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CURRENT TOritS.
Pl azn chinawaro is coming into use
togain.
, Ihe dentist to the court of Italy is an
American.
There is a town in Pennsylvania called
Noodledoosey.
The salary of the Viceroy of India is
$125,000 a year.
A New Jersey farmer is raising a sue*
cessful crop of cotton.
■ * here are 4,(XX) incandescent ,electric
lamps in the Paris Opera-house.
1 RE cotton crop of 18S-4 is estimated by
those interested at 0,012,000 bales.
Ihe Empress of Germany has not been
able to walk for eighteen months.
| "New York belles indulge in boxing, and
put on the gloves with their beaux.
Tiie “fifteen ball pool champion” of Syra
c*sa is Miss Jennie Pearsall, aged ten.
The first watch was about the size of a
dessert plate, and was used as a pocket clock.
The grape crop iq tbe.upper.Napa valley
of California is phenomenally large this
y&£- •/*.■ ‘ \
i In some Eastern cities the girls are hav
ing fun by organizing Belva Lockwood
clubs.
The Nihilists in Russia continue busy
enough to keep the procession to Siberia
moving. ’ %
It is said that the women of Lima, Peru,
are more beautiful than the belles of New
England.
The Duke of Parma, although thirty-six
years old, is the- proud father of eleven
children.
•Japanese officers are in Germany study
ing the German military system, which
will be adopted.
i A Pittsburg barber has gone to Ger
many to receive $280,000 legacy. A very
pretty inhairitance.
A Boston savings bank cashier says it is
the poorest dressed people who deposit the
most money as a rule.
Note paper in delicate gray is used in
half mourning. The monogram or crest is
black as is also the seal.
TnERE are 140 orphans? in a temporary
•asylum in Naples, Italy. They lost all their
relatives by the cholera.
An English doctor tells of treating a child
eight years old, who was suffering from an
attack of delirium tremens.
A Japanese peerage has been created,
of 11 princes, 24 marquises, 76
counts, 374 viscounts and 74 barons.
Stanley says England may depend
upon a tribute of $100,000,000 annually in
cotton doth from the Congo country. ;
The true Paris dude now carries a cane in
the top of which is a watch and a cigarette
holder. It costs a trifle of 1250 francs.
New photograph albums have silver legs
and a cover that automatically becomes an
easel that holds up the pages one by one.
A Pennsylvania court has decided that
a company has no right to deduct store
bills from the wages of their workmen. ..
Honolulu, which was formerly a city
of grass huts, now consists of well laid out
streets lined with buildings of brick and
timber.
The demand for napkin rings made of
wood grown at Walter Scott’s home, Ab
bottsford, is proving a great drain on the
forests of Maine.
Spaulding, the Chicago dealer in base
hall goods, was burnt out, the other day.
There were never before so many hot balls
in so short a time.
A physician of Boston has been held in
$5,000 to answer a charge of manslaughter,
in having caused the death of a patient by
carelessness in prescribing.
Lancaster, Pa., is also building a cre
matory, and its owner offers a prize of $5 to
the first person who will <Jie and send in
bis body to be experimented on.
, Miss Mary Clara Dawes has attained
the degree of Master of Arts —or Mistress
of Arts—being the first lady who has gain
ed that dignity in Great Britain.
A. remarkable strong likeness is'obsorv
ed between Queen Victoria and her grand
daughter, Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of
Wales, jvho is now about sixteen years of
age.
The ex-Empress Eugenie now appears,
through much suffering, to have become
almost insensible to pain. Her face is pallid)
her hair white, and the light is gone from
her eyes.
The report of the Agent-General of Im
migration in Fiji shows that out of 7,137
Polynesians introduced into the Fiji Islands
from the Western Pacific, 1,270 have died in
four years.
Admiral Courbet, the French Com
mander in China, entered school intending
to become a soldier, but changed his mind
in favor of the navy after reading pne of
Captain Marryatt’s novels.
Lieut. Fitch, who married General Sher
man’s daughter in Washington several
years ago, was rendered bankrupt by the
failure lately of the Harrison Wire Works
Company of St. Louis, of which he was the -
President.
