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ary, May, August and
Ids until all the cases
re called. In monthly
the fourth Mondays
_ L. Massey.
S Hon. W - T - Roberts.
COU RT.
Meets for ordinary purposes on first
Mofiday, and for county purposes on first
Tuesday in each month.
Judge-—Hon. H. T. Cooper.
JUSTICES 1 COURTS.
780th Dist. G. M. meets first Thursday
in each month. J. I. Feely, J. P.. W.
Johns ftn<i w - K -
786th Dist’ G. M, meets second Batur-
W- A. R. Bomar, J. P., B.A. Arnold.
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MASSEY?
attorney at law
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
(Office tn front room, Dorsett’s Building.,
Will practice anywhere except io the Count;
Court of Douglass county.
■ W. A. JAMES,
® ATTORNEY AT LAW,
practice in all the courta, Slate au
Office on Court House Square,
GA
WM. T. ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOU3LASVILLB, GA.
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Federal.
. JOHN M, EDGE?
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
. DOUGLABVIIJJE, GA.
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, I THOUSANDS .QUIT WORK.
THE CHICAGO PORK PACKERS
ON A STRIKE.
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Fightin* Against a Return to the Ten.
d Hour Day.
h i _ Rather than submit to a proposed return
Jo the system of ten hours’ work with ten
hours’ pay, 12,000 employes of the various
I pork packing houses of the Chicago stock
, yards quit work on the Bth and inaugurated
I what was expected would be a long and
•- troublesome strike. A Chicago dispatch
gives the following account of the inaugu
ration of the strike: •
Since May 10 the packing houses have been
: running only eight hours a day, but they
paid the men for ten horn’s’ work. The pors
packers say they cannot compete with pack
ers in other cities as long as the present sys
tem continues, and for some months they
have been threatening to put their
men on ten hours once more with
out increase of pay. A few days
I ago a noti eto thatene.t was posted in most
of the packing houses, the date for the return
to the old system being fixed for Monday
next. The men at once determined that they
would not give up the eight-hour system.
} This morning those employed at the houses
of the Chicago Packing and Provision
Company met and talked the thing
over. They decided to quit work.
By common coufeut the men started down
the alley to Armours packing houses, and
for some time there was great confusion, yell
ing and excitement. The men inside did not
I come out, however, and it was but a few mo
. ments until the leaders of the Knights of La
’ i bor took hold of the matter. Without any
■ j great trouble the men separated in
i gangs and paid visits to different houses.
, There was a general stoppage of work at ev
ery other house, although the progress was
gradual. With the exception bf Hately
rothers and John Morrells, the workmen
{ remained to clean up everything on hand,
I and this brought them out m squads of 50 to
103. Hately Brothers were left with 4,000
head of green meats on their hands and Mor
| rell & Co. with 12,000 head.
As fast as the men completed their work
and came trooping from the buildings they
were met by two or three men who appeared
to pass some order or warning among them,
and in every instance the men scattered in all
directions to their homes. When all the
houses are running with full force there are
24,01.0 men employed. At present there are
: 21,000. Os this number 6,000 are employed
in the beef departinerts and the balance in
pork packing. As nearly as can be learned the
beaf men have not been asked to return to the
old system, and it is thought likely that they
will not be. It is a question, however, whet her
the Knighfs of Labor will not order the beef
men to go out in order to strengthen the po
sition of the pork packers. Should the strik
ing pork j a kers attempt to force the beef
men to quit work, tlere will be friction
enough to make things lively.
The Packers’ Association has employed 152
Pinkerton men to guard the proj arty of its
members, and the officers will go
into the houses to-morrow. Pinkerton
nun are not liked in the neighbor
hood of the Stock Yards, and their
presence there will irritate any ill-feeling
which may exist. Both sides have been get
ting ready to lock horns over this question of
the eight-hour plan, and both packers and
workmen are doterrnined not to give in. The
workmen arc talking about a strike of a
month, and the packers say it may last all
winter.
To night Armour & Co. posted a notice in
forming their mon that thev would be paid
Iff to-mo row, which is taken as aa indiea-
Uon that-the home will jemain closed until
Joint) form of a settlement is reached.
