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T. A. HAVRONj Publisher,
current, Topics. .
T?ex Butler denies that he is learning to
play the banjo.
One Brocfcon family of four persons de
voured bits pies last year.
i he pay roll of the Public Printer is stat
ed to V>o over $,1,000 per day. r
The motto of Keely, the motionless motor
man should be “So mote it bed’
President Garfield’s portrait has
been hung in the House library.
A Connecticut, paper offers a village 101
among its premiums to subscribers.
Th- Czar of Russia gets $8,216,000 a year,
with an occasional dynamite boom thrown
in.
Over $1,000,000 has been invested in shoe
manufacturing in New Hampshire in two
years.
Mrs. Apphia Fisher, of Salem, N. H.,.
ninety,-seven years old, reads without
glasses.
, Castles in Spain are more shaky than
ever; the everlasting hills themselves are
slipping.
Edmund Yates, the London /-journalist,
sentenced for libeling Lord Lonsdale, is'
now in jail. r* '•
A young English lady has been arrested,
in Holland for wearing a felt hat mid hav
ing short hair.
If the Grant Relief bill passes it is said
President Arthur will allow it to become a
law without signing it.
A ninety-year-old Fair Haven woman
"“shucks oysters with theresi of the girls,”
and b. ats most of them.
The Duke of Marlborough h-s proposed
marriage again to his divorced Duchess,
and she has refused him.
Myra Clark Gaines probably knew
more about law than any woman in the
world during the last decade.
A Washington girl answers the current
■conundrum, “Will the coming man work?”
thus: “He will if I get him.”
Chellts Sargent, of Tilton, N. H.,
eigbtv-six years old, has just read the
Bible through in thirty-two days.
Lynn and Haverhill together made near
ly shoes enough in 1884 to shoe half th
population of the United States.
•Tohn Edwards, who began to set type
on the Portland Advertiser in 1810, claims
to be the oldest printer in. Maine- .
The Empress Eugenie, ownes several
house I ’, in New York City whSch : give her a
handsome income from the rents. , p
In the present Maine Legislature there
are thirty-six farmers,nineteen merchants
fifteen lawyers and eleven manufacturers.
Bismarck is said to drink more beer than
wine, and absolutely refuses to wear e
blue ribbon. He still eats sausage bn the
sly.
The cut in ocean steamships to $lO lor
the passage from Europe bids fair to swell
the tide of immigration to unusual propor
tions. *
California has no asylum for the blind,
but the State Legislature, at its coming
session, will consider the project of build
ing one.
Two ladies were baptized in a mill-pond
at Gagetown, Tuscola County, Mich., re
cently, with the mercury twenty degrees
below zero.
Some New York ladies, who give Sunday
evening receptions, have .been requested
by clergymen to discontinue for the sake of
socrrl morality.
Mr. Philetus Sawyer, with one excep
tion the richest mau in thqpiUnite I States
Senate, is dis inguished for never having
made a speech there.
Miss Cleveland, the future mistress oi
the White House, is said to possess the rare
faculty of never forgetting a face or the
name that goes with it.
A Washington writer says that Presi
dent Clevelandis regular in his sleeping
and can not sit up all night. This may ex
plain why Mr. Cleveland is still a single
man. ’ * 1 i
Floating sawmills are common on the
lower Mississippi. They pick up the
drifting logs, turn them into lumber,-, and.
sell the product to planters ulbng the
shore.
By her marriage the. Princess Beatrice
will become sister-in-law*, to her own niece,
the daughter of the Princess Alice, who
married the elder brother of Beatrice’s be
trothed. vi'-! , >
A chin-holder has been invented tor
violin players. If it can be applied to the
fellow who is always gabbing during a the
atrical performance the inventor will make
a fortune.
A type-setter’s business is always
picking up, except when he is “throwing
in.” Then he exemplifies the ancient
adage, “There is that scattereth and yet
increaseth.”
Large numbers of colored people, whe
emigrated to Kansas a year or two ago.
now find the climate too severe, and are re
ported to be leaving for New Mexico and
other points in the Southwest.
To illustrate the changes in New Hamp
shire weather, the Dover Republican says
that M. V. Falker plowed on the Ist day
of January with a pair of nine-bundred
pound horses, doing the work as easily as
in May, the ground being in fine condition.
The next day the mercury was below zero.
