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About Dade County weekly times. (Rising Fawn, Dade County, Ga.) 1884-1888 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1885)
i. A. HAVROM, Publisher. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Austria has refused its sanction to fthe organization of private cremation societies. t * | An Eastern paper says that the'snakes ■are rapidly dying out. Possibly this is ■a mistake, and it may be that the snake story-tellers are only taking a much needed rest. f The five States which, have legislated against oleomargarine are New York, iMaine, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania. !Bnt the Court of Appeals of New York recently declared that the law is uncon stitutional. \ ' * ** t It is refreshing to learn that the promise for winter wheat in Minnesota and Dakota is generally good, and in some places better than last year. The heavy snows served to protect the crop last winter. The peach harvest of Delaware and is likely to be the largest in ten years, estimated from five to eight millions of bushels, lu New Jerseyth.fi blackberry crop, which! is usually a staple, will turn out a partial failure. It is computed that in the three hun dred thousand residents of ban Fran cisco there are Ihree thousand habitual smokers of opium. T'ne indulgence costs each smoker from seventy-five cents to $1.50 a day, which is equiva lent to an expenditnre of at least a mil lion dollars a year for this destructive habit. V A new use has been found for elec tricity. It is now being introduced in jmines for a variety of uses, especial ly as an illuminant. It will displace tthe need of the safety lamp, as mine gas will not explode frpm it. The light can be carried in the hand and is so brilli liant t/iat labor can be continued for, the v/hole twentv-four hours. i —-•—* !f The hill limiting the height of build ings in New York City has beep signed by the Governor and is now a, law. It provides that on streets sixtiy feet wide or less buildings shall not bo more than sixty feet high; and not over ninety feet on streets wider than that. ’Pais will al low for only live or six stories, and the era of ten and eleven-stor.y houses has closed. Almost $18,000,1/00 have been ex pended on the Statu Capitol Building in Albany and it is yet far from finished. Over six hundred laborers of all grades t n are constantly employed on it, and will continue to be for years to come. Origi -nnlly the building was not to cost to ex ceed $4,000,000. The closest estimates put the entire cost at $25,000,000, and the result will be a magnificent pile of stone. I - r is said that, tbc permanence of the California mountain forests is seriously hy the herds of sheep and cattle vyAieh are driven into the moun tains, every year to graze. From the f°Vhills to Ihe highest meadows every (ifolado of herbage and every seedling shrub and tree is devoured. Young trees are barked and ruined, and the roots of grasses are trodden out by the hoofs of the animals. A syndicate of Greek and Hebrew scholars has; recently given to the world an Old Testament that, contains many new readings of the King James ver sion which for over two hundred years lias been the only one known to Eng lish-speaking Christians. It is agreed that the new translators have done their work well, they have touched the sacred volume with reverent hands, and have only made such changes as were impera tively demanded by the sense of the text. About the unsafe t place on the globe to place the body of the distinguished dead is the Pantheon. It has been sec ularized several times, Sjtate and Church contending for its possession, and of the remains of the dead that have been buried in its crypt nearly all. if not all, have been dragged out and given to the winds. It is doubtful whether the ashes of Victor Hugo will be allowed to re main should the Pantheon again revert to the Church and be reehilstened Ste. Genevieve. j A conference was recently held in England hy the great land owners, headed by the Duke of Argyle, to see if some scheme cannot be devised by which the great landed estates can be divided and sold to farmers who will cultivate them after the manner of French, Belgian and American small landed proprietors. The object is the creation of a class of yeomen—men who own their own land and till it for the benefit of their families. English polit ical economists have long felt that there was danger to the Empire when the mass pf the people had uo stake in the soil. OVER THE OCEAN. M Alfonso’s Intended Visit to the Choi | era District Causes a Riot. Terrible Destruction by the Cashmero Earthquake—Pendleton's Reeep- tlon Tlio Ministerial Deadlock. “ Madrid, June 21.