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X - K. j \ F 1 A."WiNT.IVG- TO PtfOBnE—^QH ARITY TO ALL. =Jr±+- VOLUME VII, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1885- NUMBER 39. Church Directory. Methodist—Dougiasville, first and sjcond Sundays. Rev, C. S. Owen, pastor. Batost—Douglaavilla, first and fourth Sun days. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, pastor. Masonic, Dotigla&ville Lodge, No. 289, F. .4. M.,meets on Saturday night .before the lhst and third Sundays in each month. J. R. Carter, W. M., W„ J. Canip, Secy> . County Directory, Ordinary—H. T Cooper. Clerk—8. N. Dorsert. Sheri ft'—Hen r v Wa rd. Deputy Sheriff -if. M. Souter. -Tax Receiver—E. H Camp. Tax Collector—-W. A. Sayer, Treasurer—Samuel Shannon, Surveyor—John M. Huey. Coroner—F. M. Mitohel'. SUPERIOR COURT, Meets on third Mondays in January and Julj «,nd holds two weeks. Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris. 8ol. Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Beid, Clerk—S. N. Dorse tt. Sheriff—Henry Ward. COUNTY COURT. Meets in quarterly session on fourth Mon days in February, May, August and November and holds until all the cases on the dock-1 are called. In monthly session it meets on fourth Mondays in each month, Judge—Hon. B. A. Massey. Sol. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberts. Bailiff—D. W. Johns. ORDINARY’S COURT Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday, nd for county purposes on first Tuesday in each month. Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper. JUSTICES COURTS. 730th Dist. G. M. meets first Thursday in each month. J. I. Feely, J. P., W. II. Cash, N. P„ D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. C. 736th Dist. G. M., meets second Saturday, A. B, Bomar, J. P., B. A. Arnold, N, P., 8. C. Yeager, L. 0. 784th Dist. G. M. meets fourth Saturday. Franklin Carver, J. P.. C. B. Baggett, N. P., J. C. Jam88 and M. S. Gore, L. Cs. 1259th Disi. G. M. meets third Saturday. T. M. Hamilton, J.P., M. L. Yates, N. F., S. W. Biggers, L.C., S. J. Jourdan, L. C. 1260th Dist., G. M. meets third Saturday. N. W. Camp, J. P., W. S. iiudsou, N. P., j. A Hill, L. C. ’ 1271st Dist. G. M. meets first Saturday. C. O. Clinton, J. P. Alberrv Hembree. N. P , L. C. ’ 1272nd Dist, G. M. meets fourth Friday. Geo. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Bobinson, N. P., , L. (J. 1273rd Dist. G. M. meets third Friday. Thos. White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P. W. J. Harbin, L, C. ’ Professional Cards ROBERT 1 IKftSStr, ATTORNEY AT LAW DOUGLASVILLE, GA. .(Office in front room, Dorsett’s Building./ Will practice anywhere except in the County Court of Douglass county. iTl JAME^ attorney at law. Will practice in all the courts, Slate an Federal. Office on Court House Square, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. m. T. ROBERTS, ATTORNEY AT . AW. DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Courts. All legi business will receive prompt attention. Office in Court House. C. D. GIMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, DOUGLASVILLE, - - GEOEGIA. B, G. GRIGGS, ATTORNEY AT' LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the courts, State and Federal. JOHN fft, EDGE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the courts, and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. J. S. JAMES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice iu the courts of Douglass Campbell, Carroll, Paulding. Cobb, Fulton ami adjoining counties. Prompt attention given to all business. JOHN V. EDGE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. I) octois. DR. T. R. WHITLEY, Physician and Surgeon DOUGLASYJUS, GA. Speoial attention to Surgery and Chronic Din- Gases in either sex. Office Upstairs in Dorsett’s Brick Building. “pTsTyerdery, Physician and Surgeon Office at HUD80N A EDGE'S Drug Store, where h© oan be found at all hours, except when professionally engaged. Speoial atten tion given to Chronic cases, and especially all cases that have been treated and are still unoured. ianl3 ’85-ly r MUM BLOWN UP, THE SHAFT TO MAJOR AX It HE BE- SIKOYEB BY DYNAMITE. flic Force of the Explosion Shakes the Ground for Miles Around, A third attempt, and this tilde a sffccess- ful one, has been made to destroy the monu ment erecteil a few years ago to Major Andre, the British spy of 1 Revolutionary times, by Cyrus W. Field, at Tappan, N. Y. The report of the explosion, which occurred at abofft 10: bi) p. m. , was terrific. The earth for miles around * trembled as though an earthquake had shaken it. Several buildings in Cluster, five miles to the south, had every pane of glass broken, dwell ing houses on the sloping sides of Hook mountain, two miles to the north, shook until the crockery in them rattled like castanets, and there was not a building in Sparkill or Cluster but suffered to a greater or less extent. A peaceable far mer who was quietly driving a stolid horse l n Blauveltvide was startled so that he fell out of his carriage and broke his arm, while his horse ran like mad for home. The 400 inhabitants of Tappan Were all soiind asleep when the shock came, and they awoke in trembiiffg houses amid the crash of smashing glass. Two hundred feet south of the monument is a large frame house, occupied by Mr. K. Simons and his family. Mr. Simons was asleep when the shock awoke him. The house trembled like an aspen, forty panes of glass fell out of the windows, and Mr. Simons saw his wife sit ting up in bed, staring about in a dazed, helpless way. Before he fairly re covered his senses his wife fainted, and the entire household was in a turmoil Of excitement. Leaving bis wife to the care of the women servants, Mr. Simons roused Up his man-servant and ran with him out of the house. His three dogs were barking and howling in an agony of terror, and the twink ling lights o: a number of lanterns were seen coming through the field toward the monument. The first man who reached the scene of the explosion was George Vanzilan, the brawny village blacksmith. Silenus Conldin, Isaac and Thomas Parselle, and twenty other vil lagers came trooping along behind him. Huge pieces of granite were scattered all over the field, and the rusty' circular iron failing which encloses the monument was broken here and there where the pieces of granite had been dasned through it. There was not a person within a radius of three miles of the place hut knew that the explosion meant the destruction,’ or the at tempted destruction, of the monument. Ex plosions and the monument have somehow become inseparably connected in the minds of the people. None of the men who arrived on the scene were surprised, therefore, to see the obnoxious shaft top pled over, 1 the* ou.se mis.-,fug, and a large portion of rhe brick foundation replaced by a big hole several feet in diame ter, and about fifteen inches deep. The moni>- ment had been lifted off its foundation and toppled over in a southwesterly direction. The double foundation that had been shat tered at the last attempt at destruction had been removed a month ago, and a single base a foot thick had been put under the monu ment in its place. The work was finished only a few days ago. This new base was forced by the explosion from underneath the monument, and was distributed about the village in fragments. The monument was erected on the spot where Andre was hanged. It is on the top of a little hill in an uncultivated field of four teen acres, owned by Cyrus W. Field. The field is unprotected by fences, and the only buildings near it are Mr. Simons’ house and barn. The place lias been much frequented by strangers, and a well-worn wagon road runs up from the public highway to the mon ument. The first thing Mr. Simons saw when he reached the railing that surrounded the monument was a rope ladder that hung from the peak of . one of the iron bars on the east side of the railing. It was about four feet long and was made of two pieces of small rope held together by steps of • thick twine. Mr. Simons put the 1—:’;r jij bis pocket, and is guarding it carefully in the hope that it may lead to discoveries. The explosive used was appar ently dynamite, as the force 1 ad a downward tendency. The explosive was placed on the east side of the monument, opposite the spot where the rope ladder was found. The monument was a shaft of gray granite standing on a base of the same stone. The four faces of the stone are rectangular, and are polished to within one and a half inches of the edges. From the ground to the apex the height is seven feet, and the stone was nearly four feet thick. ; It weighed about four tons. The western side of the stone bears this inscription: “ Here died, Oct, 2, 1780, Major John An dre of the British army, who entered the American lines on a secret mission to Bene dict Arnold, was taken prisoner, tried, and condemned as a spy. His death, though ac cording to the stern code of the law, moved even his enemies to pity, and both armies mourned the fate of one so young and so brave. Iii 1821 his remains were removed