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T. A. HAVRON, Publisher.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Bhooklyn, N. Y., now has 700,000 pop®
lution.
A Georgia colored woman is gradually
turning white.
General B. F. Butlkp. will be tixty-six
years old in November.
In Aberdeen, I). T., artesian flowing wells
are used to run grist mills.
At Calcutta, India, there is a temple
devoted to the goddess of cholera.
The Cuban Government is bankrupt and
unable to pay soldiers their wages.
A man named C. S. Uedrunk lectured on
temperance in Saratoga the other day.
It is sai 1 00,000 women are steering canal
boats in Southern and Middle England.
A hog weighing 08!) pounds has been on
exhibition in l’liiladi lphia for some time
past.
Lieutenant Greely is to be provided
with a comfortable position in the Signal
Corps.
A Chinaman was baptised into the
Methodist Church at White Plains, N. Y.,
recently.
No negroes are allowed in the British’
navy without a special sanction from the
admiralty.
Mozart’s monument at Vienna will cost
more than the great composer got for all
his work, $50,000.
King I hkbau, it is reported, has mur
dered 475 of his relatives since he has as
cended the throne.
7HE total number of free delivery post
pfflees in the United States is 159, employ
ing 3,890 carriers.
There were 1,104 miles of railroads built
In this country during the past six months
of the present year.
Cape Cod fishermen have been unususally
fortunate this season, having secured very
large catches of fish.
Nine thousand live lobsters formed part
of the cargo of a schooner which arrived in
Boston the other day.
The value of manufactures in the United
States in 1880 was t 0,300,000,000, and in
England $4,015,500,000.
Philadelphia has 401 public schools and
nearly 100,000 scholars. There are 81 male
»nd 2,200 female teachers.
Two Americans have been thrown into
jail in Mexico for defaming the character
of the Mexican President.
The celebrated evangelist, D. L. Moody,
has returned to America after a most suc
cessful mission in London.
Twenty-one thousand widows of tho 'War
of 1812 are stated to be still drawing pen
sions from the Government.
Six seedsmen in this country pay over
H7ft,ooo per year for postage on matter,
most of which goes to farmers.
It is said that fifty Canadian newspapers
have declared in favor of independence.
Annexation finds but few advocates.
A special detail of picked policemen has
been ordered to hunt down and bring in,
dead or alive, the ghost at Trenton, N. J.
Ice cream manufacturers and beer brew
ers report that the consumption of their
wares is almost as large in winter as in
summer. '
An old sea captain contends that water
strongly impregnated with lime is a sov
ereign preventive, and an almost sure cure
for cholera. ,
The Sinking Fund Commission of New
York has appropriated $2,000,000 for build
ing new armories in tho city for the na
tional guard.
It is said that Gladstone and Queen Vic*
toria are so cool towards each other that
foreigners occasionally mistake them for
man and wife.
A Washington City man claims to be
able to tell the disposition of a horse and
the condition of its health by the expres
sion of its eyes.
The Georgia magnetic girl has been hav
ing marked success in New York. She
should now go to Philadelphia and tackle
the Keely motor.
It is reported that a ruby found in Clay
County, N. C., was sold by the finder for sls
then for $3,000, and after being cut by a
lapidary, for SIB,OOO.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
refuses to rescind the order discontinuing
the collection of the tax on whisky by as
sessment after September. .
The proposed world’s fair at Rome has
been postponed until 1894, ns France has
set its heart on having one in 1889, the cen
tennial of the revolution.
The feeling is growing that the man so
ready to hand out a pistol on the least pro
vocation is a coward i:t comparison with
the common, bully who fights with his fists.
In the ninety-eight years of its existence
the American Bible Society has issued no
less than 4.1,892,031 volumes, including
Bibles, testaments and portions of the gos
pels.
' There are 3,985 paper mills in the world,
which turn out annually 1,904,000,000 pounds
of paper. Half of this is used Jin printing
generally, while 600,000,000 pounds are used
for newspapers.
A factory for the production of arti
ficial teeth is to be established at Utica, 14.
