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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The British have about finished tip
one war—that of the Riel Rebellion in
Northwest Territory. 1
Ai.l is quiet on the Isthmus of
Panama. It is believed no more trouble!
•can occur, unless the Colombian forces
are withdrawn. ,
Riel, as a revolutionist, was not &
success. He made a great deal of
trouble for the Canadian authorities,
but is novwa badly-scared man.
There is an uneasy feeling in Europe
that the present Anglo-Russian peace is
only an armistice, and that the arbitra
tion proceedings are the merest,
mockery.
The Princess Beatrice by gening mar
ried will get $150,000. It is not sur
prising in view of the dowry custom
that marriage in the royal family is the
most popular institution in England.
The New York Legislature passed a
bill restricting the height of buildings.
But there is nothing to regulate the
depth of cellars, and houses may be
built toward the center of the earth as
far as the owners may please to plant
them.
A proposition will be introduced
into Congress next winter to establish a
penny letter postage’. There will be the
same objections to it that have been
made to every proposed reduction in the
rate of carrying letters. Every reduc
tion thus far has resulted in an in
creased revenue to the department.
The dispute between Russia aiqi ( Treat
Britain respecting the Afghan boundary
is helping to build railroads in Asia.
The line from the Caspian will now soon
be completed to Pandjeh, and then Eng
land will be forced to run several lines
north to Afghanistan to prepare for the
inevitable conflict that must take place
some time in the latter country.
Among the recent inventions is one
that threatens to < supersede the entire
telegraph systeilt is an ‘instrument
that can be worked like a type-writer.
It dispenses in transmitting
telegraphic communications, and multi
plies indefinitely the power of a wire to
convey messages between different
points.
There has been great activity in
cannon-making all over the world
recently. A monster cannon is being
made at the foundry of Cail at Crenelle.
It is to be forty-two feet long, and will
send a bomb of 1,700 pounds a distance
of some nine miles. Its price will be
SIOO,OOO, and it; toll be exhibited at the
Exhibition (if Ant\\iferp.
It is estimated that there are over one
hundred and twenty-five thousand trees
on the streets and in th 3 public parks of
Washington, and that if the sixty-five
thousand trees in the streets were
planted in a straight line, would form a
row one hundrdf and fifty miles long.
There is not a city in the world that has
as many shade trees in proportion to its
population as Washington.
It is the last third of a century that
has seen the greatest development in the
railway.^Sfef!fe < 6f the work!. In 1850;
the total length of railways in this
country was asljfiabout 3,000 miles. At
the close of last year we had 125,600
miles of rail. The total mileage of the
world at the end of 1883 was 269,234
miles, ofjwhich oyer forty-five per cent,
was laid in tlie tfnited States.
Senator McPherson, of New Jersey,
carries a life insurance of SIIO,OOO. Ex-
Congressman Frank Jones, of New
Hampshire, who was talked of for the
Sabin tats ap insurance of $50,000. Ex-
Postm.-ftter General Hatton has $25.0 0.
Ben Butler Is insured for probably
SIOO,OOO. Geii*ri!s Sherman and Sheri
dan f° r pretty good sums.
.After all war, while it is an un
doubted evil, is a great instructor in
geography. Who, for instance, among
even well-informed people, could have
told on with any degree of ex
actness, where Herat or Candaharwas?
Some of them might have made a guess,
and Said ’ that the cities were some
where near Persia, but anything like ex
act knowledge not one man in a thou
sand would ever have professed.
The mere prospect of war alters foi
thfybetter business interests. War is
waste; work is destruction: its object
is t<* kill, maim and impoverish, yet the
news that blood had been shed in Cen
tral Asia led to a revival of industry in
the United States. Stocks became
"buoyant, tint grain and provision mar
ket excited, and stimulus was given ti
every department of trad a.
RUSSIA OR FRANCE?
Warlike Movements in England Causes
Alarm,
Hussars to Embark for Egypt—The Arsenal
to Kegutuc Overtime and Night-work.
London, May 24.—Everyday that passes
with no enlightenment of the public regard
ing the negotiations with Russia deepens
the already prevalent conviction that a
hitch has occurred and increases the belief
in the gravity of the obstacle. This leads
to all sort.; of disheartening utterances
by the papers, and it is rapidly under
mining confidence in the sagacity, if
not in the good faith of the Govern
ment. Orders have been sent to Aldershot
for a fresh squadron of Hussars to embark
for Egypt at the earliest possible moment.
