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T. A. J, MAJORS, Publisher.
DARING THIEVES,
Who Have Been the Terror tf Three
Counties.
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AaEnp«*nl«|> In Penns.vlvnnln, In Which
■SL»er».l Hen Are Reported to
Half Keen Hilled.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 3.—For some time
pnst numerous daring burglaries have
taken place in Armstrong, Clarion, and
Jefferson counties in this State. Night be
fore last the ticket office of the Allegheny
V alley Railroad and two stores at Manor*
ville, Aimstrong County, were robbed,
A >out SSOO worth of goods were taken.
Ihe thieves, three in number, tlien stole a
skiff and carried their plunder
down the river, where they hid it
in a •deep hollow. A man work-
in a stone quarry saw them and notified
Xountv Detective Stiveson. He got the
assistance of three other men and started
alter the thieves. When the pursuing party
■came up with them, not one of the officers
had out his revolver, but the three thieves
each had in his hands two self-cocking re
volvers. They had seen the officers and were
prepared for their coining. Stiveson recog
nized the thieves as Daniel Mitchell and
00l and George Haynes, brothers, who
were recently in the peniten-
Mitchell, as leader of the gang,
said to Stiveson, “You see, we have the
oi op on you. You are a married man, and
you have a family. AVe don’t want to hurt
you. and we know you can’t afford to he
killed. The best thing you can do is to go
Uoine and take your men with you.”
Stiveson is noted as a very brave man, but
under the circumstances had to give in,
and turned and took his men with him.
I his afternoon it wds learned where the
men were located and a posse ‘of
twelve men headed by District
Attorney Buchanan, of Armstrong
County, started after the thieves,
"hey met them in a deep hollow in the
woods, and a fierce fight took place, the
thieves firing from shelter in the woods.
It is reported that sevn-al men were killed,
but owiiiE to the fact that the telegraph
office at Kittanning closes at Bo’clock p. m.
no further information could be obtained.
Hie burglars notified Detective Stiveson
y esterday that they would never lie taken
alive. The Haynes have been a terror to
the community for years and intense ex
citement exists in ihe three counties over
tne occurrence.
j Another Steamer Lost.
New York, May 3. —Austin Baldwin &
Co., agents o£ the State Line of steamships,
this morning received a dispatch from Glas
gow as, follows:. “The steamer Devon, from
New York for Bristol, picked up, on April
27, two lifeboats of the State of Florida,
w>*t./tftv«eeupfu;ts <m-geai. A sailing ver-
Vel bound west signaled the City of Rome
on April 23 in latitude 4(5°, longitude 42°.
She had the shiswrecked crew of the State
Line steamer on board.” The City
of Rome arrived at Liverpool on
April 27, front New York. She makes the
following statement with regard to the sig
nals of the sailing vessel spoken of April
23: The first signal was “shipwrecked
crew.” Then followed two other signals,
the first supposed to be ‘‘state,” and pre
sumed to refer to the State of Florida.
When the State of Florida bad left this
port the rumor was current that several of
Itossa’s agents were on board with dyna
mite, and the detectives were awaiting
the arrival of the steamer at Glasgow
to arrest the men. This has been
confirmed by cable from En
gland. ltossa said that lie knew nothing of
the men on board. Among passengers on
board of the Steamer were Mrs. P. Ward,
of Cleveland; Henry Wood, Miss Lillian
W. Wood, Mrs. E. AYood,M. K. AVood, and
Miss May Shackleton, of Ohio; AY. King
and J. G. Graham, of Canada; Y, Cruik
fctiank, of Braddock, Pa.; Andrew Tarns,
Thomas Williamson, Thomas Tavlor, ji\,
Miss Amy Taylor, Mr. ami Mrs, F. Taylor,
Mrs. Anna Taylor, Miss Ada Taylor,'and
Abraham Williamson, of Chicago, George
Eddington and B. Berthane, of Toronto.
Lon doji, May 3. —The captain of the De
von reports that he picked up two lifeboats
of the State of Florida, last Sunday even
ing, in latitude 47°, longitude 34°. lie
feels certain tit at the occupants had been
taken off by a passing vessel.
A Wife Murderer's Sentence.
Harrisburg, May 3. —The jury in the
case of AV'nt. Andrews, charged with
killing his wife, and then burning her body,
at Itighspire, July 4, 18X1, returned a
verdict of murder in the second degree.
