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CURRENT TOPICS.
T'rw York has an epidemic ot the measles
and diphtheria.
There ifcno end of the variety in the
shape of ladies’ hats.
The next national prison Cougress will
meet at Toronto, Ont.
George M. Ptu man is worth $15,000,000
in the Chicago tax list.
The proposed exhibition at Brussels in
1888 has been abandoned.
Mks. Victoria Schilling, neo Morisiui,
has been found—iu Europe.
Twenty-nine postmasters earned less
than a dollar a piece last year.
The official census of Prussia shows a
population of 28,818,458 persons.
Kansas City has contracted for a >OOO.OOO
fire-proof board of trade building. *
-'I ' ‘ I-• a Jf art is asked to decide the
•question: "Vlfhats in a sausage?”
A MEMORi of lbo Jews in Ait#
ica is proposed, tube issued iql'ijs.
A iwu-piHijiD nugget of virgin gold has
been found in Transylvania County, N. C.
The city of HTasgoXv is to raise a nionq
nient to Burns’ Mary at Du’nooirf'
Billiaup-cl<Jth Breen seems to have been •
generally decided upon as a faslatmabid'
color.
Charleston hr-- sent a contribut ion qt,
clothing and money to the Sabine Pdas suf
ferers. ,
Insurance polities on the Thanksgiving
turkey are too nenr'out to be sale invest
ments. fcr
New York nas. Uie, koboggqtjing craze.
This Mill be the chief amusement this
winter. . -
The red man is an expensive luxury.
Over $14,000,000 was expended upon him
last year.
A 'TovE-Poi.jsn eeddlep. choked to deatl
on a Kansas C,t> restaurant beefsteak the
other day.
“Five hundred tall ladies to wear rubbei
cloaks as an advertisement” are wanted in
New York.
A MartlanG paper is moved to sympa
thy for a citizen who had “two of his legs
cut off by a train.”
The strike at the Chicago stockyards is
said to have cost tiio>je indulged in it no
less than $50.00(5 a day.
The life of a Syracuse lady was saved by
her corset. It caughtr a bullet on the fly
which was aimed at her heart.
A hopeful old cltlten of Irwin County,
Ga.. has just married for the fifth time, the
latest bride being a grandmother.
• The Massachusetts Supreme Court has
decided that the barbers of that Btate.
must close their shops on Sunday.
A HILL providing for
the a h to m f/o-SotSterrlias been intro
duced into the Alabama Legislature.
A monument to Ovid, the Latin poet, is
being erected at Constandia. Ovid has
waited a long time for this recognition.
Lord Lonsdale’s and Violet Cameron’s
experience in this country tells the rakes
of Europe that the American has no
use far such.
As the statue of Liberty is now the
property of the United States, New York
does not hold herself responsible for the
lighting of the torch.
Colonel P. Donau recently brought to
New Orleans from Honduras an opal which
is said to be the second largest in the world.
It is us big as a hen’s egg.
Tiik inventor of the locomotive cow
catcher is living in Cincinnati compara
tively poor, having received a very small
amount for his invention.
Mr. Roiert Treat Paine is building a
number of small dwelling houses in Boston
which he intends to sell at cost to deserving
people of moderate means.
A dishonest j ‘welry peddler was mobbed
at Ann Arbor, Mich. He took refuge in a
hotel, and the fire department was called
out to disperse the crowd with cold water.
The total official valuation of personal
property for tax purposes in New York
City, is only $217,000,(KX), which is probably
not more than one-fourth of the actual
value.
An Austrian who calls himself Winklee
meier is visiting London. He is eight feet
six inches in height, and is one Of the tallest
men who have lived since the days of the
Anakin.
A new worm is investing the apple crop
about New Brunswick, N. J. It looks Idee
a coarse hair, and varies from two to live
inches in length. It Ipdges in the core and
eats outward.
A Muscatine, la.,'man jent his brother a
tombstone as a birthday present, recently,
but the ungrateful hecipient refused to pay
the express charges, so the donor had to
send the amount.
In one respect tho next Congress will be
an improvement on the last—it will con
tain a member of the Smith family. His
front name is Henry and he is the Labor
representative of the Fourth Wisconsin
district.
The Japanese national flag consists of
the weather signal for ‘-high temperature.”