SHAKING SUMMERVULB,
Three Soecita of Earthqaako—No Damage
Doael
There were three shocks at Summer
ville on Friday night. Reports differ
widely as to the intensity of the shocks,
some residents declaiing that they were
more severe than any disturbance since
August 31, while others report that they
i were slight tremors. No one was hurt,
; however, and no damage done to prop
cr-?;
I here were no new earthquake dis-
I turbnnees in Charleston on Friday. Busi
i nets is steadily growing better. The re
ceipts of c-dton during the week ending
October 9 h were 29,757 bales as against
26,176 bales in the corresponding week
last year, and all the cotton presses are
working on full time. The Steamship
Huntsman cleared for Liverpool with
5,719 bales of cotton. She was loaded
and cleared in five days. There could be
no better refutation of the charge that
Charleston’s facilities for doing business
have been destroyed by the earthquake.
1 he. committees on relief are pushing
their work with great energy. They
acted today on about 200 applications for
money to repair houses.
DEATH OF A GIFTED DIVINE.
j Tb» Ijffe ud Oharaater as Dr. Richard
Fanaaa.
Dr. Richard Furman, formerly oi
South Carolina, who died in Fort Worth, |
Texas, was one of the ablest and most |
gifted Baptist ministers in the south, i
| lie sprang from a family noted in the '
religious history of Carolina. His grand ,
' father, his father, his uncle, were all use ‘
ful and learned Baptist clergymen. Dr.
Richard Furman was pastor of several
I churches in this state. He presided over
: the Baptist state convention, the highest
office in the gift of the Baptists, and,
along with the scholarly Richard Fuller,
; he was one of the editors of the Religiout
Herald, the Baptist organ of the south.
Dr. Furman was also a sweet poet, and
J in this department of literature ranked
high. Dr. Furman married Miss Mclver.
I who belonged to an old family of the
Pedee section of Carolina. He had a
I large family. About seven years ago he
removed to Fort Worth, Texas, where,
surrounded by his family, he spent his
j declining years. He was an uncle of
Georgia's great farmer, Farish C. Fur
j man.
a shock in Avoi rra.
A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt in Augusta. Ga., at 1:15 Friday.
It did not resemble the former jar's,
which seemed to sway buildings, but ap
;>eare<i to act from directly beneath floors
ami jostling rather than shaking. This
diffvreuee waa noticed by the entire
Chronicle force, who plainly felt the
shock and made a dash tor the roofings.
The jar was not felt by the sleepers and
there is no excitement. Few people ar®
on the street*. This is the most distinct j
shock felt here ia weeks
OKATBDF IMKJtTH. WWKY.
Robert £L Maury, of the firm of R H ,
Maury A Co.. bankers and stock exchange •
brukerv of Richmond. V* . died suddenly ;
Sunday evening at aged i
FAW NING TO NONE CHToALL. '' ■
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DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TI'ESDAY?OCTOBE.RI9, W ‘,
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
Report for the Memphis District—A Good
Reason.
’ The cotton crop report for the Mem
phis district, which embraces west Ten
nessee, north Mississippi, north Arkansas
. and north Alabama, says:
“The weather during September was
fairly favorable. Heavy rains prevailed
after the 15th, which did some damage
and delayed picking in some localities.
The season, however, has been more
favorable than last year up to this period,
excepting Mississippi, where too much
wet weather is complained of. Picking
is progressing rapidly throughout the
district and it is estimated that 15 per
cent of the crop has been gathered up to
the Ist of October. The damage to the
crop from drouth, shedding and rust sus
tained in August, has not been aug
mented by unfavorable seasons and the
prospective yield of the district indicates
an increase of fully 7| per cent, as com
j pared with last year. Arkansas and Ten
j nessee show most favorable prospects.
In the former stite the increased yield is
placed at 16J per cent; Tennessee at 13
per cent; Alabama at 2$ per cent; while
Mississippi shows a decrease of 1| pei
cent. The light frosts, which fell in por
tions of the district on the night of Oc
tober Ist were not damaging, and fail
weather that has since prevailed gives
assurance of favorable conditions which
adds to the bright prospects of the plan
ter and enables him to gather his crop in
a clean and prospective manner. The
staple is moving rapidly to market and
there is no disposition on the part of the
planter to hold his cotton for higher
prices.
NATHAN MOSELY HANGED.
