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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Thk I'kited States four per cent.
Abends touched 127 1-4 the other day—
‘ the highest on record.
The Princess Helena, of Y psili and
her husband have spent $25,000,000 in
ten years. As Ypsili is a small island
of Greece, two miles long, with no stock
exchange, it is a puzzle to account for
this expenditure.
The cholera is gaining headw >v '...
fspain.and ha* appearedtu several points
* whirl! arc hi direct eommuni
oation with the United States. It is .
-wgain,4»ecesjary to use the greatest pre
' to prevent its arrival is this
country.
A new style of collecting bad debts
ha« been Invented. A man haunts the
debtor in public places, and on his hat
is printed, in bold and conspicuous let
ters, “Collector of Bad Debts. ” The
plan works all right in Elmira, N. Y.,
where it was first tried.
Brazil sends to the New Orleans Ex
position a fully equipped war ship, one
of the samples of the products of that
country. Probably, owing to the de
pleted condition of our navy, Dom
Pedro imagines that a man-of-war will
be a curiosity to the citizens of the
United States.
Havana promises to become a rival
of Canada as a resort for American
bauk cashiers and fugutive millionaires.
The decision that ex-Sheriff Davidson
can not be extradited from the land of
the fragrant weed should make the Is
land of Cuba far preferable as a resort
♦o the icy realms of the Canadian Do
minion.
Express-car robbing is too preva
lent at present. Inventors who devote
time to improving railway appli
ances should turn their attention toward
inventing some kind of an electrical
burglar alarm by which the attention of
the engineer, conductor and brakemen
could be called when anything is wrong
in the express ear.
At a Lynn church the other Sunday
only the clergyman and the sexton ap
peared, on account of the severe
weather. The sexton was complaining
at the lack of attendance, when the
clergyman remarked: “You and I are
the only salaried men in the church,
and were it not for that fact probably
we should not have ventured out.”
The report of the House committee
on our navy shows that notwithstand
ing the fact that liberal appropriations
have been made year after year, it has
been growing weaker and weaker all
the time, and now has only one first
class vessel. With only twice this ex
pense England has the finest navy that
ever rode the seas, equal to ten or y
dozen such navies as ours.
Bangs are going out of style in New
York society. They now scrape the
hair right up from the forehead and try
to look like the pictures of Mine. Pom
padour. Bangs are so out of fashion in
the East that one wearing them looks
ten years older than without. A wicked
editor says that “a woman with banged
hair looks like a fence-jumping cow
with a board tied across her horns.”
El National , of the City of Mexico, is
quite sure that there is a dark con
spiracy afoot in this country, first to
Americanize and then swallow up Mex
ico. The knowledge of this fact, it says,
“has caused the gravest fear of Amer
ican competition even in European
markets, and there is already talk of a
European customs union, to get protec
tion against American invasion, of
which European producers are seriously
afraid.”
Nearly all the funny men
in literature are graduates from the
printing office. “Mrs. Partington,”
(B. P. Shillaber) was once a printer;
so was Mortimer 11. Thompson (“Doe
sticks”); so was Charles F. Browne
(“Artemus Ward”); so was “Mark
Twain”; ditto “Nasby"; ditto “M.«
Quad,” of the- Detroit Free Press, and
others. With all their hard work and
tribulations, the press gang are a funny
lot of fellows! and contribute much
to the amusement and enlightcnmen
of the reading public.
A novel plan for conferring the ben
efits of a university education ujxm the
poorer classes has been started in Eng
land. This plan is to establish a circuit
tiding system of teaching, the teachers
to be selected from among the gradu
ates of the universities. Whenever any
community shall sign a sufficient num
ber of pupils, who upon payment of a
small sum, are willing to undertake the
prescribed course of studies, its resi
dents will be entitled to instruction un
der the svsteiu. Examinations will be
behhfiiid degrees gaufevred.
XLIXTH CONGRESS.
