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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Austria has refused its sanction to
fthe organization of private cremation
societies.
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| 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.
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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.
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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.
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!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
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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.
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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.
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Howard, the Drutal As-iillant of a Young
Lady, Taken From Jail and Hung
to a Tree.
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’ 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*