The most polite man the country has pro
duced has been found hanging from the
limb of a tree in a Connecticut town; one
of his shoes contained a note begging par
don for trespassing on the land where the
body was found.
When you feel inclined to sneeze, press
your finger tightly on your upper lip, di
rectly under the nose. It always stops the
sneeze, but a queer sensation passes over
one while doing this.
The Persians use asafoetida as a codi
ment with their food. That explains why
the King of that country loses his temper
and slaughters a few hundred of his rela
tives every few months.
A. Bryan Hitt, who undertook to walk
from the East River bridge, New York, to
California, on a wager of $2,000 that he
would make thirty miles a day, won the
bet and is now on his way back on a wager
0| $4,000 to reach New York in ninety day*.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY', GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1884.
THEATER PANIC.
The Disastrous Results Following a
Cry of “Fire.”
Slxlten PtrMM Crmhed to Death and a
Number Sorioiinly Injured*
Glasgow, November I.—A terrible disas
ter occurred at the Star Theater to-night.
During the performance some one raised
theory of “Fire!” In an instant the im
mense audience was on its feet and rushing
toward the doors. The exits became
blocked and a terrific struggle ensued, men
and women fighting and trampling upon
each other in their frantic efforts to reach
the streets. The attaches of the theater
and police vainly tried to quell the excite
ment by assuring the panic-stricken peo
ple that there was no fire, but their cries
only- served to augment the chaos.
The shrieks and curses of the terrified and
unreasoning mass of people pocked in the
narrow aisles and corridors attracted a
large crowd in front of the building, but
they could render no assistance, being un
able to enter. The fatal crush Occurred
where the corridors leading,from the pit
and gallery converged,and here the struggle
was most violent. Hundreds of men and
women were almost entirely denuded.
Men would force themselves upon the
shoulders of others, only to
be themselves thrown down and
trampled upon, while women in their des
peration fought with the ferocity of
tigresses. The efforts of the actors, aided
by the cooler-headed of the audience, were
finally successful in persuading those in
the real - that there was no fire, and the
pre: sure gradually le rsened, allowing those
in front to get into tne street. When the
panic had subsided and the theater was
cleared, it was found that sixteen persons
have been killed, twelve fatally in
jured, and many others badly hurt,
while the corridors, aisles and vestibule
were strewn with articles of clothing, jew
elry, etc. The alarm was started by a dis
charged workman about the theater out of
reveng for his dismissal. He has been ar
rested. Upon the first alarm being rung
the whole fire brigade quickly went to the
rescue, and with the police, did their ut
most to allay the panic and rescue the dead
and dying, but they were too late
to be of any effective service.
The police and citizens succeeded in forcing
their way into the building, and then aided
all they could to escape to the street. But
it was so wedged they were sadly interfer
ed with in their humane labors. The City
Ambulance Corps conveyed the victims,
the wounded and dead to the infirmary.
The wounded were so overcome they were
as helpless as the dead. The
audience numbered about two thousand
people. The performance was chiefly Mu
sic Hall Another account says
tlUvite- r’PriTiavc - while r> to -
former was taking a dive from the ceiling
of the theater to a net hanging in mid-air.
One of the audience shouted “Fire,” mean
ing that the performer had gone too near
the footlights.
Public Debt Statement.
Washington, November I.—Tlio follow
ing is the statement of the Treasury up to
November 1:
Foiir-and-a-hftJfs $256,600,000 00
Fours 737,801,550 00
Threes 304,519,250 00
Refunding certificates 284,800 00
Navy Pension Fund 14.000,000 00
Total interest-bearing debt $120,475,600 00
Matured debt 12,547,485 00
Legal-tenders 346,7«,306 00
Certificates of deposit 17,855,000 00
Gold and silver certificates 251,899,861 00
Fractional currency 6,974,279 00
Total without interest $623,468,4% 00
Total debt $1,842,491,521 00
Total interest 8,676,913 00
Cash in Treasury 434,008,052 00
Debt, loss cash in the Trea5ury?!,417,159,862 00
Decrease during October 8,307,192 00
Decrease since June 30, 1884.... 82,890,373 00
Current liabilities:
Interest due and unpaid $2,367,709 DO
Debt on which interest has
ceased.., 12,547,485 00
Interest thereon 296,225 00
Gold and silver certificates 251,899,851 00
U. S. Notes held for redemp
tion certificates deposit 17,865,000 00
Cash balance available 149,042,301 00
Total $434,008,572 00
Available assets:
Cash in the Treasury $434,008,572 00
Bonds issued to Pacific Rail
roads, interest payable by the
United States, principal out
standing 64.623,512 00
Interest accrued not yet paid.. 1,292,470 00
Interest paid by United States. 63,099,504 00
Interest repaid by companies
by transportation service 18,876,062 00
By cash payment, five percent.
