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CURRENT TOPICS
Pasteur’s father was a tannev.
Kx-Sen atoii Tabor ordinarily wear* jew
elry worth #30,000.
Sauer-kkalt is reported to be an anti
dote for delirum tremens.
English workingmen have #40,000,0U0 in
vested in co-operative stores.
Christmas Day seems to have made a
bloody record all over the country.
Hex a I’OK Stanford has subscribed Id, 000
to the Zion Weelyan College of Sorth Caro
lina.
Senator Hale, it is said, submits drafts
of ail speeches to his wife before delivering
the u.
Tu«, ‘bultau of Turkey, owing to hard
times, has reduced the number of his wive*
to ifHf
The eldest daughter of Mrs. Kate Chase
(formerly Mrs Sprague), is preparing for
the stage.
The total amount of mileage paid to
Senators and Representatives in Congress
is 1143.000.
Gertie Revin, a Westmoreland County
Pa., girl, 6ent President Cleveland a Christ
mas turkey.
The fruit trees in Santa Barbara are be
sng dug up and English walnuts planted in
their stead.
No fewer than 150,000 cattle chew the cud
on ex Senator Dorsey's ranch in Colfax
County. N. M
V Nevada man bas raised three kitten*
that he obtained from the nest of a wild cat
that he had killed
A Mormon w ho was accidentally killed in
Utah the other day left sixty-seven child
ren to mourn his lose.
Recent discoveries prove that the art of
wood engravings originated with the Arabs
about the ninth century.
From 60,000 to 65,000 people cross the
Brooklyn Bridge every day in the cars,
while about 11,000 walk over.
The late John Landon Sibley, Librarian
of Harvard, courted his sweetheart for
twenty years before he married her.
Editor Childs, of the Philadelphia Led
ftr, is estimated to be worth $5,000,000. And
he is as generous and noble as he is wealthy.
It has been decided to admit the new
words ‘•bulldozing.” “boycott” and “dude”
into the new edition of Webster’s Diction
ary.
Plaques ou which is a snow scene, includ
ing a church with a real clock in the tower,
were among the newest exhibit* of the holi
days.
A RU&m visitor to Burlington. Vt., spent
Thanksgiving Day on the horse railway,
making the trip of four miies twenty-two
times.
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The Illinois militia will be consolidated
into six regiments of infantry, one bat
talion of cavalry and two batteries of ar
tillery.
Frank V. Adams, an Omaha clerk, in
sured his life for 110,000, the other day, in
behalf of his friends, and then committed
suicide.
Tall ladies who don’t like their height
may console themseives with the fact that
the handsomest woman in Italy stands
nearly seven feet high.
Ferdinand Ward has changed his local
ity and not his business. He is still en
gaged in keeping the books—this time for
the Sing Sing contractors.
Commodore Vanderbilt’s sound advice
to his son William was: “Don’t you ever
sell anything you haven’t got. nor buy
anything you can’t pay for.”
The demand for copies of the President’s
message exceeds that for any former Presi
dential message. A fourth edition has been
printed, oud a fifth is contemplated.
The value of the pig iron produced in
this country during the past year was over
$73,000,000, or nearly the value of the out
put of both the gold and the silver mines.
It is a common thing among the people
of Dutch Guiana to inocculate themselves
with snake poison to guard against the
bites of poisonous serpents that infest that
country.
Cremation will soon be practiced in the
Pere La Chaise Cemetery, Paris. The city
has just given a contract for the erection
of a building with apparatus for the in
cineration of bodies.
It is stated in consequence of the net
') reastiry balance increasing by above $7,
*•00.000 in December, Secretary Manning
contemplates making a call for three pet
cent, bonds in January.
Lord Charles Thyxne, uncle of the
Marquis of Bath, w as a priest and canon of
Canterbury Cathedral. He resigned his
preferment in 1852 and now, in his 73d year,
has entered the Catholic priesthood.
Ninety cigars in two hours was the test of
a record by an Orlando (Cal.) man whoeu
deavored to smoke himself into fame and
some cash It is said that he lost only
on the ninetieth cigar, which sickened him.
