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Dade Coum weekly times.
T. A. HAVROM, Publisher.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
French Canadian appeals and
threats have availed something for
Riel. Ihe Court at Regina has granted
a respite. The chances are that the
bold half-breed “rebel" will never hang.
The U. S.Steamship Swatara left New
Orleans recently having on board the
enormous sum of 510,400,000 in silver
coin, weighing 315 tong. What a prize
this whtrld have been in buccaneering
days.
Massachusetts law recognizes the
newspaper as a public necessity to the
extent that while newspaper property
in general may be subject to attachment,
it may not be so done as to occasion in
convenience to the public. Forms ready
for the press cannot be attached, under
a prohibitory law enacted by the, last
Legislature.
Some cocoanut oil, a moderate amount
of sugar from a few of the large islands,
sandal wood in some quantities and the
ugly looking leche dtmer, or sea slug,
•with whose gelatinous substance the
orthodox. Chinese epicure delights to
thicken his soup, are the chief products
of thaCaroline Islands now in dispute
between Spain and Germany.
Dr. Peters, of Rochester, N. Y., is
engaged in cataloguing Hit/ stars, lie
has recently added six thousand to the
old charts of the heavens. His cata
logues show over one hundred thousand
stars, which is understood to be the
greatest collection in the world. Of
course this vast total represents, as it
were, only a few drops compared with
the water in the ocean.
The English .steamer Rawa recently
made the shortest trip.on record around
the world. The time occupied was only
73 days, 5 hours and 24 minutes. Jules
Verne has written the supposed adven
tures of an Englishman, who, to win a
bet, circumnavigated the globe in 80
days. The wager was won, but by mak
ing direct trips’ and using railroads; but
so far the Rawa’s feat, in which the
whole distance was by water, is unex
ampled.
A proposed remedy for preventing
druggists’ mistakes is the Swedish law
which provides that prescriptions shall
be written in duplicate and one copy
pasted on the "bottle while the other is
retained bt 7 the druggist. Another
remedy is to‘color mophine, so that it
could readily be'distinguished from qui
nine. But the Detroit /Vefc Pre/s thinks ■
one careless druggist hung or imprison
ed for life would keep druggists wide
awake for the next century.
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On his Recent trip to the woods it is
said the President met and became en
amored of a prettjl widow, aged thirty.
She enjoys a snug.Sncomo and has con
siderable property inherited from her
mother. The gossips have not yet
named her, but there is no doubt that
the President and she are much inter
ested in each other. The President told
a confidential ffriendja few evenings
since, that he never felt the need of a
wife so much as since coming to Wash
ington.
A svstbm by Baron Adelsward, of
substituting coal oil for coal has been
largely introduced into the French navy.
By this system'the coal oil is placed in
a tank, where it is raised to a high tem
perature by the steam from the boilers.
It is then passed to-the fiirnaCe* doors,
where it comes in contact with a jet of
steam and i 3 driven into the furnace
which has bccb prcviously heated in thf
usual way. Baron Adelsward claims
that his system is suitable for the propul
sion of armor odads.
The population of the United States
is increasing at a rapid rate. In lowa,
for instance, there has been a gain of
600,000 in fiveVe.ars. Chicago has added
40,000 to her population in one year,
and now numbers nearly 700,000. At
the present rate of progress, Chicago
will overtake Now York in population
within thirty years. By the close of the
century we shall not have far from 190,
000,000 people in .the United States.
Wars aad pestilences, of- coarse, may
make a difference.
The German'Government, to solve
certain terrestrial problems, is drilling
a hole in the earth at Sobladblach to
test the temperature at different depths.
The hove has penetrated 1,393 metres,
where the temperature is found, to be
120° Fnhr. At this rate the boiling
point of water, 212°, will be reached at
8,000 metres, and at 75 kilometres plati
num, the most infusible of metals will
melt. From this it is deducted that the
interior of the earth is a mass of molte*
mineral substances, and that we live on
a very thin crust compared vritti the
mass of the glob*
DESPERATE MANIAC.
Captured After Wounding Several
Persons.
Terrible Experience of a Posse of Cincin
nati Police Officer*.
Cincinnati, 0., September 20. This
ivening word was received at the Oliver
jtreet Station that Chas. Harwood, a
former well-known clerk in ttie office of the
C., H. and D. Road, but who recently has
become a mahiatr,’ was playing havoc at
his home in Westwood. He had attacked
his mother, wounding her severely, as also
a number of neighbors who had interfered.
