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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Cholera, has put a sudden stop to
British railway operations in Afghan
istan. *
An authority asserts that of the 92,-
000 insane persons in the United States,
43.000 are not in asylums!"
The most profitable industry in New
Hampshire is said to be the killing of
wild animals for State bounties. The
farmers sre abandoning their crops to
the weeds, arid going into the business
of catching moles and ground-squirrels.
Adjutant General Drum has just
completed the list of casualties during
the rebeljon. The number of deaths
was 359,496; of these 29,498 occurred in
Southern prisons. The total number of
troops engaged during tho war was
2,772,408. '
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The seventeen-year locust, in the
pupa state, is said to be a great table
delicacy when fried or stewed and
served with cream sauce. As there are
plenty of them, epicures will have
abundant opportunities to test them as
a rare edible, to be obtained but once
in seventeen years.
Within the past few days the Hessian
fly has appeared in Kansas and threat
ens still farther to reduce the yield al
ready reduced by winter killing to two
thirds of an average crop. Farmers
who have a prospect* for anv wheat at
all should know that every surplus
bushel which they may have will com
mand a good price and ready sale.
The most diabolical, inhuman,
treacherous and ferocious tribe of In
dians on this cJnfjMnt are the Apaches,
who occupy the San' Carlos reservation
in Arizona.
every efflwfc to civilize them. Their
thirst for blood is inappeasable. Their
prepent mil-break is ascribed to nothing
else but Indian ferocity and a wonton
-propensity for murder and robbery.
For some months there was a falling
oft" in accosdtons to the American col
ony in Canada. Bn* emigratin')
in with renewed vigor, and neaily every
day sees some addition in the shape of
an* embezzling bank cashier, a default
ing clerk or dishonest postmaster, who
manage to take considerable boodle
with them, and thus strengthen the fi
nancial resources of the colony.
The wheat outlook in England is
much improved by a turn for the better
in the weather, and the official report as
to the latest aspects of the India wheat
crop justifies the expectation of a great
er yield than was previously expected.
In the Punjaub the crop promises to be
above the average. Taking the prov
inces as a whole, 82 per cent, of an av
erage crop is, expected, and the total
output is estimated at 2,040,000 tons.
In an investigation of timber
made by F. B. Hough for the Depart
ment of Agriculture, some interesting
facts out. The relative im
portance of the various kinds of timber
for railroad purposes are reported in the
following order: Daks, pines, chest
nut, hemlock, cedars, tamarack, cy
press, elm*, ash, cherry, black walnut,
firs, spruce, beech, locust, redwood,
maple, butternut, cofteenut, mulberry
and mosquit.
It is now discovered that the much
despised English sparrow is liable to be
of great value to the citizens of the
United States this summer. The seven
teen-year locusts, which are beginning
to come to the surface in large numbers,
inlets a terrible foe in the sparrow, and
the latter are getting fat on the pestif
erous and destructive insects. They
feast on the locust with much delight,
and will doubtless get away with mil
lions of them.
The persistent war which has been
waged against Gladstone Ministry
in the British House of Commons by
Conservatives and Home Rulers, in
which the opposition has had the sym
pathy of a considerable number of nom
inal Liberals, has resulted in the break
down of the Government. It was unable
to carry the budget through the House
of Commons, and in the face of defeat
on that all-important measure has no
recourse but retirement.
When the Washington monument
was finished we were assured that “the
most eminent electricians had been
consulted, and there was a perfect ar
rangement to carry off electricity. In
April the monument was struck four
times, but unscathed. It is disappoint
ing, therefore, to hear that in the storm
the other night there was damage
done. The workmen engaged about
the monument reported that the noise
of the thunder at the shaft was alarm
ing, and the cap stone was shattered.
TURNING WHITE.
A Strange Freak of Nature in Georgia.
A Geo gia Negro Losing His Blackness,
ami Believes He will Become a Cau
casian.
Macon, Ga., June 14.—0 n Fourth street
resides Tom Jones, a negro man, who is
fifty-five years of age. Borne time ago
curious white spots began to appear on
his hands. His friends thought he had
contracted some unknown disease, and
suggested to him to call on a physician.
