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oTlilt THE FALLS.
A Mysterious Tragedy sn Luna Island.
Fatnl Quarii-I ■t'tnrrn Broth<-r«-in-I.uw—
«>"«• .Yin ■•<)«.,-r«l and the Ollier Believed
to have Uonc liter Niagara falls.
Buff alo, N. Y., April 10.—Thomas Vod
dn-, of J. (fc T. Vedder, a wholesale grocery
firm at the Bridge, and one of the iiidst
prominent and wealthiest merchants of
the place, is missing. The body Of his
In other-in-law, Van It. Pierson, Cashier Of
the new Central Railroad for twenty-six
years—ever since the road was built to the
Bl idge- was found early this Inoriling on
Luna Island with a bullet-hole in liis head;
Late yesterday afternoon Vedder persuaded
Pierson to go for a buggy ride. They
reached the entrance to Goat, Is
land about six o’clock, and drove
■across the bridge, disappearing
in the woods. That was the last seen of
them. Not returning late last night, rela-
Jives became alarmed, and Vedder’s
brother and partner, James, vtith Pierson's
M )n » J. Howa d, went iil search Of the
brother-in-law. At Niagara Falls they
were joined by two policemen with dark
lanterns. They easily traced the missing
men to Goat, Island. The horse attached
to the empty buggy was found hitched to a
tree near the descent to Luna -Island,
f >'esh blood stains and foot-tracks
>n the snow were discovered,
und followed down the sleep steps, along
the bridge, and tip the path to an elevated
point On Luna Island, Where ,<t Shocking
sight presented itself; Pierson’s body was
L ing on a bed of snow and ic*, with
coagulated blood flowing from bullet holes
below the right ear and below tlie left eye,
the right side of the neck and on the left
side of the chin. The eyes were wide open
and glassy, and there was an expression of
pain on the pallid face. Further search
disclosed Vedder’s overcoat, undercoat,
vest, necktie and hat piled tip neatly near
the spot where the body lay. The Valuables
of the dead man were undisturbed, but
Veddei's watch was missing. Fruitless
Search Was made fob Vedder. There were
footprints in the show, ns if a person
had Walked off the brink into the cat
hract.. If it was Vedder, his body went
over the American falls, and there is no
telling when or where it will appear. There
are two theories advanced one that
Pierson attacked his brother-in-law and
was shot, and Vedder, in remorseful frenzy,
committed suicide; the other that Vedder
enticed Pierson to the spot and deliberately
murdered him, afterward leaping into the
tapids. Still, there are doubling Ones Who
think he may have piled up the clothes for a
ruse, and fled to escape the consequences
of his crime. Those who knew Pierson
describe him as having been a harmless
mono-maniac. He was married to Yed
.b i-’.T sister, nml his first wife was also
\ edd'-r’a sister. Vedder was a bachelor,
and lived with his sister and mother, who
are prostrated. He was fifty-two mid
Pierson forty-eight. Pierson 'had been
drinking heavily of late. He lost his posi
tion several weeks ago, but friends got
him reappointed.
Cur Crops.
Washington, April 10.—April returns to
the department of agriculture make the
''inter wheat area about 117,000,000 acres.
'This lsjjjertrly the breadth sown of the pre*
Vioils crop, of which between 5 and 0 per
cent, was subsequently plowed up, leaving
26,400,000 acres to be harvested. Comparing
with the area harvested the present breadth
is an increase of 5 per cent. Tiie present
area is greater than the census year by
more than 2,000,000 acres, an increase of
about 1,500,000 acres on the Pacific Coast
nnd nearly 750,000 acres in the Southern
States. There is a small increase in the
Middle States and a slight decrease in the
Oh io Basin, Tne Condition of the wheat
averages 95-100, representing the full stand
of unimpaired vitality and medium
growth. In April, 1883, the aver
age was 80, and 85 in April, 1881. The
'April average of the large crops of 1882 was
104. The State averages are as follows:
Connecticut, 100; New York, 97; New Jer
sey, 05; Pennsylvania, 00; Delaware, 06;
Maryland, 102; Virginia, 101; North Caro
lina, 102; South Carolina, 07; Georgia, 01;
Alabama, 88; Mississippi. 02; Texas, 101;
Arkansas, 81; Tennessee, 98; West Virginia,
100; Kentucky. 9S; Ohio, 88; Mich
igan, 04; Indiana, 92; Illinois,
82; Missouri, 01; Kansas, 101;
California. 101, and Oregon 102. In Michi
gan, New York, and Connecticut, the fields
were protected with snow on the Ist of
April, In some places a foot in depth. Their
subsequent condition will depend on the
weather of April. No serious winter kill
ing is reported, except in Alabama. On the
low and wet areas some injury is reported
throughout its entire breadth. The
superior condition of drilled wheat is
attested almost without exception. The
area of rye is nearlv the same as last year,
the average being fill per cent. The condi
tion averages 97 per cent. The report also
gives a statement of farm animals estimated
as lost during the past year,'and the esti
mated proportion of high grade animals
nnd the money value of improvement by
breeding in several States.
