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A BOILER EXPLODES
With Terrific Effect at Dubuque, lowa.
A Bonw Torn Moo n-SfTPra t Women In
jured noil Three I’erwoim Hl.led.
Duruque, la., May 24. —A terrible boiler
accident occurred here at 4:15 this after"
noon, two of three boilers in the sash and
door factory of Carr, Ryder & Wheeler
exploding with terrible force, and the
boiler-house was completely destroyed. A
solid division wall separated the boiler
house from the mill, else the destruction
and loss of life would have been
terrible. The mill employs two
hundred men, and a corner
o f a dwelling, near the boiler-house, was
torn completely out and several women
were injured. The engineer and two fire
men were in the boiler-house at the time,
and were buried beneath the debris. Two
children, playing near to it were also bu
ried. The following are the killed: Milo
Mallen, engineer, aged thirty, leaves a
wife. Fritz Villdanger, firemen, single,
and two children of Charles May, aged
six and three. Michael McLaughlin,
second fireman, horribly burned
and mangled, and can not
live. Mrs. Margaret Walter, struck by
flying bricks and badly cut; her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Albert Walter, and her three
children, also injured. Mrs. Lear and Mrs.
V ogler, in the same dwelling, were also
hurt. It is not thought that any other
bodies were under the debris than those of
the engineer and fireman. The loss on the
Lnilding is estimated at $5,000; fully in
sured. The proprietors are at a loss to
know the reason of the explosion, but it is
ascribed to low water in the boilers, which
were carrying a full head of steam. _
A California Execution.
Oakland, Cal., May 2.3.
Majors was hanged this morning. He was
Horn near the home, of Garfield, in Ohio,
graduated at Ann Arbor College in 1870,
and began the practice of law, but after
ward joined the Methodist ministry. After
preaching several years he went to the
Pacific Coast and settled in Los Galos,
where he became the owner of a hotel. The
double mnrder for which he was executed
was committed a year ago. He planned
it, leaving its execution, however, to two
tools named Jewell and Show
ers. They were both tried
and convicted. But before this
all the facts in the case became known. The
murder was that of W. P. Renowden, an old
man living in a cabin near Los Galos, and
the purpose was robbery. When Majors’
tools went there they found not only Re
nowden, but a friend named Mclntyre, both
of whom were killed. Majors went there
the same night and set fire to the cabin.
He gave Jewell and Showers a bottle of
whisky and $6 for the deed. Last Monday
night the condemne'd man made a des
perate attempt at escape. Possessed of
immense strength, he overpowered the two
death watches and the jailer, who happened
at the moment to be in his cell. Wrench
ing the keys from the jailer’s grasp, he
dashed through the door and across the
jail-vard to the street. But just as he
thought he had succeeded he was encoun
tered by two firemen, who had been at
tracted by the noise. They recognized
Majors, and another struggle ensued, so ter
rible that Majors’ arm was broken and
rendered helpless, and he was conducted
back to his cell.
A Premonition Terribly Fulfilled.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 24.—Wm. R.
Cooper, a young man of this city, met
with a horrible death this evening with
mysterious circumstances attending it.
When he left his home during the afternoon
a companion began detailing plans for
spending the coming Sunday pleasantly,
when young Cooper interrupted him with
the remark, “I don’t want to make any plans
for to-morrow. I feel as if something were
going to happen.” A short time afterward he
was seen on the Nashville & Chattanooga
tracks, walking leisurely, with his head
thrown down, as if he was deeply preoccu
pied. At that juncture a switch engine
came in sight. The whistle sounded
and the bell was rung, and all means taken
to warn him, but in vain, and the engine
struck him. His head was completely sev
ered, causing instant, death. He was in
prosperous circumstances and up to this
afternoon in good spirits. He likewise was
a sober and industrious man.
Damage by the Texas Floods.
Galveston, Texas, May 24.—Railroad
traffic throughout tbe flooded district of the
State is still generally suspended. There
have been no mails from the North for two
days. No accurate estimate of the damage
to the various railroad lines is yet obtain
able, but well informed gentlemen
in this city place the damage to
railroad property as high a < $6,000,000.
This, however, includes loss by delay, and
the probable decrease in agricultural pro
ducts. The actual immediate damage is
placed at $2,000,000, besides several bun
fired miles of submerged track, in spots,
which requires repairing. Hundreds of
culverts, small bridges and some t.restle
v.-oi k have Iwen carried away or loosened.
