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HEAVY ROBBERY.
A Priest Relieved of Thirteen Thous
and Dollars.
Weld up by Tin™ Men in ike Fort Worth.
Texas. Depot.
Fort Worth, May 10.—A heavy robbery
Occurred on a west bound Texas Pacific,
train just as it pulled into the Union De
pot here to-night, at 9 o’clock, in which an
Italian or Spanish priest named J. Casima,
from Chicago, his way to California,
was robbed of fid,ooo. While the
priest was paying for lunch in Dallas, earl}'
in the evening, he made a display of his
money. After the train left Dallas he
was approached by three men, who tried to
make his acquaintance, but were unsuc
cessful. As the train was slacking up in
the depot at Fort Worth the three strangers
crowded on the car platform. One seized
his arms, and another rapidly searched
him, finding a large pocket book containing
all his money in his hip pocket. The
priest recognized one of the robbers
as one of the men who at
tempted to make his acquaintance, but
could not seize either before they disap
peared in the crowd. After the train had
left Ft. Worth a short distance, the priest,
who continued aboard and was again on
the platform, saw and recognized the
robbers. This fact has been telegraphed
ahead to the authorities, and it is believed
at least one of the robbers will be captured
yet to-night.
Vanderbilt and Grant.
New York, May 10.—It is pretty* gener
ally "known that on Sunday last General
Grant went to William H. Vanderbilt and
asked him to loan him $150,000, which he
said was to help the firm of Grant &
Ward tide over the affairs of the
Marine Bank, which he said needed a
little aid. Mr. Vanderbilt loaned the
money to General Grant, and on the
Tuesday following both the Marine Bank
and Grant & Ward failed. On Wednesday
Mr. Vanderbilt hail an interview with Gen
eral Grant, and asked him to explain the
affajr. The General had little to say. He
had been asked to borrow the money for the
firm, and did it in good faith. The failure
was as much a surprise to him as toany one,
and lie felt his position keenly. He said
he would make all the reparation
possible, and he assigned ail his property
to Mr. Vanderbilt, Airs. Grant including
hej; Newport property. Two hours before
Mr. Vanderbilt sailed for Europe to-day he
sent for General Grant, handed him all the
deeds that had been assigned him, and told
the General he had no use for them. He
also told him to pay him the $150,000 when
he got good and ready; hoped the General
would come out of his difliculties O K, and
bade him a cordial good-by.
Washington’s Monument.
Washington, May . 10. —Arrangements
are being made, under Colonel Casey’s di
rection, for the difficult task of construct
ing a pyramidal top to the Washington
Monument. The construction of this mar
ble pyramid would be far from an easy
task on the ground, and at this giddy
height will become one of the great
est of engineering feats. A model
has just been prepared, illustrating the
methods of supporting the works during
the progress of raising the stone setting,
the courses, and shifting the wooden scaf
foldings that must support the ninety tons
of masonry. Numbers of visitors are
making interesting and impressive trips
to the summit of the monument. The pas
sage is like going through a tunnel toward
heaven, and nine minu es are passed in
utter darkness before the top is reached.
Killed by a Train.
La Valle, Wis., May 10.—La?*- n.ght a
man about sixty-five years old, supposed
to be John McDougall, of Brussels, Out.,
either fell or was thrown from a St. Paul
train two miles west of this place. Two
hours later the engineer of a St. Paul train
bound cast, on rounding a curve, saw the
man in his shirt sleeves waving his vest
and standing on the track. Before the
train could be stopped it struck and killed
him. The train brought the body to this
place, and an inquest was held t o-day. On
his person was found a first-class ticket
from Brussels, Ontario, to Portage, Mani
toba, and some letters. Telegrams received
from Brussels identify the man, and state
thut his wife and daughter were on the
train with him.
Illinois Wheat Prospect.
Springfield, 111., May 10.—The condi
tion of winter wheat throughout Illinois,
May 1, as reported by correspondents of
the Illinois Department of Agriculture, has
just been published. The exhibit is not
encouraging. The reports represent over
five hundred points in the State, and indi
cate not to exceed over eighty-four per
cent,, of an average yield. In the ceuiral
division of the State, which embraces one
half of the wheat area, the .outlook is
eigbty-six per cent., as against eighty-seven
in April. In the southern division the out
look is for only seventy-three per cent, of
the average«crop.