to West minister abbey. A hundred years after his execution this stone was placed above the spot where he lay by a citizen of the States against which he fought, not to perpetuate the record of strife, out in token of those bet ter feelings which have since united two na tions, one in race, in language, and in re ligion, with the earnest hope that this friend ly union will never be broken. “Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, . -“Dean of Westminster.” On the southern face was this line from Virgil’s ASneid: “Sunt lacrymse rerum et mentum mor- talia tangunt. ” On the north side of the stone were these words of Washington’s: “He was more unfortunate than criminal; an accomplished man and a gallant soldier. ” On February 22, 1882, the monument was hacked by George Hendrix, who died two years ago. Several verses, written on fools cap paper and breathing hate against the British, were left on the stone by Hendrix. On April 1 of the same year an attempt; was made to blow up the monument with nitro glycerine. Fatal Accident to a Train. The heavy rains which fell on Monday un dermined- a culvert on the Brattleboro and Whitehall railroad, about half a mile north of Tounsend station, Vt. The mixed tram which haves South Londonderry at 12:30 o’clock reached the point above mentioned about 3 p. in., and the engine fell into the gap caused by the destruction of the culvert. George Mann, the engineer, was probably fatally injured, and several others were severely bruised. The passenger ear was placed next to the engine, but did not fall with it THE NEWS. Interesting 1 Happenings from all Points. EASTERN AND IV!' DOLE STATES. Moody, the revivalist, has been holding largely attended meetings in Reading, Penn. The fishing schooner, Daisy Spraiker, which sailed from New London, Conn., Sep tember 4, and was expected to return within a month, is believed to have gone down With the six men on board. . The Andre monument, neat Tappan, N. Y:, was blown up by the explosion of a dy namite cartridge at 10:29 p, m. Both base# were blown into atoms, and the iron fencing that enclosed the monument was completely demolished. The shock was so great that it broke the glass iti houses a mile away. . This is the monument erected to the British spy by Cyrus W. Field some years ago, and it is the third attempt made at its destruction. A plank on which a safe was being low ered in a building at Cohoes, N. Y., broke, precipitating the safe on two men, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Samuel Chase, an office boy sixteen years of age, was accidentally killed by falling against an ink eraser in the hands of Jeremi ah Cunningham, a fellow employe in a New York business house. The two boys were skylarking. More than 400 horses of every description Were exhibited at the third annual show of the National Horse Show association, hold in the Madison Square Garden, New York. TRe boiler of a dredging boat exploded at the entrance to Long Island sound, and the vessel immediately sank, carrying down six men. Up to recent date the Grant National Mon ument fund had reached $96,000. The official returns of the vote for Con gressman in the Nineteenth district of Penn sylvania, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William A. Duncan, show a plural ity of 3,630 for Swope (Democrat) over Bair (Republican). During the past few weeks there has been a strong and steady advance in the price of stocks in Wall street, New York’s great finan cial centre, and the question is asked, “Does this mean a general improvement in the busi ness of the country ?” SOUTH AND WEST, Mrs. Margaret Gallagher, the wife of a St. Louis policeman, has given birth to quadruplets, all girls. This is the fourth case of quadruplets born in the same block within ten years. The municipal election in Detroit resulted in a Democratic victory, Mayor Grummond being defeated for re election by M. H. Chamberlain. Seven members of the St. Louis Knights of Labor have been arrested on the charge of attempting to blow up street cars with dyna mite. The arrested men are street car strikers. Thirteen persons were more or less dan gerously injured by. a toiler explosion in the E ork packing house and proprietary medicine iboratory of W. M. Akin & Co., Evans ville, Iud. . : 'j.R!