This verdict was based on the charge of
the court, which tended to show that unless
there was legal proof of the killing, or the
body of deceased should be produced, was
murder in the second degree. No portion
of the burned body was produced by the
Common wealth. Andrews had already
been convicted of murder in the first
degree, but was granted a new trial. He
v as sentenced to twelve years’ imprison
ment, the full penalty.
Love and Clam Chowder.
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Washington, May 2. —A very sari case
of jealousy and clam chowder, leading to
suicide has just, occurred here. A young
lady was left behind by her lover, who
went on a picnic to Great Falls.
Upon his return there was a scene.
To jealous upbraidings he only re
sponded by proceeding to prepare and serve
himself with clam chowder. There
upon the young Indy, as she afterwards
explained, because he did not ask her to
serve the chowder, pulled out a pistol and
shot herself. At the hospital, previous to
her death, she attributed her act directly to
the clam chowder.
A Remarkable Affair.
Zanesville, 0., May 3.—This afternoon
a child aged eighteen months, belonging to
Thomas Coulton, a prominent merchant
of this city, fell from a second story win
dow to the earth below, alighting on a brick
-pavement, and, strange to relate, when
picked up by an astonished and frightened
mother, who expected to find it dead, the
child was unhurt save a few bruises.
A Murderer Commits Suicide.
HarrisOSVILLE. Mo., May 3.—James
Maxwell, a young druggist, arrested last
night for the murder of his brother-in-law,
Newton Safron, was found dead in his cell
this morning, having taken poison, which
he had conceal* d in tobacco on his person.
RISING FAWN. DADE COUNTY. GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7. 1884.
FOREST FIRES.
W ■•■(.-liaTcn, I*a., Invpif the Groat
« M „
•-aigc Amount of I’t-opcrty IK.tro.v
--e«l In VarlotiM l.ocalltle*.
Easton, Pa., May 2. —The mountain fires
are assuming dangerous proportions, and
hundreds of people are out fighting the
flames on the north side of the Blue Moun
tains, near Wind Gap, and on the
Poeono Mountains. The flames are
making great headway. This afternoon
a fire broke out in the woods near Penn
Argyl, and is still burning, though all the
quarry men are out fighting it and have been
so for the past three hours. The woods
are vpry dry and the leaves laying thick
in the low stubble give the flames abundant
material to feed on. This fire is within a
quarter of a mile of Penn Argyl, and iv.
burning toward the town. There is no
serious danger of the place catching, how
ever, unless the wind increases in violeneo
aud carries the sparks to the houses. The
smoke in all tiiis section is terrible, and
people can hardly breathe. They go about
with hankerchlefs over their faces. Such
dense smoke has never before been known
here. It comes from the Poeono Mountains
and from Penn Argyl, as well as from the
fires around Whithaven. Lights are
scarcely visible half a block off. The Po
cono Mountains are on fire in many places
and the flumes are raging fiercely especial
ly on top of the ranges. The track of
the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Rail
way is surrounded for a distance of four
or five miles, and the passengers experi
ence the greatest inconvenience. The
smoke penetrates everywhere. The en
gineers are half blinded, and trains are run
on slow time. Much valuable timber is be
ing destroyed. Reports from AVhitehnven
say that five houses were burned there to
day. The occupants saved most of their
effects. Other reports as to loss of life are
unconfirmed.
New York, May 2.—Forest fires in the
country round about till the atmosahere
here with smoke. Middletown, N. AT, re
ports the mountains west and north, the
Shawangunks and Catskills, on fire. No
damage is reported yet, but the danger to
isolated farm-houses and farms is great.
Clouds of smoke anil asties fill the air. Fires
are ranging on the Storm King Moun
tain, near Cornwall, and in the highlands
west of Haverstraw. The air of Newburgh
is filled with smoke anil ashes, anil burned
leaves are floating about. Much damage
to standing timber is apprehended. A
At ilkesbarre (Pa.) dispatch says forest
fires have been raging fiercely thereabouts
lately. The first serious damage was report
ed this afternoon. Whitehaven and neigh
boring hiUs caught fire, and for a time the
town was in great danger, owing to a
strong wind. The Fire Department of
A\ ilkesbarre, with the whole population
of the place, subdued the fire. At Califor
nia, a lumbering town near Whitehaven, a
fierce fire started, and eleven houses, occu
pied by men in lumbering, were burned.