Officers McGranahan, Mehan and others
started to the*sceae in a patrol wagon, and
on arriving there were warned by the
crowd standing around the .house thati
the man was desperate, and
they would have to exercise the
greatest care if they valued their lives.
They went in, however, and. opened the
door of the room which contained the ma
niac. As they were about to enter, a large
glass dish, thrown with all the strength of
a crazy man, struck Officer Mehan in the
left side of his face, knocking him down and
cutting a gash about two inches long just
below the cheek bone. This was followed
in rapid succession by other missiles, which
luckily, the officers managed to dodge.
McGranahan, seeing that he and his part
ner had no chance against such odds, drew
Mehan out of the way and shut and locked
the door, just in time to prevent the ma
niac from getting out. The officers re
treated to the road and tried to in
duce some of the men standing
around to lend their assistance, but they
were refused. They then again mounted
the wagon and went back to the station
after reinforcements, and three other
officers were secured. The officers went
directly to the room of the maniac, and at
a given signal they burst in the door.
Officer Sbaufert, who wns slightly} in the
lead, was met by the demon, who was armed
with a sickle. He waved it around his head,
and then, giving a demoniacal yell, he
sprang upon the officers. They all dodged
the blow intended for t.heiF heads, with the
exception of Officer Shaufert, who, to pro
tect his head, threw jnp his hand- The
sharp instrument struck him over the back
of the hand, laying open the flesh in a
frightful manner. The others by this time
had recovered themselves, and they sprang
at their man, and, after a desperate
itruggle, succeded 'in downing and
she -kling W*m. He w*s then carried to
the wagou and a short time after
landed in Oliver Street Sthtion.
The officers’ clothing and faces looked as
though they had tackled a small army.
Harwood, it is said, has been confined in
the room where he was found for seven
months, and during that time had not
taken off his clothes. The place was in a
horrible condition, as was the man. What
little food he ate was handed to him through
a window. The poor fellow only on rare
occasions ate anything that was given
him. He will be taken to Longview Asy
lum to-morrow.
An Eloping Couple Overtaken.
Chicago, September 20.—Dernier Mayer,
a handsome girl of about nineteen, and
Abraham Michael, a decent-looking young
man of tweuty or thereabouts, each being
respectfully daughter and clerk of Mayer
pere, who keeps a store in Goshrn, Ind.,
came to Chicago together last night, and
found an asylum with a brother of the clerk,
who lives on Fulton Avenue. The pair
were to have been married to-day, but [the
early arrival of the young lady's father,
accompanied by' a couple of officers,
•hanged their plans. Miss Mayer was in
duced to tecognize the folly of marrying
without hope of receiving the parental
blessing, and young Michael was informed
that he could take a last farewell of bis late
sweetheart at the depot. He svas at the
Union Depot promptly on time, where a
note was given him saying the father and
daughter had taken the train at Twentv
second street.
Veteran Soldier Drowned.
Philadelphia, Pa., September 20.—Ord
nance Sergeant Richard Browne, in charge
at Fort Mifflin, this city, was drowned to
day by falling in the moat. The body was
taken in charge by the Coroner, ami will
be KViVied with rjij+rtary honors in the Na
tional Soldiers* Cemetery. Sergeant
Brow ne bad been in the United States
service for over thirty years, and was
t’ansferred from Port Union, New Mexico,
two years ago, to succeed the veteran Ser
geant Bromley, at Fort Miffliu.
Dissecting Jumbo's Carcass,
St. Thomas, Ont.. September 20.—The
work of dissecting the carcass of Jurnho is
progressing rapidly under the direction of
Prof. Ward, of Rochester. The flesh is be
ing cremated as fast as cut away. The hide
of Jumbo weighed 1,600 pounds and re
quires a ton of salt and one hundred and
eighty pounds of elm bark to cure it. It
was shipped in vats to Rochester, N. Y.,
yesterday.
Deckhand Does l 7 p a Passenger.
California, Pa., September 20.—A deck
hand on the steamer James G. Blaine at
tacked John Kain with a bludgeon last
evening, inflicting injuries that will likely
prove fatal. Kain refused to pay his fare,
claiming that he had already paid. The
deckhand, whose name is unknown, has
not been arrested. -
Shot Through the Heart.