To get even with their doctors, two fam
ilies in Atlanta recently ornamented the
graves of their dead children with bottles
containing what remained of the medi
cines prescribed by the attending physi
cians. The bottles bore the/driggists’ lai- 1
bels, the prescriptions and names of the
physicians.
At the surgical clinics at Florida Uni
versity a few days ago. a tumor weighing
over five pounds was taken from the back
of a colored boy, eight years old. The re
moval of the tumor reduced the boy’s
weight one-fifth.
Neither New Hampshire nor Rhode
Island built a mile of railroad dnrine I*B4
TRENTON. DADE COUNTY, GA . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28.1883.
ACONITE.
Terrible Mistake of a New Orleans
Druggist'.
Captain Farrell,’ the Great Detective, Dead,
from an Overdose of then
Deadly Drug.
■ si
New Orlovs,’ La., January 21—Caph
Mike I arrcll, the head ef Farrell 1 !* police
and detective agency, -und one of the best
known detective officers in the South, died
suddenly last night of what was suppos’ed
at the time to be a congestive chill. This
morning, while preparations were being
made for the funeral, the doctor in attend
ance expressed roiub surprise at the sud
denness Of the death, and the Coroner was
making an examination, when. Win. Mel-'
chert, a druggist who had put-up several
prescriptions for Farrell, rushed in to
warn him against one he had put tip the
previous night, and in which he had by
error put twenty fold as tnnch aconite a? the
doctor .fipnl prescribed. It Was too late,
however, Farrell having died almost .im
mediately/, after having taken this very
deadly poleorw Captain Farrell was the
h f HJ of the largest detective agency in the
bouth, and the'second largest pivate
police force irT the country. A few years
ago he organized the harbor .police
here, arid hi§‘ force was found So effectual
that the guarding of the entire river front
and all tile vessels and Steamers was con
fided to him. He had tho policing and
guarding of the banks and insurance com
panies of the Exposition grounds, besides
h«\ing a largg force employed in policing
portions of the city where thefiJ
w as a scarcity' of regular officers. Hri
mud > a tour of t,be country' a few months
ago to secure a special police force for the
Exposition, selecting a dozen men from
each of the leading cities, so that they
would be able to spot all the home crooks
and pickpockets. His force consisted 'of'
five hundred,men. Farrell generally acted
as the correspondent of the Pinkertons
here, and had succeeded in arresting some
of the most noted criminals captured in the
South.
UNDER THE ICE.
A Sad Affhir by 'Which a Young Man a.id
Two Small Children Lose Their Lives.
Baltimore, Md., January 23.—Jesse K.
Robinson, aged thirty-two years, and two
children of Mrs. Mattie New bold., residing
-in Northumberland’County,' Virginia, V* ere
drowned yesterday While sliding on ( the.
ice near Rlathvifle Mr. Ifol insonSiad ithel
two children, aged jive and nine,years ’re-*
specti’vyly, on a large sl6d,' nulling..them',
along.the ice which covered jjhe river ’for
lhiles. When about a hundred Yards
from shore the fee yrive way
and all were precipitated into the
water. The chi iff rEh disappeared at once
and were carried away under the ice by
the current* Robinson made every effort
to rescue the children,'but,*finding it im
possible to do so, endeavored to save his
own life. He tried to secure a footing on
the ice, but it broke repeatedly under him,
and at last, becoming exhausted, he too
was drowned. Mrs. Newbold, mother of
> the children, was standing on the shore and
witnessed the drowning ot her two child
ren and affianced husband. ' RobluSoii
and Mrs. Newbold were to have been
married next week. Invita'ions had
been issued lor the wedding, and a new
house completely furnished for the .occu
.pancy.of the couple. Two Gears* ago Mrs.
Newbold’s husband was drowned near the
scene of the tragedy of yesterday. While
he was stepping from the steamboat to the
wharf he lost his footing and fell under
the, steamer’s wheel, and was unable to
save himself. The body of Robinson was ;
recovered, but those of the .two children
have not been found. Mrs. Newbold is
critically ill, and fears are entertained that
her reason will be dethroned by the terrible
ordeal.
*; Eaten by Wo!Ves. ' 1
Kankakee, 111., January 23.—A. H.
