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T. A. J, MAJORS, Publisher. DARING THIEVES, Who Have Been the Terror tf Three Counties. : t 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. | 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; I 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. 0 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/' >- - —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. • 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.