This order, when it becomes generally
known, is certain to cause quite as great a
sensation as the detention of the Guards at
Alexandria and the Australians at
Aden. Orders have also been sent to the
Royal Arsenal at Woolwich to resume
overtime and hightwork in hastening the
manufacture of ordinance and ammuni
tion. Comments are confined to the papers
and the clubs, where opinions differ as to
whether the moral effect of the prepara
tion is intended mainly for Russia or for
France.
Rioters Dispersed.
Paris, May 24.-—To-day being the anni
versary of the fall of the Commune, the
Communists of Paris attempted to hold a
demonstration at the tombs of their com
rades in the Pere la Chaise Cemetery. The
police interfered, and prevented a display
of seditious emblems. A serious conflict
ensued, in which several men were wound
ed. The police finally dispersed the rioters,
many of whom w>ere arrested. The police
ordered the Communists to surrender their
red flag. The latter refused. Fighting
ensued. The police drew their swords
and drove the rabble against a heap of
stones. The rioters used the stones as mis
siles. and one of the policemen was knocked
senseless and another’s jaw' was broken.
The Republican Guards, with fixed bayon
ets, charged 'tjie mob, wounding several in
the foremost rank, one fatally. ’Several
reporters were arrested, but were after
ward released. One Anarchist received
five saber cuts, and others were fearfully
gashed. The police were unusually se
vere, showing no quarter. The scene re
sembled an outbreak of a revolution. The
shops in the vicinity of the riot were hur
riedly closed, and the utmost, excitement
prevailed until a late hour. Knots of Com
munists gathered at various places to-night
vowing vengeance on the police and the
Government. It is said, at a late hour to
night, that five persons were killed and
eighty wounded during the rioting this af
ternoon. The police maintain that ten per
sons were seriously wounded, and that no
persons were killed.;
Attempt to Blow Up a Train.
Denver, Col., May 23.—Late to-night,
as the regular Denver and Rio Grande
train from Salt Lake was approaching the
city limits, a terrific explosion took place
directly under the engine, extinguishing
the lights and breaking the windows of the
locomotive and forward coaches, and
violently wrenching loose rails. Dynamite
or giant powder had evidently been placed
under the sleepers of the track. Passengers
to the number of one hundred and seventy
were shaken up and badly scared. Search
failed to discover the perpetrators.
Heavy Damages for a Blighted Life.
Indianapolis. May 24.—Last fall, in an
accident on the Indiana, Bloomington and
Western Railroad, Win. C. Whitehead was
injured so badly that he has not since
been able to leave his bed, and his death is
only a matter of a short time. In a suit to
recover damages, the jury award
ed him $17,500, the largest sum ever named
in a verdict in this State for personal dam
ages. Tho trial was a long one, and hotly
contested by the leading attorneys at the
bar.
The Plague at Plymouth.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 24.—Seven
deaths occurred at Plymouth since last
evening and a number of new cases have
been reported this afternoon. The hopeful
feeling, caused by the slight death-roll of
Thursday and Friday, has again given way
to despondency, the people seeing no end
to the plague. There are now forty-four
patients in the hospital, and more will be
placed there as soon as accommodations can
be furnished. The physicians report that
there are apparently no cases of the fever
anywhere in the county outside of Plv
mouth and Plymouth Township.
Lightning Strikes a Church.
Piqita, 0., May 24.—This forenoon, while
services were in progress at the Calvary
Baptist Church, lightning struck the build
ing and knocked plastering off the ceiling
and shaking up the whole edifice. The
preacher, Rev. P. M. Weddell, was struck
down insensible, and many members of the
congregation were severely shocked. The
greatest excitement and alarm prevailed
in the congregation.
Locusts Discovered.
Washington, May 24.—The locusts pre
dicted by Professor Riley have appeared l
in this vicinity near the Signal Station at
Fort Myer. They were found from nine to
twelve inches below the surface and about
an inch and u half long, with wings just
commencing to form.
Post mAster for Fortv Years.
