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T. A. HAVRON, Publisher. CURRENT TOPICS. A novelty in toys is the educational wagon. Bonnets grow more and more harrowing in ugliness. Anew religious sect lias been started in Pittsburgh, Pa. Oyster crabs, a luxury for the few only, retail at $2 per quart. Nevada sends exhibits to New Orleans to the value of $60,000. A \ ermont woman, eighty years old, is a petitioner for divorce. Henry Villard is now living quietly with his family in Paris. Putting a natural rose on the toe of house slippers is a new kick. Robinston, Me., has lost but two build ings by fire iu thirty-four years. Jefferson Davis will complete his seventy-seventh year next June. Washington Territory voted in favor of the taxation of ck urch property. Cassius M. Clay is suffering from a can cerous affection of the face. He is at the Albany Hospital. The workmen on the Washington monu ment have their dinners served at the dizzy height of 530 feet. To escape compulsory military service nearly 90,000 young men have left Prussia during the past six years. Ex-Empress Eugenie is now able, it is said, to refer to her unfortunate son with out being overcome with sorrow. The Lord Mayor of London is a Method ist lay preacher, and recently delivered a sermon at the opening of the Methodist Church. The wedding outfit of a South Carolina bride embraces fourteen dresses, ten pairs of shoes and five bonnets. She is going to be very happy. The widow of the great novelist, W. M. Thackeray, is hopelessly deranged, and has been cared for by one of her husband’s friends for years. During the last fiscal year over $8,000,- 000 worth of precious stones were imported by this country, to say nothing of what was smuggled. Bridgeport, Connecticut, is glorying in an epidemic of twins. That is a native American movement that will not meet with factious opposition. A writer on the habits of birds says: “One feat sometimes ascribed to man is, in the case of birds, a literal fact—-they can sleep with one eye open.” Mr. Joseph Thorpe, of Eau Claire, Wis., and a recent graduate of Harvard, will it is said, lead to the altar Miss Annie Longfel low, daughter of the poet. A cough-drop man in New York has just died a millionaire. He might have gone in on worm lozenges and made another mil lion, but he didn’t care for money. The House of Representatives of Ver mont refused to increase the Governor’s meager salary to $2,000, but added SSOO to the present amount and made it $1,500. Miss Kate Field, in her new lecture, goes for tho Salt Lake saints vigorously thus: “The whole Mormon territory might be fittingly roofed over as an insane asy lum.” In Germany they don’t call it the honey moon. They limit the period of the newly married couple’s bliss and term it the “Flitterwoche,” literally the “spangled week.” • More cider is drank in France than any other country, and the best French article is made in Normandy, famous for its apples, which are prized throughout the Continent. “M. Arthur Chester” is the way in which the Paris papers allude to tho Presi dent, and some of the little evening jour nals already have begun to talk of “M. Cleveland Grover.” A New Haven druggist says he has many calls for cigarettes from actresses and also from young ladies of good families. Some married ladies smoke with their husband’s consent. Porpoise meat is sold in Philadelphia as a substitute for beef. It is red, juicy, ten der and of fine grain, very pleasant and savory to the taste. It is known to the trade as “dolphin meat.” Eight Philadelphia lawyers have prac ticed for more than fifty years. The younger members of the bar think of em ploying a small-pox patient to call on these venerable gentlemen at an early day. Mr. Wiggins, who once kicked up the meteorological dust in tho role of weather prophet, has joined the Salvation Army at Hamilton, Ont., and is going through the country calling on people to repent. Virginia has a larger State debt than any other State in the Union, Tennessee being second, and Louisiana third. The total debt, State, county and city, is larger per capita in Massachusetts than in any other State. Lady Milward, the daughter of Justice Coleridge, and the heroine of the reigning sensation in London, is thirty-five years of age. Yet she talks about coming to America to lecture about her troubles. The whole of Siberia, with 4,000,000 of population, has only two newspapers and a bi-monthly of a geographical society. The city of Harkoff, with 126,000 inhabit ants and a university, has only two