Large quantities of freight, are accumulat
ing.
An Interesting Decision.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 23.—The question
as to the power of a Sheriff to levy upon
whisky in bond was finally decided to-day
in the United States Court here. A rule
was granted in the Common Pleas
Court of this county against Frank
P. Case, Collector of Internal Reve
nue, to show cause why he should not
be held for contempt for refusing to allow
the Sheriff of this county to levy upon
whisky in a bonded warehouse. Judge Arch
eson, with the concurrence of Justice Brad
lev, of the United States Supreme Court,
before whom the rule had been certioraried.
discharged the r is-- at the costs of ;he
Sheriff, and sustained the Collector in his
action.
Texas Democracy Favor the Old Ticket.
Galveston, Tex., May 24.—Three-fourths
of the counties in the State held Demo
cratic-County Conventions to day, to se
lect delegates to the Ft. Worth State Con
vention. June 11, to elect delegates to Chi
cago. Up to a late hour the Daily \firg
received returns from about forty counties.
These indicate that the sentiment of the
Democracy of Texas favors Tiiden and
Hendricks. Returns thus far are nearly
unaniuicus for the old ticket.
LOST AT SEA.
The French (trig Senorinp Sinks and
Mixly-lour I'tT.ons PrrUh.
St. JoriNS, N. F., May 23.—The French
brig Senortne, with fifty-three passengers
and nine of the crew, sunk, to the eastward
of the Great Banks, and all perished. She
left St. Malo, France, on the-sth of March,
laden with a general cargo, bound for
Saint Pierre, and succumbed to a gale on
the sth of May.
St. Johns, N. F., May 24. —The following
are the only details obtainable as to the
loss of the French brig Senorine: The ves
*eli left St. Malo on the first of March (not
the sth, as previously reported), laden with
salt, provisions, and a general cargo,
and bound for St. Pierre. She had in her
ship’s company nine hands all told
and fifty-three French bankers.
About the 20th of April she was
signaled in a drift of ice on the eastern edge
of Great Banks. A few days later a strong
gale arose front the southwest, by which
various changes were made, and the veer
ing continued until May. On some day in
the first week in May her sides were crushed
in b/ ice, without giving any warning,
carrying down every soul on board.
The British clipper schooner Consuelo
passed by the scene shortly afterward and
picked up sufficient debris and general
wreckage to identify with certainty both
the missing vessel and her actual doom.
The Consuelo took on board some beds,
trunks, baskets and clothing that had
doubtless floated out and up from the
crushed and collapsing vessel. No further
particulars are ascertainable, nor ever will
be. She sank and made no sign.
Bank Teller Steals $96,000.
New York, May 23.— Chas. A. Hinckley,
paying teller of the West Side Bank,
Eighth avenue and Thirtysfourth street,
embezzled $96,000 of the bank’s funds and
decamped. The embezzlement was discov
ered Wednesday last. Hinckley did notap
pear at the bank Wednesday morning,
and not answering to a summons
sent to his house, it was suspected
something was wrong. The books were
overhauled and a large deficit de
tected. The bank officers testify that the
capital stock of $200,000 is intact, and there
is a surplus of $100,182. There is to be
added to this surplus, bonds of SIO,OOO of
the paying teller given by the Fidelity and
Indemnity Company. The matter was kept
secret until the investigation by the officers
was finished. Hinckley has been con
nected with the bank as its [paying teller
ever since its organization, fifteen years
ago. He was regarded as a man of 'most
rigid integrity.
Baptist Missionary Work.
Detroit May 23.—The seventieth meet
ing of the Missionary Union, having its
head-quarters at Boston, Hon. J. Warren,
of Merrill, Massachusetts, presiding, was
heljl this morning. The annual report fills
a large volume of over one hundred pages.
Extracts were read by Dr. J. N. Murdock,
Secretary. The sum of $342,443.89 was
raised through the year, and $364,813.56
expended, leaving a deficit of
$22,369, a much smaller debt than last year.
In Sweden, Germany, France, Spain and
Greece there are 1,682 preachers, 1,126
churches and 112,122 members; year’s bap
tism, 11,716. The great work of the Union
in India, Asia, Burnish, Assam. Telugus,
China, Japan and Africa are 2,154 mission
ary laborers, 1,126 churches, 112,122 mem
bers and 11,706 baptisms. The society has
schools, colleges and dispensaries.