A Young 7* e*ro Executed in Union Springe,
x inbatna.
Nathan Mosely was hung in Union
Springs, Ala. A large crowd, mostly
negroes, came to town from the sui
rounding country, and at the hour ap
pointed for the execution, 500 or 600
people assembled around the jail to catch
a glimpse of the doomed fellow. He was
taken from the jail at 11:30 o’clock, and
guarded by the Southern Rifles, was es
corted to the gallows, nearly a mile dis
tant, the crowd following. After prayer
Moseley made a short speech, in which
he fully confessed the crime and exhorted
his hearers not to follow’ his example.
About 12:25 the black cap was adjusted,
his relatives were told good bye, the
cord holding the trap was severed by
the sheriff, and in a few minutes he was
pronounced dead by the physicians.
The crime he cummitted was rape, last
spring, on the person of Miss Chrissie
Gayle, an inmate of the poor house, 75
years old. The evidence of his guilt was
clear He was tried by a jury composed
of eleven white men and one negro, all
of whom concurred in the opinion that
he deserved the death penalty. He den
ied being guilty until after his conviction,
when he admitted the trime. He was a
negro about 22 years old, and seemed to
fully realize the enormity of his crime in
the direful death which awaited him.
THE ASSASSINATION OF J, W. HAWK
INS.
The recent assassination of J. W.
Hawkins at Harrodsburg, is believed to
have been the successful consumma
tion of a deep plot. About two years
ago the husband of Mrs. Lucretia Mun
day died suddenly, having a heavy in
surance on his life. The woman and Dr.
Walker Davis were charged with ac
complishing his death with poison. Dr.
Davis was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, but Mrs. Munday obtained a
change of venue to Fayette county, and
here she was set for trial at the term
which opened yesterday. In this case
Colonel Hawkins was an important wit
ness On the night of this murder Mrs.
Munday and a young man named Carter
were ferried over the river opposite
Colonel Hawkins’s store, and a few min
utes after four shots were heard from
that side by the ferryman. The county
is greatly excited over these develop
ments Warrants have been issued
charging Mrs. Munday and Carter with
the crime.
THE STRIKING BREWERS.
The Fotimln* Beer te be Shortened tn it*
All the brewers in Detroit, at a meet
ing held to consider the strike on the
St roh brewery, the second largest in tlie
city, and the fine imposed on that com
’ P an y» decided unanimously to organize
! for the purpose « f resisting any and all
di tation by the brewers union, or any
other labor organization. It is thought
possible that a strike will result, in
which other industries would be involv
ed. Several hundred men are directly in
terested.
In accordance with the decision of the
breweries, announced last night, the
men. numbering five hundred, have been
locked out. The proprietors say hey
will not allow dictation by any union,
and announce themselves ready for a
long continued fight. They have a large
stock on hand, and have secured the
promise of many outride concerns to
ship no beer to Detroit during the
trouble.
BURNED TO DEATH.
I A terrible accident occurred at Ches
ter, 8. C., by which two children and an
old woman were roasted alive. Dave
Henry went with his wife to a camp
meeting, leaving their house and two
children in charge of Carolina Berry.
Upon the return of the parents they
found the house in flames and heart! the
screaming of their children upon the
inside. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to save them. The charred bodies
were recovered from the ruins. It is
supposed that Carolina Berry went to
sleep while smoking and the bed clotbe#
> aught from her pipe.
APFOINTMANT OF A JU DOB.
Governor O'Neil, of Alabama, appoint- |
i ad James W Laahley.cf Autauga county, i
i vf the fifth judicial circuit, to fill f
the vacancy caused by the resignation of |
J E Cobb, who was nomicated bv the
I dtwocrau tor coggnew.
KNIGHTS OF LOOK. I
THEIR MEETING IN RICHMOND, j
VIRGINIA.
Powderly Writes a Letter to the Preu ta .
Regard to the Colored Delegate.