dailies and two monthlies. Five out of the twenty-one Presidents were of Scotch-Irish lineage— Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Johnson and Arthur; two of Scotch, Grant and Hayes: one of Welsh Jefferson, and one of Dutch, x . an Bnren; the remaining twelve being of English de scent. The poet Whittier has just painted his fine old substantial wooden house at Amos burg, Mass., a pale cream color. Mr. Jacob Huntsbargf.r, now living a! Gerfnantown, 0., was born in Dauphin County, Pa., November 15, 1781, and is therefore 103 years old. He has voted every Democratic Presidential ticket from Jeffer* #on to Cleveland. TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, ISS4. POWDER IN A KITCHEN Accidentally Exploded, Tears the House to Pieces. Eight Persons Receive the Fearful Blast— One Rxpevted to Recover. Dover, N. H., December s. —Stephen Young, a well-to-do farmer of Strafford Corner,-eighteen miles from here, had oc casion to drill through rock for a well in the rear of his house. Re employed Geo. L. Goodwin to do the work, assisted by Z. Taylor Berry. A basket of Atlas powder cartridges was used in boring the well, one of which Goodwin attached to a battery, which did not work. He placed the battery and cartridges in the kitchen, on a basket containing other cartridges. About five o’clock. George Young, of Lowell, Mass., a visitor, iu company with Miss Sadie Greenfield, took the battery in his hand. Instantly a loud explosion followed. The house was demolished, the first floor being blown into the cellar, and the back part of the house blown out. At the time, eight persons were in the house, and all were terribly injured. GeorgeL. Goodwin, died this morning. The'.following four will die: George Young, jr., Joseph May, Mary Anne Young, and Z. T. Berry. Those in jured, but not fatally, are Sadie Greenfield, Ella Ready, and Stephen Young. At Ip. m. Z. T. Berry, Joseph May’s and George Young’s death was hourly ex pected. Mary Anne Young may linger some days. The house took fire, and with its contents, was burned to the ground. Everybody was afraid to go near the house during the fire, fearing a further explo sion of cartridges. The explosion was heard a distance of fifteen miles. Money and notes of considerable value were lost. Of the seven survivors, it is doubtful if any will recover, except Miss Sadie Greenfield. To-night the death of George Young, Mary Young, Zachary F. Berry and Joseph May is expected at any moment. Ella Ready, heretofore thought only slightly injured, is growing rapidly worse from internal burns. Stephen Young, aged eighty-three years, became prostrate this afternoon from his wounds, and it is thought his injuries may prove fatal, ow ing to his extreme age. Miss Greenfield is out of danger. She is a sister of High Sheriff Greenfield, and was soon to be married to Geo. Young. Stephen Young is the wealthiest farmer in town. The faces of the victims are black from the dynamite. Two surgeons are in constant attendance. The moans of the sufferers are dreadful. The scene of the explosion is visited by crowds, but nothing marks the spot except a pile of bricks from four large chimneys. The Cotton Crop. New York, December s.—The cotton crop for 1883 as reported by the National Cotton Exchange, September 1, 1884, amounted to 5,713,000 bales. The total quantity given by Bradstreets eight months before was but 21,000 smaller. This year Bradstreet’s report of the size of the crop for 1884 is 5,418,360 bales, distributed as fol lows: P r o ba b 1 e total yield Total yield as shown as reported by addi by corre- tion of 8 States spondents. per cent. North Carolina 346,009 373,680 South Carolina 493,000 532,000 Georgia 744,000 803,500 Florida 54.000 58,320 Alabama 661,000 713,880 Mississippi 707,000 763,560 Louisiana...*. 347,000 347,760 Texas 838,000 905,040 Arkansas 496,600 535.680 Tennessee 286,000 308,880 Virginia, Mo., Ind., Ty.,&c 45,000 48,600 Total bales 5,017,000 5,418,360 A Blind Man Hanged. Toronto, December 5. —An Owen Sound dispatch says: Cook Teets, convicted of murdering his wife, was hanged this morn ing. Since his sentence, a month ago, Teets has been perfectly composed, and on all occasions protested his innocence. The condemned man, who was totally blind, was convicted of having murdered his wife by poisoning in the Township of Artemesia a year ago. >He had married her a short time previous to her death, get ting insurance of $4,400 on her life, pay able to himself. They went to the States for a few weeks, and about a week after they