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CURRENT TOPICS.
Bam Joshs hah quit using tobacco
The Pres dent admires “Mikado” music.
''Sparrow pies” are a popular delicacy
at Philadelphia.
A tramp says his shoes, like “corpora
tions,!’ hare no soles.
"Tei.bnvm" is the newly invented word
for telegraph address.
Tiieman who wants (he earth eventually
gets it when he leaves it.
Shooting and maiming a cat cost a
Bostonian fifty sad dollars.
The Brazilians are said to be the most
hospitable people on the globe,
Some Dias Creek. N. J.. planters report
•half their oysters \\ inter-killed.
lowa proudly calls attention to the tact
That she has a citizen named Sheol.
La Xis the way a lazy man wrote La
•crosse, Wis., in the address of a letter.
Berks County, Pa., is to have a silk fac
tory employing live hundred operatives.
An iron-jawed museum professor lift* r.
barrel of water with his teeth, in Reading,
Pa.
Strawberries, raised in hot houses, are
in the New York market at five dollars a
quart.
Sprinofieu). Mass., proposes to turn on«
of its effete roller-skating rinks into an
armor)-.
A nugget of gold weighing forty-seven
ounces eras taken out of a mine at Forest
City, Obi*
If Mrs. Morgan’s peach-blow vase ma *
uotjfje worth SIB,OOO as a vase, it may be as
»a*example.
Summer plans and projects are already
-discussed in places where fashionable peo
ple congregate.
A well-know- n resident of 'Lambertville,
N. J., affirms that he has drank no water for
(twelve years past.
The Lieutenant-Governor of Connecticut
receives the extravagant (!) salary of five
hundred dollars per year.
A Pennsylvania preacher left in his will
a sum of money to encourage the use of
goat mea* instead of pork.
HAt struck the etearuer Oregon 1” is
getting to be as perplexing on enigma as
“Who struck Billy Patterson!”
Land in Connecticut upon which pine
ftrees were planted a few years ago is now
■worth SIOO an acre for its timber.
• TtiK’personal household of Queen Victoria
I 3k composed of over a thousand persons,
«n»sting yearly a sum of $1,945,000.
On all important public occasions Prince
Bismarck prominently-weaii- tbeDrdemf
.Christ recently bestowed upon him by the
Pope.
Senator Jones, it is said, is to return to
M asbingtou. . Miss Palm, the object of his
undying affliction,left Detroit secretly some
lime ago.
The Missouri National Greenback Labor
1 has Issued a call for the State
. jk'HDuatingconvention at Sedalia. Wednes
"V?, June 2.
„ The,Maine experiment station shows hj
•analysis of patent “egg” and “cattle foods”
that their intrinsic value bears no relation
to their cost.
Mi Nlster HurcaiU), now in Japan, is one
Of the funnies*!st-orv tellers in Texas, and
playfully calk* his wife ‘‘Mother Hubbard”
behind hogback.
On. hiu*been discovered in Upper Egypt
in payjr.g quantities. England now, more
than ever, will regret the failure of the
tS'Nrdan campaigu.
New York City has only forty-seven
«1 welling houses which its fire department
•considers fire proof; seven are apartment
if. ad twenty-one private houses.
Nearly $2,000,000,000 would be due were
nil insured Americans to die at once.
Nearly $1,000,000,000 have already been
paid on death losses in America.
Tiie Central Park Board, New York, ha
decided to buy up antiquated horses and
slaughter them to feed to the animate in
t he Central Park, instead of using beef.
Mrs. Clara D. Raymond, of M ilton,
Conn., is said to l>e the oldest woman in the
State. She is remarkably well preserved,
and expects to celebrate her 104th birthday
April 25.
Senator Jones, of Florida, loses his sal
ary while sojourning in Detroit, and also
forfeits the mileage which would have been
allowed for the distance between Pensacola
and Washington.
A fir tree cut down on a. ranch near
Santa Kosa. Cal., contained inside of the
trunk eleven gallons of pure balsam of fir.
That was the amount saved, and it is
thought that as much w as lost.
An enormous Indian elephant, almost a
match for the late Jumbo, was recently put
to death in Hamburg, He had become vi
cious and dangerous. He was strangled
with chains being placed around his neck.
The statement of the President of the
British Board of Trade to the effect that no
ocean vessel carries sufficient Hfeboat ac
commodatious w-ill not tend to increase
ocean travel cither now or in the near
future.
A Russian convict is said to have sur
vived a punishment of 2.000 lashes. As
high a number as 4.000 lashes is said to
have been imposed in some eases, but no
convict ever survived the infliction of the
punishment.