First Session. *
March 17 -Sbvat*.-Execu
tive communications were received and re
i terred ami memorials presented. A Joint res-
I olution of the Maryland Legislature urged
•he improtement of the coast defenses. A
i- solution was agreed to directing an in
vestigation of the alleged use and destruc
tion of timber on public lands adjoining
te■; Northern Pacillc railroad. Mr. Hoar
addressed the Senate on the electoral count
b Sir. George opposed certain features
Ti. bill whs finally passed without di
- ‘i. Alt ti’jsign.d ttiediietiilsi tfeoeitare
■ V'i,” dto House on .notion
of Sir. Cockrell, e± Mlssoujf. Mr. Doiph di»-
cusse<i the Edmunds report and resolutions.-
benmtors Coke and Wilson followed. A
.spirited discussion on the merits of the con
troversy took place between Senators Berk
and Edmunds, which was continued in ex
ecutive sesslou by a resolution proposing to
make the papers in one of the cases public.
This resolution was not agreed to.
House— A number of resolutions calling
for information were reported back and
adopted. Among the hills reported from
committees was one providing for the pay
ment of the P. urth or July claims. The ur
gency deficiency bill was reported back with a
recommendation that the Senate amendment
for SIIO,OOO ex pen sos at the Grant funeral be
non-concurred in. The committee could find
no authority for such an appropriation
but precedent would Justify the payment of
those bills approved by General Hancock.
Bills objected to were presented by the New
> ork militia and amounted to s£,ooo or $9,000.
The rep rt of the committee was agreed to.
The Indian ftppronriution bill was taken up
■and debated. After reading by paragraphs
for amendment the House adjourned at 5
o clock.
Washington, March ».-B«nate —Execu
tive communications were referred. The
inter-Btate commerce bill was made a special
order for March 30, and the bankruptcy bill
for March 31. The urgent deficiency bill was
taken up and some amendments objected to
by the House stricken out, whi e others were
Insisted upon. At 2p. m. the Edmunds reso
lutions were debated by Senators Brown and
Spooner. The Senate went into executive ses
sion at 5 o'clock, and at 5:10 p. m. adlourned.
HorsE—Executive communications relat
<ll? to appropriations were referred. Com
mittee reports were received, among which
was the hill to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy, to establish export tobacco ware
houses, and to amend the brewers’ bond sec
tion of the Revised Statutes The bill con
ferring Jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to
investigate private calms other than war
claims was considered. Pending a demand
for the previous question, the bill went over.
Debate on the Indian appropriation was re
sumed. Forty-two of the forty-eight pages
were disposed of when the House adjourned.
Washington, March lit.—Senate.—Memo
rials and petitions were received and re
ferred. Among the bills passed was one to
establish a National live-stock
aiong the east line of Colorado, two utiles in
width. A number of private pension bills
were also passed. At 2p. m. Mr. Spooner con
tinued his speech on the Edmunds resolu
t'ous. He was followed by Mr. Sanlsbury.
Mr. Colquitt, of Georgia, took the floor, and
the Senate adjourned until Monday.
House— The minority report on the bank
ruptcy bill was filed A number of private
bills were reported, and the House went into
committee of tho whole on the private calen
dar. April 10 was set apart for the consid
eration of bills reported from the Committee
on Commerce. At 4:40p. m. the House took
a recess until 7:30 p. m. At the night session
a number of private pension bills were
passed. Price, of Wisconsin, objected to the
Passage of the bill to pension the widow of
eneral Hancock at t2,OuQ per annum. He is
the member who objected to tbe Grant bill.
Washington, March 20.— Senate— Not in
session.
House.—ln the House discussion on the ad
verse report of the free coinage bill was be
riin, which was diverted by O'Donnell, of
Michigan, in the speech against the removal
of the duty on sugar. Hemphill, of South
Carolina, opposed and Bynum, of Indiana,
favored the bill. Adjourned.
Washington, March 22.—Senate.—Among
the memorials pre6eutod were several from
the lowa Legislature urging the passage of
the Des Moines river lands title bill over tbe
President’s veto. Mr. Logan submitted a
resolution tqjxMislder nominations in open
session. >lr. Ingalls, in a resolution,
wanted to know why information in re
gard to the number of fourth-class Post
masters had not been furnished by the Post
master General as requested. The urgency
deficiency bill was sent to a conference com
mittee. Mr. Logan's bill to increase the ef
ficiency of the army was considered. Pend
ing action, tho Senate resumed consideration
of the Edmunds report. Mr Colquitt, of
Georgia, spoke. He was followed by Mr.