This Jones refused to do, saying that the
spots gave him no pain. A week ago Jones’
arm began to turn white, and soon after
white spots appeared all over
his body. His friends again suggested
to him to call on a physician, but he still
refused, saying that freedom had come,
and the Lord intended to turn all negoes
white. Jones’ strange whiteness became
known to negroes in the city and many of
them at once accepted his explanation of
it. They were highly elated, believing, as
one expressed it, “Dat de Lawd done
termined to make white foke outen de
niggers.” Their view of the matter has
been strengthened by the appearance
of more white spots on Jones and his
continued refusal to have a physician
visit him. Mr. Oscar Redlich, who con
versed with the white negro, says there is
no doubt about the man’s turning white,
and that to him the thing is unaccountable.
There is no appearance of disease, and the
negro, while past middle ago, is strong and
healthy. Others wholiave seen the man
are much puzzled and are anxious for
some physician to examine the freak of
nature presented by the case.
Superiority of Steel Ships.
Washington, June 14. —Commodore
Sicard, summing up the points of superi
ority which the new steel ships, now being
constructed, may claim over the old, gives
the following: First —The new ships have
double bottoms. If any accident happens
to the outer one, the ship is not seri
ously injured* provided the inner
one still remains intact. Second—
They have protective decks, which
slant fore and aft and toward the sides.
These decks are made of thick steel, and
beneath them the engines and magazines
are located. Third —they have athwart
ships water-tight bulk-heads. Fourth—
They have numerous subdivisions below, so
that if the ship springs a leak it can only
fill one of these, and soon be repaired.
Fifth —There are powerful pumps connected
wHh a! 1 the subdivisions and with the
double bottom. Sixth —They carry a con
siderable amount of coal above the pro
tective deck, and on each side of the boil
ers. This serves as a sort of earthwork.
Seventh—They have gun shields made of
two-inch steel plates. These are placed
upon the front of the gun-carriages and
are intended to protect the carriages and
ctew in a measure from small shot and
pieces of shell. The guns are otherwise
protected by heavy hempen mats called
montlets, which are hung up between the
guns. .
Poisoning of a Family.
Evanston, 111., June 14. —For two or
three days past Michael Freeres, of Rose
Hill, his wife and two children, have been
attacked with symptoms of vomiting and
spasms, which were enough to arouse sus
picions of poisoning. A sister of Mrs.
Freeres, Mary Kleman, who has been ac
customed to do the kitchen work
for the family, was suspected, and yes
terday an investigation was made. Dr.
Isaac Poole, of this village, visited the
family residence, and was shown soup
which had been served on Thursday. He
found a whitish sediment in the bottom of
the bowl, and brought some of it to the
laboratory of the university in this village.
Prof. Corbet made a test late yesterday
afternoon, and the result leaves no doubt
that there was a large quantity of arse
nic in the soup. Police immedi
ately after the test went to Rose Hill and
arrested the woman. Less than a year ago,
it is said, the father, brother and young
sister of the prisoner wore attacked with
like symptoms, and all died within a short
time. The prevailing opinion seems to be
that the woman is insane, though the
officers say she conversed with them last
night in a most rational manner.
Strange Fatality.
Erie, Pa., June 13.—Mrs. Mary Krosh
ner suicided to-day under peculiar circum
stances. A few weeks ago her husband’s
dead and mangled body was brought home
and the hearse containing the corpse ran
over and killed her only child while en
route to the cemetery. She w-as about re
turning to her father in Germany when
news came that he was drowned. Then
Mrs. Kreshner resorted to laudanum for
relief from further fatalities.
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The Lima Oil Well.
Lima, 0., June 14. —The new petroleum
well at Eastside Paper Mills commenced
pumping this afternoon with new fixtures
from Bradford, Pa. The result was twenty -
five barrels. At six o’clock this evening
the well was still pumping out nicely. Our
citizens are jubilant. Prof. Steffens exam
ined it to-night, and declares it the finest
he ever saw. Experts say it is a fine lubri
cator.
The Scourge in Spain.
Madrid June 14. —Two new cases of
cholera were reported in this city to-day,
and there were seven deaths from the
disease. In the city of Murcia there were
fifteen cases and twelve deaths. Outside
of the city there were thirty-seven new
cases and sixteen deaths. In the city of
Valencia three cases were reported, and in
the Province forty cases.
A Prince Paralyzed.
Berlin, June 14.—Prince Frederick
Charles, nephew of <be Emperor of Ger
many, has had a stroke of apoplexy, w ith
symptoms of paralysis in one side.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 18. 1885.