It is not certain whether this is intended ns
a threat to all enemies of the “mighty
hosts of Titipu,”or expresses the celebrated
Japanese motto, “It’s a cold day when we
get left.”
A call has been made for a Convention
of the Trades Unions of the United States
and Canada to be held at Columbus, 0.,
commencing December 8. The object of
the meeting is the establishment of a
trades congress.
The nurse of the baby Alfonso Xfll. of,
Spain, is a famous girl now. When the
royal youngster received Bis three decora
tions from the King of Portugal she ex
claimed: “Now. I trust his little Majesty
will keep his nose clean.”
The original letter written by Benedict
Arnold to the American people in vindica
tion of his character,after the attempted
betrayal of his country into the hand, of
tho British, was found in an old loft at
Kingston, N. Y,, the other day.
Sugar in its coarse state, called “goor,”
has been used iu ludia from time immemo
rial as an ingredient in mortar. Ma-onry
cemented with this mortar has been known
to defy every effort of pick and shovel, and
to yield only to bla-ting when it has b en
found necessary to remove old puckab
building >.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY GA., FRIDAY', NOVEMBER 26. 1886.
ARTHUR’S END.
Tho Twenty-fifth President of the
United States Dead,
After Many Months of Suffering—History
of His Career as a Teacher, Lawyer,
Politician and President.
New York, Nov. 18.—Chester Allan Arthur,
Ex-President of the United States, died at his
residence, on Lexington avenue, this morn
ing, in his fifty-sixth year. Tuesday evening
he chatted with his daughter, and talked of
fishing plans for next summer. Ho was so
.cheerful that every member of the family
was happy, and said “Good-night” with re
gret, for he hud to retire early. Stopping a
few moments longer, they again bade him
“Good-night,” and left him alone with his at
tendant, who assisted him to bed aud then
went to his own room.
Wednesday morning early the attendant en
tered the bed-chamber, and not receiving the
usual cheery salutation hustened to the
conch and found Mr. Arthur lying on his
right side, breathing with difficulty. Anx
ious questions, hastily repeated, brought no
answers, and the nurse, tl-st alarming the
household, ran *fos iho family physicians.
They came, and discovered that apoplexy had
occurred during: the night, followed by par
alysis of the right side They worked hero
ically all day. bringing to their aid all that
medical sclunqc and skill could suggest. At
times they were rewarded with faint gleams
of returning consciousness, quickly suc
ceeded by a relapse to the former condition.
Toward nightfall the eyes spoke, but his
tongue was forever dead. Through the long
watch of the night he would occasionally
press the doctor's i ... - ml ’■hjr ©Ain *
JswhnmiH?"lTjfaS affeci ng to see the loving
girT caress her father. She would kise him
tenderly, and he would press her little hand
as if to say farewell. At midnight respira
tion became longer, and the feeble action of
the heart indicated that vitality was fast eb
bing away, but the end was not expected as
soon as it came.
Miss Nellie, who had grieved herself almost
•ifl, had retired to rest a little and be ready to
take her place by her father's bed to-day, and
only Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw, with Surro
gate Rolling, the two doctors and Arthur
Masten, were present when dissolution oc
curred. The attendant had come in and re
plenished the fire in the grate, the wind was
blowing without and the rain pattering in
fitful oadenee upon the window,when quietly
the Ex-President breathed his last. The
transition was so calm and peaceful those t
standing around the bedside found it hard to
realize that he was no more of this earth.
The fact of the ranidly warning life of Mr.
Arthur was not made public, and it was not
until some hours after his death that knowl
edge ot it was on the street. As soon as the
death of Mr. Arthur became known flags
were placed at half-mast on the Custom
house and on most of the public and mercan
tile buildings.
The funeral will take place on Monday at
ha. m. from the Church of the Heavenly
best, on Fifih avenue, the Rev. Dr. Parker
Morgan officiating. Mr. Arthur was not a
member of any church, but his wife former
ly attended that church. One of the dis
tinctive features of the Ex-President’s char
acter was his strong loyalty to her memory.
Mr. Arthurs remains Will be buried iu the
Albany Rural Cemetery, in the family plot,
lit is expected that the members of President
-Arthur's Cabinet will be asked to act as pall
bearers at the fune.ral. The remains now lie
in a parlor on the second door of the unos
tentatious residence whose honored owner
has passed away.