Jackson, who had the floor when the Senate
went into executive session at 5 o’clock.
Adjourned at 5:40 p. in.
House.—The Chaplain prayed that the
land might be rid of gamblers in cards, stocks,
etc. A session was ordered for Thursday
night to eousider resolutions on tbe death of
H< prescutative Kaukin. Bills* passed in
creasing to fifty dollars a month tho pen
sions of the widows of Commodores Spicer
amt Fillebrown. Bills were also passed
grant ing a pension of fife dollars a month
to the widow of Bear Admiral Harwood,
and $2,000 a year to the widow of Gen
eral Hancock. The Committee on Pub
lic I,nnds reported a bill to forfeit certain
lands granted to aid in the construction of
tho Northern Pacific Railroad. A resolution
directing the Committee ou Rules to report a
ru eby which the House might reach the
Educational bill was offered, and withdrawn
on the suggestion that opportunity to take
action will be given on Monday next. Under
the call of States a Dumber of bills and reso
lutions were introduced, and at 4:45 p. m. the
House adjourued.
Washington, March 23.—Senate.— The bill
granting the widow of General Hancock a
pension of $2,003 a year was passed. Ingalls’
resolution of inquiry in regard to the nuro"
ber of removals of fourth-class postmasters
was agreed to. Beck’s resolution in relation
to the payment of customs dues In coin was
referred to the Finance Committee. Mr.
Logan’s bill to increase the efficiency of the
army was discussed. Pending action the
morning hour expired and the Edmunds
resolutions were taken tip. Mr. Jackson con
tinued his speech of yesterday. Mr- George
followed and Morgan took the floor. A mo
tiou to go into executive session was opposed
bv Mr. Edmunds with a view to fixing a day
pfbr a vote. It was agreed that to-morrow the
time should be fixed. At 5:30 p. m. the Sen
ate adjourned.
House,. —Bill* were reported to establish a
National highway for live stock; to establish
a Bureau of Public Health: to amend the act
establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry:
to exton the system for tbe Immediate deliv
ery of letters: to repeal the pre-emption laws;
to provide for the nniform instruction of State
iniiitia; to provide for the equitable classifica
tion and compensation • of cer
tain officers of the United States;
to provide for evidence in cases
involving disputed handwriting. The House
passed the 4th of July claims bill, amounting
to $235,300. The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up, at™ much time consumed in dis
cussing points of order raised against certain
items. A conference report on the urgent
deficiency bill was agreed to, and at 4:45 p. in.
the House adjourned.
Foreign Note*.
Tub Dowager Duchess of Norfolk is dead.
Official dispatches say that, cholera
has completely disappeared from Tonquin.
The Greek Government continue* dis
patching troops to the front of Thessaly.
The donations for the proposed Pastern
Institute n mount to 407.500 frnn«'s The
la* get*; is ' J.jya francs from Mm* Heine.
TRENTON. DADE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 26. 1886.
A BESIEGED DESPERADO,
Who is Holding a Nebraska Barn Against
Ous Hundred Aruied Men.
Omaha. Nub.. March 31. — H. C Steadman
a prominent farmer of Burt County, pro
prietor of tw o creameries near the Village
of Lyons, yesterday forenoon discharged
Edward Johnson, alias John Anderson, a
young man and a comparative stranger in
the vicinity. Johnson thereupon picked a
quarrel with Steadman, and without
giving any warning whipped out a
revolver and shot Steadman ia the
hovel* fusing desti- in a *hoi-i iixrt'o •
J’here was no provocation for the deed
.and amid the ensuing excitement Johnson
secured a Winchester rifle and a large
qnantity of ammunition, alid mounting a
horse started off. Constable Parker imme
diately organized a small party armed
with revolvers, and mounting horses, gave
pursuit, being joined from time to time by
others on the way. They kept gain
ing on him. and, flually, twelve
miles south, near the farm of
Charles P. Johnson, a regular battle
ensued. The murderer turned and fired
several shots in rapid succession, shooting
Peter Johnson, brother of Charles, in the
head, killing him instantly. He next shot
Charles P. Johnson fatally in the abdomen.