of the net earnings ; 655,198 00
Balance of interest paid by the
United States 43,568,242 00
Terrific Hurricane Wrecks Many Vessels.
New York, October 31. —A letter from
Nassau, N. P., dated October 24, says: “A
hurricane which swept the easterly part of
the Bahamas, from the 10th to the 16th
caused considerable damage on laud and
sea. A number of vessels engaged in spong
ing and inter-insular commerce are known
to bo lost. The Americau schooner
.Jonathan Knight, from Philadelphia for
New Orleans, with coal, was driven upon
the reef at Palmetto Point, Elouthera, at
midnight, on the 15th, and became a total
wreck. Only two of the crew were saved.
Captain Malloy and son, steward and three
seamen drowned. The schooner San Bias,
a Baltimore trader, was lost, together with
the crew.
The Coming Plenary Council.
Baltimore, Md., October 31. —The ar
rangements for the Plenary Council are
about completed. The official members of
the Council number about two hundred, but
visiting clergymen will swell
the list to nearly seven hundred.
Accommodations for all are secured.
Applications for seats have been received
from the principal newspapers of the coun
try. Public sessions will la? held Sundays
and Thursdays. During the Council ser
mons will be preached every night by dis
tinguished theologians.
Murdered and Robbed While Drunk.;
Quincy, 111., October 31.—A young man
from Fowler, this county, sold a horse here
yesterday for $175, became intoxicated, and
while in that condition was lured across
the river on the ferry by a party of roughs.
His body was discovered in the river this
morning, with the skull crushed. His as
sailants are known to have taken a train
on the Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad at
midnight.
POLITICAL RIOT.
A General llulllp Ri'lwrrn While* nnd
Black*-A Barite Number Hilled nnil
Wounded.
New Orleans, La., November I.—The
very heated Contest in the Third Congress
ional District Of this State brought about
to-day an unfortunate conflict in which a
number of lives were lost. The contest has
been very bitter, and this bitterness has
been much intensified by the killing of a
negro preacher, Gray, some two or three
days ago, in Terre Bonne Parish. Gray
was supporting Gay for Congress, and
while organizing a meeting, was attacked
By five Republican negroes and killed.
To-day a Republican meeting was
called for Loreauville, at Fausse
Point, a French or creole set
tlement on Bayou Techo, about ten
miles above New Iberia. A largo party of
gentlemen went from here to attend this
meeting. While Judge Foutelieu was speak
ing there wore loud cries for Gay, the
Democratic candidate. This created con
fusion, and Joe GuilfOUX endeavored to
quiet the disturbance, when a negro opened
fire on him, the ball passing through his
hat. This was thfdsjgnal for a general bat
tle. Pistols \jere drawn,"and in the next
few minutes over a thousand shots were
fired. The Crpwd scattered from the bat
tle-field,* • leaving the dead and
woundotf hetftfid. Among the dead
were Ca]4Bn Wm. A. Bell, a Democrat, one
of the leading sugar-planters in the Btate,
and a man of the highest standing; Joe#
Guilfoux, a Democrat, merchant and a
leading canvasser for Gay, and Oscar
Boutte, colored Republican leader. It was
also rumored that six or seven negroes were
killed, but this.rumor can not be authenti- 1
cated, as the couriers who brought the
news from Loreauville to New Iberia were
so excited that they could not be
wholly depended on. The wounded
include J. Viator, late Sheriff
of the parish, and the strongest
Republican in that portion of the State,
fatally wounded in the abdomen; Jules
Mestaver, severely wounded in the thigh, l
and perhaps twenty others. As soon as the
news reached Now Iberia the Mayor closed,
the drinking-saloons, so as to prevent any 1
trouble. The Sheriff, with a posse of
seventy-five men well-armed with
shot-guns, rode at once to
the scene of trouble, nnd there
arrested the men who were accused
of making the riot, among others Judge,,
Fontelieu. When the posse brought Foil- 1
telieu to the jail there was a large mob
around it, and threats were made to rescue
him, but the posse forced its way through
the crowd, and the prisoners were safely
lodged in jail. The excitement is intense/
in New Iberia, but the town is well guarded
by the Avery Guards, and no difficulty is
expected. ’
BURNED STEAMER.