New Work for Women.
Reading, Pa., May 23.—Quite a novelty
in the labor line came to light here to-day,.
About a dozen women have been employed
by a contractor in a limestone quarry
in the eastern part of the city for
the last two weeks to break stone for use
in the city streets. The women say this
has become necessary owing to the
many and indefinite suspensions re
cently made by the Reading Railroad Com
pany in the different departments, about
eight hundred in all being discharged.
They do this as their only way of making
a living, their husbands doing the blasting
and the ladies working hard in the red-hot
sun spalling them. They do nearly as
much if not more than the men, although
the wages are less.
Five Acres of Burning Oil.
Philadelphia, May 24.—Fire broke out
in the Atlantic Oil Works at Point Breeze,
near this city yesterday, and is still burn
ing. At noon to-day fourteen tanks were
ablaze and several more were in great
danger. The fire has spread over five
acres and is likely to continue burning for
some days. At 4 o’clock this afternoon
three cannon from the arsenal were placed
in position before one of the larger tanks,
which, though surrounded by fire, has
singularly remained intact. In the event
of the oil in this tank taking fire, the can
non will be used to pierce its side, so as to
allow the fluid to escape into the burnt
district.
Illinois Winter Wheat Prospect.
Springfield, 111., May 23.—The condi
tion of the winter wheat crop in Illinois,
May 1, as reported by the State Board of
Agriculture, is better in the Northern por
tion. but not so promising in the Southern
portion. The percentage of the area of
winter killed is 14 in the Northern portion,
Central division 20, Southern division 27.
The average yield is now estimated at 94
per cent, in the Northern counties, 86 in
the Central counties, and 73 in the Southern
counties. The Southern division repre
sents half the acreage of the State, which
makes the average of the State about 82
per cent. Of an average crop.
The Penn Bank of Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Penn., May 23. —The doors of
the Penn Bank opened at 2 [o’clock to-day,
and where kept open until five this evening,
in order to gratify all demands. Long b»
fore that hour the run had ceased, and it is
expected when they open to-morrow the
scare will be over, and business will pro
ceed the same as before tbe suspension.
Deposits to-day are said to be $50,000 in ex
cess of the amount withdrawn.
Railway Mail Bureau Completed.
Washington, May 23.—The Railway Mail
Bureau has completed the schedule forip&il
service between points in tbe United Stites
and City of Mexico. The service will be
daily, and the running time between New
York and tbe City of Mexico wilt b< six
days and twenty-three hours, while the re
tnrn trip will be made in seven days and
one hour.
TRENTON. BADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1884.
A MAD MOTHER.
Her Terrible Work With a Razor in S*.
Louis.
Two Clilldi'cn’ft Head Almost Severed, a
Third Badly Wounded uud Her Own
Throat Cut.
St. Louis, May 25. —Mrs. Alexander Ed
mont, living at No. 1210 South Compton
avenue, left her bed about 4:50 o’clock, and
going to an adjoining room, forced open a
desk belonging to ber husband, and pro
cured his razor. Returning to the bed-room,
she cut the throats of her three months old
baby, Gerster, and four years old daugh
ter, Carrie. Then passing to the next
room, she drew the razor across the throat
of her daughter Emma, six years old, but did
not make a very deep wound. The child
awoke and screamed, which awakened the
father, who rushed into the room. While
he was caring for the child his wife went
back to her own room, lay down on the bed
beside her dead babies, and deliberately
cut her own throat. A moment or two
later the husband, bearing a gurgling sound
in his wife’s room, looked in at, the door,
and after gazing a moment at the ghastly
sight of his two dead children and
bleeding wife, he rushed into
the street for aid. A policeman was just
at the door, who entered the house and
took the razor from the hand of the woman,
who now lay insensible and bathed in
blood. A physician was immediately
called, who restored the woman to con
sciousness and dressed her wounds, which
proved not to be necessarily fatal, neither
the jugular vein nor the windpipe being
severed. They are very severo, however,
the gash reaching from ear to ear, and site
now lies at the city hospital in a very
critical condition. Mr. Edmout
is a railroad engineer, and is
now employed at the Missouri Pacific
round-house in this city. Two years ago,
while living at Poplar Bluff, Mo., his wife
started for Crowley County, Ivan., to visit
relatives, and was found wandering round
the union depot in this city insane. She
was sent home, and after treatment was
believed to be cured. At all events there
was no return of the malady until this
morning, when it reappeared with the
frightful results stated. The child,Emma,
will recover, but the two babies are dead,
and there is scarcely a hope for the unfor
tunate mother.
