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J | i /v r «—=* ~^ ■% WBm THE F'^WISrilVG!- TO NONE—CHARITY TO ALL. VOLUME VIII. DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1S86- NUMBER CHURCH DIRECTORY. METHODIST—DocStASynxE-.First, ‘ third and fifth Sundays. Bait SpbiRss—.Second Sunday and * Saturday before. ~-~Mki>WAY—Fourth. Sunday an(f<Satu rday before. . W. R. Foote, Pasjgr. | BAPTIST-rrPQuanASY^LiiH— First and fourth Sundays.? Rev. A. B. Vaughn, i wastqr. BOLD TRAM ROBBERS. Three Men Capture a Train Broad Daylight. in LOUISIANA FINANCES. MASONIC. Dopglasvillo Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M., meets <?n Saturday flight before, the first 1 and third Sundays in each month. J. R. '{Garter >- W*. M., W. .7. Camp, Sec retary! - :v and Pfek,. ??W h'r"" Its 5?k ©O.0NTY DIREeTORY. ■Ordinivy^-H. T. Cooper. , K; Dorsctfc. Sheriff—Ilenry Ward, deputy Sheriff -Q. M. Soutcr. Tux Receiver—F. II. Camp. | Tax Collector—W./A? Sayer.1 Treasurer—Samuel Shannon. ;; Surveyor—Joiin M. Huey • - . Coroner—F. M. Mitchell. \ superior covet. | Meets op third Mondays in damn July and holds two 'weeks. Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris. So!. Con!.—Hon. Harry M. Reid. . , ■ Oierk—S. N. Dorsett. ??,''?:?*?-?.ta'i-ta"? Sheri ff—Heni'y Ward. ? county cocut. Meets in quarterly session on 1'ouriii Mondays in February, May, August and November and holdsi until all the cases* on the docket are called. In monthly session it meets on the fourth Mondays, in each month. .fudge— Hon. R. A. Massey. Sol’ Genl.— Hon. W. T. Roherts. Bailiff—T). V. Johns. 1 ORDINARY'S COURT. Meets for ordinary purposes on first -Monday, and for county purposes On, first , Tuesday in. each iponth. * , ' Judge—-Hon. II. T. Cooper. JUSTICES? COVETS. 'i SOth List. G. M. meets first Thursday in each month. J. I. Feelv, J. P,, W. ; J! Cash, N. P., D. W. Johns and W.J5. ■ Hunt, L. C’s„ .? -- T jgW iifith Dist. G- M, meets second Satur- BL?A.,R. Bomar. J. P., B.A. Arnold. El& .QLSiea«rer...Ti.. C. ^eissfeurth Saturday- £0. B . L . .1 ■dai. S.„04fe vesK M hirdan. L. C'H •60tli Dist. G. Ml ..' N. W. CarnpH J\Hid. ...-L.-.-Qe, 1 S H < >»f „, t )ro11 MyO. M. : mfeets first; Sating 3^%p —°-’l'c P '’ >lb< ,v ^^^Sfejh-J^-AErifieets fourth Fri- yjlihKirge W. Smith, J. jp| *0. J. unson, N- P., — -, L. C, ? 273d’I>kt. Ci, M. meets third Friday imas White, J. P., A, J, Bchven; N. |Mrd Salnr- ®K M. 1. || I.. C., S. ; . m^SfPthird Satiif-' J. P., W. S. Hud- Harbin, L. C. v g tw aaBTitmimgKss Professional Cards. ROBERT L mftSSlvT ATTORNEY AT LAW ; 1 DOUGLASVILLE, GA. (Office in front room, ■Dorsett , s Buildiiigi> Will practice anywhere except, in tlie County Court p| Douglass, county. Intimidating Federal Soldiers and Bobbing the Passengers, In broad daylight a few days since the mail and express train on the Fort Wo: and Denver Railroad, stopped at a water tank just north of Bellevue station, seventy-five miles north of Fort Worth. A few minutes before the train: arrived three men had ridden up to a hiuse two hundred yards from the tank, tied their torses and ordered , dinner. They walked leisurely toward the tank, and about ■ that time the train pulled in. One of the robbers with drawn pistol ordered Engineer Ayers and his fireman and O. G. Miller, an other engineer who was riding in the cab, to allight," which they did. He then marched, them some thirty feet’from the train And went through them taking all the valuables they had. While this was going on the other mSn went, through the train. One of the, passengers, who was looking out of the win-, dow and saw the operation with the .train | men, divining the situation, went into the i forward cars and exclaimed: . . “Put away yoiir money and valuables; we* J will bo robbed.” At once-the passengers 1 secreted ail they could and awaited results. I In the smoking car were five United States soldiers (negroes) belonging to : the ‘Twenty* I fourth Infantry, under command of Gap- j tain Connors in charge of two deserters who | were being taken to Leavenworth from Fort J Sill, When it was seen that the soldiers were V, going to fight, several passengers went to I Connors and begged him to submit tamely, saying the women and children were greatly alarmed and that , all the valuables j- were hidden away- Connors reluctantly cos?.. | sented to do as requested. By this time the j two men had reached the'soldiers, and cover ing them with revolvers, demanded their pistols,, which the soldiers surrendered. “How much money have you got?" asked one of the robbers. “Only $50 to feed my prisoners with,’ an swered Connors. “You can keep it, then,” and the robbers passed on. They, said to ladies intha last coach: “Ladies, you need not be afraid, wo won’t take anything from you.” And they didnot. Many of the passengers secreted their money in various ways, giving most of it (with their diamonds) to several