A Colton (Cal.) citizen tied one end of a
rope around his waist the other day. while
he lassoed a Texas steer with the other.
He thought he bad the animal, but at the
r encl of the first. 100 yard heat be found that
the6teerbad him.
A peddler of Derby, Conn., fell into the
water the other day and would have
drowned but for the timely assistance of
two young men. Glowing with gratitude,
the peddler opened his pack and gave to
each a lead-pencil.
Two youths got into a fight in the Knox
College campus, Galesburg, 111. While they
were beating each other with shinny sticks
a fat old woman appeared, knocked down
the larger boy, spanked the smaller one,
#;id then went calmly t u.
XL IXTII CONGRESS.
First Session.
Washington. April I—Senate -A bill
«ns favorably reported to erect a monument
to Ahruhain Lincoln at Washington, aid
passed. A discussion of L< gnu's army Mil
was set for Monday next. The Washirgtrn
territory Mil wus debated by Senators Dofi h,
Morgan and Frye, and the Senate adjourned
a tier executive session until Monday.
House.— ln committeeof the whole, with
>.r. Springer dll.), in the cha r. a general do
bate was had on the labor arbitration bill.
Gibson <W. Ya.i, Crain (Tex.), Worthington
and Cannon (III,), Tarsney iMicb.L Anderson
(Kau.), Waiuer and O Neill (Mo.), Osborn and
Kelley (Pa.), Long (Mass.), Hammond (Ga. ),
and Is)wry (Ind.>, participated- Pending a
vote op the measure the House adjourhed.
w a m ikgton, April 2. Sen ate.—-No session,
House.—On motion of Mr O’Neill (Mo.)
private business waj dispensed with—jets,
115;’ nays, 71— and the House went into ct ni
mittee of the whole fMr. Springer (III.) in tl e
chair) on the Labor Arbitration bill, all de
bate on the first section being limited 10
thirty miuutes. Mr. Koran (O ) offered i n
amendment pro\ ding (hat if, onthew rittm
proposition of either party to the contri
versy to submit t 1 e differences to arbitration,
the other party shall refuse, the party
submitting the proposition may re
quest a Judge of a United
States District Court to appoint
au arbiter. He regarded the
bill in its present shape as au entering
w edge for the enactment of such legislation
in future as would crush out organized labor,
Thorough organization, and organization
alone, the labor ng men of ibis country could
work out their salvation, and he was willing
to leave this question and all questions of
this character of organized labor. Mr. Dibble
(8. C.) offered an amendment providing that
the Commissioner of Labor on the request
of either party to a controversy, shall order
an investigation to be made. The Bureau
of Labor, he said, had been Ignored iti
the great emergency. The purport of his
amendment was to make the Commis
sioner of Labor a factor in gathering informa
tion. Mr. Negley (Pa.) offered an amendment
providing that the Board of Arbitration shall
inquire into the practices of certain railroad
companies of maintaining a company system
of life insurance to evade the payment of
damages for loss of life through negligence
or otherwise. The amendments were all
voted dowu. First and second sections of
the bill were modified tiild agreed to. They
provide for a Board of Arbitration which
shall possess the power belonging to
United States Commissioners appointed by
the Circuit Court of the United States,
but in no case shall any witness be compelled
to disclose the secrets or produce the records
or proceedings of any labor organization of
which’he may be an officer or m- mber;and any
order finding, conclusion or award made bv a
majority < f the arbitrators shall be of the
same force and effect as If all the arbitrators
concurred therein or united in makingtbe
same. The House, at its evening session,
passed thirty-live pension bills audiadjo turned.
Washington, April 3.— Senate— No sossicSh.
House.— Mr. Robertson, of Kentucky, sub
mitt oil the minority report of the Commitfte
on elections m the contested election case of
Hurd v*. Hornets Mr. James, of Now York,
called up the adverse report the tree sli
ver coinage bill, but Mr. O’Neil raised tie
question of consideration and called up tie
labor arbitration bill, By a vote of 81) to 1:5
the Silver bill was laid aside. All amendments
and substitutes proposed fortlie arbitration
bdl were reject*d. except one by Mr. Warner,'
of Missouri. flxins the rate of compensation
of the members of the arbitration tribunal at
ten dollars per day, and prescribing the allow
ance for employes anil witnesses. The bill
was finally reported and passed—Yeas 195,'
uays 30. The Bland silver bill was then taken
up for debate and continued throughout the
evening session.