WESTERN ZEPHYRS.
Property Demolished—A Number of Per
sons Injured.
Biotrx City, la., June 12.—Two men have
just arrived from nine miles north of Sioux
City. They were passengers on the Sioux
Falls train on the Chicago, Milwaukee find
St. Paul Kailroad, due here at 7:30. The
train wag struck by a cyclone, and every
car thrown from the track and smashed to
pieces. There were three passenger
coaches and a baggage-car. A
large number of persons were injured.
Omaha, Neb., June 12.—A heavy wind
storm to-night demolished a four-story
brick building which was being erected at
the corner of Jones and Tenth streets. The
building was almost completed. In falling
the walls crushed in the adjacent dwelling,
fatally injuring one man.
Burlington, lowa, June 12.—A dis
patch from Massena, Cass County, says
that a tornado struck the village of Bridge
water, eight miles from Massena, on Mon
day, the wrecks indicating that two
storms had met there, as there are two dis
tinct traces of tornadoes in the town. The
first house struck, a two-story frnoe,
was blown down, and Mr. and Mrs. Lilly
were severely injured. The latter has
since died. Mr. Hartman’s house was the
next one struck, and not a timber was left
standing. Mr. Condon, who was in the
house, received fatal injuries. The mem
bers of the family were all more or less
hurt. Dr. Reagan’s drug-store was
moved from its foundations, and the
stock ruined. The building next to the
drug-store was the only one in the villaee
that escaped injury. S. F. Patterson’s
broom factory was blown away, some of
the heavy machinery being carried several
hundred feet. The dwelling-houses and all
the outbuildings of James Sweaton are
gone, barely a trace of them being
left. James Ford’s house was unroof id,
and one end of Richard Bell’s dwelling is a
complete wreck. E. Strong’s stable was
blown away, but his horse v as found un
injured tied to the manger half a mile
away. The fine residence of James Hendry
was blown down, and a bed containing two
children was lifted into the yard, mot a
cover on the bed being disturbed. A score
of other buildings were more or less dam
aged. The loss will reach $60,000.
Gold and Silver.
Washington, June 12.—Among the ta
bles in the special report of the Director
of the mint, on the production o' gold
and silver, soon to be pablished, in a
statement by years showing the depo; ; ts
of domestic gold bullion at the mints
and assay offices from July 1, 1873,
to January 1, 1885, which amounts
to $415,000,000, and also the production, as
estimated by the Director of the Mint, dur
ing the same period, amounting to $428,-
000,000, the total estimate for the eleven
and a half years being only $13,000,000 in
excess of the deposits of domestic gold.
During the last fiscal years the deposits
of foreign gold coin and bullion
have exceeded the net imports by
over $13,000,000, showing that considerable
foreign coin is brought by immigrants
upon their persons, and that some foreign
gold bullion, probably brought by rail, is
not reported at the Custom-house. An
other table shows the gold coinage at the
U. 8. mints for the last twelve fiscal years,
which amonnts, after deducting U. S. gold
coins remelted, to $545,106,114.
Cholera.
Madrid, June 12.—Eleven cases of dis
eases resembling cholera are reported in
this city. Four deaths occurred here yes
terday from the malady reported. The
sanitary officials continue the work of dis
infecting the streets, and of keeping large
bonfires burning at all available
points. Into these bonfires quanti
ties of sulphur are cast frequently. Seven
new eases of cholera and three deaths oc
curred to-day in the city of Murcia, and
three new cases and ten deaths in the
Province of Murcia, outside the city. A
number of new cases of cholera and of
deaths therefrom are reported from other
districts in Spain.
Buenos Ayres, June 12. —Owing to the
appearance of cholera in Spam, Brazil has
closed its ports to ships from the eastern
coast of the Spanish peninsula.
Paris, June 12.—1 n view of the preva
lence of cholera in Spain the French Gov
ernment has given orders to subject arri
vals from Spain on the Franco-Spanish
frontier to three days’ quarantine.
Explosion in a Mine.
Zacatecas, Mexico, June 12.— Twelve
miles from Zacatecas is situated the cele
brated Janto Tibures de Laveta Grande
Mine, that has produced ever since the
Spanish Conquest, yielding untold millions
of silver during that time. Within the
past few years it has been newly devel
oped and fitted throughout with the most
costly modern machinery. The work of
recovering and reopening all portions of
the great mine has been in prog
ress and was approaching completion.