Romance of a Prelly Irish Girl.
Trenton, N. J., May 25.—A couple of
months ago Mai'y Jane Caffrey, a petite
Irish girl sixteen years old, of rather at
tractive manner, secured employment as *
clerk at a State street variety store.
She had only recently come from across
the water, and several times
mentioned to her employer a
strange incident that happened lo her at
Castle Garden. A young man with lots of
money and fashionably dressed happened
to meet her one day and fancied the girl.
When she was leaving New York he said he
would come to Trenton for her some day and
take her away. She was almost penniless.
Yesterday afternoon a coach was driven up
to the State street store, and the young man
showed his face at the window. The shop
girl dropped her scissors and apron and
soon was seated in the carriage. The
couple drove to a clergyman’s, were mar
ried, and then returned to the Trenton
House for tea, and then left for New York.
The girl did not stop to get the balance of
her week’s pay from the storekeeper. The
voung man is said to be a lawyer in New
York City.
Returned and Imprisoned.
Erie, Pa., May 25. —President Auam Brn
bender, of the defunct Erie County Savings
Bank, has returned to Erie. He admits
that he and Cashier Pettit lost
SIOO,OOO in grain and oil specula
tions. B. Brabender also admits
that he took the money of the bank,
paid it to friends and left. He exonorates
the cashier. He is now in jail for safety,
but executions will be issued to-morrow
morning which will probably keep bitn
there. There is great feeling against him.
His paper in the bank is turning out worth
less. Brabender has assigned his private
property, valued at SIOO,OOO, to his cred
itors, but it will not pay them, and the
stockholders will probably lose $200,000 to
$250,000, and many will be ruined.
Largest Family in the United States.
Seneca City, S. C. May 25.— Near this
place there lives one of the largest families
in the United States. Mr. Joel Vaughn
has been married four times. His last
three wives were all widows, all of whom
had children by previous husbands, re
spectively, eight, seven, and four, a total of
nineteen. These four wives bore Mr.
Vaughn twenty-seven children, which ad
ded to the nineteen .step-children, gave Mr.
Vaughn control of forty-sixchildren. There
are thus seven different sets of children. The
old man is now eighty years of age, and his
youngest child is but an infant at tile
breast.
Don’t Want American Hogs.
St. Paul, May 25. —The St. J’aui, Minne
sota & Manitoba Railway Company has
been notified by the collector of customs
at Winnepeg that no bogs could be im
ported from the United States into Manito
ba for breeding purposes that the ship
ment of hogs into Manitoba is forbidden,
except under regulations providing for
their immediate slaughter. For ail hogs
entered under such regulations bond must
be given, as a pledge that they will he
slaughtered immediately.
An Arab’s Treachery.
Wooster, 0., May 25. Two Arabian
tramps were stopping by the roadside near
the village of Shreve, this evening. One
had S3OO, and the other stabbed and fatally
wounded him, took the money, and fled.
The wounded man crawled to a farmer’s
house, and. being unable to talk English,
indicated by gestures the direction his
assailant had fled. Pursuit was made,
and the murderer was captured and iden
tified by the dying man. The money was
found.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Rochester, N. Y., May 25.—8 y a rail
way collision at Savannah, N. Y., three
men were killed and five injured. The
killed are: A. H. Waterbury, Newark;
John Wright, Savannah, and Michael Dud
sty, Rochester,
XLVJIitli CONGRESS.
First Session.
Washington, May 20.—Senate.—Mr. Slater
offered a resolution which went' over, re
questing the*President to inform the Senate
by what authority Commissioners had been
appointed in examining the report upon the
section of the Northern Pacific completed sub
sequent to the time tbe road was required to
be completed under the acts of Congress. The
bill extending the time for laying the Atlantic
cable to Augusts, 1886, passed. On motion of
Mr. Palmer the bill providing for the erection
of a public building at Detroit, Mich., was
taken up and passed.