It is understood to be Queen Victoria's
pleasure that the jubilee of her reign should
not be celebrated until the completion of
fifty years from her ascension. That
period will be accomplished on June 20,
1887
It is believed that in ten years Yankton,
D. T-, will be an inland town. In front of
the city, where the river ran twenty feet
deep five years ago. there are now one hun
dred acres of land six feet above high w ater
mark.
Ex-Senator David Davis is reported to
have prepared a volume of memoirs, to be
published after his death, in which he
makes some interesting revelations regard*
lng various public personages in and out of
Congress.
President Seelye, of Amherst College,
says that if girls wnnid run every day they
woe id never die of consumption.
Mr. Jambs H. Shields, formerly con
nected with the Ford Plate-glass Company,
of Jeffeisonville, Ind., has organized •
company to atari plate glass works at
Butler, Pa. Th J»e w ill be th* eighth in the
United Btatoe.
STEAMER SUNK.
A Disaster on the Chattahoochee
River.
No Knowing How Many Lives Were Lost—
Floating <*u Cotton Bales.
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Fort Gaines, Ua., January 3. —While the
steamer W. D. Cbipiey was trying to make
her landing at Stark's Clay, ten miles north
o£ this place on the Chattahoochee River
last night'between seven and eight- o’clock,
she struck ou u protruding rock A cry of
alarm went up and a moment later it was
evident that tin, vessel was sinking. As
oi™ ■ ~ the puStugerp, oi
whom there word about fifty on board,
were overcome with terror, and jumped
wildly into the water below. The night
was dark, the rain pouring in torrents, and
as the -vessel sunk to the bottom
the passengers clung to her timbers and
wilder shrieked for help. While tins state
of affairs existed the Naiad came lip, and
after desperate work succeeded, as her of
ficers supposed, in rescuing the whole
crew. There were about three hundred
bales of cotton on board. As t hese wero
swept off by the current washing over the
deck many of the affrightened passengers
clung to them as life-preservers and weDt
floating down the river. The Naiad,
guided in the darkness by the calls of hu
man voices, picked up the unfortunates as
best it couia. When daylight came, how
ever, -it was made apparent that there
was much loss of lire. Up until to- .
night six bodies have been reported found
at various points down the river, and as
the passenger list was lost it can not be as
certained how many more may be gone.
Two of the bodies recovered are White per
sons, four colored, one of the latter being
Ham Alexander, * member of toe crew.
The scenes are described as appalling. Af
ter the Naiad had received the passengers
from the sinking steamer, many of the cot
ton bales caught on fire and pre
sented a strange spectacle as they weut
floating down the river. The Chipley
was a new boat, having been
but two year* on the river, and belonged to
the.Merchants’, Mechanics’ and Planters’
Liu’e, of Columbus, W. S. Tilmau, Presi
dent, She eost $20,900 and was insured for
#5,000. The total loss is about #45.000.
Captain O. M. Sparks waS the master. The
scene of the disaste- is one of the most
dangerous points on the Chattahoochee, the
terrible casualty of the Wyilie having oc
curred there three years ago, and several
others previously.
THE DEAD ALIVE.
Extraordinary Case of Suspended Anima
tion amt Resuscitation.
Galena, 111., December 31.—John F.
Hunger, a well-known citizen of Platte
ville. Wis., has suffered greatly from rheu
matism in the feet. Two days ago, with
the hope of relieving the pain, be bullied his
feet, frwjlv with tin tin:y of aooi ite. and
then thrust then! into a pail of Got waJer.'
A tingling sensation followed, the pulse
weakened, the skin became moist and
clammy, and violent vomiting, and retch
ing ensued. A doctor was called, but ou
his arrival found Mr. Hunger apparently
dead. The heart seemed to have stopped
beating, and the doctor, with other medi
cal men who were summoned, decided that
Hunger had died from aconite poisoning,
having absorbed the drug through bis feet.
An undertaker set about preparing the l>ody
for burial, when the doctor,as an experiment
injected with a hypodermic syringe a
mixture of brandy and digitalis near the
heart. In a few minutes the supposed dead
man began to gasp, and there was a faint
sound of beating over the heart. More
hypodermicis were given, the death pallor
was succeeded by a reddish glow, the mus
cles relaxed, perspiration broke out, and
Mr. Hunger slowly returned to life. He is
now entirely out of danger. The doctors
consider his resuscitation most remarka
ble
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Public Debt Statement.