ladies aboard! Mis3 Kate Haas, of Fort Worth,,,, took charge of $3,000 and other valuables. J Mrs. Chambers, of Pottsdam, re ceived $8,000 and some diamonds, and Mrs. Wltfrkk, o£.,A-iar.tha°:e., :Mo.. took iter hus-- band’lgold watA and several hundred dol- Jars. ■ I Mrs. Wittick was greatly in4#sed at the _ pi C'.:-e=ciijH r ;-i-f.ii'l- bold.lT" itrtlu'iar : ; antl asked if; he forty men woreijp.'ug to ?ub- ffljniit to suen ah otitrage at the Slads catyto ghighwaymen. About $12,000 iajmoney and sSwNP -worth,. s>f diamonds ^r jlbables ^ i Teft^^^rtSe ■ robbers hi . their haste to get ' through the train, ; and because they did not search the liidies. They wore evidently novices in tho business, and went away with the paltry* stn*) of *l(.vy tlinse gold wat :Kcs, t«n Vifver ! watchei, five: revolvers and one gold-ring. The robbers left the train-art the rear* of the sleeper, mounted horses standing near by and rode rapidly away. The train was then hurried oil to Bellevue, where telegrams were sent to Superintendent Frost, at i>ort Worth, who immediately se- plied, offering $250 reward for each robber In less than an hour, five posses of officers and Citizens were jn pursuit under Sheriff McLain, of Montague; Marshal Black, of Bowie, and others. The men were all dressed in cowboy style, ranged from five feet seven inches.to six feet in height, and all Had sandy' beards of about three weeks’ growth. The tallest man had a squint in his left eye. They made no efEortto conceal their faces, and talked and jokejd with the pas engers as they robbed them. Tlic Louisiana Bank Will Not Cash the Gen eral Fund Warrants- The Louisiana National bank, of New Orleans, will not agree to cash, the gener al fund warrants of the state throughout the year, and advance such sums as the .state may require for future interest on She bonds.: After the meeting of the hoard of liquidation and associated bank presidents, Treasurer Burke stated that the January coupons would be promptly cashed as usual. The question of state’s deposits which are quite valuable, would be determined after further consultation with the banks,. The collections for last year have repaid all advances, and show a surplus to the interest fund of 1885, with six per cent of collectable taxes to come in. The assessments of 1886 are 3,000,000 in excess of those of 1885. The treasurer states that he can pay all the general fund warrants for the expenses of tiie state government for the year of 1887 without advances, The board is anxious to take all state warrants for public insti tutions off the sheet for future years and as the appropriations for 1887 are within .revenues, it is confidently believed that they can be paid is cash from the state treasury. ALABAMA’S LEGISLATURE. The Alabama legislature has adjourned till February 1. Nearly 1,000 unfinished bills are left.oyer in both houses, mostly of a local character. The appropriation and revenue bills passed both houses and were approved by the Governor; also,the report of the senate and house joint com mittee, who agreed upon a reduction of the 1 license tax on dealers in futures from $5,000, as passed:by thei bouse, to $300, which was passed by both houses; also,; the drummer’s .tax, which, the house re pealed, stands now at $10 annually for the state only, with a penalty that all contracts by drummers without having a license are void. The governor vetoed the bill | making county officers of Ltftvndes county' ineligible to succeed themselves, being a bad' policy, and, in the governor’s opinion, unconstitutional. Boil) houses sustained 7 the veto, .; Numer- ous prohibUa3Hg||alls for counties and ' m eeinots rei't, t> i *-i l. -AN: DESTROYED BY FIRE. rtiyfellx*, DISASTER fO A MIS• SlSiPI'I STEAMBOAT, jj ’ ~FATAL B0.ISF ' 0* ~i Tiie Finest Boat, on the Biver Burned, With TUirtv ot Forty of Her Passengers. The steamboat J. M. White, from, Vicksburg for New Orleans, was burned J at Blue- Stone, 1 Point Coupe, three or j four miles above-Baton Rouge. She had | a, number of passengers .on board. Her cargo eon.-ii>t£d of-2,100 bales of cotton and 6,000 sacks, of seed. Several lives were reported to have li Gel! lost, but Caps, j James T. Muse, who was in command, telegraphs that only one person, the por ter of tlie, boat, is known, to be lost. The 1 boat and lier cargo are a total loss. The J, M Jl'l he was built in 1878 at a cost of $225,000. She was regarded by luany as the finest and fastest ever run on the Mississip|)i river. 1 She was owned by Capl. John W. Tobin. Her cargo wasivalued af|;:$9O,O0O. The insurance on the., boat is?