Two bridges on the Bear Creek branch of
the Lehigh Valley road were destroyed;
also the stables of Albert Lewis & Co.,
lumber contractors. Eleven horses also
perished in this fire, and a laig« quantity
of valuable timber was destroyed, The
total loss is estimated at $50,000. The fire
is now under control. Washington, J.,
teiegerphs that an extensive conflagra
tion is raging in the Blue Mountains,
twenty-five miles from there.
Port Jervis, N. Y., May 3.—The little
hamlet of Gilman’s Depot was entirely de
stroyed by fire yesterday. Forests all
through the vicinity have been burning for
several days with great fury. Residents
lost everything. Four cars of lumber
standing on the switch, 1,600 cords of bark,
20,000,000 feet of lumber, one saw-mill
and and four minor buildings were
burned. Andrew Campbell ana
John Murren were seriously burned. The
total loss will amount to between $150,000
and $200,000. There was no insurance. Two
railroad bridges were burned. A third was
saved by employes of the railroad stand
ing in the brook and dipping water with
their hats to extinguish the flames. The
rails are burned out half a mile, and 150
men are thrown out of employment. The
fire is still burning in the forests all around
here and Port Jervis.
Mount Carmel, Penn., May 3.—The
severe wind-storm and fierce forest fires
that visited Northumberland County yes
terday partially ceased about midnight.
To-day the mountains for many miles are
burning and smoking terribly. Farm
fences, cord-wood, railroad sills and other
valuable property is destroyed. The loss
will foot up thousands of dollars. Yester
day the forest fires were the most
damaging seen here within half a cen
tury.
Altoona, Penn., May 3.— The town of
Brisbin, Clearfield County, was totally
consumed by fire yesterday afternoon, also
the large lumber-yards and mill of Hoover,
Hughes & Co. Loss estimated at $150,000
to $200,000; fully insured.
Ashland, Pa., May 6.—Danger from for
est fires is believed to lie over. Four farm
houses were destroyed. A man named
VVesthoffer is supposed to have perished
with his house. Forty-five to fifty square
miles in timber land was burned. The dam
age in the burned district is estimated to
be $112,000.
Female Lawyer Admitted to Practice.
Philadelphia, May- 3.—-Judge Thayer to
day delivered an opinion in the Court of
Common Pleas, No. 4, admitting Mrs. Car
rie B. Kilgore to practice. Every other
Common Pleas Court has refused her admis
sion, although exceptional action was taken
some time ago by the Orphans’ Court,
where the lady is a practitioner. Judge
Arnold dissents from the opinion of his
colleagues, Thayer and Elcoek. The Court
took the ground that its action was sus
tained by the common law right, which
the Legislature had not interfered with by
statute.
Suicide of a Printer,
Meadvili.e, Pa., May 3.—Late last even
ing Henry C., son of Hon. H. D. Lowing,
publisher of the Linesville Herald, at
tempted suicide by shooting himself while
laboring under a fit of mental aberration,
caused by a severe fall some time since.
The ball passed through both temples, cut
ting the cords of both eyes, which he will
doubtless lose the sight of, provided he sur
vives, though the physicians have fears of
non-recovery. Mr. Lowing is aged twenty
four years, and was a newspaper compos
itor, and has for a long time been in poor
health.
A Scenic- Artist Dead.
Nf.w York. May 3. —John Evero,a scenic
artist, died this morning in Hempstead, L.
1., at eighty-seven years of age. He was
a scene painter in the old Park Theater, in
this city, for twenty-one years.
FIIOM abroad;
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Bismarck’s Anti-Socialist Legislation
Likely to be Defeated.
A ninltlrrlViiiili-ilal Brr'ln- -Ei-Rai|irrM
Anna, of Austria, Deaul.
London, May 4.— Bismarck is in con
siderable trouble with his anti-Socialist
legislation, which going very slowly
through Parliament looks as though it
would be defeated. The relations of
Russia and Germany have meantime been
drawn closer by the extraordinary success
of the Russian loan in Berlin.
London, May 4.—Berlin letters express
the hope that America will speedily replace
Mr. Kargent. Americans in Berlin are con
fident that a new Minister of experience,
character and social tact would be received
by Prince Bismarck and everybody else
with cordiality. European diplomats con
sider the circumstances of Mr. Sargent’s
withdrawal no reason for leaving an im
portant legation vacant.
Prague, May 4.— The Empress Anna,
widow of the Emperor Ferdinand IV., of
Austria, and aunt of the present Emperor,
is dead, aged eighty. The court is ordered
into mourning for three months.