Washington, D. C., January 3.—The
following is a recapitulation of the debt
statement issued to-day for the month of
December:
Interest-bearing debt—
Bonds at 414 per cent $ 250,000.000 00
Bonds at 4 per cent 737,74:5,250 00
Bonds at 3 per cent 194,100.500 00
Refunding certificates at 4 pore 221.40(5 00
Navy Pcnsiou Fund atSperet.. 14,000,000 00
Pacific It. 11. bonds ut 0 per ct.. 64.623.512 00
Principal $1,200,778.8(12 00
Interest 13.258,339 00
Total $1,274,037,001 00
Debt, on which interest has
ceased since maturity—
Principal $3,447,475 00
Interest 202,213 00
Total.. $ 3,649,688 00
Debt bearing no interest—
Old demM Sc legal-tender notes 346,738,806 00
Certificates of deposit 13.790.000 00
Gold cert fioates 105,359.601 00
Silver certificates 93,179,465 00
Frac’al currency, jess $8,375,934
estimated lost or destroyed 8,959,153 00
Principal $ 566,027,025 00
Total debt, principal 1,830,253,103 00
Interest - - 13,460,552 00
Total *1,843,713,715 00
Less cash item.., available for
reduction of the debt 229,340,016 00
Less reserve held for redemp
tion of United States notes 10C,000,WiO 00
Total $ 329,240,0.6 00
Total debt less available cash
items * - 1,*514.473,698 00
Not cash in Treasury 77.618,872 00
Debt, less cash in Treasury.
January 1,1886 $1,443,454,836 00
Debt less cash in Treasury
k December 1, 1885
Decrease of debt during- the
month $".089.940 00
Cash in Treasury available
for reduction of the debt-
Gold held for gold vertidentes
actually outslai ding $105,859,601 00
Silver held for silver certifi
cates actually outstanding. 93.179,465 00
United States notes held for
certificates of deposit actual
ly outstanding .. 13,970.000 00
las 1 1 held for matured debt
and interest unpuid 16,908,028 00
Fractional currency 2,932 00
Total available for reduc
tion or the debt $ 229,240,016 00
Reserve fund— a
Held for redemption of United
States notes, acts of January,
14. 1875, July 12. 1883 00
Unavailable for reduction off.'
the dcld :
Fractional silver coin $27,796,430 00
Minoreoin 526,844 00
Total $ 28.323 275 00
Certificates held «s cash 505.779.790 oi
Net cash balance on hand 71,018,872 00
Total cash in Treasury as
shown bv Treasurer’s gen
eral account $ 494,361,945 5$
TRENTON, DADE COURT GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. 1886.
BAD WEATHER.
to wan 8 Experience the Delights of
a Blizzard.
Wiud, (Snow, Bain. Rail and a General
Dampness Pervading the West
ern Country.
Chicago, January 4.—The severe snow
and sleet-storm which has been raging
throughout the Northwest since Saturday,
has seriously interfered with the telegraph
wires in ali directions. All lines west of
here are down, and communication with
the East is very uncertain. Dispatches re
ceived from Sioux City, lowa, last night,
reported u blizzard there. It bad been
snowing and blowing steadily since Satur
day. There was already a foot of snow on
the ground, and no signs of the storm
abating. Des Moines and Omaha also re
ported a heavy snow-storm, and a St,
Paul dispatch reported the same through
out Minnesota and Dakota.
Lincoln, Neb.. January 4.— The snow
storm ceased in this vicinity, but the w inds
continued, though with less velocity. It is
the worst blockade ever known,and extends
from the Missouri River to points one hun
dred and eighty miles west. Snow fences
have been no protection, as the snow has
drifted over them and cross cuts twenty
feet deep. It will all have to be .shoveled
out, as it is too hard for plow-,. The Bur
lington main line has trains moving at a
snail’s pace, but all branches w-ill be closed
for ten days or longer. The temperature Is
mild, not going below 15® above zero. There
is no danger of a famine in coal or other
necessities at any point, unless another
storm follows closely.
Kansas City, Mo., January 4. — A heavy
snow-storm visited Western Kansas yes
terday, extending as far west ns New
Mexico, and still continues. Two trains
are reported blockaded at Dodge City and
telegraph wires are interrupted! The storm
began with sleet and is accompanied by
wind, which is drifting the snow baLly. A
report front Colorado and New Mexico
states that the storm is one of the most
severe in several years. A light snow is
failing here to-day. The temperature is
mild The overland trains are all delayed
on account of the storm west of here.