Arcnuni of the Captain and I'siwxengi r*of
Ihe Destroyed Vessel.
New York, October 31. —The German
steamer Rhein, which arrived here to-day
from Bremen, reports that on October 24, at
7 o’clock In the evening, latitude 49 deg. 38
min., longitude 27 deg. 41 min., she fell in
with the Dutch steamer Maasdnm, from
Rotterdam for New York, which was all
ablaze. The Rhein took from her boats
the passengers and crow, numbering
168 in all, and brought them to this port.
Captain Vaitder Zee, of the Maasdam,
makes the following statement: “We left
Rotterdam October 18, with eight
cabin and one hundred and
thirty-three steerage passengers, and a
crew of forty-five men. All went well
until the 23d, when we encountered a •
violent gale, during which the petro
leum tank commenced leaking. Next day
2 p. m., one of the crew in looking for the
leak, placed a lighted lamp near the tank,
which exploded with a loud report, the
contents taking fire and putting the ship in
a blaze. Every effort to control the
fire was useless, so at 4 p. m. I ordered
all hands into the boats. At 9 p. in.
wo were picked up by the •steamer Rhein.
No one was lost or injured in the slightest
degree.” Neither passengers nor crew saved
any of their effects whatever. Dr. T. T.
Smith, surgeon of the steamer Maas
dam, was graduated from Ann Arbor
(Mich.) University in 1882. His first voy
age was in the steamship Reliance, which
w’as wrecked a few months ago. He and
all others on board agree with the Captain’s
story. Dr. Smith said three of the engi
neers were severely burned by the fire, but
would come around all right. “There were
thirty-five persons in each boat,” said Dr.
Smith.
Killed in a Collision.
Nottaw, Mich., November I.— A freight
train on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
Railroad, with a number of passengers
aboard, who were returning from Mendow,
Mich., from a political meeting, at Sturgis,
Mich., was run into last night by
a train following behind. Wm. Green,
of Meiidon, was killed. George Kuhn,
also of Mendon, ' was so badly
injured that he died tins morning. He was
taken from jander a car in an insensible
condition. His head was badly bruised
and he was injured internally. Several
others were sliyMly injured. The engineer
and firemanjAfWno colliding train escaped
by jumping. There is a l)eavy down grade
where the accident occurred, and it is sup
posed that the brakes could not hold
train.
A Hold Trick.
New York, November I.—A warrant
was issued to-day for the arrest of one
Patrick Rellehan and others, sworn out by
Mr. Patrick Ford, editor and proprietor of
the Irish World, who avers that the head
of the Irish World has been surreptitiously
copied and published over a spurious edi
tion of the paper, and also that certain in
famous and libelous articles on his person
al character are printed and circulated ex
tensively. Mr. Ford has commenced civil
suit, placing his damages at $200,000.
Nice for the Students.
St. Petersburg, October 31. —Altogether
about a thousand 'students have been ex
pelled from the University at Kieff and
dratted into penitentiary regiments. The
Chief of Police forbade a ball in honor of
Sir Moses Montefiore.
The Week’s Failures.
New York, October 31.—Business fail
ures the last seven days in the United
States 231, in Canada 36, a total of 267,
against 258 last week, and 218 the week
before. The increase is noticeable in the
.Pacific States, Western and Southern
States and Canada.