Butts, Secretary of the Chicago Lumber
Company, has just .returned from a log
ging camp near Metropolitan, Mich., a
point in the pineries forty miles north of
Escanaba. He says that the uigrht before
he left thee camp the m^rcurv'h‘all’dropped
to forty-three degrees below zero. This was
the climax of four days of very extretne
weather. That qight .an old trapper and
-ludi.au bpnter, namedi Toip • JP/idgmg, re
turning from hunting, w.-tsi killed and eaten
by wolves within two miles of camp). The
wolves there are more numerous and bold
than usHal, on account of Uiri scarcity of,
small gaffie. !’ His frieiftqs' seuiy-h'ing.forffiijji
next morning found his closely gnawed
bones and thirteen dead wolves lying near
him, piereed by his rifle balls, and his Win
chester rifle by hit sf .chamber,
still loaded:
The Old Liberty Bell.
Philadelphia*; Jiiuhary >■ Liberty
bell was taken from Independence Hall
this morning at 8 o’clock. A pwocession of
500 policemen started for the West - Phila
delphia depot. The truck on which the old
bell was hauled through the streets was
appropriately decorated with garlands,
flowers and flags, and was drawn by six
horses. Two bands of music were in the
pirocessiou. Many houses along the route
were decorated. At (lie depmt the bell was
transferred to a special car, constructed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad to bear it and
its guard of threA officers to the Exposi
tion. The. bell platform in the car is pro
tected by a brass railing, with posts dec
orated with gilded bells. The large frame
qpon which the bell is secured is the only
work upon'the platform of the car.
Indians Imitate Their White Brothers.
New York, January 23.—There is con
siderable trouble among the Bhinnecock
Indians on Long Island. A majority of
the tribe opiposed the sale of Shlnnecock
Hill to the Long Island Railroad, but the
trustees consummated the sale and pock
eted the money. One of the trustees, a
■feuding man of the tribe, got rh< money,
and fled with it to Canada. The Indians
intend to bring suit to test the validity of
the sale, ami to regain possession of the
land. „ : ’
Vaccination in Pleuro-Pneumonia.
Wilmington, Del., January 23.—State
Veterinarian Rowland is about to resort to
inoculation to prevent the spread of pleuro
pneumonia. Virus for the operation is ob
tained from the lungs of affected cattle
' and applied i-.i the same way ji.> ordinary
vac-iiu- virus. The rationale is the devel
opment of the disease iu » mild form,
which, it isjbelievecl, will leuderjcattle im
pregnable to the dangerou.i Hype.
MORE DESTRUCTION.
Several More Villages Overwhelmed, With
Great Loss of Lite,
A’ . .
Rome, January if2.—An avalanche buried
a. hamlet of fifteen houses at Chiamounte,
in Piedmont. The cries of the buried pep
pie are distinctly heard. Two thousand
soldiers are endeavoring to rescue them.
Fifteen houses were destroyed at brass ini
ere, and eleven persons are still buried be
nenth ilie Snow. Most of the telegraph lines
on the.ltalian frontierhave ceased working,
owin'); to avalanches. The winter has been
| onepf .extreme severity throughout Europe.
Many more villages in Italy are reported to
day devastated l»y avalanches, and the
havoc and slaughter are described as ap
palling, Most" of the eausaulties seem to
have occurred in the province of Ceento
south of Piedmont, bounded by the Mari
time Alps'many spurs Of which ihtersect
the province. In Northwest Ceento the num
ber killed is stated at 140, and 41 corpses
have been recovered frofil the ice and
snow, (n which'they Were entombed. The
Village of Yalgrana, on the Gram River,-,
and near Ceento, was p'artly destroyed and
many persons killed. Twelve houses were
demolished, and forty persons killed at
Deveio. The village of Rabasso is almost
completely buried under the snow.
Scores of people have been killed there,
and over two hundred men, women and
children are wounded, homeless and. in
awful distress, and inure thau" three
thousand men iu the province of Ceento
ate engaged in addition to the soldiers,
recovering the bodies of the dead and res
cuing the living. Troops are also stationed
at the entrance of the Ynlle della Marie
and other dangerous valleys, where aval
fthenesmay be expected, to prevent per
sons from entering - them. It is . reported
two hundred persons perished in avalan
ches in the district of lorea and Aosta.
General Robinson to Remain in Congress.