$39,O00, .and her cargo is undoubtedly fully insured. _ When the White took fire she was ly ing r at Point, .Coupe taking* on 1 cotton. She had on boifrd 3,500 bales of cotton and 8,000 sacks of seed. This makes a cargo.valued at $150,000. Thomas Barry, second, engineer of the White, was; on duty when the fire broke out in the cotton amidship. He says that for a time he thought the lire was under 'control, but it finally gained-such headway they could 4q nothing with-it. Barry states that the fire, spread so rapidly that the boat in a tort minutes, wal wrapped in-flames. He thRiks there were ten or a dozen lives lost, including a colored fireman and two- colored chambermaids, one of them named Martha Washington. The second cook, colored, was also lost. He also' reports the loss of Captain Bird Fioyd, superintendent of the; Vidaliarail way, With his wife, and daughter, who were passengers, tie knows nothing as to the number of passengers' that w'erc aboard, but thinks there were? not very many. He believes there were some wo men and children ©m deck. Evidence .is. accumulating that there Were many more ^ves lost than the story of the engineer gf'-n above would indi- sftates-uefwithstauding the reassuring tel- | gram from the steamers capt ain, fefe'Thc following |s-a list as fart as ascerrj ^fened of whiterijlreOns. missing.: L. H. J-TyitinL wife '-■’4 slaughter, * ofiyidaliU; LEAPING FROM A MOVING TRAIN. O. B- Jenne, a retired merchant, of Elgin, 111., accompanied by bis wife aud brother-in-law,F. L. McClure, proprietor of . the Elgin Canning ’Works, started on: a trip last week for the benefit of his health. He had been suffering from melaueholv and it was feared that Mi mind would break^ down. He-was . watched carefuily, "however.. and ail went weil .until last Thursday, when the train was passing through Indian Terri*, tory and running down grade at thirty miles an hour. . Suddenly Mr. ?Jcnne sprung through the car window. Ilis wife caught his clothing, but could nut hold him and he dropped to the track. Quickly the train was stopped and backed up to the spot. Mr. Jenne, strange to say, was still alive and could speak. He had suffered internal injuries from which lie died. * d?? I |"■\ SNOW IN THE SOUTH. The Rome, Ga.j Courier narrates? that in the last thirty- years thefe'have only been ten times that the ground ha.4 been covered with snbw.three’inches' and* moi'e deep. In 1856 there?, was-a thre'e’dnch snow; . in 1867, three and one-qmrfer inches; in 1872, three inches: in March, 1872, five and one-lialf indies; in 1876, three iu«hes; the - heaviest snow that has? ever before fallen was in 1877, when eight inches fell; in January, 1882, three indies fell, and in November of the same year four inches fell; on the 11th of February, 1885, a three inch snow covei'cd thf ground. SILVER CERTIFICATES. THE YEAR 1887. h* CO 00 .•i Cq? t I .8. 1 | n p | .V* 1 I r» 00 W’ 1 I <0- if 1 •I J ■TkttrsdA | M n 1 !l Jan. •ij July i 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 -8] 3 4 « 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15! 10 11 12 13 14 15 ib lb I? 18 IQ 20 21 22: 17 x8 19 20 21 22 23 231 24 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 2b 27 28 29 30 30 31 Aug. 31 Feb. I 2 3 4 ?5i .-■I 2 ® 4 5 6 6 $ 9jio 11 12: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 IS ibji7 18! 19 14 15 Ib 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 24 25 2b 27 27 28 Sept. 28 29 SO 3i Man 1 .42 3 4 5 X 3 6 7 8 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 i6fi7 18 iQ 11 12 12 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 2b 18 «s 20 21 22 23 n Apr. 27 28 29 30 3 1 1 2 Oct. 25 2b 27 28 29 30 1 3 4 5 6 7 ® 9 2 2 A 5 6 7 8 zo zi 12 13 15 ib 10 II 12 Pi 1^ ii> 17 18 IQ 20 21 22 23 ib 17 IS ic 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ^3 25 2b 27 28 29 May X 2 3 4 5 6 Nov. 8 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 X2 13 14 b 7 ? xo xz 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 ib 17 z8 19 22 23 24 95 2b 27 28| 20 21 22 22 24 25 2b 29 3° 31 Dec. 27 28 2C ® June 1 2 3 ♦ *6 1 2 3 ® 6 7 8 Q 10 11 A 5 7 8 S zo 12 13 14 15 16 17 x8: IX 12 12 14 15 zb 17 IQ 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 IQ 20 2Z 22 22 34 26 27 28 20 30 25 2b V 28 29 2 31 Eclipses for ISSy. There wjii be fo’ur Ketoses this year—two of the San and two of the Moon. The drat ia a Partial Belipae of the Moon. .Febru ary SEhy5:08 o’clock in the morning, visible inthe United States as a partial eclipse, and also in the Pacific Ocean and Asia. The second t| an Annular Eclipse of the Sun, February 2-2d, 2:59 o’clock in the afternoon; invis ible ip the United States; visible in South Paciflc Ocean and western coast of South America. The third is a Partial Eclipse of the Mpon, August 3d, at 3:52 o’clock in the afternoon; invisible in the United States; visible in Western Asia and Bast Europe. f??: The fourth is a Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 18tli, ililij o’clock In the evening, and is invisible in the United States. The eclipse will be total at Berlin in Germany, Konigsberg. Teddo in Japan, and Rica de Oro in the Pacific Ocean. Ximited quantities of two dollar silver certificates have been put in cirfculation. go -far they have been issued by the treas ury only in redemption of one and two dqllar United States notes.; When the supply is sufficient they will be distrib uted among the sub-treasuries and put in general circulation in the same manner as was adopted in case Of the one dollar silver certificate. Work on the new cer tificates has been- very much delayed. The five dollar certificate will not be ready for some time yet. _ 8 WSfr®lid3p)" ; ^WlEk:riewn. 