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>- 1 vT . - * : K ' " t ' ' " _ ? , ^ . WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JAMJAEY 23, 1884. ; ??? 1 ' % \ > CITY OF COLUMBUS I : A Tntal Wreck on Devil's ! Ridge Rocks. ...... I ONE HUNDKED LIVES LOST. i I > * \ The Steamer Goes Down in Ten Minutes. i ^ at.r. the boats swamped. One-third of the Passengers Women : and Children?Harrow!ns Scene* of the Fearftil Disaster?Only Twenty-three Saved ? The Captain's Statement?List of the Lost and Saved. Boston, Jan. 19.?The steamer City of Cchimbos, of the Savannah lice, sailed from this port at S o'clock Thursday night. Sho went ashore on Devil's reef, off Gray Head, Martha's vineyard, at S o'clock yesterday morning: and is rapidly breaking up. One hundred passengers were washed overboard ! and" drowned. Another Accon&c. New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 19.?The crew numbered forty five and the passenger list eighty. The revenue cutter Samuel Dexter arrived at New Bedford last evening with seventeen survivors, and sis are known to be [ J- <1 TT 3 auve at ursy xxhiuj.. Capt. Wright says he turned in after passing Woods' Hole, giving out a course west southwest, which would carry her out of Vineyard Sound.. .Two miles north of Gay ! Head he was awakened at 3:45 by tho vessel striking on a rock. She filled and sunk in tea minutes on the shoal and all her cabin work above deck went overboard almost im- : mediately. It was blowing very heavily from the west The life raft and four boats soon put away for the shore but their fate is not known. The fifth boat swamped before _ rmt /OpnT of the steamer and those on ; board were drowr^J. Many were washed overboard and some probably drowned in the wreck. All saved afterward were those who succeeded in getting into j the rigging. The life saving service boat came off in the morning and also the humane society boat, manned by citi- j zens of Gay Head. The latter took seven | persons on shore, one of whom is reported i to have died on landing. The Samuel Dex- ! ter brought here Capt. S. E. "Wright; Stew- ! ard A. F. Pitman, of Brooklyn; Porter A. { F. Briggs, of Boston; "Waiter Furber Han- j sen, of Boston; G. I. TV hitcomb, of Hud-! gpn; John L. Cook, of Portland; E. Me- j Garry, of Somerville,; H. "Weidman, of j Lawrence; T. R. Hammond, of Gouldsboro, J Me., passengers; John Madden and John j w Kifo rtf 'Roston. saamen: ? Water- 1 house, of BatL, Maine, passenger; ! Thos. Leary of Boston, fireman; F. W. Fair- I banks, of Gorbam, Me.; G. W. and EL W. j .of Townsead, Mass^ passeq^ers, r_ an? four others were rescued, but disd be- f for? getting on board the cutter. T?'eir j > corpses have been landed here. The life , savings boat remained by and assisted >the 1 cutter's boat in transferring the living to the revenue cutter. The following is a list of those carried ashore by the Humane society boat: Harry Collins, of Taunton, third engineer ; TVilliam JS. Paulding, of Boston, purser; Michael Kennedy, of St. Johns, N. F., waiter; Edward O'Brien, of St. Johns, waiter; John TTi -J> -o L runes, ui. wi Prince Edward Island, firemen, and one j passenger. i On the life boat were A. Morrison, of Bos- j ton; Chief Engineer Edward Fuller, of ; - Barnstable; Mate Augustus Harding, of Chatham; S.-cond Mate Murray, of j ' Boston; Fourth Engineer Fitzpatrick, of Philadelphia; "Waiter Sullivan, of Prince Edward's Island. It is not known who were in the four boats that got away from the ship. One I third of the passengers were women and J children, not one of whom was saved. A young man named Sargent, of Merri- ' mac, was KnocKea. on me jagguxg uy a i falling spar and lost. ! . .. Mayor Wilson, of New Bedford, toot < -j prompt measures to have the survivors j landed and mf^e comfortable. ' . The steamship had a moderate cargo of : miscellaneous freight. The wreck lies' 100 J yards inside Devil's Ridge buoy. The captain says the steamer drew twelve feet forward'and fifteen aft-, and was fifty yards outside the buoy when she. struck. If .this 1 is correct the buoy must then have been < driven in shore by the violence of the gale. riA resident of Martha's Vineyard