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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
CniNESE, grasshoppers and Dennis
Kearney, says a California paper, are
the three pests of the Pacific slope.
During the fiscal year 146 new Na
tional banks were organized, and the
charters of seventy-three were extended
for twenty years.
A few million cartridges are being
shipped to Egypt by the English. This
does not look like the evacuation of that
country. What England needs in Egypt
is the policy of sticking.
Prof. Riley, the Etomologist of the
Agricultural Bureau, wishes it to be
understood that he is not making locusts
a regular article of diet, as might have
been inferred from a recent publication.
The New York Herald's weatherwise
editor prophesies an exceptionally hot
period in July, August and September.
He says the snpply of cold waves from
the Arctic Ocean arc already running
short.
Snakes are rapidly disappearing from
New York State, in the opinion of a
correspondent of the Orange County (N.
Y.) Farmer, who assigns the decapitat
ing power of the mowing machine as
one of the principal causes.
Whether or not the Afghans are de
scendants of the Lost Tribes, as the
Ameer has declared, i(*i3 certain that
so far as he is concerned they will be
lost tribes if the Russians acquire do
minion over thq Afghan territory.'
The army of lightning-rod men that
began to move on Washington when the
news spread that the monumept 'had
been struck has been halted by the in
formation that the damages have been
repaired and that their services will'not
be needed.
General Gordon’s "dirfry, extracts
from which have just been published,
show that the writer valued his soldier
ly honor and the prestige of England far
above his own life. There have been
few such heroes as Gordon in modern
times.
The Lick telescope is now assured.
The gigantic glasses are cast, and free
from defects. Probably in a year hence
astronomy will be advanced by seeing all
celestial bodies magnified eighty, times
instead of thirty times, the present
limit. The space penetration will bo
proportionate, and extraordinary reve
lations in the heavens will no doubt
result.
The problem, what to do with the
telegraph and telephone wires? is
thought to have been solved on Fourth
street, Cincinnati, in this way: It is not
to bury them, but to elevate them sixty
feet above the ground. The “poles”
are such sticks as wer'o once used for
the masts of mcn-of-war. Put the wires
up out of the way.
The whipping-post seems to be grow r
ing in favor, although many people
urge that it is not the proper sort of
punishment for any white mam. The
application of the lash to a couple of
wifc-bcaters in Baltimore recently has
set the ball in motion. At Richmond,
Va., a few days ago, a number of ladies,
married and single, held a meeting and
passed resolutions in favor of punishing
witfr the lash husbands who beat their
wives.
It takes the eonstaut time of one of
th& assistant private secretaries of
President Cleveland to open and assort
his mail. Every hour large sacks of
letters are laid upon his desk, which he
opens and carefully arranges. The
President's private mail is also opened
by this secretary. Those marked “per
sonal,” “private,” “important,” “con
fidential,” etc., suffer exactly the same
fate as all the rest.
TffE Connecticut law prohibiting the
sale of certain Hash literature has had
a good effect. The publisher of the
most offending periodical inthisline has
sent his ageuts into that State, changed
the name of the periodical, apd is other
wise stirring himself to counteract the
effect of the law. His agents have
been arrested, his illustrated vileness
confiscated, and the press of the State
have very generally failed to advertise
or assist him in any degree.
The Waukegan (111.) Gazette pub
lishes a list of men residing in that city
who are seventy years of age and up
ward. The list comprises ninety-seven
names, of whom one is over oue hun
dred years old, two over ninety, thir
teen over eighty, and eighty over sev
enty. In addition to these, the Gazette
thinks there are about one hundred la
diesresiding there who are over seventy
years old. This is a remarkable record
for a Western community of only about
4,000 inhabitant?.
TOO MUCH BAIN.
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Continued Cold Storms in Kansas
Does Further Damage to Crops,
Wheat in Stack Ruined—l,ooo,000 Bushels
Destroyedii'Minor Crops Suffer.
Paola, Kas., July 6.—Another heavy
rainstorm visited us last night, continuing
all throtigh the day. It seems general
throughout! Eastern Kansas and Western
Missouri, and this is the sixth day of al
most continuous cold rains. The work of
gathering the wheat crop is brought to a
complete standstill. Wheat in stacks has
been ruined, and estimates place the loss in
Kansas alone at one million busheis, be
sides the damag6 to the grain yet
in the fields. Corn will probably sus
tain little, injury, but is back
ward twSnty days as compared with
the latest season for twenty years.