1 Steamboati ^;i.G’ruv,-H.- ; Mi'fi- jlr-iir.'f,. from NVilC’bez; Miss'] The Bench creek r:iilv.>:iU uirL.:‘n : ? .. lin-ii. r?.;, ; MeCabe; ft West Felieumri. ancij .had just left (lie rtfpw and Came to ■& ■ tifta^othef lady passengers, names uu-l standsfeil- nea^^^^^on, exploded tioffitU^j^ ji Three m§n and one worpan were| an unknown epBe’ , Thuxsday ) killing Fh^^RmcKg ; on the hu|j:iqan% -roof dwheunthe H, Kuiglit aiuFJaines W.i arner, engmern Alien-fRfiia&Cy, fed. J’fEAFiiftM’ machbaist ( JYS^^tfJiieton, Hiachinisl,' was sdiousi|i;.ii^Ked; , All. of tlie nieji were young aid recently married, with the exception .of Knight, who leaves a wife and five children. The body of En gineer Knight-was gathered up in small pieces,?- and the bodies of the firemen were also badly mutilated, The body of Fields , had been thrown a distance of I, 500 feet. It is thought that the steam gauge of the locomotive ‘did not work properly, as it only, registered 140. POSTAL FREE DELIVERY; THWSANn I>AMAGF“ Morning Stars. Venn 8 , after Sept. 21st. Mars, after April 24th. Jupiter, until April 20, after Nov, 8. Saturn, until Jan. 9, after July 18, .. Mc-cury, until Feb. t, after Mar. 21, July 2S, Nov. T. Evening Stars. Venus, uutil Sept 21st. Mars, until April 24th. ■ Jupiter, after April ■ 20, until Nov. 8. . Saturn, after Jan. 9, un- * til -Tilly 18. Mercury,' after Feb. 7th, May 27th, Sept 10th, Planets Brightest. Mercury, March 5th, July 1st, setting then just after the Sun; April 18th, August 17th, December 6tb, rising then just before the Sun, Venus, August 15tli, October 29th. Jupiter, April 20th. Mars.net this year. Saturn, January 9th. -The Four Seasons. Winter begins December 24,1*86, and lasts 89 days Spring t‘ March 20, 1887, “ “ 92 “ Summer “ June 21, “ “ M 94 “ Autumn “ September 23, “ -J* “ 89 AN AUTUMN DAY. J | Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow Where Bummer has passed with * her gorgeous train. Snow on fee mountain and frost on the meadow— A white face pressed to the window pane. A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling, And oh 1 but life seems vain. Bain Is better than golden weather When hearts are chilled ‘ with a dumb despair. - * Dead leaves lie where they walked together; The hammock is gone and the rustic chair, Let bleak snow cover the whole world over-^ It will never again seem fair. Why should the beau! mer Always leave pain wM^^heg f|»t»teffe ’ have trod, Hopes that were brought byxnts treacherous comer, Chilled like her roses, lay crushed on the sod. Yet love dead with sorrow may spring up to-morrow, And bloom like the garden of God. Time laughs lightly at youth’s sad “never,” Bummer shall come again smiling once more; High O’er the cold world the sun shines for ever— -Heartsthat seem dead are alive at the core. Oh! but the pain of it) oh I but the it— After the shadows pass o’er. —Ella Wheeler w w. ATTOR> L JANIES, £¥ AT LAW, Will practice in, all the courts, Slate au: Federal. Ofllee on Court House; Square, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. ! * m. I. ROBERTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . DOUGLASVI1J.E, GA. : Will practice in all the Courts. . All lega business will receive prompt attention. Office te,Court. House. ■BC. D. CAMP, ATTORNEY at law, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all tho courts. All business entrusted to him will receive prompt attention B, G. ORIGGST .ATTORNEY AT LAW, THE IRISH DIFFICULTIES. Tbe order of basiness in the comirig- session of tbe British* Rftrliamenf will; probably be as follows: .The session will open with the introduction of a Coercion bill, including sp.ecial^provisions for the suppression of boycotting. It was de cided that lo.cal GoM^nment measures affecting -England and Scotland shall have precedence aver legislation on the same subject for Ireland. The result of this will be that no Irish business except such as relates to coercion and to the bill extending the scope Of the Ashbourne Land act will be transacted. railroad shops destroyed. Will practice Federal. DOUGLASYELLE, GA. all the courts, State and JOHN i, 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 I.AW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Fire broke out in tho car department of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad shops at Aurora, Ill., Monday morning, and destroyed the