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T. A. J. MAJORS, Publisher. 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.