His next shot killed Constable Parker’s
horse. This was followed by other shots,
injuring some horses and grazing some
of the men. Meantime the pursuers,
whose numbers had largely increased,
kept firing their revolvers, but
the desperado was out of their short
range. It was thought, however,
that he was wounded. The crowd began
to close in on him, when he finally jumped
from his horse. Running into Charles P.
Johnson's large bam he opened a lively
fire through the cracks and openings and
held the entire crowd —now numbering
fully 100 men—at bay. They flually cau
tiously surrounded the barn and carefully
guarded themselves from the fire of the
barricaded desperado. They continued to
shoot into the barn at frequent intervals
until dark. It was then proposed to burn
him out, but no one would volunteer to
fire the building. The barn contained
eighteen horses and mules, about 100
chickens, plenty of grain and a well. Be
sides this there were three caves, used for
the storage of vegetables. The barn and
■contents were valued at $5,500, and it was
thought advisable to wait a while before
resorting to fire. It was concluded to
guard the barn carefully all night and re
sume operations in the morning. During
tfe** siege the mules and horses frequently
neighed loudly, and it was thought that
they had been wounded from time to time.
Late last night Sheriff Skinner, from
Tekanah, arrived with a posse of ten
men, armed with Winchester rifles This
morning they opened fire again on the
barn, and the desperado responded. He
shot through one man’s hat, through an
other’s coat, and so on, but wounded no
one, as they exercised great caution. The
desperado guarded every side of the barn
and no one dared to approacli it to set fire
to it, as it had been determined to do.
This afternoon he fired several shots
through the farm dwelling house, where
several men were stationed, but hit no
one. A special train has been ordered to
carry fifty armed men from Tekanah to
the scene of the siege. At last accounts, 5
o’clock this afternoon, the desperado still
held the fort. It has been decided to set 1
fire to the barn in some way at the first ]
opportunity.
Later. —An attempt to storra the barn
resulted to-day in the death of another
man, Edgar Everitt, whom the desperado
shot. Several others have been lightly
wounded during the day. To-night a bright
fire is seen southwest of Oakland in the di
rection of tbe barn, eight miles distant,
and the report reached here that the barn
has been set on fire.
Attacked by a Mad Cow.
Wkllbville, 0.. March 21.—Dwight Wil
liams, the little six-year-old son of Mr. W.
W. D. Williams, living near Dry Run,
about eight miles east of here, was terribly
gored by an infuriated cow to-day. The
little fellow was passing through a field
when the animal attacked him, tossing him
several feet and making two or three
assaults on him before he was rescued. The
lad had his left eye laid out on his cheek by
the horn of the beast and was badly cut
and bruised about the body.
Post-Office Robbed.
New Orleans, March 21.—A special to
| the Picayune from Vicksburg, Miss., says:
William Blazier’s store, at Husfuekana
| was robbed iast night. This morning Mr.
I Blazier was found lying on his bed. He
| said a negro entered the store and struck
him on tbe head with an axe. Mr. Blazier
is also Postmaster, with his office in the
store. The office was robbed of some reg
istered letters, and all tbe stamps and
money were taken. The wounded man is
in a critical condition.
House Wrecked by Lightning.
Logan, 0., March 20.—A heavy storm o*
thunder, lightning and rain struck this
section at an early hour this morning. Tbo
residence of Dr. Swepston, living near
Mount Pleasant, in this county, was al
most entirely destroyed by lightning.
There were four persons in the bouse at
the time, but none of them were injured.
The mail-carrier, who was passing the
house at the time, w as badly shocked.
Snow-Storm in lowa.