Large quantities of timber and other ma
terial, including blasting powder, had been
kept on hand. Yesterday morning an ex
plosion occurred, plainly heard at Zacate
cas. Five hundred cases of giant powder
had gone off by some means unknown. Ten
persons were killed outright and as many
more wounded. The mine and everything
near it was a complete wreck. The surface
improvements were totally destroyed.
Indian Supplies Contracts.
Washington, June 11.—The Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs to-day awarded
contracts for furnishing beef to the follow
ing named persons: For the Crow Creek
Agency, 800,000 pounds, at !s3.4ti per cwt.,
to Chas. A. Weare, of Chicago; for the
Yankton School and Agency, 300,000
pounds, to Asel Kyes, of Yankton, at
$3.50, and .‘IOO,OOO pounds to Chas. A. Weare
at $3.57; for the Rosebud Agency 6,500,000
pounds at $3.53, to A. H. Swan, of Chey
enne: for the Fine Ridge Agency, 6,500,000
pounds, at $3.45 3-8, to Strang Bros., of
Sioux City. *
HORRIBLE CASUALTY.
A Stairway Loaded With People Falls—
Twenty-four Killed and Over a Hundred
Wounded.
Paris, June 11. —At Thiers, a town Lg the
Department of Puy-de-Dome, a murder
trial has been in progress for some days.
Yesterday, the last day of the trial, the
Court-house was crowded with men and
i women anxious to witness the closing
scenes. When the people were leaving, im
mediately after the adjournment of the
Court, and were jammed upon the stone
stairway leading to the street, the lofty
staircase fell. The scene that followed
was appalling. Immense masses
of masonry from above crashed down
on the struggling people below, grinding
through their flesh and bones and maiming
and mutilating them in a horrible manner.
The fall of the staircase and the shrieks of
tho people lying helpless in the ruins
caused a panic in the court-room, and
there was a rush for the now' wrecked exit.
Those who were in the front were unable
to withstand the pressure from behind, and
were hurled down upon tho men and
women crushed in the fall of the staircase,
and whom the people in the street were al
ready striving to rescue. When, at length,
tho panic had exhausted itself, and the im
mense stone steps of the fallen stairs had
been removed, twenty persons were taken
from the ruins dead. The injured number
ed not less than sixty, and many of these
will die of their injuries. A later dispatch
from Thiers makes the Court-house calam
ity there yesterday by far more disastrous
in its consequences than the earlier dis
patches indicated. The dead already num
ber twenty-four. The total number of the
injured.is now placed at 163. Of these
fourteen are very seriously injured, and
some of them will die.
AN AWFUL PREDICAMENT.
The 'llair-Ifrcadth Kscape of John T'rint
From a Dreadful Death.
Cairo, 111., June 11. —Death in its most
horrible form stared John Frint in the face
to-day at the saw-mill of Robinson & Co.,
on the Mississippi levee. Frint is a sawyer.
The big circular saw was ringing loud in
its wonderful velocity. The carriage,
about four feet from the saw, was laden
with a heavy log and ready to move.
Frint hurriedly stepped between the buz
zing saw and the carriage. His foot slip
ped, and in falling backwards he franti
cally caught the lever used in starting the
carriage, which fell instantly under the
pressure. The gearing w'as thrown into
place, and the huge conveyer began to move
slowly, but with appalling certainty, for
ward. To release the lever would cast him
broadside upon the revolving saw, while
to cling to it would keep the machinery
moving, and he be forced directly against
the saw. His condition was horrible be
yond conception. He slowly but surely
moved toward a most agonizing death.
His body, as it lay at an angle of 45 de
grees abreast the saw, would be severed in
twain at the waist. Shrieking aloud in
agony, he struggled with superhuman
strength to regain his perpendicular. One
foot became free. Another desperate ef
fort jammed it between the
the lever, and he was saved. The moving
machinery stopped and the poor fellow fell
fainting floor, six precious inches
only intervening between himself and eter
nity. The shock to his nervous system is
so great that he will be prostrated for sev
eral days.
IN GEORGIA.
Absolutely in all but Twenty
o Counties of the State.