Washington, April 5 Senate. A resolu
tion was agreed to appointing Mr. Sherman
and Mr. Harrison to till vacancies in the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Platt sub
mitted certain amendments to his resolution
relating to executive sessions, which he pr<-
poses to call up W. dnesday or Thursday .
A resolution was agre ed to call i g
for information as to the names i f
persons employed by the Interior I)c-
P rtment in folding and distributing public
documents. A joint resolution was submit
ted fortlie appointment of a joint committee,
to consist of three Senators and five members,
to consider the subject ot a celebration in
IKMt, at Washington, of the centennial an
niversary of the formation of the Gov
ernment under the Constitution, aid
also of the four hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of America iii
is 2. It went over. The army bill was de
bated, Mr. Plumb speaking in opposition.
Mr. Frye took tin the rand injected a speech
on the fishery question. Mr. Cockrell follow
ed agaiesi the bill. Mr Logan supported the
measure. At 4:40 p. m. tti ■ Senate went into
executive session, anil at 5:30 p. in. adjourned.
N-tioo was given before adjournment that
the Fitz John Porter bill would bo called up
Monday, April 18.
Hoi'sk. Hills flml resolutions were intro
duced until the on!! of States. Among- there
was one for the appointment of a joint com
m ttee to’consider the subject of u centennial
celebration at Washington in 1889, extending
the tree delivery system, reducing letter pos
tage to one and a half cent and postal cards
to half a cent, resolutions on the fi heries
question, for t e appointment of a com-,
mittee to investigate the Carrollton massacre.
At the conclusion of the call ot Slates, Mr.
Morrison reported amendments to certain
rules. The Mouse by a vote of 158 to
68, passed the Mexican pension .bill under a
su-pension ot the rules. By a similar motion
the Senate bill for the relief of settlers in Ne
braska and Kansas was passed, 'thefollowing
bHls were also passed under suspension ot
the rules: /or the erection of a public build
ing at Duluth. Minn.: for the purchase of ad
dition ground a! Ft. Wayne. Ind.; for the erec
tion of u Congressional library building on
the site east of theCupitol. SI,050,000; a Senate
bill for public building at San Antonio, Tex
Washington*. April 6 Sen ate Execi
tivo communications were received arid peti
tions presented, some of the latter protesting
against the "tree ship” bill. An associi
tion of colored citizens of Kansas prayed
for assistance to emigrate to Africa. T 1 e
labor arbiiration bill was favorably reported
without amendment Consideration of Mr.
Logan's bill to increase the army was re«
sunied. Mr. Logan spoke at icugtn. The
Chair laid before the Senate a message from
the President on the subject of Chinese immi
gration., Mr. Hawley obtained the floor on
the army bill, but gave way for executive
session at 4:45 p. m. At 5:10 p. tu tb<- Senate
adjourned A vote will be taken on the army
bill to-morrow.
House —A communication from the Act
ing Secretary of the Treasury denied that tl e
payment of silver dollars is refused at the
sub-Trcasury at Boston. A resolution wts
adopted, calling oti the Secretory of State f< r
copies of all correspondence with representa
tives of France, Germany, Austria andothir
European countries in relation to the exelt
son of American pork. Hills were reported
from committees lor the issue of small lulls:
providing for the construction ot a
igbt-house supply steamer for the
Atlantic and Gulf coast; for the er
tablisl.m ut of a b'ghtrbip at the eutramo
to the. Chesapeake Hay; to increase tli
efficiency,of the army; to consol date eerta n
bureaus of the Navy Department; to invest •
gate existing differences between rail o.v’a
and their -mplovt v: tu prohibit the passage
ot local arid speci-fl laws in the 'i'c-i r torie .
Th c post-office appropriation bill was taken
up An amendment to increase the item fur
postal -lef. s was lost An amendment to in
crease the appropriation for foreign ma l
service from *lCo.Ul)il to fC5.000. was lost—: 3
tob 6 Tin-bill was tiually passed, aud the
House adjourned.
Is the Spanish elections for members of
the Chamber of Deputies there have beeu
returned 136 Ministerialists, fifteen Con
servatives of the Canovas Del Castillo
.group, seven Conservatives, followers of
Romero y Robledo, six member's of the
Dynastic' Left, ten Republicans and one
Cerlist. Among tbo e elected are: Honors
Caste ar. Magnsta. Montei -’ Kios, \ era do
Armijo y Mon. Romero y Robledo and Crtn*
oral Lopez Dominguez-
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1886.
IS A CONFLICT IMPENDING?
Troops and strikers Concent rating at Ft rt
Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 4. Saturday
about noon an engine from Hodge, <i
charge of officers came steaming into toe
yards here. The-offleers were fired up< a
by strikers and two officers were fatally
wounded and a third shot through the hip.