Dubuque, low a, March 31.—The heaviest
and most destructive snow-storm that has
visited Dubuque in the past five years l>e
gan here yesterday afternoon, and con
tinued until late this morning. The snowr
fell to a depth of over two feet, and drifted
until fences were hidden from view and
several frail buildings fell under the
weight.
A Call for Ronds.
Washington. March 21.—The Secretary
of the Treasur) vvili, on Monday next, issue
scull fm *IO.OOOOOO three-percent, bonds.
The cell will mature on May 1.
THE WORST TO COME.
|f the Missouri Pacific Strike is Not Im-
I proved, All Freight Traffic at St.
Louis and Chicago WiU be
Stopped.
St. Lons. March 33.—N0 action has as
jret been taken by the merchants, with a
view of opeuing negotiations between the
i Missouri Pacific Company and its em
it I’ioyes, but several business men state that
->uch a course would lie gladly pursued by
pjstiem if both would agree to abidefaithfully
their decision. A member of the
Committee said at a late hour
(ftst night: ‘'The worst is yet to come. 1
dread it, but there is no help for it. If we
were to submit now and return to work
•ithout having been recognized as Knights
~f Labor, it would lie a defeat, not only for
t l -, but al-o for the Labor Unions, the
Trades Assemblies and for every labor or
ganization in the whole country. We feel
t.<at the issue must be met, and now. The
present contest is bet ween us and the rail
roads only. We will wait three or four
days in the hope that some way toward a
settlement may be opened, and then, if the
si nation remains unchanged for the bet
ter, every freight train on every road run
ningoutofßt. Louis and every' freight train
on every road running out of Chicago will
be stopped. We w ill leave a sufficient force
of men upon the roads to run the mail
trains and a few accommodation trains,
hut'not a wheel of a single freight car shall
be turned until the Knights of Labor are
recognized. If this shall fail to force the
companies to recognize us, the strike will
then be extended to all Eastern and South
ern read-, embracing the entire country,
and. If it comes to the worst, the strike will
be made to embrace every large manufac
tory and every extensive business industry
in the country.”
NEW ORGANIZATION FORMED.
Knight*of Industry Is the Title—The In
tent is to Combine Bruin and Hand-
Workers.
Boston March 23.—A rumor has for some
! time been current in labor circles here that
i a new secret order resembling that of the
Knights of Labor, and to be called the
Knig its of Industry, was in course of forma
tion. Inquiry yesterday show ed that the re
port is well founded, a number ot' meetings
having been held, correspondence opened
with labor leaders, and a prea mhle and
declaration of principles provisionally
adopted. In a few days, perhaps, publie
mec* will be called and action taken
for tfitflt,corporation of the order and the
securing of members. J. A. Mahoney, W.
F. Falls, N. E. Chase and other prominent
labor agitators are local leaders in the
movement The order will embrace
band and brain workers throughout
the oouutry, and will work up. the same
general lines as the Knights of Labor, but
with more upon certain issues.
Strikes will be disijffiraged adff
advocated. A congress of the leaderPvvill
probably be held in September. The new
order is not intended to antagonize the
Knights of Labor, but to supplement it;
and .$< promoters believe that they will
have the sympathy and assistance of the
older organization.
HEAVY BURGLARY.
’V
Safe Blown m Canaan, Ind., and Twenty
iFive Thousand Dollars Stolen.
[son, I.nd., March 23.—Burglars en
he store of Cy. Lockard, at Canaau,
les from this city, at an early begur
this morning, and blowing the safe robbed
it of its contents, SIO,OOO in Government
bonds, about #15.000 in notes and #1,500 in
cash. The safe in the store was
used b} 7 the people in the
vicinity as a depository—hence the large
amount of bonds and notes therein. No
clew to the robbers has as yet been ob
tained. The post-office, in the same build
ing, was also burglarized, several letters
broken open, among them two registered;
contents not known. Lockard is the prin
cipal loser. A large reward is offered for
the apprehension of the burglars.
Capitalists to Organize.
Chicago, March 23. —The fact will be pub
lished here to-morrow that a movement is
on foot and letters are being sentout quiet
ly to arrange fora national meeting of bus
iness men and manufacturers to be held
some time next month to take action to
ward devising some means of defense
against the power of organized labor.
