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About Dade County weekly times. (Rising Fawn, Dade County, Ga.) 1884-1888 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1885)
T. A. HAVRQN, Publisher. 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. ' f 1 1 ■■■■ ■ 1 -mm . - 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. , * 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. i 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. • 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. __ 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.