The fire was returned and the conflict be
cam' general for h few miuutes. Of the
strikers so far as can be ascertained,
only two or three were wounded. The
strfket a were driven off. Adjutant Gt n*
oral King left Austin last night with two
companies of Btate bangers. The mayor,
has at his command one company of
(iiiiitin at Cleburne and one at Dallas,
Captain McMurby’s company of rungerd
fis left Harrold for Fort Worth, and
thirty five volunteers at Kaufman ere
holding themselves in readiness for in*
stant service at the call of Sheriff Tarrant.
Lieutenant Gibbs, who resides at Dallas,
}ias been authorized by Governor Ire
sand to call out the three companies of
State troops at Dallas, and two of them,
the Hibernian Rifles and the Dallas Light
Guards, left after midnight for Fort Worth;
also a number of deputy sheriffs. These
troops are in command of Lieutenant
Colonel Turner, an officer who won dis
tinction in the union army. The depot and
yards at Fort Worth Were guarded last
night by over two hundred citizens,
called into service by the mayor’s proc
lamation, and the * streets wore pa
trolled by armed men. There was great
fear of fire during the night and extra pre
cautions were taken on that account. One
hundred firemen were in waiting at the
fire engine houses for any emergency, and
the fires at the pumping stations were kept
up to a high point all night. Offers of aid
were sent from all surrounding points
and engines were kept in readiness to
tie forwarded at a moment’s notice.
Strikers are arriving at Fort Worth from
various outside points, and the statement
is made that the Knights of Labor have de
termined that Fort Worth shall be the
point where trains shall lie stopped at all
hazards, and 'hat there they will win their
battle. On the other bandit is said that
the citizens of this city declare that the
Missouri Pac.fi • trains shall move, even
though it costs scores of lives to accom
plish it.
BIG RASCALITY DISCLOSED.
Indictment of Wealthy Californians fob
Timber I.aud Frauds on the
Government.
San Francisco, April 4.—The United-
States grand jury yesterday fouud indict
ments against eight prominent citizens of
this State for subornation of perjury in
the case of fraudulent entries of redwood
timber land in Humboldt County, Cal.
The names of three are Jos.
Ruas, David Evans and Charles H. King,
who collectively represent *5 OOO.yOO capital.
The names of the other. '. ■ not yet.
known but t hey are said# I,oll, Ywealthy
nun. The Land Dejaiduch f.Vu-hing
ton had reason to suspect iri egrf a-rities iif
the entry of these lands, and sent out
Special Agent B. F. Bergen, of the Interior
Department, to investigate the matter.
Tho result of Mr. Bergen's investigation
shows that the parties indicted are all mem
bers of the California Redwood Company,
capita for which was mainly Subscribed
in Scotland. The indicted parties procured
about six hundred American citizens to take
up 160 acres of land each, for which each
received fifty dollars. The entries were, in
all cases, immediately conveyed to David
Evans, one of the indicted parties.' The
California Redwood Company afterwards
sent an agent to Scotland to form a syn
dicate and sell the lands. Tne syndicate
paid the California Redwood Company S2O
an acre for the laud which, as shown,
the latter had fraudueutiy purchased
from the Government for $2 50
an acre. Mr. Bergen has passed
three months in Humboldt County working
up the case, and notwithstanding* the num
erous difficulties thrown in his way, has
secured testimony from over one hundred
persons who accepted the bribe. Suit xvill
be instituted by the Government to set
aside all these entries as well as the patents,
which have already been issued. The land
embraces 90.000 acres of the best redwood
timber land on the coast.
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Gladstone’s Cabinet Strained.
Lox don. April 4.—-A breaking up of the
Cabinet is imminent. Lord Kimberley,
Sir Win. Harcourt, Mr. Childers and Mr.
Mundella refuses to assent to anv home rule
measure giving Ireland control of the cus
toms. and they t hreaten to resign if such a
measure be insisted upon by Mr. Gladstone.
Mr. Morley demands a modification of the
plans for the buying out of the landlords.
Mr. Gladstone, however, remains inflexible
and will maintain his full scheme intact.
Cabinet councils are to be held on Monday
and Tuesday, and the climax w ill bo reach
ed on Tuesday. The Ministers themselves
admit that an agreement seems improba
ble. Mr. Gladstone may make his state
ment Thursday without the approval of
the Ministry.
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Servant 6 r s in a Fire-Trap.