The State Board’s last estimate of ten mil
lion bushels of wheat was based on alleged
improvement in South eastern Kansas,which
was expected to partially offset disasters
In the great wheat belt of the center. This
estimate took no account of the week’s
Storm, and the immense damage to stacked
wheat in the more favorable locality. Fur
ther West there is no ;wheat to be injured
by storm or anything else. Fears are now
entertained that potatoes will rot in the
ground. Minor crops suffer in like ratio.
It is not drouth, but too much rain and cold
that injures Kansas this year. •
A WATER-SPOUT.
A Freight Train Lifted I’p and Deposited
Three Hundred Feet Away.
San Antonio, July 5. —This morning,
near Waldron, one hundred and fifty miles
west of here, an eastbound freight train
was struck by a water-spout. The engi
neer saw the water-spout approaching
bounding along like a rubber-ball, tearing
up the" earth and uprooting all in
its way. The engineer reversed
the train to avoid the water-spout, whose
course was tortuous, with the column in
clined, and a rotary motion. Just before
the water-spout reached the line of the
road, it changed its course and bounded
along parallel to the track with frightful
velocity. When opposite the train the
water-spout burst, deluging the engineer,
fireman and brakeman, who abandoned
the train and climbed some trees to avoid
a wave of water fully eight feet
high and about ten feet wide. The locomo
tive and fourteen cars were raised bodily
and carried nearly three hundred feet from
the track, while the road-bed was com
pletely * o on« •' ane
extent of the damage has not yet been as
certained. Through trains west of here, on
the Sunset road, have been abandoned.
Road-beds and a number of bridges have
been washed away by recent heavy rains.
A Singular Incident.
Washington, Ga., July 5. —A singular
incident, which attracts the attention of
the medical fraternity, is connected with
the death of Mrs. Carey, a widow sixty
years of age. She contracted measles, the
disease leaving os a result an aneurism of
the left femoral artery. From a clot of
blood in the main artery of' the
left leg mortification set in and
caused i lier death. Mrs. Hendricks,
the twin sister „ Mrs. Carey, then
contracted mea'sles, 'which had run an
identical course with the former case, with
similar result.'' In order to prevent, if pos
sible, a fatal termination in the case, Hr.
Andrews and Dr. Hill amputated the dis
eased leg, and are now awaiting the result.
That the twin sisters should be affected so
unusually, the~two cases being as one in
development and treatment, is considered
quite remarkable.
Call for Troops.
Denver, Col., July s.—Adjutant-Gen
eral Taylor returned from Durango last
night. He reports to Governor Easton
confirming the previous statements that
trouble is likoly to ensue in the south-west
part of the State. According to informa
tion which he gathered while there, the
Navajoes are preparing to make common
cause with the Utes against the settlers
and cattlemen. The latter say they can
defend themselves and will do so. The set
tlers, sent an urgent plea to the Governor
for State troops to defend their homes if
attacked, and to avoid bloodshed by their
presence. What action the Governor will
take has not yet been made public.
Destructive Tobacco Fire.
Milwaukee, Wis.—July 5.--Special tele
grams received here give incomplete infor
mation of a most disastrous fire at Stough
ton,this State,early this morning. Ten large
tobacco ware-houses with about nine thou
sand cases of tobacco were totally des
troyed. The losses will aggregate nearly,
if not quite, $500,000. The amount of in
surance is not known. Eastern tobacco
buyers are the principal losers. Five hun
dred men will be thrown out of employ
ment in consequence of the fire. _
A Brave I,ad Drowned.
Boston, July' s.—While Henry Cooney,
aged sixteen, and William Connell, aged
fourteen, were bathing in a stream in the
Back Bay Park to-day, Connell was seized
with cramps and called Cooney to help
him. The latter cried, “Climb on my back,
Willie, and I will take you out all right.”
Connell did so. The brave boy struggled
manfully with his weight,now sinking,now
rising. When a dozen feet from the bank
both went down, and were brought up dead
by a diver. The affair was witnessed by a
large crowd, who were paralyzed, as usual.