General Arthur’s History.
Chester Allan Arthur was born in Fair
field, Franklin County, Vt., October 5, 1830,
find was the eldest of a family of two sons
and three daughters. His father. Rev.
w illiam Arthur, was a Baptist clergyman.
He died in Newtonville, near Albany, N.
Y., October 27, 1875 The President’s early
education was acquired in the schools of
Vermont, and at the age of fifteen he entered
Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., gradu
ating high in his class in 1819. During his
college course lie supported himself in part
bv teaching, and after his graduation he con
tinued in that occupation for about two
years, being for a time principal of the Pow
nall Academy in Vermont. Meantime he had
also devoted himself to tee study of law.
Having been admitted to the bar, he formed
a partnership witn Henry D. Gardiner, and
the two settled down to practice in New York,
rapidly acquiring a good degree of success.
Early in his professional career Mr trthur
married a daughter of Lieutenant Herndon,
of the United States Navy, an officer who hail
gone down with his ship at sea, and whose
widow was the recipient of a gold medal,
voted by Congress in reeognitiou of his
bravery. Mrs. Arthur died in 1880.
Mr. Arthur early took an active interest in
politics as a Henry Clay Whig, and Was a
delegate to the convention at Saratoga, which
founded the Republican party of New York.
Before the war he was Judge Advocate in the
Stale militia.
When EdwinD Morgan became Governor
of New York in lstio he appointed Mr. Arthur
Engineer-in-Chief on his staff, and ho was af
terward made Inspector-General and then
Quartermaster-General of the militia forces
of the State, which he held until the end of
Governor Morgan's term, at the close of 18 3.
In 18*i5 General Arthur returned :o the
practice ot law, and built up a large business.
Meant me he took an active part in polities,
and became known for his skill as an organ
izer and manager.
• J n November, IS7I, be was appointed by
President Grant Collector of Customs at
the port of New York, and was reappointed
in 1875. His second appointment was
promptly confirmed by the Benate without
u usual reference to a committee. Presi
dent. Hayes, after his accession to ihe office
in 1877. promulgated an order forb ddlng
persons in the civil service of the Govern
ment from taking any active part in polit
ical management. Sir. Arthur was a* that
time chairman of the Republican Central
Committee of New York City, and Mr. A.
B. Cornell, wbq held the position of Naval
officer, was chairman of the State Central
Committee of the same party. Both gen
tlemen neglected to comply with the Provi
dent's order by resigning their party posi
tions, and wore suspended from < fflee in
July, 1'7 S . An attempt had previously
been made! to suspend General Arthur
by removing him mid appointing his
successor during the session of the
Semite, but the appointment was not
continued. Tho successor appointed after
his suspension in July was confirmed inefliee
at tho toilowiug session of the Semite. Two
special committees investigated Mr. Arthur's
administration of the Collector’s office, and
reported nothing on which a charge of official
dereliction could be based. Both the Presi
dent aud tho Secretary of the Treasury, in
connection with bis suspension, acknowl
edged the purity of his official acts. On retir
ing from tue office of Collector of the Port of
New Voile, Mr. Arthur returned to tho prac
tice of law iu that city, and continued to take
an active part n politics. He was a zealous
supporter of General Grant for the Republi
can nomination for tho Presidency iu (he
Chicago convention of 1880. being closely as
sociated with Senator Conkling in the effort
to secure this result. When the movement
to nominate General Grant was defeated, and
Mr Garliold was made* tho candidate, Mr.
Arthur was nominated for tho Vice-Presi
dency by acclamation. He took an active
part in the management of the canvass which
followed, especially in his own State, acting
as Chairman of the Republican; Central Com
mittee.
... In the contest between the President and
Senat,ir Conkling, in regard to appointments
in the State of New York, the Vice-President
took no part, but, after the resignation of the
‘.New York Senators, ho went to Albany and
Actively participated in the effort to
Secure their re-election. It was
during this contest that President
Gleld received the shot that subsequently
proved fatal. While the President lingered
between life and dealh General Arthur re
frained from all part in the public affairs and
•controversies of tho time. The death of Pres
ident Garfield Was announced to him in New
York by a telegraphic dispatch from tho
members of the Cabinet.