came back Mrs. Teets died in convul sions. On the contents of her stomach being analyzed, strychnine was found. The evidence clearly pointed to the hus band as having administered it, and a ver dict of guilt}’ was recorded against him. Convicted Mormons Sentenced. Prescott, Arizona, December s. —Judge Howard to-day sentenced the convicted polygamists, Amman M. Tenny, Bishop P. Christofferson and C. I. Kemp, each to pay a fine of SSOO and to be imprisoned three and a half years in theU. S. House of Correction, at Detroit, Mich. Much sym pathy is expressed for Kemp. He leaves two wives and twelve children in destitute circumstances. He desired to plead guilty, but'was prevented under pain of excommunication from the MormonChureh. The sentences of Bishops Win. J. Flake and James F. Skanson, who pleaded guilty, are each fined SSOO and six months confine ment in the Yuma Penitentiary. The Valise was Loaded. Kingston, Ont., December,’!. —An excit ing event occurred on the Kingston and Pembroke Railroad out-bound trained last evening. It seems that one of the passen gers had a valise which contained some kind of chemicals that heat affected, and while the train was running #t a good speed an explosion oc cured. About thirty people were in the car, and a great commotion followed. Tho fire communicated to the scats, and but for the efforts of the trainmen and passengers, who applied snow in the absence of water, the coach would have been destroyed. The contents of the valise are unknown. Smuggled Chinamen Drowned. Victoria, B. C., December 5.—A few days since it was reported that a three-ton sloop, which left here with nineteen China men. who were to lie smuggled, and two white men. for the American shore, had been swamped and all hands lost. In addition to this disaster, two more white men, who left Voul Bay seven weeks ago in a leaky boat with twelve Chinamen, for Washington Territory, have not since been heard of, and all are believed drowned. The temptation to smuggle Chinamen across the border is very strong, as for each one landed the owners of the boat receive twenty-five dollars THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. After Laying Down the Duties of Governor He Shall Listen to Ilis Friends—Things May Not Move as Fast as Some Wish. New York, December 4. —A Washington special to the Evening I’ost says: “A prominent Democratic member of Congress who has recently visited Governor Cleve land, says the latter said to him: ‘I in tend to resign on the 6th of January, and as Lieutenant Governor Hill will adminis ter the Executive office for the next year, I have turned the writing of the message over to him. After laying down the duties of Governor, I shall listen to what ever my Democratic friends have to say. I shall divide my time between Albany and Buffalo until the day arrives to go to Washington. I intend to give due consid eration to the counsel of our party friends. It may be that when I enter the Presiden tial office some things may not move as fast as some Democrats wish. But I thiqk it would be better to go slow, and be sure. We cannot hope to avoid mistakes, but if we proceed slowly we will make fewer mistakes than if we go with a rush.’ The member of Con gress with whom Mr. Cleveland talked says the Governor will become President without any ambition for a second term; that he holds to the second-term principle laid down in his letter of acceptance, and declared that his great object is to admin ister the Government as to lay the founda tion of a long-continued Democratic rule. Governor Cleveland spoke to his visitor of the efforts of certain hotels in Washington to use him for advertising purposes, by offering him their hospitalities free of charge, and emphatically declared he would not stop at any hotel that sought to get him as a guest. The Governor incidentally alluded to the report of a quarrel between himself and Hen dricks, saying that they did not in their conversation discuss politics, and that two men never parted more pleasantly. This Congressman drew from his conversation with Mr. Cleveland that the latter has not yet made up his mind with regard to a single Cabinet appointment. He is defer ing these matters until he retires from the Governorship.” France and China. Paris, December 4. —General Briere de Lisle, Commander of the French forces in Tonquin, telegraphs that an Imperial de cree urging natives to poison the French, has been placarded in Loch-Nay. It is is sued, he says, by order of the Viceroy of Kwang-Tung. London, December 4. —The Pall