reports j ; that there is no life saving station off Gay ] Head, and that the two boats that went to the wreck must have been the Humane so- , ciety's boats and one belonging to private , citizens. r / ; i The captai:: has told some that he does j sot think anybody could havo got away ; safely in the steamers boats. According to latest reports, of the 125 persons on board the City of Columbus only ten 1 passengers, all males, and fourteen officers 1 2id seamen escaped, making the total loss of lifelOL j ' Following is a list of those on board the ! ill fated steamer: OrncERS?Captain, S. E. Wright, of Bos- J ton;% nrst mate, Edward Fuller, of Barn- < s ijale; second mate, Allen Eldredge, of ! Chatham; boatswain, Philip Clark, of B<.s-?? ton; quartermaster, McDonald; en- ' gineer, Archibald Morrison, of Boston; see '' ocd engineer, Phillips; third engine<r, J Collins; purser, vv. u. spaiding, or Jtsc ?- | ton; steward, Pitman, of New York; 11 second steward, Howe. In the crjw I< were thirty-three seamen. I < Cabin Passengers.?W. W. Wright and i wife, of Boston; L. S. Hand and wife, of i j Beaton; T. K. Hale, produce dealer, of Bos- 1 ton; Levi Lawrence, George H. Kellcgg, j Dr. H. C. Bartlett and wife, Urs. Sbeane, ^ ^ r-\f vnrvtrtn l\fncc i AUOi */ JLV> V* tuvuw.w?*#^?v4.j -J , Mi?s Beach, Mrs. Giban, Osgar Ia;~iagi, i Turkish Coasul General in Boston; N. J. ] Morton, editor Boston Globe, H. Brosks, Mr. and Mrs. C. Rand and Master Rand, of Boston; Mrs. Slade, R B. Bilyea, wife and two children; Mrs, J. Atkinson, Mrs. L. Davis, Mrs. H. B. Kellogg, C. Richardson ; rand wife, ?. D. Hutchinson and wife, G. F. ; ' Kajnmond, S. Vance, Henry L. Batchelder j and wife, of Dorchester; C. O. James, J. A. a MefriH, Henry L. Daniels and wife, Mrs. | ' ' James-Beal, Miss Beal, Mrs. "Whitcomb, D. ; ' TV. J. H. Tibbets, T. A. May, John ' L. Cook, M, Sargent, EL Weidman, A. Cum- < misgs, N. D. Eaton, A. Chase and wife, H. s Jmm) - Vie ft 1 PintKam rvf T.rr?^ W i 1 j *-*wkw\?j ?x1 ,v ^ Tiftphnm, Thomas Hagan, G. R. Hammond, C. D. Bali C- P. Frost, Joe! Noursa, of j. Boston. Steseage Passexgeks?Anaie Kelly, Su- i1 sie Smith, G. E. Goddard, J. McCarty, E. I McCarty, G. Hins, P. "W. Fairbanks, H. "W. j I Parnsrrorth, G. W. Farnsworih, C. Griffin, i J T. E. Geddings, W. E. "Wright, August Pear- ; i son, J. R. Hebar, G. J. W4ritcomb, C. A. j "Willett, "Waterfcouse, Brown, j; Walker, ?rFossett. Total, forty ftve officers and crew and eighty-one pa singers. The revenue cutter Dexter has landed seventeen persons and sift dead bodies: , The City of Columbus -was built of iron, ; 2^200 tons burthen, and like her sister craft, |: tha_Gate Citr^_had the highest ratine for 11 twenty years. She was steered -by steam, and provided with electric-lights for navi~ - -?u?? gating tno savannan -rivei- m wguu. ub> I freight capacity was upwards-~of 4,000 bales I of cotton, and she had passenger accommo- j dations for 114 first class passengers and j sixty second class passengers. Her cabin ap- j point merits -vers "very- elaborate, being unsurpassed by any ocean steamer. She mad*; her first trip from Boston to Savannah Sept. j 14. I$s2. She was bought by tbe Savannah | line two years ago, and previously plied | between New York and Boston. The vessel was built in 1S7S by John, Roach & Son, of Chester, Pa.; rated A 1 j for 100 years; insured at lowest rates; worth i $300,000; insured for $259,000. of which | $1(30,000 is in English offices, $s0,000 in j * " A^A AAA ftiA T?ArfAn i American, ^,vw m mo . $20,000 by New York underwriters, $20,000 ; in the Great Western and So,000 in tbe CONDENSED NEWS. ZTIonday, January 14. XHe .Europeans ana uonsoaQi m aium??ui > have been notified to leave the city at once, j Southern competition fe said to be igerjous-1 ly affecting the outlook for New England j manufactures, Ice in New York harbor and in the East and North rivers is beginning to give se- j rious trouble. The nineteenth annual convention of the l bricklayers' union of the United States meets j in Chicago on the 14th. Rev. Heber Newton's course of lectures on the Bible has been discontinued at the re- : quest of Bishop Forter. The bark iSlmma was lose ana wuc cer fourteen lives off the Jersey coast in the I storm of Tuesday night last. A serious riot is reported among Italiap ! laborers at Erie, Pa. One man was shot I and killed and on? wounded badly. Some talk among Ohio democrats of pre- j sen ting tlio name of Allan G. Thunnan to the legislature for United States senator. Tuesday, January 15. For the present the higher rates on Sumatra tobacco will prevail The postal telegraph problem is occupy* ing much of the attention of congress. The trial of James Nutt is in progress ai Pittsburg. The defence is emotional insanity. ?