In accordance with the advice of friends ho
took the oath of office at his own house in
New York before one of the judges of tho
State Supreme Court, at about 2 o'clock on
the morning of September 20. After visit
ing Long Branch and accompanying tho
remains of the dead President to Washing
ton, Mr. Arthur was sworn into office in
a more formal manner before the Chief-Jus
tise of the Supreme Court on the 22d, and
delivered a brief address, in which he
expressed his sense of the grave responsibil
ities devolved upon him. The same day, ns
his first official act, he proclaimed a general
day of mourning for his predecessor. A spe
cial session of the Senate was called for tne
purpose of choosing a presiding officer. Tho
members of the Cabinet weic requested to
retain their places until the regular
meeting of Congress in Decem
ber. Only Secretary Windom, of tho
Treasury Department, who desired to become
a candidate for the Senate from Minnesota,
insisted on his resignation. Chief Justice
Folger, of the New York Court of Appeals,
was chosen as his successor, after Ex-Gov
ernor E. D. Morgan, of the same State, had
declined the appointment, though it had been
submitted to the Senate aud promptly con
firm- d. President Arthur finished his term
of office iu a manner quite acceptable to the
people.
AXES AND AXEMEN.
The Once Numerous Itucq of Choppers and
Hewers Dying Out.
“Ah! it w:is something to be a good
axeman fifty years ago,” said a gray
haired gentleman, as he faced an array
of axes in a Lake street establishment.
“But the race of choppers and hewers
jS d.SJltg Oil*, b >' lT i'.g‘ 'li e-, lo lMnVl'ti
methods. Many is the sharp contest I
have witnessed in pioneer communities
for the distinction o' bein;; called ‘best
axeman.’ I've chopped a bit myself,”
he added in a meditative way, as ha
rubbed a polished poll against his cheek.
“When some great timbers are wanted
which must be true in every line and
‘cut with ttie a has
to be made to mid a compemtl%broad
axeman. When he is fonnd he is al
ways an old man, and his skill, his
truth of hand ami eye, and the long,
thin shavings that fall from the .broad
ed»s of his axe, as from a plane, are
wonderful to the young generation at
artisans. The old broad-axeman is a
link between old methods and new.
“Snowmen make the best choppers
as a Their superior skill more
thijL’i compensates for the greater
strength of big men. A true eye and
thdabilitv to strike each alternate blow
in Precisely the same place, coupled
with great endurance, are the requisites
of a good chopper. The expert axeman
looks as closely to the length, shape
and bevel of his blade, the form of the
helve and poll, and the weight of the
axe a he fencer to his foil. The weight
of the axe is a matter of preference for
the individual. Not so much with the
shape of the axe. If the object be to
cut small timber, which may be severed
with from one to a half dozen blows, an
axe with a long, thin blade and as little
bevel as compatible with strength is
chosen, and at every stroke the blade is
buried to the helve. If it is intended to
fell large trees or cut large timber this
axe would bite deeply at each stroke,
but the chip would remain in the log
after the incision was made and would
require more blows for its dislodgment
tha* for its formation. Therefore for
this purpose the axeman picks out an
axe having a thick blade, with a sharp
bevel, which acts as a wedge and forces
out the chips at the same stroke which
makes the incision. Of course this axe
will not cut as deeply into the wood at
each blow as the thinner-bladed one.
“Your true axeman despises a double
bitted axe, and for good reason. Tho
poll is necessary to give the blade the
proper force and direction. These
machine-made handles are an abomin
ation. A bad helve doubles the stra n
on the chopper and soon wears him out.
No good chopper wants any one to
make his handle for him. He has his
ideas about size, length and flexibility,
and you had just as well talk about a
common pattern in false teeth as in axc
handles. Is it not funny that in this age
of inventions no one has improved on
the axe of our grandfathers? The only
difference between those now sold and
the ones made one hundred years ago is
that the hammer marks are now ground
out and a little better polish put ou.”
Chicago News.
—lnvestigation in the blind asylums
of Philadelphia and Baltimore develops
tho fact that persons who become blind
before they are five years old never
divc.ni of seeing. The memory of sight
in those so young soon vanishes, and
the} only dream of hearing.
—A quick-witted and wagsrish Georgia
widow, named Gunn, as soon as she
felt the earthquake, blew an enormous
horn that she had in her house, to make
her neighbors think the day of judg
ment had come. They though; it.