London, May 4.—Trial by jury is going
out in England. In one court alone out of
a total of 1,024 cases no less than 444 are to
be heard by a Judge alone.
The Lost Steamer.
Glasgow, May 4.— The underwriters will
lose £30,000 if the steamer State of Florida
proves to be lost. The ship which signaled
tue City of Rome was a full-rigged vessel,
English built, but displayed no national
flag. After the signals she proceeded west
ward slowly. Five other sailing vessels
were sighted at the same time. It is no
longer doubted that the ship which signaled
the City of saved some, if not all, on
board the State of Florida. It is calcu
lated that the disaster occured on the 18th
ult., at which period the wind was blowing
from the east. The boats would drift until
rescued. They must have been launched
because they were so fixed that they would
not otherwise have floated. The fact that
the boats were without gears or oars is
regarded favorably as indicating that the
rescuing ship secured the oars
and gear and allowed the boats
to drift away. One is Life-boat No. 1
and the other a small new- boat, not num
bered. The ow-ners are of the opinion that
the State of Florida struck an iceberg, as
the captain of the State of Pennsylvania
reports ice in the region in which the State
ofj Flordia is supposed to have been
at the time of the disaster. The dynamite
theory is not received with any favor what
ever. An inventory shows the cargo was
shipped by two Well known firms,
and ail small packages on board
are accounted for. The detectives reported
awaiting the arrival of tiie State of Florida
were seeking to arrest an embezzler, sup
posed on the vessel. News concerning the
fate of the missing vessel is awaited from
America, where it is supposed those who
have been rescued will be landed. The
Captain of the City of Rome explains that
when the ship displayed signals there was
a little snow, and the flags showed badly
and were difficult to read. The City of
Rome passed the ship rapidly without re
plying to the signals.
Bloody Affray.
Montserrat, Mo., May 4. —Last night at
about ten o’clock'a party of white men
visited the house of Joseph Hughes, a negro,
living two miles north of this place,
with the alleged intention of horse
whipping him for an insult he was said
to have offered to a white woman
several days ago. When the house
was reached two of the party en
tered, Charles Miller and a man named
Long. The details of what followed are
not easily obtainable, but the negro offered
a desperate resistance, seizing an ax,
literally splitting open the head of Miller
and striking Long a terrible blow in the
breast. The result of the encounter is that
Miller will die, and there is a prospect also
that Long will not recover. Hughes has
given himself up, and is now in the hands
of the authorities.
A Young Lord Jailed for Vagrancy.D
Toronto, Ont., May 3. —Richard B.'Cham
berlaiti, son of Chief Baron Chamberlain,
London, England, and AValter N. Bedford,
son of Colonel Redford, a British officer,
were arrested here to-day for vagrancy.
They, in company with an alleged son of
Lord Rossmore, have been living in style
in the Rossin House for some weeks.
The proprietor informed them that he
would like the settlement of the bill, and
they became indignant. The Lordling
left the hotel in the night, and a detective
arrested the others. They claim that Lord
Rossmore’s son carried away their money,
but that they will meet all their obligations
as soon as the English mail arrives. In
the mean time the bloods will enjoy jail
diet.
Paris Green and Whisky.
New York, May 4. —John Wentz, thirty
nine years old, bought Paris Green yester
day, dissolved it in four tumblers, and giv
ing one to each of his three children, aged
twelve, ten, and eight years, ordered them
to drink it. The children rail away, and
Wentz, who drank it, was soon taken vio
lently sick, and died during the night. He
was probably crazed with drink.
The American Forestry Congress.
W ashington, May 4.—A general session
of the American Forestry Congress will be
held in the rooms of the Department of
Agricultural nex’Wednesday, the object of
the meeting being to impress upon Con
gress the needs of forestry in this country.
Almost every subject connected with for
estry will be discussed.
A Steamer Burned at the Wharf.
Baltimore, May 4.—The steamer B. S.
Ford, of the Chester River Steamboat Com
pany, burned at the wharf at Chestertown
Kent County, at 1 o’clock this morning.
The crew and bands had barely time to es
cape. The Ford was built in 1877, and cost
$75,000.
A Terrible Affair.
New York, May 4.— Patrick Keating, a
hod-carrier, was arrested to-day for beat
ing his wife to death. When tin police
ari ived he was in bed drunk, lying on Hie
head of the dead woman.
XLVIIIth CONGRESS.
rirst Session.