THE SOUDAN.
foe Fall of Khartoum and Capture of
General Gordon Affirmed.
In a Panic, Eight Th»n«nn<l Soldier* and
Civilian* Dcucrt in n Builj.
Paris, November 2.—A dispatch from
Cairo to the Morning News says: “The
Madhi, in the beginning of September,
hearing of the advance of the British forces,
made a supreme effort to reduce Khar
toum, which place, at the end of Septem
ber, was surrounded by 150,000 robels. Sup
plies failing the garrison began to waver.
A deputation of officers complained
bitterly to General Gordon that they
had been deceived by the promise of Brit
ish assistance, and they accused him of
aiding in the deception. The deputation
also demanded that a retreat bo made to
Dongoia, and threatened, if this action was
not taken, that they would join the Mahdi.
General Gordon thereupon consented to
the plan proposed. Meanwhile a panic
arose, and eight thousand soldiers and
civilians deserted in a body. Two thousand
men remained fa*ithful, ana embarked with
Gordon. • The rebels were advised of what
had occurred., and! harasssed the retreat
tofSftofnlyV.. when* masses of rebels, pro
vided! .\yith artillery, disabled the flotilljp
Unly'Coloiiebßtewart's vessel succeeded m
passing Berber, anil shortly afterward it
was wrecked. The remainder of the flotilla
was obliged to return southward, ami on
reaching Shgndy the entire force was cap
tured. ‘An<uit the sth of October General
Gordon was sent under strong escort to the
Mahdi’s camp, where he is now a close
prisoner.
London, November 2. —The Foreign Office
discredits the dispatch to tho Paris Morn
ing News, announcing the capture of den
eral Gordon. A dispatch to the Daily News,
from Debbeh, says powerful Takara tribes,
inimical to the Mahdi, have captured El
Obeid. It is said the Mahdi’s prestige is
waning among the tribes between Debbob
and El Obeid.
The South American Commission.
Washington, November 2.—The Com
mission appointed at the last session of
Congress to visit Mexico and the countries
of Central and South America, in the in
terest of the commerce of the United States,
expect to leave New York on the 10th inst.
for the City of Mexico. Thence
they will go to San Francisco, where
the business men of that city will be
heard on trade with southern countries.
The Commission will then go to Gautemala,
thence to San Salvador, thence to Hon
duras, thence to Nicaragua, thence to Costa
Rica, thence across the Isthmus of Panama
to Y’enezuela, thence to the United States
of Colombia, thence to Ecuador,
thence to Bolivia, Peru anil
Jhili, thence across the Andes to Men
doza; thence to ports of the Argentine Re
public, and thence home by way of Bralil
lau ports. In the different countries vis
ited, business men and Government officials
will be called upon to express their views
relative to the improvement of trade with
the United States, and the advisability of
adopting treatie s similar to the lata Mexi
can treaty.
Result of Leaving a Revolver on a Shelf.
Zanesville, 0., November 2.—While
Eddie Cobb, aged nine, and Albert Carlow,
aged seven, were playing at the home of
the former’s father, Engineer Cobb, of the
steaqierAink, this afternoon, young Cobh
espieij a revolver lying shelf. Climb
ing on £a' cAair be secimd it and the
two' began playing with it.—pai tak
ing turns at putting it to the offer's head
and snapping the trigger. When it came
young Cobb’s turn he pulled the trigger
and a bullet entered young Carlow’s head
above tho right eye. The boy w'ill die.
Cobb-had been playing with the revolver
a few days ago, and the family believed
the weapon was empty. One chamber,
however, happened to be loaded.
Wtoisky Gang Broken Up.
ItoTROiT, Mioh., November 1. —A special
ircw Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says that the
Toilnto police sent to quell the disturbance
at arrived last night on their
way home. They had five prisoners impli
cate*! in rioting. Four ringleaders in tha
riot, who took to the woods, armed with
repeating rifles, have not been captured,
but are likely to be. The whisky gang has
been completely broken up and a large
quantity of liquor destroyed.
Boy Fatally Shot.