There is nothing definite yet arranged
about the proposed meeting, but the opin
ion of business men is being asked in con
fidential circulars which speak of “out
rageous demands” now being made by
workingmen, and suggest action to meet
these demands and put employers in a po
sition to w ithstand them.
Mrs. Malloy Attempts Suicide.
Springfield, Mo., March3S.--The Circuit
Court, before which the Graham murder
case is being tried, adjourned shortly after
opening this morning on account of the se
rious illness of Mrs. Malloy, making it im
possible for her To attend court. It is
stated upon good authority, although it has
been denied, that Mrs. Malloy's illness was
caused by an attempt by her to commit
suicide by taking poison. She was seized,
shortly before tbe time of opening court,
with a violent fit of vomiting, and a physi
cian wa» immediately summoned, who ad
ministered an emetic, which slightly re
lieved her. Her condition is not considered
precarious.
Speedy and Merited Justice.
Detroit. March 23.—Sunday night ties
were placed on the Michigan Central track
near Galesburg, but the obstruction was
discovered in time to prevent serious dam
age. Last night Henry Seymour was ar
rested and confessed the crime. He said
he had a grudge against a neighbor, and
placed the ties near bis house, hoping to di
rect suspicion against hint. This morning
he was arraigned in court, pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to twenty y ears in tits
State penitentiary, within forty tours
alter committing tbe act.
TUNNEL ACCIDENT.
A Mass of Earth and Rock Falls Over
whelming Laborers.
Five Men Killed and a Number Seriously
Wounded.
Pottsville, Pa,, March 22 —A terrible
accident occurred this morning in the tun
nel of the Pottsville and Mahonoy rail
road at. Horse-shoe curve, just outside this
city. Shortly after the day shift went on a
tremendous fall of top rock took place, i
burying about twenty workmen, mostly
Italians. Manuel Masque!la, an Italian,
was first seen struggling to get
free, but could not. He was pin
ioned fast between the two great bowl
ders. The brave men did not know how
soon another fall of rock would occur,
yet they instantly went to work and
blasted the rocks, shattered them into
pieces, and dragged out Masquella bleed
ing and crushed, and very badly hurt.
Flying scraps struck Jim Dannato aid
knocked him into the debris, from which
he was extricated iu a dying condition.
While he was carried across the hill to h s
boarding house at Mill creek he died. Tie
dead body of J. W. Wright was next car
ried away. An Italian, known as No. 5,
with an unpronounceable name, was found
crushed to death under a tremendous bowl
der that had to be raised by a powerful jack.
Samuel Backers, Lew Reiber and John C'ol
lier, of St. Clair, were so badly injured that
their recovery is doubtful. Several otheis
were seriously injured. Those who were
but slightly injured were able to walk
home, but the dead and wounded were car
ried to their shanties on the bleak hills,
some distance from the works. The latest
from the sufferers to-night is that five were
killed. The prevailing sentiment is that
the accident was entirely unavoidable.
CAPTURED AT LAST.
Edward Johnson, the Nebraska Desperado,
Who Was Intrenched in a Barn.
Omaha, March 22.—Ed. Johnson, the
desperado who killed his employer Satur
day, and who since that time has beeu in
trenched in a barn near Oakland, where
he had resisted all attempts to capture
him. and killed two men and wounded sev
eral others who made the attempt, was
killed last evening. •The barn iu which the
desperado concealed himself was set ou tire
abom .VnsO o v-fbrfc fast Ceding. A fire was
opened on Johnson, and he was killed, fall
ing in the flames. When the fire had sub
sided the body was found in a large pile of
oats riddled with bullets.
Life-Saving Service.
Washington, March ‘22.—A bill lias been
favorably reported in the House to increase
the number of life saving stations. The
committee in its report made a w-ouderful
showing for the efficiency of this service.