Y., where masticators will be turned out
at the rate of 3,000 sets per day, for the low
price of $1 50 per set.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who is
now in failing health, at her home in Fer
nandina, Fia., is having her life and labors
noted by her son, for publication after hei
death, in autobiographical form.
Mrs. ScoviLLE, now known as Mrs.
Howe, the sister of the late Charles Guiteau,
and living in Chicago, sent her late hus
band a quantity of her unused wedding
stationery, in view' of his approaching
marriage.
A Chinese contractor, of Portland, Or.,
has brought suit against the Northern Pa
eifle Railway Company for the deaths of
eleven of his countrymen, who was drilled
some time since by the collision of two
construction trains. Toe demand
td is $60,000,
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 0. 1884.
IRISH LAND.
Letter From Parnell to the National
League of Ireland.
A Permanent Reduction of Rent t qiinl to
ft! 1.300,009 AflVcte.l by Gladstone's Mens
urea.
London, August 2.—A letter from Par
nell to the local Secretary of the National
League of Ireland lias been made public.
Parnell says he anticipates as the outcome
of the Parliamentary Committee’s report
that nil important improvement in the con
dition of the laboring classes of Ireland
will be affected. The officials of the Local
Government Board have given evidence
continuing the report circulated by the
Irish party that a measure will be
prepared giving the local authorities
power to take or lease land compulsorily,
even if not attached, to laborers’ cottages,
for the purpose of letting it to laborers at
moderate prices. The measure will also
empower the authorities to make repairs in
the cottages. A return has just been made
to Parliament in regard to the operation of
the Irish Arrears ot Kent Act. According
to this the sum of £2,570,000 owing
to the landlords by the farmers
has been wiped out under the act
since 11882. Of this large amount Ulster
gained £820.000 in remissions of rent;
Leinster, £250,000; Connaught, £1,000,000.
and Munster, £s<k),ooo. The Nationalist
papers, commenting upon this return, state
that the land act has already secured to
the farmers a permanent reduction of rent
exceeding £500,000 yearly. The Bishop
of Limerick, Earl of Belmore and other
members of the commission which has
beon considering the condition of educa
tion in Ireland, state that the curtailed
rents were better and more regularly paid
last year than at any time since the Par
nell agitation began. The relations now
existing between the landlords and tenants
nre aidlrable. The primary schools estab
lished for the benefit of the tenants are
every-where appreciated. The Government
is resolved upon a large reduction of the
forces in Ireland.
A HUMAN SQUIRREL. •
Tii* Wjifiliiiiffloit IVralom C’lerh Who
I>vte Ift in a Tree.
Washington, August 2.—Washington Is
the only city in the country that can boast
of a citizen who lives up a tree. This deni
zen of the tree tops is a pension office clerk,
named A. B. Hayward. He is a rather
good-looking man of middle age and intel
ligent appearance, and wears a full beard,
and dresses with good taste. He is pleasant,
and treats his numerous visitors courte
ously, and takes pleasure in entertaining
them, which is rather surprising to many
who expect to find him a cross, crabbed
and exclusive person. He floes not go to
extremes, however, and shows no signs of
crankiness, except in his singular choice of
» place to dwell. The tree is a very large
walnut, mid stands near the top of a hill.
The dwemng consists of a stanch platform,
eighteen feet wide and thirty-five
feet long, built around the trunk of
the tree and supported by four heavy tim
bers. The platform is thirty-one feec from
terra-firinn, and in the center of this the
little house is built. The upper portion is
covered with canvas curtains, with wooden
rollers in the bottom, which can be hoisted
by means of ropes to any distance desired,
and lowered so far as to preserve the
occupant from rain or sunshine. It is
reached by a closed staircase, fitted up with
hand-rails, which reaches nearly to the
ground. The ascent of the first six feet is
made by a step-ladder, which can be drawn
up and placed on the first landing or plat
form, and the door closed and locked. He
gives several reasons for living in such a
place. He says it is desirable for sanitary
purposes, and he enjoys the quiet and the
beautiful scenery. His health is improved,
and it is cheap.
THE CHOLERA
Slowly rauinc Away lYom tiie Inn-rfed
District.
