy to the
heights of Dapcau, which were occupied by
a combined movement. The details of the
operations succeeded perfectly. The
troops marched admirably, in spite of the
difficult ground. The Temps says that the
French will occupy Thai n guy an and Lang
soil, and establish a scientific frontier.
Suit for Nearly Three Millions.
New York, March 14.—Suit has been
brought by Clark, Robinson & Griggs
against Commodore C. K. Garrison to re
cover the amount of $2,895,950, which sum
is alleged to be the proceeds of the sale by
Commodore Garrison of 3,407 bonds of the
Wheeling and Lake Erfe Railroad Com
pany. Griggs also seeks to compel the de
fendant to account for promissory notes
made by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Rail
road to the amount of $1,900,000 in his
(Griggs’) favor and by him transferred to
defendant. The defense is in the nature of
a general denial. The case was sent to a
referee.
The Proposal to Copyright News.
Washington, March 14.— The Attorney
of the Associated Press, who has been in
Washington all winter lobbying for tht
news copyright bill, was given the chance
to explain its purpose to-day before a Con*
gressional committee. His argument was
that it would protect newspapers from the
pirates. The committee questioned him
closely, and it was evident that, although
the argument made in its favor was as
good as could be urged, it was far from
convincing. Those wbo oppose the pro
posed law will be heard at a future day.
World’s Exhibition in Australia.
New York, March 14.—Mr. Robert Dix
son, member of the Australian Parliament,
is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, having come
to this country for the purpose of Visiting
its principal cities, and soliciting a good
American representation at the World’s
Fair to lie held at Adelaide in 1887. “The
cost of the proposed exhibition is estimated
at $1,500,000,” said Mr. Dixson to-day, “and
South Australia has voted an additional
$500,000 for a special wing to contain its ex
hibit.”
They Blew Out Ihe Gas.
New York, March 13. —Private William
Henry Walter and Sergeant Joseph Carter,
both of Company K, Fifth Artillery, sta
tioned at Fort Schuyler, came to this city
to haveji good time. Walters took a room
at the Kenwood House, in the Bowery, and
Carter put up at tlie Vandyke House, direct
ly opposite. Both blew out the gas in their
rooms. Carter was found dead in bed this
morning and Walters, who left orders to
be called at seven o’clock, was aroused just
in time to save his life.
The Fast Mail Outlook.
Washington, March 14.—At the Post-
Office Department the new fast mail train
considered of vastly more impor
tance than the mere lessening of time be
tween New York and Chicago twelve
hours. The effect will be that all railroads
running out of Chicago will put on fast
trains leaving immediately on the arrival
of the fast mail, reducing passenger travel
West and Northwest eighteen to twenty
four hours. Several leading roads are
now taking steps to do this.
Another fatai Snow Slide.
Denver, March 14.—The Aspen stage,
which arrived from Leadville at midnight
last, night brought the news of a fatal snow
slide which occurred at Aspen Mountain,
last Monday night. Three employes of the
Vallejo mine. George Marshall, Williaiy
O’Brien and John McGinnity, were killed.
Mike Higgins and another miner are miss
ing. •
The Week’s Failures
New York, March 14. —The week’s bus
iness failures throughout the country are:
United States, 174; Canada and prov
inces, 42 ; total 216, as compared with 272
last week. The decrease is principally in
the Western, Middle and New England
States. Canada has the same number of
failures as last week.
Gallows Fruit.
St. Louis, March 14. —Matt Lewis, col
ored, was hanged here to-day, for the mur
; tier of his wife, after four convictions and
seven years’ imprisonment.
Somerset, Ky., March 14.—Frank W.
Slagle was hanged to-day for ;» triple mur*
der last August.
A MOTHER’S CRIME.
Startling Solution of a Murder Mystery
of Seventeen Years Standing.
The Shocking? ronfM«lon Tlwlc Fpon Her
l)eatb*b(Ht ofiho .Mother of
C'llnMine K<tt
Dayton, 0., March 16 —On Friday night,
January 11, 1807, Christine Kett, a young
lady of eighteen years and comely appear
ance, was murdered in her own home in
this city. Her body was found lying on the
kitchen floor, with her feet hanging in the
hatchway to the cellar. Her head had been
crushed by a blunt instrument and powder
marks were on her face. By her
side lay her brother’s pistol. This
brother discovered the body and gave the
alarm. No motive could be assigned for self
destruction, and no satisfactory traces of
the criminal could be discovered. In the
cellar was an axe covered with snow.