Washington, May 23. —An Indiana
postmaster of the fourth class, vfhose res
ignation was received to-day. states that
he was appointed during President Polk’s
Administration and has served continu
ously forty years. He recommends a
Democrat as his successor.
TRENTON. DADE COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 28. 1885.
SMASHED BY ICEBERGS.
The Vessels' Crews Rescued After a Terrible
Experience.
Quebec, May 22.—The bark Brilliant,
which arrived here last night from Pors
grund, had on board the crews of the bark
Bayard, Captain Anderson, from Drobak
for Metis, and of the steamer Mary Louisa,
of New Castle, Captain Greff, from New
York for Liverpool. Captain Anderson, of
the Bayard, states that he left Drobak
April 4 for orders to Metis. The vessel met
with variable weather until midnight
of the (ith of May, when, with the
weather thick and foggy, and very dark, I
she ran into ice near the hanks of New
foundland. The vessel was completely ;
surrounded by heavy ice and icebergs.
The crew remained on board the vessel
until Tuesday afternoon, when the icebergs
came thumping against the bark, complete
ly surrounding her, and smashing in her
port side. They then took to the boats,
and went on the ice, barely escaping with
their lives, and saving nothing whatever.
They remained three days and three nights
on the ice. They tell a tale of great hard
ship and suffering. All the clothing they had
was on their backs, and, this becoming
wet, added to their misery. The men,
however, bore up nobly, being Encouraged,
by the heartiness of Captain Anderson.
They came out of the ice at 2a. m., Sun
day. They took to tne boat, and pulled
westward in a thick fog. After pulling for
about two hours they heard a steamer’s
whistle. They pulled alongside the ves
sel, which proved to be the steamer
Mary Louisa, of Newcastle, bound for
Liverpool. They were taken on board, and
the Captain stated that they had struck od
the ice some time before, and the vessel was
then leaking badly. Captain Anderson had
been aboard just an hour when the Mary
Louisa began to sink. Both crews, num
bering thirty-five persons, left the steamer
in three boats, and proceeded west again.
They were picked up by the ftolliant, after
having spent five days among icebergs in
mid-ocean.
The White Flag.
ST. Paul,|Minn., May 22.—A Battlefoid
dispatch of May 21 says: “At sunset to
nigh't Father Cochin and twenty-five other
prisoners, bearing, a white flag, arrived
from Poundmaker’s camp, with a letter
asking upon what terms surrender would
be accepted. He wants a reply in two
days. He also sent messengers with simi
lar letters to General Middleton. This
action was caused by the arrival of four
half-breeds, who reported the capture
of Riel. The news created conster
nation in the Indian camp, braves
hiding their rifles and removing
their war paint. A council was held, and
the result was a decision to send in the
priest and prisoners. It seems Pound
maker was on his way to join Riel when
he met the half-breed scout. The letter
was written at Poundmaker’s dictation by
Jefferson, school-master on the reserve.
The prisoners sent in with Father Cochin
include the twenty teamsters, captured
in the Eagle Hills; Fontaine, the cap
tured scout; Bremner and Sayers, of
Bresavlor’s settlement, and two
women in male apparel. Tweuty-one
women and children from Bresaylor’s set
tlement are held as hostages. The team
sters say they were well treated by the
half-breeds, who protected them with
leveled rifles from Indians who were
threatening to kill them. Father Cochin
returns to-morrow with a letter from
Colonel Otter, stating that Poundmaker
must negotiate with General Middleton,
and meanwhile hostilities must cease.
Middleton is reported to-day as having
reached Prince Albert on the 19th inst.
Victor Hugo Dead.
Paris, May 22. —Victor Hugo died at half
past one o’clock this afternoon. The Min
istry will request the Chamber of Deputies
to adjourn as a token of respect to the
memory of the deceased. The Govern
ment proposes a civil funeral for Victor
Hugo at the expense of the State. It is
reported that M. Hugo bequeathed his man
uscript to France, and that he left it to
the Republic to selecta burial place for bis
remains and to decide as to the form of his
funeral. The newspapers in Paris appear
in mourning this evening. It is believed
that the funeral will be the grandest seen
in France for a century. The poet was
sketched as he lay on his death-bed by .the
great painter Bonnot, who will transfer to
canvas the impression taken. In the Sen
ate M. Leßoyer delivered a eulogy on Hugo.