It was organized in 1871, and since Novem
ber 1 of that year to June 80, 1885. the num
ber of wrecks which occurred within reach
of the stations was 3,918. The total value
of the vessels was #35,210,075.' The total
value of the cargoes was $10,553,019, mak
ing the total value of property involved
$51,763,904. Out of this sum $36,377,929, of
property valued at that amount, was saved
through the efforts of the crews at the va
rious stations. The number of persons sail
ing on the wrecked vessels was 25,693, and
the number saved was 25,236. During the
single year preceding June 30, 1885, tho
number of disasters in reach of the sta
tions w r as 371. The value of the property
involved was $4,034,380, and the value of
the property saved was $3,379,538. The
numiter of persons wrecked was 2,439, and
tbe number saved was 2,428. Only eleven
were lost during the year.
An Olid-Looking Baby.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 22.— A child
was born to a family living on Fort Wood,
which is peculiar for its malformation. It
weighs less than two pounds qnd has a
head the size of a goose egg. The hair
grows profusely over the entire forehead,
there being no line of distinction between
the eyebrows and the hair. The arms
are no longer than the index fin
ger of an adult. These are
mere stumps. J without hands, and
terminate elongation resembling
thumbs, Ijjgp vfflt nails. The legs are of the
same length: one foot has only four toes,
and the toes on each foot are connected by
a 'film, giving the feet the appearance of
web feet. The child has attracted wide
attention. It is now nearly a week old. and
has the appearance of a healthy child, but
old ladies predict its early death.
Military Transfers.
Washington, March 22.—1 t is understood
that Major General Schofield will be trans
ferred to the Division of the Atlantic with
headquarters at New York; that Major
General Terry will be assigned to the com
mand of the Division of the Missouri with
beadquarters.at Chicago, and that General
Howard will be given command of the
Division of the Pacific with headquarters
at San Francisco. The proposed transfer
of General Schofield is said to be in strict
accordance with his expressed desire.
Snow in Michigan.
Marquette. March 23.—A furious snow,
storm raged all over the uppper peninsula
Sunday, and two feet of snow has fallen.
All the railroads are blockaded. No trains
were run yesterday and few to-day.
The Missouri on the Rampage.
Yankton, Dak.. March 23.—The ice gorge
in the Missouri river still holds fast, and
the entire country between Elk Point and
Sioux City is inundated. The residents of
the flooded districts were yesterday all re
moved to place< of safety. All trains on
the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul road
have been abandoned east of Elk Point.
Tbe railroad agent here reports that nine
miles of track have been washed away.
There has lieen no floating iee in the river
at any time since the overflow, which has
materially reduced the amount of damage
which wopld otherwise have occurred.
VOL III.—NO. 5.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
A special front Morgantown, W, Va.,
announce* the birth of triplets, two sons
and a daughter, to President E. M. Turner,
'of the State University, and wife. Mr*.
Turner's great-grandfather was the father
of thirty-two children, among which num
ber was four pairs of twins.
Joseph Taylor, a prominent citizen of
Clay County, Tenn., was accidentally
killed by his six-year-old daughter the
other day. He gave the chil.l his pistol to
play with and it was discharged while
| pointed at him. The ball passed through
•his heart.
Pear trees in Florida are being ruined by
spiders, which eat the buds.
Central Illinois farmers have contract
ed with Tennessee parties to stock the
farms of the former with quail.
A farmer near Carrollton, Ga.,«ays that,
mice have destroyed the bees and honey In
his bee-hives. The mice built their nests
in the bottoms of the hives, and then made
raids at will upon the contents.
Miss Emma Norman, the young woman
who shot and killed Henry Arnold, her se
ducer, at Memphis, Tenn., a few days ago,
lie* been held for murder, her bail being
fixed at $3,000, which was given.
Fountain Goodalj., aged 102 years, died,
at kis home in-Mason County, W. Va. He
was a soldier of the war of 1812.
VYii.lt am Ct'NNiNoji am, of Ellenboro, W.
Va., was supposed to have suddenly died of
heart disease. While the undertakers were
preparing the body for burial Mr. Cunning
ham rose up and walked away, and ap
pears to be in better health than he has
been for a long time.
John Gillespie, the negro who murdered
Mrs. Thomas Gray near Loudon,. Teun..
was hanged by a mob of 300 men near tbe
scene of the crime.