Centralia, 111., September 20. —H.
Nichols, twenty-four years old, residing at
Ashley, 111., committed suici le to-day, by
shooting himself through the heart, while
laboring under a fit of despondency.
Injured by a Mad Bull.
Evansville, Ind., September 20.—Wil
liam Bedford, an old citizen, well known in
racing circles throughout the Union, wa s
terribly injured to-day by a umd bull, and
a ill probably die, '
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1885.
JUMBO’S BONES.
His Frame to he Set Up in the National
Museum at Washington.
Washington, September 18.— Jumbo's
skeleton will pass into the possession of the
National Museum, aud soon be brought to
this city. Prof. Ward, of Rochester, ar
rived at St. Thomas, Ontario, yesterday,
with several assistants, aud removed the
skin from Jumbo’s carcass and stripped the
flesh from the bones. The skin will be sent
to Tuft’s College and the bones to the
National Museum. It is not expected that
the boucs will arrive here for teu days or
two weeks. Mr. F. True, the curator of
the section of mammals at the
National Museum, says that Jum
bo’s skeleton came to the museum
through W an arrangement made
with Mr. Barnum "something over a year
ago. Then Jumbo’s will was made for him,
and his skin and bones were bequeathed to
different institutions.' Mr.’Tnue was given
the choice of the skeleton or the skin, and
chose the skeleton. Of course Jumbo’s
early demise was not foreseen at that day.
There wqs a probability of his living one
hundred years or more. Jumbo was in the
flush of youth, being only about thirty
years of age. He came into the possession
of the London Zoological Society
in 1860. They obtained him from
the Jnrdin des Plantes, Paris, by exchange.
He was then young and compara
tively small. He remained at the Lon
don Zoological Garden until he was 1 pur
chased by Barnum three years ago. If it
had not been for the mortgage which the
National Museunflhad upon his bones, it is
thought there would have been a great
struggle for the possession of the skeleton
as the skeleton of a male African elephant
of snoh size is esteemed a great prize, not
only in a popular sense, but scientifically.
It is not known at the Museum whether
the bones were injured any in the collision
with the freight train or not. If
any of the bones are fractured
they can be repaired. Mr. Lucas,
the osteologist who will have (charge of
the work of mounting the skeleton, re
marked to-day that he would much rather
have to repair the fractured bones of the
elephant than of a dog or smaller animal.
Mr. Lucas said it would probably be a yeur
before Jumbo’s skeleton will take its
place in the museum. After the bones are
received they will be put to soak, and it
will require several months before the pro
cess of maceration and bleaching are com
pleted. Cold weather is not favorable to
these processes. Another huge elephant’s
skeleton is now undergoing these
processes. This is the skeleton of Bar
num’s Asiatic elephant Albert, which was
shot nnd killed in New Hampshire, last
July, after it had killed one of its attend
ants. When it was decided to kill the ele
phant the officials of the museum were no
tified. They sent an expedition to the spot
and secured the bones. As these bones
have had the advantage of soaking in warm
weather, they will soon be ready for artic
ulation, and will probably make their ap
pearance in the museum this winter. Jumbo
and Albert, two males of distinct scecies,
will make-a very valuable pair.
A “Sawdust” Swindler Caught,
New York, September 18. —Wm. Curtis,
a coarse-looking negro, was brought to
police headquarters to-day. He was
charged with being implicated in a .sawdust
swindle, of which H. J. Severance, of
Adams, Monroe County, Minn., was the in
tended victim. The real plotters escaped,
and only their tool, the negro, fell into the
hands of the police. Mr. Severance got let
ters at bis home offering to sell counterfeit
moneys. These letters were signed John
Kellcber.of New York. Mr. Severance came
here, according to Kellcher’s instructions,
following out the route laid down
for him. On arriving here he was to put
up at the Ashland House under an assumed
name. Mr. Severance followed out these
orders, but notified the police, ,»and detec
tives were placed in the roorq adjoining
his. Curtis came to the hotel, inspected
the register and then went up to Sever
ance’s room, where he presented a letter
puporting to be from Kellcher. Curtis,
who is a runner for Barney McGuire one of
the leaders in the counterfeit bill swindle,
was sent to prison for six months. _
Rules for Special Delivery Letters.