House.—Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, from Com
mitttee on Appropriations, asked leave to re
port a joint resolution appropriating SIOO,OOO
for the relief of flood sufferers by the Mis
sissippi river. Mr. Connolly, of Pf nnsylvania,
objected, and the resolution was placed on
the calendar. Committees were then called for
reports. A considerable number were made and
placed on the calendar. The Senate amend
ments to the Indian Appropriation Bill were
non-conourred in, and .Messrs. Ellis, Holman
and Ryan wore appointed conferees on the
part of the House. The Senate amendment
to the Shipping Bill wero non-eoneurred in.
Mr.Converse.in accordance to previous notice,
called up the contested election case of
English vs. Pcolle in the Seventh Indiana Dis
trict. The report of the majority, recommend
ing the contestant to be seated, was read.
Washington, May 21.—Senate.— The fol
lowing bills were passed: For the erection of
public buildings at Vicksburg, $100,000; Chat
tanooga, $100,000; Opelousa. La., $">0,000; Port
land, Oregon, $250,00(1; Sacramento, $100,000;
Dayton. 0., #150,000; Springfield, 0., SIOO,OOO.
The above sums include cost of site and
buildings.
House.—ln the House the contested elec
tion case of English vs. Peelle was taken up,
ami the minority report of the committee de
claring Peelle (Republican) entitled to his seat
was adopted by yeas 121, nays 117.
Washington, May 22.— Senate— The Senate
by a vote of yeas 22 nays 29, refused to recon
sider the hill prohibiting in the mail newspa
pers containing lottery advertisements, and
it goes to the foot of the calendar. A bill
passed authorizing the construction of bridges
across the Mississippi at St. Paul. The
Morgan Committee on Foreign Re
lations submitted a proposed amend
ment to the consular and diplomatic
bill appropriating $50,000 to enable the
President to open commercial or diplomatic
intercourse with the Congo country. A bill
was introduced providing for the payment of
female nurses for service during the war. A
bill passed appropriating $25,000 to compen
sate the officers and men of the Government
steamer J. Don Cameron, for losses incurred
by t he sinking of the steamer in the Missouri
River in 1877. The Utah bill was laid aside,
and the Senate resumed the consideration of
the Labor Statistics bill. Pending debate the
Senate adjourned.
House.—The motion to reconsider the vote
declaring Mr. Peelle (Hep.) entitled to his seat
was taken up. adopted, and the minority re
port, seating English (Pern.) was passed by a
vote of yeas 130, nays 127. A resolution was
also adopted appointing a committee to ascer
tain whether or not Win. E. English, sr., had
not violated the privileges of the Horse floor
by lobbying.
Washington, May 23.—Senate.— The
House bill "to provide for the muster and
pay of certain officers and enlisted men of
volunteer forces” passed. The Labor Bureau
bill was taken up, discussed and passed. The
Utah bill was discussed ami the Semite ad
journed until Monday.
House.— The house spent the greater por
tion of the day in speech-making upou a reso
lution offered bv Mr. Kellogg to investigate
himself in the Star-route trials. A bill was
passed providing for the payment i $300,000) of
quarter-master claims, one-half of which goes
to Tennessee, and the evening session was de
voted to the pension bills.
Washington, May 24.— Senate.— Senate not
in session.
House.—Mr. Hatch (Mo.) 0 sented tbe con
ference report on the bill to a
Bureau of Animal Industry. The amount of
appropriation is $150,090, and the jurisdiction
of the Commissioner of Agriculture is limited
to such investigation and such disinfection
and quarantine measures as may benecessary
to prevent the spread of contagious and in
fectious diseases from one State or Territory
into another, and is prohibited from applying
any money toward paying for animals it is
found necessary to slaughter in order to pre
vent a spread of the disease. The report was
agreed to. iinder a special orderof the House
this day to measures called up
by M>e Committee on Naval Affairs. The first
biltm-alled up was a Senate hill granting per
misßon to L. K. Reynolds, of the IT. S. Navy,
to nB-ept the decoration of the Royal and Jin
perilfl Order of Francis Joseph from the
Government of Austria for gallantry in
saving the lives of eleven Austrian sail
ors, which gave rise to consid
erable debate. The bill passed. The next
bill, restoring Alfred Hopkins to the rank of
Captain in the navy, gave rise to a long de
bate. i Hopkins is the officer who left Pensa
cola without leave when the yellow fever pre
vailed there, and was dismissed from the ser
vice.' Mr. Lyman moved to strikeout tbeen
aeting danse'. .Lost. The Dill was then laid
aside with ' a favorable consideration,
and when the committee rose, the bill passed.