>'(■ further trouble growing out of the aiiti-Chinese sent'inint in’ ■ Washington Territory, Governor Squire has tissued a proc lamation calling upon all citizens to assist in the preservation- of order. WASHINGTON. The President has appointed Alfred P. Edgerton, of Fort Wayne, Iud., civil service commissioner, in place of Dorman B. Eaton, resigned, and William L. Trenholm, of Charleston, S. C., in the place of John M. Gregory, resigned. Both ap pointees were Democrats, Mr. Ed gerton being an ex-member of Con gress. and Mr. Trenholm a con:mmer chant. Professor Powell, director of the United States geological survey, in his sixth annual report, just issued, says: “During the fisca! year fair progress was made in the topographic survey of the United States. An area of 57,508 square miles was surveyed and ■ the maps thereof made read}' for theengra ver. The average cost of the work was about $3 per square mile. The amount appropriated for the survey for the fiscal year was $489,049 of which $484,996 was expended.” The total expenditures of the navy de partment last year were $17,154,999. In his annual report the commissioner- general. advocates the enlistment of cooks and bakers for the regular army. A proclamation designating Thursday, November 26, as a day of national thanks giving was issued by the President. According to the report of the register of the treasury, of the $1,071,460,262 United btates registered bonds only $11,927,900 is held abroad. Dorman B. Eaton has been re-appointed a member of fche civil service commission by the President. This makes the political com plexion of the newly-formed commission two Democrats and one Republican. The President has appointed William Faxen, of Michigan, to be register of the land office'at Detroit; E. L. Carson, of Texas, In dian agent at Ouray, Utah; Leigh O. Knapp, of New Mexico, receiver of public moneys at Santa Fe. Postmasters—Otto R. Miller, at Brighton, N. X. ; W. S. Hammaker, at Find lay, Ohio, cad G. M. Shelley.at Kansas City, Mo. ' FOREIGN. . Manila, a prominent seaport of the Philip pine islands, has been swept by a great fire- The judges on music at the International Inventions exhibition, London, have awarded several gold, silver and bronze medals to American houses. Fifty-six Indian prisoners have been tried at Winnipeg, Manitoba, for participating in the Frog Lake massacre during Riel’s rebel lion. Sixteen of the prisoners were dis charged, twenty-nine were sent to the peni tentiary for periods ranging between twenty and two years, and eleven were sentenced to be hanged. The Norwegian bark Aquila has foundered off Gp then burg, Swoien. * Twenty-two- per sons ware drowned. BASE BALL FACTS. The National Finances. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE CON DITION OE FEDERAL REVENUE.. The following is a recapitulation of the na tional debt statement issued for last month: Interest-bearing Debt. Bonds at per cent $250,000,000 00 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,740,350 00 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,190,500 0J Refunding certificates at 4 per cent 233,800 03 Navy pension fund at 5 pur cent. 14,000,901 00 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,633,512 0) Principal. $I;260,7iS, 162 0 > Interest...., 9.595,948 10 ■« , Total $1,370,374,110 10 Debt on wntch -iiiciest has - cease i since ira.untv: Principal $3,734,305 28 Interest ,.. ..., 219,384 59 Total.. $3,953,689 76 Debt Bearing no Interest ’ Old demand and legal tender notes.. $346,738,841 00 Certificates of deposit, 18,145,000 00 Gold certificates ;. 109,020,760 00 Silver certificates 93,146,772.00 Fractions 1 currency, less £§,375.934 estimated as lost , or destroyed 6,961,162 80 *, — Principal, $574,013,535,88 Debt Bearing no Interest om cmsnd and legal tender _ Total Debt. H . Principal $1,838,525,003 14 Interest 9,815,332 60 Preaching for Ninety Years. Rev. Mr. Tannant died at Evansville, Ark, Monday, aged 115 years. The deceased was the oldest gospel minister in the United States, and had preached fox Dinety years. Morrill has been a member of the Boston club for ten consecutive seasons. Pitcher Corcoran is the only player not reserved by the New York club. Baltimore wants to desert the American association and go into the league. ( The directors of the Canadian league have resolved to further the international league scheme. Probably one or two of the New York players will go to New Orleans to play this winter. The St. Louis League club has signed Ca hill and Bauer, the strongest men of the At lanta club. The best batting club in the Eestern league was the National team; the Waterburys were the best fielders. McCormick, the pitcher, who did such good work for the Chicago club, refuses to sign, and says he will not play next season. The big fish are after the little fish as usual. The mikados of the League and Ameri can association are busily- engaged helping the players of the minor organizations break their contracts and reservations. ’ jffotal $1,848,340,335 74 cash items avail able for reduction of 1 the debt $233,864,475 27 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes $100,000,000.00 $333,864,475 27 *Total debt, less available A cash items $1,514,475,860 47 Net cash in the Treasury.... 