Washington, September 18.— The fol
lowing rules have been issued for the
guidance of Postmasters and postal clerks
in preparing for the dispatch of letters
bearing the,special delivery stamp: 1.
When dispatched in direct, or express
pouch from one post-office to another
post-office, or from a railway post-office
to a post-office, a separate package
should be mad* when there are five or
more letters; when there are less than
five letters they should be placed to
gether, upon the outside of the letter pack
age, so as to be readily discovered by the
person opening the pouch. 11. When dis
patched from the post-office to a railway
post-office or from one railway post-office
to another a separate package should be
made when there are five or more of these
letters addressed to the same post-office.
When there are less than five letters they
should be placed upon the outside of a
direct package or immediately under the
label slip of a route or State package.
Warring Factions.
Milwaukee, Wis., September 20. —A
row occurred between differing factions of
the St. Hedmerg’s (Polish) Church society
to-day, in which a number were cut with
knives, wounded with stones and clubs, or
seriously injured in other ways. Six par
ticipants, members of the church have
been arrested and jailed. .» .
The New Sore in RonmeDt.
St. Petersburg, September-2 *.—lt is
hoped in court circles here that the signa -
torv powers of the Berlin treaty will settle
the Roumelian troubles amicably, keeping
in sight the just grievances of the people.
Austria, it is thought, will probably annex
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A BIG PROCESSION.
Seven Miles of Streets Decorated—Boj
Killed.
Louisville, Ky., September 17.— Tht
celebration of the sale of the 100,000 th
hogshead of tobacco in Louisville this yeai
has been a grand success. The city to-day
witnessed the grandest industrial and com
mercial parade ever held in the South
Louisville has never before had so large a
sale, representing, as it does, over $12,000,-
000, The tobacco interest was given the
post of honor, and their displays occupied
three out of the procession ol
eighu miles. The streets were crowded
from early morn'and the city was hand
somely and elaborately decorated. Fully
50,000 visitors witnessed the procession,
which began its march at 10:30 o’clock and
paraded the principal streets, headed by
the police and fire departments. The to
bacco men not only had separate and indi
vidual displays, but they all united in pre
paring a number of huge floats, represent
ing tobacco in all stages of cultivation
and manufacture. The hogsheads of
fine Burley tobacco selecteff as
the 100,000 th hogshead was sold
at auction to C. L. Head, who purchased it
for the Finzer Brothers, of Louisville, who
will manufacture it into a favorite brand.
The hogshead weighed 1,190 pounds net
and brought $2,023, or $1.70 per pound, the
highest sum ever received fora hogshead.
The nine-near-old son of Mrs. Helen Fries,
of 1111 Campbell street, was accidentally
pushed beneath the wheels of Finger’s large
wagon and his brains were crushed out,
causiug instant death. Several other slight
accidents occurred. ■
Ton Thousand Dollars Reward.
St. Paul, September 17. Detective
Wood, of Wiggins & Wood, Boston, head
of the firm from whose special detectives
Bra nerd, the Vermont bank defaulter, es
caped, is now here offering $lO,OOO for the
recovery of their former prisoner. They
still feel that their man is secreted some
wh- re not far from St. Paul, but parties
hern know be is safe in Canada.
Winnipeg, September 17. —From private
telegrams received here it is learned
that Brainerd, the Vermont bank de
fan’ter, is at Hamilton,Canada, resting at
the Queen’s Hotel, and will come on here
and join his wife atonce. To a fripnd he
told the story of his travels. At Minne
ap ilis he escaped from the Boston detec
tive through the superior cunuing of Chief
Detective John O’Connor, of St. Paul, ane
Detective Saxe, of Chicago, who slipped
him away from his captors in the Minne
apolis Union depot.. They went from St.
Ptint to Omaha, thence to Kingston, nom
Chicago, and thence to Hamilton, via De
troit, ferrying the river. Wav trains and
ferries were used in case of danger of de
tection on the through trains.
Stray Balloon Captured.
Monmouth, 111., September 17.—The
spectacle of an enormous balloon swaying
above the city a few hundred feet, drew
people from their stores and houses this
afternoon till the streets were crowded.