* 3-1 XI. ~ T> JLDe scanuai m too i?mu wwv uo~> j suited in the separation of Prince Frederick Charles and his wife. The body of Charles Delmonico, missing since Jan. 5, was found on the Orange mountain, N. J., by two boys who were rabbit hunting. Thirty seven coal barges broke loose from : their landing at Pittsburg yesterday, and ; floated down the Ohio. Nineteen were recovered. Thomas Kinsella, editor of the Brooklyn ' Eagle, was reported sinking last night. Symptoms of pneumonia have become more pronounced. "Wednesday, January 16. James S. JNUtrs xnai, ior toe Kiumg 01 it. j Ts Duke's, began in Pittsburg yesterday. The attack on Bac Ninh is expected at j once; the Chinese are sending forward j troops. The senate will pass the greater part of the j week considering the executive session the j Mexican treaty. Mr. D. D. Field suggests that the New York court of appeals judges don the ju- j dciial ermine. There is every prospect of a deadlock in j the Kentucky legislature in tfie cnoice 01 a United States senator. . ? , A-fatal case of yellow fever Jiasjtiisepv* ered in New York city and the body was treated with corrosive sublimate. . i The Mississippi improvements and the protection of American meats are the two engrossing subjects in congress just now. The cause of the Berlin court scaidal ia ; the brutal treatment of Prince Frederick ! Charles. His wife will insist on a divorce. Thursday, January 17. Leon Abbett was inaugurated governor of New Jersey at Trenton yesterday. Henry B. Payne, was elected United States 1 senator from Ohio yesterday, without oppo-1 sition. John Eckert, a York, Pa., miller, was caught in the shafting of his mill and torn I to pieces. The molders of the Lebanon, Pa.; stov-f works have struck, owing to a wage r^"10* tion of ten per cent. By the derailing of a Texas ***^<5 train near "Weatherford, Tex, vo?cerday> thirty persons were injured. The balloting for p united States senator was resumed yesf-J-*t^a3r Annapolis in joint convention, b*6 iwu,j;. we,s>rn senator is authority for the siatauient that there is a deep laid scheme to talk the Mexican treaty to death. A slight fire took place among some waste pai>er in the New York produce exchange. It was extinguished by means of a chemical engine. Friday, January 18. The Ohio legislature has voted; down a resolution to investigate Payne's senatorial alection expenses. Gen. John B. Gordon publishes a letter defending his course in the Scott-Huntingdon railroad controversy. Cardinal Simeoni, in an interview in London, gives the results of the recent congress of American bishops at Rome. Mr. Stern, an American banker, has been j married to Mile. Sophie Croizette, of the! rvmwJia Prflncaise. in Paris. [ Mechanics' liens aggregating about $50,300 against the North River Construction company have been filed in Buffalo. The nephew of Lieut. CoL Sudeikin, who was wounded by the Nihilists when they assassinated his uncle, died in St. Petersburg. A fire at Canastota, N. Y., destroyed a large part of the business portion of the town. The losses aggregate upward of $70,XX)... It is understood that Mr. Morrison has v^mnleted his tariff bill, and will lay it be-! fore the Travs and means committee in a | few days. Amelia Olsen, a Norwegian seamstress, j iged nineteen, was found murdered yester- j iay on the prairie, near the outskirts of i Chicago. Dr. Fuller, family physician of the Nutt j family, testified in the trial in Pittsburg yes-1 lerday that he believed James Nutt to be ari ' imbecile. D. P. Hill, a dry goods dealer of Glen Gardner, N. J., is lying at the point of death j with two