Amending the Fifteenth Amendment.
Washington, Ma; 10.—Representative
Collins was directed by the judiciary com
mittee to favorably report a joint resolu
tion proposing an amendment to article 15
of the constitution. The amendment con
sists of the insertion of the word “nativ
ity” and makes the first section reaif as
follows: “The right of a citizen of the
United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of nativity, race, color, or
previous condition of servitude.”
Riotous Vags and Plucky Policemen.
Chicago, 111.. May 10.—A special to the
Daily News from Mcttoon, 111., says: Three
policemen attempted to quell a disturbance
this morning which had arisen between ten
tramps, when the entire gang turned upon
the officers. The latter finally used their
revolvers, shooting two of their assailants
and capturing seven others.
Crazed by Love.
Marshall, 111., May 10.—Perrouuette
Kilie, one of the most prominent and popu
lar young men in Casey, was adjudged in
sane to-day. The cause was an unfortu
nate love aflair.
RISING FAWN. DADE COUNTY. GA.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14. 1884.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION.
Two Men liill.-d and (lie Building Badly
l’*ed I p.
Parsons, Kan., May 9. —This afternoon
a terrific explosion occurred at the Mis
souri Pacific Railroad shops at this place.
No. 4.3 engine had just been brought from
the back shop, where it had been thoroughly
overhauled, to the round-house, where it
was tilled with water and fired up prepar
atory to being sent out on the road. Two
men, MichaelfSlattery and Lafayette La
monte, were regulating the safety-valves,
when, without warning, the boiler exploded
with terrific force, completely riddling the
engine that exploded and also one stand
ing next to it, and tearing away and scat
tering for forty rods around fully one
third of the large round-house. Siattery
and Lamonte were torn and mangled be
yond recognition. Mike Mickenney, a
round-house machinist, had one leg
broken, and was otherwise hurt. A.
Know, an engineer on the engine stand
ing next to the one which exploded,
was cut about the head and other
wise bruised. George Tiff, a sewing
machine agent from Geneva, Ohio, was
severely cut about the head and considera
bly bruised. James Bly, a farmer, near
"Waterloo, who was viewing the shops, was
badly bruised. The damage will amount
to about $4,000 to the round-house, and the
probable damage to the engines will aggre
gate upward of $20,000, making a total of
about $25,000. Slattery was a young man
about nineteen years of age. There are
some of the employes who are yet missing
but hopes are entertained that they are not
injured.
The Wreck of Gen. Grant’s Fortune.
New York, May 9. —“ General Grant has
lost every dollar he has in the world,” Mr,
George Jones, of the New York Times , said
to-day, “except the $250,000 trust fund,
which is in the Park Bank Safe Deposit
Company, in the shape of Railroad securi
ties. The interest is payable quarterly,
and amounts to $15,100 annually. It has
been paid regularly to May 1. The secu
rities were endorsed by Governor Morgan,
and the endorsement has since been con
firmed by his executors. General .Grant
can only draw the interest without being"
able to touch the principal. At his death,
he may will away the whole.” “ How is
the fund invested?” “In securities that
are perfectly safe: but in case they should
not pay the interest the money will un
doubtedly be reinvested.” “ Has Mrs.
Grant a private fortune of her own?” “I
don’t know anything about that of my own
personal knowledge, but I do not believe
that either General Grant or his wife have
a shilling more than the interest from the
Trust Fund. General Grant is left in debt.
He was too trusting, and he is not a good
business man. We all thought that he was
comfortable for life. It is- really sad.
Something should be done for him. He
should beplaced on the retired list.’*
Murdered With a Hammer.
Pittsburg, May 9.— Oliver’s wire Aiill,
on the south side, was the scene thinijßrn
ing of a brutal and Unprovoked aSfult,
which will resuit in murder. A German
wire puller named Fred. Hogan, and assist
ant Simon Rice, a Hungarian, were work
ing at a wire machine, when, through
carelessness of the latter the wire
got tangled. This angered Hogan, who be
gan tbe most abusiyp tirade, and when
Rice told him to stop; be picked up a heavy
hammer lying near bSjdkjd struck him over
the head, felling him ulna log. The Work
men ran to Rice’s &s9Knce, but before
they could reach hint, f -nogan struck him
three more blows, pounding his face to a
jelly and crushing his skull. <The injured
man is still living, but death is expected
momentarily. Hogan was arrested.