Indianapolis, November 2. —During the
progress of a church fair at Greencastle,
last night, Thomas Richards, twelve years
old, was fatally shot. Among the other at
tractions of the fair was a shooting gallery,
and while A. Flobert’s gun was being load
ed the weapon was accidentally discharged,
the ball striking young Richards im
mediately over the righ eye and penetra
ting his brain. The boy’s right side is
paralyzed, and the physicians have no
hope of saving his life.
Distressing Accident.
Jacksonville, 111., November 2.—Late
last Jis Mr. William Megginson, with
a coiupuuvTlf mounted torch-bearers, who
! {pul- l'ai|4 4AKing part in a DemeefajSf pur
aaeKq»itS|hm.evening, were going out
Soutn Main tod&rd th< i*.rbrunts-- Wise
horse, suddenly rearing up, fell backward,
and falling on the young man injured him
so severely that he died this morning at the
infirth'iary- here where he had lieen carried.
Mr. Megginson was a yonng man about
twen& r 'six years of age, and highly. res- _
pected. i ':•••
Patti’s Divorce.
Paris, November 2. —The decision of tho
court in tho Patti divorce case will he given
November 7. The court will grant a divorce
on demand of the Marquis DeCaux.
A Relic of Early Times.
Schnectady, N. Y., November 2. —Men
digging trenches for sewers here have
found at a depth of sixteen feet the old
corduroy road which was laid in 1690 and
led to the fort at the time of the massacre
by the Indians. On another street the hol
low logs which were laid in 1806, and serv
ed for pipes for the city water supply, have
been found in an excellent state.
An Ex-Congressman Dead.
Martinsburg, W. Va., November 2.—Ex-
Congressman Charles J. Faulkner, of West
Virginia, died at his home in this city yes
terday. He was Minister to Franco under
Buchanan’s Administration,
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
A monster gas well was struck at Well*-
burg, W. Va., a few days since by a man
ufacturing company of Chicago. It is the
sixth groat geyser, and is worth many
thousands of dollars.
Near Rising Fawn, Ga., a few days ago,
while Colonel L. 8. Colyer, superintendent
of Rising Fawn Furnace and Chattanooga
Furnace, was out hunting, a friend fired at
a partridge, and Colonel Colyer received
the shot through the nose, entering the eye,
destroying it, and inflicting a serious
Wound.
Edward Hawkins and Joseph E. Ken
nedy were killed by the cars, near Grafton,
W. Va.
A plot to burn McKinney, county scat
of Collins County, Texas, was discovered,
and Lewis Pritchett, who was at the bot
tom of it, escaped.
Lawyers in Southern cities are com
plaining of dull times.
Sumtervi li.e, Fla., is entirely without
a physician. But it will not remain so.
While wrestling with another young
man, at Anniston, Ala., Mr. Charlie Crook
was thrown and received such internal in
juries that he died in a few hours.
Governor O’Neal having accepted the
resignation of Chief Justice Robert C.
Brickell, Of the Alabama Supreme Court,
nnd having promoted Associate Justice
Stone toAm Chief Justice, has appointed
Hon. David Clopton, of Montgomery, Asso
ciate Justice in place of Stone. Judge
Clopton was a member of Congress in
1859-60, and is one of the ablest lawyers in
the Gulf States.
Ike Fair was hanged at Kingston, Tenn.,
for the murder of Hank Curran.
Albert and Chas. Goodman were hung
at Terrelau Bieuf, La., for the murder ol
Louis Maspero.
Perry Melton, and his sou William were
convicted of the murder of J. W. Cherry,
near Spearville, La.
Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, at Elkhardt,
Texas, killed her sou’s daughter with a
club. At the trial, which promises to be a
sensation, tho sole witness against Mrs.
Parker will be her own son.
A Petersburg, Va., Democrat sent Mr
Cleveland a deer, which is a house-pet.
Mr. Charles Palmer, who lives on Mr.
Tone Words’farm, near Galosville, Ala.,
has been missing for some weeks.
Louisville inventors are being espec
ially urged to make a display at New Or
leans.