Pushed Fromthe Porcb.
Scranton, Pa., April 11. —Last Sunday
evening Mrs. Charlotte Sweet, seventy-six
years old, living witli her son-in-law, Theo.
F. Hunt, a wealthy merchant, whose resi
dence is on Washington avenue, the aristo
cratic quarter of Scranton, fell from a porch
and died in about thirty minutes. It is as
serted that her grandson, Jas. B. Hunt,
who lias been dissipated for some time past,
pushed her from the porch. Coroner Dean
began an inquiry in tiie case this afternoon,
and the evidence seems to sustain the
charge. In her will Mrs. Sweet devised
young Hunt SI,OOO. The parties are highly
connected, and the case has caused much
commotion.
Ba tie Between Irishmen and Italians.
St. Thomas, Ont., April 11.—A fight occur
red this morning between a gang of sixty
Italians and an equal number of Irish labor
ers on t‘ie Canada Southern Railway, caused
by the Irish objecting to theemployment of
Italians. The police, with the assistance
of citizens, succeeded in stopping tiie
fight alter several on both sides had been
severely wounded.
The Greek Indian Troubles Ended.
Eufaula, Ind. Ter., April 11.—The Creek
troubles are virtually settled. Checate and
Speckee have concluded to abide by the de
cision of the, Secretary of the Interior, and
advise their supporters to do so. They are
both Creek delegates to Washington under
Perrysmen administration and have final
ly atcept -rd the situation.
RISING FAWN, DADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 16. 1884.
Dynamiters Arrested.
London, April ii.— A dynamitef hauled
Daly, alias Henman; has been arrested at
Birkenhead Station, Three explosive
bombs were found in It is possession and
also several bottles containing d siibsfanee
believed to> be nit,ro-glycerine. jas. Egan
was also arrested at Birminghani as ad
accomplice of Daly, and on the charge of
having explosives in his house. Egan
was previously Secretary of the Wolver
hampton branch of the Land League. AfJ
ter a formal charge has been made against
Dalv at Birkenhead, he will he conveyed
to Birminghani, and charged, alongside
Egan, A great sensation was caused at
Bimiinghallt by the Arrests. Crowds of
p< ople dre gnziilg At Egan's house. And a
lillulber Of policemen are digging
vigorously in the garden in search of
dynamite. A sack full of documents be
longing to Egan waa conveyed to the po
lice station. Among the papers was a Jot
ter from Egan to Dal v, in which the for
mer Wrote that he thought the “cough mix
ture" was all rigtit ! it was "niceand cold.”
It, is believed the expression "cough mix
ture” refers to dynamite. Daly's first
name is John. He is an Ameri
can. He was well dress'-d in a tourist suit,
and wore a diamond ring. He is a short,
thick-set man. about thirty-five years of
age, with a black mustache. When seized
he struggled to escape, and tried to reach
his overcoat pocket, in which were found
two infcrltal machines of clock-work pat
tern; Two fnore machines were found in
the inside pocket of his under coat, and one
in tile breast pocket. The machines are
exactly like those found in the Lon
don railway stations. It is expected lie
will finally lie brought to London and
charged with having caused the explosion
at Victoria Station.
Revenues of the Postofilce Department.