Marseilles, August I.—Six deaths from
cholera to-day between noon and seven.
There are seventy-eight cholera patients
under treatment in the Pharo Hospital.
Ten were admitted into the hospital to-day,
three died, and two were discharged cured.
The crowd outside the Mairie cheered to
day when they saw the cholera bulletin
announcing the decrease in the number of
deaths. The total number of deaths in
Marseilles since the outbreak is 1,248.
The streets of the city are again
assuming ’ the normal gayety.
During the twenty-four hours ended at 9
to-night, there were twemy-six deaths
from cholera here. There were eight deaths
from that disease at Arles to-day, and six
at Aix. Physicians here believe the cholera
will disappear from tho city in a few days.
Toulon, August I.—Only two deaths
from cholera to-day. Thirty-three cases
are now being treated in the Bona Rencon
tre Hospital, and ninety-three iu tho St.
Mandrier Hospital.
Toulon, August 2. —There has been only
one death from cholera to-day. The record
for the past twenty-four hours at Bon
Rencontre Hospital is as follows: Admitted,
none; cured, 4; deaths, under treat
ment, 28. The record of Saint Mandrier
Hospital for the same time is: Admitted, 3;
cured, 5; deaths, none; under treatment,
91.
Marseilles, August 2.-9 v. m.—There
were sixteen deaths from cholera in this
city during the past twenty-four hours. At
Arles four deaths since last night; at Villa
franca, in the Asti District, Italy, two
deaths; in Cossinasco. one, and in Sessame,
one. There is no cholera in the principal
towns of Italy.
Our Coast Defenses.
Washington, August 2.—The Chief En
gineer of the Army has received the an
nual reports of all engineer officers in
charge of the coast and harbor defense.
They assert that the Atlantic Coast and
lake fronts are in ulmosta totally defense
less condition. The majority of defenses
are falling into decay, and the armament
in most instanees is so fai behind the
times as to be utterly wort! ,ess. General
Newton, it is understood, will, in his an
nual report, urge the immediate provision
for adequate protection of harbors by bat
teries aud tonifications of modern design.
HOME AGAIN.
Mfflln* of l.leutonniit Rrrcly nml Ilia
Wile— "Arlliur! Artlinr! Home!”—An'* I lie
Mother—“My Aon! My * on!”-“Mol Her!”-
Incidents Rulin'l e Beyond Ilescrlptlon.
Portsmouth, N. H„ August I.—The
Greely relief squadron arrived here this
morning. Mrs. Lieutenant Oroely arrived
at noon with General Hazen an.l party.
Lieutenant Greely’s mother is also here.
Lieutenant Oreelv had not been informed
that his wife was about to go on board the
Thetis, and a few minutes before her
arrival, in conversation with Commander
Schley, he said he did not expect to see her
to-day, ns she probably had not been able
to reach there so soon. When the Secre
tary’s. barge was seen to leave the Tennessee
with Mrs. Greely and her two brothers, G.
O. and C. A. Nesmith, sitting in the stern
sheets, Commander Schley said to Lieuten
ant Greely: “Lieutenant, I would like to
see you in my cabin for a few moments.”
Commander Schley entertained Lieutenant
Greely in conversation about arctic matters
until a peculiar signal was given on the
boatswain’s whistle to indicate that Mrs.
Greely was oil board and ready to meet
her husband. The lady trembled very
much. Her breath came in gasps, and her
whole frame shook with emotion. With
faltering steps she went to the cabin door,
and just at the instant she entered Com
mander Schley left the room, leaving the
long separated couple alone. Lieutenant
Greely was sitting with his back to the
door, but when Commander Schley so ab-
ruptly left him, he turned, and at the same
instant saw his wife enter. With a
loud cry, that was more . like
a gigantic sob half smothered,
Lieutenant Greely bounded from bis
chair with eyes gleaming in joy at the
sight that gladdened them. Mrs. Greely,
tali, dark and stately, sprang forward to
meet tier husband, crying, “Arthur, Arthur,
home!” It was noticeable on board the
Thetis that everybody shed tears when
Mrs. Greely entered the cabin where her
juisband was. Late in the afternoon the
mother of Lieutenant Greely came from
Newbury port, and was taken at
once on board the Tennessee. Shortly
after she was pirt in the Secretary’s
barge and taken on board the Thetis.