The excitement became intense wher
shortly the air ship swooped down and
impaled itself on the spire o|pthe Catholit
Church, near the Public Square. The bal
loon at once collapsed, and a hunrfWd Wi
zens helped to drag the concern to the
ground. The basket was empty, barring a
torn shi #sleeve, a cuff and gome branches
of oak, indicating a collision with tree
tops somewhere. All efforts to discover
whence the balloon came, and the name
and fate of its occupants, have as yet been
unavailing. ~
iW Bad AVife.
real, September 17.—Society heri
nded over a case of husband poison
-1 elopement. Charles Wiison, a
prominent citizen, has suffered for sorm
time with an unaccountable illness. Finally,
by accident, a Mr. Smith discovered letters
written by Wilson’s young and . beautiful
wife to his son; Bertie Smith, a highly re
spectable young man, filled with endearing
terms, and saying she was slowly killing
her husband with potions of ground gla-s.
Mr.- Wilson, who now looked like one in ths
last stages of consumption, was notified.
The wife got wind of the disclosure, and
fled to Boston, where she is now stODDinn
under an assumed name. •*
Yellow Fever in Vera Cru
Washington, September 18.—U. S. Con
sul Tzschuck, of Vera Cruz, in a report to
the' Secretary of State, says the yellow
fever epidemic at Vera Cruz has been very
malignant. About fifty per cent, of all
cases have proved fatal. Inasmuch, how
ever, as many families and single persons,
who were subject to the disease, had been
absent from the city since-the outbreak,
there was a scarcity of material for the at
tacks of the epidemic. The Consul himseli
had been attacked, but was already con
valescent, and attending to the duties of
his consulate.
Wonderful Breed of Sheep.
Pittsfield, Mass., September 17.—Lieu
tenant Greely, the Arctic explorer, ad
dressed the Berkshire Agricultural Society
to-day. He spoke of his discovery of a
belt of land in the arctic regions wher«
there were sheep with the head and horns
of an ox and the tail of a horse, but with
the finest wool ever found on any known
animal. It had been said that sheep cul
ture was profitable in Berkshire on account
of the long cold winter, and he thought it
might be well to try these arctic sheep that
even in that region live and pi Jsper un
sheltered all the year.
Was the Jug Empty?
Peoria. 111., September 18.—Yesterday
Mr. John Yates, while engaged in taking
out gravel near the pottery in this city,
unearthed an Indian skeleton in a good
state of preservation, and an old jug with
out a handle lying along side of the skull,
as if Mr. Lo had taken his last drink, and
seeing no prospect for more gave up the
ghost. The glass has the name of “Joseph
Haynes, New York, ITotj,’* blown on th«
side in the shape of a tag,
I WANT MY CHILD.
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An Exciting Scene at a Depot in Cleve
land, O.
The Pluck of a Woman Who I-'ought. For
Her -Little Boy.
’ Cleveland, 0., September 21.—A des
perate struggle fqr the.po-session of a nine
year-old boy occurred this morning at the
depot. James Gasling, a wealthy citizen
of Wellington, 0., accompanied by his son,
went to the depot to take the train home.
In their care was the boy, the old gentle
man’s grand-child, whom they were about
to take away from his mother. They were
standing in the midst of a number of pas
sengers, when suddenly there was a com
motion in the crowd. A dark clad, rather
good-looking youug woman burst forth,and
rushing forward with a wild cry at
tempted to drag the child away from the
old man. “I want my child,” she shrieked.
“He’s mine, my own flesh and blood; you
shall not take my child away from me.” In
a moment all was excitement. The thor
oughly frightened boy, clinging .to the old
man’s legs, added his cries to the general
uproar. The old man thrust the woman
aside, and turning to the crowd, which
•howed a disposition to interfere in her be
half, sail: “This is my son’s child. 1 raised
h m fn 1 another one from infancy. This
woman is not able or capable of taking
care of him, and shall ‘not have him.”
The crowd fell back. The train thundered
into the depot. The old man moved rap
idly toward the cars, but the mother was
too fast for him. (She rushed forward and
again caught the boy. Thfen began a fierce
struggle for his possession amid a series of
blood-curdling shrieks, yells, etc., in the
midst of which a young man, think
ing the woman was being assaulted,
jumped from the train, and, draw
ing a “billy,” would have felled the
old man to the ground had not a depot
employe caught the descending arm.