Washington, January 22.—A very in
teresting question has arisen in the case of
General Robinson, the present Secretary of
State, of Ohio, and Representative of the
Kentohjpistrict. It involves the question
of his remaining in Congress for the
balance of his term, and right, to ex
ercise the duties of the • State f position
at the same time. The (short time in
tervening until the 4th of March makes it
almost impossible to order a new election
for a successor, while theC ifftehests of Gen'/
era! Robinson's eonstffitepts it is main
tained, wiH.be4)Vttei*served by his contin
uance. Inquiries have.been received * from ’
Ohio by, the Speaker and First 'Comptroller
Lawrence regarding the legality of siTeh
an arrangement.' The Speaker is' the
exclusive judge.in all matters relating
to thetMWipehfatgm of members, and it -is'
uridjersstoQd that he will offer no objection.
Judge Lawrence, who ffnally ■passes -ou
members’ accounts, says he has carefully
looked up the law ■' on this subject,
and he finds nothing to prevent General'
Robinson ironi holding both offices and
drawing, both salaries. There is, the'
Comptroller saj's, no incompatibility in the
duties of tiiese two offices. The require
ments of the office of Secretary of State do
not require the presence of its incumbent in
Ohio. All papers cap be signed here as
well as in Columbus and be perfectly legal.
As to.fehe question of double salary, the
ft'ends of General. Robinson say' that if this
arrangement is made he will draw pay only
as a member of Congress. He will of
necessity transact a great amount of busi
ness for his constituents by mail.
Tlip Soudan War.
Cairo, January 23. —A squadron of hus
sars and detachment of 'royal artillery
start for Suakin to-morrow.
Paris, January 23.—The Repubhque
Francaise considers the result of the battle
between Stewart’s troops and the Arab
rebels at Abu-Klea wel-ls as an irremediable
check to the advance of the English'on
Khartoum, and says it trembles for tho fate
of General Stewart’s force. Private advices
received late this afternpon from Korti as
sert that the rebels surroufaled General
Stewart in the desert', where he has taken
up an intrenched position to await rein
forcements from General Wolseley. J.le
serters from the rebel lines state that the
Mahdi’s officers consider the affair at the
Abu-Klea wells a drawn battle. Tbe
Arabs were neither touted nor pursued,
and fell bac-k in an orderly manlier, not in
the least demoralized by the outcome of
the engageinent. They recovered them
selves So quickly and effectively that Gen
eral Stewart dared not move, and was
compelled to intrench himself on the scene
of conflict. Government officials dis
i.gpedit . the? ,iivfofigation conveyed
‘in; the ’ atrovd private- dispatches.
Alexandria. January 23,—Private ad
vices from the front, state that the rebels
ffire i strongly intrenched, at Metenmeh,
which.port it will he necessary for the Eng
lish to occupy before thev can proceed to
Khartoum, tt is reported that rebels are
collected at Abu Hamed, prepared to resist
General Earle. A dispatch to Le Paris , of
Paris, " from Alexandria, says the report
prevails there that tne rebels have sur
rounded General Stewart, " whose line of
.retreat-is threatened.
Fight with Mexican Bandits.
Yuma, Arizqna, January 22.—TJoop M,
Fourth Cavalry, arrived last night with
twelve Mexican bandits as prisoners. Fqur
others were left on the field dead. Troop E
is after others, and expects to make themall
prisoners to-day. Lieutenant Jenkins was
the only American who received injury and
it is slight. The dispatch does not stnTri
who the bandits are, but it is pup
posed they are a portion of those Mex
ican soldiers who mutinied at Eneeuada,
Mexico, on flu* 12th instant, and killed
tbeir commanding officer. Lieutenant
Jenkins returned to-day, bringing two
more Mexican bandit prisoners, making
fourteen captured Hnd four killed. It is
believed Lopez, leader of the band, is among
tire killed. Tho prisoners say they were
compelled to take thelife of Commandant
Rico, as he had defrauded them out of two
years’ pay. They refuse to explain why
they murdered the Commandant’s wife, or
stive any information about the remainder
pf the family.
The Old Story of a Mother’s Carelessness.
. Pontiac. S]*h:ii..< January 23.—Yesterday
Mrs. P. A. Shepard, of Auburn, left her two
children, aged two and a half and one y°ar.
in the house, v ipfiri she went to a neigh
bor’s. Ou Poturning Iho•-found' the room
full of smoke and the youngest cfeild cry
ing. while the other child am found with
its clothing nearly burned off. and the
upper part of its leg* and abdomen badly,
burned. The little sufferer died before'
medical aid arrived. It is supposed tbe
child played with the tire in the stove
which was open.