Atlanta, Ga., June 11.—The State Tem
perance Convention is in session here. A
circular just issued gives an idea of the
strength of temperance in Georgia. At a
glance it shows that Georgia is a prohibi
tion State. In a map accompanying
it the temperance counties are shaded
white, while the liquor counties are black.
The “light” counties largely prevail. The
“black’ counties are exceptional. Of 138
couuties only twenty-two have not been
reached by the temperance wave, and in
100 counties the prohibition, under the
Georgia local option law, is absolute in
fact as well as in law. A prohibi
tion county in this State is a
prohibition county in all that the term im
plies—for local option is a creature of pub
lic sentiment, without support in the shape
of constitutional or other legal breastwork,
and the result is that public sentiment on
the subject is maintained in full vigor in
order to prevent a repeal. Thus the people
of all but twenty-two counties of Georgia
are ever in the heat of battle, ready to
punish violators of the law.
Flan to Circumvent Counrerffcitinjp.
Philadelphia, June 12.—For some time
past Colonel Snowden, the Superintendent
of the Mint, has been at work at a plan to
circumvent the counterfeiting of silver coin.
To-day there was struck at the mint two
dozen silver dollars, whose edges, instead
of being milled, bear the words “E Pluri
bus Unum ,” in raised letters, and also
thirteen stars. The process of strik
ing these coins, while apparent
ly simple, is so difficult that
but few counterfeiters will ever be able to
get the necessary machinery to imitate the
new dollar. At the same time the coin is
stamped on the die it is caught between the
two circular clamps and the stars and
motto squeezed around the edge. All the
coin machines in the mint can be furnished
with similar clamps, and even the pennies
can be turned out with raised letters on the
edges.
Minister Winchester Sails.
New York, June 11.—Hon. Boyd Win
chester, Minister to Switzerland, left on
the steamer Wiseland to-day. accompa
nied by his daughter and Miss Watterson.
Colonel Win. Long, Consul General to
Hamburg, departed on the same steamer.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
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Postofflce and Other Buildings Un
roofed at Sioux City.
j Great Damage to Property Throughout
lowaaml Neb.asks.
Sioux City, la., June 15. —A severe wind
storm struck this city at 10:15 o,clock last
night. The Post-office was un-roofed, the
wholesale dry goods store of Tootle, Liv
ingston & Co. unroofed and the end wall
blown in: C. Shenkberg, wholesale grocery,
portion of side wall blown in;'M. C. Davis’
large barn and residence; J. D. Farr& Co.,
butter and esjg warehouse, unroofed; Stand
ard Oil Company’s warehouse, roof and
portion of walls; St. Paul and Omaha
Railroad, pile of large boilers
and new engine overboard: ferryboat
Beuneto, smoke stacks nnd pilot-house, and
Alex. Mnir, dwelling demolished; St'ugh
& Nikesill, store unroofed; Methodist and
Baptist churches down. At Jackson, Neb.,
Dovev and Barry’s store was blown down.
At Elk Point, D. T., a number of buildings
are down. No one was hurt. At Col
eridge, Neb., sixteen buildings are
down. A. Hudson’s general store
was blown to pieces. Two children
were killed and three people seriously in
jured in the country near town. At Hart
ington. Neb., the rink and a number of
small buildings are down. At Wakefield,
Neb., Anderson & Co.’s store was unroofed.
In all the country within a radius of twen
ty-five miles of the city there was much
damage to trees, fences, wind-mills aud
buildings. A number of farm-houses
were demolished. L. K. Peck of
this city, had his residence demolished.
J. A. Rivers’ house is down, and
Rivers had turee ribs broken. The small
house of Phil Jennings was blown into the
creek. All over the city smaller buildings,
trees and wind-mills are down; glass was
broken, and numerous residences were un
roofed. Word was received from Leniars
that the St. James Catholic Church was
torn down. Tho steeple of another church,
at Plymouth Mills, was unroofed, aud the
smokestack is down. The gas-works was
leveled, and Opera-house unroofed, and
the St. Paul and Omaha Depot
wrecked, new school-house unroofed,
and several residences blown down.
At Panca, Neb., Davis’ store v as demolish
ed and a flour-miil nnroofe 1. The wind
was first straight from tho south, and then
from the southwest. The total damage to
property, as far as known, is over a hun
dred thousand dollars. At present it is im
possible to compute the total losses sus
tained or give the number of buildings
damaged, but at a rough guess more than
two hundred buildings suffered more or
less injury, and the total loss will reach
•$200,000.