BURIAL RITES.
Chester A. Arthur’s Memory Hon
ored in His Funeral.
Carried to His Last Resting Place With
out Pomp or Display.
New York, Nov. 22.—Preparations for
the obsequies of the late ex-President
Arthur began very early. There was no
service at the house. The few friends
present looked upon the face of the dead
e arly In the morning and the casket was
closed for the last time. At 8:80 the black
casket, covered with palmetto leaved,
sprays of violets and a wreath of white
roses, was lifted by the undertakers
aud borne from the room. Next
came out of the residence Chester Allan
Arthur, jr., the son of the ex-Presi
dent. Leaning on bis arm was his sister,
Miss Nellie. They passed to their carriage,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. McElroy.
Then came Mrs. Caws, Mrs. Haynesworth.
and Miss Arthur, the sister of the ex-Presi
dent; Postmaster Masten and his wife, of
Cohoes, N. Y., with their son and daughter:
President Cleveland, Postmaster-General
Vilas, General Martin T. McMahon and
John H. ‘Draper. Secretaries Bayard,
Whitney and Lamar; the pall-hearers,
ex-Postmaster-General Gresham, ex-Sec
retaries Lincoln aud Chandler, ex-As
sistant Postmaster-General Hatton, ex-
Attorney-General Brewster, Lieutenant-
General Sheridan, Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew,
Cornelius N. Bliss, Robert G. Dun, General
George H. Sharpe, Charles L. Tiffany and
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chief-Justice Waite
and Justices Harlan and Blatchford, Sen
ators Edmunds. Sherman, Logan, Ev&rts,
Hawley, Morrill, Vest and Gorman, Gen
eral Stone and Governor Hill. The mourn
ers filled twenty five carriages. The pro
cession arrived at the church, corner of
Forty-fifth street aud Fifth avenue, at
8:50 a. m. Both the exterior and
interior of the church were elaborately
decorated. Among the hundreds of distin
guished gentlemen present at the church
beside those already mentioned were the
Hou. JamesG. Blaine, Hon. John A. Logan,
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Senator
Evarts, John Jacob Astor, Gen. Schofield
and staff. Senator John Sherman and ex-
President R. B. Hayes. The service began
by singing part of the. Thirtieth and Ninth
Psalms, "Lord, let line ,know my end,” the
congregation standing. Rev. Dr. Rains
ford read the lesson from the 15th chapter
of the First Epistle of St.
Paul to the Corinthians, com
mencing with the words, “Now is Christ
risen from the dead and become the fruits
of them that sleep.” The familiar liymu,
"Nearer, my God, to Thee,” was joined in
by the large congregation. The Apostles’-
Creed followed, and then the choir sang
the tweet anthem, "1 Heard <kWjU43MirDW
«w" S..V- i' ♦ 'ea.uoftU’iyVrrtyer,
atm the congregation joined lrPsitfgmg,
"Art Thou Weary, Art Thoa Lamgdid 1’
ltev. Dr. Parker Morgan then prayed for
th? blessing of God upon the family. The
services were concluded with the benedic
tion by Rev. Dr. Morgan. When the
funeral" service ended the troops wheeled
by companies into column, followtvl by
the sailors and marines. Alter the casket
was placed in the hearse the cortege, to
the sorrowful dirge, Chopin’s “Funeral
March,” passed slowly between the long
lines of police through' Forty-fifth street
to Vanderbilt avenue. At the Grand
Central depot the troops drew up iu
iine facing the depot and presented
arras. It took but a few minutes to
transfer the cottiu from the hears) to
the funeral-car "VVoodlawn.” The family
and friends took seats in the three draw
ing-room couches composing the special
train, and at 10:80 a. m. the journey to
Albany was commenced. The train reach
ed Albany at 1:22 o’clock. The remains
were at once taken to the Rural Cemetery,
where they w ere followed by the Common
Council iu a body, the Grant Club and
other delegations. The service at the grave
was short, and when the dusk of evening
began to settle on forest and hiil deft hands
covered the newly made mound with sheets
of sod.
GOLDEN GRAIN.
Tile lied lliver Valley Crop Bountiful Ilf*,
yond Precedent.