The next bill was considered
in Committee of the Whole. [lt
provides that that part of the naval act
of 1882. which limits the number of graduate
of the Naval Academy to be retained in the
service each year, shall not apply to those
classes which had completed a four years'
course at the academy prior to the passage of
the act, and those members of the class of
1881 who had been honorably- discharged may
return to the service and take their places on
the Naval Register in the same manner as if
that part of the act had not been passed.)
After debate, and without action, the com
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
The Bureau of Labor.
Washington, May 23.—Tbe Senate to
day, by 55 to 2, the nays being Colquitt
and Salisbury, passed Aldrick’s substitute
for the bill creating a Bureau of Labor, as
follows:
“Be it enacted, etc., that there shall be
established in the Department of the Interior
a Bureau of Labor, which shall be under the
charge of a Commissioner of Labor, who shall
be appointed by the President, b.v and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
The Commissioner of Labor shall hold his
office for four years, an.i until his successor
shall be appointed and qualified, unless
sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of
$3,000 a year. The Commissioner shall collect
information upon the subject of labor, its re
lation to capital, hours of labor, the earnings
of laboring men and women and the means
of promoting their material, social, intellects
ual and moral prosperity. The Secretary
of the Interior shall appoint a Chief
Clerk, who shall receive a salary of
#2,000 per annum, and such other
employes a» may bo necessary for said bur. au.
Provided, the total expenses shall not exceed
$25,000 per annum. During the necessary
absence of the Commissioner, or when the
office shall become vacant, the Chief Clerk
shall perform the duties of Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall annually make re
port to the Secretary of the Interior of the
information collected and collated by him,
and containing such recommendations as he
may deem calculated to promote the efficiency
of the bureau.''
Prize-Fighter Sentenced in Nebraska.
Omaha, May 24.—Hanley, one of the
principals in the late prizefight organized
in this city, and fougnt in Saunders Coun
ty, this State, after a trial of a week, was
to-day sentenced to three years at hard la
bor in the penitentiary. Tne case is to ba
taken to the Supreme Court,
SOUTHERN NEWS OLEANINttS.
Colonel L. E. Edwards, of Austin,
Tex., widely known throughout the South
west, died at Galveston a few days ago,
from hemorrhage caused by a knife wound
received in the side in a personal encounter
with J. L. Wren, of Austin, some weeks
since. Deceased, at the time of his death,
was Inspector General of the first division
of (Texas Volunteer Guards. He was in
Galveston on business, and while on the
street the freshly healed wound opened, and
three pounds of blood w r ere lost before the
flow could be staunched. While the phy
sicians were laboring to stay the fatal flow
in a neighboring store, the Colonel sat
coolly smoking a cigar and chatting to
friends. The post mortem examination
showed that the . knife penetrated as far
as the outer surface of the stomach.
Deceased was aged forty-three, and leaves
a widow and two daughters. He earned a
brilliant record in the confederate service,
and afterward became one of the most suc
cessful real estate agents in Texas, negoti
ating millions of acres to numerous syndi
cates. Wren has been arrested.
Statistics relative to the number and
production of cotton-mills in the South are
being constantly produced, and indicate
an extraordinary progress in this branch of
manufacturing. The latest at hand show
that there are now in the South 314 cotton
mills, with 1,276,432 spindles and 24,873
looms, while at the time the census was
taken in 1880 the South had only 180 mills
with 713,980 spindles and 15.222 looms. The
largest increase in the number of mills
was made in North Carolina, where a gain
of 43 mills and 110,595 spindles is exhibited,
while Georgia made an increase of 169,156
spindles and 22 mills. In 1880 the value of
the manufactured cotton produced at the
South was a little over $21,000,000, while in
1883 the value had risen to between $35,-
000,000 and $40,000,000.
The Louisiana Legislature elected James
B, Eustis U. S. Senator, to succeed Mr. Jo
nas. The committee investigating election
frauds in St. Martin and Iberia Parishes,
reccommend the impeachment of Theo.
Fontelieu, Republican Judge in the Twen
ty-first District.
An English and German-syndicate has
purchased one million acres of land in
Florida, upon which it is proposed to settle
German emigrants, who will reach America
this summer.
Mark Moore, living six miles west of
Mahalak, Miss., shot his wife fatally and
then grossly assaulted his step-daughter,
intimidating her with a pistol. He was
found hanging to a tree the next morning.
