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THE SOUDAN.
Eritish Indecision Endangering the
Khedive’s Person.
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London, April 2(s.— The Khedive has
caused the British Government to lie noti
fied that because of the indecisive nature
of the English policy in Egypt,' his; po
sition, which has long Merione of intolera
ble annoyance, has now become absolutely
dangerous. It is stated that Tewfik Pasha
has, ever since the advent of Clifford Lloyd
as Under Secretary of the Interior tor
Egyptian aifairs, been treated, even in
public, with a sort of popular contempt, so
far within the law as to
thwart official cogninance, but
so pronounced and unmistakable
as to be the more galling and unendurable,
because not punishable. The natives have
exaggerated notions concerning Lloyd,
they know that he was appointed to Egypt
because of his success in bringing to
punishment “Irish rebel-” while he was
resident British Magistrate in Ireland;
and they assume that having subdued the
Irish he has been transferred to Egypt for
the purpose of accomplishing tlie oblitera
tion of Egyptian nationality. Tewfik has
come to be regarded as a traitor
to his country, who has abso
lutely sold out the Egyptian
people to the English Government,
anil is biding his time lor a final retreat
fri in Egypt upon the wealth given him in
bribes, and in is hated by the fellaheen
with a mmtal enmity. Recently the Khe
dive has received many threatening mes
sages, ami he new complains that he is in
daily receipt of letters ordering him to ab
dicate and leave the country, under pen
alty of assassination. Yesterday he re
ceived a letter, in which be was denounced
as “a traitor to Egypt and a tool of the
infidel,” and in which the threat was made
that unless he quit the Egyptian throne
and left the country immediately he would
be poisoned by persons in his closest confi
dence. He has fallen into a sort of chronic
melancholy and conducts himself as one
partially demented. In an interview, Sir
Henry Gordon stated that Lord Granville
and the Government were still undecided as
to the expediency of sendingan expedition
for the relief of Berlin' and Khartoum.
Sir Henry said that he had expressed to
Lord Granville his belief that General Gor
don was in no personal danger, and advised
that the Government should await
the arrival of General Sir Gerald Graham
who is a warm personal friend of General
Gordon, and wuo accompanied him up the
Nile as far ast Dongola, on his'wnr t>» Khar
toum. General Graham is now on his way
to England, as well as Sir Evelyn Baring
and Mr. Clifford Lloyd, and is expected to
arrive with them on Monday.
Political.
OskoSH, Wir., April The Republican
Convention in the Nineteenth Senatorial
District, and three assembly districts of
Winnebago County, elected delegates to
day as follows: C. B. Clark, I). Libby, M.
M, Eaton, John Hicks, G. A. Whiting,
Henry Hewitt, T. E. Loppe, E. D. Henry.
It is understood that the delegates are for
Arthur.
Marshall, 111., April 2(1. —The Clark
County Democratic Convention met in this
city to-day to select delegates to the State
Congressional and Representative Conven
tions. Five delegates were selected for the
State Convention, and twelve each for the
Congressional and Representatives. No
instructions were given, hut the delegations
are, by a largo majority, in favor of the
old ticket—Tflden and Hendricks. The
session Listed live hours, and was a very
stormy one.
Grayson, Ky., April 2fi.—The Carter
County Democracy, in Convention, asks
for the platform of 1876, and Tilden and
Hendricks as the party’s standard bearers.
Raleigh, N. C., April 26. —The Eighth
Congressional District Republican Conven
tion elected delegates to Chicago and
instructed for Arthur and Lincoln.
Departure of the Greely Expedition.
New York, April 25.—The Bear, the
first vessel of the Greely Expedition,started
nil her mission yesterday amid the cheer
ing of thousands gathered at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard to see her off, while from the
starting point down the East River to the
center of the bay there was a continuous
succession of noisy godspeeds from the
many tug whistles- and facto y signals.
The craft had been pushed out several
yards from the bulkhead, and across the
narrow gang plank hmning from the rail
to the string piece was a continuous pro
cession of friends who came to bid good-by
to the officers and men, or who came with
more substantial offerings of good will in
the shape of packages of gifts and things
calculated to make the weary monotony of
an arctic trip more hearable.
Sensational Suicide.