When she arrived there Mr. and Mrs.
Greely and the latter’s brothers were seated
in Commander Schley’s cabin, alternately
crying, laughing and embracing. An in
stant before the Lieutenant’s mother en
tered the cabin, Commander Schley step
ped to the door and said, “Lieutenant,your
mother is here.” Mrs. Greely then
entered,-and threw her arms around her
son’s neck, saying only,“My son! my son!”
Lieutenant Greeley spoke no word
save “Mother!” but in his tone and expres
sion there was a world of tenderness.
Clasping his mother in his arms, he did
nothing else but sob, while his mother cried
like a child. Fearing the excitement would
be too much for Lieuteuant Greeiy’-s Shat
tered condition, Commander Schley entered
the cabin and wisely directed the conver
sation into less emotional channels. About
4 o’clock Secretary Chandler entered ids
barge and was rowed to tho
Thetis. Secretary Chandler went at
once to Lieutenant Greely, ami affection
ately took the gallant explorer in his arms
in the fervor of his greeting. “God bless
you! God bless you!” said the Secretary.
“You have come back to us almost from
the grave. I hope your future happiness
may reward you for the terrible exper
ience you have had.” The Lieutenant re
sponded feelingly, thanking Mr. Chandler
for his kind expressions.
The Public Debt Statement.
Washington, D. C., August 2.--The fol
lowing is the public debt statement for the
month of July;
Four-and-a-hall's f 250,000,000
Fours 737,680.350
Threes 223,453,250
Refunding certificates 274,350
Navy Tension Fund 14,000,000
Total interest-bearing debt 81,225,407.950
Matured debt 12,606,366
Legal Tenders
Certificates of deposit 12,230,000
Gold and silver certificates 238,421,661
Fractional currency 6.978,491
Total without interest $605,369,593
Total debt $1,843,383,898
Total interest 8,683,052
Cash in Treasury 405,910,003
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroads,
interest payable by United
States, principal outstanding. . $64,623,512
Interest accrued and not yet paid 323,117
Interest paid by United States... 63,099,504
Interest repaid by companies—
By transportation service 18,148,923
By cash payments. 5 per cent, of
net earnings 655,198
Balance of interest paid by United
States 42,295,389
Decrease during July 3,993,281
Shot His Tenant.
Shelßyville, 111., August 2.—A shoot
ing affray occurred on a farm five miles
south-east of this city. Frank Stillwell,
the owner, in attempting to serve a notice
to quit on the tenant, became involved in a
quarrel with him, which led to the tenant
attacking him with a hoe. In order to de
fend himself he drew a revolver and shot
him in the right side, the ball lodging in
the back, causing a dangerous it not fatal
wound. Stillwell immediately gave him
self up and was placed under bond of SI,OOO
to appear for trial next week. The name
of the tenant was Skaggs.
Francis Murphy on Prohibition Nominees.
Pittsburg, Pa., August 2. —Francis
Murphy, the great temperance apostle, ar
rived from Chicago to-night. When asked
what ho thought of the Prohibition nomi
nees he said: “I don’t care to talk on poli
tics. I believe every matt should stick to
h s own party.” He is evidently unfriendly
to St. John, and intimated that the temper
ance question was an issue by itself, and
had nothing to do with politics.
Saving the Tombs of the Prophets.
London, August 2.-*-On an appeal from
the Jews of Jerusalem, the Sultan has an
nulled the sale of that part of the Mount of
Olives which contains the graves of the
Prophets Haggai, Zachariah and Malacbi.
The purchasers were the Russian priest
hood. The burial places of the prophets
have been secured to the Jews in perpetuity.
A Louisville Capitalist Dead.
Louisville, August 2.—John B. Bangs,
head of the well-known publishing house of
John P. Morton & Co., died to-day of
peritonitis. He was born in New York in
183", the son of Rev. Mr. Bangs,of the 'M.E.