Shocking Murder for Robbery
Nebraska City, Neb., May 9.— The body
of Thomas Leonard, an Englishman, thirty
years old, was found shockingly mutilated
in a deep cut iu the east part of the city,
near tbe river, yesterday. His head
was crushed and face beaten and dis
figured almost beyond recognition. His
assailants bad evidently made an attempt
to drag the body to the river bank, but fail
ed to do so. Robbery is the supposed cause.
Among the effects of tVie dead man was
found a certificate from his company com
mander of the Eighth Regiment "of the
British Army. Five hundred dollars re
ward has been offered for the arrest of the
murderers.
A Female MiserQKflHMte^
v M 1.1-111 f.
aged forty a little room
almost bare (TTfurniture, dropped dead last
night at the corner of Fourth and Arch
streets of heart disease. The general im
pression was that she was a miser, although
she plendea poverty. On her person was
found a bank book in whidii $5,300 was
marked to her credit. Between the leaves
were two SIOO bills, drawn yesterday. Th/s
--is supposed to be only a portion of her
wealth. It is said she had large amounts
deposited with a private banker.
A Murderer Elects to be Shot.
Salt Lake, Utah, May 9.—Fr.*i- flfont.
alias Welcome, three times
victed of murder, is sentenced to Be execu
ted June 13. The Utah statute permits
persons sentenced to be executed to choose
hanging or shooting. Hopt chose
shooting. His attorney gave no
tice of an appeal. Should a stay of exe
cution be ordered there will be danger of
lynching. The murder was committed four
years ago. The case has cost the Territory
$15,000.
Settlement Ordered of Old State Claims.
Washington, May 10.— The House Com
mittee on Judiciary to-day directed a fa
vorable report on the bill providing that
the government shall settle the accounts of
the States of Maryland and Virginia for
money advanced under the acts passed by
the General Assemblies of these two States
in 1791, to aid in the erection of public
buildings at Washington. The amount be
tween the two States is $120,000, with in
terest from 1843 for Maryland, and from
1850 for Virginia.
Female Shoemakers Strike.
Lynn, Mass , May 10.—Over one hun
dred girls in the shoe shop of S. F. Cross
man & Co., shoe manufacturers, left work
to-dav, the female button-hole maker, be
ing affected by a reduction in prices for
that class of work Saturday last.
Fresh Salmon from Oregon.
Portland, Ore., May 10.— A car-load of
twenty thousand pounds of fresh salmon
was shipped last night from Dallas to N* w
York, the first ever shipped from Oregon.
The company guarantee the through time
to be nine days.
DRIVEN CRAZY.
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A Young Moiher’s Devotion to Her
Dying Children,
Fames Her to Become Intane—The Nad
Effects.
Baltimore, Md., May 11.—A sad case ol
insanity, caused by a mother’s devotion to
her sick children, has just been brought to
light by the removal of the victim to the
asylum for the insane. About
seven years ago Miss Ella Sherwood,
a pretty young girl residing in Frederick
County, Md., married a young farmer
named James Douglas, of Hartford Coun
ty. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas located near
Pleasantville, and two pretty children were
the fruit of the union. About three weeks
ago the children, aged three and five years,
were taken sick with whooping cough.
Mrs. Douglas nursed them, and for days
never left their bedside. On Sunday last
she was herself taken ill, from over exer
tion and fatigue, and was compelled to take
to her bed. On Monday she became deliri
ous, and it was thought she would die be
fore her children. On Monday night,
about midnight, the youngest child
breathed its last, and the next night the
eldest child died. The corpses were
prepared for burial and placed in tbe par
lor adjoining the bed-room occupied by Mrs.
Douglas. The husband of the latter sat up
with the corpses on Tuesday, and about
midnight Wednesday, becoming exhausted
himself from loss of sleep, he went
into a side room and napped for a
few hours. He awakened about three
o’clock the next morning and discovered
that during his abscence from tbe par
lor the dead body of * the youngest
child had been taken from the coffin and
carried away. The occupants of the house
were aroused, and a search developed that
Mrs. Douglas, mother of the children, had,
during her delirious moments, arisen from
her sickbed, gone to the parlor, and taken
the corpse to an outbuilding, where she
was found later with the dead babe
clasped tightly to her bosom. Physicians
were summoned and she was declared in
sane.