Trains were made up on the Banta Fe aud
Union Pacific, in Western Kansas, to bring
in passengers from the blockaded through
trains.
Pittsbugu, Pa., January 4.—lt has been
raining here almost incessantly since Sat
urday night. Telegraphic communication
■with the Ea3t has been seriously interfered
with. The wires on all routes are working
hard, and quite a number have been pros
trated by high winds.
Montgomery, Ala., January 4.-—A special
to the Advertiser announces a big i tse in
Warrior River. It has risen sixty feet at
Tuscaloosa. At Greensboro sir and three
fourth inches of rain fell in eighteen hours.
Nearly all the railroads in the State suf
fered some damage, but the delays were
onlv for a few hours,
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HERE’S AN IDEA
A Plan to Take Ip and Drop Passengers
Without stopping an Express Train.
St. Loris, January 4.— A resident of this
city has filed a caveat aud applied for a
patent for an invention by which passen
gers and freight may be taken on and dis
charged from railway trains without stop
ping, aud if it proves what its model would
indicate it will be an important
factor in the rapid-transit problem. The
working model shows the main track on
a level and an elevated track in front of
an elevated depot with inclined tracks
leading to it. The idea is to start a train
from oue terminus and not to stop or
slacken speed until it reaches the other.
At the same time passengers may be taker
up and discharged at any station. As a
train reaches a station on the main track
the rear car switches off and runs up the
inclined plane to the elevated depot. At
the same time another car runs down the
other inclined plane, is caught by the
other passing train, whirled ’ into
the maiu track and becomes
part of the train The passen
gers who desire to stop at the next station
pass to the rear car, which is side-tracked
as was the previous one, and another car
load of passengers is taken on. By a con
trivance which acts automatically, when a
train gets within a certain distance of a
depot it releases the car in waiting there
which starts down the inclined plane just
as the last car of the train is switched ofi
and starts up on the other side.
DIABOLICAL INCENDIARIES,
Who Made a Desperate Effort to Destroy
the Town of Tarentutn, Pa.
Tarentl’M, Pa., January 3.—A desperate
attempt to burn down the town was mad*
at an early hour this morning. The fir*
-was first discovered in Essler’s livery
stable, ou Gaines street. It soon spread tc
Rue & Jones’ grocery store, Zimmerman’*
shoe store and Dr. Volzer’s residence, and
all were destroyed. The villains had taken
every precaution to make destruction
sure. They had cut the ropes of the twe
alarm bells and broken the principal
pumps in the village and carried off th*
fire-buckets and tubs. The cries of “Fire ! r
aroused a lad named William Dibel, an
employe of the plaining-mill, upon which
was a large bell He ran to the mill, and
on finding the bell-rope cut, climbed to the
roof and sounded an alarm by striking the
bell with a hammer. This awakened the
entire community, who turned out en
masse and soon extinguished the flames.
The loss is $9,000; partially covered by in
surance. About two weeks ago there was
an attempt to burn the village dowu. Six
or seven large buildings were destroyed,
entailing a loss of over SSO 000.
Boycotting Postmasters,
Washington, January 4. —Theboycov ng
of new postmasters by refusing to pur
chase stamps or deal with them is to be
stopped by the Government, if it is possible
to do so
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Postage on Photographs R'tiucfd.
Washington, January 4.—The Postoffice
Department has reversed a ruling which
has been in force some years, classifying
photographs on paper as four'll class mat
ter. The Postmaster General is of the
opinion after examination. Mmil they are
clearly printed mat ter »it£iu ihe moaning,
of the law, which defines printed matter to
be “a reproduction qgtpfcpeiyby any pro
cess excel>i w rit nigfx aasup** or figiiies, oi
any combination or%iijSP not having the,
character of
This action of tment will effect a
reduction of postage xom sixteen cents
per pound to end will harmo
niz.e the domestic ruling with that now
adopted abroad in regard tothat particular
clasf of nmil matter
XLIXTH CONGRESS-
First Session.
Washington, January s.—Senatf.—The
credentials of J. W. Daniel, the newly ele ed
Senator from Virginia, were present,u.