Washington, April It. —The third assist
ant postmaster general has prepared the
following statement of the revenues of the
postoffice department for the present fiscal
year. The returns from the first and
second quarters are complete. The figures
for the third quarter are based upon the re
turns from offices returning about one half
of the total postal revenues, and ttie esti
mate for the last quarter is based on the
returns of the preceding quarters: Gross
postal receipts lor the quarter ending Sep
tember ofl, IfWfl, as ascertained, $10,51m,-
6t>7; gross receipts- for the quarter
ending Decern! Pr 31, 1883, as
ascertained, $11,159,610; gross rev
enue for the quar.er ending March
31, 1883, as estimated from special returns
received from )37 letter carrier offices, in
cluding all large i i ies, $10,700,614; estimat
ed gross revenue for the quarter ending
June 3), 1882, $10,737,340; total estimated
revenue for the year, $43,262,446; total reve
nue for the year ending June 30, 1883, $45,-
508,602; falling off in revenue for the pres
ent year, $2,246,246.
Buffalo Gamb'ers.
Buffalo, April 11.— The sporting frater
nity of this city are agitated, awaiting the
action of the grand jury now in session. It
is ger eraliy understood that their cases
will be presented to the grand jury for in
dictment. It is reported the leading,
gamblers, fearing indictment, have been
attempting to corrupt a number of the
grand jury, These facts reaching Judge
Daniels, tie Advised the jury of the penalties
prescribed foTsuch acts, and also the penal
ties for a member of the grand jury allow
ing himself to listen to such advances with
out reporting the facts to the Court. Tin-
Judge plainly gave the members of the
jury to understand that the law, if violated
in their cases, would be rigidly enforced.
The jury retired and shortly afterwards
returned With a document giving the names
of those wild had attempted to tamper with
them. A number of arrests Will doubtless
follow to-morrow.
Mr. Warner's Pension Bill.
Washington, April 11.—Representative
Warner reported from the Committee on
Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay a bill pro
viding that every person specified in the
pension laws, who served for a period of
three mouths or mere, who has an honora
ble discharge and is not receiving a greater
pension than that provided by the
bill, and who is now disabled by reason
of a wound, injury or disease, which there
is reason to believe originated in the ser
vice, shall be entitled to receive a pension
during the continuance of that disability
at a rate proportionate to the degree there
of. The bill further provides that depend
ent parents shall only show by competent
evidence they are without other present'
means of support than their own manual
.labor, or contributions of others not legally
bound for their support.
The Cuba Trsuble.
Key West, April 10.—Mail advices from
Havana state that Aguero landed without
resistance. Numerous factions joined him
on his march to the interior. His forces
encountered troops several times, but
obliged them to retreat. Great excitement
prevails, especially in Havana, owing to
the concentration of large forces of troops.
Ii is supposed the Government used the
Aguero incident for the display of a force
to intimidate the Cubans during the next
election. The Government telegraphed
Spain for more troops. Cenorship over
dispatches has been re-estabiished.
Two Men Killed by a Cave-In.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 11.—This morning
while eight men employed at Blair’s brick
yard were digging sand .from the hillside
at the head of Forty-fourth street, the bank
caved in, burying Samuel Heelin, aged
twenty-one, and Win. Siiearod, nineteen,
under several tons of earth. Notwithstand
ing the large amount of loose earth threat
ened to come down, the others went to work
with a will to rescue their companions, but
when they were reached, fully an hour
after the accident happened, both were
dead. The bodies were badly crushed, and
it is thought death resulted instantly.
Jail Delivery.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 11.—News is
received of a successful jail delivery at
Glenville, W. Va. The rickety jail was
broken through by prisoners, assisted by
friends outside. Five escaped, including
the brntal murderers Nate Thompson,
over whose head hangs a dozen c-bvvges;
Jim Clavton, a murderer, and Milliard
Thompson, the notorious housebreaker.
The others are petty offenders. A large
party is in pursuit.
The Emperor’s Condition.
Berlin. April 11.—The increasing feeble
ness of the Emperor lias assumed a more
alarming aspect. Although it is not ac
knowledged that he is in immediate danger,
the physician of the royal household has
been in constant attendance upon him foi
two nights past.
FOREIGN WARS.
Khartoum Reported Fallen and Gen
eral Gordon a Prisoner#
/
tonimnnienlion nilli Berber Xnt ofT-
French lie lor.- Hong !t»:i noil l'.9|ir<-llng
luiuicUiate Occupancy-Bailie In t üba.
Cairo, 'April 13.—Communication with,
Berber by land and water is cut. Rebels.
hav« raided the environs.
London, April 13. -Advices from Sunk ini >
state that it is rumored that Khartoum ha£- t
fallen, and General Gordon Is a prisoner.