There were also tracks to and from the
bouse, through the back yard and vacant
lots in the neighborhood. The mother of
the murdered girl was absent at the time
the body was found, and on being infol med
of the murder made a great demonstration
of grief. Dayton was startled by the
crime, and hundreds of people visited the
house, then on a lonely commons near
Wayne street. The brother, whose pistol
was found near the girl, was arrested
but discharged. Buck Hughes, then a
noted character about town, was also sus
pected, and held for examination, but no
sufficient evidence could be produced
against him. Tom Goetz, a lover of the
girl, also bad his turn as a suspected mur
derer. Neighbors uml relatives had sus
pected the mother of the crime, but no evi
dence could be produced, and a motive
was lacking. At various times she bad
acted strangely; was known to be wakeful,
and inclined to be startled at every noise.
The house where the crime was
committed was given to a
son, and the mother removed. For a time
she went West, stopping at St. Paul and
other Western cities, but, as the son now
says, seemed to have no peace. Last win
ter, in a freak of apparent derangement, she
struck wildly at her son, saying that there
had been blood on her hands once, and
might as well be again. She had told one or
two that before her death she was going to
tell something to her son, and that she
wanted no one else to hear. Sine the Ist of
January she has been ailing, but would
summon no physician. She was afflicted
with goitre and subject to choking spells.
Three weeks ago sue took to her bed’with
inflammation of the bowels, and stubbornly
reiused a doctor. Growing worse and ap
prehending death she called her son to her
side, ordered every one else out of the
•room, banded him the deed for her prop
erty, and then told the startled and ag
onized young man the story of the mur
der. On the morning of the fatal
day the mother was washing, and told tiie
daughter, who went away with a young
lady friend, that she should not stay long,
as there was bread in the oven, and she was
wanted to get dinner. The daughter did
not return, however, until 4 o’clock, when
she was called to account for her absence;
and the mother, who was a woman of
violent and uncontrollable temper, be
came enraged at the girl, ami struck
her with an axe-handle. As she approach
ed, the frightened girl fled toward the
cellarway and was about to descend when
struck. The blow was fatal, and horrified
at what she had done, the murderess be
thought to conceal the crime, by hunting
up the son’s pistol and placing it beside
the body, and then to give some evidence
of its use by placing the girl’s finger in the
powder-flask and burning powder near her
face.
Coal Mine on Fire.
Wilkesbarre, March 16.—Great vol
umes of smoke poured out of the Conyng
hain air shaft at five o’clock this afternoon,
indicating that a fire is raging in the mine.
What it was due to is unascertained at this
time. Daniel Evans, fire boss of the col
liery, with four miners, hastily collected
all the hose at hand and
hurriedly went down the shaft with it.
It was soon learned that a plane in
the mine was on fire. An explosion might
occur at any moment. Up to the discovery
no one was in the mine. No explosion yet.
Later.—Another party went down, and.
co-operating with those already engage!
in fighting the fire, succeeded in extin
guisning the flames after five hours’ hard
work. The Delaware and Hudson Com
pany own the mine. Suspension of min
ing is necessary for several days.
Fenian Fright in Canada.
Ottawa, March 10.—It was rumored at
the Parliament building to-night the Gov
ernment got an intimation to use every
precaution, as dynamiters were supposed
to be meditating an attack on the build
ings. The guard was increased, and the
Speakers of the Commons and Senate, who
have apartments in the building, retired
from ttieir quarters Saturday evening. It
is said, however, that Speaker Kirkpatrick
left owing to his wife being ill.
Didn't Know It Was Loadod.
New York, March 16. Dennis Reilly
pointed a revolver at Celia Renner, aged
seventeen, while both were visiting friends
in Brooklyn. Ihe weapon went off, in
stantly killing the girl. Reilly was over
come with grief. He didn’t know it was
loaded. He was arrested. An examina
tion showed ail the chambers of the re
volver empty except one.
Desperate Criminals.
Detroit, March 16.—Billy O’Callaghan
and Matty Kennedy,two Detroit crooks, in
jail at Sandwich, Canada, for burglarizing
the Post-office at Colchester, succeeded in
escaping, after shooting and killing George
Leach, the Governor of the jail, and fatal
ly beating James W. Davis, tiie turnkey.
Kennedy was arrested at Walkersville, but
O’Callaghan is still at large.
Proposed Home for Disabled Seamen.