buildirig, in which are the wdod machine Shop, cab inet shop and pattern shop. Another building, equally as large, in which freight-cars are repaired, was also in flames, but was extinguished. The burn ing of first shop entails a loss of over $60,000. Only the utmost exertion upon the part of the firemen saved the other five large shops and the immense Corliss; engine. \ SUICIDE OF A BANK PRESIDENT: Cities In the’Soutli: Which Will Have the Beiiefits of the Extension. | Th&following named cities will come under the provisions of the bill recently passed by the house of representatives, relating to the extension of the free de- liyeiy service, provided that, in addition to a population of 10,000, according to the last census, or an annual revenue of $10,000, they have the other require ments, such as paved or planked side walks, numbered streets and houses, and the general characteristics of ’cities: §8 Selma" Alai; Pensacola, Fla.; Colum bus,.Ga. ; Jackson, Meridian and Yicks- burg. Miss.; Charlotte, N.- C.; Columbia, S. 0.1 and, Alexandria, , Danville and Staunton, Ya. - Oscar A. Simons, ’ President of the First National?' Bank, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has been suffering for- some time from nervous prostration, the result?of overwork, His ailment became unbeara ble, and telling his brother-in-law, Mr. Esmond, he could endure it no longer, Mr. Simons jerked a revolver from a bu reau drawer and shot himself through the temple, The dead man was the wealth iest citizen of Fort Wavne, * Will practice in me courts 1 of Douglass ggj 11 Can-oil, iii i F„1 ten-ami polning counties. Proinpt attention riven liSpl ; business, lasigsy q ; J. H. McLaETY, lA-TTORNirY at law I DOUOI-ASVH.U:, A COLORED WORI.p’S EXPOSITION. A number of prominent colored people in various parts of tint South are endeav oring to Organize: a - ?• ‘Colored People’s World’s Exposition,” to be held in Mont gomery or Birmingham, Ala. The enter prise has been -undertaken exclusively by colored men, and is designed to illustrate the progress and achievements of the colored race in every department of life. GA. Hu, ajHHp’ill practiceLh all the emu Is, both State and *;.” ^sdai'al. Collections a specialty. k JOHN V. EDGE, ~~ LaTYORNEY AT LAW, DOTJQLASVILLE, GA, mmiim TO RELHSYE EMIN BEY, The British government has approved Mr. Henry M. Stanley’s plan for the re lief of Emin Bey, the African explorer. An expedition is being fitted out and the Egyptian government has promised to give all the assistance in its power. iTTACHED HIS SON’S PROPERTY. ■Kytly done iBtfcjsa'iD?" OFFICE B. M. Tubb. inerclianf at Smithville, Miss.. failed, his prop rtv being attached by 1 Ms father^ His liabilities are esti mated at $9;000, ' » DIVIDED. A Renoited -Movement,Among the Knights p or Labor. A report from Chicago says a move ment of considerable importance i.s g'Oieg on within the ranks of the Knights of Labor, which will have a great, effect in lessening the ; power and importance of districtAsscmblies. It is the formation of national trade district assemblies which are essentially after a plan o f t he various international unions. Machinists assembly, No. 5,134, voted to withdraw from district assembly No. 57, to which it has been attached since its organize-: tion, in order to join in the machinists trade district,..recently organized _ at Cin cinnati, the recommendation of its dele gates to convention at that place being concurred in. ^ . ENGLAND IN EGYPT. France and Turkey Want Enslana to Evac uate;-' Sir William AYlrite, Biirish minuter at Constantinople, has received from Lord Iddesleigh a dispatch :?Saying; that the porte has iutiniuted very distinctly the cupsiro to discuss the subject- Of. t.ie evacuation of Egyp t .by I the Briti s|) nd that he has promised to consider the porte’s intimation. Count D’Aunay, the French agent at Cairo* has informed the public debt com mission that liis govenmient will <li.'<'.]i:ie lo enter into any arrangement looking to Egyptian admini|tratiyp?ie^.i;mS. Uw^lt^ day has been fixed for the British to evacuate Egypt. STATE GUARD MUTINY. Trouble in the Louisville Legion of the Kentucky State Guard. There is a big row in the Louisville Legion, Kentucky State Guard, which promises to result in the mustering out of company F, well and favorably. known throughout the South as one of the. crack drilling corps. A general battalion drill was ordered. When the hour arrived Major Coen ordered Capt? Grinstead and Company F to fall into line. Tapt. Grinstead, who? was present in citizen’s clothes, Refused to obey, and encouraged his men to refuse to obey the order, disappeared 1 in the doqbtiess hdrnedito death. Two 1^^fetS,,wusi»s<ttinowiip in chaige of a prei&ium ox, jumped over board and were dtojvned. Mrs. Dr. Wade, of. West Feliciana, made a most miracu- ious escape, but i*- almost 'frantic with grief at the-rioss of?her 