Mall Gazette discredits the dispatch yesterday from Hong Kong to the Times , which stated that China was determined to resist France a l’outrance, and would insist on her suzerainty over Anam. The Standard's Hong Kong dispatch says the Chinese appear to have aban doned 'all hopes of mediation, and are determined upon a vigorous policy. Twelve men-of-war are ordered to engage the French fleet, and break the Formosa blockade. There are twenty-four Germans onthefleet. One commands a ship under the Chinese Admiral. Satisfaction is ex pressed, as a’ short and sharp campaign will make one of the combatants readier to entertain proprositions of peace. The present situation is ruining trade. Heir to a Million. Philadelphia, Pa., December s.—Rich ard Bracken, who is known among Irish Nationalists as the President of the Wolf Tone Club, and who is the proprietor of a modest restaurant, has inherited from his uncle, Richard O’Keefe, property in Brazil, valued at sl,o* ,000. The notice of his uncle’s comes from Desmond & Co., English bankers, at Pernambuco, Brazil, and was forwarded through a reputable firm of Philadelphia lawyers. There seems to be no doubt of the genuineness of the w indfall. Terrible Dynamite. Boston, December 4.—A fearful explosion of dynamite and gunpowder occurred at the house of Stephen Young, in Stafford, N. J. Eight persons were injured, and four will die. The injured are; Stephen Young, George Young, a man named Berry and one named Goss, daughter of Mr. Young, Miss Sadie Greenfield of Rochester, and two others, names not ascertained. Young’s daughter and Berry are dying. Some of the others are very seriously in jured. The house and contents were burn ed to the ground. Youthful Mail Robber Plead Guilty. Detroit, Mich., December s.—John Brewster, aged sixteen, son of the Post master at Midland, Mich., brought hereon the charge of robbing the mails, this after noon, pleaded guilty and was remanded to jail to await sentence. The stealing was caused by his infatuation with a young girl with whom he ran off, but who dropped him at East Saginaw. —-♦ There Can Be No Mormons in Arizon*. Prescott, Ariz., December 4. —There have been five polygamy convictions in this city within a week. In the first three cases, Tenny, Christophorson and Kemp, the convictions were found on the evidence. Two cases were tried to-day, Elders Fake and Skonson. They pleaded guilty. This is regarded as settling the questioi of Mormon rule in Arizona. Sentence wil be passed by Judge Howard to-morrow. Cuban Sugar Crop. Havana, December 4. —ln the past veek over sixteen estates in the Provime of Matanzas began grinding the sugar irop. TheCaibarien Dairo estimates tho sngar crop in that locality at 6G.000 hhds. The San Josa sugar estate, near Curdenas, is the first estate in that district to login work. The juice showed a density of nine degrees. - ♦ ♦ Foreign Christmas Presses. Washington, Decern her 4. —The Post office officials find that a largo number of packages of merchandise, evidently intend ed for Christmas presents for fritmls in foreign countries, are beginning to he sent through the mails. All articles of this character are unmailable to foreign coun tries. and in consequence find their way to the Dead Letter Office. . Great Gale. London, December 5.—A great gale pre vailed throughout England yesterday, causing much damage to property. Many persons were drowned by the suddm rise of the tide on the coast. TWO LUCRETIA BORGIAS. Clearing up the Mystery of the Dosed Milk at Fort Spring, Va. Two Servants Arrested for the Attempted Poisoning of Fourteen Persons. White Sulphur Springs, Va., Decem ber 7.—Excitement continues intense in this county over the poisoning at Fort Spring, and County Attorney Dennis is at the scone, working up testimony. Doctor Beard, of Anderson, and Crowley, of Lew isburg, are in attendance upon the sick, of which several are yet in a precarious con dition. Three attempts were made, and arsenic and strychina used each time. The families of Mathew Mann and Jas. W. Goodwin, his son-in-law, reside within fifty yards of each other and take their meals together—in all fourteen persons. On November 24 the first attempt was made, the milk having been poisoned, but the acrid taste of the strychnine pre vented the families from drinking it. Mr. Godwin discovered it, and was made dan gerously sick, but the milk was thrown away without examination. On the 27th a second attempt was made. The family partook of biscuit, and Mann and bis wife narrowly escaped death. Still no steps at