Chicago, Nov. 22. —A Times special from
Fargo. Dak., says: The wheat crop of the
Red River Valley proves to be larger than
the estimates. The elevators and ware
houses along the line of the Manitoba road
are all full to overflowing, and in some of
the towns the farmers pile the sacks out of
doors, as the railroad is uuabie to furnish
cars fast enough to haul it to market. The
Manitoba road has 4.900 cars, but many of
them are tied up at Duluth, ©wing to the
lack of facilities there to handle the grain.
The railroads say the movement of grain
from the Red River Valley is unprece
dented.
■■ ■■■■■ —♦ ♦■■■■■•
What Does This Presage?
Vienna, No\ M 22. —The Tayblatt has a
dispatch from Mi. Petersburg, saying: The
Czar will go to Moscow on the
27th inst., where the Czar will make am
important announcement. Baron DeStaal
and Pi iuce Lobanotl, the Russiam Embas
sadors to England and Austria respect
ively, ha ve been summoned to St Peters
burg. Tho Czar has ordered the forma
tion of volunteer corps of infantry, cavalry
aud artillery worthy of being entrusted
with difficult and dangerous missions ia
warfare.
Schuyler, the Crank.
New Yoklv, Nov. 22.—A crank named
Schuyler, from Rondout, N. Y., who tried
to assassinate President Cleveland at Al
bany, a year or so ago, made his appear
ance with a pistol in the crowd at the fun
eral of Ex-Presidsat Arthur, and causud
some commotion by his attempts to get
near the President. He dropped his pistol
on the ground, it is said, and ran away
without doing any injury.
Liberty's Torch Lighted Again.
Nejv York, Nov. 22. —The lamps in the
torch of the Liberty statue were again
lighted to-night, and will be henceforth
kept burning by the Lighthouse Board.
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Frightful Railroad Disaster.
Savoy, 111., Nov. 22.--In a collision be
tween two Illinois Central trains to-night
four men were instantly killed and one
fatally wounded. A freight train, iu the
caboose of which, was Albert Dun
lap, grain buyer; John .u cDonald,
stock dealer, aud James Todd, blacksmith,
stopped at Savoy fora few minutes. The
crew failed to send back a flagman. A
wild train following, crushed into the
caboose, kil.ing the occupants. F. M. Han
demon, a brakeman ou the rear train, was
thrown into the wreck of the engine aud
scalded -almost beyond recognition. The
engineer of the wild train, James Neer,
was decapitated and his body crushed to a
pulp. When found his hand was on the
throttle aud his head a rod away.
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ACROSS GREENLAND.
Liefftenant I’earey Finds a New Route Te*
w ard the North Pole.
Halifax, N. 8., Nov. 23. —Lieutenant
Pearcyy who has been on nn expedition to
Greenland for the purpose of satisfying him
self as to the feasibility of traveling across
that country and thus opening a new route
for Arctic explorers, Arrived here yester
day on hie way home in the United States-
Lauding at a Danish settlement on the west,
coast of Greenland he journeyed eastward
for one hundred miles over unbroken fields
of snow. He then returned to the
starting place. This was his princi
pal journey and he was accompanied on it
by a Danish official. He made several
short journeys alone. His observations
and experience satisfied him that Green
land could be crossed from west to easts-by
future expeditions to the North Pole, tin
a hundred mile trip Pearey and his eom-
E anions had to travel on snow shoes and
aul sleds containing their provisions
themselves, tho snow being too soft for the
dogs. They experienced no hardships aud
returned to the coast in good condition.
<Jn reaching a point 100 miles inland the
elevation above the sea was found to bo
7*600 feet. ,
WAR IN AFRICA.
Natives Give Rattle to Portuguese—Nine
Thousand Estimated Killed.
London, Nov. 23.—Advices from Durhat*,
November 3, state that an apparently suc
cessful revolt is in progress among tho
natives against Portuguese authorities in
Southeast Africa. An American mission
ary, Rev. Mr. Wilcox, reports as follows:
The natives of Inhambane, a Portuguese
port 200 miles above Delagoa Bay, roso
up against the Portuguese taxation
and murdered the collector. On
October 23 a battle was fought between
8,000 Portuguese and friendly natives on
one side and 30,(XX) natives on the other.