Washington, April 30. Senate. Bills
passed: To authorize the Oregon Pacific Rail
road Company to construct one or more
bridges across the Willamette ltlver, between
Salem and the head of navigation of the
river in Oregon. To release the estate of
Frank Sauk , deceased, late Collector of Inter
nal Revenue of the First District of Califor
nia, and liig surities from liab lity for defal
cation of Hie clerk in the Collector’s office.
To accept and ratify the agree
ment with the confederate tribes
of Flathead, Kootenay and Pend
d'Oreilies Indians for a portion of their reser
vation in Montana required for the use of
the Northern Pacific road. The Sand sur
rendered comprises 1,430 acres, for which the
Indians receive $15,000, besides sT,«2f> compen
sation for damages to improvements. The
Chair laid before the Senate the Dill reported
by Mr. Frye, from the Committee on Com
merce, to remove certain burdens on Ameri
can merchant marine and encourage
American foreign carrying trade. Pending
debate, the Senate adjourned.
House.— Mr. Lilinb called up the Joint resolu
tion directing the President to tiring to the
attention of the Government of Venezuela
the cluimnf J. K. Wheelock, a citizen of the
United States, for indemnity for gross out
rages and torture inflicted upon him by an of
ficer of that Government, and to de
mand and enforce in such a man
ner as he may deem best im
mediate settlement, of the claim. Mr. Lamb
gave a brief description of the outrages com
mitted on Wheelock by the officers, in order
to extract from him the confession of a crime
of which lie was not guilty. The Joint resolu
tion passed. Mr. Washburn asked leave to re
port from t he Committee on appropriations the
joint resolution appropriating SIO,IXIO to de
fray the expenses attending the visit of the
Special Embassy from Siam to the Unit'd
States, but Mr. Weller objected. The morn
ing hour was dispensed with, and the House
went into Committee of the Whole. Mr. Cox,
of New York, in the chair, on the Tariff Bill.
Washington, May I.— Senate.— The Sen.
ate proceeded to the consideration of Dills on
the celandar, under the five-minute rule. The
first bill to engage attention was that, intro
duced by Mr. Ingalls.and reported favorably
from the Committee on Military Affairs, to re
lease members of the original Fitz John Por
ter Court Martial from obligation of secrecy
so far as relates to votes of members. Mr.
Logan said Congress had no power to release.
Mr. Garland moved indefinite postponement
of the hill. Agreed to without opposition.
House.— The morning hour wns dispensed
with and Mr. Morrison moved the house go
into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff
Bill, and, pending that, moved (hat all gen
eral debate on the bill be closed at 4 o’clock
Tuesday next. Mr. Randall said he had no
objection toclbffirfg the debate, hut hoped he
would be accorded an hour Tuesday. Mr. Me-
Kinleyjrave notice that at the conclusion
of the general debate that a motion would be
made to strike out the enacting clause. The
Speaker stated that up to the present time
forty-three gentlemen had addressed the com
mittee. it was agreed that private business
be suspended to-morrow, and tin? day be de
voted to the tariff debate. Morrison’s limita
tion motion was agreed to without division,
and the House went info Committee of the
Whole as indicated-
Washington, May 2.—iSßK.urtb(sßhe Chuir
laid before the ScnqtWH Si jifrrtfpfyt: eommu
nieatioq from Wicker. Into ( qMeytor at Key
West, I'l l t a fulVlii"dt^t'l(ration be
made inin contlucf in connection with the dis
charge of his official rlnties. Mr. Garland,
from the Committee on Territories, reported
adversely the House bill requiring: Gov
ernors of Territories to be for two
years residents of Territories in which
they may lie appointed. Calendar.
Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported favorably the House Dill
amending the in-t authorizing the construc
tion of a pontoon wagon bridge across the
Mississippi at or near Dubuque. The amend
ment merely modifies the width of the draw,
which, instead of being S(XI feet, may lie of
sueli width as the Secretary of War mav pre
scribe, not, however, less than dOOfeet. Passed.
Mr. Cullum, f otn the Committee on Territo
ries, reported adversely the memorial and
joint resolution of the Wyoming Legislature
asking additional compensat.lt ll greed to.
Adjourned till Monday.