Baltimore, Md., April 25. —Bamuel Knuf
ferschmied, a resident of Cleveland, 0.,
arrived here last night. This morning he
left the house, stating he intended going
to the office of the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company, and purchas
ing a ticket for Germany. Instead of
that, he walked down to the Fayette
Street Bridge, and caused great consterna
tion among the pedestrians by leaping into
the stream below. The water being shallow
he was suffocated in the mud. He was he
lieved to be out of his mind, as he informed
several persons that he was being followed
bv a man who wanted to rob him. This
prompted the act. Oversloo was found on
his person, which was expended in his
funeral, which took place this afternoon.
Drought Killing Cattle.
St. Louis, April 26.—There are advices
from Western Texas to the effect that cat
tle are suffering, and large numbers are
dying, for want of water and grass, the
drought having been very severe in that
section. Myriads of caterpillars have also
appeared, and are destroying all kinds of
vegetation.
Prominent Sculptor Found Dead.
New York, April 26—Geo. L. Ewing,
aged fifty five, a well-known sculptor, with
a studio in Philadelphia, was found dead
in the Brevoort House to-day. A gas jet
was partly on. He was engaged on bust#
of Henry Irving and Miss Terry.
RISING FAWN, DADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30. 1884.
Eloped With Her Father’s Stableman.
New Yoke, April 25.—Fhilopena Unlauf
was the only daughter of a wealthy Baron
in Germany. She numbered her admirers
by the score, but rejected all proposals.
Baron Unlauf had numerous stablemen.
One of them, Gus. Kreuger, was smitten
with the beauty of his employer’s daughter,
but never dared speak till one day he re
ceived a note from Philopena, who said she
knew he loved her, andjiiat his love was
returned. Gustav at once Went to the
Baron and requested his daughter’s hand.
Ihe old gentleman took a whip and at
tempted to chastise him, but the lover
kuocked him down and left. Gustav con
tinued to meet Philopena. and when the
Baron found it out he locked her up in her
room and would not let her leave it. One
night the Baron, returning late, saw Gus
tav sitting on the window sill of his daugh
ter's room yvitli his arms about her neck. He
called him down, and agreed to give him
SIO,OOO if he would go to America. The
young fellow agreed. A few mornings
later the Baron went to liberate his daugii
ter, but found a note saving she had gone
with Gustav. Diamonds and other jew
elry had also disappeared. The Baron
and some friends started in pursuit,
they reached Bienian just in time to
see the couple wave them a fond adieu
from a steamer’s deck. During the voy
age Gustav obtained his sweetheart’s
jewels, and then bis love began to
wane. Finally he advised her to return
home as soon as they arrived in America.
5Y hen they got here, the Captain of the
steamer reported the case to Superintend
ent Jackson, of Castle Garden, and when
Gustav landed a detective arrested him,
and told him that, unless he married Phil
opena. he was good for twenty years in
State Prison. This frightened him so that
lie consented, and the detectives led the
couple to a clergyman, v ho made them one.
At ter the ceremony, Gustav sententiously
remarked, “You rush things through in
America.” The couple will take up their
residence in this city.
Cutting Down Diplomatic Appropriations.
VI ashixgton, April 20.—The House Com
mittee on Appropriations to-day reported a
bill making appropriation for the consular
and diplomatic service. The amount ap
propriated is $1)77,770, which is $1167,275 less
than the estimates, and $,'1(8,#85 less than
the appropriation for the present year. The
measure reduces the contingent
expenses of the legations $69,500;
of consulates, $20,000. The allowance for
clerk hire at consulates is reduced $30,000.
The annual salaries of the Ministers to Aus
tria and Italy are reduced from $12,000 to
SIO,OOO. The office of Agent and Consul-
General at Cairo is made a consulate at an
annual salary of $2,000. The office of Min
lster to Roumania, Servia and Greece is
abolished, and Consuls provided for
Greece and Roumania. A similar change is
made in the office of Minister to Bolivia.
Ihe Consul Generalship at Madrid and the
L ousulship at Honolulu are abolished, as
are a number of unimportant consulates at
otlier places. The salary of the Minister to
( ftUmabitt i* iiiCr«TUM»eu uitiu tu
slu,uoo, and the Consul General at Hong
Kong from $4,000 to $5,000.
Ignominious Deaths.
Monroe, Ga., April 25.—Henry Curry
was hanged here to-day for the murder of
Powell Reid in October, 1882. Both were
colored.
Little Rock, Ark., April 25.— Charles
Wright, colored, was executed at Center
Point, Howard County, for aiding in the
murder of Thomas Wyatt.