A Dong Flight.
Baltimore, July 5.—A carrier pigeon
made the flight from Atlanta, Ga., to this
city, a distance of 588 miles, in thirty-five
hours and seven minutes,
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 9.1885.
A YANKEE WIFE.
Lady Churchill’s Electioneering Will Poll
Randolph Through.
London,' July 2.— Lady Churchill,
daughter of Leonard Jerome, of New York,
is working might and main, for the re
election of her husband, and drives tandem
daily through the streets of Woodstock,
bowing with cheering smiles to the towns
men. Now, practically, every one you
meet is wearing the colors of his party.
The hue mostly* seen is Lord Randolph
pink. To-night Mr. Corrie Grant’s sup
porters are discouraged. They say the
ladies have been too much for them. No
doubtf that is the case. There
is scarcely a hamlet in the entire
parish which the adventurous tandem’has
not visited. Lady Randolph has had a
smile for elector, or possible elector, and
either a pleasant word or a plea for her
husband, according to the necessities of the
case. One very old man, who, in his en
thusiasm, is carrying a pot of pink gerani
ums around, as well as wearing ribbons, ex-
pressed the thing when he said: “Me! that
Yankee wife of hi? will maks Lord Randy
Prime Minister ’fora I die; see if her don’t.”
Perhaps not the least of her conquests may
justly be said to be the change in the atti
tude of the Duke of Marlborough. There
is no love lost between the two brothers,
and when the Duke went to Blenheim last
week it was quickly whispered that he
“had a knife in bis boot” for Lord Ran
dolph. Then when Lady Randolph took
up her quarters at the Bear Hotel, instead
of at Blenheim, the breach seemed obvious.
But she saw the Duke and then came a de
nial that he was hostile, but had pledged
strict impartiality. Next came the
statement that he would loan his horses
and carriages for Randolph’s use on Fri
day, but they did not then wear the pink.
Last evening it wa3 announced that Lady
Randolph had- changed her quarters to
Blenheim, and that the Duke had gone to
London to better keep his promise of im
partiality. To-day there is no doubt she
is the,, whole great Blenheim
power for all it is worth. There seems to
be no doubt that Lord Randolph will have
a hundred majority or more. His refusal
to come to YVooiwtock might easily have
beaten him, if not more than overbalanced
by-the Indefatigable labors of this plucky
Yankee girl. - ' ... .
Trunk Murderers Sentenced.
Chicago, July I. —Filippo Carusso's
murderers have been awarded the death
penalty, The jury to-night decided that
Azari, Gelardi and Silvestri were the per
petrators of the crime, while Bove and
MercufiOj. their alleged co-conspirators,
were pronounced not guilty. The jury re
tired shortly after five n'ole-'.V J
uu aimcuity in arriving at a verdict, which
they returned shortly after eight. Bove
and Mercurio having been informed of
their probable acquittal, awaited the re
turn of the jurors with smiling faces. The
others seemed stolid and indifferent as
to the fate in store for them. About
one hundred and fifty persons, mostly
Italians, had remained in court to hear the
verdict. Immediately after it had been read
Bove and Murcurio, at signals from their
counsel, took seats to one side. An' inter
preter then translated the verdict to the
convicted men. They heard the words of
the sentence in their own’tongue without
the movement of a muscle, and accompan
ied the baliff back to their cells with stolid
faces, apparently unmoved. The Indictment
against Bove and Mercurio was nolle press
ed, and the Judge ordered them discharged.
A Duel in Which Blood is Drawn.
New Orleans, July 2.—A duel with
pistols was fought yesterday morning at
sunrise at the unfrequented place in the
northern suburb of the city known as
Lower City Park. The principals were
Francis T. Whittington, said to be from
Chicago, and Charles Labrettonne, late
clerk of the parish prison. Whittington’s
seconds were Judge Bond and Nelson Sut
ter, of this city, while the friends of his
antagonist were Richard K. Moore and Ed
ward J. Deblaue. Both parties were ac
qpmpanied by surgeons. At the word fire
both principals fired, both without effect.