Cuurch. He was one cf Louisville’s most
prominent men, and identified with a
Dozen business interests here.
King of An?m Dead.
London, August 2.-—Advices from there
state tout the King of Angni is dead. lie
had been ill a long time
FEARFUL CRASH.
Disastrous Fall of a Wall of the United
States Hotel, Washington.
'Rnr.vlng nml t'rmlilna Sf r<ral of llie In
male- Three PirioiM linoivu to he
lilllcd. .
Washington, August 3.—The city was
startled just at dusk by a report that the
pld United State Hotel had fallen in, and
buried a large number of people. The fact
proved to be that few people were killed,
though a very considerable portion of the
building fell. The hotel is one of the oldest
in the city, and while formerly quite well
known, of late it rates about third class.
It fronts on Pennsylvania avenue, between
Third and Four-and-a-half streets. It
was the back building, about fifty by
forty feet, which fell. The rear wall,
next the alley, which it seems has long
been bowed out ward,‘suddenly pushed out,
and caused the entire rear gf the building to
fall. This started the side walls and the
whole back building of the hotel fell in a
heap. The lower floor contained the kitchen
and dining-room. There were a few people,
probably three or four, in the latter, and six
in the kitchen, including Mrs. Belden, the
wife of the proprietor. She was taken out
about 11 o’clock, alive, nut apparently dy
ing. Alcove the first floor there were three
floors of guests and servants’ rooms. Few
were occupied, and the occupants of these
were believed to be on the avenue, as the
rooms were hot and tiie street in front
was very comfortable. The police and
Fire Department, with two of the District
Commissioners, were soon on the ground,
and a large relief force was organized and
worked with great energy. The Electric
Light Company came on the ground,
and quickly ran wires from its lines and
put up lights, which made it easy to work
intelligently. At intervals the whole com
pany were directed to be silent, that the
cries of such as were alive could be heard,
that their situation could be described by
those able to talk from under the ruins. At
midnight three have been removed alive,
and it is feared three are dead. There are
some who were on tiie books of the hotel
who are missing, but it is not believed they
are in the ruins.
A TRAIN ATTACKED BY BEES.
Mingulaa* tsprri.iif. of Rassengers liver
I lie Chi<-iig» A Noi ltin, ttern Road.
Chicago, August 3.—When between Lake
Bluff and Lake Forest, a few days ago, a
passenger train on’the Northwestern road
ran over a swarm of bees which had come
out of the trunk of an old tree
standing in the pasture by
the roadside. The bees, angered at the
death of their queen and comrades, flew
suddenly through the open windows into
the coaches and proceeded to attack the
passengers, who were thrown into the
wildest confusion. The little insects were
swift in their work, and spared nobody.
Every effort to drivo tiiem off made them
all the ipore vicious and determined.
Berber Stormed.
London, August 3.—Advices from As
souan state that a refugee merchant ar
rived there, and reports the Bishareens
stormed Berber on the Bth of June. There
was very severe tilling, and
many casualties on Doth sides.
Tne rebels built a wall
General Gordon, whose steamers captured
several of their boats laden with provi
sions. The Mudi of Dongoja was favorbly
impressed with Colonel Kitchener. Gener
als Stephenson and Wood are going to
Wady Haifa on a tour ot inspection.
A Machinist’s Good Fortune.
"Youngstown, Ohio, August 3.—Junius
Dunbar, foreimin of the machine shop of
Brown, Bonn<% & Co., lias just placed
in oAration an automatic nail feeder
of hR own invention, that will make
a l'fmune for the owner. It is
sitnplsn construction, works rapidly and
correctly, and will work a revolution in
making nails, reducing the cost of manu
facture to a minimum. Works are to be
erectid here at once for manufacturing the
machines.
A Horrible Death.
Delphos, 0., August 3.—John Hock, em
ployed in the Pittsburg hoop and stave
factory, was almost instantly killed last
night, while working a hoop coiler. The
hoop broke at one of the laps, striking him
in the side, cutting it open, nllowfng his
bowels to protrude. He was a widower, in
comfortable circumstances. He leaves one
son.