66,818,292 38 Debt less cash , in the Treasury, Nov. 1,1885. $1,447,657,568 09 Debt less cash in the Treasury Oct. 1,1885 1,469,934,343 27 Decrease of debt during the month 13,276,774 18 Cash in the Treasury. Available for reduction of the public debt, Gold held for gold certifi cates actually outstanding, $109,020,760 09 Silver held for silver certifi cates actually outstanding, 93,146,773 00 United States notes held for certificates of deposit actual ly outstanding... 1 18,145,000 00 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 13,549,637 86 Fractional currency, 2,805 41 Total available for reduc tion of the debt $233,864,475 37 Deserve Fund. Kb, £5si*redemption of Uryted States notes, acts of Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882 Unavaila b 1 e for reduc tion of the debt: Frac tional silver coin, $22,965,535 70 Minor coin 719,831 24— Certificates held as cash Net cash balance on hand.... Total cash in the treasury as shown by the treasurer’s general account 487,800,498 59 Net increase in cash 3,884,341 54 Income and Outgo. GOVERNMENTAL RECEIPTS AND EX. PENDI 1 - FOR A MONTH. Tee following is a comp^rau, - e s.itement of the receipts and expenditures of the United. States during October: Receipts. Source. October. Since July 1., Customs $16,142,960 67,172,806’ Int. revn’e 11,370,855 39,389,304 Misc’lan’s 1,359,089 7,113,375 . Total 28,872,905 113,675,485 Expenditures. Ordinary $13,331,490 49,242,829 Pensions 1,340,419 25,477,111 Interest 6,861,762 20,302,544 .$100,000,000 00 23,685,366 94 .63.432,364 00 .66,818,292 38 Total .21,533,672 95,022,486 MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. LATEST MEWS. WELL If OUT UF1 A HORRIBLE AC’CinEKI I>h|S.M A. PRKJU'Il’HK BLAST. Two Men Are Thrown Forty Feet Into (lie Air nut! Entaliy injured. William Kicnebrew and Philip Phillips were blown out of a w. 11 thirty feet peep in Atlanta, Ga,, on Wednesday, by the premature dis charge of a b! a 4, Kin Hebrew will die, and Phillips, if he lives, will’be blind for the rest of his days. For some time past the two men iiave been digging a well for the Rev. Mr. B orden, 39 Church street, near Clone. The well is now a little over thirty feet deep, and for the past three or four days the men have been working in a solid bed of rock. Every day blast after blast has been set off, and the rocks torn and scattered by the gunpowder have been thrown our, but still the diggers could find no water. Wednesdiy they began drilling again, and about two o’clock completed two deep holes. Then they began the loading process. The fuse was inseited and then the giant powder emptied into- the hole. Then ike e.ay was pushed down and more powder poured in. Again the clay was forced into the hole, and the “tamping rod” was inserted, and while one man held the rod steady the other pounded upon it with a hammer. This is called .aniping a blast. With layers of powder and clay toreei tight upon each other, the holes are n led up u-.tii the charge is wedged in so tightly that it will break the rock to fragments rather than shoot out the top.’ In tamping the blast Kinnebrew sat upon the stone holding tlie tamping iron, while rhillips stood above him with a heavy sledge hammer. The two men had about completed charging the hole when the tamping iron cut the fuse in two. As the open fuse exposed, the powder and iron fired it. In an instant the burning grain impa’rted fire to the fuse, and while the men were still working above, unmindful ot their great danger, the fire was creeping down to the powder at the bottom of the hole. In a few seconds the fire leached the powder, and then iu an instant there was a great discharge. The blastwas a powerful one. It was heavily loaded, and when it went off both men were hurled high into air. They went above the mouth of the well and Phillips landed upon the ground. But Kinnebrew, less fortunate, drop ped back into the well. They found Phillips lying upon the ground covered with dirt and powder burned. He was in an insensible condition, The well was yet full of powder smoke, and it was not