—King Alfonso having determined to visit the cholera-infected districts, although the Bfinistry threatened to resign, immense crowds gathered on the streets on Saturday, and made a demon stration in favor of the King and Queen as against the Ministry and municipal author ities. Tho crowd becoming riotous, the civil guard wrs called out, and fired upon the mob,who theremjou atoned the soldiers. The disorder continued throughoutthe night v ith but slight;Abatement, but the crowd wns finally dispersed to-day. It is re ported thatj two workmen were shot dead anil several were wounded. Many of the rioterawere arrested. Some of them had revolutionary proclamations in their pos session, The King, after consulting with the Ministers, finully decided to abandon thfi, projected tour, and the Ministry was reinstated to-day. Simla, June 21.—As a result of the re cent earthquakes in Cashmere, .‘’,oßl per sons lost their lives* 70,000 houses were laid in ruths, ami 33,000 animals perished. An officer has been sent to survey the scene of the shocks. "London, June 21.—Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues had a short conference to day- The deadlock continues and there is no material change in the situation. It is stated that in the event of the Liberals re taining office Mr. Joseph Chamberlain will possibly be appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland. The Daily News, in an editorial on the political deadlock, says: “The alternative is simple. Either Lord Salis bury must form a Cabinet and the Liberal loaders be controlled by public opinion, or Mr. Gladstone must return to office.” Berlin, June 21. —Enqieror William, in the presence of Count Herbert Bismarck, Tinder Secretary of the Imperial Foreign Office, to-day received Mr. Pendleton, the new U. S. Minister, who pres*nted his cre dentials. Mr. Kasson afterward presented his letters of recall. IN THE NICK OF TIME. Who >ay» Sparking Isn’t a Go.wl Thing?—lt Saves Two Trains Near Yanattasburg. Newark, 0., June 21.—A terrible railroad accident, and one that would have en dangered the lives of many of the passen gers on ho south-bound Baltimore and Ohio trnjii. due here at 10:40 last night, was averteu by tho timely action of two young 'men [near Vanattasburg, a 1 small station five miles uorth of this city, on the Lake Erie Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The young men had been out sparking their girls, and were returning home, when they discov ered that the trestle work of the road across Dry Creek had been washed away by the heavy rains of the preceding day. Know ing that it was almost time for the south bound passenger train to pass, and that unless they gave warning of the danger the train, with its human freight, would be dashed to tho rocks be neath. resulting iu the death of many of the passengers, they immediately went to work to save the train. Ono of them started north to signal the passenger and the other went south to give warning to any northbound train, as trains usually pass each other at Vanattasburg, and there is no telegraph station at that point. The passenger train was stopped a short dis tance from the trestle, and the danger made known to the traiu men, who were profuse in their thanks to the young man for his timely action. A tele gram was immediately sent to head quarters at this point notifying the officials of the washout, and a gang of men were sent up and spent the night in replacing the bridge. A north-bound train was also saved from destruction by the young man, who went south. The passengers were not made aware of their miraculous escape from death. The young men who saved the train failed to give their names, but iu all probability they will be sought out and rewarded by the railroad officials for their inestimable service. New Swindle on Farmers. Vincennes, Ind., June 21.—A new swindle is being perpetrated upon innocent people in this section of the State by sharp ers. The scheme, as it has been operated on several unsuspecting farmers, is as fol lows: A venerable gentleman approaches the farmer and talks of the laboring men and tillers of the Soil having so much to pay. The farmer is told by the venerable gentleman that he is getting up a petition that he wishes every farmer to sign. The petition, he claims, is to oue of the local members of the Legislature asking him to work in the interest of the over burdened tax-payer, and soliciting the members to correct any evils that may exist if it is so in their power to do. The reader glibly gabbles off a lot of stuff to the farmer from twoor three pages of manuscript and then asks the farmer’s signature. The result is the same as of old—the farmer is sold, aud in a few days a note is presented to the farmer, and in nine cases out of ten the swindler gets off with the money. There is no doubt but that the petition scheme is successfully worked on a good many unsuspecting men who are ashamed to complain after they realize what an astounding advantage has been taken of their simplicity. Double Birth. Shelbyville, Ind., June 21.