A County Treasurer’s Safe Cracked.
Nashville, Ind., May 23.—The County
Treasurer’s office was entered by burglars
Friday night by prying open the back win
dows. They then scattered the books and
records around promiscuously, and finally
blowed the outer doors of the safe open
with powder and tried to batter the inside
doors open with sledge-hammersand crow
f ars. but failed. There was a large
amount of monejHn the safe, but they
only got $15.70, which had been left in the
drawer.
A Mysterious Case.
Pittsburgh, May 24. —The body of AVil
liain Kelly, a cloth peddler, who mysteri
ously disappeared several months ago, was
fonud floating in the Ohio River, near the
State line, yesterday, with a wound
on his head, such as a blunt instrument
would produce. At the time of his disap
pearance he was known to have in his pos
session S4OO, which was not found on the
body. It is supposed that he was jobbed
and then thrown into the river. d
A Week’s Failures.
New York. May 22.—The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country dur
ing the last seven days number: For the
United states, 214. and for Canada 25, or a
total of 239, as against 229 last week and
248 the week previous to the last. More
than two-thirds of the failures in the United
States are occuring in the Southern, West
ern and Pacific States.
TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
Fourteen Persons Meet Terrible Deaths
At a Fire In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, May 21. —At half-past one
this afternoon, a boy in Sullivan & Co.’s
Printing Establishment on Sixth street was
carrying a bucket of benzine up the third
flight of stairs; the benzine exploded, and
in an incredible short time the entire stair
way was one mass of flames, thus cutting
off the escape of the seventeen girls at
work in the bindery on the fifth floor and
the printers on the fourth floor. The girls
in the bindery rushed, not for the stairway,
but the front windows of the building fully
sixty feet from the ground.
To jump meant to be dashed to pieces on
the pavement; to remain meant the most
horrible of fates, that of being burned to
death. They stood at the open windows
wringing their hands and imploringly call
ing on those below to assist them. Bat
their cries were of no avail, as those below
had not the means at hand to assist those
who were in the very jaws of death. Lizzie
Meyer was the first to appear at f the
window. The crowd below greeted her
with an encouraging shout, but
was unable to lend any assist
ance. After a moment of hesitation,
during which she was screened from view
by thick smoke, she determined to make
the leap. With difficulty she drew herself
up on the window-sill and let go. She
started down feet foremost, but in the
rapid descent lost her balance and struck
the pavement on her shoulder and head.
The crowd drew back In horror at the dis
tressing sight, and stood aghast
as a large middle-aged woman
appeared at a window to make the
jump. The crow yelled to her to
wait for a rope, but she was too much
frightened to understand, and in a second
she was shooting through the air, only to
be almost unrecognizably mangled bn the
bricks below. This was Mrs. Ann Bell,
who expired on the way to the hospital.
Almost every bone in her body was broken.
At this juncture two men appeared on the
roof of the burning building with
a rope, which they lowered to
the windows below, where young
Sullivan was endeavoring to restrain Josie
Hawks and Emma Pinchback from jump
ing. As the rope descended it came within
easy reach of him, but he spurned to use
it when two weak girls were at hand.
He accordingly swung the rope into
•tte. fiands of Miss Hawks, who clasped
it," and was being lowered by the men
on the rodf above. As she was pass
ing the windows of the third floor, how
ever, a tongue of flame shot out, and,
driking her in the face, caused her to re
lease her hold. Her fall was broken by a
colored man. who rushed unde 1 ’ the fallin-g
girl, stretching out his arms, thus saving
her life. Both rescued and rescuer were
considerably bruised, but not fatally in
jured. As soon as the rope was freed it
was swung into the hands of the brave
Sullivan, and again he gave up his chance
of life and placed the rope in the hands of
Emma Pinchback, although the flames
were growing hotter about him all the
while. Sho descended safely. Again the rope
was drawn up, and this time it was believ
ed that Sullivan, whose brave acts had ex
cited the admiration of tho masses
would, succeed in freeing hinisdft' from the
perilous position in which he had,
benefit of others, placed himself. Tnerope
'was success!ully swung into his hands.and
he started on the descent amid the encour
aging cheErs of the multitude. The rope,
however, which had aided in rescuing the ;
girls had become weak through its contact
with the flames, and was not suf
ficiently strong to bear the young
man’s weight. he reached the windows
of the third stmw the strands parted, and
his boil 4 shot downward with terrific ve
locity. ■Elis limbs were broken in several
places, lid only lived an hour. By this
time a tlpaulin was spread beneath the
fiery windows and Nannie Shepperd jump
ed to it and was saved. Wm. Bishop,
printer, hung from the window sill of the
fifth story for fully ten minutes, until the
firemen erected a ladder and rescued him.