St. Louis, Mo., March 16.—A petition is
being extensively signed by river men
here, and will be forwarded to Congress in
a few days, asking for the establishment of
a snug harbor or seamen’s home at Rock
Island for the benefit of aged and disabled
seamen.
Ths Mississippi F lood.
Memphis, March id.—Dispatches from
Vicksburg tell of nearly everything for a
hundred miles below being under water bv
the rise in the Mississippi River. No loss
of life yet reported. Farmers are hopeful
that the worst is over.
XLVIIIIIi CONGRESS.
First Session.
Washington, March 11.— Senate.— Bills
Introduced and referred: Providing for the
suspension of the coinage of the standard
silver dollar for two years, and the issue of
one and two-dollar Treasury notes. To make
Lake Borgne an outlet to improve lower wa
ter navigation on the Mississippi River from
New Orlcuns to Cairo. To give pensions to
dependent relatives of deceased soldiers. Mr.
Logan called up the House messnge on the
MilitnH Academy Appropriation Bill, and
moved Son-concurrence in the House amend
ments, snd the appointment of a committee
of conference upon tiie disagreeing vote of
the two Houses. Agreed to. The Senate then
went into executive session for the further
consideration of the Mexican Treaty, and,
when the doors were reopened, adjourned.
House.— Bills reported favorably: To re
duce import duties and the war tariff (the
new Tariff Bill), accompanied by a written re
port A minority report was submitted. For
the sale of the Kickapoo diminished reserva
tion in Kansas. The House went into com
mittee of the whole on the Post-office Appro
priation bill. After a lengthy debate, the bill
was read by sections. Mr. Horr moved to in
crease to $12,260,000, tiie appropriation for
compensation to postmasters. Pending
action, the committee rose and the House ad
journed.
Washington, March 12.— Senate.— A Joint
resolution was submitted providing for the
submission to the States of a Constitutional
amendment, making the Presidential term six
years, making the President ineligible to re
election. Referred. Bill reported favor
ably: ’flo establish an educational fund and
apply a portion of the proceeds of public
lands to |the public education and provide
for thp more complete endowment
and support of colleges for the ad
vancement of scientific and industrial educa
tion. A l>jU,wus intrqjlucod and referred to
estnblislr a forest reservation at the head
waters of the Missouri River and head-waters
and Clarks Fork of the Columbia River. The
Pleuro-Pheumonia bill was taken up, dis
cussed and went over, and the Senate took
up the Fitz John “orter bill. After consider
able debate without action, the Senate went
into executive session and soon adjourned.
House.— The morning hour was dispensed
with, and the House at 12:25 went into Com
mittee of the Whole, Mr. Buckner in the
chair, on the Post-office Appropriation Bill.
Tiie Committee of the Whole, by a vote of 117
to 45, struck out the clause limiting the sala
ries of postmasters to $4,01)0. An amend
ment, offered by Mr. Horr, increasing
from $10,500,1KK) to $12,250,000 the appropriation
for compensation to postmasters was lost.
Mr. Horr moved to increase tiie appropriation
for clerks in post-offices by $125,000. The Com
mittee rose for the purpose of limiting debate
on this amendment. The increased
appropriation was favored by Messrs.
Cutcheon, Bingham and Horr, and opposed
by Messrs. Holman and Townshend. The
amendment-was lost 77 to 111. Mr. Skinner
(N. Y.), offered a resolution increasing by
$400,001 the appropriation for the payment of
letter-carriers. Pending action, the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.
Washington, March 13. Su vat*.— A bill
was reported favorably tor the admission of
Dakota. A joint resolution was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture, appropriating
$25,000, to be made immediately available un
der the direction of the Commissioner of
Agriculture, for the suppression of the foot
and mouth disease among cattle in Kansas.
The bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter was
taken up. After a lengthy debate the bill
was read the third time and passed—yeas, 36;
nays, 25. Adjourned.
House.— The House went into committee
of the whole (Mr. Blount in the chair, on the
Post-office Appropriation Bill, the pending
amendment being that increasing the appro
priation for the payment of letter-carriers,
and the incidental expenses of the free fte
livery service, from $3,600,000 to $4,00,000.
Amendment adopted. Mr. Hewitt (N. Y.
offered an amendment, providing
that periodical publications, other than
daily newspapers, when delivcno within the
city wherein they arc published, shall be
charged with tiie same postage as is_now’ or
may be imposed by law oil such pulmcatmns
when delivered elsewhere than in the city of
publication. The Committee rose for the pur
pose of limiting the debate upon the pending
paragraph. Adjourned.