In consequence of the questions which
have been raised by the presence of Far
rell and other colored delegates to the
general assembly at Richmond, Va., Mr. ;
Powderly, in a letter written to the press,
says among other things: “As I am re- ,
sponsible for a great deal of the agita
tion, it is but proper that I should be \
permitted to speak to as large an ■
audience as that which listens to those
who have criticised, misconstnied and
distorted the words and ideas intended
to be conveyed by my utterances of Oc
tober 4th, when Francis Farrell intro- ,
duced me to the meeting assembled in :
the armory. I stated to the meeting that |
it was at my request that Mr. Farrell, a
representative of the colored ..race, intro
duced me; it was left to me to make the
selection, and I did it after mature delib
eration and careful thought. ’ Both white
and black claim an equal share of the
protection afforded to American labor
and both mechanics must sink their dif
ferences or else fall a prey to the slave
labor now being imported to this country.
Had I selected a colored man to intro
duce Governor Lee, it would have been
quite another thing. It is perhaps un
fortunate that our coming was at a time
when political excitement ran high. All
things served as excuses for those who
wished to use them. Now, a word as to
hospitality. We are here under no invi
tation from any one. We came of our
own free will and accord and are paying
our way. Therefore, such gratuitous in
sults as those offered by a few’ mis
chievous meddlers are not in order a d
do not admit of defense, even though
given in behalf of the laws of social
equality. Ido not hold the people of
Richmond responsible for the_ ill-action
of the few who saw menace in our every
every action. The treatment received at
the hands of citizens generally has been
most cordial. If during our stay any
representative shall conduct himself in an
unbecoming manner, he alone will be
held responsible for his action.
To the convention, I say let no mem
ber surrender an iota of intellectual free
dom because of any clamor. Hold fast
to that which is true and right. Th •
triumph of noise over reason is but tran
sient. Our principles will be better
known, if not today, it mav be,,tomor
row. They can bide their wiite and will
some day have the world feran audience.
In the field of labor and AneHpfin citi
zenship we recognize no lin4* of race,
creed, politics or colol?
may distort for the purpose _®e words of
others, and for a time th® _
bossman silence reason, but Wat which is .
right and true will when j
the former has passed t» re# and the
sound of the latter’s voice forever
died away. Then it will be known that
the intelligent, educated man is better
qualified to discern difference between
right and privilege, and unwritten law of
social equality will be more rigidly ob
served than it is today.
T. V. POWDEHLY.”
A SAD CASK
A Youn< Mas Goes Crazy as* Dies in
Hampton.
A sad case is reported from Brook’s
station, near Fayetteville, Ga., of a
young gentleman named Wm. A. Jack
son, who was taken ill about two weeks
ago with what was thought to be typhoid
fever. He was the bookkeeper for E. T.
Crowder, of that place, and was a young
man of sterling qualities and moral recti
tude. He had a room over the store and
for several days he stayed there, thinking
he would soon get up. Last Thursday,
while his pu’se was at 120, he got up and
went out over town, claiming that he was
Jesus Christ, throwing rocks at people
on the street, and abusing every one he
came in contract with. He ordered some
boys to build a fire so he could bum
some of the citizens, claiming that he, as
the Lord, could punish the evil and re
ward the good. He defied any one to
arrest him, and securing some rocks with
which to defend himself, he went to the
church, sat down on the steps and pro
claimed himself Lord of all. Finally he
went to the residence of W. G. Bishop
and went to bed, where he remained un
til this morning, the time of his death.
It has taken four men to hold him dur
ing his illness, after he went to Bishop’s,
and his abuse, language and profanity
was almost unbearable. In trying to keep
him in his room, Frank Bridge received
a heavy blow in the back from a chair
which Jackson picked up. His mother
lives in Crawford county, but came over
last week and remained'with him during
his illness.
I
KEEKING CHEAPER RATEB.
1
At a meeting of the general freight
agents of the Ohio river pool lines, held
at Chicago, on Tuesday, Colonel McCov,
proprietor of the Riverside mills, at ;
Augusta, Ga,. made an appeal for lower j
rail rates on cotton produ ts manufac- j
tured. He claimed that New England ■
mills could buy the raw material in ;
Georgia, ship it to New England and re- |
ship the manufactured article to Chicago, i
selling it here at prices with which >
southern manufacturers could not com- |
pee. Officials replied that this was due
to the action of southern roads, and that ;
the Chicago manufacturer was placed at ■
the same disadvantage, being charged
from 30 to 40 per cent higher "rates than ’
eastern competitors. It was decided to j
take no action in reducing the rates until j
such time as the southern roads would \
agree to reciprocate.
