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T. A. J. MAJORS,- Publisher. 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?”