Ara<mg bills introduced was one by Mr. Blair
orOViding for the erection of monuments to
Lincoln and Grant, and by Mr. Logan to con
fer military rank on telegraph operators in
the military service. A resolution was of
fered iy Mr. Hoar to extend extradition
treaties so as to cover the dcfaulte s who
Bee to Canada.* The marble statue of Gar
field, presented bv the State of Ohio, was ac
cepted in a concurrent resolution offered by
Mr. Sherman. Senator Gray gave notice
that he would call up the silver
bill to-morrow, and Senator Beck
took the opportunity to disclaim having
intended an attack on the Pres dent and Sec
retary Manniu.r. The Utah hill was discussed
by senators Edmunds aud Hoar. A message
wcareceived fiom the President transmit
nyrihe draft oi a tail providing for the al
lotteent of lands in severalty to Indians. It
was referred. Mr. Wilson, of lowa, discussed
the relations of the Government to the
Union Pacific Railroad,on a resolution calling
for fniformation in regard lo the Directors’
report. The judicial salary bill was called
up,but the Senate went into executive ses
sion and adjourned without action.
Hofse.—Under the call of States 71*0 hills
were introduced among- which were the fol
lowing: To prevent the adulteration of food
and drugs; also to establish a post-otfiee sav
in#? hank; also to establish a postal telegraph
system; also for the redemption f the trade
dollar; also for the erection of a monument
over the grave of Francis Scott Key; to estab
lish additional saving stations aloiig the sea
and lake eoust; also to repeal the tenure of
office act; also providing that Cabinet officers
may occupy seats in the House of Repre
sentatives: for the adjustment of the ac
counts of laborers under the eight-hour law;
alsi. to recognize the war service of Union
soldiers now serving in the regular
aru \ ; to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy; to create a marine signal
boa-1 with a view of adopting a code
of og signals: to put all kinds of lum
ber on the free list; to repeal the duty on su
gar*,, and to provide a bounty for the cultiva
tk-'r of sugar in the United States; to amend
the* -imber culture act; to place hemp and
maxilla on the free list ; to reduce the expense
off jblic printing and binding; for the estab
lishment of agricultural experiment stations;
to repeal the tobacco tax : also to enable per-
the civil service to inspect and answer
ch*Tstf* «uadc against them: also for the re
tin* jont ami recoinage of the trade dollar; for
thtVreTTfoiiof a monument toGencral Ulyas s
8. ( mnt In liew York City; to tax the manu
fac Mfu and sme of oleomargarine. North Car
olina Had been reached when au adjournment
war carried without the expected announce
rne * of the committees by the Speaker hav
ing been made.
HIGH WATERS.
Several Million Dollars Worth of Property
Swept Away in I’eitusylvania.
!>..,< itroKn, Fa.. January 5. —Heavy rains
for me past two days, and large quantities
of snow on the timbered hills, have con
spired to produce the most violent flood
knov n for years along the Driftwood and
Siawamahoning Creeks. Thousands of
logs Tom the mills have broken from their
fastenings and are going dow n the swollen
4 .Hpiseta terifie speed. It is said the
ftW'- ittinhiv •*;'* •••-* » • }■
000. At this place there is over two feet
of water in many »f the streets. All tele
graphic communication to the East is
lost, and trains on the Philadelphia &
Erie Railroad are obliged to flag their
way east. Reports from Cameron state
that the greater part of the place is under
water, and residents are in great fear lest
their houses will Jae swept away. Many
residences had todne vacat • a*l 1,000,000
feet of logs were torn loose and swept
dow n Hunt's Run. Sawmills and dams at
various places along the creeks are much
exposed and in imminent danger of being
carried away. -The water is well up in
Dr wood, where considerable damage has
been doue.
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Forced to Sign Notes at the Pistol’s Point.
Galena, 111., January s.—Richard Ma
goon, Mound, in this county, was
committed to jail, Saturday last, at I>ar
litiMon. Wis., ou the charge of having
fosfcd the Hon. Henry S. Magoon. ex-Con.
gtyfsman of the Third Wisconsin District,
at the point of a pistol, to sign notes pay
able to the order of the former for
$15,000. Richard Magoon. the man
under arrest, claims to be a son
of the father of ex-Congress
man Magoon by a second wife, who was
housekeeper for several years for the elder
Magoon, and lie filed a claim to a portion
of the latter's large estate on his death, as
his lawful wife, which the courts disallowed
after a lengthy trial. A previous assault
was made upon ex-Congressman Magoou
by his reputed brother a few weeks ago at
Scales Mound, for which he was arrrested,
and discharged after examination before a
Justice in the city.