bullet holes in his head. He says [ he was shot by unknown menSaturday, January 19. The hammer shop of the Newark Steel i tias been destroyed by fire. Mr. Benjamin j &tha of the firm estimates the loss at J *10,000. The National Cane Growers association ; met at St Louis, when a number of papers ' were read by college professors and others on the cultivation of cane. It is stated that a perfect understanding J jxists between the sultan and Mr. Glad-! >tor.c alout extending Turkish authority on ' the western shore of the Red sea. Anthony J. Bleecker, oae of the best i known and oldest real estate dealers in New j York, died yesterday, after a lingering ill-1 a ess, at the age of eighty-five years. A "glass lockout" is looked for in Pitts- ! burg, as it is said the syndicate of glass j manufacturers refused to furnish a number | 3f firms in that city with imported glass. ' At the burning of the residence of Nicho- ; las Batz in China township, St. Clair county,? Mich., his daughter rushed back into the j house to recover some money and was j burned to death. Ex-Speaker Egan of the New Jersey as- ; sembly was sentenced in Newark yesterday ! to imprisonment at hard labor for one j month and $500 fine for an attempt at j briharv last winter. A NEWSPAPER .MAN'S i < Diagnosis of Recent Ohio Politi- , cal Events. TIio Sou or a Propliet Correctly Cast ing Political Horoscope?His *. Ideas of Ohio's Coming: Governor. ~f 1 New York, Jan. 17,?The Times' Clevo j land correspondent, priding himself on par j Uniiv divinations made a Year acr< in keeping liis paper au fait with the plot- tings :ad plannings of Ohio's politicians, j now repeats the dispatch containing hi* prophecies, among which were the, follow- , ing: Just one year ago, in commenting on th? St. Jackson celebration in this city, th< Times' correspondent telegraphed certain proph'ecies/ainong which appeared the fok; i ? * /fTTTL X. T? J TT J1_ J?JU. lowing: z x > uu^b , umu ? wv wi tbe next governor of Ohio and that Mr. I Pay. e desires to-secure Mr. Pendleton's se*f j in the senate, seems to be the . final conchj- J eion of a majority of the Ohio democrat^ j and state politics seem to be -shaping then:- j selves in that direction. The absence fl ! Mr. Pendleton from the recent cel(rj bration and the veiy evident manner in jwhich John G. Thompson kept himself ir} the background, give color to the charge thai I they will unite opposing the northern and j southern Ohio combination that means po-: Jitical death to them beyond resurrection.' A 'j close, bitter, and in some respects ugly fight j is inevitable, and the faction that wins will j be in command of the Ohio democracy for years to come. It will take all tho influence, management and money that the senator can command to prevent his defeat from degenerating into a rout" The dispatch also declared that Tbe Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Bookwalter fac-1 tion would rallv to the support of the Hoadly ! Payne combination. This was before Hoadly! bad announced his candidacy, and while 1 many newspapers were still charging that; the breach made between Hoadly and Payne j in the presidential convention of 1SS0 was j yet unhealed. Since then Hoadly has been I elected governor, Payne made senator by i the influences above enumerated and Pendleton and Thompson politically billed "beyond all resurrection;',' while the presence of Durbin Ward in the caucus alone prevented the senator's defeat from "degenerating into a rout" Thus has the first half of an ambitious programme been fulfilled. The second half is even far more reaching in its scope. The forces enumerated above, with those others that were in operation in Columbus during the recent contest, are to be applied nest to I the. making of Mr. Payne the democratic candidate for president. "* Despite the mnrmurings and the discontent in the democratic party of Ohio at present, the managers of this "triple alliance" of Cincinnati, Springfield and Cleveland, have no doubt that they can go into the national convention of next summer -with the Ohio delegation at their back. It is claimed that New York, West Virginia'and several other states can be counted