“My God, let me have him. If you take
him I will throw myself in the lake, and
my curse will follow you Ith rou : h life,” she
shrieked. Then sho fell upon her knees,
and, with tears streaming down her face,
begged to be allowed to keep him. In vain
the old man begged and called upon the po
lice to arrest the woman. She held on fran
tically. The train began moving, the old
man made one more effort,
and then ran for the cars, which
he boarded with difficulty, while
the mother carried the screeching child
rapidly away. The woman was Mrs. Mag
gie Gosling, of No. 124 Summit street. Sho
stated that she married about ten years
ago a son of the old gentleman, and that
she had left her husband on account of
abuse. The grandfather aud father came
up from Wellington yesterday, and early
this morning went to the residence of the
mother and enticed the child away. Every
one praised the woman for her pluck
“Woodman, Spare that Tree.”
Washington, September 21.—One family
in Washington to-day effectually solved
the question of the preservation of Amer
ican forests so far as their own shade
trees were concerned. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company had put up a pat
ent gate near the residence of this family,
which w-as shaded by a beautiful tree. The
latter did not allow the gate full play. The
company obtained permission of the Dis
trict authorities to cut it down and sent
men to do it. The man of the house pro
tested against the vandalism, but the work
men paid little attention to him,.but pre
pared to fell the tree. The citizen
thereupon went off in haste to procure
a restraining order. The workmen made
haste to enter the yard and finish in the
owner’s absence. At this juncture the wife
appeared at a second-story window with a
double-barreled shot-gun, and leveling it
across the sill, she cocked it and announced
her purpose to shoot the first man who
lifted an axe. While the workmen debated
what to do another window opened and
the daughter of the house disclosed herself
sitting behind another field-piece. The
announcement she made was to the effect
that if by any error or accident her mother
failed to shoot the first man who attacked
the tree she would rectify the mistake
without delay. This cleared the field and
saved the tree.
The Sheriff's Lucky Discovery.
Nevada, Mo., September 21.—George
Thompson and-Edward Hinds were put in
jail here last Friday for robbery. This
morning the Sheriff discovered they had
sawed through the bars of their cell,
formed a plot to kill him and liberate P. S.
Stair, who * to be hanged next mon'h for
murder jgpd then escape. A set of burg
lars’ tools were found sewed up in their
cuffs, and two thousand dollars was acci
dentally discovered, sewed up in Thomp
son’s underwear. Hinds’ valise contained
a stick of dynamite. Thompson has been
identified as a notorious crook.
Children Burned.
St. Louis, September 21. —A most dis
tressing accident occurred this afternoon
in the little town of Fenton, in St. Louis
County. Richard Anderson and his wife
lived in a small house in the outskirts of
the village. This afternoon Mrs. Ander
son left her two infants sleeping in a room
over the kitchen, and went out into the
garden to pick cucumbers. ' While thus en
gaged the bouse caught fire, and before
assistance could arrive the building was
burned past entrance, and the babies rer
ished in the flames. Mrs. Anderson was
nearly crazed by her loss.
Distressing Accident.
Glenwood, 111., September 21.—Two
young men named Williams and Sweet left
this place to go shooting.. • A squirrel was
seen in the top of a tree, and Williams
climbed up to scare it down. In some
manner Sweet shot too soon, both barrels
of bis gun exploding. One of th* charges
struck Williams, penetrating the brain; the
other killed the sauirrel,
VOL II.—NO. 31.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS*
An iron chest containing about fifty
pounds of powder exploded in fr*>nt of
Giles & Murchison’s store, Wilmington, N.
C.,a few days ago, severely burning Charlea
Smith, a boy who was opening it.
The boilers of the largest saw and plan
ing mill, owned by Nathaniel McGill, of
Greensburg , W. Va., exploded with
terrific force. Mr. McGill was instantly
killed, and the mill, valued at several thou
sand dollars, was destroyed.
Special reports to the Lynchburg Ad
vance, just received from the bright to ■
bacco belt of Virginia and North Carolina,
agree with few exceptions that the crt>p ie
a failure. The estimates range from 20 to
40 per cent, less in weight and color. The
plant, owing to drought, is firing badly,
and is being cut to save it from total loss.
Iu some districts no rain has fallen for a
month or six weeks.
In the railroad accident near Liberty,
Va., a few days ago, a colored fireman
named Aleck Hurt and two unknown white
tramps were killed and burned to ashes,
It is thought that the tramps were men
who left there with Cole’s several
days ago and were stealing r ride home
ward. Seventeen cars loaded with cotton,
oil and whisky were totally destroyed by
fire. Fire engines were sent from Liberty
,to the scene of the wreck. A temporary
track has been built and trains are now
running through on time.