8t Louis, Mo.. April 4.—An inquest was
held to-day on the bodies of the four serv
ant girls who lost their lives at the
Planters’ House fire yesterday. The jury
visited the scene of the fire, and in their
verdict stated that the quarters for the
servants were so arranged as to he virtual
ly a fire trap in case of a fire when the em
ployes were asleep. The hotel is nearly
naff a century old, but on account of its
favorable location and the reputation of
its table has always had a large patronage
from people who generally patronize oniy
the best hotels.
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Sam Joms Done Wi h Chicago
Chicago. April 4. Ba:n Jones concluded
his religious exhortations in Chicago to
day. in the morning he drew a large
audience to Dr. Goodwin's church, p.nd in
the afternoon and evening the Casino
Rink was filled au hour before the services
began Nearly ten thousand people were
present at each of the services in the rink.
The collections at both services were given
to Messrs. Jones and Hina 11. and w ith the
salary guaranteed them in advance netted
them ra Obu apiece for their four weeks’
work.
The f h o River.
Cincinnati. April 4.—The Ohio rive: rose
three and a half inches between fi o’clock in
the morning and fi o’clock p in. to day,
and came to a stand at a stage of 53 feet s
inches. Below, the Miami and Kentucky
rivers were rspidiy rising, and there are
sw ells above, but it is believed the Ohio
will not go much, if a v. higher at this
point.
Journ ym n Bak-rs Will Strike.
New- You;-; April 4 —F:ve hundred jour
neyin'-'; bakers las” night determined to
strike on May I for twelve hours’ work
five da's of to* week, fourteen on St Dio
lay. and to hoard where they choose.
GREECE WILL FIGHT.
Expressions from Her War Minis
ter Admit of No Othor Ex
pectation.
All the Powers Kxpect It and the Grecians
Jubilant Over the Prospects.
Athens, April s.—The Minister of War
has returned from a tour of inspection of
the frontier defenses. He expressed his
delight to the various commanders at the
efficiency of the works. Before leaving
Artu he requested the officers to inform
their men that they were destiued to up
hold the honor of Greece on the field of
battle and would not return to their homes
until that honor was satisfied. Great prep
arations are being made, to celebrate the
anniversary of Greek independence to
morrow. The trip of the War Minister and
the expressions used by him are taken to
indicate a speedy declaration of war.
London, April s.—Mr. Bryce, Under
Foreign Secretary, replying to a question
in the House of Commons this afternoon,
said that Greece had not accepted the ad
vice of the Powers as to the couise she
should pursue in her troubles with Turkey.
He also said that the Government had no
information which would enable them to
say that Greece would refrain from war.
Constantinople, April s.—lt is learned
from official sources that, the Powers are
awaiting probable changes iu tho Greek
Ministry before finally deciding to insti
tute naval operations against Greece.
STRANGE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Young Man of Eighteen Slays a Girl of
Fifteen, Then Kills Himself.
Milwaukee, April s.—ln a two-story
brick house, at the corner of Vilet and
Sixth streets, was enacted, at an early
hour this morning, the most unaccounta
ble murder and suicide that probably ever
occured in this city. Annie Rosersteiu, a
beautiful girl of fifteen years, while
sleeping by the side of her little
sisters, was shot and instantly
killed by I-adore Scidenbaum, an eighteen
year-old friend of the family, who was en
joying their hospitality. Tlie family occu
pies the lower floor of the house. About
’’} :30 o'clock Morris Rosenstein and his wife
kwere awakened by the report of a revolv
er. followed quickly by a second Rbot.
Mr. Rosenstein jumped from his bed and
went into the kitchen for a light. Then he
noticed that the door of the children’s
room wan-open. On entering, his eyes
met a horrible spectacle. With the
dead body of their sister Jheside them the
four other children in the bed sat
up and rubbed their eyes, ignorant of the
terrible deed. Scidenbaum was in his
uight clothes and lay in afa len position
partially t-ver tho body ot' the murdered
gh !. Both wore Brad. Rlood flowed from
a wound in the side of the girl's head above
the left eah and from u hole in the brea-t
of the young man. None of the relatives
of the deceased could advance any theory
as to the cause of the double tragedy.
WE RETALIATE
It Canada Persists in Interfering with Onr
Fishing Vessels.
Washington, April s.—Secretary Bayard
is to address a note to the British Govern
ment saying in diplomatic language that
™he United States will not alioAV inter
ference with our fishing vessels by Canadian
cruisers without retaliation. If our
vessels are not allowed to enter
Canadian ports to trade, our
p be closed against the -hip
ping anada. Recently one of our fisher
men arrrived at Halifax and tried to ship
fcts cargo in bond to the United States and
fcvas refused. As Canada receives of
lier imports during the winter through our
"orts it will be a very easy thing to even
this matter up with the Dominion.