Gainesville, Texas, April 25.—Last
August C. D. Sharp was convicted here of
outraging two sisters, Amanda and Emma
Clark. He was tried for both crimes
separately. For the first he was sentenced
to fifty years imprisonment, for the second
to hang. The latter sentence was carried
out to-day, an immense crowd witnessing
the last act in the terrible tragedy.
Stolen Bonds Recovered.
New York, April 26.—Through informa
tion from Mrs. Ellen Peck, who obtained
celebrity in connection with the Babbitt-
Beckwith case, and subsequent sharp prac
tice transactions, the police arrested Julius
Columbain, an ex-convict, and recovered
$6,000 worth of bonds, which is a portion of
$16,000 stolen from the residence of Owen
and Hugh McSorley, Station Island, in
1882. Mrs. Peck, in negotiating a loan
with Columbian, discovered by the num
bers of the bonds in his possession that
they bad been stolen.
Work of the Catholic Council.
St. Louis, April 26.—1 tis stated on au
thority of a Catholic priest here that the
work of the coming council at Baltimore
was marked out at the late meeting of the
Archbishops at Rome, and that it will refer
largely to secret societies, mixed marriages
and divorces, all of which will be utterly
condemned as among the greatest enemies
of the church, especially secret societis and
mixed marriages. He also states that the
tenure of parish priests will be fixed to
continue during good behavior, instead oi
being at the will of Bishops, as now.
A Mother’s Horr b!e Deed.
Easton, Pa., April 26. —This morning
Mrs. Amelia Barnet locked the doors of her
house and threw her two children, one aged
two years, and the other five months, on a
bed, and cut their throats with a razor. She
then gave the alarm, and as the neighbors
rushed in, drew the razor across her own
throat, and threw herself beside her child
dren. All three are mortally wounded.
The Barnet family came here from Pitts
burg several months ago.
Alliance Against Chicago Dressed Beef.
New York, April 26. The Eastern
Butchers’ Protective Society met to-night,
and reported that assurance had been ob
tained from a number of retail butchers
that they would not deal in Chicago
dressed beef. It is proposed to canvass the
city, and furnish the different Trades
JJuions with the names of those who refuse
to aid in the movement, and have boy
cotted all tradesmen who persist in pur
chasing shipped dressed cattle.
Judge Denman Threatened.
London, April 25.—Judge Denman, of
the Court of Queen’s Bench, who presided
at the O’Donnell trial, has received a letter
in which the writer says his damaging
statement to the jury as to the total lack of
intention to shoot on Carey’s part and his
determined efforts to secure O’Donnell’s
conviction will cost him his life; that he
had better prepare to meet death at any
moment. On receipt of the letter the Judge
communicated with the police, who advised
that detectives be detailed to guard him,
which was done. The detectives mingled
with the crowd in the Court room where
I the Judge presided, closely scrutinizing all
I comers.
CYCLONE IN OHIO,
From Whose Effects Six Persons are
Reported Killed.
Beginning Xrar Oai.rton, It Flom Groat De
struction at Xpntn. jukl 14ilia f'iie
IViADitH at Jamcatou u.
Dayton, 0., April 27.—Shortly before
five o’clock this afternoon the most de-.
structive cyclone ever known in this part
of the country passed over the southern
part of Montgomery and Greene Counties,:
devastating everything in its course. It
appears to have orignated near YVoodburn,'
a small town ten miles south of here, and
eye witnesses describe it as appalling in
its fury. An authentic statement is that
the cyclone was formed by the union of two
light storm-clouds from the south and
northwest, which immediately assumed the
form of a water-spout, rising and descend
ing like the waves of the sea, and de
stroying everything in its way. It was
fully one eighth of a mile wide, and moved
about over the country like an immense
cloud of smoke, while everywhere in its
path the air was dark with trees and the
ruins of houses. The forests were mowed
down like weeds, fences were destroyed
for miles, and it is estimated that in this
county alone at least twenty residences
are in ruins, to say nothing of the loss on
other buildings, live stock, and farm prop
erty. At Aiexaudersville, several peo-|
pie are known to be injured, and
onejady is reported killed, while sawmills,
barns, and other buildings are destroyed.
At Carrollton Friend’s paper mill and
other buildings are badly damaged, while
a number are reported de
stroyed. The teleghaph lines are down in
all directions, and the roads are impassable
from the ruins that fill them. Near YY ood
burn the residences and other buildings be
longing to Edward Wheatly were de
stroyed, with other property, amounting in
all to $2,000. Two farm hands are reported
missing. The brick school-house No. 9is
destroyed, and the roof carried 500 yards.