The health of the people of Charleston,
S. C., is reported to have undergone mark
ed improvement as a result of the introduc
tion of a public supply of artesian well
water.
Mrs. Ross, of Volcano, IV. Va., died very
suddenly the other day. She was about
the house as usual, but at noon, not feeling
well, lay down. Her dinner was brought
to her, a*id while reaching for a pillow to
support her she fell back dead.
John Filz, collector for Bauernscbmidt’s
brewery, f Baltimore, has eloped with an
Italian woman, it is alleged, taking several
hundred dollars of his employer’s money.
D Nicholas Snowden, colored, confined In
jail atJEllicott CityJMd., on the charge of
having outraged a little girl of seven years,
was taken from prison the other [night and
hanged. 1 '
Naval ’Cadet Henry A. Wiley, of
Texas, a member of the second class at the
Annapolis Academy, (was 'dismissed for
hazing Louis Driggs, of South Carolina, a
candidate for naval cadet.
The Memphis City Railway ' has been
condemned by the city'authorities as a
nuisance, and the Attorney was instructed
to institute proceedings to abate the same.
Governor Hughes, of Arkansas, has is
sued a proclamation offering a reward of
S2OO for the apprehension of the men who
burned the Polk boys in the Pike County
jail at Murfreesboro on the night of the
sth. Over fifty men are implicated.
Diphtheria is prevailing in Clarksville,
Tenn., and is very fatal among children.
Nashville, Tenn., is suffering from a
postal card famine.
Mr. Stolino Nesbett has sold his inter
est in the Clarksville (Tenn.) Chronicle to
his partner, Mr. Titus, for $2,800 cash, and
Mr. Wallace Carrington has been admitted
partner with a one-third interest. The new
firm is making preparations to commence
the publication of the Daily Chronicle on
October 1, with Mr. Yancey as editor.
Miss Maggie Brown, about twenty-one
years ’of age, from Union County, S. C.,
who was making a visit to relatives near
Spartanburg, was taken sick and a doctor
was called in and proper treatment given.
The other morning,.when the family arose,
some member approached the bed of the
girl to see how she was getting on, but to
the surprise of nil the bed was vacant. A
hurried seach followed, and soon the life
less form of the poor girl was found
stretched across some rocks around
the spring, which was some distance from
the house, her|head immersed in the spring.
It is supposed that delirum and thirst seized
her in the night, and that she quietly arose
and went to the spring and there fainted
and was drowned, or else from some un
known cause died suddenly on reaching
the spring and fell in as she was found.
Miss Sarah Landreau, who waa once
the reigning belle of Savannah, Ga., has
for thirty-five years lived a hermit life in
a log cabin near Fayetteville, Ga., because
of a disappointment in love. She was to
have been married, and the night of the
wedding the groom eloped with another
woman.
A colored woman asked the Fulton
(Ga.) Superior Court for a divorce at a re
cent session, on the ground thßt she had
been living with her husband for five
•years and was tired of him.
The controversy between E. B Murray,
editor of the Anderson (Ga.) Intelligencer,
and State Senator Moore, culminated the
other day in a personal rencounter in the
streets of Anderson. Each fired about five
time*. Senator Moore was slightly wound
ed. The difficulty originated in difference*
of opinion on the prohibition question,
which led Editor Murray to denounce in
his paper Senator Moore as a liar. j
The other day Hon. J. A. W. Johnson,
one of the best known lawyers of Georgia,
disappeared. His dead body was found in
his garden in Dalton, next day. Johnson’s
mind has been failing for a long time, and
he had recently been released from the in
sane asylum.
Daniel Dorsey, aged seventy-four
years, proprietor of Barnnm’s City Hotel,
Baltimore, died the other morning at his
country-seat in Baltimore County, Md.
Mr. Dorsey married a daughter of David
Barnum, founder of the house, and suc
ceeded to its charge twenty-one years ago.
Wm. Harper, convicted of the murder
of John Sellers, in Randolph County. Ark.,
July 5, 1884, has been sentenced to be
hanged at Paragoud, October 30. Harper
was born in Graves County, Kv., act s
thirty-two years old. He waylaid and
killed Sellers after a quarrel concerning the
price of tobacco. The attorneys of Harper
have appealed to the Supreme Court,