Edward Kinkead. aged fourteen, son of
A. S. Kinkead. of FarkerSburgh, W. Va.,
Mas drowned in tbe Ohio river near Ra
venswood, W. Va. He was working about
a barge w ith a johnboat, fell in and was in
the water half an hour before his body was
found.
The other evening tbe five-vear-old son
of Mr. Milton Beall was over at the house
of Mr. Gumming Lindsey, Irwinton, Ga.,
playing with his two children, aged six and
seven. The three went into the lot and
finding a wild jessamine vine they started
in eating the buds. Before they could re
turn to the house they fell deathly sick,
i 51 Di Lind**)} riwi aud pick, si l.e* =w.it,
kissing hint on the lips, and in twenty min
utes she too was deathly sick. She called
to her husband hi the field, but before he
could get in one of the boys was dead, aud
in a few minutes later the second died
The third boy aud Mrs. Lindsey were still
in a critical condition at last account.
Tenn., is about to erect a
school building for colored children.
At Atlanta, Ga., Wm. Finion was killed
by a pistol in the hands of a white boy.
sixteen years old, named Pat Hickey. The
shooting, it is claimed, was purely acci
deutal.
Base-ball has broken out at Nashville,
Bavaunah and other tbawed-out Southern
points.
Judge Baxtf.r has ordered the foreclose
ure sale of the East Tennessee. Virginia
and Georgia road.
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Iron Company
of its own accord increased the
wages ot its nailers and feeders 15 per
cent., and gave the men in other depart •
ments 10 per cent, advance. The mills are
running night and day.
Ex-County Treasurer T. H. Davis, of
Fayette County, Ala., under indictment for
using tbe public funds, his accounts being
$1,400 short, has gone to parts unknown.
Twenty-live names are on his appearance
bond of SSOO. They aud the county are se
cured by a mortgage ou Davis’ property.
The Tennessee State Bureau of Agricul
ture has applied several times since Janu
ary to Commissioner Colman, of the Na
tional Bureau of Agriculture, for seeds to
distribute among the crop reporters for the
IState Bureau. Commissioner Column says
it is impossible to supply the State Bureau,
owing to the demand from Congressmen,
who have the prior eiairu upon the Depart
ment. Tbe State Bureau is without funds
to purbhase seeds, as no appropriation was
made for that purpose.
Postaiaster Asbury at Lu lu, Ga., ha
four daughters named Pearl, Diamond,
Ruby and Garnet. Mrs. Asbury must be
able to realize how Cornelia felt.
A m ild hog in North Alabama has be.
come the acknowledged master of a large
tract of wooded country. Hunters give the
place a wide berth. A few days ago the
animal lacerated u pack of Rounds so badly
that they will never be of service again
W. B. Galbreath & Co., cotton factors,
doing business at 11 Union street. Memphis,
Tenn.. made an assignment the other day.
Their liabilities amount to $73,000; assets,
including two plantations and an interest
in three hundred bales of cotton and book
accounts, #IOI.OOO.
Mrs. James Lills, residing sixteen miles
northeast of Bainbridge, Ga., Mas found
dead in an old broomsage field belonging
to ber husband. She took her own life.
Six months ago a little child she bad raised,
to whom she had become greatly attached.
I was taken front her uuder a writ of habeas
| corpus, over which she grieved until her
; mind was affected. Investigation rt-
I vealed tlie fact that she hat! taken strveh-
I
I nine.
i The death of Wm. Flowers, at Rockport,
1 near ParkerburgW. Va., is reported. He
was 104 years old, aud the oldest citizen in
the county. He was of French descent,
and served under tbe first Napoleon. He
served as a soldier in the war of 1812. and
! has been a pensioner for many years. He
! was totally blind, and almost totally deaf
; for several years before his death. There
1 is no question about bis advanced age, us it
( a matter of record.
One of the curiosities of Texas is the
vampire bat.. One of these uncanny
creatures Hew into the bedroom of a San
Antonio woman the other night, aud neat
ly frightened her to death by lighting on
her.