His arms and face were badly
burned. He will recover. In
a short time after the arrival
of the fire department the flames were ex
tinguished. On the firemen and police
ascending to the fifth story a horrible sight
met their gaze. Lying on the floor were
the remains of eleven girls who, half
smothered, half burned, had ? met their
deaths with scarcely a minute’s warning.
The dead are: John Sullivan, aged twenty
one j - ears; Delia La van, twenty-three; Mary
Lavan, seventeen; Katie Lavan, fourteen;
Lizzie Handle, seventeen; Dollie Handle,
her twin sister; KatiePuntan,twenty-two;
Mary Puntan, nineteen; Tillie Winn,
eighteen; Fannie Jones, twenty; Lizzie
Meyers, seventeen; Annie Mclntyre, seven
teen: Katie Lowry, nineteen; Mrs. Annie
Bell, thirty-five.
Cincinnati, May 22.—Nannie Shepherd,
who was injured yesterday by jumping
from the fifth-story window of the burning
printing office on Sixth street, to a tar
paulin held for her below in the street,
died thin morning at ten o’clock from in
juries received. At first it was thought
that her injuries would not prove fatal, but
time proved that her injuries were of an
internal nature.
Apaches Murdering Whites.
Tombstone. Ariz., May 22.—A military
courier from Fort Bowie brings informa
tion that Apaches killed two men at Eagle
Creek, Tuesday night. Deining, N. M., re
ports are that Apaches killed four miners
at Alma, a small mining camp on the
Frisco River. 1
Silver City, N. M., May 22.—Geronimo’s
Apaches are now in the Black Range, N.
M., near old Fort Tularosa. heading toward
old Mexico. Troops are in hot pursuit,
cavalry concentrating in their front to ore
vent their escape.
The Locusts.
Marshall, 111., May 22.—The locust
plague will probably visit this section. In
plbwing several gardens the little ravagers
were turned out of the ground by countless
thousands, and in an almost maturedstato.
THE NORTHWEST.
Louis Riel a Citizen of the United
States.
Poundmaker Offers to Surrender to General
M ddletou Without Conditions.
Helena, Mont., May 25. —To-morrow’s
Independent says: “Official records show
that Louis David Riel took out final natur
alization papers at Helena, Mont., March
16, 1883, renouncing allegiance to the Brit
ish Government. This settles the much
disputed claim of American citizenship.”
Battle ford,. N.W. T., May 25.--A priest
is just in with a communication from In
dian Chief Poundmaker to General Middle
ton, who arrived here last night. Pound
maker offers to surrender unconditionally.
His followers, to the number of two thou
sand are now coming in to talk with Gen
eral Middleton. Forty half-breeds are
with them. Dumont, Riel’s Lieutenant, is
still in the Birch Hills with a few ad
herents. The priest brought him
a letter from General Middle
ton, demanding surrender and prom
ising a fair trial. Being told whom the
letter was from Dumont refused to take it,
and said the General could go to the d—l.
Very few weapons of any value have been
yet surrendered. Alarming reports are
current regarding Big Bear. There has
been so much delay in the proceedings
against him that he has had time to re
cruit from every tribe in the district, until
now he has eight hundred fighting men,
and all of them fairly armed. He declares
he will make a stand between Frog Lake
and Fort Pitt.
Tornado in Illinois.
Alton, 111., May 25. —Last night this
city was struck by a tornado, which burst
from the southwest, sweeping across the
river with terrific fury. Several large
buildings on the river front were damaged,
some of them seriously. Among them were
the National Mills, the Roller Mills, J. A.