Distressing Ac iitisnt.
Erie, Pa., June 15.—James Lockwood,
who lived near the State line, went out
hunting yesterday and stopped for a few
moments at the house of his betrothed.
While conversing with her, her little
brother, Willie Reynolds, began to play
with the gun, against the muzzle of which
Lockwood was leaning. The piece was
discharged and the charge passed through
Lockwood’s body, killing him almost in
stantly. The young woman, who wit
nessed her lover’s death, is wild with
grief.
Could Not Bear Trouble.
Pittsburgh, June 16.—Harry L. Mc-
Geary, a wealthy young man of this city,
committed suicide this morning by
shooting himself through the head.
McGeary was the defendant in
a will case, which was decid
ed against him last week, and the verdict
so preyed on his mind that it gave way
and he ended his troubles by shooting him
self. He is the third member of the family
who has committed suicide, his father and
brother having adopted the same method
of obtaining relief from worldly cares.
An Unwelcome Vessel.
Philadelphia, Pa., June 15.—The
Board of Health has received a letter from
the U. S. Consul at Marseilles, saying that
the Italian bark Orsola had cleared with a
bill of health, wool laden, for Philadelphia,
and that it was subsequently discovered
that two or three cases of sporadic
cholera had occurred at Marseilles previ
ous to her depart ure. The Consul did not
believe the vessel infected, hut sent the
letter that all necessary precautions might
betaken.
Admiral Courbet Dead.
Paris, June 15. —An official dispatch just
received announces the death of the French
Admiral Courbet, on board his flagship, in
the'China Sea. Death was caused by pros
tration, brought on by overwork and men
tal anxiety. Immediately after the an
nouncement of the death of the Admiral
the Chamber of Deputies was adjourned
as a mark of respect. A later dispatch
states that Admiral Courbet died of bilious
fever on Pescadores Island.
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Seven Chinamen Indicted for Murder.
St. Louis, June 15.—The special grand
jury for the case to-day re
turned indictments charging murder in the
first dee r A!* against the seven Chinamen
now in jail accused of murdering Lou
Johnson, the Chinese interpreter, who was
stabbed to deaih on the Ist inst., as the re
sult of a Chinese conspiracy.
Snow-Storm in the North.
Quebec, June 15.—A party of sportsmen,
just returned from Lake Jacques-Cartier,
sixty miles from Quebec, state that on
Tuesday night last they narrowly escaped
being lrozen to death, a raging snow- and
hail-storm, accompanied by violent wind,
having prevailed during the night.
Exodus From Madrid.
Madrid, June 15.—The cholera is spread
ing westward along the Mediterranean.
There are several cases in Teruel. Alicante
and Cartagena. Twelve thousand persons
left Madrid during the past week in conse
quence of the cholera scare. The exodus
is increasing.
M Dermott Dead.
London, June 15. —The Globe, this after
noon, announces that James McDermott,
the alleged informer, is dead. The Globe
states that McDermott died some time ago,
of cholera, in France.
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Another Brooklyn Bridge Crank
New Y ”ii'. June 15 Another man was
interrupt \ ..de ufakiug preparations to
jump from the Brooklyn Bridge, this even
ing. This one gave his name as Parker F.
Daly, a coruelist, of Jersev City.
V()L II.—NO. 16.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
Eugene Hunt, aged twenty-three, a
brakeman on the Louisville and Nashville
Road, fell under a freight train at Nash
ville, Teun. His L “ad, arms and legs were
completely severed from the body, and his
flesh aud clothes scattered along the track
over a hundred yards.
A negro camp-meeting about five miles
from Yorkville, fcj. C., was raided by a dele
gation of bret'Gen, from the village, who,
after a stubborn fight with knives, razors
and pistols, retreated. The casualities were
one killed, two wounded and twenty in
jured.
Rev. J. Sullivan, of Washington, D.
C.> was appointed Bishop of the Catholic
Diocese of Mobile, Alabama.
A boiler in the Smith Flouring Mill,
Ozark, Ark., exploded, totally destroying
the mill and killing one man.
John A. Chatham, a Raleigh , N. C.
store-keeper, and his brother were killed
by street laborers, with whom they quar
reled.
The body of a strangled infant, together
with eC five-pound stone,were found packed
in a valise floating upon the Kanawha
River below Charleston, W. Va.