The effort to secure subscriptions for the
support of a French opera troupe in New
Orleans this winter has failed abruptly.
The Virginia Historical Society is in
receipt of a list of unpublished documents
illustrating the early history of Virginia,
recently discovered by Mr. G. F. Waters
among tho archieves of Great Britain,
which are claimed to be of great value.
Cheek Anderson, at Marietta, Georgia,
disappointed in love, suicided with a pistol.
Alice Harris, colored, murdered at
Morgantown, West Virginia. Two colored
boys, suspected are under arrest.
Near Jackson, Miss., Tom Phillips (color
ed), was shot dead by Wm. Harris (wjpto).
offended at Phillips address
ing him familiarly as “Harris.” Phillips
replied that he required the same formality
of Harris. The murderer escaped.
Judge E. J. Read, of the law firm of E.
J. & J. C. Read, died in his office at Browns
ville, Tenn., the other evening He
was one of the best preserved and most ro
bust men in all that county, and has not
known sickness in many years. His home
is Crockett County, and during the week,
when in Brownsville, he slept in his back
office. About noon he complained
of feeling bad and said he would lie down.
Ilis son, and partner, went to the room oc
casionally, but thought him sleeping sound
ly until they attempted to arouse him, wljen
he discovered that he. had died apparently
without a struggle. Judge Read was born
in Bardstown, Ky., in January. 1814,
moved to Jackson, Tenn., in 1834, and
bonce to Crockett County*, then a part of
Haywood, in 1838.
Urban YVilliams, a typo from Louis
vile, was run over and killed by the cars at
Staunton, Va.
Hon. John R. Kennard, Democratic
candidate for'District Judge in-the Eighth
District of Texas, died a few days since ol
typhoid pneumonia, aged fifty-nine.
D. IV. Fambro, a prominent merchant ot
Daeatur, Tex., was shot and killed by Wm.
Cuambless, at Glen Hall Saloon. The fight
was the result of an old feud. Each
man fired five shots. Chambless was ar
rested.
The house of Mr. James Cochran, of
Ellijay, Ga., was destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. His mother, eighty-three years
of age, \nlii> was an invalid, was burned to
death. Nothing was found but the charred
skulMhd spinal column.
- process for curing the long gray
moss that hangs from the Louisiana forest
trees has been put in operation, which
promises to increase the commercial value
pf that article.
. The wife of Rev. W. T. Quinn, of Kent
Island, Md., was attacked by vertigo the
other evening and fell into the fire. She
was the only person in the house at the
time. Her clothing took fire and she was
shockingly burned. Her injuries proved
fatal in a short time.
The other evening, it is alleged, John
Pike a Tennessee farmer, drove
his two daughters (j from home.
Night overtaking them they went into
camp on the railroad, built a fre and lay
down to rest, Miss Mattie, aged eighteen
years, a beautiful young lady, caught her
dress a fire and was burned to a crisp,
dying in an hour.
The New Orleans Washington Artillery
.number full 150, rank and file.
“Progressive Euchre” is the name of a
new and fascinating game which has been
introduced into Atlanta from the North.
’Possums are ripe.
The Cumberland river is very low.
VOL I—NO. 36
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
—The stocking-darner is the latest
invention. Cl.icago Journal.
—The quadrieycle is the name given
to a wheeled vehicle invented by James
(). Brown, of Boston. It has two small
wheels in front and two large wheels
behind. The inventor says that it is
far superior to the bicycle or tricycle.
—Experiments with the electric light
in coal mines, made in Pennsylvania,
have been quite encouraging. It is be
lieved the use of the new light in place
of the miner’s lamp will reduce the lia
bility of mines to tire-damp explosions,
—Philadelphia Press.
—An engineer in Michigan has in
vented an attachment to steam cylin
ders which condenses the waste irom
the steam cock on starting the engine.
It does away with tho hissing noise
which frightens horses and worries
men. —Detroit Pos'.