1 sister? Miss Mc Cabe. She speaks in glowing terms of the | heroic and gallant? conduct of G. Wash Floyd, who sacrificed his life in tryiiig to iave the -lady passengers. All the officers of the White were saved. Among the saved are J. F. Cared and wife, of Ottawa, Ills. Captain Henry C. Brown,. State engin eer, who war a -passenger on the Wliite, estimates‘the loss of. life at thirty*six. He gives the namesiof the following per sons who were saved, but Were all slightly injured and: were (left at Point Cqnpe: John Stahl, pilot; Hortense Smith, Mrs. Smith,-of Racine, Wis., and a gentleman and his wife, from Chicago, names unknown. .There were »about thirty cabin passengers and a .number of negro cabin passengers in the ‘‘bureau,” The number of deck passengers is jm- known. Mr. Brown savsri‘Wash Lloyd, formerly a clerk on the Willis Hayes, ran through the cabin calling up the passengers, and nobly lost his life trying Weave othars. Captain Muse, commander of the White, had been ill all day and was in bed ,when the fire broke, out. The chief mate was in Charge of the steamer. I had about ten feet start of the, fire, and although I ran, "rapidly forward, when I reached the bank the fire was within twenty-five feet of me. I had on only my underclothing when I reached the bank. I did not see a soul in the cabin as I ran through. The cabin was in full blaze at the time, and the flames were rapidly eating their way to the hurri cane deck. ??thousand dollar, suit is entered Iry wlorenee Efinore, "Of Mo4tgomeiy, AK? against the Western Union Tele graph Company, on account of delay in dclivering an. important, message to her agent in this city, which caused her great mp.anvjnlftweptajd ppjqpfifrnfpG .-»imcp1. iug ’Of 1 "several important engaffinw 1 ** 1 ’’** —‘ Her brother, Senator Browne, and aH| prominent law firm, are her attorneys. PITH AHD_ POINT A weather report—-A thunder clap. Country time of rising—In dew time. “To be shaken before taken”—The ap ple on a lofty bough—Rambler. There is one place where busybodiea Seldom “stick their nose in,” and that is a hornet’s nest. —Danville Breeze. ,• “Every lassie has her laddie” To Whisper words of love,— But every lassie has a daddy To knock on the floor above I , v -“*Life. The proposed railroada‘’ jn ^ A^jfcaro- not likely to be overloaded will be a great W % DISCOVERY OF IRON ORE. A special from Meridian, Miss., says Enterprise, a town twenty miles 'south of this.place, on the Mobile and Ohio and; New Orleans and Northeastern railroad,is in a state of intense exeite'ment over, the discovery of iron. A negro who hud foriperly worked in the iron fields at Bir mingham was the first to make, thd'dis covery? , OPENING LETTERS. CTjtuies D. Loud, a lawyer of Mt V u ru oh. Ga., has been arrested at the in- .•!:uiee i'f Inspector Griffin, charged with taking letters Loin theposioffioedirected vo another with the 5mrp0.se of interfer ing with the eorres])pndenee and prying; into the secrets of the other person. The tase is 5K-nding'-bci'ore the United States coniinissioner. THEY CLOSED THE CONTRACT. DR. McGLYNN SUSPENDED. Ordered to Cease the Exercise of His Priestly Functions. The fact that Rev. Dr. Edward Mc- Glynn did not officiate at high mass at St. Stephen’s Chiirch, New York* last. Sunday morning, or again at vespers in She evening, did not excite remark among the?attendants at those services, as it has not been his custom to cele brate those services himself except at -Christmas or Easter. He has. left his nine assistant priests free to alternate in the celebration of mass, and consequently when the Rev. Benjamin O'Cuilaghan appeared as celebrant at high mass, prob ably not half a dozen 5>ersons i in the con gregation suspected that there was any special reason for the absencejof I> r. Me - Glynn. Yet there was, for Dr. McGlynn has. by order of Arebbisliop Corrigan, been suspended from saying mass or ex ercising any of the functions of a priest, and the Rev? Dr. James T. Curran is now acting, by appointment of, the same au thority, ns rector of 8t. Stephens. His connection, with the labor movement is tlie cause: given for his-suspension. The Montgomery, ’Ala,, Iron Works ha' ;e closed a contract to build and erect a new ice machine of a capacity of fifteen tons daily at tucost of fifteen thousand dollars, for the ice works. It is a home enter prise, and the largest contract ever let foi machinery to he manufactured and erect ed in Montgomery. COLLISION IN VIRGINIA, A collision occurred on the'Norfolk, and Western railroad, near Cripple. Creek Junction, Tuesday morning,where by two engines were wrecked and. one. ex ploded No lives were lost, but one; en gineer.. named S. J. Roberts,? was. wounded. Six freight ears were burned. Loss, $60,000. THE WILDE-HAYNE MONUMENT. THE BOSTON ELECTION. O’Brien, Democrat, is elected mayor ol Boston by a plurality of 4.068 and a ma jority over