A EARXiK SALARY.
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge has resumed
her duties as editor of 8l Nicholas, pub
lished in New York, while her evenings I
are engraged writing a new book for boy s. j
Mrs. Dodge receives & salary of $5*600
for her editorial work, and has besides a
• profitable block of stock i» the Century
company. A new edition of theatitlWs
I famous story “Hans Brinker, or the Stl
i ver Skate*. ” has just beta ysibli*hrd.
A Ratal Tragedy at 'EHlta IhMi*
Carolina. I Ds ~ l d?His! .<sj<
At the State university, Chapel Hill,
Saturday night, Jacob A. Freeze, a stu- |
dent from Rowell county, N. 0., was
shot through the heart and instantly !
killed, and another student, I
named Fleming, wounded, by a ’
negro living on the outskirts of the vil
lage. In the early part of the night
there was a quarrel between negroes, led
by a man named Brewer and young
Freeze and two other student#. It came j
' to. the ears of the president of the uni
versity, and he succeeded in making the i
boys go to bed. Later at night Brewer
I and other negroes had had another dis- .
pute with two other students, cursed
them and threw stones at them. These
students repaired to the university and
induced Freeze and three others to get
j up and seek redress. They went .to the
I negro’s house, and while two J students
stood at the door calling to the inmates,
they were fired on from the uppqr win- L
dows. Freeze was shot. thrcO-h the j
heart and died in a few minutest This
occurred'about one o’clock |
ing. The faculty of the university and I
the mayor of the town held an investiga
tion. It was found that Brewer and two
other negroes named Moore and Jesse Har
ris, leading criminals, had fled. Search for
them has been made in all directions
without avail. The students had not
been drinking. The matter is undergo* |
■ ing full judicial investigation.
A PANIC nr CHURCH.
Attempt to AMaminate a Polish Priest la !
Plttabor*.
Intense excitement prevails among the
Polish residents of Pittsburg, Pa., over
an .alleged attempt to assassinate Rev.
Father Miskewitz who presides over the
little Polish church at the head of Fif
teenth street. It occurred about eleven
o’clock Sunday, while the priest stood
before the altar. Mass had been said and
the father had just turned to address the
congregation, when “crash” came a bul
let through a window on the south side
of the church, and flattened itself against
the solid wall on the opposite side. For
a minute confusion reigned in the
church. Women screamed, choir boys
shouted, and many of the members of
the congregation either pressed forward
to see if Father Miskewitz was injured
, or rushed out of the building to find
! from where the bullet came. The priest
showed great coolness, notwithstanding
the fact that the missile must have passed
within six inches of his body. If it had
been fired a minute sooner it would have
passed through him. He turned with a
gesture, waved his flock to their seats;
i but not all of them, for by this time up
wards of a hundred had swarmed out
i into the street and into the yard of the
i parish building.
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
What It Coats to Deliver the Moll in So»o
Cities,
J. F. Bates, of Wa<Jiington, D. C.,
superintendent of the free delivery sys
tem, has made his annual report to the
postmaster general, showing the result
of the service for the year. The number
of offices where free delivery existed was
181, employing 4,841 carriers. The nu m
ber of letters collected and delivered dur
ing the year was twelve hundred and six
teen millions, the number of postal cards
three hundred and forty-one millions;
newspapers, three hundred and ninety
; two millions. Total number of pieces
handled, nineteen hundred and fifty mil
lions, or 40.20 thousand by eveiy carrier’;
an increase of two hundred and five
million pieces over last year. The cost
of delivery per piece handled ranges
from one and four tenths mills at Chicago
and Kansas City to three and six-tenths
at Providence, R. I. The expenses of
the free delivery system in round num
bers at some of the most important cities
are as follows: New York city, $640,000;
Philadelphia, $447,000; Chicago, $328
000; Boston, $292,000; Brooklyn. $177,-
000; St. Louis, $165,000. In the num
ber of pieces handled the above named
cities take rank in the following order:
New York city, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Baltimore.
COTTON ON FIRE.
Flames Beret Oat on th® gteaaer UHy of '
An<asta.
The steamship City of Augusta, of the i
Savannah line, arrived at pier 35, East I
River, at two o’clock Monday morning. !