"Moore was from Kentucky, and was well
connected. He had killed six men.
A young man in Gainesville, Ga., became
intoxicated, the other night, and made his
bed in the street. During the night some
mischievous fellow purloined his pants and
left a small pair of boy’s pants with him.
He presented a strange appearance on the
streets the next morning clothed-in knee
breeches.
At Tangier Island, Va., the other day,
Dr. Pitts called Dr. Walter, a rival physi
cian, into bis office and shot him dead. The
people attempted to lynch Pitts, but were
prevented. Tne murderer was jailed.
In Jackson County, Ga., a few days
since, Asa Shields and Charles Wise,
while playing cards, disputed about the
amount wagered. Upon being called a
liar Shields became greatly infuriated, and
with a piece of fence-rail crushed in the
skull of Wise, the wounded man sinking in
d*>ath on the spot. The murderer escaped.
In Berrien County, Ga., the other day,
Aleck McNeil spoke impudently to Dan
Purdy’s wife. In a meeting which took
place later Purdy attempted to punish Mc-
Neil, when the latter drew out a pistol and
shot the husband dead.
Andrew Mitchell was accidentally
killed, a few nights ago, in Chattanooga,
Tenn., at a lawn party by Jeff Lee. The
two were close friends, and attended the
party in company. While sauntering
through the lawn Lee picked up a gun which
he saw leaning against a tree. He exam
ined it casually, and supposing it to be
unloaded, pointed it playfully at Mitchell.
The latter grasped the barrel and lowered
it with the remark: “It’s unloaded guns
that do ail the killing.” At that juncture
the weapon was discharged, the load pass
ing through Mitchell’s legs near the thigh,
producing instant death.
It is expected that not less than (>,000,000
baskets of peaches will be shipped from
the Delaware and Maryland peninsulas
this summer, and the crop of small berries
—strawberries, blackberries and rasp
beries—will be the largest ever seen in that
section. The largest shipment of peaches
was made in 1875, when over 5,000,000
baskets found their way to market.
The dila tors of the Pacific & Great
Eastern Railroad Construction and Land
Comply are to build the entire road of
300 miles, from Cincinnati, Washington
County, Ark., to the eastern State line. The
vork begins before Sept. 1. The route pene
trates a tier of counties in northern Ar.
ansas abounding in timber and minerals.
Dr. Fred. H. Schaeffer, a German
preacher, who formerly resided in St.
Louis, was convicted in the Federal Court
at Memphis the other day, of sending ob
scene matter through the mails, and sen
tenced to pay SIOO. The objectionable mail
matter were postal cards written in Ger
man, which wore sent, from there to bis di
vorced wife, who resides in Judsonia, Ark.
A man in Wilcox County, Alabama, has
a remarkable tree growing in his yard. It
is of the China species, is ten feet in cir
cumference, and its top has been blown
away by a storm, but six and one-half feet
up the trunk of this tree two more China
trees have sprouted, taken root and grown
up as high as the old tree is; and just half
a foot further up the trunk of the old orig
inal tree a peach tree has taken root, grown
up to fair dimensions and is now filled
with fruit. At another place there is a
blackberry vine aud also an elm bush, all
in a flourishing condition.
Ellktt. Dewey & Co., wholesale dr.
goods, Richmond, Va., have assigned. Lia
bilities, $200,000; assets unknown. The
preferred debts are $103,000.
VOL. 1.-NO. 14.
SCIOCE AM) INDUSTRY.
-—ln California last year 880,000
pounds of salt were extracted from sea
water.
—lt is said that wheat kept sealed in
an air tight receptacle for some length
of timo will not germinate.
—l’tire linseed oil, an expert ob
serves, has a bright amber color. It
runs freely, sparkles when flo’ Nig from
the can, tastes smooth and mild, and
has the smell of a llaxseed poultice.
—An improvement has been effected
in wooden block flooring. Ihe common
manner of laving the block flooring
oiten results in disappointment, be ause
the blocks soon become loose. Ihe im
provement consists in the blocks being
keyed to a cement flooring, tirmly fast
ening them, and the cement obviates
both dampness and dry rot. Chicaqo
Journal.