—0 n last Monday night Mrs. Horace Chadwick, a young married woman living ten or twelve miles north of this city, gave birth to a daughter, and was getting along nicely until Thursday night, when she was taken violently ill, and that night gave birth to a son. Mother and children are doing well. TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 25. 1885. MOB LAW. • —i , ' i ■ Howard, the Drutal As-iillant of a Young Lady, Taken From Jail and Hung to a Tree. f'~"' ’ Coshocton,O., June 10.—Henry Howard, the colored man accused of criminally as saulting Miss Bache, at West Thursday afternoon, was taken Trom the jail to-night by a masked moti'm' nearly two hundred. A rope was put around his neck and he was rushed across the street into our beautiful Court yard and hanged to a large elm tree. The first tree they took him to was too small. Several parties ascended the second tree, each one eagerly anxious to suspend the rope. II is hands and feet were tied. He confessed his guilt, but said he was sorry. The mob formed about one mile east of Coshocton. Crowds came into town from all directions this afternoon ami night. The town was jammed with strangers. The mob came inarching down Chestnut street, stopped at the jail and de manded entrance, which was granted with out any resistance, and they demanded the “nigger,” as they termed him. They were not in the jail three minutes until they had the prisoner, when the crowd rushed away from the jail. The mob overpowered the Sheriff and took the keys away from him. The jail was guarded during the entire day by persons who were anxious that he should not be removed to some other county for safety. This is the first lynching in the history of our county. The Sheriff wanted to tele graph to Governor Hoadly this afternoon for protection, but was over-persuaded. Fully one thousand people were in the court-yard where the prisoner was hanged. Our best citizens strongly condemn tho lynching, and such excitement was never seen in Coshocton. An Aeronaut's Horrible Death. Charleston, IV. Va., June 19.—This af ternoon Clarence Williams, an areonaut connected with Richards’ circus, which is exhibiting in this city, started up in a bal loon, but when he had gone about twenty feet the balloon was discovered to be on fire. Tne spectators shouted to him to jump out, but,he mistook their warning for cheers, and only waved his hat in reply. After ascend ing a distance which wns variously estima ted from one hundred to three hundred feet he discovered his danger, but too late to save himself. In a few moments the flames reached the top of the balloon, when it fell with frightful rapidity, Williams striking the ground hard, and the burning balloon fell on him, but he was taken from beneath it before being burned. Medical aid was immediately summoned, but he died in a few minutes. His back was broken, and blood gushed from his nose and ears. Williams was from Wells ville, O. He had been with this show only ten days, and this was his first attempt at an ascension. He has no family and will be buried here. Charcoal was used under the balloon for generating the gas, and it is supposed that it was allowed to get too near the fire, causing the material to ig nite, and was not discovered until the ropes were cut loose. The Statue. New York, Juue 19. —The formal official reception of the Isere, the French vessel containing the Bartholdi statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, took place to-day, and was a magnificent sea pageant, The formal reception was held In the Al dermanic Chamber. A floral design of the Isere, the hull composed of white pinks and the upper deck of Jacqueminot roses, with French and American flags flying from the mast peaks, lay in front of the President’s desk, and was much admired. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Mayor Grace, President Sanger, of the Board of Alderipen, and F. R. Conder. Af ter the addresses were concluded, the guests eujoyed a luncheon in the Governor’s room. Managers Wallack and McCall ten dered a reception to the officei’S* of the French vessels, which has beei* Accepted for to-morrow evening, when accompanied by General Stone, Mayor Grace and the entire Bartholdi Reception Committee,they will occupy the private boxes at Wallack’ l The boxes will be decorated v ith y a French and American colors. An Ohio Tornado. Ravenna, 0., June 21.