She was loaded with cotton and rosin.
About six o’clock Quartermaster Harry
Oleson, who was on deck, observed j
} smoke issuing from the upper deck just
forward of the engine room. He dis-
■ covered that part of the cargo was on
' fire, and gave the alarm. The fire apparatus
: of the vessel was quickly brought in requi
sition, and the sailors confined the flames
I to the cotton, in which they had begun.
; All danger to the vessel was soon oyer
and the ignited bales were saturated with
water. Investigation showed that nine
: ty-three bales were damaged by water
and fire, valued at $4,000, but the actual
loss cannot yet be estimated. The dam- ,
aged cotton will be unloaded and shaken
; out The damage to the ship is estimat
I ed at $250. The cause of the combus
j tion is not known. It is supposed, how
ever, that in some way a spark from the
smoke stack or furnaces had some time
during the voyage got into the cotton i
| which had been smouldering for some ‘
| time before the fire was discovered.
I :
A RELIGIOIS INCIDDENT.
Religious circles of Birmingham, Ala.,
’ are discussing an incident which occurred
Sunday of an unusual character. It is I
well known that the Hebrews have no
synagogue or place of worship, which i
prompted the Methodist denomination to :
tender the First church for their services,
which they accepted, and the sacred aer- i
vices of the week were held there. Dur-
* ing these services a protestaat lady was
received into the Jewish faith by a rabbi
occupying the pulpit of a Protestant min
irter, wjpeh was a remarkable incident.
, During the services one strictly orthodox
Hebrew refused to worship in the church
I bet afterwards consented.
Friday, nigh; tC yoiings lady,^4fiWe j;
Ramsey, of Skfanmih,> ; yeara
’ of age,' and.- .painfully,
by her- (Jha^.les Ramsey,'
dore. . It appears' that Ivamsfey taker been >
drinking*
under the influ|enee' , of i’iiquprtH'Me-i
home early in the eve Bing .jW)d; B i ;s
ed to his room and got his pistpta. t
entered the hall, his daughter, 1 H&d
been in an upper room, started to 6bMe'
down sjairs. Her father suddenly turn
ed and aiming the pistol at her, fired
the shot. The girl involuntarily raised
her arm and the ball entered it Just be
low the elbow, inflicting a serious but
not fatal wound, But for this move
ment she would have been hit in the left
breast. After she was shot, Miss Jennie
rushed on her father and prevented him
from shooting her a second time. Sever
al neighbors meanwhile rushed in. It
is said that Ramsey had been wounded
about his daughter’s conduct, and had
been brooding over it, and did not know
; what he was doing when he shot. Others
i state that he mistook his daughter for a
burglar. There is some mystery about
i the case, but Ramsey has not been arrest-
J ed. '
THE NEW YORK ALDERMAN.
Judge Cowing, on Tuesday issued a
bench warrant for Sayles, and other
boodle aidermen of New York will pro
bably be' required in a day or two to
come to court and give bail in larger
amounts than those under which they
are now at large. Inspector Byrnes re
arrested Aidermen Farley and Miller,
with the intention of having them give
i increased bail. Farley, at his own re
quest, was taken to the district attorney’s
office. Sayle is believed to have fled.
Ex-Aidermen Thos. Cleary and Wm.
P. Kirk were arrested and taken to the
district attorney’s office. Judge Cowing,
after listening to arguments pro and con,
increased the bail in each case from
$25,000 to $40,000. Bench warrants
aie in the hands of Inspector Byrnes for
the remaining members of the 1884 board
who are under indictment and awaiting
trial.
A SPARK FROM A PIPE’
Causes a Terrible Explosion, Resulting in
the Death of Four Men.
A box containing thirty pounds of
giant powder exploded in the three hun
dredth level of the Caladonia mine in
Deadwood, Dakota, on Wednesday.
Four men were killed outright. The
names are:
Philip Wymann,
Thomas Cheshire,
John Pascar,
Jito-ry Rose-rier. ■ ------ ■ «
Fred Belin was badly cut, ana is not
expected to live. The bodies killed were
blown in pieces, and the remains taken
out in barrels. The men had gone to
sleep on a box used for the powder, whom
a spark from one of the men’s pipes fell
among the scraps. v
CATHOLICS AND KNIGHTS.