detection were taken. The last attempt was on Monday night last.at which timethemilk was poisoned, and was partaken of by all but two persons. The result was that twelve members were in violent convul sions. Dr. Beard was summoned by tele graph, and upon examination of the milk found particles of strychnine glittering on Its surface. He offered it to three dogs; two refused it. and the third lapped six swallows and died in ten minutes. Another physician was summoned, and everything possible was done for the sufferers. The adults have been removed from danger, but four little children are now wavering between life and death. The use of arseuic and strychnia together prevented sure dentil. Hail either been used singlv death must have inevitably followed. What lent mystery to the affair was that persons about the house, including servants, had been poisoned. A detective from Charles ton came to the .spring and worked up the case. After two days Esther Ellis and Mary Johnson, colored women who lived near by, were arrested and committed to jail. They had been discharged from the employ of the families, and wore'Supposed to have been actuated by revenge. They procured the poisons separately at Lewisburg, and are supposed to have placed it in the milk and flour at nigut. In their desire for re venge they used too much poison, and thus were saved the lives of nine out of thirteen persons. The four little children have suf fered excruciatingly, and may have died before this time. Imports of Merchandise. Washington, December 7.—Mr. Nimmo, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, has submit ted his annual statement showing imports of merchandise, with the rates of duty and amounts of duty collected thereon. It ap pears that the act of March 3, 1883, re duced the average ad valorem rates as follows: On iron and steel manu facturers thereof, 3.04 per cent.; cloth ing wool, 11.36 per cent.: combing wool, 8.57 per cent.; carpet wool, 2.82 per cent.: manufactures, wool, 2.26 per cent., and manufactures, silk. 9.15 per cent. The act mentioned raised the average ad valorem rates as follows: On sugar and inelada, 1.06 per cent.; manufactures, cotton, 2.65 percent.; earthen and China ware, 14.56 per cent.: glass and glassware, 0.63 per cent.; spirits and wines, 14. ledger cent., and malt liquors, 3.06 per cent. * • • Convict Fatally Cuts a Fellow-Prisonpr. Joliet, 111., December 7. —Last night ane of the penitentiary guards was at tracted to cell 301 by cries of murder, and found a convict, John Kelly, a burglar, stabbing his cell mate, William Gains. The murderous convict refused to desist, in flicting stab a(it» stab with brutal ferocity, an<l continuingall the turnkey arrived, unlock* A lhe cell and overpowered him. Gains’ ■ody was gashed by more than twenty mounds, one of them across the ibdomeM from whiqh the bowels protruded. He can not live. The blade of the knife was broken in three pieces. No cause is assigned. Gains belongs to a good family of Brooklyn. Kelly has a brother in New York Temperance Excitement at Pittsburgh. Pittsrurgh, Pa., December 7. —Francis Murphy has inaugurated another temper ance revival in this city, which promises to excel that of eight years ago. Twenty-five hundred signatures to the pledge were ob tained since last Sunday, and at a ineetiing at Music Hall to-night seven thousand peo ple were present, and at least two thousand were unable to gain admission. The meet ing was the largest ever presided over fcy Mr. Murphy. Gang of Alleged Swindlers Arrested. Logan sport , Ind., December 7.—A quar tette of confidence men were arrested at this place last night. Dr. A. M. Chord, a practicing physician of this city, is chief of the gang. The exposure produced a pro found sensation. It is stated that this party has bilked the farmers in adjoining counties out of thousands of dollars in the last year. Will Bernetba, Asa lVrigo and John Ditz are the names of Chord’s confed arates. Policeman Implicated in a Burglary. Kt. Louis. December 7. Charles Clark, arrested in Springfield, Mo., for burglariz ing a safe iu this city, has implicated a policeman and three city officers in the crime, and says the money was divided equally and the scrip sold to a broker. Police Chief Shot for a Burglar. Binghampton, N. Y., December 7.—E. F. Brooks. Chief of Police of Waverly , N. Y., was probably fatally shot by a policeman, who mistook the Chief for a burglar. The officer and Chief were in a store looking for burglars. — ♦-—«►- Lost the Family Umbrella. Cincinnati, December 7.