Another round was fired, when it was found
tjiat Whittington had been shot in the right
breast and Lebrettonnc had been hit in the
right arm. The doctors pronounced the
wounds not dangerous, but Whittington
has the worst of it. The quarrel was said
to be about a woman whom Whittington
had offended, and who appealed to Labret
tonne for vindication. No arrests were
made*
Disastrous Powder Explosion.
Cheyenne, July 2.—This afternoon
lightning struck the powder magazine mill
north of this city, causing a frightful ex
plosion of giant powder. A house in the
vicinity was blown to pieces, Mrs. Walker
and infant were seriously injured. Rocks
were blown in every direction for half a
mile. The effects of the shock were felt all
over the city. Telegraph poles were de
molished, fences torn down and the adjac
ent driving park seriously damaged.
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Underground Railway in Paris.
Paris, July 5.—A Government bill has
been presented in the Chambers for the
construction of twenty-five miles of under
ground railways in Paris, at a cost of two
hundred and ten million francs. One
third of the capital is to be raised by
shares, without guaranteed interest, and
one hundred and seventy million francs by
debentures, the State guaranteeing five Der
cent. r
Celebration Accident.
Utica, N. Y., July s.— While a number
of young men were firing a brass cannon at
Starin Place, Fultonville, on the Fourth, it
went off prematurely. William Van Voast
was killed instantly and Charles Maxwell
was badly injured and died soon after.
C. R. Mabley's Will.
Detroit, July 2.—The will of the late C.
R. Mabley, the clothier, was opened to-day.
He leaves $500,000, which is equally di
vided between his wife and children.
FATAL FIRE.
Heroic Attempt of a Lover to Rescue fils
Sweetheart—llls Mistake.
Cleveland, 0., July L—When the Fire
Department responded to an alarm at mid
night last night, it found flames bursting
from a tenement-house in the bottoms on
Broadway, near the crossing of the Nickel-
Plate Railroad. It was apparent that the
building was doomed to destruction. The
Department went to work with a will, and
succeeded in confining the fire to the build
ing. As soon as the fire was sufficiently sub
dued to permit an examination, the firemen
entered the ruins and were horrified to find
the remains of two little girls, burned
Almost beyond recognition. The blackened
and charred corpses were indontifled as
those of Sarah Rosenberg, aged ten, and
her sister Fanny, aged eight years. A sec
ond examination re veal cm! the body of
Lena Meisel, aged twenty. The flames had
not reached her, and it is evident that she
had been suffocated by the smoke. In the
hurry and confusion of the moment the
girls had not been missed, their parents
thinking that they had made their escape.
When the fire broke out Theodore Trau, af
fianced husband of Miss Meisel, and who
also occupied a room in, the house, rushed
through the flames searching for his sweet
heart. He called to her, but received no
reply, and was about to give up the search,
when he stumbled against a female figure.
Lifting her in his arms he rushed to the
window and jumped. In the leap he broke
his arm and received internal injuries
probably fatal. On looking at the girl’s
face it was found that it was not Miss Mei
sel,’but a girl named Cohen, whose family
occupied part of the second
floor. Meanwhile Miss Meisel and
the other two girls were bat
tling death in their room above. When it
was found they were missing a German
ascended the ladder to search for them,
but found no trace. Shortly afterward a
second search was made, resulting in the
discovery of the three bodies. Other mem
bers of the Cohen and Rosenberg families
escaped by jumping from the windows.
The Chief of the Fire Department is of the
opinion that the fire originated in the sa
loen, ground floor, and of incendiary origin.
Loss, $5,000.
The Woman With the Iron Jaw.
: Alban V, N. Y., July I.—Lottie Watson,
fee woman with the iron jaw with Van
Amburgh’s circus, met with an accident
yesterday afternoon that will cause her
retirement from the ring. To exhibit-her
great strength of jaw, she has been in the
habit of holding suspended from her mouth
a cannon which is discharged while in mid
mcremiefi of the performance is
mu ttabPU uy tutT iui.ii iuau vul nviuwu *u
hoisted from the ground and hangs head
downward during the feat. Yesterday af
ternoon she was assisted by the Freeman
and Rice Brothers, athletes, who superin
tended the apparatus, and had raised her
to the proper height for firing the cannon,
when one of the pulley-ropes suddenly
broke. The heavy piece of ordnance and
Mile. Watson were precipitated to the
ground, a distance of about six feet. She
struck the cannon, head first, with terrific
force, and was picked up unconscious.