House.— Without delay the House imo
Committee of the Whole on the tariff lull. Mi-
Wrmple, of New York, took the floor in oppo
sition to the Morrison Bill. In the course of
his remarks ho pointed to the condition of
Ireland as a practical illustration of the free
trade policy. Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, gave
notice of an amendment which he proposed to
Offer, When the bill was opened for amend
ment providing that after July 1, ISS4, no
duty shall be levied on raw material consumed
Dy tlr people o factories, and addressed
the House in support thereof. He depicted
the adwntages which would follow placing
raw mScrials on the free list, especially to
the corßneree of the country with Mexico,
South Mmerican aud Central American and
advocated the abolition of the duty on wool
as a measure which would benefit both the
manufacturers and the farmers. Mr. Bel
mont favored the bill. Mr. McMillan de
nounced the present tariff as a .monstrous
piece of injustice, inequality and false pre
tense.
Washington, May 3.— Senate.— Senate not
in session.
House.— The Chinese Immigration Act oc
eunied the whole day. There was consider
able oratory. Mr. Henley made a lengthy ad
dress supporting the bill. He wa- followed
b\ Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts, in opposition.
The bill passed by a vote of isito 13. tue nega
tive vote being east Dy Adams, of Illinois;
Brewer, of New York: Browne, of Indiana;
Everhart, Henderson, of Illinois; Hitt, Kean,
Lyman, Price, Rice and Skinner, of New York,
aud Smalls. Adjourned.
Officer Wounded by Desperadoes.
Pittsburg, May 4.— Last night Officers
King, O’Shea and Staley attempted to ar
rest three brothers named Skelly, who re
sisted, and in the encounter which ensued,
King was shot twice in the head. O’Shea
and Staley had narrow escapes, each hav
ing a bullet, hole through their coats.
About twenty shots were exchanged. The
three Skellys were arrested to-day, and are
now in jail. They have the reputation of
being desperate men.
Four Generations of Royalty.
London*, May 4. —The Queen has allowed
a local photographer to take a group of
herself, her daughter, the Crown Princess
of Germany, her granddaughter, the Prin
cess of Saxe-Meiningen, and her great
granddaughter, the Princess Fedora, of
Saxe-Meiningen, aged five years, a group
which includes four generations in the fe
male line.
Siamese Embassy at New York.
New York, May 4. —The members of the
Siamese Embassy to the United States ar
rived to-day, in the steamship Alaska.
They were received by the Chief Clerk of
the Department of State. The native
Siamese members were attired in European
costume. The Embassy goes to Washing
ton to-morrow.
The River and Harbor Bill.
Washington*, May 4. —The River and
Harbor Committee completed their bill to
day. It w ill be reported to the Home on
Monday. The totai amount appropriated
is something less than 61d,000,000, which is
made imin • iiately available.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
A large crop of strawberries is expect*i
on the Maryland peninsular.
Sixteen hundred doves were bagged by
sportsmen in a single day in the rice fields
of West Wateree, S. C.
The city of Knoxville is to build a temple
on the exposition grounds in New Orleans
to be constructed of the various marbles of
East Tennessee.
The unveiling of the Confederate monu
ment at Quincy, Fla., will Come off some
time in May or June,
One of the richest gold discoveries ever
made in Georgia has recently been made
midway between Dahonega and Auroria.
Some specimens were shown that would
yield thousands to the ton.
The Baltimore Women’s Medical College
has added M. D. to the names of Mrs.
Mayne M. Pile, of Pennsylvania; Miss
Hattie B. Jones, West Virginia; Mrs. M.
Elida English, Maryland; Miss Emily W.
Field, Nebraska; Miss Gertrude Scott, Vir
ginia. The first honor, a gold medal, was
awarded to Mrs. Pile; Miss Jones took
second.
'Pta Georgia Republican Convention in
dorsed General Longstreet for Governor.
A Mobii.ian, well versed in lumber, says
that there is no better investment at this
moment than cypress. It can bo had at
very low figures, and will bring a profit in
six months of at least 33 A per cent.
Two huge blocks of ice, the first made at
the Tallahassee, Fla., ice factory, were
placed on the sidewalk in front of a drug
store the other morning. Frozen in the
center of one was a dozen Florida oranges,
and in the other was a beautiful wreath of
Tallahassee’s choicest flowers.
A convention of plaid manufacturers of
the South met at Greensboro, N. C. recent
ly. All reported no stock on hand and
many had orders lar ahead of their
mills. They organized as the Southern
Plaid Manufacturers’ Association, and
elected T. M. Holt President.
The stand of corn and cotton throughout
Southern Georgia is said to be very perfect.