A Murderous Madman.
Decatur, 111., May 11. —The city was
greatly excited today by the sanguinary
actions of a lunatic named Lamar, who has"
escaped from some as yet unknown asy
lum. He reached the city during the night,
and took possession of the temporarily va
cant house of Martin BJinz. Blinz drove
him out, when the madman produced a re
volver and shot several times at Blinz, driv-,
ing him away,when heagain took possession
of the house. A posse of nearly 300 accom
panied Blinz and the'olficers to the house,,
when the lunatic fired again and again, one*
bitting Blinz on the arm, inflicting a seri
ous fMjund. He then began an attack on
the crowd with knives and a cleaver he
found in the house, Blinz being a butcher.
Lamar was finally felled with a club by an’
officer, who climbed to the second story
window on a ladder. He was then over
powered and pinioned, and taken to jail,
A Fatal Dose of Laughing Gas.
Philadelphia, R*,, May 11.—Kate Em
mer, a young at Riverside. N.
J., died yestenwP- front th*reffects of
“laughing gas,” a Phila
delphia dentist. Two weeks ago she had
sixteen teeth extraAiii, and after the ope
ration showed signs of insanity. She made
an attempt at suicide'by throwing herself
in the river and From a
buxom girl of 160 wasted away
to a mere skeleton Tlnatphvsicians state
that her death was proaSrcetl by the shock
attendant upon the three doses of the gas
given by the dentist.
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Another Sinking Town.
Zanesville, 0., May 11. — 'The town has
been in an excited state to-day over a sup.
posed earthquake near Blandy avenue, in
the Fourth Ward. At 10 o’clock this morn
ing a terrible crack was ‘heard, and about
three acres of ground sank several feet,
carrying a number of houses, which was
badly damaged. The inhabitants of that
vicinity were panic stricken. A fissure
opened about 150 feet deep. The only
plausible theory is that several deserted
coal mines have caved. No loss of life is
reported.
Revolt Against the British Protectorate.
Cairo, May 11.—Outbreaks between sol
diers and natives are of daily occurrence.
On Friday a fight took place outside of
Alexandria between a party of English sol
diers and a number of Be4°uii? s from Lake.
Mareotis, in which were killed. TkM
Arabs around Assouan hay# receivedtfflj
message from El Mahdi, and threaten
volt.
The Mahdi Growing Bold, -m
Cairo, May 11.—Advices are reqiSflV
HMfiiwing that El Mahdi has sent pa ,
Osman Digna directing him to capture
-Dongola and then march into Upper Egypt,
It is stated that Zenahr Pasha has declared
he will not rest until he has killed General
Gordon.
Trying to Reach Gordon.
Cairo, May 11. —Attempts are now being
made to send messengers to General Gor
don by all routes, including that of Masso
wah, with Earl Granville’s message of
April 24, asking Gordon how many troops
he requires.
A Fetal Collision at Sea.
London, May 11. —The bark George Ben
ley, from Liverpool for Chili, came into
collision with the ship Tuskar, and the lat
ter was sunk and three of her crew
drowned.
Man and Wife Killed.
Dubuque, la., May 11.—By the running
away of their team last night, Mr. and Mrs.
Mathias Fritz were thrown out. The
! woman was killed and the man fatally
! hurt.
American|Tract Society Statement.
New York, May 11.—The fifty-ninth an
nual report of the American Tract Society
shows that during the past year 279.250
volumes were issued. Receipts, $357,470;
disbursements, $354,082.
Baltimore Method.at Anniversary.
Baltimore, May 11.—'The German Meth
odists celebrated to-day the fiftieth anni
versary of the founding of the first Ger
man Methodist Church iu this city.
XLVIIIth CONGRESS.
First Session.
Washington, May 7.-Senate. —Mr. Sewell,
from the Committee on Military Affairs, re
ported favorably the bill to authorize the sale
of a portion of the -Fort Hayes Military
Reservation, in Kansas, to the Ellis County
AKriciiltuni! Society, in Kansas. Calendar.
The following bills were introduced and re
ferred: Mw Mr. Edmonds—A bill to place'
.Ulysses S. (want, late General of the Array of
the United ?Aates, noon the retired list of the
Army. Ini ovmg tnc reference of the bill to
the Comm tee on Military Affairs, Mr.
