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T. A. J MAJORS, Publisher. THE SOUDAN. Eritish Indecision Endangering the Khedive’s Person. He Rfreivo* I.pltrin Mini as a T raltor—The 15 ri (■ sli lit cut JiiM-.d*. || IniiMiiKlkK' In It<-- Hove Rcvlier How. 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.