Washington, March 14—Senate.—A bill
was introduced to reduce postage on mailable
matter of the second class. Referred. Mr.
Plumb called np the joint resolution appro
priating $25.0(11) for the eradication of the foot
and mouth dis Ase. Mr. Cullom thought the
amount should be $50,000, and the resolution
passes at once A long debate ensued,
but Ao action was taken. The
vice president announced that he
will be compelled to absent himself for three
days next week, and if there was no objec
tion he would designate Mr. Sherman to per
form the duties of thoehair. There being no
objection the designation was made, and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
House.— The morning hour was dispensed
with. Mr. Townsend made an effort to set
aside the private business order and proceed
to the consideration of the postal appropria
tion bill. The house refused by 218 to 118 to
consider the bill, and went into Committee of
the Whole on the private calendar.
(Mr. Cox, of New York, in the chair.)
The bill granting a pension of $2,50u a
year to Septimina Randolph Melkelham, the
sole surviving grandchild of Thomas Jeffer
son, was taken up and a favorable report
from the Committee on Pensions read. This
bill took up the entire day. in debate pro and
con. On motion of Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama,
the enacting clause was stricken out, by 129 to
50. The Committee rose and the house ratified
its action. The house took a recess uutil 7:30,
the evening session to be for the considera
tion of pension bills.
V> ash i .noton, March 15. —Senate.—Senate
not in session.
House.—The morning hour was dispensed
with, and the House went into Committee on
the Whole tMr. mount in the chair) on the
postofflee appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being on the motion
of Mr. Hoar to strike out the
proviso limiting the compensation
paid for mail transportation to land grant
roads to 50 per cent, of that allowed other
roads. Mr. Holman offered as a substitute for
the motion an amendment including within
the 50 per cent, limitation clause the Northern
Pteiftc and Union Pacific systems,
and providing that no right now ex
isting In favor of the United States in regard
to these routs shall be deemed impaired or
waived by this action. Mr. Holman's amend
ment was adopted by a vote of K 5 to 56. When
consideration of the first section was com
pleted, it became evident that the bill could
not be finished this evening, and the commit
tee adjourned.
The Keeley Motor Again.
Philadelphia, Penn., March 16.—Yes
terday Mr. John Keeley discharged the
workingmen w hom he had employed in his
little shop on Twentieth street, and de
clared that his motor would be ready for
exhibition some time during the present
week. The generator and engine have been
put together, and the man of
mysteries said to- lay that nothing
femftiiis now but to adjust the apparatus.
This work Keeley says he can attend to
himscl '■ He informed some friends on
Saturday last that he would go into his
shop to morrow and not leave it until the
engine was set in motion and every thing
was in readiness for a public exhibition.
One of the men whom Keeley discharged
had been employed by him for seven years.
SOUTHERN NEWS OtEANINGS.
New Orleans is very much discouraged
over the financial result of the winter turf
sports. »
Congressman Stewart, of Texas, is the
tallest member of tiie House. He measure*
a few inches over six feet.
The timber business in Southwestern
Georgia continues to grow in value.
Gen. Robert Toomb.l owns several
thousand acres of land in Texas.
Prince Reed, a colored man of Bam
berg, S. C., was presented with a life-time
pass over the South Carolina railway for
waving down a train whore the cyclone bad
passed and upturned some of the crossties
and otherwise obstructed the road.
It is authoritatively stated that 16,339
people visited the caverns of Luray last
season.
The flour trade of Atlanta is said to
amount to $5,000,009 a year. Ut» dealer
alone sells 100,000 barrels, valued at
$890,000.
A Tcllahoma firm is now shipping
7,000 dozen eggs per week.
Pulaski, Tenn., barbers are no longer per
mitted to have their shops open on Bun
days.
The Memphis Electric Light Company
has reduced the price of lights from 75c. to
50c. per night where lights are used no
later than midnight.
A Jewish family named Hirsch, consist
ing of the mother and four children, who
had professed the Christian religion and
been ostracized by their own race, lived on
a farm near Baker’s Station, near Nash
ville, Tenn. Rosa Hirsch, a daughter
about twenty-four years old, lias been
insane for several years. She was loose
in morals. Her conduct was a source of
great annoy a nee to the family, especially
her brother, who is seventeen years old.
The brother and sister have had frequent
quarrels recently, and a few days ago
they concluded to fight it out to the death.