—The most terrific and destructive tornado ever known in this vicinity struck Ravenna at 7:30 this even ing, plowing a track a quarter of a mile wide through the business portion of the city. Buildings were uproofed, chimneys blown down, trees uprooted, fronts of stores blown in, and, owing to thedebris in the streets, travel in vehicles was almost at a stand still. The storm did not last but a few minutes, but the damage done in the immediate vicinity is estimated at at least $25,000. The Etna House seemed to be the central point. The ten chimneys are totally and the roof is almost demolished, as well as the roofs of fifteen business blocks. The flag-staff in the park, near by, was blown down, and two traveling salesmen, Mr. Clark, of Chicago, and Mr. Babb, of Boston, narrow ly escaped being crushed in its fall. Sev eral men seriously injured by being struck with fallen chimneys, but none are yet reported killed. ___ The Colliery Horror. London, June 19. —It is now known that one hundred and forty persons wqre killed by the explosion in the Pendlebury colliery, near Manchester, yesterday. The chamber in which the explosion occurred is so filled with debris that thus far only forty-five bodies have been recovered. The Mayor of Manchester has sent a telegram to the Mayor of London thanking the latter for his offers to open a relief fund for the suf ferers hy the Pendlebury colliery disaster, and adding that upwards of one hundred and sixty miners are known to be dead. Lynched. Elkhart, Tex., June 21.—Five of the negroes arrested for complicity in the out rage and murder of Mrs. Hazell, were taken from the jail by a mob and hanced. AN INLAND SEA. Lake Mistassini in Northeastern Canada, It 135 Miles Long and Eight Miles Wide. Montreal, June 18.—John Bignell, late head of the government exploring expedi tion to Lake Mistassini, who has just re turned to Quebec, states that his son in no way exaggerated the facts in regard to the big lake—Mistassini—the great unknown inland sea of Northeastern Canada. He says that some of the numerous islands which it contains appear to him to be over ten miles in length, and were found to embrace large lake 3in the interior. Ono result of his observations was to show that the height of the land forming the northern boundary of that province and the situation of both Great and Little Mistassini as laid down on the maps, is altogether erroneous; the lati tude of the,Hudson Bay Company’s post is at least half a degree from that heretofore accepted as correct, and that little Mistas sini, instead of being a mere arm of the big lake, is in reality a distinct body of wa ter one hundred to one hundred and twen ty-five miles long, by eight wide. Among other natural curiosities of the region, Mr. Bignell visited an extraordinary cave, known among tho local Indians as the “Cave of the Great Spirit.” In it are stored a quantity of expedition supplies. Mr. Bignell reports that the cold of last winter at Mistassini was intense, marking 56° below zero in December, and 52° on March 27, but he bolieves that- the soil of that region will be found well fitted for the growth of hardy cereals. When ho started on his journey to Quebec, on May 28, the ice in the bay was breaking up, but the main body of the lake still held firm. The Cholera‘in Spain. M adrid, June 18. —The official report of the cholera in Spain yesterday is as fol lows: Valencia (city), new cases, 15; deaths, 0. Valencia (province), new cases, 169; deaths, 75. Murcia (city), new cases, 94; deaths, 20. In villages adjacent to tho city of Murcia, new cases, 124; deaths, 56. E'sewhere in the Province of Murcia, new cases, 64: deaths, 28. Castellon dela Plava (province), new cases, 103; deaths, 45. Madrid, 1 new case and 6 deaths. London, June 18.— Much nlarm is appar ent throughout Europe on account of the reappearance of cholera in the South. Austria and Rusia contemplate rigid quar antine measures at all their ports, and the Prefects of the French department on the Spanish frontier are urging the French Government to establish a military cordon against the influx of Spaniards across the border. Stringent measures of protection may be expected to be maintained all ihiough the summer. Sold His Wife. Cleveland, 0., June 18.