Cholera in Italv.
Rome, August 3. —Several cases of chol
era reported to-day in various parts of It
aly. There have been many disorders at
Borgo San Dalmazzo, the inhabitants be
lieving the doctors and chemists poisoned
the girl who died there from cholera.
Stringent orders were issued by the
Government, that all linens arriving
from France be disinfected or burned.
Honors to Stanley.
Ostend, August 3. —Henry M. Stanley,
the explorer, who arrived here yesterday,
(was received with enthusiasm. Strauck,
(President of the African International As
sociation, met Stanley at the steamer.
(King Leopold and Due d’ Aumale were
present at the banquet last night.
Conference Postponed.
Washingtctn, August 3.—ln consequence
of more favorable reports from the cholera
jlistricts in Europe the proposed national
ronference of health boards, which was to
Jake place in Washington Thursday next,
lias been postponed to a later day not
yet named.
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An Exodus of Americans.
‘ 'London, August 3.— London is declared,
jin spite of all contradictions, to be fuller of
(Americans than ever, especially of young
inarried couples, and the table d’hote, at
the Grand Hotel, is described as a nightly
Ijridal procession.
Wholesale Expulsion.
Berlin, August 3.—Up to the present
time, two thousand persons of both sexes,
suspected of conspiring against the peace
!of the Czar, have been expelled from
(Germany.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
TriEHE is a negro in Hardin County
svliose head is said to be as large as a water
bucket. His case is singular. While quite
young he contracted the whooping cough,
and the strain from coughing caused the
seam in the skull to break open; since
which time the head lias continued to grow,
until it has reached the above enormous
proportion. The body of the boy is com
pletely paralyzed with the exception of
one arm, and this he usee to feed himself.
He appears to be very intelligent, and con
verses readily about his misfortune.
The town of Selma, Ala, claims to have
the most wonderful artesian well in the
world, and it would seem with good rea
son. The remarkable feature in the case is
that.two separate stream- of water, of en
tirely different properties, flow from this
well. The singular effect in question is
produced, it seems, by the simple insertion
of a two inch pipe within a four inch tube.
The larger pipe descends to a depth of some
400 feet, the water having no mineral qual
ities or character, and being very cold; the
inner pipe descends 700 feet; the water is
strongly impregnated with sulphur and
iron, and compared with the temperature
of tiie twin stream, is quite warm.
Robert Floor, aged seventy-four, and
Stiles Sanders, aged seventy-seven years,
met early the other morning near New
burn, N. C., and were about to fight a duel
with pistols. Thomas Stanley, a young
man, happened to come upon them at the
time, and persuaded the two white-haired
farmers to desist from their foolish act.
They had always been warm friends and
members of the same church. They had
some harsh words about some crops a few
days before, and agreed to settle their dis
putes by the code duello.
There is a gentleman living in Ruther
ford, Tenn., who has been married four
times, and the four wives were all born in
the same year—lß2l.
Louisiana is promised the largest ri*e
crop this year she has ever made.
A Georgia paper claims to have seen a
cabbage “five feet across the top.”
Washington County, Miss., produces
more cotton than any other county in
America.
The product of the cotton seed oil fac
tories at the Soutli is now worth about
$1,000,000.
About 609,000 persons are engaged in the
mining and manufacturing business going
on in the South.
Baltimore is tickled to think that there
is a greater depth of water in her harbor
approaches than New York or Philadel
phia’s.
The manufacture of perfumes from
Florida flowers is becoming an important
industry. It is said that a process has re
cently been devised for extracting tbe
sweet flavor of the cassava plant.
Kewrb’rv, W«Qf, TVnnesspp. h/is « fumalfi
prohibition club numbering eighty persons.
The dogs of Knoxville breathe freer. The
City Council has refuse* to muzzle or im
pound them.
A sweet potato, exhibited at Crawford,
Ga., measured 4X feet in length, and was
from ten to fifteen im-hes in circumference.
It grew almost straight down 38, feet in the
earth.
Governor ‘ Cameron has decided to
convene the Virginia Legislature on Au
gust 13.