Paris, Apil 13. —A dispatch from Sontay
of April 11 says “General Negrier Wednes*
day bombarded the villages before Hong
Hurt. The enemy forthwith began to
eV.icfiate the town with out resistance. The
French will enter Hong Hoa to-morrow."
General Millot telegraphs: “(Jn theflrh lust.,
Hong Hoa was bombarded six hours. ThS
Chinese offered no resistance, but evacuated
after setting fire to the town, which is now
i.i flames. Fart of the Chinese fled to Phu
lang and part to Donvang and Thenhoa.”
The Lcherte publishes the conditions of
Peace between France and China, which
Pater,atre, the French Minister, is charged
to offer at Pekin. It is stipulated China
shall accept a limited French Protectgrate
over Tonquin. No demand for indemnity is
mentioned.
Madrid, April 13. —An official dispatch
from Cuba reports that a band of forty-,
two insurgents, under Duran, who intended
joining Aguero, were attacked by- troops
and thirty-eight men killed.
Desperate Gr mina's.
.Knobel, Ante., April 12.—This evening
as Will Onby, Jailer of Green County
(Gainesville), entered the cells with sup
per for the prisoners, he was attacked with
pieces of a broken chain and knocked
senseless after a hard struggle, in which he
shot one prisoner in the right leg. Eight
men, confined on various charges, then
escaped and secured arms from the Jailer’s
house adjoining, preparatory to re
sisting capture by citizens, to whom an
alarm had been given. In a short
tint ■ about fifty citizens came to the rescue
of officers. Ail open battle followed, in
which over one hundred shots were ex
changed. Breckman, in for burglarizing a
store at Bethela, was shot and killed in
stantly by Alonzo Steadman. Three other*
were wounded, and surrendered. The re
maining prisoners escaped to a cypress
swamp, being pursued until dark, when all
hopes of recapture was given up. None of
the citizens were injured but Onby-, who
received dangerous wounds about the head
and may not recover.
Slavery in the Congo Basin.
Washington, April 13. —In v iew of tftx
prominence which the Congo question is
assuming, both here and in Europe, tha
following, from the report of Consul Di
verge, in regard t,o slavery there, is of in
terest: “The purchase of slaves continues,
at the values of £5 or £6 each. \\ hen they
can not be bought they are obtained
in the following manner: An arti
cle or % object of some kind is
laid aside, out, of the way, but within 1 reach
of the negro, who at. ont o steals it, and be
ing taken in jluqrantc (b licit/, becomes at,
once a slave. If he is a person of im
portance, and is claimed by his relative!
or by the chiefs of the village to which lie
belongs, he is sometimes given up in ex
change for two or three slaves, who take
his place, and lose thereby the liberty they
enjoyed to become slaves in their village
These are put in chains, and made to work
under the lash and the rod.”
The Fatal Number 13.
Cincinnati, April 13.—Switch Engine
No. 11l of the C. H. & D. Company, killed
two men yesterday at different times.
Both are believed to be entirely accidental.
At 10:15 o’clock yesterday morning, James
Lambert, formerly a repair foreman, was
caught by the engine and both legs cut off
above the knees He was taken home by
Patrol No. 4, and died at 4 o’clock yester
day afternoon. An hour after his death
John Quinn, a laborer, while crossing the
yard on id- way home to supper, .was run
over by the same engine, and both arms
cut.off and head mangled. He died almost
instantly. \
Tbe Suspected Train-Wrecker.
Dayton, Ohio, April 13.—Michaels, ar
rested here on Friday on suspicions! being
the wrecker of the Pan-Handle ExJTress last
Thurs lay night, was identified this after
noon by Conductor Pierson, who had charge
of the wrecked train, as a tramp he had
put off only a few days before. Measure
ment of nis feet also corresponds with the
tracks in the mud about the tool-house.
To-day Michaels admits that lie i- a tramp
and that lie was in the vicinity of the wreck
on Thur-dav, but claims his innocence.
There is a strong feeling against him, hut
so far the evidence is merely circumstan
tial.
A Statement of Post-Office Rev nues.
Washington, April 13.—A statement
prepared at tiie Post-offfoe Department
shows that while the revenue for the quar
ter ended March 31 was less than that for
the corresponding quarter of tiie preceding
year, the issue of two-cent stamps exceed
ed bv t wenty-seven per cent, the combined
issue of tw >'and three-eent stamps for that
quarter. The issue* of postal cards bus fal
len off about thirteen million pieces since
the inauguration of the two-cent l ate.