Edmunds e< nmended it to the early consider
ation of tin Committee for reasons which he
said everyb By understood.
House.—: r. Broadhead, from the Commit
tee on Judi ary, reported the French Spoli
ation Claim Bill in Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Stewarl from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, ri rorted a bill authorizing
tho appoi tment ot three commission
ers to v sit the principal countries
of South an i Central America and Mexico for
the purpost of collecting information leading
to the oxte sion of American trade and com
merce and strengthening friendly and mu
tually adv Btagoous relations between the
United Sta es and all other American na
tionalities. Committee of Jt.he Whole. Mr.
Uosecrans, ! from the Committee on
Military Affairs reported a resolution direct
ing that th<| committee investigate the present
management of the Soldiers’ Home. House
calendar. >lr. Verkins, from the Committee
on Indian , Affairs, reported a bill granting
the right of way through the Indian
Territory to the Southern Kansas
Railroad Company. House Calendar. Mr.
Woodward, from the Committee on
Library, reported a joint resolution for the
completion of the monument to Mary, the
mother of Washington. Committee of the
Whole. Mr. Cutcheon, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported a bill for the
establishment of a branch Soldiers’ Home
in Michigan. Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Dibble, from the Committee on Pub
lic Buildings and Grounds, reported a bill for
the sale of the real estate and riparian right
owned by the United States at Harpers’
Ferry. Committee of the Whole. Mr. Willis,
from the Committee on Rivers uni Harbors,
reported the River and Harbor Appro
priation Bill. Ordered printed and
recommitted. Tho House then proceeded
to consideration of the business on the Speak
er’s table. The Senate amendment to the
House bill repealing tho iron clad oath was
concurred in. The next bill on the table was
that for the relief of Fitz John Porter, with
Senate amendments. Mr. Keifer
moved to refer the bill to the
Military Committee. After debate the House
refused to refer the bill to the Committee on
Military Affairs and then refused to concur
in the Senate amendments.
Washington, May B.—Senate.— The Chair
laid before the Senate the House Message
announcing noneoncurrencc in the Senate
amendments to the pleuro-pneumoniu bill.
The Senate insisted on its amendment, and
the Chair appointed a Committee of Confer
ence on the part of the Senate. Messers. Mil
ler, of New York, Plumb and Williams. Tho
Chair also laid before the Senate the House
messag* announcing non-concurrence in the
Senate amendment to the Fitz John Porter
bill. The Senate insisted on its amendments,
and thi w Chair appointed as a Committe_“ of
Conference on the part of the Senate Messrs.
Sewell, Hoar and Cockrell, The Senate then
took up the shipping Gill discussed it further,
and finally passed the House bill.
House.— The Senate joint resolution passed
in regard to the ceremonies to be authorized
on the completion of the Washington Monu
ment. Mr. Buckner, from the Ccffninittce
on Banking and Currency, reported a
bill to enable the National Banking
Association to increase their capital
stock and change their location and
name. House calender. Mr. (’lardy, from tho
Committee on Commerce, reported a bill au
thorizing the appointment of a Missouri
River Commission. Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Dorgan, from the Committee on Pat
ents, reported a bill providing for the revision,
improvement and amendments of the laws re
lating to patents. Committee of the Whole.
The Senate then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Appropriation Bill. The Cotton
Exposition Bill, appropriating $1,000,000,
passed, and the House adjourneijgp
Washington, May 9. — Senate.— Mr. Dolph
introduced a bill to provide for the eoHun#-
tioii ot'ia harbor of refuge at Port Oxford,
Pacific Coast. Referred. The chair laid be
fore the Senate'the resolution offered yester
day by Mr. Van Wyck, directing the Secretary
of the Treasury to withhold patents for lands
on the Uuyalling branch of the Northern
Pacific Railroad until Congress decides
the n, vstion of the forfeiture of euch
lands. The Senate then took up the
Indiana appropriation bill, which was
considered by semions and considerable pro
gress made withmli debate, except upon the
appropiLtion for education in Alaska. The
Senate »< unmil tee had reduced the amount
from s®oo9, allowed by the House to $10,900.
Mr. moved to make the amount $25,000.