upon to support the Ohio man, and the positive declaration that Payne, and Payne alone, will be able to carry Ohio in the preliminary contest of October next must have crreat weight in the final de-1 cisioD. If Payne should bo nominated and elected he would resign the. senatorship early next winter, thus following in the footsteps of Farfield, who owned a seat in the senate in which he never sat, - The present-legisla-*" tare,; whjpk; -?eHiQcj?fcie? ; jbe, called upon to fill the' vacancy, and Gov. Hoadly would be designated, by the president-elect as the fortunate man. This would dispose of any question of a second term, and John W. Bookwalter would become the gubernatorial candidate of the democratic party in the summer of 18S5. ' Glassmakers' Gloomy Onilo?^/*|! New Yore-, Jan. 18.?The nationatwm- | dow Glass Manufacturers' assc^*?tion and j the National Bottle and Via^^nnfacturers' association held privz^ meetings at tha Metropolitan hotel ^''Tuesday, Wednesday 1 and yesterday. final adjournment of the severs 7--ajeetiri?s kst night it was de- < tided E^ake any of the proceedings Dub^. ^ was learned this morning, how yver, from one or tue memoers, tnat iqq i price of glassware would be advanced generally ten per cent. All of the factories in the western states have been closed for some . months past, the men striking against a proposed reduction in their wages. At the meeting yesterday the western manufacturers agreed to continue receiving their customers and to send them to their eastern brothers, who will manufacture the goods and turn them over to the western men for delivery. .The goods will be manufactured for the western men almost as cheaply as they could do it in their own factories. This is the scheme proposed by which the strikers * will be defeated. The western factories are all closed and it is claimed will remain so until the men agree to accept the terms proposed by the manufacturers. The Sinfulness of Dancing:. Bbewsters, N. Y., Jan. IS.?This town is greatly agitated over the propriety of dancing. The Methodist church is one of the oldest churches> in the state. Its members have always* been pupils of the old school; 'holding' in ~abhorrence the many pleasures of the day which younger members sometimes indulge in. Recently the church became divided on the propriety of dancing. The pastor, Rev. H. W. Byrnes, laid down the law and warned his hearers to abide thereby. Then war broke out among the church members, and for a while fierce debates w6re the order of the day. Harry Van Scoy, a prominent business.man, accused the stewards of the church with improper conduct. Dr. J. Gr. Wood responded-to the accusations in public meetings. The trouble has been partially settled by the resignation of the leading steward,' William Roberts, and the pastor. The Spanish Cabinet Resigns. Madrid, Jan. 19.?King Alfonso has accepted in principle the resignation of the cabinet. The king has charged Sfenor Canovas del Castillo, a conservative, with the | task of effecting the formation of a cabinet. Tbe decision of the king to call the conservatives into power has caused a sensation. The formation of the new ministry has been completed. Admiral Anteguera takes the marine portfolio;, otherwise tbe cabinet is the same as was anticipated. Tbe new ministers took the oath of office last evening. Senor' Pidal y Mon, the new minister Df commerce and agriculture, is tbe leader Df the ultramontane party. Universal gladness is felt at the termination of the crisis. A Kara Avis. London, Jan. 19.?The marquis or JLansiowne has reduced the rents of thirty leaseholds in the county Kerry, which have produced an aggregate of ?994 per year, so that their total income is now only ?S1Q. He bad expended large sums for the drainige of this property, but faulty construction and the prevalence of heavy rains presented the drains from making the improvemeat which be expected. , ? Cremation in Portugal. 