—Henry Sauer bier, wife and baby arrived Imre yesterday from Logan, Ohio, and put up at the Em pire House. To-day a man named McFar land, also from Logan, put in an appear ance and had a conference with Sauerbier. The result of the meeting was the sale of Sauerbier’s wife and baby to McFarland. The price paid was SIOO. Sauerbier hung out at first and wanted more money, but McFarland refused to raise his bid. To night McFarland, the woman and the infant returned to Logan, while took a train for Chicago. The deal was a genuine one, and is vouched for hy the the hotel, who heard the trade talked over and saw the written agreement. Repairing the Monument. Washington. June 19.—The broken roof stone of the Washington Monument was placed in position to-day without diffi culty. Ropes were stretched around the top of the ftouument, aud by driving betweSi them and the solid ma sonry ■nd gently tapping the broken stone with alnaul, it was pressed into place and fitted ljeely. This afternoon three holes wore drilled through the bottom piece and it was firmly bolted in place. The new electrical apparatus will be here on Mon day, and tho entire work of repair com pleted by next Wednesday. Marriotl Under Penalty of Dealh. Dubuque, lowa., June 19.—The marriage of David Cotty and Miss Ida McDaniels took place hero last evening under difficul ties. The father of the groom had pre viously made a vow that he would shoot his son on the marriage day if he should marry the girl, and last night dogged their footsteps armed with a revolver. The young couple were guarded by a police of ficer and were finally married. The father objected because of a difference in relig ious belief aud of her family connections. His Bread Burned and He Died. Peoria, 111., June 18.—Rudolph J. Rolfs, a thriving baker of this city, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself with a revolver. He was forty-five years of age, and leaves a wife and son, the lat ter fifteen years old. He was doing a good business, was not in any financial trouble, and the only reason that can be assigned for committing the rash deed is that he last night allowed three batches of bread, valued at about $5, to become worthless by burning. West Point Unusually Full. West Point, N. Y., June 19,—The large number of new admissions this month to the Military Academy brings the corps of cadets up to about the full standard. There are now not over twenty-five vacancies existing in the four classes, which means that every Congressional District in the Union is represented, being something al most without precedent. The September admission will fill every vacancy. Two Virginia Darkies Swung Off. Charlottesville, Va., June 18.—Joe Barbour and Horace Terrill were executed this morning at 9 o’clock in the jail yard here, the former for the murder of Randall Jackson, aud the latter for the murder of a girl named Mary Foster. The criminal* and their victims were all colored. The ex ecutions were private. Barbour confessed. INDIAN TROUBLES. The Cheyennes Preparing for a Gen eral Outbreak. Troops Hnrrled to tho Front—Prospect- for Another Long and Bloody War. Washington, June 22.—The War De partment has received reports from Fort Reno, I. T., dated the 20th inst., to tho ef fect that great excitement prevails at that plac“ over a threatened Indian outbreak by the Cheyennes. The Indians known as the Southern Cheyennes are makiugtprepar ations to go on the war-path. Troops have been dispatched to quell disturbances. A few days since troops were sent to quiet a lo cal disturbance among these Same Indians. War Department officials are not informed as to the cause of the threatened outbreak Saturday. If these Indians go oh the war path there will be great difficulty in quieting them. The Cheyennes are re ported to be as troublesome to deal with as are the Apaches. The country, how ever, in which tho former live would lie moreadvantageous.to the soldiers pursuing them than is the rough, rocky couutry in which the latter are being followed. News was received at the Wnr Department late this afternoon to the effect that the diffi culty with the Cheyenne Indians is becom ing very serious. General Augur has or dered four companies of the Fifth Cavalry to go to the scene of the disturbance in ad dition to the companies previously seut to Reno. This makes ten companies at Reno, and three additional companies are held in readiness to go at a moment’s notice. General Augur recommends the appointment of a commission to ascertain the cause of the discontent. The Southern Cheyennes are located in the western por tion of the Territory. The country is level and devoid of trees, except along the streams. Owing to its great extent it is very easy for the ludiaus to keep out of the way of troops. It is believed here that the Indians are well supplied with arms and ammunition. They are said to be good fighters, and fight altogether on horseback. Pension Affairs. Washington, June 22.