—The Polyclinic states that the use of
paper towels in cleansing wounds has
been found very satisfactory, Sponges
have always been regarded wits suspi
cion by surgeons, as it is so difficult to
keep Ihem in a perfectly purified condi
tion. But the paper towels are to I e
used once only, and, as they cost
only from $6 to $7.50 per 1,000, are
available in the sick room. They are
from Japan, and the pale colors with
which they are decorated are found to
be unobjectionable.
—A fisherman of Un ; on Springs, Ala.,
has invented an attachment to fishing
hooks which is quite an improvement.
About midway of the staff of tiie hook
he has plated a straight projection,
which serves three purposes—viz: First,
it prevents a fish from swallowing the
hook; second, when a fish bites at the
hook if his mouth strikes the projection
he involuntary closes it and is thus
caught; third, it prevents bait from slip
ping up the hook. The hook has been
tested by several expert local fishermen,
and all pronounce it a decided success.
—Chicajo Times.
—A genius of Sing Sing, N. Y., lias
invented a dry battery which he expects
will revolutionize the working of the
telephone. It is a little oblong box,
four and a half inches by one and a
half, and three-quarters of an inch deep,
and is attached to the instrument instead
of the ordinary battery. By its use it is
possible to carry on a conversation with
a person thirty or forty miles away, and
to hear and be heard distinctly. The
inventor claims that his dry battery will
last as long as the instrument without
losing its power. He has had one in
constant use for three weeks, doing
work that would have used up the or
dinary battery in ten minutes.— Y.
Herald.
—A Maryland journal seasonably re
marks that the idea of planting edible
nut-bearing trees where shade isdes red,
instead of those which are solely ore a
mental, is not new, but the suggestion
is one that will bear thinking about by
those who contemplate planting shade
or ornamental trees. Chestnut, walnut,
hickorynut and butternut trees are all
nearly as tine in appearance as horse
chestnut and maple, and, aside from
the source of revenue which will in time
accrue to their owners from the fruit,
the timber of such trees is always in de
mand, and the tree itself may become
profitable sho Jd it become desirable at
any time to remove it.
PITH AND POINT.
A philosopher says: “Marriage is
like whist; you may "ask for trumps.*
but will you get them?” Sometimes
you will when clubs arc trumps. — Buj<-
falo Express.
—Natur doan make no difference in
de kere o’ her chillun. Sh ■ takes ez
good kere o’ de jimpson weed ez she
does o’de s<alk cr cotton.— Ar'eansaiv
Traveller.
—Sarah Bernhardt is now learning to
play the flute. When she appears with
it in public she should wear a blue rib
bon and the flute a red one, for pur
poses of identification. —Boston Post.
—Little Jack: “Let’s play we is
married.” Little Nell: “No I won’t,
it ain’t right.” Lit le Jack: “Why
ain’t it.” Little Nell: “Tause nmmrua
said we inusn’t quarrel.”— Lhicaqo
Tribune.
—“Toilet Secrets for Homely Wo
men” is the title of a new book. We
don t believe the author w.ll sell a
copy. He should have called it ‘ Toi
let Secrets for Pretty Worn n Who Fail
Just Short of Koval Beauty.”. Then it
would go. —.V. Y. Mail.
—A bweet Thing in Collars—
“I should like to choose a few of ttao »
lovely collars. I suppose they are the
newest style out?” Counterman: “Ex
cuse me, madame. those are not collars
exa tiy, but lamp-shades!” Hamt-
AJade German Jo e.
“No,” remarked I'onsonby, “my
wife and I never quarrel, nowadays. \V e
agreed when either of tts was sick and
wanted to growl at tlie other that we
would wait until we felt perfectly well,
and then have it out, with int rest for
waiting. But after we get better and
the time for growling arrives, we feel
so well that we don’t wan’t to growl at
all. Yes, it’s a big th ng. Just you
try it, young man. It’ll be money in
the bank to you .—Rockland Cour er.
The letter-i arrier had been ringing
tbe bell of an elegant Austin mansion
for at least fifteen minutes be ore the
lady of the h -use appeared. The man
of ietters was somewha- annoyed, and
said peevishly “I’ve been knocking
at the door ever so long.” “>‘h, don’t
let that worry you, ’ rep ied the lady
with a s.tnny smile; “you did not dis
turb us. e thought you were only a
loafer.” Tbe lady should not have used
that re y. ark, lor It gave the letier car
rier an oppo--trinity to retort: “So your
husband has not come yet?”