Vii.la Finch was killed by Simpson
Lindsay, at Fayette Court-house, Ala., a
few days ago, in a drunken quarrel.
Figs are very scarce in Jacksonville,
Fla., ut 75 cents per peck at wholesale, and
retail at 15 to 20 cents per quart. Chicago,
New York and Tennessoe beef is 18 to 25
cents pel* pound.
Augusta, Ga., has gained in population
21,132 since 1870, 14,12)0 of which has come
in since 1880.
At Mobile, Ala., Colonel J. L. Murphy,
President of tho Mobile Life Insurance
Company, was shot and killed by Reuben
Tripp. The quarrel was about land tres
pass. Tripp surrendered, claiming self
defense.
The Supreme Court of Alabama, in the
case of Amy & Co., of New York, vs. Sel
ma, Ala., bold that the new corporation of
S dmn,being the same territory ami corpora
tors as the precedent city of Selma, is its
successor, and liable for the debts and bonds
as created and issued under the old char
ter of the city, which has been repealed by
(he Legislature. This was legislation simi
lar to that of .Memphis and Mobile, and the
Court holds that any clauses in the charter
impaling liability for old debts are inoper.
alive and unconstitutional.
Frank Wallace, who lives or, Sixteen-
Mile Creek, Mason County, W. Va., has
been persecuted in a strangely devilish
manner by unknown enemies. On July
23 his wheat stacks were burned to the
ground. In a few days his horses died, his
cows followed, and then his hogs and
Rlieep at intervals, by poison. In
the foregoing outrages the fiends
have pulled up and destroy! over two
acres of growing young corn. Mr. Wallace
is a good citizen, and is at a loss to know
why he is thus persecuted.
The steamer City of Y"azoo was snagged
and sunk in the Lower Mississippi, nine
miles below Baton Rouge, L»., a few morn
ings ago, and will prove a total loss. Valued
at $30,000 and insured for $20,000. No lives
lost.
The Times-Democrat, of New Orleans,
received, the other night, telegraphic
specials from all portions of the South,
giving the condition of the cotton ami grain
crops as they stand to-day. The reports
show an entirely satisfactory condition of
affairs.
Among those who perished in the Greely
expedition were Sergts. Ralston and Gard
ner of the signal service, both stationed
for some years at or near Wilmington, N.
.C. Sergt. Gardner married a daughter of
Mr. Dugald McMillan, of Wilmington.
The Board of Education at Austin,
Texas, has just made an apportionment of
the available school funds. The total
amount apportioned is $2,032,870, being $5
per capita on the scholastic census just
computed.
There are 9, XX) more negroeß than white*
(n Bbelby County, Tonn,
VOL. 1.-NO. 24
SCIENCE ANI» INDUSTRY.
-—An Jr.iliftiiapolis man lias invented
a live poultry car. It has numberless
partitions, .-tor n curtains, cleansing
apparatus, water and food troughs. —
iniianapolis Journal.
—At the New York Convention of
Deaf Mutes a pair of patent ears was
shown. With them part ally deaf peo
ple would hear better than with their
ear trumpet.— N. V. Sun.
Experiments ma le by M. Muntz
with various k mis of water—spring,
river, sea and rain water, also snow—
prove that alcohol may be found in all,
except in pure spring water.
—Sawdust when used as a substitute
for saiql in house plaster ng is alleged
to i i part very desirable properties to
the piaster. It makes the covering for
walls light, warm, and porous. By its
non-conducting qualities it causes the
inner su face to retain the heat, which
sand plaster al ows to escape.
—it was long believed that the height
of the atmosphere of the earth did not
exceed forty-five mile 3, but from the ob
servations of luminous meteors it is in
.erred that the t height o the atuos
phare is a least 120 miles, and that, in
an extremely attenuated form, it may
even reach 200 miles. C tic ago Inter-
Ocean.
—A nmple way to ascertain whether
a sample of petroleum is dangerous or
not has been recommended by a chem
ist of considera le standing. An ordi
nary tumi lor is filled two thirds lull
wi h the oil. While filling up the re
maining one-third with water a Game is
held ove ■ tho ve-sel. If the vapor
which rises lakes t re the test indicates
that the petroleum is not safe to be ex
posi d to the atmosphere.