Archbishop Fabre Revise® the Coastitotiou
and Suggests Amendments.
The constitution of ttae Knights of
Labor has been revised by members of
the clergy in Montreal, and under
the auspices of Archbishop Fabre, with
the object of expunging previsions con
trary to the rules of the Roman Catholic
church Mr. Powderly, grandmaster
workman, when there promised the
archbishop to support the passage of the
amendments before the annual conven
tion. Two delegates from the Knights
of Labor organization have left to attend
the convention in Richmond, Va., and
have taken the revised edition with them
It is stated the archbishop delayed action
until the present time because of the as
sembling of the Richmond convention.
THE DEAD BODIES FOUND.
Sunday morning, between 2 and 8
o’clock, August Becker’s residence and
tailoring establishment, at No. 67 Moore
street, Cincinnati, was discovered on
fire. Fifteen minutes was wasted in an
attempt to turn in the alarm, and by the
time of the arrival of the department 1 the
place was thoroughly cleaned out. In
searching among the ruins two dead
I bodies were found. They were those of
1 Margaret Link, aged 60, and her daugh-
I ter, aged 18. They occupied rooms on
> the third floor, and had evidently arisen,
: but had been unable to force their way
l out through the smoke and flames. The
1 pecuniary loss will not exceed $5,000.
LYNCHING IN SYLVANIA.
Tom Israel, a negro, who attempted to
I outrage the ten-year-old daughter of one
of the most prominent citizens of Sylva
nia, Ga., was taken from the constable by
a mob and hanged to the limb of a tree
and riddled with bullets.
I ticked to the tree was this placard:
“ To all my race that passe th by, look
on and take heed that I am justified for
the cause of this crime, and have re
ceived the punishment that is due all
violators of this act. Tom Israel.
THE JASPER MONUMENT.
I
The treasurer of the Jasper Monument
association, of Savannah, Ga., J. J. Mc-
Gowan, has submitted his report to the
association. The association now has
| $10,285.53 in the treasury. Negotiations
are now going on for building the monu
ment, w hich is expected to be in readi
ness for unveiling on Washington’s next
1 birthday.
NEW LUMBER COMPANY,
j - -
The Birmingham (Ala.) lumber atwoci
| ation organized on Tuesday. J. B. Mar
shall is president, and W. K. Hill secre
i tary and treasurer. The object i« to
| make uniform prices and to give stability
I to the trade, and an advance of one dol
‘ lar a thousand on framing and rough
lumber.
a misplaced switch.
Owing to a misplaced switch, an east
i bound freight train on the Clevelan 1
| and Pittsburg railroad ran into a shift
ing engine at Liverpool, Pa ,on Tues
■ day, killing brakeman Walker, f-n d!y
injuring fireman Peck -nJ i ii'g
1 several other? »
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OF THE r
' fcong agoi in iges oldeh, '
iy ' jhiteHed'tlie stmlighi warm and golden'
•-'■•Wi’riorid-bhf gray* Unsmiling,
f •>Joyless, void psd unbeguiling, ; f ,
t-Mits wealth pf.plain and mountain,
•| strewn; and sparkling fountain,
the inrdi of song grew Weafy 1 ■■ ■ > v-,.
i< jn a Jand sd jiale and’dreaty- 1; , •<,
} : down the gun’s long ladder
Gazed upon in earth forsaken, 1 1,1 ■! » •>.
wtaerS Weetj hiles forgchl to waken’
And their starty eves grew mistful,
With a longing deep and wistful,
Till, a rain of diamonds flashing,
Fell their bright tears earthward dashing
Each prismatic drop some flower
Kissed to life; and, from th.at hour,
Crimson, orange, yellow, green,.
Blue, soft violet's melting sheen,
As a million rainbows broken
O’er the world in loving token,
Sprang the flowers to gladsome duty,
Tears of pity raised to beauty.
—Alma E. Lewis, in Boston Folio,
PITH ANS POINT.
j A mill race—Pugilists.
A circus bill is generally stuck up.
The season of frog opera is now on
in the country places.
False Bangs—Firing blank cartridges
at the enemy.— Siftings'
Hardly anybody would care to change
places with the turtle and yet he hap a
great snap.— New Haven News.