until after this smoke cleared away that Kinnebrew was seen Several persons went down and helped in lifting him out. The physicians found that both men were in an extremely critical condi tion. Every rib on Kinnebrew’s left side was broken. His right hand was torn half off. His face was cut and bruised while his right eye was gone and the left closed. His breathing was extremely difficult and accompanied with great pain on account of the brok,en ribs. The physicians amputated part of the hand, Phillips hud both i ands so badly mangled that every finger except one on the left hand, and three on the right were amputated. The pow der burned his face and eyes terribly. Both eyes n, ciomu and the physioistps say hoi will be blind. 1 The drill was blown out with shell force that it went flying into the air and dropped into a lot adjoining the one in which _the well is located. SIX PERSONS KILLED. The Southwest is being overdone by min strel troupes, good, bad and indifferent. There are only two ladies in the cast of “Saints and Sinners,” and two only in “In His Power.” Adam Forepaugh, the circus manager, has had six railroad smashups during the past season. Johann Strauss has produced his new opera, “The Gypsy Baron,” at Vienna. It is the best he has written, and has achieved a great success. John McCullough’s costumes, properties, prompt books and plays have been sold at auction in New York. The entire outfit re alized about $3,500. A “high novelty” in Milan is a whistling performance of Bellini’s “Norma.” The whole opera is whistled through, the chorus being executed by sixteen whistlers. The French papers state that in Memphis there have recently been discovered a num ber of harps three thousand years old, beside ancient flutes, drums, trumpets and bells. Miss Minnie Hauk, who is to be Colonel Mapleson’s strongest operatic attraction in America this season, now wears a decoration. The emperor of Russia has conferred upon her the cross of the order of St. Anne. A beautiful commemorative building has just been completed on the site of the Ring theatre, Vienna, burnt in 1881. The num ber of spectators who lost their lives in that terrible fire has never been accurately ascer tained, but 300 is the lowest estimate. Mrs. Sara Althea Hill, who has been made notorious by her litigation with the California millionaire, Sharon, will follow the course which has become popular of late years with the female participants in public scandals. She is going to become an actress —a star. Cotogni, the famous baritone, has been highly complimented in Spain. The people to whom he had sung in the Badia Theatre visited his hotel to serenade him; the police tried to disperse the crowd; the crowd re sisted; the soldiers were called out; and for an hour the singer witnessed a free fight in his honor. According to the United Service Gazette, a new use has been discovered for the bag pipes. Last year, it seems, a Spanish sol dier was brought to the military hospital at Havana in a state of catalepsy, and for fif teen months he showed no signs of improving health. At last the doctors ordered the bag pipes to be played near his bed, whereupon the man promptly recovered consciousness, and is now able to articulate. A Terrible Steamboat Disaster on Provi. deuce River, A dispatch from New London, Conn., says: A terrible calamity by which six lives were lost, occurred in the race on Sunday night, caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steam dredge No. 4, of the Atlantic dredging compa ny, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The dredge has been employed on Providence river for four years, ana in company with the water tank, left* Providence'i'or'New York at 9:15 Sunday morn ing, in tow of the.tug C. C. Waite, Captain Tweedy,. In ordqr^o keep the bilge clear,'the steam’pttmp on the, dredge , was kept at work. Just before midnight, when - near Race Rock light, Captain Tweedy, who was at the stern of the tug, noticed a moving light on : the dredge, and heard a voice, but could not distinguish the words. A moment later he heard an ex plosion on the dredge, and saw fire, smoke and steam. The dredge sank immediately,, and the stern of the tug was drawn under water before the hawsers could be cleared. The Waite was immediately put about, hut no trace of the dredge, her crew or water tank could be found. After searching in the vicinity for half an hour, the tug headed for this harbor, arriv ing in tee teeth of the easterly gale that was prevailing. As soon as the storm subsided, the Waite