—Lowena Mon roe, aged fifteen, tried to drown herself in the Ohio River because her mother repri manded her for losing the family umbrella. Snow-Storm in California. Bakersfield, Cal., December 7.— Three inches of snow fell to-day. This is unpre cedented iu the h'story of this section of the State. XLVIII. CONGRESS. Second Session. Washington, December I.—Senate.— Promptly at noon the President of the Sen a.t i called the body to order, and prayer was offeree]- Bills introduced and referred: By Mr. Cullom—To prohibit distinctions being made in the military service of tho United States against uny class of American citi zens Also to enable officers of tho army promoted for gallantry and distinguished services in the war of the rebellion, to be retired with rank and full pay of the rate to which promoted. Also to facilitate promotion throughout tho army by retiring from active service, upon their own application, officers of the army who served in the war of tho rebellion; also to author ize lighting of navigable rivers of the United States with electricity; also, to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the Com mercial National Hank of Chicago. By Mr. Ilolph —To prevent obstifßd ion of the navi gable waters of tho United States, and to protect the public works against trespass or injury. Mr. Ingalls offered a resolution, which was agreed to. instructing <he Com mittee on Public Lands td reaort. such legis lation as necessary to authorize the Secre tary of the Interior summarily to remove all fences illegally constructed oi* the public domain. The President's message was read at 1:35, after which the Senate adjourned. House.—At noon the Speaker’s gavel called the House to order. Mr. Holman pre sented the credentials of Mr. Shively, mem ber-elect from t lie Thirteenth Indiana District, to succeed Mr. Calkins, resigned, and that gentleman took the oath of office. The House took a recess of fifteen minutes. At 1:40 the President’s message was received and immediately read. The message was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and with accompaning documents ordered printed. Mr. Hutchins, from theCommiltee on Appro priations, reported a Dill making temporary provision for the naval service. Referred to the committee of the whole. Formal an nouncement was made of the death of Rep resentatives Duncan and ' Evins, and the House adjourned. Washington, December 2.—Senate.—Mr. Sheffield, the new Senator from Rhode Island, was sworn in. The Chair laid before the Senate reports of the Secretary of the Treasury and Comptroller of Currency. Mr. Vest offered a resolution directing investiga tion into all leases of lands in Indian Terri tory for grazing or other purposes, by In dian tribes, the number of acres embraced in said leases, their terms and persons or corporations becoming lessees; also all cir cumstances under which leases were made, the means used-in obtaining leases, and whether authorized by law. After consider able debute, the matter was laid over one day. House—Mr. Sifcith sworn in ns successor to Mr. Kasson, of lowa. A resolution offered by Mr. Follett, for investigation of tho con duct of Marshal Wright, of the Southern District of Ohio, in the October election, was adopted. Washington, December 3.—Senate.—Mr- McPherson introduced a bill to suspend the coinage of silver dollars. It provides that on and after the passage of the act the. coinage of the silver dollar shall be suspended; that the Secretary of the Treasury shall be di rected not to reissue any United States notes of a denomination less than live dollars, and to destroy all United States notes of less denomination than live dollars, and cease engraving or printing all such notes. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, upon deposit of silver bullion in such sub-treasury as he shall designate, to issue to the depositor thereof silver certificates having upon their face the weight and market value of the metal so deposited, calculated in United States gold dollars at tho rate of twenty-five and eight-tenths standard grains to the dollar. The Secretary is also authorized and required on the presentation of any silver certificates issued under the provision of t he act, by legal holders thereof, to redeem the same by delivering to tlie de positors silver bullion of the weight and fineness certified upon the certificate, and immediately cancel and destroy such certifi cate. House.