Crops of all kinds are now growing off
finely. The most of the corn crop has re
ceived the first going over with the plow'
and hoe, and the chopping of cotton will
commence as soon as the land is dried off
sufficiently.
Dr. Ebekhart, of Hartwell, Ga., is ex
tremely fond of a joke. The other night he
determined to scare his boys, who were up
town, out of their wits when they came
home. So be took a big board <u* on the
piazza, aud with a stick of phosphorus
drew a fiery coffin on the board, with a
devil in it, after the manner of the K. K. K.
Ho became absorbed in his w6rk, and
neglected to watch his* phosphorus, and the
first thing he knew it ignited and before he
could let, it loose the skin was burned off
all the fingers on bis right hand.
During the noon recess of the High
School at Ackworth, Ga., the other day,
several of the boys went to Proctor’s Creek
bathing, among them Allen, son of Mr.
J. G. Allen. After they bad been in the
water but a few minntes Lee was seen sink
ing. The boys made the discovery of bis
danger too late. His body was fished from
.the bottom dead.
Henry Harris, printer, son of the editor
of the Greenville (Texas) Banner , suicided
a few days ago.
A cyclone struck the town of Del Rio,
Texas, .a few evenings since. The new
Episcopal Church, the Southern Pacific sa
loon and a number of small cabins were
swept away, and many new buildings
were twisted out of shape. Five persons
were severely injured, and Charles Schnack
was killed. Loss to the town, SIO,OOO.
It is claimed by certain old residents
that Beaufort, S. C., is one of the oldest
towns in the country in point of settlement.
Jean Ribault, commissioned by the great
Admiral Coligny in 1500 to found a colony
of Huguenots in America, having landed
there, or near there, in 15(12 to be followed
two years later by Laudonniere with three
ships and a larger company. Scarcely had
the little company reared its homes than
the Spaniards followed and slaughtered
them, and more than a hundred years
elapsed before a permanent settlement was
made. The old Episcopal church, built in
1724, is one of the relics of this latter settle
ment.
Strawberries are being hawked about
the streets of Charleston, S. C., at five
cents a quart.
In Spartanburg County, S. C., the [Na
tional Bank deposits are heavier than ever
known before.
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Maj. Gall, General Superintendent of
National Cemeteries in the United States*
will make great improvements around the
National Cemetery at Vicksburg.
Dr. W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville, 8. C.,
bas an almond tree loaded with the finest
kind of nuts.
Cotton looks worse in Mississippi, where
there is any of it left, than at the same
time any yAr since 1837.
The State Democratic Conven
tion to select delegates to Chicago will be
held at Baltimore June 5.
A call has been issued for a meeting of a
colored convention in Richmond, Va., July
8, for the purpose of considering the ma
terial, educational and political interests of
the colored race.
Two boys, sons of W. J. Long and Calvin
Jones, were poisoned by eating some wild
herb near Newmarket, Tenn., a few days
since. Their lives were saved only by the
prompt arrival of physicians, who admin
istered effective antidotes.
A water-spout burst over Hutchins Sta
tion, Tex., on the 29th. The water was ten
feet deep on level ground. Farm imple
ments, fences and crops were destroyed.
Not a bridge remain*. No lives were lost.
The destruction of property reaches thou
sands. The water caused Trinity River to
run up stream all day.
There is a project on foot to drain the
Okefeenokee swamp iu Georgia. The lands
are said to be very rich, and the swamp is
interspersed with a number of high and
dry islands, some of which are fine oak and
hickory hummocks. There will he big
money in the project foi the party who
may procure the swamp from the State.
VOL. L—NO. 11.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY/'
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—lt is estimated that Southern Geor-;
gia will this season produce a crop of'
watermelons double that of last year, j
—A New Yorker has invented a littia
spring to attach to gas jet? so that when
the light is blown out the gas will be;
shut oft'. — N. Y. Sun.
—The old faT-grounds at Little Rock,;
Ark., have been transformed into a
mammoth brick-yard that is announeod
to turn out seven million bricks this
year.
—Rawhide is coining into quite ex
tensive use for bottoming chairs. It
makes a much belter seat than, any
kind of split wood and is much
more desirable. It is stated that
horse bide is preferred for bottoming
tine chairs. — Chicago Time ?•.
—ltalic types were first introduced
by Aldus Pius Manutius in an edition
of Virgil, printed iis 1501. They were
first called Aldine. The letters were
united as in writing, and the types are
said to have been cut by Francesco da
Bologna, oetier known as Francia, in
imitation of the handwriting of Pe
trach.