Penning deflate on the amendment, the Senate
went llito executive session, and when the
door**oopened, adjourned until 12 o’clock to
morrjflv. About 1 o’clock the Senators will
proctKi in a body to attend the unveiling of
the MBrshall memorial statue.
HoaK-Mr. Willis presented a remonstrance
fronne Louisville Board of Trade against the
1-enacMentof the bankruptcy law. Referred.
■Tin- « granting an additional pension to the
wi<lo®of General Francis P. Blair passed. (It
y ra. m tier $5,900 for her husband’s service in
oepijßzing troops, and increases her pensiou
tp-AjM dollars a month. Mr. Follett, from
on Appropriations, reported
tap&Sfte District of Columbia appropriation
the Committee of the Whole. It was
that a Ill'll till' House adjourned to-day
Monday, and the Speaker requested
to assemble in the House to
in order to attend in a body the ur.-
IHD ot tlie statue of Chief Justice Mar-
The Speaker laid before the House
from the Secretary of War,
I an additional appropriation of
for the relief of sufferers by floods in
Mississippi Valley. Referred. The
House then took a recess until 8 o’clock, tlie
evening session, for the consideration of pen
sion bills.
Washington, May 10.— Senate.— The Chair
appointed as visitors to the next annual ex
amination of the Naval Academy, Senators
Miller, of California, and Pendleton. Mr.
Farley presented a concurrent resolution of
the Legislature of California, relative to the
appropriation already made by Congress for
the Improvement of Sacramento River, but
which. according to the resolution, the Secre
tary of War refuses to permit to be expended,
on the ground that tno amount or debris
constantly floating in the river makes the ex
penditure of money’ll seless. (The resolution
urges the expenditure of the money.! Refer
red to Committee on Commerce. The Senate
proceeded to the Consideration of the pension
nills. At a few minutes before 1 o'cloek pro
ceedings were suspended to permit the at
tendance ot Senators at the unveiling of the
statue of Chief Justice Marshall. On the re
turn of the Senators to the Chamber the
Senate adjourned.
House.— House not in session.
The Soudan.
Cairo, May 9.—Advices from Khartoum
report that General Gordon has caused
four men to be shot for treachery. The
stock of provisions is running lower.
Offers of funds-to bribe natives to secure
Gordon’s safety are refused, as Gordon re
fuses to escape on such terms.
Want'd Te Die Together.
Francisco. May d. —Dr. F. Gardiner,
a young man lately married, living at Man
Fabln, Cal., took thirty grains of morphine
Jast (light. Hi- wife" swallowed a dozen
grains of digitallis. The wife was saved,
but the husband died. Domestic infelicity.
SOUTHERN NEWS ULEANINHS.
Joseph Kirby, a well-known farmer re
siding near Elkton, Md., killed George
Jackson.(colored), one of his farm-hands,
a few mornings since. Deceased threat
ened Kirby one night, and swore he would
kill him before daylight. Fearing he would
carry out his threat, Kirby became uneasy
and took his wife over to his father’s on
the adjoining farm and got his to
come over and stay over night. Jackson
came about daylight and brought a pistol.
He said lie meant business and immediately
opened fire on the Kirbys. The latter had
n gun, and over a dozen shots were ex
changed without effect. Jackson then
rushed at Joseph Kirby with a heavy club.
Lambert Kirby, the brother, knocked the
club out of the negro’s hands. Joseph then
got the bludgeon and dealt Jackson several
terrific blows on the head, fracturing the
skull and causing instant death. The Cor
oner’s jury rendered a verdict that the kill
ing was in self-deseuse. Deceased was a
desperate fellow and he was a terror to the
neighborhood.
The horticultural hall will be one of the
most attractive features at the New Orleans
exhibition. It will be the largest conserva
tory ever erected. Mexico will adoru the
center with royal palms and choice plants
from that country.
At the close of the war F’ort Worth, Tex.,
had a population of 350. Now the popula
tion is over 22,000, and it boasts of half a
dozen railroads in operation and several
more projected.
The Louisiana rice crop has proved larger
than last year and aggregated about 250,000
barrels. Sugar shows a falling off: the total
yield is generally conceded to be 200,000
hogsheads.
Car wheels are to be manufactured at
the Rusk, Tex., penitentiary.
Selma, Ala., has seventy-four artesian
wells. Some of them flow excellent miner
al water, and every stream is pure and
healthful.