Mr. Harris’ house and barn are destroyed.
One child was caught in the cyclone and
carried 20 J yards and dropped to the earth,
only slightly injured. Mr. Mitchell’s house
and barn were partly ruined. Mr. Ride
nour’s property was badly damaged.
Abner Harris’ barn and other buildings
are destroyed. The names of the other
losers can not be ascertained, but, consid
ering the large number of bouses destroyed,
there must be heavy loss of life. In the
neighborhood of Miamisburg there,
is heavy damage. At Bellbrook,
Greene County, at least fifteen
farmhouses are more or less damaged,
but the families generally escaped by
course, and its force was not in the least
spent when it reached Jamestown, a thriv
ing village of tjOU inhabitants, widen i-s
reported entirely destroyed, with only a
few bu.l lings standing. The meager
telegraph reports state that lour people
are known to be killed, while twenty
are more or less injured. Among the
others the residence oITj. YY’ickershani wasj
lifted from its foundation and carried quite
a distance. Owing to the sparse
of the country and to the blockaded roads,
accurate details can not be obtained, but
with such loss of property that of life)
must be terrible. Near Xenia there was
considerable destruction. The soldiers
and sailors’ orphans’ home was badly'
damaged. The barn, laundry, and othefi
.buildings were destroyed, while the;
’hospital and others were unroofed. Miss
Harvey, the matron, and Night Watchman
Richardson were injure?., but no children
were hurt. Between Jasper and Cedar
Creek, on the narrow guage road, the dam
age is great to farm property, and at this
point trains were unable to move on ac-i
count of the wind, while others did not
'dare to pass over Cedar Creek trestle during
the cyclone. In all directions soutn and
east of here the scene of destructions defies
description. YY’hoie forests were cut down •
like weeds, and trees and smr.il r build
ings were carried long distances in the air.
Buried Under a Falling Building.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 27.—T0-night about
40 o’clock the interior wall of a two story
'building on Smittafield street, occupied by
Mrs. Joseph Wagner as a cigar store and
dwelling, fell in, completely burying under
the bricks and dirt two children, Albert
Edward, aged respectively sixteen,
and six years. When extricated Edward'
was found to be fatally injured. His skull
was fractured, and he was also internally
hurt. Albert was badly bruised ;n 1 cut
'about the head, but will recover. The
building was the oldest in the city, and has
■long been in a tumble down condition.
Fighting Fire in Midlake.
Chicago, April 27. —At noon to-day the
schooner Ottawa, of Grand Haven, Mich.,
lumber laden, bound from Grand Haven to
Michigan City, Ind., was discovered to be
on fire. The vessel was at once beaded for
this port, and soon bad the good fortune to
fall in with a tug, which took her in tow.
It appeared at one time as if the vessel
would he burned in midlake, but the crew
fought the fire as well as they could, and ar-i
rived here this evening, when the fire was
extinguished by the local fire department.
Terrible Railroad Accident in Spain. •
Madrid, April 27. —By the breaking of a
railroad bridge, near Cuidad Heat, a train
jof passenger cars was precipitated into the
river. Twenty persons are reported killed,!
,ai)d twenty received severe injuries. One 1
(of the supports of the bridge was after-!
fwards found cut, showing that the disaster
was the result of malicious work.
' Stricken Down in the Pulpit.
• Erie, Fa., April 27.—The Rev. G. A. ;
tC&rstenson, rector of St. Pauls, the leading
Episcopal Church in this city, was struck]
down by a fainting fit while preaching to
day, and now lies in a critical condition.
The cause is brain trouble from overwork.
Dr. J. T. Franklin, of the same pulpit, less
than two years ago had a similar attack
■front overwork, and died immediately.
Great interest is felt. Mr. Carstenson was
formerly of Meadville, Pa., and is very
popular.
Skull Crushed With a Baselnll Bat.
Con nkllsville, Pa., April 27.—Charles
■Dull, a miner, was found near ttie roadside
ptear Bradford this evening unconscious,
with his skull crushed. By his side was
a baseball bat covered with blood. He was
iJast seen with a party of about ten miners
last night. All had been drinking. It is
supposed tbat in a drunken quarrel he
received the fatal wounds.
XLVIIHIi CONGRESS.