1 (St Paul Pioneer Press.] The cremationists have won a decided victory in Portugal. After a long and bitter fight between the advocates of the plan, led by physicians and scientists generally, and the opponents, who were chiefly priests, the government has decided -to make cremation optional with the people generally, and compulsory in all cases of death occurring in districts, infected with the plague. The government is said to favor a general cuiupiuaui v v/i^uiamvu iuh, i is restrained from making so radical a J change out of fear of the churohu " r^ASHiNSTON NEYtS. / ' s. > The Republican. Congressional Comp-aiitiec. i Washington*, Jau. 17.?The^ republican caucustested about an 'hour. Senatorjsct-1 munds pi>esid&dyend' S.' H/ Miller (Pa.) jjcted j as secretary.': :.. " .. ?* On taAaag-ih? chair Senator Edmpnds | congratulated'the party on the presen^po ; litical outfcok Trtrrckr he "considered better j in'the past fifteen years. .Senator Hoar offered resolutions fofthe appointment of a republican congressjferal j rv/NTvinrif+m* <rf- nris member "from each Sate ! . and- territory -having z-epresoafcafcion infcn- j gress. ~ The'resolutions" wero* unanimMsly adopted and the following- gentlemen afera named by their respective delegation'as members of "the committee: Senators Mn?er, of California; Allison, of Iwa; Hoa^of Massachusetts;-; Jones, of. Nevada; Biailjof j, New-.Hampshire ;"Sewell, of N. J.; Sa^er. f .of Wisconsin. Representatives Bisbe^of j, '^Florida^Davis, of Illinois; Ryan, of 22ansas.'Washburn; of Iowa; Teffords, of MffiLsJ., sippi;. Hiscock,~ of New York; O'Hara^Tof North Carolina1; McEjnIoy,"cf Ohio; Camp- | hell. of Pennsylvania: Mackey, South daro-1, lina; Stewart, of Vermont; Goff, of ^est! Virginia. Delegates : Raymond, of Dal&to; I, Singiser, of Idaho; Luna, of New Meaco, , end Brentz, of Washington Territory. Somo Of;the delegations' not being Jail withheld their nominations; and -will fend the names to the-secretary, who: will <x&] a meeting of the committee at tlio* 'Arlington hotel next Monday. . ? ???9 V Retaliation probable* } Washington, -Jan. 'IS.?The Townslend resolution, wnico. antnonzes me president to j prohibit the importation from foipign j , coontries of deletereous products, especially i from foreign countries which prohibit the i 1 importation cf American goods or prodicts,; ' was today the subject of a discussion >y a ; sub committee of the house committee 013 j commerce. The members of the sub bm- i 1 mittee, it is said, favor the passing of sujh a 3 measure, but it is thought that they -tviU \ modify the phraseology of the resolutionpnd also include among the foreign countries specified the republic of France. The Vub committee will probably report a substfcuU 1 for the bill at the next meeting of commifcee. ! ! ST" P Oar Alleged Navy. ..) I Washington, Jan. IS.?Secretary Chtad- ! ler reports that there are ninety-two vetseh j on the naval register. Of these twenty rare j built prior to the civil war, thirty-one dojing j the war, and forty-one since. The original I cost of the ninety-two vessels amounted tc } $40,706,612. The cost of the repairs at al] j the vessels aggregate $41,000,822, raking the total cost of the vessels $S1;907,434. The repairs, as the figures show, have exeedec} the original cost by $404,'210. J Campaign Funds. i J Washington, Jan. 17.?A circular Jated j Oct 4, New York city, Fifth Avenue iotel, ! and signed W. H. Hobbs, treasurer New j York state republican committee, baj been j presented to the clerks in the several dspart- j ments coming from that state, soliiting contributions to the campaign fund. Immigration. Washington, Jan. 17.?During the year ended Dec. 31,1S83, the total number )f immigrants arriving in the United States yraa 560,196, against 712,544 for the pre^oua year. . . . } HENRY VILLARD'S SUCCESSOR Mr, Robert Karris Elected Preafkmt ' VI *UC i* Wi a ?