The Portuguese were defeated and routed,
and the loss in killed on both sides i»
estimated at 9,000 men. Mr. Wilcox says
the Governor of Mozambique has gone
into the country to endeavor to suppress
the revolt aud save the port of Inharnoane
from falling into the hands of the insur
gents.
SLAYING THE LITTLE ONES.
Dreadful Work of Diphtheria in Northern
Indiana.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 23.—The Inter-Ocean
Wabash (lud.) special says; For several
weeks a malignant and fatal type of diph
theria has been raging in Logansport, and
the mortality has been fearfuL Fully one
hundred children, many of prominent
families, have died. The disease has also
broken out in Rochester, Fu'ltou County,
and the epidemic is traveling up the valley,
having just entered this county, The
~ school at Rich . Vafbw' live miles west ot
VV abash, has been closed, owing to the ap
pearance of the disease, undone death has
already been reported. There is consider
able alarm over the spread of the malady,
and active preparations are being made bo
check it.
A Wonder of the Sky.
Evansville, Ixd., Nqv. 23.—A very
strange phenomena in the heavens was
witnessed to-night by nearly the entire
city. About six o’clock tho sky iu th»
smith-west suddenly assumed a deep
erimson hue, which gradually grew
brighter. In a few minutes breaks began
to occur, until there were eight lines of
color ail diverging from a common cen
ter. Remaining thus for five minutes,
they grew darker, until at quarter'past six
t hey were jet black, standing out grim and
foreboding in the sky. ihe phenomena
then began to disappear, attended by a
brilliant meteoric shower lasting fully two
minutes. The cause is not known, but tho
sight was sufficient to create fear and
Urembling among the superstitious.
Foreign News Boiled Down.
London, Nov. 23.—A grandson has been
born to Queen Victoria, the happy parents
being the Prince and Princess Batteuberg.
Lord Coleridge’s daughter has sued him for
•lander for reflecting upon her purity. In
mi interview bet ween Herbert Bismarck and
the Russian Ambassador the former de
nounced the conduct of General Kaulbars
in Bulgaria. A French Cabinet crisis ex
ists. Tbo opening of a Chinese railway is
reported. A terrible sequel to an awful
matricide comes from Paris. The daughter
and son-in-law are condemned to death arid
two sons to life imprisonment on the testi
mony of a granddaughiher seven years of
ago. _
Crazy Loon.
London, Nov. 23. —A Londop newspaper
called the Anarchist , publishes a wild ap
peal to Englishmen to assemble in thou
sands in Cleveland Hall to day to demand
justice for the condemned Chicago An
archists, who, the paper says, have simply
shown the masses how those vile vipers,
the capitalists, prostitute their toil by day
and their children by night. Englishmen
are asked whether any means are not jus
tifiable to destroy the cruel, cowardly, cor
rupt and rotten American Republic, aud
besought to leave nothing undone to ac
complish that end. The article bears iu
large letters the caption “Murder,” under
u«ath a big black flag.
A Faithless Treasurer.
Boston, Nov. 23.—William Reed, Treas
urer of the South Boston Home Railroad
Company, was arrested this morning at his
home upon a warrant charging him with
the embezzlement of $35,000 of the railroad
funds. In the police station Reed acknowl
edged the embezzlement of $05,500 in cash,
and an over-issue of 345 shares of the stock
of the road, having a cash value of $34,500,
making the total amount of the defalcation
$104,000.
Murdered His Hired Hand.
Little Rock, Auk., Nov. 23. — N. B. Hil
ger, a pramineut and wealthy planter iu
White County, during a quarrel yesterday
with an employe named Haskins struck
him on the head with a shovel aud killed
him almost inst ntly. Hiiger fled aud has
not yet been captured.
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Ex-President Arthur’s Will.
New York, Nov. 23.—The will of ex-
President Arthur disposes of real and per
sonal property to the value of about $250,-
000. The Deques is are mostly of a private
nature.
Murder in the First t egrec.
Detuoit, Nov. 23. —At Boyae City, Mich.,
to-qay. Tnos. Smith was convicted of mur
der in the first degree for the killing of
Niiies Audersou.
Death of Manager iloxie.
New York. Nov. ~3. —H. M. Hoxie,
General Manageroc the Gould S.utiiwe-;.-
ern system died this mo. mug at thu B. uad
way.