the Republican and Laboi candidates of 1,104. The major! tv in favor of license is 3,437. Lowell gives 5.84 majority for license and elects the mayor, and all tlie.iilderman. I George W. Childs has sent a contribu tion of five hundred dollars to James R, Randall, chairman, for the Hayne and Wilde memorial monuments to be erected in Augusta, Ga. Childs accompanies his gifts with » svmnatbetio srd patriotic letter. KILLED HIS SON-IN-LAW. E. L. Gaston, a prominent farmer of Chester county. S. O., shot and killed his son - in-law, W. E. Estes, Both lnid been- drinking, and became involved in A dis pute? Estes caught his father-iu-law around the waist and began choking him. Gaston drew his pistol and shot Estes through the heart, killing?him in stantly. ? J IMSIlBl THROUGH A TRESTLE. PASSING MONEY.: A passenger train on the Chapel Hill branch of the North Carolina railroad went through a trestle half a mile from Chapel Hill, last Wednesday: night. ‘ Six oi eight 5>eople were seriously; hurt, in cluding -Conductor Brown, Engineer May, Bridge Builder May,- and N. A. Stedman, of Raleigh. Nobody w:e? killed. | MINERAL LANDS BOOMING. A report 1 as pist been received of :tn- oth|r:^o, oUtwiiieral land on the line”of - the N tffpol k and I 'Vestern railroad near Kouuoke, \'a., amounling to $20,000. Tins makes. aii?iigga‘egate?o:f sales ol over afPpppg in the last two months. strict Court at ' lu the United I Now Orleans tkej Goldman, ehaigA €itic%iasing counter- ] felt United Sate!"';^ot^^'e|$j5ytl di6t?df ;g'uiitv pen- :iH -istabt less.j^^i^l^ars'at pal'd la- -agn WHOLESALE EVICTIONS IMMINENT, Wholesale evictions' are threatened/jn tire Staekpooie and Westrbpp estates in ivilkee, County Clare, Ireland. Tenants are preparing to resiftt^-^. FIYl Their Boat Overi; ing triWmbleTT'Steamer. While perfdrilling an aft of off j Iart tl*u 11*-*"™ 1 " Tfe-yoairy.-'ilfeMfe rti'c?bgrboc^ , '6r the - taemwelSra steamers, and four brave members of t! sells cre w lost their lives the other mS in the terrible storm of wind and blinct| sno^Jwhich swept the New Jersey coast. The Knickerbocker arrived at New York from New Orleans after a tempestuous voyage'of seven days. When the Five Fathom Lighthouse had been reached, which is 150 miles distant froth New York city and off the coast Of New Jersey, the lookout sighted a large schooner in the distance with the dis tress signal flying. First Officer Henry proposed, to fee Cap tain taatiheiv be to her relief. He prom ised to go himself, and asked that four, men of the crew be. detailed to accompany him. When the crew learned what was wanted four of the most experienced of the sailors vol- u nteered their services. With great difficulty and danger the lifeboat, which was a new one and of the most improved pattern, was lo wered. Officers and men jumped in and pulled away on their errand of mercy to the disabled schooner in the distance. Nearly an hour it took the boat to reach the schooner, and every now and then on her trip sho was lost to the breathless passengers and crew, Who were watching her from the steamer rocking in the trough of the sea.' At last the schooner was reached, She proved to .be the Mary D. Creamer, bound to Philadelphia. Her captain said that her rudder had broken, and that she was help less? She wanted to be towed to Philadel phia, " - - * " Those on board the Knickerbocker then saw Officer Henry take a line from the cruiser and saw the hoat’serew pull toward, the Knickerbocker. As the crew rowed away the line from the schooner was payed out, little by little. Finally, when about half the distance , had been accomplished, a wave like a mountain came and struck the lifa-boat.broadside.* . ' ? The towline parted in twain, the lifeboat capsized and her commanding officer and crew were seen struggling in the water. It seemed hours, but it was in reality only a few, minutes when the boat was righted and three of those struggling with the waves were seen to clamber into her. The other two were never-seen again. Again the boat proceeded laboriously on its journey.1 First officer Henry took the place of one of the sailors at the oars and pulled with the remnant of his crew. The passengers on the steamer saw him cease rowing once? He at that time lashed him self to the seat on which he sat The wind: still continued to blow the tre mendous gale, and the billows seemed higher than ever before. But on and on the boat came with a progress hardly perceptible until it was within easy hailing 'of the anx ious watchers pa the steamer’s decks. Then there rolled a threatening wave from the northwest, higher by far than any which had preceded it, and .struck the life boct a terrific blow. Once more she capsized, and tha three men could b.; distinctly Seen bat tling the waves: The next wave that came took the boat on its crest, and with tremendous force flung it against the hull Of the steamer. It was stove in in an instant and sunk out of sight. Scarcely had the life-boat gone to the bot tom when the body of; a man was seen float ing near the steamer’s side. It was that of First Officer Henry. Lines Were thrown and the remains were-hrought on deck.. They were put in the state-room he occupied in life, and were brought to the city. The bodies of the sailors were not found. PLEUR0-PNEUM0NIA, NatiVin.