*v>uv? , *- ytfswYbxx/JaA'iter&ik^ea-;' brief and businesslike session of the directors of tbe Northern Pa<3te<? railroad "j company in the Mills' build-M?6'>""roa<^ street < The special committee ^wcently appointed to ? consider the questiozi of a successor to Mr. ( Henry-Viilo^a--as president of the company, ] nted"a report: - By a unanimous vote the report of th? 1 special committee was accepted, and Mr. ^ Harris was elected president of the company. Upon being informed of his election, ( Mr. Harris appeared before tho board and said: j "Gentlemen, I thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me. You may ( rest assured that I will discharge my duty to . the very best of my ability, and that my special aim shall be to promote the welfare of the Northern Pacific railroad company. I ( shall expect such counsel and assistance from my associates in the board as will en- . able me to'soe what is best to be done un der . all circumstances. I have great faith in the future cf your enterprise, for you have opened a highway across the continent for which you will receive tho thanks of future generations." Bold Robbers In Springfield. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 19.?Great excitement was caused in this city by a daring robbery committed in the office of County Treasurer Bridge, at 5:15 yesterday afternoon. At that time a respectable looking man, with greon goggles, stepped into the office and asked Mr. Bridge to change a five dollar bill, when two masked ruffians pounccd into the room and overpowered Mr. Bridge, bound and gagged him. After disposing of him they proceeded to ransack the vault, taking between $400 and $600 in monev. besides a great many checks and valuable sacurities. 1 This dona they looked Mr. Bridge Inside ] the room, 'pocketed the keys and cooly walked off. Tho polico were notified at 1 once but no trace of the robbers has yet ' been found. Mr. Bridge was considerably ' bruised about the head but otherwise is all right. j DORSEY'S DISCLAIMER. ????? 5 His Property Troubles Exaggerated? j Coming Back to the Senate. J Dejtver, Col,, Jan. IS.?A dispatch was recently published purporting to be from 1 the Hon. J. M. Walworth, of Omaba, concerning the troubles between Senator Dorsey and his partners and the litigation in- | volving property at Palo Blanco, Hex- < ico, amounting to $800,000. An Ameri- ( can Press correspondent interviewed Mr | Dorsey at the St. James last night and ob- i tained from him a denial as to the details of ( the report, but he said that he did take pos- ( session of the property and intended to hold 1 it He said that the report was altogether ( false and malicious, and emanated from a i brother of J. AL Walworth, whom he had 1 discharged from his service. Jtle also said that be would almost certainly be the first United States senator from New Mexico when that territory is admitted into the Union. He wishes it understood that he is not interested in politics, but simply attending to the b*siness of his ranch in New Mexico. Recruits for tlie Postal Telegraph. New York, Jan. 17.?A special from Washington to the Star says: The annoucement that the Western Union Telegraph company had abrogated its leases with the Chicago Inter Ocean 011 account of the publication in that jou-znal of Senator HilPs speech in favor of a postal telegraph system, was the subject of mucb comment. Several senators who have heretofore opposed the passage of a postal telegraph bill waited upon Senator Hill and assured him in sub stance tuat it tne oincers or cue w estern Union Telegraph company bad construed the publication of his speech as furnishing sufficient grounds for cutting off the telegraph facilities of that paper it was time for bait, 1 and that they would cheerfully aid him in 1 oassine bis bilL 1 A Bigamist Sentenced. ! PETERSBURG, Va., Jan. 17.?S. Harley, 1 tried in tbe county court of Notterway county on a charge of bigamy, one of his wives having been Miss Maggie AL Howard, ( of New Jersey, and the other Miss Lydia T. Everetts, of Baltimore, was found guilty i and sentenced to six years in the penifeu- 1 tiary. Amotion for a new trial wiVbe argued, :I. " I j 1 MURDER WILL OUT. ( 1' xno mystery surrounding kine Maybee Murder Solved. < : ] Edward Tappan Makes a Confession j ?Describing the Victims' Death, and Accusinshis Brother of the ( Crime?Both under Arrest. ] i Oyster Bay, Jan. 18.?Mr. Austin Cor- \ biHj. president of the Long Island railroad, ' finding that the futile efforts of the authori- ' ties to discover tho perpetrators of the May- j bee murder would amount to nothing the ? case . having been virtually dropped by t them, gave orders to Pinker ton's agency t and the regular detectives