Distressing and Fata! Occurrence.
Uri* nsvii.Li:, 0., January s.—Near this
place James Porker, a farmer, took a load
of grain to Kail's Mill. There being no one
but Mrs. Kail on the premises, she went out
to show Parker where to put the grain.
While he was unloading Parker fell in a
fit, and rolled on the ground in fearful con
vulsions’ shrieking, groaning, frothing at
the mouth, and tearing his flesh with his
finger nails till his face was covered with
froth and blood. The horrible speotaeleso
frightened Mrs. Kail, who was in delicate
health, that she ran to the house and fell
on the floor, where she died in less than
five minutes.
Train Crosses a Burning Tressle.
Petersburg Va.. January s.—As a pas
sengers rain on the Atlantic Coast line
neared Rocky Mount, Engineer Thomas
McMillan discovered a tressle to he on fire,
but not before his train was within a few
yards of it A portion of the bridge only
had been burned and the rails were in place.
There w T as no time left for reflection, and
pulling out the throttle valve a> far as he
could the train darted over the burning
trestle at the rate of sixty miles an hour.
The speed of the train w as increased so sud
denly that all of the lights in the coaches
were extinguished, and the passengers were
considerably shaken up. No one was hurt.
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A Blind Old Soldier's Pension.
Pittsburgh. Pa., January s. —Pension
Vgent Everett yesterday issued to Alex.
Jilcbrist, of Indiana. Pa., the largest pen
skin ever paid to a private soldier. The
back pay aggregated $12,151. and the money
came to a blind, decrepit, old man w ho has
been an inmate of the poor-house for
twelve years,
Canadian women at the Polls.
Toronto, Ont., January s. —Women
voted here yesterday, for the first time
They took great interest in the elections
and’polled a large vote. They were also a
unit in favor of Howland, the temperance
candidate
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
The Barataria Canning Company’s
works at Biloxi, Miss., were destroyed by
fire a few days ago. Loss #36.000; insur
ance unknown.
Ephraim Beasley, a well-to-do farmei
of Wilson County, Tenn., accidently killed
his son, aged six years, a few days since.
Mr. Beasley, who is very near-sight ed, was
chopping wood, when his gon came in front
of him and was struck by the axe, splitting
his skull.
At Blossom Prairie, Texas, R. F. Garrett,
who assassinated Deputy Bheriff Clay
Davis while Davis was taking him to jail,
was run down by officers and killed.
R. H. Harris, a prominent citizen of Lee
County, Ala., and a member of the Ala
bama Legislature in-1880, committed sui
cide ou New Year’s by shooting himself
with a pistol. Financial trouble caused
the act.
A fikk occurred at Lebanon, Tenn.,a few
nights ago. Five two-story brick buildings
were destroyed. Two of the buildings be
longed to Lester & Williams, one to Mi««
Jennie McKensie, one to E. M. Neal, ai -
one to W. A. Lewis. They were occupies
by L. E. Jones, grocer; W. Morgan, gro
cery and hardware; W.A.Lewis, millinery;
Oldham & Settle, dry goods; Lester t fe
Williams, flour. The Lebanon Publishing
Company, the Register, and the Masonic
Lodge had rooms in the second story of the
bui ding, which was occupied by Oldham &
Settle. A telephone message was sent for
aid to Nashville, and a fire engine was
sent by special train, but the flames were
under control before it arrived. The total
loss is $25,000, and the insurance *19.000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
A building in Atlanta only six feet wide
commands a rent of SIOO a month, and, as
it is, and has l)«en for a long while, used as
a saloon, the more curious are anxious to
learn what disposition will lie made of it
when prohibition goes into effect.
