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I- A. HAVRON, Publisher. 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. * * » 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