DYNAMITE SENSATION.
Three Heavy Explosions in Quick
Succession Startles London.
> .
Interior of the House of Commoui Com
pletely Wrecked.
London, January 24.—An explosion oc
curred close to the House of Lords imme
diately followed by a second. . One wa*
near the House of Commons and the other
at Westminster Hall; In the interior of the
House of Commons, and upon the floor, the
only seat damaged by the explosion was
that which Gadstone occupies, A small
chip was also torn off the top of the Speak
er's chair. The explosions caused a panic
among the visitors. Those who were in the
House of Commous fled precipitately and
many ladies were bruised in the crush. The
second explosion in the Parliament build
ings occurred three minutes later than the
first, and wa.s. far more destructive. The
dynamitewhich caused the second explo
sion must have been placedunder the .
peers’ gallery, on the left side. The force
of the explosion was such that one man
was thrown to the earth three hundred
yards from the point of the explosion. A
clue to the perpetrators of the outrage is
thought to have been discovered. Just be
fore tne explosion Occurred a tnan and
■Woman, the latter carrying a hand-bag,
engaged a'cab outside Parliament yard
and drove rapidly away', giving no direc
tions ns to destination.
London, January 25. —The west end of
Westminster Hall is full of wreckage,
caused by yesterday’s explosion. The de
struction of the magnificent stained'win-'
dow at'the end of the hall is greatly - la
mented. it is believed one of the conspira
tors entered the crypt, passing a policeman
at tffe entrance, and deposited an infernal
inaehihe at the bottoirt 6f the steps/’ The
policeman removed the parcel, which ex
ploded, making a hole in the 'floor
three feet in diameter, twisting the iron
railings and smashing the iron and lead
work of all the windows in“tfce hall. The
policeman’s liair was singed and his face
burned. His clothing was torn from his
body by' the force oi the explosion. He is
s|i)l alive, but no hope is entertained of his
/Recovery'. The man and woman'who drove
'•from the Parliament building -immediately
-befoVotlie explosion,-and who’were ar
rested-on suspicion, have been liberated;
fhe evidence being insuffici ntto hold them.
' Tfie foundation of the hall is nnlnjitrefl-, but. j
the roof is badly damaged. The bases of !
the statues of William-IV. arid George IV., j
which were overturned, are greatly injured. j
An inspection of Parliament buildings to
day showed that, excepting the beautiful
window overlooking the staircase at the ,
South end of Westminster Hall, scarcely a ;
pane of glass escaped destruction. The
foundations of the buildings were badly
shaken. The roof of the. crypt, in spite of
its massive strength, was greatly damaged,
rifts being visible here and there. The floor
6f the House of Commons presents a strange
spectacle, being covered with heaps of mas
sive fragments. The elaborately carved
oaken wall behind the seats be
neath the gallery was completely thrown
down. The flooring of the strangers’and
speakers’ galleries is so torn up that it is
deemed unsafe to venture across. The
Peers’ gallery suffered most damage. The
Side galleries and reporters’ gallery were
not injured. The parcel which caused the
first explosion was wrapped in brown
cloth, and was two feet long by' one foot
wide. A third explosion took place yes
terday, nt I<pndon Tower. The famous old
building was crowded with visitors at the
time of the explosion. But sixteen persons
so far have been officially ‘reported as in
jured by' the explosion, upne mdltally. The -
Tower officials Relieve a ivoimi deposited
the dy'hainite in the? building; The police
some time ago had reason to belief a
woman was constantly passing back and •
forth between America and England for
the purpose of importing dynamite. She |
Was frequently watched, but evidence suf- j
ficient to warrant her arrest wjjs . never :
obtained. .* |
Mrs. Grant Consents.
Nffw York. January 25. —Mrs. Grant has i
giyen her eaosent to Mr. A anderbilt’s
proposition to the Government i
perpiMial possession of General Grant’s
war rMies and the souvenirs of his famous
atoun*the world's journey. ’ When he
Cfiangli the oiler to a proposition to make
her trustee of the relics, with the under
standing that they should become the
property of the Government at General
Grant’s death,she readily consented, and
on January 16 a deed, was executed trans
ferring the relics to her,
XLVIII. CONGRESS.
Second session. _•
Washington January 20.—Senate.—Sev
eral bills of minor importance were' intro- 1
duced and the inter-State commerce bill dis- j
cussed.