Fatal Accident to a Boy.
Perhtville, Mo., April s.—Eddie, the
eleven-year-old son of Mr. Furth. one of
our most prominent merchants, was acci
dentally shot. He was fouud lying on the
floor of the sitting-room in his father's
residence, with a guping wound in his left
side, where the entire charge of a breech
loading shotgun had entered, ranging up
ward. It is supposed that while attempt
ing to take the gun from behind the table,
w here it was standing, the weapon was
discharged, with the above results.
No Territory of Oklahoma.
Washington, April s.—The House Com
'mittee on Territories to-day reconsidered
the action previously taken directing a bill
for the creation of the Territory of Okla
homa to be reported favorably. Repre
sentative Barnes submitted a report ad
verse to all bills for the creation of this
Territory. The report, which maintains
that the Government has no right to the
land under existing treaty stipulations,
was adopted.
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The Oh o Flood.
Cincinnati, April 5. —TbeOhio river con
tinued rising at Cincinnati, to-day. reach
ing 54 feet at 9p. ni., when it again came
t.rastanduntil 11 p.ru., when itcominenced
rising at the rate of one-half inch an hour.
It was snowing bard from Parkersburg to
Cincinnati, with rain at Pittsburgh and
■ether points, With all the upper tributa
ries full and many of them rising, indica
tions point to another foot or two rise here
before the flood disappears.
Kansas Wheat Much Damaged.
Topeka, Kas., April 5. —Secretary Bims,
of the State Board of Agriculture, in his
report for March, estimates the winter
w heat area of Kansas at sixteen per cc t.
below that of the preceding year. The late
snow and cold weather had a Wiling effect,
ami quite full reports clearly indicate that
at least forty per cent, of the sowing has
been killed. This loss will be heaviest in
middle counties. The probable yield is
estimated at eighty percent.
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To Demand Eight Hours.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. April 5 —At a meeting
of the Cabinet-makers’ Union last night, it
was decided to demand a reduction in
working hours au May 1, from ten to eight
hours. The men who do piece work will
demand an increase of twenty per cent. iD
wages.
Mrs Coobdge Sentenced to Prison.
Boston. Mass , Aprils. —in the Supreme
Criminal Court, this atoernoon. Mrs. Em
ma A Coolidge. wh • recently pleaded
trull tv to conspiracy <o murder young Mrs.
Milieu, was s'mt meed to three years in the
Woman’s Prison.
TERRIBLE SPRING STORMS.
The Oldest Inhabitant s Not Know ot
Its Like in His Experience.
Detroit, April 6. The present storm is
undoubtedly the worst experienced in this
State for many years. Early this
ing several attempts were made to run
street-cars, but the snow drifted so rapidly
that it became impossible to keep the
track clear, and cars are snowed up at
various points on nearly all lines in the
city. One or two lines refused to try
strength with the elements, and their cars
are safely stabled. Traffic is almost en
tirely suspended, it being extremely diffi
cult to navigate the -treets in any manner.
Huge drifts are reported from all over
town, and cleaning walks is a piece of su
perfluous work seldom indulged in. At 10
o’clock the Signal Service reported four
teen inches on a level. The entire southern
part of the State is covered with snow. It
is announced by the Signal Service that
the present entertainment will continue
through to-night. Telegraph and telephone
business is much delayed or entirely
stopped.
THE CHINESE FLED.
Mexicans Wild With the Kace—War Mania
—Riot at Mazatlan.
Guay mas, Mexico, April 6.—The steamer
Altata brings news of a large anti-Chinese
demonstration, ending in a riot, at Mazat
lan, March 28. When the steamer Romero
Rubio was coming into port she was
erroneously reported as being the
steamer Sardonyx, which, it was known
had six hundred Chinese aboard. An im
mense mob formed on the wharf, and after
the mistake was explained paraded the
streets, crying: “Down with the Ch nese!”
The police were unable to disperse them.
They made an attack on a Chinese house,
breakmg the doors, wind ws and furniture.
No blood was shed. The C'binameu fled
the town, ’troops have been sent for, the
authorities anticipating more trouble when
the Sardonyx arrives.
Storm and Landslides.
Pittsburgh, April 6.— The storm, which
set iu yesterday morning, continues. Rain
and snow have fallen without interruption
for twenty-four hours, covering the side
walks with sleet and slush and making it
decidedly unpleasant for persons who are
compelled to be out. It is the worst com
bination of bad weather experienced here
for years. Since yesterday morning the
rainfall amounted to two inches. The
rivers are rising at all points and a high
stage of water, perhaps a flood, is appre
hended. Railroad travel is impeded on
nearly all of the lines centering in the city.