—During the week ended June 20, the Board of Review of the Pension office has sent to the certificate di vision for the issue of certificates of pen sions, B ih original and 997 increase claims. There have been rejected 965 claims, and 531 have been sent back to the adjudicating division of the office for further evidence, making a total of 3,380 cases dis posed of. The .number for the week ended June 13 was 3,208, and for the week ended June 6, was 2,784. About fifty per cent, of the increase claims acted on by the Pension Office for the month ended June 13, were rejected, and this is about the average per cent, of such claims rejected. It frequ ntly happens that a pensioner who applies for increase is found not to be entitled to as high a rate as he is receiving, and his ap plication for increase results in the reduc tion of his rate of pension per month. U. S. Bonded Warehouse Gives' Way. St. Louis, Juue 22.—About 3 o’clock on Sunday morning several brick arches and supporting columns in the sub-cellar of the old Postoffice building, corner of Third and Olive streets, gave way, and a large part of the basement aud first floor fell with a crash, carrying with it an immense safe to the sub-cellar. To-day another section of the flooi fell, taking down sixty hogshead of sugar. Some six hundred hogsheads of bonded sugar were stored on the basement floor, and the weight was too great, hence the fall. Four mpn at work In the basement had a very narrow escape. There was also a large amount of foreign wine stored in the sub-cellar, and it is be lieved a good deal of it is lost. The dam age to the sugar is slight, but it is said it will cost from forty to fifty thousand dol lars to reconstruct the building. Destructive Storm iu Jfissouri. Kansas, City, Mo., June 22.—The storm Saturday night did little damage in Kan sas City, the most serious being the blow ing down-of a three-story brick building at Eighteenth and Enrank streets. The build ing, which is valued at $4,000, is a total wreck. Reports, however, are coming in of serious damage to growing crops, as well as destruction of fences and houses, and in some cases of dwellings. Specials from St. Joseph, Warrensburg, Independ ence, Cameron, Chillicotlie, Bevier, Mis souri City, Marshall, Slater and Glasgow, all Missouri towns, all tell the same story. At Glasgow, Mr. J. C. Wilson, of Peoria, 111., a traveling man, lost his life, and the business portion of the town was almost destroyed. Hibbs Mnst Come. Washington, June 22.—A dispatch was received at the Postofflce Department from British Columbia, saying that Hibbs, ehe absconding Postmaster of Lewiston, Idaho, who stole $20,000 and went to Canada, is willing to compromise by giving the Gov ernment SB,OOO of the stolen money for his freedom. The Postmaster General directed that the offer be refused, as the Govern ment would rather have Hibbs than the money. The extradition proceedings will begin in a few days. *•» The Web-Worm. Topeka, Kas., June 22.—The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture states that the web-worm is not doing as much damage to co. nasit is thought. The corn has grown most too old to be damaged by the worms. They seem to be devouring weeds and other tender vegetables rather than corn. Snow and Frost. Detroit, Mich., June 22.—A special from Traverse City reports a cold wave, with snow, in Grand Traverse County. Dis patches from the Western part of the lower Peninsula of Michigan report heavy frosts last night, with considerable damage to corn and other crons- VOL II.—NO. 17. SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS. The other evening; the family of E. F. Blakely, of Chattanooga, Tenn., consisting of throe children and a s.ervant-giri, were poisoned by drinking milk from a diseased cow. None of them died but two were dangerously ill. T. J. Cluveriub, convicted in Richmond, Va., of the murder of Fannie Madison, was sentenced to be hanged November 20. Pf.rry and Win. Miiton, father and son, were hanged at Farmersville, La., for the murder of John W. Cherry, on April 15, 1884. The fifth trial of .Frank Burkman, who killed Captain Edward Nelson and his colored mate in Machodic Creek, in the Po tomac, on the night of May 6. .882, was concluded a few’ nights ago at Kappahwn noeh, Essex County, Va., and resulted in a verdict of murder in the first degree on the first count. Burkmaa then pleaded guilty to the charge of killing the mate, and was sentenced by Judge Dangerfield to' eighteen years’ imprison ment in the Richmond Penitentiary for each case, making thirty-six consecutive