Fvery dog has his day, but many of
them, from the howling which they keep
up, insist on having the night too.—
Philadelphia Call.
He stood under the window and sang v
“How Can I Leave Thee.” But he did
leave, and so suddenly that the dog went
back of the house and wept. — St. Louis
Chronicle.
Full many a man, both young and,
Is sent to his sarcophagus,
By pouring water icy cold.
Adown his warm oesophagus.
—Merchant
“Lockjaw has been successfully
treated, I see,” remarked a wife to her
husband. “Yes, the patient was a
woman and of course couldn’t keep
mouth shut,” the unfeeling husband re- -
plied.— Arkansaio Traveler. '
With scythe in his hand,
Time speeds o’er the land; • ’
His harvest how many deplow
His scythe he will cariy,
And never will tarry,'
Till Time shall be no mower. .
AWestern paper speaks of “Dakota
as a summer resort.” When the ther
mometer in that part of
reaches 120 degrees; in ' the suade,
.should siU th&t
summer reports the
ristowii IJfndd. ~ •*'
Soft is! the breath of toe summer breesw
After the summer showers, . x ,
Sweet is the feu m of the hi'ucy
As they flit among
But to feel the-forty million power
That lies in the wild bee’s stiiJg.
Or be drenched to the skin by t.he sum
mer shower,
Is a very different thing.
—New York News.
“You don’t ride horseback as much a»
you did earlier in the summer, Mr.
Swell,” said Miss Sweetness. “Naw,
I’ve given it up, don cher know,” re
plied Mr. Swell. “It’s getting too deuced
common. Any cad can ride horseback
nowadays.” “Who has that beautiful
horse that you used to ride?” “The
Sheriff has got him, don cher know, and
the cad won’t give him back.” — St. Paul
Globe.
Three Unique New York Clubs.
There are three rather unique clubs io
New York that, judging by their recent
growth, will in time become quite cele
brated. One is the Thirteen C.ub, which
meets at dinner at 7:18 o’clock on the
13th of each month, to disprove the
popular superstition that one of every
thirteen who sit down to stable will die
before the year is out. The club started
several years ago with thirteen at a table,
but so popular have their dinners be
come by reason of the least of wit and
wisdom, not to say viands provided, that
at their dinner next week at Brighton
Beach, thirteen tables, each seating thir
teen, will be provided. There are thir
teen courses on the menu, thirteen at
table, thirteen speeches made, and the
number thirteen introduced in every pos
sible way and shape. Not being able to
make the menu card in the shape of the
numeral, the suggestive form of a coffin
is adopted.
The necrology of the club effectually
explodes the theory of the fatality of the
number and the club is gaining recruits
every dinner, and will have a
ters and take its place among the 6ocj*x
clubs next season. X
The other club is the
which meets at a dinner every,.fortnight,
and after the clcth has removed,
discusses the leading qujjntions of the
day, pro and eon, according to the pre
dilections of the speakers, who are gen
erally selected because they are known
to be antagonistic. The sntagonit-m of
the speakers prevents the club from ever
being a mutual admiration society, and
consequently its d.nners have become
very attractive to a large das* who en
joy this species of intellectual sparring.
The third club is the least known of
the three; indeed, though nith a 1 rgei
membership thin either, Et.le is known
1 of it outside of its membeis It M
j known as the Peanut Club, and ths
badge of membership—a pea:iut—must
I be worn on every occasion as an orna
ment or amulet, in metal, jew.iry 01
carved w. od. Any mem er aco ti :>g
another who cannot display the badge
can call on him for a dinner for us many
of the club as he likes. It may be the
cull may be made in the middie o. the
night and the challenged party aroused
from his slumbers; or it may be that the
demand may be made in the breakers off
i Coney Island or Long Branch—-iso mat*
i ter when or where, if the conn erfeit
! peanut is not produced the penalty is es
\ tablished. The result is that many of j
the members carry their emblem of mem- 1
berahip attached to a string around I
neck, and wear it night and day. The j
gentleman who was arou.-ed from hd |
slumbers wore his in thi- way. If the J
challenging party cannot produce the
emblem if required by one who has, hr jjg
i is cal edon to pay the' penalty, and
this case it took the form of avery ylalx*-®
rate dinner «t the West End
I Phi’adeliAw Press.