Ryier’s grocery store, Hawley’s warehouse,
Drury, Wead & Co.’s, the Drummong-Ran
dall tobacco factory, the glass works and
others. The most serious damage was to
Ryier’s store, the third story being wrecked
and half the roof taken off. W ooden awnings
fences and shade trees were blown down in
all directions. Three freight cars on the
Chicago and Alton siding were blown off,
blocking the main track. The minor losses
throughout the city aggregate a large
amount, and it is feared the damage in the
low lands across the river was serious.
Large planks and timbers were carried a
long distance. Several pieces of stone
coping on the fire wall on the roller-mill,
each weighing four or five hundred, were
carried over on the roof. In the city dur
ing the storm there was consternation
nearly amounting to a panic.
Struck by Lightning.
Oakland, 111., May 25.—During a severe
storm Sunday night the residence of Abe
Winglee, seven miles north-west of this
city, was struck by lightning. The flash
came through a window and entered the
sitting-room wherein were Mr. Englee, his
wife, his sister-in-law aud four children.
Mrs. Winglee was struck and died without
a struggle; Miss Van Varis, her sister, was
stricken down and is now in an unconscious
condition, and Mr. Winglee and two of the
family were struck, but did not lose con
sciousness. The house was set on fire, but
the flames were subdued.
Death in a Pulpit.
Dss Moines, la., May 25.—Last night
Rev. T. J. Hahn, pastor of the African
Methodist Church, concluded his discourse t
after which he begged his hearers to in
dulge him while he made a personal state
ment. He grew considerably excited, and
as he concluded he fell over and almost
with a gasp or two was dead. The scene
at the church for an hour after his death
was very sad, the women weeping and sob
bing about the pulpit. It is noted as a co
incidence that Rev. J. W, Cheek, his prede
cessor, died in about the same way.
Mormons Convicted.
Blackfoot, Idaho, May 24. —ln the
Third District Court here Saturday Bishop
George Stuart and four other Mormons,
who pleaded guilty to polygamous prac
tices, were each fined >3OO and sentenced
to four months in the Territorial Prison.
Stewart escaped five years ago through the
perjury of his fifth wife. These are the
first convictions in the Territory.
Forest Fires.
East Tawas, Mich., May 25. —Extensive
forest fires are raging to the north and
west. Those sluth of the Detroit, Bay City
and are destroying large
quantities or standing pine, burning to the
tops of some of the highest trees. The fire
is burning everything on the ground it
passes over, including down timber and
timber on skids.
Pleuro-Pneu mon ia.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 25.—Pleuro
pneumonia has broken out among the
cattle ia various parts of the State, and
fears that it will become widespread are
felt. There is danger also that the out
break of pleuro-pneumonia in Newcastle
County, Del., may spread to this State.
Several herds of cattle in Delaware are now
affected.
. Cholera in India.
Washington, May 25.—Dispatches re
ceived to-day from Calcutta show that
cholera prevails there to an alarming ex
tent. The deaths for the past week were
one hundred and ten, and for the week be
fore eighty-five.
Killed by Lightning.
St. Paul, Minn., May 25.—During a
heavy thunder-storm Saturday night,
lightning struck a barn, twelve miles from
Ferguson Falls, Minn., killing Charles Gun
wold and Augustustrasstnaa.
VOL 11-NO. 13.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS,
Representative J. K. P. Blackburn,
of Giles County, Tenn., has resigned a. a
member of the Tennessee lower house on
account of business and the illness of bis
wife. An election will be ordered imme
diately.
Howard Cooper, the negro convicted of
rape on Miss Kate Gray, of Baltimore
County, Md., has been sentenced by Judge
Stewart to be hanged at such time as the
Governor may appoint.
Miranda Anderson, aged sixty, living
in Jackson County, W. Va., was burned to
death by her clothes taking fire at a burn
ing brush heap. Mrs. Ratcliff, living in
Wood County, same State, lost her life in a
similar manner.
i
Mukmon missionaries report new con
verts every day in the mountainous sec
tions of the South.
James Maxwell, President of the Na
tional Bank of West Virginia, and for
many years engaged in the wholesale
grocery business in Wheeling, dropped
dead in the streets, the other evening, aged
seventy.
At Nashville, Tenn., Judge Allen sen
tenced Allen Hubbard to be hanged June
26 for the murder of Henry Everett at
Pine street quarry April 12.