—Madame. I'elong-Tuyssusian, of
France, lias, after experimenting for
eighteen years, succeeded in construct
ing an instrument by which it is pos
sible to eulmetai plates of considerable
thickness in any elaborate pattern or
design. She has received -eighteen
medals and diplo nas at different Eu
ropean exhibitions, and her invention
is very highly praised by French archi
tects.
lt is found that
as ostcra marina,” or wrack, can lie
made to yield, by treatment with min
eral acids, a substance quite resem
bling horn, capable of being manu
factured into forms and of receiving
color from pigments. This substance
is called algin, from alg e, the generic
name of one common species of sea
weed. The crude material is obtaina
ble in large quantities on all exposed
shores.
—According to the Lumberman's Ga
zet’e, paper bottles are now largely
manufactured in Germany and Aus
tria They are made of rags, wood
pulp, and straw, and are coated on
both sides with defribrinated blood,
lime, and alumina. They are manu
factured in two parts, and are submit
ted to high prt ssuro. When com
pleted they will hold spirits, -etc., and
are not easily broken. Their cost is
very low.
—A scientific journal reports that a
composition of sand, cork and lime
molded into blocks is now on trial in
Germany for building light partitions.
It is said to have the advantage of ex
cluding sounds better than ord nary
brick work, while being light and a
good non-conductor. But a composi
tion of hard-wood sawdust applied on
lath lik ■ common plaster is cheaper
than the German nmethod of construct
ing partitions, is much lighter, and has
other desirable qualities.
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i*ITH AND I’OINT.
—lf vour daughter is in poor health
let her use the mop about the house.
Nothing like home-mop athy ior a
weak, voung woman. — Whitehall Times.
—Cases of metallic poisoning may
have been traced to cheap silver-plaled
pitchers. They were only made for
wedding presents, not for use. — N. Y.
Graphic.
Wife —“John, our coachman must
go ” “But why, my dear? Our only
daughter is married.” “Yes, but—
John. I’m not so very old myself, you
know.” —Burlinqt n Free Press.
—The secret out:
Why is the North Pole like a place
Where wl isky’s made against the will
Of Government, by men most base?
Because it is a secret still.
- JV. Y. Journal.
—A now game, similar to hide and
seek, is becoming very popular in this
country. It is played as follows: A
cashier in a bank takes tue money of
the institution and disappears. Then
the detectives try to find him. If they
succeed, he comes home and has to pay
a forfeit. — N. Y. Lcdqer.
A veiy witty newspaper para
graphi-t recently received a letter re
questing him to stale what were the
principal causes of his wit. The an
swer was promptly returned. It was
this “Nine hours of sleep every night,
three sqi are meals every day and a
good salary.”
—ln speaking of the girl to whom he
was engaged he referred to her as his
“tinancee.” “i ou mean your tiance, I
uc'S. It is pronouncced fee-ong-say.”
“I don’t care how it is pronounced.
That girl is my linancee. Bhe’s worth
OJXX).” —Cicag > Tribune.
—' ne of these English devotees to
m tmmon once received a lesson from
.jehn 1 light, who did not seem to pay
to him. the possessor of the purse, .suffi
cient homage. The rich man pompous
ly sad: “Go you know,- sitttfMtt
worth a million sterling?” “Yes.” said
the irritated but calm-spirited respond
ent, “1 Go; and I know that itis all you
are worth. ’
—“Do they have spring in Russia
now ” “No. why do you ask?” “Be
(ause the Czar had all the trees cut
down along the railroad fro üßt. 1 eters
burg to Warsaw, and in spring the trees
all shoot.” “No, he is not'afraid of
ihe trees shooting.” “Why then did
he have them cut down*” “I am not
ure, but perhaps he was ifraid there
might be dynamite in their trunks.” —
ic Ui Sifiinqs.
“Oh, m,*,” said Mrs. Greatheart,
looking ud from the evening paper, “a
l n-.a i in .Michigan had his tongue shot
oil yesterday “Was he a married
man ’ inquired her husband. “I don’t
knnv. d hyP” “because, if he is a
married man he is not so badly off, re
p Mr. Greatheart. “His wife proba
bly his tongue enough for both of
them ’ Mrs. ( reatneart rustled her
paper irately and Mr. G. silently scored
•i great big one.— Washington IlaloheL