The girl armed herself with a large pocket
knife, and the brother took a sharpened
case-knife. They locked themselves in a
room of the house and fought till the girl
fell dead, almost literally hacked to
pieces. The brother took the body of bis
murdered sister, buried it and then left
on the first train, saying be was going to
Texas.
Near Gaines’crossing, Sumter County,
Ga., the other day, a little ten-year-old col
ored boy, cbildjof Henry Taylor, a clever,
industrious and well-to-do black man,
burning off broom straw in a
field when he lay down and went to ulsep.
The fire reached him and caught his clothes.
He raised the alarm and tried to escape,
but before the laborers working in the field
near by could come to his aid the poor
child’s flesh was burned to a crisp.
A kat la lies’ ball was given at Baltimore,
a few nights ago. It was a leap year en
tertainment, and conducted oil the strictest
rules governing such affairs. Ladies tip
ping the beam at 200 pounds and over trip
ped around as gaily and seemed to enjoy
themselves as much as if they only weighed
100. At the entrance scules were stationed,
and each lady was given a card certifying
as to her avoirdupois. The lightest weight
allowed in the promenade was 200 pounds.
The fat ladies did not dance the entire eve
ning, but preferred to sit at the little tables
along the sides room and partake of
refreshments. However, when the band
played the “Kiss Waltz,” “Come Fly with
Me,” “Free as a Bird,” “Gently on Tiptoe
Stealing,” and kindred melodies, it would
entice them from their seats. There
was over 200 people present, and over 100
of the ladies were fat.
A Charleston dispatch gives the par
ticulars of the surprise and capture of the
elder Cash. Bogan Cash, the son, escaped.
Old Cash has been taken to Columbia.
C. D. Sharp, last August found guilty of
outraging Amanda and Emma Clark, aged
sixteen and twelve, has been sentenced to
be hanged at Gainesville, Tex., April 25.
The Arkansas Suprejne Court has re
fused a new trial to Wright, one of the
Howard County murderers, and affirms the
decision of the lower Court sentencing him
to death.
Tom Hughes writes from England re
gretting that he will not be able to visit the
Tennessee Rugby colony this year, but feels
woil represented there by his two sons,
four nephews, and any quantity of cousins.
He means to form a real Rugby school
there which will draw in the sons of Eng
lishmen who are now buying Southern
lands in large sections, and there will be
room in the school for as many American
boys as choose to attend.
In Coffee County, Alabama, Miss Har
well had a dispute with her sister, Mrs.
Hughes, and stabbed her fatally.
In a collision of two trains near Juliette,
Ga., a few nights ago, an engineer and fire
man were killed, two other-persons were
wounded, *nd the locomotives and freight
cars were demolished.
Whi® a dance was in progress at Dal
las, Ga., the other day, a pistol shot sud
denly rang through the room, and one of
the young ladies i'eii to the floor with a
painful hut not dangerous wound in her
leg. It is supposed that one of the dancers
had a pistol in his pocket which was accr
dentally discharged. The culprit did not
divulge liis identity.
It is reported that a four-foot vain of coal
has been discovered on W alker Mountain,
four miles west of Sparta, Tenn.
The strawberry crop of Florida will be
very large this year.
A lighlhouse is to be built on Sanibel
Island, off the south coast of Florida.
Reports from Waverlv, Miss., say that
every cabin and the gin house on Maj. Val.
Young’s plantation was wrecked by the
terrific storm a few days since. The rain
poured in torrents for two hours, accom
panied with hail and wind.
J. Fu Rawlstonk committed suicide in
Brookhaven (Miss.) jail, a few days ago,
by severing the jugular vein with a knife
made from a tin cup. He was arrested on
suspicion as being the man who beat his
wife and murdered an unborn babe near
Rogersville, Grenada County, some time
ago. He was evidently insane. v „
VOL. I-NO. 4.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
—A planter near Sugar Land, Tex.,
lias planted one thousand acres in cane
this season.
—A patent for a “new and attractive
design of shoe” was re. entlv granted to
an inventor of Farmington, N. 11.
—A writer in H>igie»e PratUjve states
that boots and shoes may be rendered
water proof by soaking them for some
hours in thick soap water. The com
pound forms a fatty acid within the
leather and makes it impervious to wa
ter.
—A Philadelphia professor has re
cently made a discovery by which
spoken language can be represented by
a series of uurved lines on a receiving
surface composed of white paper cov
ered with soot. The discovery is re
garded as one of great importance to
the medical profession. — Phtlade’phia
Press.