First Session.
Washington, April 23.—Senate.— -The Chair
laiit before the Senate a message from tho
President, transmitting the report of the Sec
rotary bf State, giving information concern
ing the average production, consumption, ex
portation and importation of wheat, rye, corn
and cotton in foreign countries. Mr. Conger,
from the Committee on Commerce, reported
favorably and asked unanimous consent to
put at once on passage the bill providing for
Government control of Sault Salute Marie
Pall Canal, Michigan. Placed on the calendar.
Immediately on the flispo-al of the morning
business, however, Mr. Conger called his bill
up again and it passed. Petitions and memo
rials presented and referred: Hv Mr. Farley
ami Mr. Miller, of California—The joint, reso
lutions of tho Legislature of California rec
ommending t in-passage of the pending bill
providing for flic establishment of a National
experimental Station in connection with tho
Agricultural Colleges. By Mr. Pendleton —
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio recom
mending the passage of the pending bill re
lating to pensioning' the ex-prisoners of the
late war.
House— Mr. Payson, from the committeeon
public Lands, reported a,bill to prevent un
lawful occupancy of public lands. House
•calender. Mr. Handall, from the Committee
on appropriations, reported back the Naval
Appropriation Bill with the Senate Amend
ments, and moved non-concurrence in
These amendments. Mr. Kasson there
upon raised the point of or
der that the amendment must first he con
sidered in Committee of the Whole. The bill
w san important one. affecting, as It did, the
const rnction of new naval cruisers, and he did
Mot think the House should pro forma express
non- concurrence in the amendments. The
Speaker sustained the point of order, and the
bill with amendments, was referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole. Mr. Randall said
he would not move to go into
Committee, as he had agreed not to interfere
with the tariff bill at this time. On the point
of order by Mr. Kasson, this bill and the
amendments wore also ref. rred to the Com
mittee of the Whole. Mr. Turner, of Georgia,
[Chairman of the Committee on Elections,
called up the Kansas contested election case
■of Wood vs. Peters. The majority resolution
declares in favor of the sitting member, Mr.
Peters. The resolution of the minority pro
vides for the seating of the contestant Wood.
Washington, April 24.—Senate.— Petitions
presented and referred: From the Governor.
Executive Council and Secretary of State
end other citizens of Maine, praying that
Congress appropriate money in aid of the
World’s Exposition at New Orleans.
I roin the Chamber of Commerce
of San Francisco, representing
the helpless conditionof the harbor at that city,
and urging the early completion of the Mon
adnock. Favorable reports were received
from the committee. By Mr. Hoar, from the
•Committee on Library, the joint resolution
providing that the two Houses
will nttend the ceremony of unveiling
the statue of Chief Justice Marshall, Saturday,
May 10, and appropriating st,r> «) to defrayed
the expenses of the occasion. To provide'for
the admission of Tacoma as a State of the
I nion. To provide for the deposit in the
Treasury of receipt- of the money order sys
tem and the payment of its expenses out of
appropriations. From tho Committee on Com
merce, the House bjil to constitute a Bureau
OLNaruraUod in.tjie t rfuißiirv
like import, which, on motion of Mr. Frye,
was indefinitely postponed. From the Com
mittee on Pensions, to amend the pension
laws relating to attorney’s fees. The bills re
ported were placed on the calendar, and the
joint resolution relating to the Marshall me
morial passed.
House.— The Senate hill passed for the re
lief of F. G. Schwalku, of Oregon. The joint
resolution passed authorizing the Secretary of
War to lease to the Board of Fish Commis
sioners of Michigan a certain strip of land
adjacent, to the Sault Sto. Marie Canal.
Reports submitted: To define and punish
counterfeiting notes, bonds or other securities
of Foreign Governments. Adversely to com
pel residents of one State to attend as wit
nesses in the courts of another State. An ad
verse report on the Women’s Suf
rage Constitutional Amendment. Mr.
He-d presented the minority report.
To authorize the of bridges
across tin Mississippi at RockTsland and the
Kails of St. Anthony, and across the Missouri
in Douglass County, Neb. EstaMfchin# To
comaaud Seattle, W. T., as ports of delivery.
Authorizing the President to enforce the
claim of J. E. Whcelock against ttic Vene
zuelan Government. Authorizing the Presi
dent to appoint a commission to attend the In
ternational Prison Congress. To reorganize
the Legislature of Utah Territory. The
House went into Committee of the
YVhole, Mr. Converse in the Chair, for consid
eration of the Senate amendments to the
Naval Appropriation Bill.