Run Down by a Train and K lied.
Chicago, 111.. April 13.—James Mah'»r
and ids little child Maggie were instantly
killed to-night by being run down by a
suburban train on the Illinois Central, at
the Ninety-first streetcrossirg. They were
crossing the 1 l acks at the time of the acci
dent, Mis. Maher being in advance of
them. She turned to await their approach
on the passing of the train, and failing to
s**e them retraced her steps and fell over
their mangled ft mains.
A Constable's Warm Receptiar.
Youngstown, 0., April 13.—Constable
Nelson, with a writ of restitution, endeav
ored to eject iirs. Vagg from a housa she
was occupying . >r non-nayinent of rent.
The woman had a kettle of boiling water
reifdy, and gave the Constable a lfuisiau
bath when he attempted to enter the house
scalding him very badly. Sue still holds
the house, the officers having no fancy for
scalding water.
XLVIIItIi CONGRESS.
Kirsst Session.
Washington, Aprt 0. -Senate,—Mr. Hill,
front the Committee on Post-Offices and Post
Hoads, reported favorably the original bill to
establish a nrtslal felegrubtt system. Mr. Hill
remarked t hat the Committed were unanimous
as to the Hist ten sections of the bill which
relate to the doing of work by emit rncts with
existing companies, but t hat a minority of tint
Committee were opposed to the section rela
ting to ffle construction or purchase
of lines by the Government. The
provision relating to the liability of
the contracting company for failure to cor
rectly and promptly transmit message* Has
been amended by limiting such liability to
fiflOtimes tile amount paid for transmission.
Two new features have been added to the
bill. The first authorized the contracting
company to employ a Postmaster as its
agent and operator at any postal telegraph
office where telegraphic receipts are insuf
fleeuf to pay the salary of the operator,
audio pay hint it commission not exceed
ing 50per cent, of the charges on messages
transmitted from the office. The Second re
quires the Postmaster General to secure iho
provisions of a contract which shall protect
postal telegrams against discriminations in
the order of transmission in favor of tele
grams received at such of the coippany’s of
fices as are not operated under the
provisions Of the bill. The con
tract system remains the most
prominent feature of the bill, and isnot wide
ly different from the scheme of the Postal
Telegraph Company, except that it empowers
the Postmaster General to receive bids from
any telegraph company for the contract. The
provisions relating to the establishment of a
Government system, pure and simple, in the
event that no satisfactory contract with the
established companies is secured, are a com
bination of the features of the Hill and Ed
munds bills.
House.—Mr. Hopkins offered a set of reso
lutions, reciting the abuses of cattle in trans
portation, and violations ol' laws for humanity
tovarn them, and proposing that the Com
mittee on Commerce be instructed to inquire
whether those evils do in fact exist, and to
what extent they may be remedied by law,
with power to send for persons and papers,
and with directions to report at any time, by
bill or otherwise. The rest of the day was
consumed in debating several bills and pass
ing one for a public building at Waco, Texas,
to cost SIOO,OOO,
Washington, April 10.—Senate. —A bill
passed further to suspend the operation of
Section 5,574 of the Revised Statutes relating
to the guano islands, ft was agreed when
the Senate adjourn to-day that it would be to
Monday next. The Chair laid before the Sen
ate a communication from the Secretary of
the Treasury urging the necessity for a new
revenue cruiser for Alaskan waters, and rec
ommending an appropriation of $175,000 for
this purpose. A joint resolution was
presented from the Legislature
of California, urging the adoption
by Congress of the bill introduced in the
House, relating to postal telegraph. Reports
made from committees favorably: A lull
authorizing the construction of a bridge across
tho Mississippi at St. Louis. By Mr. Miller, of
California, Committee on Foreign Relations,
reported the original amendment to Consular
and Diplomatic appropriation: also bill to
take the place of the lull referred to that Com
mittee, intended to provide for the appoint
ment of a Special Commissioner to visit the
principal South American countries for the
purpose of collecting information looking to
the extension of our trade in that direction.
House.—House met ut 11 in continuation of
Wednesday's session. Mr. Eaton, Chairman
of Committee on Laws relating to the election
of President and Vice President, reported back
to the Senate the bill on that subject, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
House Calendar. Mr. Kdlis introduced a
joint resolution directing the Postmaster
General to investigate and apply the most ef
fective means of protection to mail on postal
ears from Are. Referred. Mr. Mills, of the
Committee on Ways and Means, reported a
bill amending statutes referring to the imme
diate transportation of dutiable goods. House
calendar.