Horst?.—A bill was intrude 1 prohibiting ;
foreigners from ac«)iiirin( "< r iiolrftng: land in
the United States. -The ' : -at as a com
mittee of the whole i .lie Indian appropri- ;
ution bill.
Washington. January 21.- Sen ate.— Day • j
was ehieflv spent in discussing the bill to es
tablish a Uourt of Appeals. A bill was passdd
authorizing the Illinois and Missourii Rail
way Company to construct a bridg across the
Mississippi ai, St. Louis.
House. —Silt as u (’omniiltee of the Whole
on the Indian Appropriation bill.-
Washington, January 22.— Senate/— The
resolution ol Mr. Plufnb. calling on the Presi
dent for his views as to the present status of
Oklahoma lands, wasrdebated and agreed to.
The Senate also considered the Nicaragua
treaty in Executive session.
House.—The Indiau appropriation hill was
debated. An amendment was adopted giving
the V. S. District Court for the Western Dis
trict of Arkansas civil jurisdiction over ttve
civilized tribes in Indian Territory; also an
amendment authorizing the President to
of>en negotiations wit lv the ( reeks, Seminoles
and Chctokecs, lor the purpose of opening
to settlement, under the homestead laws, the
Oklahoma lands ceded by those Indians to
the V nitod States. Afterward the bill passed
the House.
' Washington. January 23.— Senate.— A ting
was received from the Womans Silk Culture
Association spun of silk raised in American
homes, and reeled, spun, dyed, woven and
moHnlcd in Philadelphia. After some de
late of the resolution to inquire upon what
terms the < reek. Seminole agd Cherokee, ip,
dians would surrender their interest in ths'
Oklahoma binds, it was ivft’rred to the Com
mittee on Indian affairs.
House.— AjSkv. similar to the one present
'od to the SenrtHe.wns received from the Wo
men’-s Silk. Culture Association. There was
a lengthy debat e.ou' the constitutional power
of the Senate fo originate appropriation bills.
Pension bills were considered at an evetfing
session. .; -
„ Washington, ’January. 24.—Senate.—Mr.
Edmunds intreduced a Dill'prohibiting, un
der heavy phtunt es the manufacture and
sale of any rtplosive within the United
States, for the Injury or destruction of pub
lic or pm ate property within the tinted
States or any foreign country.
House.—The agricultural appropriation
bill was passed.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
Captain Bankhead of Virginia, who wan
conducting a survey of the Grafton and
Greenbrier Railroad extension, died at
Philippi, VV. Va.,,a few nights ago, by
strangulation. He was confined to his bed
by sickness, and while under the influence
of'Chloroform, which had been administer
ed to relieve intense pain during the per
formance of a-delicate operation by physi
cians, a set of false teeth which he wore be
came loose in his mouth and he strangled
to death. He was about sixty years of age.
A Russian peddler named Farber, who
was traveling in Granville County, N. C.,
was murdered a few' days ago. Farber had
a pack laden with show'y articles, many of
which he had got for the Christmas season.
A party of negro men plotted to murder
him and divide the booty. One of the num
ber had a large and savage bull-dog. They
followed the peddler into a lonely piece of
wqpd, and there, releasing the animal, set
him on the defenseless man. Farber was
torn to pieces, the dog being urged on by
•shouts from his master. The murderers
buried theig victim in a shallow grave, and
then divided the contents of his pack and
pocket. It is thought the entire party can
be apprehended.
Alf Turner, a hunter, was killed near
Clinton, Teun., the other day, by the acci
dentally discharge of his gun.
A fourteen-year-old boy named Tom
Stillwell shot his mother dead with a shot
gun near Benton, Polk County, Tenn., a
few nights ago.
Anthony Walker, a "negro and a regu
larly ordained minister of the Christain
Church, was hanged at Marshall, Texas,
on the 2.3 d, for the murder of William Hen
ry, a white man, in November, 1883. When
sentenced to death on December 19, he ac
knowledged his guilt, and asked that the
sentence be carried out at the earliest day.
He ; at the same time appealed for charity
to his.wife and children, and passed a hat
around the Court-room himself, collecting
$6. On the third of August last, after he
had beenconvicted of murder in the first
degree, he had a religious service in the
County jail, and preached an eloquent
sermon.
Lilly Landers was burned to death at
her father’s residence, in Sparta, Ga. The
young lady’s mother, in trying to extin
guish the flames, was also severely burned,
and may die.