An old Virginian recently showed a
newspaper correspondent a letter from
George Washington to Janies Madison.
The letter was written about the year 1792,
and requested Mr. Madison to prepare for
Washington a farewell address to the peo
ple of the United States from their Presi
dent, who had decided not to remain longer
in his office. The letter contained all the
necessary points, and while requesting the
writing of the address, betrayed tiie fear
that such a document might be considered
u bid for re-election.
Reports from the growing crops in tho
South continue to be good. The early rains
have not tailed; the later rains will come.
Men have simply to do their partand await
the coming ob*ie harvest.
Colonel Thomas 11. Hunt, Treasurer of
the World’s Exposition, died on the 6th, at
tbe age of seventy.
Henry Swain is in jail at Winston, N.
C., for the murder of Mrs. Harrison Reed.
During a violent hail and rain storm at
Little Rock, Ark., a few days ago, a shed
at the old' fair grounds fell on a large num
ber of convicts, employed at brickmaking.
One guard was killed, another seriously
wounded, and several convicts injured by
falling timbers.
In Newton County, Ark., revenue officers
raided an illicit distillery, which was dis
mantled and the mash tubs destroyed. A
tight occurred, and one distiller was killed.
During a largely attended meeting at the
Methodist Church (colored) at McKinney,
Tex., the other night, the foundations gave
away, and the church was thrown violently
to the ground. The lights were extin
guished. Two lamps exploded, scattering
burning oil over the congregation. One
colored woman was burned to death, and
another had all her clothing burned off and
will die. Several other« were badly
burned. A panic prevailed; the entire
town turned out thinking a negro uprising
had taken place. Recent rains had under
mined the foundations.
A Rome, Ga., merchant wrote the names
of two of his debtors on a bulletin board in
front of his store, giving the amount they
owed him, referring to them as dead beats.
The matter will possibly go into the courts
for settlement.
The Virginia Supreme Court -of Appeals
has rendered a decision declaring uncon
stitutional the law passed by the last Legis
lature providing for election of registrars
and judges of election by boards of three
members chosen by that body for each
city, town and county in the State, because
it required tlie members of said board to
be freeholders. This decision makes the
elections of registrars and judges by these
boards illegal anil of no effect, consequently
it takes the whole election machinery of
the State out of the hands of the Democrats,
and replaces it wh%re it was before the
passage of the law, into the hands of the
Coalitionists.
Jim Coleman, colored, was hanged in
Columbia, f#C., on the 9th, for the murder
of his His neck was broken,
and he died instantly without a struggle.
He was calm and self-possessed to the last.
While the Sheriff was adjusting the noose
Coleman laughed and said, “Don’t draw it
quite so tight—it will be tight enough in a
few minutes.” Before ascending the scaf
fold he selected Romans, xiv., 9, as the text
from which he desired the iutieral sermon
preached.
A case in which it is doubtful whether
the husband or his wife died first, is puz
zling Orange City, Fla., lawyers. It is
necessary to prove which died first in
order to know whose heirs receive their
property. They both died within a few
minutes of each other.
The recent convention of Southern Bap
tists at Baltimore re-elected George W.
Norton and Nimrod Long, of Kentucky,
Treasurer and Auditor, respectively. A
resolution was offered to raise SIOO,OOO to
relieve religious destitution among whites
in the South, and referred to the Home
Mission Board.
Pineapple cutting began on the Florida
Keys about the Ist of May. The season
lasts for six months. They all go to the
Northern markets. The Schooner Arietas
is to run in the trade between Key West
m.nA N«w York.
VOL. I.—NO. 12.
m il AM) POINT.
—A man in Texas raises goats tot
their flesh, but when the festive crea
tures grow up they raise him just for
tilt! fun of the thing. -New York Jour
nal.
Wing Fun fell a victim last, week
to a San Francisco car-driver’s careless
ness, it was a piece of mi-taken kind
ness, however, for a local editor to al
lude to the event as “Folly on the
Hy.”
—“How in the world did they cotue to
name you Susannah?” asked Mrs. In
terrogation point. “Really, I don't
know how precisely,” replied the young
lady, very demurely ; “bu 1 suspect it
was because I happened to be a girl.”
“lt is a ground-hog day again, I
see,” remarked the red-headed boarder,
casting It is eye over tne breakfast-table.