-vi Aid Invoked to Stamp Opt the Seattle Scourge, i• The Committee of the Consolidated Cattle Growers’ Association of the United States, appointed to prepare and present to Congress a . bill for the extirpation of conta gious pleuro-pneumonia and I like 1 dis eases among cattle, have been in con ference at Washington, with Members of Congress and government officials, j They have.perfected a bill, the leading features of whi-h propose tho appointment, by the Pres ident of a commission of three, to be men of executive ability, whose functions and pay are to'be suspended by the President when ever the public safety will permit and re stored whenever he deems necessary; the conferral on the Commission of ample powers to discover, (quarantine, appraise, slaughter, and pay for diseased and exposed cattle and to establish rules and regulations therefor, to have the force of law when approved by the President; the impositionof penalties for ob struction of officers or concealment of dis ease, an f, the power: to employ the best veterinary skill to bo found, with other needed assistants,- and to make necessary ex penditures. ,The bill‘calls for tbe ainrioDria- ticir-of $1,000,00?). 1 ?;.'. to, ■jh for jl on that? ^ odds.- Said a young doctor to a lady nr'" - “You must take exercise for-ieritf healtn,> my dear.” “All rie’ri,;- ??ht‘ said, “I’ll i jump at the first oiler.’’ They weiv mar-. Tied in about six months. They, call it a romantic marriage'll Minnesota when a couple of the neighbors get the bride’s father into ?a back room and sit on him to prevent his interrupt ing and breaking up the wedding. There are six poets in the British ' House of Lords. It is suspected that they were selected under the belief that 'their new positions would prevent them from writing poetry. —-Norristown Herald. She may be an angel at another times But you’d better keep^tili as a mouse, Unless you’re prepared for an old-fashioned ? row ... - ’" v- . j" When the time comes for cleaning up house. m 1 r —Merchant-Traveler. Dr. Gimlet returns empty-Kanded from a day’s hunting and, in response to his wife's inquiries, candidly ^confesses that he killed nothing. “Why,” retorts Mrs. G. slowly, “you could have done better than that had you stayed atohomi; and attended to your regular business.” —Imoell. Cilizen. “How high the bonnets are this fail i’i:fl Said Jack to pretty Nell; ‘•They’re high in shape, but that’s not all— They’re high in price as well.”? “Yes, Jack,” the maid replied, “that’s sg And then glanced. ufxaL.hjm> “But still you always stoop,, you know™ To get beneath the brim.” ' —Columbus Dispatch. The Polite Children of Norway. The village of Egersund beneath us pestles close to the bash of the hill as though frightened by the threatening bowlders all about, writes a correspond ent of the Boston lleml'J. The day is cloudy ; the wind is strong, but »trt un comfortably cold, and we sit in a shel tered nook arid write a letter to the home folks, or gather some ‘ of the wild flow ers, blooming luxuriantly everywhere. But a few drops of rain fall by and by, and we do riot wish to risk a wetting, 80j we descend leisurely to the town, and the way meet numbers of school chil dren. The boys politely doff their caps, while the girls shyly drop a demure cour tesy to the “Iuglisman,” for ail strangers are Olugnsmen” until known to be of another nation. The children have been well t. inghriin tbe school of good man ners, asfrill Norwegian children are, and recalled to our minds an incident that happened in a suburb of Hamburg, where the streets are only narrow lanes, twist ing in and out between the tiny red?tiled house- on the steep hillside. Down one of these byways we were walking slowly; when a little golden-haired Cretchen met*, us, and in the most winsome way held out her hand and greeted each one, not? saying a word, but very grave, And as if giving us a cordial welcome to the vil lage. Letter Mail Long Ago. le interesting PostMuseum at Berlin has lately received a noteworthy addition in tlie shape of a letter cover dating from last century. The letter was sept from "Philadelphia to the great grand-father; of the late possessor of the cover. q*he cover bears the postmarks of Pkilndel-., iiliia, London, Hague, Ajj that tlie evident date o|| 1789; terroi Tlitafe,.. I flve'^IKors—twelve_ v seMMi ienburg money, or eita pfennig otmodHg j|| Caiairt Brussels the* Bbrnburg. ragl ■e days was ■°no. The ■pen ^ r i ir^cannqj^fe, over iHissiomwas fflp In ■ A?