For a time the wildest excitement pre
vailed in the audience, but it quickly sub
sided as the injured woman removed,
and the show went on accusing to pro
gramme. When taken to the hosjfcaHlhe
was found to be seriously Injured. Her
forehead was crushed in, the wound taking
the formed a star, her mouth was cut, and
two teeth knocked out, the right baud was
badly bruised, and some internal Injuries
were received about the stomach. She will
probably bo confined to the hospital for
some time. *
ami Kxpensee.
W July I.—The following is a
compJative statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the United States:
RECEIPTS.
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Since July 1, Since July 1,
Source. June. 1884. June. 1883.
Customs Z. $13,928,350 071 f181.n0.770 89 114.761,145 69 fW-.OCTJSM 76
Internal Revenue 9,318,808 13 112J>69,324 37 10,104,161 87
Miscellaneous. !: 3,910,579 36 1 28,910,680 88 2.066,780 74 31,866.30 . 65
Total $27,157,015 551 $322,590.776 14 $26,932,088 ,10 $348,519,869 92
EXPENDITURES.
Ordinary ! $11,636,883 08 $153,005,194 14 ' $9,709,486 30 $1:14,118,837 79
Pensions'”. 816,681 47 58,395,738 71 3,565,328 27 56,429,228 06
Interest " 2,802,093 56 51,387,519 57 2,851,300 33 54,678,378 48
I 1_
Total $15.255,658 ll| $262,788.461 U $18,116,113 90 $244,136,244 it!
A Terrible Deed.
Utica, N. Y., July 2. —This evening, at
Morris, N. Y., John A. Schuyler went to
his dinner late, and was reproached by his
wife, when in his anger he caught his two
year-old child from its chair and dashed
its brains out on a chopping-block. He
gave himself up apd was taken to jail.
Yseult Dudley Committed.
New York, July 2.—Mrs. Yseult
Dudley, attempted slayer of Rossa, was
ordered to-day to be confined in the State
insane asylum, at Midfiletowp, until pro»
nounced sane.
CHICAGO BIOTINS.
The Street-Car Strikers Outwit the
Police.
Overturning of Street-Cars an<l Murderous
Beating of the Working Drivers and
Conductors.
Chicago, July G. —An attempt was made
to start the street cars of the West End
Division Railroad Company this morning.
They have been Idle some days owing to a
strike among the drivers and conductors.
Despite the presence of the police and
Deputy Sheriffs the strikers attacked the
cars, beat the new drivers and conductors,
unhitched the horses, and overturned the
cars. An attack was made on a Van
Huren street car. The arrival of a patrol
wagon of officers at that instant resulted
in the arrest of a dozen strikers. Cars on
the Madison-Street Line were
started out at one o’clock and ran
without any interruption until three
o’clock. An attack was made at the corner
of Robey and Madison streets, the attack
ing party being the same as at Van Buren
and Robey streets, where it succeeded in
derailing the Van Buren car. On Madison
street the strikers crowded around the car,
and, after assisting the passengers to
alight, unhitched the horses and dragged
the driver and conductor from the car into
the street. They proceeded to beat the
two men, while others held the four police
men on the car and prevented them from
rendering any assistance. The arrival
of a second car dispersed the
strikers, only one of their number,
being left behind in the hands of the police.
The officers of the second car used their
revolvers, and, having released the four
officers on car 531, they in turn assisted in
rescuing the conductor and driver. The
former, Thomas Bell, was cut about the
eye, his injuries not being serious. The
strikers having completed their work on
Van Buren and Madison streets, walked
over to , Randolph street and
awaited an Opportunity at Lin
coln street. The car attached
contained six Deputy Sheriffs, under the
charge of Deputy Sheriff Gnlpin. The strik
ers repeated their performance of unhitch
ing the horses, and then assaulted the
drivor. They dragged him out of the car,
kicked him to insensibility and pounded
his head with a stone, inflicting a fracture*
of the skull and other injuries of a
fatal character. The Deputy Sheriffs
stood around with revolvers. The po
lice finally arrived, arrested six of the
participants and carried the driver to a
drug store. Later in the (lay he was taken
to the county hospital. Tie to dangerously
V * '*• "bit. -TAst attack all the
street-cars were auu uouuou
the barns. There is no evidence of weak
ness among the strikers, although they
have agreed to arbitration. They say as
soon as police protection is withdrawn from
the company the cars will no longer be per
mitted to run. The City Council to-night
considered the strike, and appointed a com
mittee to inquire into it.