The Charleston Neics and Courier prints
a review of the industrial growth and re
sources of South Carolina, covering a pe
riod of five years, since the-United States
census of 1880. The review shows an in
crease of $25,142,865 in the value of real aud
personal property, or nearly 20 per cent.,
and a decrease of more than half a million
dollars in the public State debt during
the same period. In 1880 the value of the
productions of the State aud of agri
cultural machinery was 8(4,189,879. In
1885 the value is #114,(*08,677, an in
crease of $40,718,798, made up as fol
lows : Increased value of live stock,
#9,01*,360: agricultural production #8,629,-
221: agricultural machinery, #1,405-
978; manufactured products, #21,665,249.
Individual deposit*'in the State and Na
tional Banks during the past year ahow
an increase of $911,0845. Commercial ospi
kl«.; L, jMSfeatrind ktjft46.i&2,oo T-ny*--. .■>]
with *40.156.000 in 1880. I'lWi t are ‘ 3.256
manufacturing establishments in the State
as compared with 2,708 in 15480. Capital
employed has increased from $11,206,894 to
$23,367,510, while the products have in
creased from $16,738,000 to’ $38,403,257. Dur
ing the five years 240 miles of railroad have
been built, at a cost of $2,600,000. In fine,
the review show's that the people have ad
ded in five years $66,300,000 to the total
wealth of South Carolina.
A fire broke out the other morning in
the cotton warehouse of J. S. Stewart
Son, Ga., containing about 1,800
bales of cotton, belonging principally to
planters. All the cotton was consumed
except about 300 bales, which was badly
damaged. The loss is $50,000; insurance
$44,00i). The fire was caused by sparks
falling through the skylight into u basket
of samples.
Thos. Teel, who wa» frightfully beaten
ou the head with a stone in the hands of
Lewis Douglass, at Charleston, W. Va.,
Christmas day, died on the 31st. Douglass
is in jail.
The other evening John Pascol.'a farmer
living about a mile beyond Bethany. W.
Va.. shouldered his gun and told his wife
he was going to see a neighbor. He had
gone less than a hundred yards from his
house when he placed the butt of the gun
against a fence, the muzzle to his head,
and, with a stick, pushed the trigger.
Death is believed .to have been instantane
ous. Pascol leaves a numerous family.
No reason is given why he desired te end
his life.
A new law in Georgia enjoins that
poisons must be put up in scarlet wrap
pers, and the bottles labeled with paper of
the same color, the printing to be in white
letters. “Of t|l the hard papers to find in
this said a wholesale druggist.
“scarl>is i r s~ ifie most difficult, and three
printers to whom I have applied say that
they can not print in white upon such a
surface. Those law makers could not hit
upon a more difficult problem in the way
of packing for us to solve.”
At midnight, a few nights ago, W H.
Hancock, a well-to-do carpenter, residing
at No. 203 Water street, Austin, Tex., was
awakened by groans. Entering his wife’s
chamber, adjoining, he found the vacant
bed covered with blood spots. He followed
the trail out of the front door, around the
house into the back yard, where he found
his w ife weltering in a pool of blood. She
had been struck twice across the head and
face with a blunt ax, and her skull frac
tured Although still alive, physicians
say the lady will surely die from her
wounds. Mrs. Hancock is 40 years of age
and still a handsome woman. She bore an
unblemished character, lu the midst of the
great excitement produced by this outrage
the citizens were appalled at learning of
a still greater crime perpetrated about the
same hour several squares distant. At 1
o’clock, Mrs. Phillips, residing at No. 308
Hickory street, was awakened by the cries
of her grandson. Entering her son, James
Phillips’room, she found the infant on the
the bed covered with blood, and Phillips
lying sensefctts with a terrible blow across
his head. Blla Phillips, his wife, was mis
sing A frightened neighbor followed the
Woody trail again and found her body
lying in the back yard of the adjoining
house. Death had resulted from a blow
on the forehead with an axe. Across the
' body lay heavy rails. Her person had been
outraged There is noclne to either crime
VOL II.—NO. 46.
PITH AND POINT.
—Poet: I send you iny poem, but
perhaps mistook in not writing a re
frain to it. Editor; No matter, we’ll
do the refraining for you.
—Memorial windows should lie made
of green glass. This suggests a way of
keeping memory green.— N. 0. Pica
yune.
—Ottar oi roses is now selling at sll9
a pound, and a great deal of suffering
among poor people is expected this win
ter in consequence.— Boston Transcript.