—The bill passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the St. Croix River between Stillwater and Taylor’s Falls. On motion of Mr. Cobb, the Senate amend ments to tho House bill forfeiting the un earned land grant of the Atlantic N Pacific Railroad Company wore non-concurred in. On motion of Mr. Randall, the House went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Cox, of New York, in the chair), on the Dill making temporary provision for the naval service. Washington, December 4.—Senate.—Bills Introduced and referred: Granting a pen sion to General Grant. For the erection of a public building at New Orleans,, to cost 11,000,000. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylva nia, submitted the following which he desired to lie over and be prompt, Whereas the shipping trade in Amer ican vessels is depressed and. the export trade in American produce is lan guishing for want of a market that might be reached if tho shipping trade was in the hands of citizens of the United States, there fore “Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be and is hereby directed to in quire whether it be expedient to expend the surplus revenue oi' the United States, or any portion thereof, for tlie purpose of reviving the stripping and export trade by allowing a rebate from tariff duties on for eign goods imported in ships built and owned in the United States, and by also al lowing ft premium on American grown pro ducts and articles of American manufacture exported in American vessels, and report by bill or otherwise.” Adjourned until Monday. House.—Bills introduced and referred: To provide for an Arkansas River Com mission. Relative to surplus revenue. The text is us follows: “Be it enacted that the Secretary of tho Treasury be and is hereby authorized and directed to apply the surplus revenues at any timo in the Treasury in excess of $100,000,000. not otherwise appropriated!to the redemption of United States bonds, and when any of said bonds are redeemable at the pleasure of the Government, it, shall not be lawful to apply any portion of said surplus to the purchase of bonds at premium.” To prohibit the re moval of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or oranv widow or dependent relative of the same, from any office in the civil the United States except for specified cause. To establish the office of Government Architect. A resolution calling for further information relative to imprison ment of American citizens in Great Britain. To admit free of duty articles intended for exhibition at the World’s Exposition, to lie held by the colored race in Chicago,in 1885. The House resumed consideration of the Inter- State commerce bill but without, action, ad journed until Monday. Fifty Horses Perish by Fire. Baltimore,Md., December 4. —Early this morning fire in the stables of Hall’s Springs Passenger Railway Company completely destroyed the large building, together with manv of the cars and fifty horses. The flames startetim the hayloft,and spread so rapidly that only fifteen of the horses could be taken out, and only one car removed. There were sixty-eight horses in the stable when the fire was dis covered, and seventeen were rescued, al though badly scorched. The fire started over the front entrance, and after the halt ers were cut the horses refused to be led from the burning building. Ten cars burned. Loss, $20,000; insurance, SIO,OOO. Deadly Diphtheria. Montreal, December 4.—ln the parish of St. Scholastiaue twenty children have died from diphtheria lately, and seventy cases are now reported. VOL I.—NO. 44. SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS. The suit has been brought in the U. 8* Court at Norfolk, Va., to wind up the af fairs of the Southern Telegraph Company because of fraud and insolvency. In settling a family feud at Gatesville t Tex., Henry Bashman, Dr. T. J. Sands and Abraham Sands were fatally wounded, and three others slightly injured. R. L. Taylor, Elector at large in Ten nessee,»has received the highest vote ever cast for an individual in the State. His vote is 133,273. Knoxville is to be illuminated by elec tricity at an early day. Immigration is a feature at Tullahoma and in Coffee County, Tenn. Land is in demand. It is thought that Chicago will enntribute SIO,OOO to the Hughes’ Library at Rugby. Andy and Tiger Whitehead, of Blount County., Tenn., have killed 142 bears in the course o’ their career, and are still hunting. Henry Voyt, aged eighteen, assassinat ed his rival, John Winbanoffski, at Ellinger, Texas. At Nectsville, Texas, Dr. C. Lawrence and his cousin, L. F. Simpson, in a dispute shot each other to death, the