— l The ,ron describes an apparatus
for freeing carpets from dust without
beating them. It c ns sts of a polygon
al drum formed of wooden bars ami
hxed ou a shaft revolving liori-ontally.
The drum is twelve feet in diameter
and six feet in breadth, ami is en losed
in a chamber. It is driven by an Otto
gas engine of twelve-horse-power,
which also drives a fan or drawing eft
the dust from the chamber as it is ex
traced irom the carpets. The carpets
arc placed in the drum, which is tilted
with a series o internal rollers, and
which turn the carpets over as the drum
revolves. i lie speed is twenty-two
revolutions per minute, and at this rate
it is found that from two hundred to
three hundred s uaro yards of carpet
can be thoroughly cleansed per hour
without the possibility of damage to the
fabric.
PITH AND POINT.
—i7ou‘i. Dtuw i i the gun jour grand
father carried in the war o' 1812. " it is
more dange ous now than it was then.
A writer in a health publication ad
vises pe >p!c to “live in the sun.” But
how und t ihe - tin are | eople going to
do it. — Bos o i 'Jr-inscrip'.
—A little girl was trying to tell her
mother how beauti 'ully a certain lady
could trill : n singing, and - aid: “O,
mamma, you ought to hear her gargle!
She does it so sweetly.”
—**l)o you know what Ihe board over
Ihat cow’s face is for.” asked the
Colonel. “No” responded the Ma or,
“unless it is to keep li r blush s from
being seen when tae milk man works
the pump-handle ” — Bos s n 804.
—A San Franc’sco showman is ,ad
vertising a troupe of educated Hies. If
lie Will send one on here to teach others
how to walk around the edge of a milk
pitcher without falling in he will gain
everlasting fame. — Chicago Tima.
—“That Husband of Mine” was ly
ing upon ih* 1 lap of a young married
woman on the train the other day when
a base-bad dude and would be masher
leaned over the seat, read the title of
the b >ok, and then looking around in
monkey panlo nime. simpered out:
•‘Ah! where is he?” “Minding his
own bu iness, I hope,” was the crush
ing reply.
—An honest rustic went into the shop
of a Quik r to buy a hat, for which
twenty shi lings was de l anded. He
ofiered two dollars. “Vs i live,” said
the Quaker, “1 can not afford to give it
thee at that price.” “As you live,”
exclaimed the countryman. “Then
live more moderately, and i e hange 1 to
you.” “Friend,” said the l.maker,
“thou shal ! ha c the hat for nothing. I
have sold hats for twenty years, and my
trick was never found o t till now.’ —-
N. Y. Lelger.
lt was a ease of breach of promise.
The evi !ence be pg all in, the defend
a it, was allowed to sa. a word in his
own behaif. “Yes,” he said, “I kissed
her almost continually every evening 1
called at her house.” Lawyer for the
claimant —“Then you con ess it.” De
fendant —“ Yes, I bo con ess i: : but I
had to do it.” Law,er—“Had to do
it! What do \ou u can? 1 efemlaut
—“That was the only way I could keep
her fro m singing.’ I lie jury give a
verdict for Je endant w.thout leaving
their seats. — Dctro t Fast.
Friend “Ah! glad to see you,
Blank. How did your great 1 oat race
with .Swift, the champ on sculler, come
out?’’ Blank (champion oarsman)
‘ I won. “Glad of it; glad ol it. I
was afrsi.l lm would beat yo \ V\ hat
time did you make?" “An hour and a
haf.’ Gieat l.eoni as’ An hour
and a half Why it’s a tea-minute
course, and I have seen you do it iu
eigh .” “Weir, you see that villain
swift sold out the race and was bound
I sho Id beat him. and he rowed as
slow as he could.’ ‘But why should
that affe t your time? Why did nt yoi
spin > ver the eo rse in ei;h minutes?
M ell. yo i see 1 had sold out, t >o, and
wanted him to beat mo.”— Philadelphia
Call.