—Nothing makes a miser feel his im
poverished condition so much as to
travel a little and thus discover that
there is much of the earth he can never
hope to possess.— Chicago Herald.
—Boarding-house landladies arc ar
much afraid of strangers who do not
pay in advance as the average woman
is of a gun. They are so liable to go
off without a moment’s warning.
—lt is said that a man who eats
onions always keep a secret. This is
partly due to the fact that the man who
eats onions is rarely allowed to get
within whispering distance of his fellow
men.— Chicago Mail.
—A hygienic journal says sweeping is
one of the very best kind of exercises
for women. Some young women will
regard this as a very sweeping assertion,
unless the journal means sweeping' the
lioor with a very long train at balls and
parties. — Norristown Herald.
—“Father,” lie asked in his childish
way, “suppose you owned a silver mine
way out in Nevada, and you was afraid
it would spoil in hot weather?” “Spoil!
How?” “Well, I don’t know how; but
the boys all say you had to use salt to
carry it through, and I was going to
ask ” “That’s enough, sir. It’s al
ready four minutes beyond your usual
bedtime. You can go to bed and let the
boys say on.”— Wall Street News.
—“My dear,” said an old man on his
daughter’s wedding morning, “a new
and untried life is before you. You are
putting away forever the light and care
less existence of girlhood and taking up
on yourself the serious responsibilities
of the wife. Do* you feel that you will
approach the matrimonial altar to-night
impressed with a full knowledge of the
solemn vows you there \yill take, and—”
“Of course, papa; how absurdly vou
talk,” replied the young woman, “but
we are to have a rehearsal this morning
at ten, and I must not keep them wait
ing. Good-bye, papa.”— Chicago Trib
une.
—Then and Now.—
When you are young, now well you know
A little money makes groat sbow.
Just titty cents will cause vou bliss—
TU then dollar looks like tbLi »
$
But when you’re old and bills cotneldna.
And creditors are dunning you,
And every ceut you spend you miss,
*TU then a dollar looks like this:
.«
—Chicago Tribune.
BABY COULD TALK.
A Year-Old Conversationalist Whose Flow
of Language Is Simply Marvelous.
Many infants talk at a surprisingly
early age. Instances have been known
of babies yet in their swaddling clothes
who could discourse on all manner ol
topics. To be sure, the drift of their
remarks had to be interpreted by a fond
mother, hut no one would dare to say
that baby didn’t talk.
I myself heard a year-old child say a
great many things one day recently.
I was calling on a friend whose baby
was just a year old. . .
“Can he talk any yet?” I asked.
“Talk!” exclaimed the fond mother,
with an injured look. "I should think
so! He can just say everything. Can’t
you. ducksy Saddle?”
“800, boa, bee, yee, ya,” screeched
baby, growing black in the face with the
effort.
“Hear him!” cried the fond mother.
He said: ‘I guess I can talk.’ ”
The information surprised me a little,
but I discreetly held my peace.
“Now, tell the gentleman your
name,” says baby’s mamma, fcoaxingly.
“800, hoo, da, da, boo.”
“Charles Edgar Jones, just as plain
a'" anything could say it, you little
sweet!” cries the triumphant mother.
My surprise increased.
“Now tell mamma who you like best
in all the world.”
“800, baa, bee, da, da!”
“How cunning” I exclaim.' •*
da’ means ‘papa,’ don’t it?”
“Mercy, no! Didn’t you hear the
little blessing say as plain as could be
that he ‘liked the gentleman best?’ He
means you'."
I am battered, of course, and amazed
at iny own stupidity. I thought I was
familiar with the “Kind’s English,” but
the English of this little King is new to
me.
‘ ‘Now say ‘feting a song o’ sixpence,
for the gentleman.”
“Yee, yee, boo, boo, baa!” splutters
baby.
“No, no, deary,” says mamma, re
provingly; “that’s ‘Little Bo Peep.'
Now say the other.”
"800, boo, bee, ya, ya'"
“That’s it! That’s*it, you blessed old
pretty boy! I knew you could say it!
And to think the gentleman asked if you
could talk any yet! I guess he won’t
ask it again.”
1 guess, too, that I whn’t Either that
baby or I can not speak the English
language in its purity, and I am averse
tt> displaying »v possible ignorance
2'vkrlo Blade.