former sur viving five hours and bemoaning his rash ness xo the last. They had been warm friends. When the residence of Stephen Goodwin at Pelham, Mitchell County, Ga., was opened the other morning, the three bodies of Mr. Goodwin, his housekeeper, Mrs, Malinda Gregory, and her son Richard were found dead and horribly mutilated. Twelve years ago Mrs. -Word, of Win terville, Ga., died, leaving a little girl aged six, named Alice. The husband left the child in possession of a friend and went West. In a few months word was received of Mr. Word’s death, from yellow fever in Memphis. Since that time little Alice has grown up to be a beautiful young lady of eighteen, having received nothing but kind ness from neighbors, who pitied the or phaned waif. A few days ago a letter was received with a Texas post-mark, inquiring if the girl still lived. An affirmative an swer brought news from her father, who, after many adventures, had triumphed over adversity and wished his daughter to join him and enjoy his new made fortune. The young lady has joined her father. Mrs. Rebecca M. Levy, a sister of the late Judah P.Benjamin,died in New Orleans a few days ago. She was the first person ejected by Gen. Butler in New Orleans. She refused to take the oath of allegianoe and w’as turned out of her fine house on St. Charles Avenue. i A female base-ball club, of Philadelphia ) defeated a picked nine of the Browns, of Chattanooga, in the latter city, a few days ago. The girls were dressed in short red skirts, reaching to their knees, with red hose, red caps and waists striped with black. Governor Cameron and Oyster In spector H(lnter left Norfolk, Va., the other night in the State’s new oyster gunboat for a cruise up the Chesapeake Bay after oys ter pirates. This is the third expedition of the kind the Governor has led during the term. The election contest in Fayette County, W. Va., has practically ended, by the de cision of the Supreme Court prohibiting the canvassers from going behind the returns. The official returns were made, giving Maxwell (Fusion) 143 majority, as at first reported. This gives Wilson (Democrat), for Governor, 4,785 majority, a gain of 1,882 over the vote of 1880. A collection of bugs and insects for the New Orleans Exposition is being made at Austin, Texas. It will include also various stuffed birds and animals, and rattlesnakes, centipedes, tarantulas, spiders, fish, etc. At Kingston, N. C., Louis Willett, aged eighteen, convicted of tho murder of Ed win Kelland, was sentenced to be hanged January 22 next. Willett killed Kelland while asleep and then robbed the body. Ed. Roy, convicted of manslaughter in Burlesay, Mitchell County, N. C., was sen tenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Anderson, concerned in the crime, is yet to be tried. South Carolina negroes have com menced moving to Arkansas. The Virginia Tin Mining and Manufac turing Company will push the work of mining tin ore iu Rock Bridge County, Va. Capital $600,000. The State debt of South C arolina, fund ed and unfunded, is $6,522,270. The debt of the city of Charleston, S. C., has been reduced $1,200,000 in four years. The Legislatures of the Southern States are being urged to strengthen State Boards of Health. Thirty years ago in August Mrs. Jane Patterson, living near Ringgold, Ga., was bitten by a rattlesnake that had crawled into her room. The usual remedies were administered, and it was supposed she had recovered, but in August of each year she has become very ill, the wounded parts swelling to enormous proportions and be coming spotted. This would continue for several days, causing excruciating pain. This year the malady returned with more severity than usual, and for three months her sufferings have .been so great that she is unconscious a great part of the time. Information was received a few days ago that she was dying and itwas impossible for her to live many hours. Mrs. Patterson was the mother of tw mty children, all o< whom are entirely free from any symptom of inoculation of the poison. At Lyons, Miss., the other day, in a dis pute between two carpenters and a man named Williams, for whom the carpenters were at work, words arose as to pay, whieh resulted in a fight, and Williams w'as kiHed by a pistol ball fired by one of the carpen ters. There will be enough cedar wood - in Me- Nairy County, Teen., in a few years mors to build another Solomon’s Temple. A hunting party, the other week at Reel foot Lake, Tenn., caught 4,000 pounds of fish and killed a number of squirrels and turkeys.