Mtlton, twenty miles east of Pensacola,
Fla., was devastated by an incendiary fire
the other night. The loss is about $50,000.
There is much excitement at Eiizabeth
ton, Tenn., over the imprisonment of Chris
tian and Gainer, the Mormon elders, on
the charge of teaching Polygamy. The el
ders made many converts in that section,
who say they will protect them ».t all haz
ards.
During a quarrel between two men,
named Buffington and Keltreau, at Newark,
W. Va., the latter was fatally cut by the
former.
An unknown dead negro was found on
the bank of Valley Creek, in a remote part
of Jefferson County, Ala., with marks of
what appeared to be a rope around his
neck. It is supposed he had been made
away with some distance above the spot,
and had been thrown into the creek. V.
W. W. Pearsall, was tried at Golds
boro, N. C., for the murder of Thos. Coon,,
and acquitted on the ground of insanity.
A. B. Dyer, colored, brakeman for E. To,
V. and G. Road, at Knoxville, Tenn., was
fatally shot through the head the other
night by Abe Wilson, another colored
brakeman, :
William T. Walters, of Baltimore,
owns $1,000,000 worth of paintings and
statues.
Prof. Odlum, who lost his life the other
day in jumping from the middle span of
Brooklyn Bridge to the water, 135 feet
below, was well known to a great many
Nashville, (Tenn.) people, who saw him at
Old Point Comfort, Va., in the summer of
1882. At that time he taught the swim
ming school there, and more than one
Nashville lady was in his ciass. During
that summer he saved three persons from
drowning in the ocean, one of whom was
Mr. T. Cooley, of Nashville, and another,
the son of Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Prof.
Odium was a magnificent specimen of
robust manhood and made a friend of
every person who came in contact with
him. He accomplished some daring feats
in the way of jumping and on two occa
sions swam the distance from Old Point
Comfort to Ocean Grove, eight miles
distance, passing around the “rip
second attempt was made because some
rap” which carried him far out to sea. The
people doubted his doing it the first time,
and the last attempt showed more than
ever the indomitable perseverance of the
man. His call was heard about 8 o’clock at
night for some one to show him where to
land, and when guests from, the Hygeia
went down and helped him out his right
arm was fearfully lacerated. He carried a
stilletto for protection against sharks, and
about four miles from his destination*
thinking he was being attacked, drew, his
weapon from his' sheath, and accidentally
cut himself badly through the fleshy part
of the arm. The salt water acting as a*
astringent closed the severed arteries and
saved his life. In this condition he con
tinued to swin and arrived at his destina
tion, being some hours in the water with
his wounded arm. . •
The body of Robert Massingborg, of
Essex County, Va., missing for two weeks,
was found on the 19th near his parents’
residence, a short distance from. Waverly
Station, on the Norfolk and Western Rail
road. The supposition is that he was mur
dered. Most of the body had been eaten
by dogs and buzzards. Massingburg’s own
dog was feeding off the body when it was
found. Massingburg, when last seen, was
on his way to visit his parents. ' . j
Randolph Harrison, Commissioner of
Agriculture of Virginia, says fce has taken
a trip through some of the richest coun
ties of Virginia, and finds the condition of
wheat and oats wretched. He estimates
hat the State will not produce over three
million bushels of wheat thi3 year, against
seven millions in 1884.
Nashville, Tenn., is wonrying along
with only 189 lawyers.
The Little Rock municipal electip.n re
sulted in the re-election of Mayor Kramer
over Judge R. W. Martin. Both candidates
were Democrats. *
The dead body of Mary Johnson was
found in an alley in the lower part of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Her husband was seen
whipping her,'and has been arrested, j ,
George Swamb was drowned by his skiff
upsetting in the river. Ha was' Postmaster
and freight agent at Eagle, Fayette Coun
ty, VV. Va. He leaves a wife apd family. .
Robert Dies and Mr. H. C. Gilmore,
of Hunter’s Point, Tenn., were ’both bitten
by a mad dog, the former on the face and
the latter on the finger. Mr. Gilmore wept
to Lebanon at tonce, and had his ftiiger
amputated. Both he and Mr/ Dies, went to
Cannon County in search: of a ’<ua d stone.
The latter returned, having found ' the
stone, which, he reports, adh.erHd to Yia
wound for twenty hours. “• ' ■* *