years Burman will have to serve. William E. Woodruff,sr., who, in 1819, founded the Arkansas Gazette, and when the State wns admitted into the Union in 1836, was the first State Treasurer, died on the 19th in the uintieth year of his age. Judge Talbot has sentenced George Wilson, Matbilde Jones and Charles Davis, all colored, to In' hanged at such time as the Governor may direct. They were con victed of murdering and robbing Mrs. Judge Cole, several months ago. at Plaque mine, La. Wm. Freeman, aged eighteen., near Tasley, Va., on Chincoteague Island, shot Timothy Hills his wife and daughter, and then killed himself. He had rourted the daughter of Hills, and she, it is supposed, at the instance of her mother, declined his suit. It is feared that all three will die. Mr. Hills is one of the most prominent citizens of the island. Mn. Sid M. Davis, a menibei of Farra gut Post. No. 10, G. A. R., of Washington, an ex-soldier and a Republican, has ad dressed a circular letter to the officers and delegates of tho National Encampment, G. A. R., which meets at Portland, Me. In this letter Mr. Davis submits a proposition for the approval of those to whom it is ad dressed that the United States establish and maintain homes for needy cx-Confed erates whose wounds were received at the hands of Federal triops. Mr. Davis says: “I do this for the reason that such ap proval, if given, will come with added grace, because of the position occupied hy you during the war. You can speak with a certain degree of authority in behalf of your late oppouents, and close, by this act, the last gulf existing between the sections in the true interest of humanity, not alone in the United States, but the wide world over.” Andrew Copeland had been courting a girl living ten miles south of Nashville, Tenn. She eloped and married another man a few flays ago. That night Copeland took ten grains of morphine and died. W. C. Hill, a young man of Memphis, attempted self-destruction, by laudanum, at Nashville, a few days ago. Prompt medical attention saved his life. He said he was tired of living. Captain Abel S. Dungan, died the other day at his residence, Surry farm, on the Philadelphia road, near Baltimore, Md. About the first of this year he had a corn removed from the little toe of bis right foot. Some time afterward it began to give him great pain, and symptoms of gan grene appeared. This was attributed by some to the operation, and by others to wearing a tight shoe too soon after the corn wns extracted. Dr. Houck was sent for, but the trouble had become too deep-seated, aud resulted in death. A son of Rev. J. M. Wheat was killed by a freight train at Cullman, Ala., the other evening. An incendiary fire at Hillsboro, Ala., the other night, destroyed five business houses, with their contents. Mrs. Emily H. Tubman, one of the old est aud wealthiest residents of Augusta, fla., died recently, aged ninety-one years. She was the ward and personal friend ol Henry Clay, and assisted at the welcome of Lafayette in Augusta. The extra session of the Tennessee Legis lature is at an end. At Nashville, T©nn., Louisa Hooper t col ored, and her husband, Bill Hooper, got into a family wrangle the other evening. On the police coming in to arrest them, Louisa jumped from a third window, j distance of thirty feet. One foot was broken, one hand terrible mashed, and sh« received internal injuries. M hen asked why she took the fearful leap, she replied that she would sooner die than go to the Work-house. William Hall, Dock Hall and Dudd Reynolds, three white boys between the ages of twelve and sixteen, got into a diffi culty with a colored boy by the name of Frauk Lorey, at Union City, Tenn., the other morning, and during the fight the ne gro was struck with a piece of railroad iron, called a fisbbar, by one of the boya, crush ing his skull on the right side. It is thought the negro will die. The boys were arrested and are in jail. Fire the other morning destroyed tfie stores of R. Marx, J. Holberg, Chaxles Har din, Jno. Brogan and J. Frazer, at Macon, Miss. Four other buildings were badly damaged. The loss is about $80,000; in sured for half that amount. The public gambling houses and poker rooms in Memphis have been closed by the citv authorities. , , Nathan Golking, a native of Potand, aged about thirty-five years, was shot and instantly killed the other morning in Shreveport, La., by Gus Logan, a negro gambler. Logan claims that the shooting was accidental. , _ , J. A. Knight, of Atlanta, Ga», failing to collect SIO,OOO claimed to be due bimfrom A. J. White, of Milner. Ga., committed su,- J cide in White’s house by putting a builfl through his brftin*