The heavy rains has loosened the treacher
ous earth whieferests-in such a threatening
manner at Qiuny places. On the Pan Han
dle road, and between this city aud Mans
field, Pa., eight miles from “here, fifteen
land-slides have been reported. In some
Utlacee large sections of the bills alongside
t’he road crashed down on the tracks, cov
ering them with rocks, trees and earth.
Numerous slides have also occurred on the
Baltimore & Ohio and Western Pennsyl
vania roads.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio Crops.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 6.—Crop reports
have been gathered from each county in
Ind ana, .Ohio and Illinois by the Indiana
Farmer. A summary of the information
obtained shows that in Indiana the per
cent, of average in area of wheat is 94. and
the condition 91, while last year at the same
date the area was 83, and the condition (>B.
The per cent, of averages in Qhio is 96, and
condition 92. against 92 per cent, in area
aud 78 in condition last. year. In Illinois the
per cent, of average area is 90. and condition
90. Last year, at the same date, the
area was 86 and condition 60. Last
year there were but fourteen counties in
Indiana which reported a full average area,
and hut teu counties which reported the
condition of the plant at 100 per cent. This
year forty-nine counties of the State re
port 100 for area, and twenty-eight comi
ties 100 on condition. The reports from
Ohio and Illinois stand about relatively the
same in these respects as Indiana, which
show the condition of the wheat plant
much better than at the same date last
year in all these States.
Blown From the Track.
East Saginaw', Mich., April B.—lt has
been blow ing a hurricane from the north
east during the past twenty-four hours. A
passenger train on the Port Huron aud
Northwestern road due here at 2 p. in. was
blown from the track seven miles east,
three coaches being thrown from the track
and hurled into a ditch. Eleven people
were injured. They were brought to this
city and cared for. Only one, W. H. Wal
lace. of Grindstone C<tv, was seriously in
jured. Cofflluctor Hull aud the brakeman
aud baggtA'uian received slight injuries.
A Postmaster Taught a Lesson-
Washington. April 6.—The new post
master at Kansas City, not regarding it
his duty to notify the Civil Service Com
mission of the need of bolding an examin
ation in his office, treated the om ssiou to
hold one as creating an emergency
authorizing him to appoint piersous not
examined. The Treasury and Postoffice
Departments have decided that there was
no such emergency, aud that these up-
Eointees must be paid by the postmaster
imself or go without pay.
A $1,000,000 Blaze.
Lacrossf, Wis., April 6.—At 3 o’clock
fire broke out in the factory of Segelke,
Kolhaus & Co. Flames and smoke leaped
in all directions, and before the tire could
be checked some eighty small houses suc
cumbed to the firey element, together with
two of the largest lumber yards in the
State. A careful estimate of the loss
places it at between fsOO.OOU and $1,000,000.
One thousand men arc thrown out of em
ployment and four hundred persons ren
dered homeless.
Chattanooga Emerges From Her Bath,
Chattanooga. Tenn., April 6.—The
\ffaters have been slowly receding all day.
and to-night most of the families that were
driven from their homes are back again.
The water and gas service is resumed, and
the manufacturers are preparing to begin
operations. By to-morrow 2.500 operatives
now idle wiU be at work, and by Saturday
the mills will be running. Toe Associated
Cb&i itie* aud citizens have cared for 7.500
flood sufferers since "Wednesday, and have
declined any outside assistance, sending
back severil hundred dallaYs yesterday
which was tendered from abroad.
VOL III—NO. 7.
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
At Henrietta, Tex., A. Steagall wes
found gu lty of murder in tho first degree-
PosT-omcEs have been established at
Dryland, Morgan County, aud at Thomp
son, Marshall County, W. Ya.
At Augusta, Ga., during a ball, Tom Rice
cut W. T. Archer seven times, seriously
wounding him. Returning to the ball,
room shots were exchanged without ef
fect.
Judge John Baxter, of Knoxville, Tonn.
died at Hot Springs, Ark., after an illness
of only a few hours. He was sixty-seven
years old, and was appointed bv Preside*; t-
Hayes in 1877, to succeed Judge H. H. Km
mens.
Three negro children were burned in a
cabin on the farm of A. Bedell, four miles
from Plano, Tex., during the absence of
their parents. It is supposed that a bundle
of clothes near the fire became ignited and
set the building on fire.