Washington, April 11.— Senate. — Senate,
not in session.
House.— Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported bach the Senate bill
authorizing the Secretary Navy to of
fer a reward of $55,000 for or ascer
taining the fate of the Cl reel.v expedition.
Aft»r a brief debate the hill pas>#l. #lr. Mc-
Millan, from the ( ommittee on Revision of
Laws, reported a hill limiting to twa years’
time within which prosecutions may lie in
stituted atrainst persons charged with violat
ing the Internal Revenue laws. House calen
dar. Mr. Henley from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported a bill forfeiting North
ern Pacific land grant. House calendar. The
House went into Committee of the Whole
(Mr. Springer in the chair) on the Pensi™
fc— A recent writer on the emotions of
iimnts says curiosity shows itself the
nimmto a child begins to take interest
in other tilings besides its food; and
when, though it still carries everything
to its mouth, it does so merely because
the tongue is the finest as well as the
most exercised organ of touch. At this
stage the child handles things, looks at
them closely, pulls them to pieces, and
so in playing instructs himself.
' -An old aetor who has been infer*
viewed on the subject, gives it as his
opinion that nobody without a good
long nose ever played tragedy accepta
bly. However that may be, there is no
question that a good long nose and a
disposition to poke it into other people’s
business has led to a great deal of real
tragedy. —Detroit Free Press.
—Postmaster Thomas Coggeshall, of
New Bedford, Mass., has been in the
employ of the ofliee without a break for
half a century. When lie first began
work as a clerk the mails were carried
to Boiton in fifteen hours by stage, and
to New York in four days when naviga
tion was closed.
If your boy manifests a desire to go
out West and exterminate Indians urge
him to start at once. He will return
home in a day or two, and thank you
with tears in his eyes for the privilege
of saw ing half a cord of wood before
breakfast. —Philadelphia Call.
—At a recent contest in a swimming
school at Manchester, England, a young
girl swam 600 times around the bath
house, or a distance of eight miles,
while the best swimmeramong the boys
made but 504 rounds.
—“What made the mule kick you?”
they asked of the gentleman who had
been sent through the roof of a barn.
And he answered: “Do you think I was
fool enough to go back and ask him?”
—Laura Johnson, a Milwaukee girl,
not long since chopped off her finger
with an engagement ring upon it and
sent it to her lover, with whom she had
had a quarrel.
SOUTHERN NEWS (GLEANINGS.
Jnf Coleman, colored, who murdered a
negro girl In December, 1882, after commit.
;ing an atrocious Prime upon herself and
sister, is re-sentenced to be hanged May 9,
it Columbia, S. C.
Charles Davis, in company with three
negroes, attempted to enter the store of his
former employer, T. Riehberger, at NeWSll.
ion, Miss., for robbery, the other ingot.
Being resisted, the murder of the entire
household was attempted, but the Cook
anly, was killed. The murderers werd ar
rested.
A difficulty at Vicksburg, Miss., t/A the
sth, between David Martin, a watchman,
ami Walter Owens, a constable, resulted in
the killing of the former anil the wounding
of the latter.
At Columbus, Ga., the other day, «, whole
block of buildings and 1,600 bales of cotton
were burned. Loss, $200,000; insurance
half as much.
About fifteen Northern families have
purchased lands in and near Tuilfthonta,
Tenn., since March 1, and will, they say,
induce many more to go there and escape
the severe winters of the North.
Some of the leading business men of
New Orleans are asking Capt. Eads to
project and build a bridge over the Mis
sissippi at that point. The scheme seems
rather a bold one, as at floodtide the water
is higher than the land.
Richmond, Va., lias taken 20,00 ) feet of
space at the New Orleans Exposition, and
nearly fifty manufacturers have entered.
The United States Government has sunk
under their iron wharf at Key West eighty
steel sheets covered with different paiuts.
Their motive is to see what paints will
prove most durable in these waters, pre
paratory to putting it on their steel cruisers
now in course of construction.
The statement sent to the United States
Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury,
with respect to the war tax of 1861, shows
the following States and Territories to be
still indebted to the United States in the
sums named: Alabama, $52,822; Florida,
$33,002; Georgia, $512,959; Louisiana, $117,-
371; Mississippi, $338,242; North Carolina,
$1,900,000; Tennessee, $281,775; Virginia
$213,501.