—A clock at Brussels has been go’ng
for eight months, aud has not required
to be wound up since it was first set
going. In fact, the sun docs the wind
ing of this time-piece. A shaft exposed
to the sun causes an up-draught of air
which sets a fan in motion. The fan
actuates mechanism which raises the
weight of the clock until it reachc? the
top, and then puts on a brake on the
fan until the weight has gone down a
little, when the fan is again liberated
and proceed.-? to act as before.
A New York dentist “denticulates”
teeth to order. Denticulation as he de
fines it, is not the extraction of old snags
and fangs, nor the insertion of store
teeth, but the remodeling of the stock
nature has su; plied. He makes irregu
lar teeth shapely, builds up imperfect
ones to the desired size by means of ar
tificial enamel, or by a process of filling,
reduces the s'ze, and changes their gen
eral appearance. Little teeth, of the
sort, known in the novel of the period
as “pearls,” are in fashion now.— 'N. Y.
1 ribune.
—Calf and other -k ns are made to re
semble vi r/ eh>; ey a ligat >r skins by a
very in .eniotis j r icess. A photograph
having 1 cen made of a genuine alpga
tor hid •, a copy of it is produced in
bichromated gelatine, which gives in re-
Fef all the curious markings and fr< m
1 hi-la ter relief repres *nta ion a metal die
is readily executed This di ■is pressed
heav ly on the cl eap leather with the
result of making it look so much like
the 1 ather manufactured from t! e skin
of tl e alii yator as to deceives exp Tts un
less i( is handle I and examined. Any
suitable s ain can be imparted to the
factitious product.— Boston Post.
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PITH AND POINT.
—There is only one poet in Holland.
Gentleman abo .t to start newspapers
are look tig for the map o' that country.
—Burglars ente eil the house of a New
Jersey eu tor the other night. Even
burglars will sometimes make mistakes.
—Burlington Free Brets. .
—“Do s your baby kick when you try
to put it to sleep?” asked one young
married man of another. “No, was the
reply, “but I do when I am asked to
put it to sleep.”
—E eotricity is now used for printing
newspapers. Keep up your courage,
girls. It won’t be long before some one
will d scover how it can be made use of
for crimping hair. —Chicago Tribun?.
—lt has been found that excessive
reading of sensational dime novels will
turn the b ain.— Exchange. It was sup
posed that persons who indulged in that
sort of leading possessed no brain to
turn. —A or istou;n 11 raid.
They laugh at the New York dudes
because they kiss when they meet in
the street. But the poor creatures
should deserve our pity rather than our
sneers. The girls won’t kiss them, and
kisses they must have.— N. Y. Mail .
—Stubborn things; —
“I’m very matter-of-fact," she cried,
To a handsome bachelor at hqr side—
An ang -1 without wings
“Oh, certainly yes,” the wretch replied,
“For i* is a know lodged far and wide
That facts are siubborn things."
—Retrospective.-Lady—“Here, my
poor man, is a ticket for a dinner at
the soup kitchen ; aud you can eat as
much there as will suffice for to m rrow
and the day after.” Mendicant—
“Titanky kindly, mum ; but I’d ra’her
like first to eat enough for yesterday
and the day afore, if it would make no
difference to you to write that down on
the ticket. — Judg.
—“Yes ind ed,” said the high
school girl to her brother Jim. “In
this affair I obtained the gibbosity on
Amv.” “You did what?” inquired the
“Obtained the gibbosity —the
protube ancy, yog know. ’ “Is it any
thing to eat?” was the next question.
“Oh dear, no, you stupid boy—mcrelv
a figure of speech—what you call
*<rot the bulge,' only that is horrid
sTang.”— Oil City Derr c '-.
—“Well, good-by, my darling,” he
said, as the train'started “write me
every day or two, and, stooping,
he kissed her fondly, and. lifting h s
hat, he jumped from the ear. A mid
dle-aged laay. who occupied the seat
just in front and who bail been an in
terested listener to this affectionate
parting, turned her head and re
marked nleasantly. “Bride, Is ppose
“Oh, not at all,'’ was the fol.te re
sponse. “I have been married several
years.” “Is it possible!” the lady re
turned in astonishment. “Anti that
was \ our husband wuo just Is t. was it
nut?” “Oh. n > indeed; that w»g my
brother ” —Puiladephia ( all.