Wasmin.i'i-%. April 2'».—Sen ate.— Tho Sen
ate vas notified of the House non-concur
rent® in its amendments to the postal and
navAapproprintion bills, and conferencecom
niiit»s were appointed by both houses. Mr.
WiisiWt addressed the Senate on the need of
legislation to regulate inter-State com
merce and to curb; the power of the
railroads. The pleuro-pncumonia bill was
taken up, and Mr. Plumb said that on Mon
day he would ask flit- Senate to come to a vote
on the bill. Adjourned until Monday.
House.— ln the House, much time was con
sumed in consideration <>f the bill for the re
lief of Myra Clark Gaines, and finally it was
laid aside with favorable recommendation.
Both houses agreed to the conference report
on the deficiency appropriation bill. An even
ing session was held for the consideration of
pension hills.
Washington, April 26.— Senate.— Senate
not in session.
House. —The House was engaged in the con
sideratiqpi of a bill to remove certain burdens
from the American Merchant Marine, and en
courage the American foreign carrying trade-
Several amendments were adopted, the dis
cussion being animated. Several amendments
were added and the bill passed. An amend
ment offered by Mr. Cox. and adopted, pro
vided that it shall hereafter he lawful for any
citizen of the United States to import iron and
steel built steamships of not less than four
thousands tons measurement, free of duty,
and such ships snail he admitted to American
registry, provided said ships shall be the ex
clusive propt rty of a citizen or citizens of the
United States, and provided further that such
ships shall bo excluded from the coastwise
trade.
In a PI; of Fire.
Scranton, Pa., April 27.—0 n Friday
night, in a shaft being sunk by the Aliitz
Coal Company at Kyterville, the last shot
fired by the workmen uncovered a “feeder,”
from which a large volume of gas began to
issue. It. was immediately set on fire, and
the flam* s ascended one-fourth the dis
tance oi the shalt. Tueir existence
was not discovered until a late
hour last night. W in. Higgins and
his assistants, James Steel and John
Mile}-, Charles and Wm. Jones, who in
tended to work all night, were lowered into
a pit. When they came within fifty feet of
tiie bottom they were terrified fiv Ihe dis
covery that they had been lowered into a
veritable pit ot fire. They cave an alarm,
but more than a minute elapsed before the
workmen at the top of the shaft could as
certain why it was sounded. As soon as
they realized the predicament of their fel
low workmen they hoisted the bucket. The
sinkers were fearfully burned, and it is
probably they will die.
General Sherman Declines.
St. Louis, April 27.—General Sherman
to-night sent Governor Crittenden a formal
declination of his appointment to a Brig
adiership in the militia of the Eastern Di
tisioE of Missouri.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLENANIGS.
An entertainment was given at Olympic
Park, Memphis, a few days since, by Dr.
Carver and his combination of Indians and
cowboys. During its progress the grand
stand, which was crowded with spectators
to the number of fully 2,000, gave way with
a crash and all were precipitated to the
ground. Ia the confusion which followed
the catastrophe many vyere bruised and the
only wonder is that none was killed. It
was impossible to gain the names of all
who were injured, but the following list
embraces those seriously hurt: James
O’Neill, Edward Farrell, Mrs. Tom Keelv,
Nathan Falk, Mrs. Mary Ellmer, Mrs.
James Reilly. Of the above, Farrell and
Mrs. Keely each had a leg broken. O’Neill
received internal injuries that may prove
fatal. There was about 4,000 people in
attendance, and the accident caused the
wildest excitement. Many ladies and chil
dren fainted.
Mp.. Henry Ellard, one of the wealthiest
farmers of Habersham, Ga., was on his
dentli-bed a few days ago. His wife had
died but a few months before, and his
daughter, a beautiful young lady of seven
teen, was attending a female college in
Southern Georgia. Bhe was called by tel
egraph to the side of her dying father, and
without delay responded by her presence.
Entering the death chamber she saw that
her father was in the last agony, and rush
ing toward him she simply uttered the
word “father,” and, reeling around, fell to
the floor dead. Both were buried in the
same grave.