In Bell County, Tex., near Youngstown,
Tom Purl had been paying his addresso*
for sometime to the daughter of a man
named Lawler. He is accused of leading
her astray. Purl and Lawler met at a
dance the other night. The men exchanged
shots, and Lawler fell dead.
A Columbia, (S. C.) lady keeps a penny
box on her dinner-table, and when mem
bers of the family speak ill of any person
she requires them to contribute to the box.
Emma Norman, the country girl, who
shot Henry Arnold, her betrayer, was ac
quitted in a Memphis court. The legal
proceeding is severely criticised.
A woman in Walton County, Ga., has a
rolling-pin that has been in constant use
for 170 years, and is still as good as new.
At Henrietta, Tex., Valentine Sanford, a
fourteen-year-old boy, was found guilty of
murdering his mother, aud will be sent, to
the penitentiary for life.
Reports from all parts of Arkansas show
that the fruit was not seriously affected by
the recent cold weather. Growers expect
an average yield. Cotton aud corn-plant
ing is progressing rapidly. An increased
acreage is reported in cotton-growing.
A company with a capita! of $500,000 ha*
been organized at Wheeling for the pur
pose Of piping natural gas from Washing
ton County, Pa., Bridgeport and Martin’B
Ferry, W. Ya., and Bellaire, O. .The work
is to be completed by August next.
An illicit distillery near Gainsville, Ga.,
which for six years has escaped detection,
has been discovered and raided. The pro
prietor dammed a small creek, ostensibly
to make a fish-pond, aud under the dam he
placed his distillery, with tunnels for in
gress atid-egress. The smoke was convoy
ed to his bouse, and passed out through the
kitchen chimney.
A little boy in Macon, Ga., has a beau
tiful white rabbit., the mate of which was
killed. The rabbit has taken up wjtb a
half-grown kitte :, and now they are in
separable.
Wash W ashington, colored, was hanged
at Martin. Texas, in the presence of five
thousand people for the murder of Willie
Durden. He confessed his crime on the
gallows, saying that, lie did it at the in
stance of Epb Durden, the murdered man’s
brother. Eph was immediately arrested.
Al, Bennett, of Memphis, Tenn., agent
for a Cincinnati safe manufactory, was
shot and killed by his mistress, Laura May
Porter, formerly of Cincinnati, who also
fatally shot herself.
George Marks, firemau on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was seriously hurt by
cars near Martinsburg. W. Va.
Near Caperton. Fayette County, West
Virginia, lived W. T. Onev, a farmer. J.
8. Hanley and a daughter of Ouey were
engaged against the father's wish. In at
tempting an elopement in a buggy, they
had not gone far when Oney overtook them.
Hanley got out of the buggy nnd Oney dis
mounted. picking up a large rock and ad
vancing'upon the former, who retreated,
at the same time drawing a pistol and tell
ing Oney not to follow or*
he would shoot him. Ouey
disregarded this and continued to ad
vance. Hanley retreated until he reached
a wall, when, raising his pistol, he fired,
the ball striking Oney in the forehead, pro
ducing a wound from which he died
three hours later. After the shooting,
Hanley drove the girl home, summoned
medical assistance for her father and gave
himself up. All the parties stand well iu
the county.
General Wade Humpton recently killed
on his plantation, in Washington County,
Miss., a buck which, when dressed, weighed
285 pounds.
A few days ago, J. H. Justis, trustee of
Granger County, Tenn., went to his house,
about ten miles from Rutledge, the county
seat, an'd left a package containing $3,000
of public funds with his wife, saying that
he would be absent from home several
days on business, and charging her
not to allow anyone to stay at the house
while he was away. About dusk a youug
Irish peddler, who had been in the habit
of putting up at Justis’ mansion, came
along, and Mrs. Justis. knowing him to ha
trustworthy, extended him the usual hospi
tality. About midnight tho peddler was
aroused by the presence of some one in the
house. In the moonlight he discerned the
face of a large, burly negro. He proceeded,
at once to drive the intruder out, aud was
finally compelled to shoot him in self-de
fence. The neighborhood was aroused, and
it was discovered that the dead man was
none other than Justis himself, in the
guise of a negio Justis was well known,
aud had the confidence of all bis constitu
ents. The affair has created a genuine sen
sation.
Two large three-story brick dwellings on
Main street, Natchez. Miss., collapsed tii»
other night, bui viug a number of persons
in the ruins and killing several of them.
■Jhe buildings are occupied as dwellings,
and all except ths lower stiry were occu
pied. There ware altogether twenty-three
persons in the building at the time.
A paper has been started in Henderson,
8. C. with a woman at its head, and to
w hich the contributors are Southern wo.
wen only.