again went out to the race in the tope of finding even the dead bodies of the unfortunate men, who went down with the dredge, but nothing could be found, not even a floating piece of the dredge. The tug re turned to port Monday evening. The names of the men on the ill-fated vessel are not fully known. As far as can be learned they are: Captain, Robert Kent ; mate, Strabg and his brother ; the steward, of Providence ; a deck hand known as “bandy:” a fireman whose name could not be learned, and a Providence man who was working his passage to Brooklyn. When the dredge left PtovirUnce a large New Found and dog was on board. Monday night two young inert at B.ack Point, seven miles from tills place, saw the dog swim to shore and drop exhausted. They took the dog to a house rear by, and he is now gaining strength. It is piobab.y the only living, thing that survived the explosion. The distance from the place where the dredge went down to where the dog landed is twelve miles. A FATAL ACCIDENT. ifiaii-ieen Cars on the East Tennessee Rail road Piled in a Mass. A bad wreck occurred Tuesday night at eight o’clock, on .he East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad at Childersbnrg, caused by the collision of two freight trains. The regu lar freight going north was already due at Alpine, where it lays over night, but for some reason wa3 several hours behind time. A special freight coming south pulled up at Al pine and registered its arrival. Not noticing that the regular freight had not arrived and receiving no train orders, the conductor or dered the engineer to go ahead. A short time after the two trains met in the hollow, each going down grade, and whipping its best for the grade ahead. The engineers sudd enly saw the danger, reversed the levers and blew down brakes, but too late, the two trains colliding. It was a most horrible crash. One fireman was instantly killed. One engineer, Robert Hill, was horribly scalded and hurt, and the other, Chas. Davis, and several other train men, are seriously if not fatally injured. The two en gines crashed together, recoiled and jumped the track. Five or six car loads of coal and charcoal, which caught fire, rolling on top and completely burying them. Both trains were demolish© d. The wreck is said to be the worst that ever occurred on that division; Bales of cotton, coal, merchandise and general debris are scattered all over the road-bed and the woods. The loss is probably $75,000 or more. fhe president proclaims a day FOR THARItS AND PRAYER. -The’ President .Issued the following procla mation setting apart Thursday, November 26, as a day of.thanksgiving and prayer: By the President of the United States of America. • A Proclamation. The American people have always abun dant cause to be thankful to iUmighty God, whose watchful care and guiding hand have been manifested in every stage of their na tional life—guarding and protecting them in time of peril, and safely leading them in the hour of darkness and of danger. It is fitting and proper that a nation thus favored should on one day, in every year, for that purpose especially appointed, ’publicly acknowledge the goodness of Gqd, and return thanks to Him for all His gracious gifts. Therefore L Grover Cleveland, Presi dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November,’ inst., as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, and do in voke the observance of tne same by all the people of the land. On that day let all secular business be sus pended, and let the people assemble in their usual places of worship, and with prayer and. songs of praise devoutly testify their grati tude to the Giver of every good and perfect gift for all that He has done for us in the year that has passed; for our preservation as a united nation and for our deliverance from the shock and danger of political con vulsion: for the blessings of peace and for our safety and quiet white wars and rumors of wars have agitated and afflicted other nations of the earth; for our security against the scourge of iDestilence* which in other lands has claimed its dead by thousands and’ filled the streets with mourn ers; for plenteous crops which reward the labor of the husbandman and increase our nation’s wealth, and for the contentment throughout our borders which follows in the train of prosperity find abundance. And let there also be oh the day thus set ' apart a reunion of families, sanctified and chastened by tender memories and associa tions, and let the social intercourse of friends with pleasant reminiscense renew the ties of affection and strengthen the bonds of kindly feeling. And let us by no means forget, while we give thanks and enjoy the comforts which have crowned our lives, that truly grateful hearts are inclined to deeds of charity, and that a kind and thoughtful remembrance of the poor will double the pleasures of our con dition and render our praise and thanksgiv ing more acceptable in the sight of the Lord.. Done at the city of Washington, this second day of November, one thousand eight hun dred and eighty-five, and of the indepen dence of the United States the one hun dred and tenth. Grover Cleveland. By the President—T. F. Bayard, Sec. of State. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Fr**rees of the South. The only illustrated newspaper in the south commenced publication last Sunday at Jack sonville, Fla. It is called “The Democrat,” and is published by W. D. Hughes. Turkey is the only state in Europe that is not Christian. In finishing Cologne cathedral $5,000,000 has been spent. ,,,, ■JSM'Ki Freight trains in England run at * wen five miles an hour. Drummers’ licenses in North Carolq amount Jft $.5,000 a year. 'apple tree at Java, N. Y., produced fifty bushels of good fruit this year. An engineer running a train near Ra,uo| killed forty sheep out of a flock of seven hun-^ fired. Florida hotel keepers expert to aetommoj S date two hundred thousand Northerners this winter. Forest culture in Dakota has led to the appearance of birds that were never before seen there. 1 • The Chilian miners .are- said to be the strongest men in the world. ,They live princi pally on lentils. Sixty‘million people speak the German language, 45,000,000 the French and 100,000,- '000 the English. , . ■ A colony of wine-producers will leave., France about the 1st of January to settle in ^ Greenville county, S. 0- • • : The.first Michigan sawnjiH was built fifty years ago, and the cut sine,e .then has aver- aged 2,300,000,000 feet a year.’ Nine million acres of land in Germany are \ devoted to the cultivation o^.the potato. The 4 product last year amounted to 23,000,000 tons. A scheme is afoot in France to convert P$ris into a seaport town. It is proposed to uild a ship canal from ttL® ^seacoast to the apital. \ The number of Christians - murdered last .summer in Ton quirt, An$m and Cochin China, is 'estimated at 2-1,000. . Seven or eight thousand escaped. The lumber operators of Maine, with one or two exceptions, .have agreed to employ no man in the woods' during the winter unless he has recently token vaccinated. There are now more than- 300,000 persons in England who use the bicycle and tricycle, and the capital invested in the manufacture of these machines is $15,000,000, employing 10,000 men. " PERSONAL MENTION. Secretary Bayard’s inherited deafness is said to be increasing. William Black, the English novelist, makes.about $40,000 a year-from his novels. Dr. Noah Porter, who has just resigned the presidency of Yale'college, is in his 74th year. ' , . President Eliot, of Harvard university, and the chef in the Parker house restaurant, Boston, receive each a salary of-$f,000. The Earl of Fife,' a young Scotch noble man, is the coming literary . orator of his order. He is very rich and munificent. Beaconsfield talked in a-soft, low voice. Gladstone talks distinctly in medium tones, and Lord Salisbury loudly, .often boister ously. Ex-President Arthur told a correspond- ©nt in New York that he had not saved a dollar of the $200,000 that he received for President, Mons. A. Bartholdi, the sculptor who made the statue of liberty given by I ranee to America, arrived in New Y.prk a few c.ays ago from France. The most remunerative professorship in the world is that of Professor r l urner, the distinguished anatomist of Edinburgh, which yields him $20,000 a year. United States Senator ..Sawyer has given $15,000 to the Young Men’s Christian association of that Michigan town with the mellifluous name, Oshkosh. Dr. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, having I attained the age of threescore and sixteen, facetiously remarks that he is “a Revolution ary patriot—one of the men of ’76.” Adirondack Murray said, at the close of a recent lecture, the six years that have passed since he left the ministry had been spent in graduating for another life. Unlike his predecessor, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Cleveland cares little for the relaxation to bo found at the theatre. A good walk in the open air or a drive behind mettle&~liprses pleases him better.