“Why, no it isn’t,” contradicted a fly
telegraph operator. * Then what is
that sausage doing there?” rejoined the
red-headed boarder.— Boston Post.
—The lovers’ lamp, an English nov
elty, is capable of burning eighteen
hours without replenishing. What this
country wants is a lamp that will stop
burning a few hours and then Hare up
bright and clear when the step of the
old gentleman is heard on the top
stair Philadelphia Call.
—Never be indicted with cold, white
wads in the parlor or nursery. It
should be the effort of the housewife to
give color and brightness toe ery room,
thirteen cents’ worth of colored chalk,
in the hands of the children, will trans
form the bleakest panel into a maze of
bewildering designs, in one morning.—
Chicago Herald.
—“There, Frances, you've caught
another cold, and I’ll warrant you
caught it when you were out walking
with Joe last night.” “Oh, no mother!
I couldn’t Jtave caught it then, ’cause
we didn’t go fa-t enough to catch any
thing, in fact; we just sat down on the
stile and studied astronomy.” “And did
you have anything around you, my
dear?” “Oh, yes, indeed I dirt! Joe s
always particular about that; he won’t
allow me to sit down anywhere in the
evening air without putting something
around me.”— Yonkers Gazette.
—They were in the grocery store.
Said Broom (seeing a blind man about
to enter), “Were you aware how deli
cate the touch of a blind person is?
When Nature deprives us of one sense,
she makes amends by bringing tlie
other senses to extraordinary acuteness,
let me illustrate by this gentleman.
I’ll take a scoop of sugar and let him
feel of it, and you see how quickly he’ll
toll you what it is.” The blind man
having entered, he was put to. the test,
lie put his thumb and linger into the
scoop, and without hesitation said.
“That is sand.” Everybody laughed
but the grocer. He made three several
attempts at blushing, and then went
into the back shop and kieketl his dog.
—Bo don Transcript.
SCIENCE AM) INDUSTRY.
—The United States, it is, said, is now
the second copper producing country in
the world.
—Mr. Dru rmcr J. Adams, a me
chanic of Kittery, Me., cla ms to have
d scovered a process by which he welds
copper as perfectly and securely as
iron.
—A boat ng man has invented a row
ing car in which he can row rayes
around a room upon tracks. It is said
that the contest can be made vc.y excit
ing.— N. Y. Herald.
—The latest us ■ devised for paper is
the making of carpets. A Connecticut
man is reported to have taken out pat
ents for processes by whi h beautiful
and substantial carpets can be made of
paper at very low prices.— Hartford
Post.
—At a meeting of the Academy of
Science in St. I ouis a few days ago,
there was exhibited a specimen of nat
ural coke taken from a mine of lignitic
coal in Utah The coke hail b on made,
it is stated, bv volcanic action two \ ol
umes of volcanic rock having parsed di-
I’ectly through the mine.
Base-ball making is becoming a very
large and remunerative industry. Last
year o ver 5,001) JO ) balls were manu
factured in this country, and as the
makers have a larger number of orders
than ever before, it is estimated that
7J,00,000 base balls will be in use the
c roittg season. Oh ca'jo II raid.
—lt is related that a professor of Bot
any in a Boston s hool was recently
taken into a conservatory where the
most of the tlowe s and shrubs were
artificial, and asked if he thought there
were any bogus flowers theic. Af er
making a hasty examination, without
touching them, he pronounced them all
genuine except one. The facts were
that this one was natural, and those
that he pronounced such perfect spe i
niens were all made of paper and wire,
so perfect were some of the paper
specimens that when they were placed
be-ide the natural one the latter could
not be distinguished from the other.--
Boston Herald.
—Mr. C. Menelas, a cotton exporter
at Savannah and a large planterin Mi*-
si-sippi, who has experimented tor sev
eral tears in the cultivation of tea, ex
j resses the opinion that this industry
u ili in time become so extensive as to
do away almost entirely with the im
* portation of teas. He says the great st
trouble in tea c ilture in this country is
not its growth but its inarm fa Jure.
The various processes of steaming,
firing, assorting and fanning employed
in t'e tea-growing countries wi 1 have
to be learned by exper enoe, and.• when
this is accomplished there will be noth
ino* to prevent the pie, aration of a tea
as”fin ■ as the finest from Chum or Ja
uau. — N. Y. Times.