—A German process of preserving
eggs is to take a bushel or more of lime,
slack it with eight or nine pails of wa
ter, draw the water off, and then pack
the eggs in the lime. The lime water
closes the pores in the shell and ex
cludes the air. The eggs will then keep
for two or three years.
—Luminous harness is the latest de
vice used in England to make the dark
horse visible at night. A phosphoric
•paint applied to the b 1 inkers, collar and
other prominent parts of the trappings
is used to bring about the result, and
the night trotter, thus prepnred, is said
to resemble chain ligntning as ho
plunges intothe darkness of the country
side.
—Artificial cork is among the recent
German, inventions. The method of
produ tion consists in ra xing powdered
( ork with starch and water, and knead
ing the mass whi.e boiling hot until it
is thoroughly mixed This substance is
then poured into molds for forming the
articles, and afterward dried at a very
high temperature. The material is de
scribed as quite light and possesses non
conducting properties.
—As communicated to the Academy
of Sciences, Paris, by M. Erington de
la ( roix, the grand earthquake wave of
August 2.", the e'leet of the mem irablo
Krakatoa catastrophe, seems to have
bee,, propagated across the Indian
Ocean at the prodigious speed of not
less than 2-0 miles per second, or 2,000
kilometers pO’’ hour.
—Prof Osborne Reynolds, says that
steel cope* as transmitters of powet
have a great ad vantage wor shafts, be
came the stress on the sin.-ce will he
uniform, the velocity will be uniform,
and may bo at least ien to fifteen- times
as great as with shafts, say 100 feet ~fr
second; the rope is carried on fri tion
pulleys, which may be at distances of
dOo or fiOO feet, so that the co-ettieient
of friction will not bo more than 0.015
instead of 0.04. Cincinnati limes.
PITH AND POINT.
-Boston lias organised a cremation
society. Another contrivance for baked
beings! — N. Y. lndepeide.t.
—V\ hen a bachelor says he is single
from choc*, it makes him mad to ask
him why the girl made choice of some
other fellow.— Chica io Inter-Ocean.
—Parisian shoemakers may not bo
doctors, but they know how to make
French heels. This a tough pun, but
we are writing “on space” just now.—
N. Y. Ora hi< ■.
The beggar who insists upon ap
peal ng to your generosity with his
breaih smelling of whisky, shows that
he has some spirit iu him after all.
—Young man, when yon are soaring
amid the clouds of love in a balloon of
bliss, be very careful, for youTnav sud
denly descend into a sea of d sappoint
ment. I ollow this advice, young man,
and be happy. — Orange ( I a.) Observer.
—“You are now one,” said the min
ister to the happy pair he had tied to
gether with a knot Ihey never could un
ao. “Which one?” asked the bride.
“You will have to sett’e that for your
selves,” said the clergyman.— Detroit
Fast.
—A New York Judge decides that
there is nothing binding about a mock
marriage, but lie doesn't mean that sort
of mo k marriage where they swear to
protect and cher sh, and love, honor
and o' ev. and then do just the oppo
— Philadelphia C r. nicle.
A girl on her wedding day sold her
piano, and bought a sewing-machine
and material en< u .h fora suit for hus
band and a dress for herself, and at
,nee set to work making them up. Her
husband spread the news- In two
weeks h r four sisters were all married.
— E.cchanqc.
—A visiopary financier who had a
thousand ways to make a fortune, and
not a single one to make a living, is de
scribed by a friend as “a man so san
guine that the mere getting hold of a
shoestring makes him think that he is
alre dy the owner of a tannery.”
yours killed three ‘sheep of mine last
iiffht, and 1 want to know what you
propose to do about it?” ,“Are you
sure t was my dog? “Nes. " ell.
1 hardly know what to do. I guess I
had better sell him. Aou don t want to
buy a good dog. do you? —lhtla.cl
phia Call.
—lt was a fireman's parade headed
by a braas band As they turned the
corner l.us ( afar, who was holding up
a hitching-post, spelled out the letters.
“F l’-l-u r-i-b-u-s U-n-u-m, painted
on the head of the big drum. "Now
Jake. now. wba-what 8 t at. he asked
of a lank negro stai ding under the
awning with bis n oath open. * Don t
, er snow nu'Mn? ’ was the reply.
’* (an t yer read? Hat sue name ob de
man wot made de drum.”— Life.