The Kansas Flood.
Parsons, Kan., July 6.— Reports from
all points make the damage by flood very
great. The Neosho River is five feet
higher than it ever was known before.
Many farmers who had their wheat cut and
in the shock report almost a total loss,
while others have lost hogs, sheep and
cattle, and in many instances houses and
fences have been swept away, and
the families barely escaping with their
lives. The loss of life has been greater
than usual. Three bodies at Parsons, three
at Chanute and three on the Neosho already
found, and others are missing. No attempt
has been made by the railroads to cross
the Neosho since the Ist Inst. Communi
cation Is already cut off with the East, and
no mall has been received except from the
South since Wednesday. The Missouri
Pacific advertises to run a train east this
afternoon, and transfer by boat at Osage
Mission. It will be two or three days be
fore travel is resumed.
General Indian War.
Leavenworth, Kas., July 6.—A brief
interview has been obtained with Roman
Nose, the renegade Sioux, who has cast his
lot with the Cheyennes, and has apparently
devoted all his energies to making trouble.
Ho believes that before long there will be a
general Indian war, and that the Indians
might as well die fighting as to be driven
about and hemmed in and starved by white
men. The war, said he, will begin with the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and them Co
manctaeS, Apaches, Kiowas and other
tribes will join them, and fight even to
extermination. J
A Smoldering Fire Cracker.
Boston, |Masß., July 6.— Miss Bessie
Hincks Jaughter of General E. W. Hincks,
of Cambridge, died to-day from burns re
ceived on the Fourth. She was walking on
the street when her dress was observed to
be on fire by two gentlemen who hastened
across the street to her assistance. Before
the flames were subdued she received injur
ies which resulted as above. It is supposed
that her dress caught fire from a smolder
ing fire cracker lying on the sidewalk.
Spain’s Scourge.
Madrid, July 6.— ln the whole of Spain,
yesterday, there were 1,467 new cases of
cholera and 660 deaths from the disease.
Of these there were 219 new cases and 56
deaths in Aranjuez, 264 new cases and 144
deaths in the city of Valencia, and 680 new
cases and 417 deaths in the provinceof Va
lencia. There is a marked decrease of the
cholera epidemic in Aranjuez and Valencia.
Anainites Revolting.
Paris, July 6.— There is a revolt against
the French at Hue, the capitol of Anam.
Yesterday insurgents, numbering 30,000,
attacked the legation and a sanguinary
battle ensued. The Anamite loss was from
1,200 to 1,600, and the French loss, sixty
killed and wounded. More trouble is ex
pected. ~
VOL 11.-NO. 19.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.’
Mrs. Fannie H. Davis, a niece by mar
riage of Jefferson Davis, died at Canton,
Miss., on the 2d, after a lingering illness,
aged seventy years.
A HORBiHLE murder and house-burn
ing occurred a few days ago near
Citra, Fla. About three p. m. a
dense smoke was seen from Citra in
the direction of J.O. Matthews’ dwelling.
A party of citizens went out and found that
the house was nearly burned down. Three
bodies were seou in •tho flames, and a col
ored girl ten years old was lying near with
her skull crushed, but able to speak a little.
She says a party camo to the house and
killed Martha Lewis*Gracie Lewis aDd the
baby, and tried to kill her and then set the
house on fire. Mr. Matthews went north,
leaving the house in charge of tho Lewis
family. The victims are all colored, and
were honest, reliable people. •
Detective H. 11. Reynolds, of Charles
ton, W. Va., was fatally shot by a “moon
shiner” named Brown, who has fled to the
mountains.
Tennessee cotton mills are closing up
for the summer. •* .