The growth of the cotton manufacturing
interest in South Carolina has been won
derful during the last decade. In 1870
South Carolina had 1584 manufacturing
establishments of all grades, with a capital
of $5,400,418, employing 8,147 Mauds. In
1880 the number had increased to 2J178,
with a capital of $11,005,899, an.! a force of
22,128 operatives. In 1882 a c@hsus made
by tho State Board of Agriculture reported
tweniy-six mills in operation, with a total
of 4,120 looms, 180,701 spindles, a capital of
$4.547,0X) and a pay-roll of 4,2fi2 hands.
The.total water supply of the State has
been estimated at 3,00),000 horse power.
Thic Kuoxville Tribune has information
that in Russell Couuty, Va., a fewdavsago,
Geo. Giiison, his cousin, YVm. Gibson, James
Powers, YV’ayne Powers bought a bucket of
brandy in the mountains and got into a
dispute about who had paid the most for it.
Knives and pistols were drawn and YV T m.
Gibson was shot and killed. The other
three built a fire over the body, burning it
to a crisp. The three murderers were
placed in jail with great difficulty, and a
lynching was prevented. The oennle are
be taken from the jail and hanged.
Mr. J. B. Tingle and Miss Mollie John
son, of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, wanted to
marry and fled from opposing parents to
Texarkana, and put up at the Bloomfield
House, ©n the Texas side. The groom not
knowing that part of the town was in
Arkansas, got a license on that side but
had the ceremony performed on the Texas
side. While in the enjoyment of perfect
felicity, so to speak, they made the shock
ing discovery next day that they weren’t
married at all, at all. This made them
tingle with blushes, and in great bewilder
ment they hastened over to the Arkansas
side and had the knot tied hard and fast.
A. bloopy encounter took place near
Moulton, Ark., a few days ago, in which a
party of honest farmers fought a body of
eight highway robbers. Mr. Philips, the
leader of the farmers, and a faithful col
ored adherrent, were instantly killed,
while a number were dangerously wound
ed. On the other side Gaines Brooks, the
leader of the thieves, was instantly killed.
When he fell his mother took his pistols
and declared that she would have ten for
one.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Richmond, Va., a few days ago, Judge Bond
rendered a decision in a case involving the
legality of the act known as the Riddle
berger coupon killer No. 2, in which he de
cided that the treasurer, who lives upon the
property of a tax-payer, after the latter
has tendered coupons in payment of his
taxes, is a naked trespasser, and all acts of
the Legislature which attempt to Justify
and defend him for his trespass are uncon
stitutional and void.
A standard gauge railroad is to be built
from Dallas, Tex., to Paris, via Rockwall.
Hampton, Va., boasts the oldest church
in the country —St. Johns, which was built
in 16-14.
Dr. Robert Wright, who was the oldest
living graduate of West Point, and the
oldest resident of Queen Anne County, Md.,
died at Centerville, Md., a few days since,
aged eighty-seven. He held a position as
door-keeper in the State Senate at the late
session of the Legislature, where he con
tracted a cold, which caused his death.
More than three-fourths of the cedar
used in tßh manufacture of cedar pencils
in is shipped from Florida. Large
groves of cedar grow up and down the coast
and on the Suwannee river, and the supply
seems inexhaustible.
Fortress Monroe, Virginia, is the
largest fort in the world, covering an area
of seventy acres. It was built in 1817, and
to the uninitiated looks almost impregnable.
In shape the fort is an irregular hexagon,
two sides fronting the water, while the
other four command the land approaches.
LoenidaS Johnson, a Henry County ne
gro, under sentence of rape, at Atlanta,
Ga., has sold his body for sls to the United
States’ Jail physician, Dr. Auten. The
money he proposes to use for cigars.
John Dickerson and John Pressly were
suiters for the band of one of the bells of
Chilton County, Ala. Pressly won the girl,
and they were married some weeks ago.
The other day Dickerson shot Pressly dead
at his own gate, and with hi? own gun.
It is reported that Atlanta will purchase
“Liberty Hall,” Governor Stephens’ home,
and move it to Atlanta.
A solid lump of coal weighing 14,200
pounds, taken from the Pratt mines, near
Birmingham, Ala., has been sent to New
Orleans, to be exhibited during th ■ Expo
sition.
VOL. I.—NO. 10.
PITH ANI> FOIST.
—Oleomargerine is in such common
use now-a-days that a married man can
now sit down and en joy a good square
meal without any but her.— Carl Pret
zel's Weekly.
—As a man who makes hats is a hat
ter. and an individual who makes vats
a vatter, you should never be lost for a
reply when anv one asks you what’s the
matter. Tell him that It's a man who
makes mats.