Atlanta, Ga., charges SI,OOO for retail,
liquor license,
Mrs. Clariday, an aged widow living
rflnr.n, at Dalton, Ga,. was burned to death
in the destruction of her house by nre,
which took place during the night.
Joaquin Miller thinks New? Orleans the
musical city of America.
‘Rev. George Spencer, colored, of Nor
folk, Va.,* was convicted in the Mayor’s
Court of petit larceny and sentenced to
thirty days in jail.
Members of the General Assembly, with
ladies and gentlemen on the floor, in the
galleries and lobbies, packed the hall of the
House of Representatives at 12 m., on the
22d, at Nashville, Tenn.', to witness the in
auguration of Governor Bate. The hall
was handsomely and profusely decorated
wdth flags,"bunting, flowers and evergreens
that swept in- graceful • and artistic gar
lands around. The toilets of the ladies were
strikingly elegant and. beautiful. Prompt
ly at 12 o’clock Speaker Berry, of the
Senate, entered the hall of the House, fol
lowed by the' 1 Senators. The convention
was called to order by Speaker Berry, when
Sergeant-at-Arms William Brown an
nounced the Supreme Court at bar and
members thereof seated. As Govenor Bate
came down the ailse. accompanied by the
committees of either house, Speuker Berry
announced that the two Speakers of the
House and Senate took pleasure iu meeting
and greeting the Governor-elect. While j
being conducted to the stand, the Governor |
was welcomed by the audience rising and
loudly applauding. The Governor-elect
made a neat and appropriate address.
A child of Charles Milliard, of Blue
Springs, Carter County, Tenn., fell in the
fire the other night and was burned to
death. , •
Fire broke out the other night in a - tene
ment-house, in Baltimore, occupied
by seven families. Ten people narrowly
escaped being burned to death. Mrs.
George Fisher jumped from the third-story
window, and sustained serious Injuries.
Mrs. Levi and her two children, aged six
weeks and two years respectively, were
rescued by the firemen in an unconscious
condition. The children are expected to
die. Davis \,evi, the husband, was over
come while endeavoring to rescue ,his wife
and children, and lies in a critical condi
tion. Several others, occupants of the
house, mftrfc* narrow escapes. The police
and firemen did efficient service. The fire
originate in the room of Levi Kaufman, a
tailor.
Pierre Lorillard, the millionaire, was
traveling through the Sotifh'in a beautiful
boudoir car, which he leases for SIOO a day.
His wife and a party of friends accompan
ied. The other night oh the Alabama
Great' Southern ltoad he had his ear at
tached to the engine to escape the smoke.
As the train neared a sharp curve in the
road, going at the rate of forty miles an
hour, two little boys were seen on the track
. frantically waving their hats. The train
stopped at the brink of ah awful chasm,' a
brrdgaover whiah had been floated off by a
torrent. The boys had stood there for four
hours in a temperature near zero, to save
the train from a certain destruction. &
collection was taken up for the boys and
the great millionaire, Lorillard,'reluctantly
gave five dollars.
A singular fatality took place at Roy s
ton. Ga., in which spontaneous combustion
exploded a crib of corn on the farm of.
James Shiriey. He had packed the corn
very close and' left the crib uncovered.
Rain came when the corn swelled and
hurst the crib in every direction, some of
the com flying thirty feet away. One of
the cot* struck a negro who was standing
by f| t i he temple, him instantly.
VOL I.—NO. 48.
PITH AND POINT.
—An exchange contains a poem en
titled “The Silent Barber Dead.” It
is a fairy tale.
—Business men, as well ai religious
men, should beware of false prophets.
—Men who are the fastest asleep
when they are asleep are the widest
awake when they are awake.
—New York wants a half-cent put in
circulation. This would permit the
average citizen to jingle something be
sides keys in his pockets.— Detroit Free
Press..
—An inquirer asks: “What has given
women the reputation of being such
great talkers?” We don’t know unless
it is her mouth.— N. Y. Journal.
—A fashion item says: “A very use
ful and ornamental gift to either lady
or gentleman is an umbrella-holder.”
The dude may have a mission after all.
— N. Y. Graphic.
—Ouida says: “A girl’s love must
never be begged,' but conquered.”