Henry Mali.ey, who murdered his
brother in Aikin County, S. C., eighteen
years ago, has just been captured. Mefica
Gordon, a fugitive negro convict, lias also
been arrested after a desperate encounter.
Watson and Simmons, the Augusta, Ga.,
bank robbers, escaped a few days since by
filing off a bar of their ceil, and letting
themselves to the ground by means of a
rope made from their bed clothes.
The oiti'/ono nf Rlnomineton, Putnam
County, Tenn., have subscribed seven'a •
thousand dollars for the erection of college
buildings at that delightful summer resort.
John J. Lanier, formerly of Hollow Rock,
has been elected President. Work will
commence on the buildings early in the
summer.
The public Schools of Arkansas are un
der very much the same supervision as
those of Tennessee and are in a very
prosperous condition. The present State
Superintendent, Hon. Wood E. Thompson,
is an efficient officer. He is a native of
Maury County, Tennessee, was educated
at Oxford, Miss., has resided at Monticollo,
Drew County, Ark., since 1865, where he
has been engaged in teaching. Last year
he held thirteen institutes —one in each
Judicial District of the State.
Parties representing English and North
ern capitalists made a proposition recently
to an enthusiastic meeting at Tuscaloosa,
Ala., that if SIOO,OOO were subscribed by
Tuscaloosa, work would begin at once tc
build a railroad from that city to Sheffield.
The sum of $75,000 was subscribed imme
diately, and the balance would be raised in
another day. This road would run from
the head of navigation of the Warrior
through the Warrior coal fields, and con
nect with the Tennessee below Muscle
Shoals.
W. T. Dowda, at Decatur, Ga.,has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for seven
years for kidnaping. Dowda is a school
teacher, sixty-five years of age, and wear
ing a flowing white beard. He taught in
Lithonia two years ago, where his atten
tion to a thirteen-year-old pupil, Miss Rag
dale, developed into unholy love. Eloping
one night with the child he led the officers
a lively race from place to place, and was
not captured until after he had reached
South Carolina, where he had married the
girl at midnight. It was not certain that a
case of seduction could be maintained
against him, so he was convicted of kid
naping.
The estimates of losses by the recent for
est fires in North and South Carolina vary
widely. The damage to farm-houses is
light, and to fencing heavy; much lumber
burned in Moore County, N. 0., and in the
lower counties the turpentine farms were
considerably damaged, but not of a charac
ter to fffect trade except locally. In the
swept over turpentine will be dimin
ished, but not enough to affect the market
Charles Phillips was fatally wounded
by Felix House at the Court-house it
Clarksville, Ga. The parties had a misun
derstanding while on a carousal some days
ago, and meeting again in the Court-yard a
fusilade with pistols took place. Two shots
fired by House took effect in Phillips 1
stomach and breast, from which the phy
sician declares recovery impossible.
B. L. Wolf, of Red Oak Level, Ga.,
killed a wild turkey a few days ag-o
which weighed twenty pounds. It had four
beards, the longest measuring ten inches,
while the shortest was six inches long.
Jay Gould thinks the mountain section
south of the Blue Ridge, from North Caro
lina across to the Mississippi, is bound to
become the greatest manufacturing coun
try in the world, and Atlanta and Birming
ham will be cities with populations of half
a million.
Andy Rolland was hanged at Spring
Place, Ga.. the other day, for the murder
of Aleck Watkins a year ago.
It is estimated that 75,000 visitors have
spent the present season in Florida, and
that there has been 25,000 people settled in
the State within the past year.
VOL. I.—NO. 8.
PERSONAL ANj> IMPERSONAL.
—Miss Blanche Tilton, who died ini
Philadelphia recently, made a request
that her remains be cremated, and the,
burning took place at the Le Moyno 1
furnace. ;
—A Lancaster (Pa.) maiden is the last!
American girl to capture a titla. Miss
Florence Breniman will return fronn
Italy to her Lancaster home as the'
Baroness Kaput any. —Pittsburgh Post.
—Madame Anna Bishop, once famous
on both sides of the Atlantic as an
operatic singer, died of apoplexy in New
York recently, where for many years she
had lived in retirement. She was born
in London in 1816.
Postmaster-General Gresham re
cently entered Philadelphia on the same
train with a base ball club, and v r as met
on the platform as he alighted by a lo
cal sport with: “Short stop or catcher?”