It is now proposed to make Mr. George
M. Pullman President and Mr. A. T. Gos
horn Director General of the revived New
Orleans Exposition. J
E. 8. Wilson, of Jackson, the editor of
the New Mississippian, has been appointed
Receiver of Public Moneys at Evanston,
Miss.
The growing demand 'for Southern iron
out West, says the Savannah News, great
ly encourages the producers of Alabama
and Tennessee. There has been no mater
ial advance in price, but there is a better
feeling in the market, and the furnaces are
rapidly selling their surplus stock. Much
Southren iron is being shipped to Chicago,
where it comes into direct competition
with Lake Superior iron. The Pennsylvania
iron men are rejoiced to know that the at
tention of their Southren competitors is
being diverted to the West. A good deal
of Southern iron, however, still goes East
on old contracts, and probably the greater
part of the Virginia output is sold in the
Eastern market. m
The Custom-house, at Memphis, Tenn.,
which has been in course of erection for
more than eight years, is nearly completed,
and will be.ready for occupancy about Sep
tember 1. All the Federal Courts and Gov
ernment offices, including the post-office,
will bo located in the new building.
The large crop of peanuts produced last
year and the general depression in trade
have served to keep prices below a remu
nerative point for planters, and this seems
to have the effect of materially reducing
the area of land assigned to this croo this
year. The Norfolk Public Ledger, in re
-1 the returns from
says: “Repneo peanut raisers
shows (Southampton County not included)
that 3,220 1-2 acres have been planted this
year, against 7,181 1-2 acres last year, and
in Southampton County the acreage is
about 50 per cent, of what it was last year.”
This is only a part of the acreage in that
State, but it shows the general drift of the
policy pursued by the farmers.
Three sous and two daughters of Gener
al Lee survive him. His sons |are farmers
in Virginia, and the daughters are both
great travelers, the elder having explored
Australia, Japan, China, India and Egypt,
in addition to the European circuit of
sights.
S. M. Blair, aged thirty-five years, was
accidently killed by falling out of the third
story window at his boarding-house in
Baltimore.
The war on the Mother Hubbards, which
was so vigorously waged last summer in
various parts of the country, is being re
newed in Dawson, Ga., where an ordinance
has just been passed imposing a fine of $5
on persons wearing the objectionable gar
ment on the street, - «
8. R. Fortman, of New Orleans, fell over
the cliff below Turner’s Point, Ga., a few
evenings ago, while on his way to the
depot. No one saw him fall, but he being
missing, a party went in search of him.
Torches and horns wero procured. The
horns were blown at intervals and large
flambeaux flashed their lurid light in the
dark caverns of terrible Tallulah. The
shouts re-echoed through cliffs and crev
ices, but no answer was returned. All
night these men marched up and down
hunting for the lost man, but success did
not crown their efforts until next morn
ing, when the lifeless body, as was sup
posed, was seen lying down on the cliff be
low Turner’s Point. Immediately prepa
rations were made to reach the dying man.
When reached he was found to be alive,
but in a dying condition. The hunters had
passed within twenty feet of him the night
before, but owing to his condition he could
not make himself heard. He got on a
large table-rock at Turner’s Point, and as
the rock was wet, his foot slipped, and he
was precipitated 250 feet below, where he
lay the greater part of the day and all
night until he was discovered.
General A. B. Upshaw, of Tennessee,
has been appointed Chief Clerk of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The case brought by Charity Wiggins
and the widow of the late John Bethune
for the possession of Blind Tom, the pian
ist, was heard by Judge E. M. Spillman,
of Fauquier County (Va.) Court, the other
day. Messrs. Murdock and Moore appeared
for Wiggins and General William H.
Payne and Eph Huntington, jr., for Gen
eral James N. Bethune. The Court re
manded Tom to the care of General Be
thune. It is understood the case will be
appealed to a higher Court.
Charles Moore and his wife lived on
Clear Creek, near Concord, N. C. Both had
hasty tempers,'and innumerable quarrels
was the result. The other day they were
in the garden and a quarrel took place. The
wife hit her husband over the head with a
small garden hoe she had in her hand, the
sharp blade penetrating his skull, killing
him instantly. She immediately became
horrified at her deed and threw herself on
the dead body and in endearing language
besought him to open his eyes. She has
been arrested, and it is thought will lose
her mind.