—A new poetess from the West re
marks: “If love you give, no more I’ll
ask.” It is believed she has a fortune
of her own or else she is imposing on
some person of very limited experience.
— N. Y. Graphic.
Six Philadelphia brothers, name of
Smith, lived to celebrate their six gold
en weddings. There appears to be a
toughness in Philadelphians that mar
rieu men in other parts of the country
never sem to possess.— Louisvide
Courier-Jo rnal.
—A “society” journal describes “low
neck dresses for dinner.” Such dresses
may be palatable if they are well cooked
ami have a rich gravy poured over
them; but we should as soon think of
recommending pigeon tail coats on
toast for breakfast.— Norristown Herald.
—At the annual dinner of feorosis in
New York, Mrs. Croly, the President,
in ottering the toast, “TNie Women Mar
tyrs,” said that “the martyrdom of
woman was an unspoken agony.” Any
thing “unspeakable” must be a great
agony to a woman, that’s a fact.— N. Y.
Times. i
—A wise man takes tho trouble to in
form us, in a very excellent article,
that “in the seventeenth century on the
continent, boots were never worn with
out spurs.” And we can infonn him
that in the nineteenth century, on this
continent, spurs are never worn with
out boots. — Burlington Hawkeye.
—A gay and festive party of fox
hunters, decorated with rosettes and
sashes, rode through Norwich’s Main
street, yesterday morning, led by a
bugler. The club went over into the
town of Franklin, where one squad
mistook an Alderney calf for a fox and
Lagged it in splendid shape.— Hartford
Post.
“How do you like the squash-pie,
Alfred?” asked a young wife of her
husband a few days after marriage.
“Well, it is pretty good, but ”
“But what? I suppose you slatted to
say that it isn’t as good as your mother
mother made that very pie, and sent it
to me 1”— Brooklyn Eagle.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
—A late invent’on is a method of
adapting a addle to various horses, and
securing a good lit by having a saddle
pad inflated by air.
—Philadelphia capitalists have organ
ized a porpoise-tishing company. The
oil of the porpoise is worth S3OO a
quart —at least, some of it.
—A Maine man has invented an elec
tric apparatus wh eh he calls a teleme
ter, and which is to be used to record
temperatures at long distances.
—Probably the largest and finest per
fect plat • glass ever made in this coun
try has been finished in Jeffersonville,
Ind. It contains loti square feet and
measures 104x216 inches.
—Arizona has been a large importer
of California lumber, but she is now be
coming an exporter of the home pro
duct. The Atlantic and Pacific has
tapped the timber region of the territo
ry, and lumber is being shipped to Los
Angeles.
—A gunsmith at Charlotte, N. C.,has
recently made a novel gun. It was
made for a man who is blind in his
right eye and who cannot shoot from
his left shoulder. The stock of the gun
is curved so that when the butt ia
placed against his right shoulder the
gun-bar! el falls in a straight line with
his left eye.
—A couple of Westfield, (Mass.) men
have invented a little perfume-charged
knob, which they hope will become a
popular appendage to ladies’ fans and
parasols. Witlyn the knob is a
small bottle of perfumery, which is
so placed that the bearei- can regulate
the quantity of escaping fragrance, or
seal it up entirely.
—The Kev. John O. Tennent, ol
Glyndun, Md., has invented a motor ap
plied to tricycles which will tend to
aring them int > more general use, and
make the n still more a substitute for
the horse and carriage, By it the diffi
culty of using it over hills and rough
roads i- obviated, and we e>pect to see
it made available by our clergy, and
especially by our missionaries.— The
Churchman.
—The Philadelphia Academy of
Sciences is building up a very tine her
barium, claiming to possess probably
one half the known specie of plants.
The growth has been very rapid for
some years, the past year showing an
addition of 2,868 species. The spec es
are all labeled and systematically ar
ranged, and this great work is being
done gratuitously by the persistent
labors of Mr. J. H. Hediield, assisted
by other botanists. —Philad Ipliia Times.
—Among the scientific results of
Greeland expeditions it has been dis
covered that, contrary to the general
belief, the west, coast of Greenland is
washed by cold water, while a greatly
heated current comin ; from the south
runs along the east coast at a short dis
tance from the shore Ibis current
must exercise a great influence on the
climate of the ea-d coast, which maybe
more moist, but, >n the scientists
opinion, not colder than that of the
vrest coast.