—Philadelphia Call.
—C. M. Lilian, of Lawrenceburg, Ky.,
has a four dollar bill issued by the
“United Colonies” of America, bearing
date of February 17, 1776. It was re
deemable in gold or silver bullion or
Spanish milled dollars.
—Captain Iloxie, the husband of
Vinnicßeam, has had absolutely snow
white hair ever since he was twenty
four, and his features are like a cameo;
the only vivid color about his face is
in his eyes, which are purple-blue.
—Jaetacou Bacrgaluba, an Italian
peanut peddler at Randolph, Mass., has
received news that he has come into
the title of Count with great posses
sions, by the death of an uncle in
Italy. The Italian Consul at New
York hunted him up.
—Mr. Spurgeon, the. famous Baptist
preacher, was born at Kelvedon, Essex,
on June ID, 1834. He settled at Water
bejach, Cambridgeshire, when only sev
enteen, and in London, over the church
now meeting in the Metropolitan Taber
nacle, at the early age of nineteen.
—Mrs. Patience Downs, of Kenne
bunksport, Me., was found dead in bed
the other morning with a lamp burning
at the head of her bed and an open
Bible at her side;; and eighteen months
ago her husband was found one morn
ing dead in bed with a lamp burning at
the head and an open Bible by his side.
—Boston Post.
—E. 1). Winslow, who achieved fame
as a forger in Boston, is now a very big
man in Buenos Ayres, owning and edit
ing the Herald of that city. He also
owns blocks of buildings, drives the
iinest and fastest pair of horses in the
city, has unlimited credit, and is con
sidered an estimable citizen.
—Fanny Carter, formerly the belle of
Boston, is now Mi’s. Ronalds, of Lon*
don. where she is quite conspicuous in
society, and created a sensation lately
at a charitable fair by appearing in a
headdress of intertwined American and
British Hags, while the skirt of her cos
tume was fringed with a set of tiny
cooking utensils. Boston Herald.
“A LITTLE NONSENSE.”
-—The trouble with most baritone
Fingers who try to soar into the tenor
register is that they fly to parts un
known.
“No,” she said, sweetly, “I don’t ob
ject, to the smell of a cigar; its the smell
of the smoke I don’t like.”— Burlington
Free Press.
—Among the most blessed of all the
contrivances of Nature is that w’hich
prevents a man from being disturbed
by his own snoring. Lowell Courier.
“Kiss me as I fall to sleep,” is the
title of a new song. It might work all
right with some men, but !t would
wake us right up. —Burlington Hawk
eye.
—Care will kill a cat. The care must
be exercised in taking aim. It is ex
tremely difficult, however, to hit one in
the dark with a bottle. —New Orleans
Picayune.
- Doctors say that people would be
healthier if they ate more onions. Un
doubtedly they would. Lt would keep
their, from going out nights.—Burling
ton Free Press.
—Travels in Utah—“ls your mother
in?” asked a visitor of a little Mormon
boy who opened the door. “No,
ma'am,” the little boy replied, with
tears in his eyes (he had just been
spanked), “but my brother’s mother is
in. ’ —Philadelphia Call.
—A young man on the West Side, of
an economical turn of mind, who has
been engaged to a girl over there for
three years without ever spending a cent
on buggy-hire, ice-cream, concerts, or
any other kind of refreshments, re
cently called to the front door, early in
the forenoon, and asked her with irre
pressible joy if she wouldn't like to go
to a funeral. Chicago Journal.
—“No,” said Mrs. Bounce, “I don't
know as there is any real harm in
smoking —that is to say, in itself; hut
when two or three men sit down to
gether, puffing at their eigars, they
seem so contented and so happy that I
fear they forget what sinful creatures
they are. There’s where the harm
comes in, Mrs. Green, as I’ve said to
Bounce a hundred times if I’ve said it
once.” —Boston Post.
—An unshaven man with a couple of
black eyes, a bruised nose and a cut
lip, was escorted into the Harlem Police
Court yesterday, where Justice O'Reilly
was informed that ie had madeManhat
tanville hum on Saturday night, and
that a platoon of policemen had to sit
on him before he could be got to the
station. “What do w:’ do for a living?’ ’
the Justice asked. “I carry the hod,”
answered the prisoner. ou are a hod
case,” said the Conrt. “Ten days-”
N. Y. Sun.