Paradoxical as it riiay seem, the gitj
can not be conquered unless she con
curs.—Chicago Tribune .*
—lf plumbers were the right kind of
men they would never put in anything
but temperance water-pipes. A tem
perance water-pipe never goes on a
bust.— Norristown Herald. .
—Fashionable Ma —“Children! chil
dren! stop that noise. Sitmlown and
keep quiet.” Children —“Why, what’s
the matter, Ma?” Ma—“Doggie is
taking his nap.”— Philadelphia Call.
—A mathematical question. A gen
tleman while crossing the Brooklyn
bridge met a beggar to whom he gave
fifteen cents. He soon met another to
whom he gave ten cents. What time
'of day was it? Answer—A quarter to
two.
—A photographer recently acted as
master of ceremonies at a friend’s fu
neral, and, as he lifted the coffin lid
for the mourners to look at the re
mains, whispered to the corpse: “Now,
look natural.” Force of habit.—Chi
cago Herald.
—The unreasonable fellow! A
bachelor says that .all he should ask for
in a wife would be a good temper,
health, good understanding, agreeable
physiognomy, figure, good connection,
domestic habits, of amuse-,
ruent, good spirits, conversational tal
ents, elegant manners—money!— N. Y.
Ledger.
—He (solemnly)—“You had a very
mu row escape 1a,,) AX Jnlia.f’
She—“ Mercy, what do you mean?”
He —“Well, you see, I had a dream
about you. I thought I was just about
to kiss von. when tne Chinaman rapped
at the door and I woke up.” She (al
ter a pause) —“The Chinese must go.”
—San Francisco Post.
—“I hear you are highly satisfied
with your new minister, Brown?”
“Satisfied is a tame word to express
our opinion of him. We are delighted
with him.” “He is very eloquent, I
understand?” “Eloquent! \\ hy, sir,
when he is preaching he affects the
congregation so powerfully that there
is hardly any interest taken in the flir
tations of the choif. "—Boston Courier.
—“The world is full of deceit,” said
old Mr. Squaggs, “and women ismost
ly at the bottom o'f it.” “I know it,”
said old Mrs. Squaggs; “it is after a
man gets a wife that he begins to prac
tice deceit. If he hadn’t ia wife he
wouldn’t need to lie so much about
where he spends his evenings. You are
perfectly right. It’s’ the women that
cause the deceit.” Old Mr. Squaggs
became very thoughtful. —Boston Ga
zette.
STILL IN A .TANGLE.
A Detroit German Who Thinks It Will
Take a Year to Get Straightened Out.
“Vhell, I come to shpeak to you
aboudt some more shwindles,” he said
as he entered the Woodbridge Street
Station yesterday.
‘•Have you been swindled again?”
a>ked the Captain.
"Vhell, it looks dot vhay. I vhas
(Cleaning up mein saloon dis morning
vlten in conies a young man mit a .
shwell suit of cloze und a gold cane,
und he says:
‘‘‘‘Sorry for you, oldt man, but you
must prace oop.'
"Dot make me scart. I belief my
brudder-in-law in Springwells vhas
kilt, nnd i shakes all oafer. I couldn’t
say npttipgs to him, but he keeps on
"I called a hack and took him mit
der hospital, and der sharge is SI.
"Took who mit der hospital?”
"Your son Joe!”
"What for?”
"Vhy, he proke his leg mit a fay on
derice.”
‘‘Vhell. Captain, I vhas so weak in
my knees I almost falls down, uud my
tongue got so dry as I could hardly
shpeak. I gif him a one dollar bill und
he ,r ocs off mit a bow und a sbmile, und
I vhas sitting py der stoaf vhen in conies
my old vhomans. I tells her our poy
Shoe vhas in der hospital mit a proken
leg-” „ ' •- - •
j ‘-Poor woman!. , ,
“You petter say poor me! She looks
at me, und den calls me a lunatic-foun
dry. und an iaiot-faetory, und some old
fools who sthavs oudt doors when it
rains.”
But why?”
“Vhell, pecause we haf no poy named
Shoe. His name was Shake, but I tor
o-ets all aboudt-it. I vhas all mixed oop
eafer gince'election. I vhas Ima* quar
ters (Hoveland vhily I bets o.u.blaine,
und latenlt getstraighrenei olidt fur a
yea&TSLy Wroii.Fr«e f risS.
y n inch annmuieemeni in a news
i paper is worth two miles of letters on a
board fence.- Chicago Journal,