Addie Wilkkr, a girl of thirteen, was
walking along College street, Talbotton,
Ga., with a companion of her own age.
They were talking about a crazj woman
supposed to be in town. Dollie Triße, a
colored girl, saw them comiug, and over
hearing their conversation, threw her
clothes over her head and rushed wildly at
them, boohooing as though she was the
genuine crazy woman. Addie fainted and
fell headlong on the sidewalk, dying an
hour later from tho shock occasioned 1 by
the fright.
Enos F. Webster, an influential citizen
of Ritchie County, W. Va., was crushed to
death by a falling tree.
Mrs. Burns, wife of Blak-. Burns, a
highly respected farmer,, of ’ Hardeman .
County, Teuu., hanged herself. Cause not
known. .
Two mad dogs made their appearance in
Columbia, Tenn., a few days Ago, biting!
and snapping at everything iffiar them.
One of them was killed, the other
to the country. The police have since killed ,
about thirty canines, invariably by request
of the dog owners. A calf belonging to a
lady was killed, as was a ’ljog, both of
which had been bitten by a rabid dog.
Mayor VV. J. Andrews, on account of
numerous complaints that mad dogs ar-e
running at large, notified all persons to
muzzle all dogs, or those found running at
large will be taken up and if not claimed
within four days the}' will be killed.
The Hessian fly is doing much damage
to -wheat in the upper counties of Virginia.
Some days ago a boy living with his
uncle, Jack Hoffmanh, a mountaineer of
Highland County, Va., died, alleged from
the effects of a fall. Suspicion was arous
ed, and the body exhumed. An autopsy
disclosed the fact that death resulted from
a knife wound of the intestines and spine.
Hoffmann disliked the boy,and,it is thought,
murdered him. Several years ago a little
girl mysteriously disappeared from the
sama house, and has not since been heard
of. The community is greatly‘excited,and
threats of lynching are made..
At Webster, N. C., Jack Lambert was
sentenced to be hanged July 3, for the
murder of a man named Wilson.
Owing to an over-stock, four of the five
cigar factories in Lynchburg, Va., have
shut down entirely, and the other one
nearly so. The suspension will probably
continue for one month.
A fire at Bolivar, Tenn., destroyed a
block of business houses on Court square,
including the post-office. Loss $16,000; in
surance $12,000.
The Sheriff of Dallas County has levied
upon the Texas Trunk railroad, running
from Dallas to Kemp, a distance of about
fifty miles. The road will be sold to satisfy
a judgement for $150,000 in favor of the
Dallas National Bank.
The Randleman Cotton Factory, in Ran
dolph County, N. C., was partly destroyed
by fire the other night. The weaving, dye
ing and spinning departments, and engine
and boiler-rooms, were destroyed. The
loss is $150,000, partially insured. Seven
hundred hands are thrown out of employ
ment.
Six prisoners, confined in the Fayette
County Jail, made their escape at Charles
ton, W. Va.
A Negro named Owens, who was known
to have considerable money, was visiting
the house of a negro man and woman
named Nowlin and McKenzie, near Dres
den, Tenn. They presumably for the pur
pose of getting his money, gave him a hoe
cake to eat in which they bad put a large
quantity of “Rough on Rats.” Owens died
in a short while in terrible agony, and as
his money was missing, robbery was no
doubt the motive of the murderers. They
were arrested and jailed, and will be tried
at the next term of the Circuit Court.
There is great destitution in Jackson
County, W. Va., owing to the prolonged
drought of last summer and the long, se
vere winter that followed. Three hundred
families are in a starving condition.
T. J. Cluverius, convicted in Richmond,
Va., of the murder of Lillian Madison, was
refused a new- trial.
The condition of the growing cotton and
corn in West Tennessee, North Arkansas,
North Alabama and North Mississippi is
unusually favorable to a heavy yield.
At Bonham, Tex., a masked mob aroused
the jailer at the point of a Winchester rifle,
and demanded the keys of the prison. Ihev
got them and proceeded to cells occupied
by Eli and Sam Dyer, charged with the
murder of Sheriff Ragsdale and Deputy
Sheriff Buchanan. The prisoners were
taken out and hanged to a tree.
The son of an Alabama widow eloped
with the daughter of a widower of the same
State, came home and to celebrate their
mutual forgiveness the parents united
their fortunes, and now two families are
one.