of the railroad y to spare no efforts or expense in bunting < down the murderer. A large force 5 of men has been at work ever since tho y murder^tmder Mr. Corbin'a directions, re pui img co mm dj wire ana xub.ii severu.1 times each day. The result has been the tin- j earthing of the criminals, one of whom maQo ^ a confession today, the most singular part) , of which is that the party implicated by th? t confession is John Tappan, the man ar- rested on suspicion of being implicated in ^ the Townsend outrage. ' Edmund S. Tappan is the name of the arrested man, and who made the confession. He is one of the parties who was arrested on ? suspicion of having committed the Maybee f murder, but was afterwards released. In i his confession he implicates his brother 1 John, and the authorities have arrested } them both. They were immediately j brought to the jail at Long Island s city, as it was feared that when it was learn- j 3d that Tappan had confessed an attempt j. would be made to lynch the prisoners. t -LliC CUbliO Ui bUU UUliU J,Ui wuw murderers has been borne by Mr. Corbin, in addition to the reward of ?500?a like ? amount being offered in the Townsend case. ^ Ibe following is the confession: I know who took the lives of Lydia and t Annie Maybee on the evening of November I he seventeenth. It was John B. Tappan, my brother. He was in the barn when Mrs. Maybee came in. I was not in the barn. I 1; jaw John go into the barn. He went in the I iouble doors. I was at the front side of the ^ iouse when he went in, feeding pigs, j When John choked the old lady to c leatk I was out in front of the . Darn. I saw him. Ho choked her to j ieath on the barn floor. He caught her by the waist with one hand and took her by :he throat with the other. I saw him do it. , [ was looking through the door; it was light ~ jnough for me to see in the stable when John lad her by the throat. She was on the 1( ground. When she came in for leaves John ^ ivas standing in the stable where the leaves "V were. It took from ten to fifteen minutes to I ihoko her to death. After she was dead John picked her up and laid her in the back stable. I saw him throw some leaves over "inw T wa c An +Viq Kot?r? Aaa* jci a. nao ooaijuui^ vuv uaxa uvvi) rci j g iear the opening of the door. I saw the s whole thing myself. After she was dead | fohn said: "lam going to wait for Annie and -r ;hoke her. If I choke her no one will know ibout it. Then I can go to the house aDd s jet money." Annie opened the barn door ibout two feet. When she stepped in at the 0 loor John grabbed her by the right arm and Ihrew her down. I was on the floor about P ihree feet from where he grabbed her. Ho p ;hrew her down on the floor, held her by the t fight wrist and put his kneo upon her left c inn, and with his right took her by the t Shroat She tried to get away from him. q iVben lie mught her.by..the arm she, gi^bbed e fe*rfMIIII llfTlli lilH lill-fniwr 'TtnT ^ aer nana close over nis nose and mouth. ? She said "Let me go." That is all she said. j. Ihen be hold her by the throat until she was jead. She died in about ten or fifteen min- , utes. He carried her into the stable near her mother, and covered her ? up with leaves, and said: "Now I am going ' to tho house." Wo both went in the kitchen ' 3oor. Old Mr. May bee said, 4'Who is e there'*" John said, "It's me," then went up stairs in Mrs. Maybee's room when Mr. May- C bee knocked on tho door. I stood by the 1: door; I saw him do it. Then John came t down stairs and went iu front of Maybee, a very close to the hall. He ran his hand up q and down Mr. Maybee's breast and said: "I want that gold watch you had two years ago." Maybee said: "I ain't got it I onrl aon'f caa frt rffif if W Irnatw ?ui u11uu auu v-uu w aw vv iv? a auuh that," said John. John then said: "I most t kill you then." Then be snatched the cane out of Maybee's hand and struck him with it ( twice on the head. John went upstairs again a and came back. Ho said: "I have all I ^ want." We then left tho house. He went : to the cedars by the spring and went home. j. I suppose he gave me ten dollars in bills. I , have it now, but not with me. 1 will bring it today if I can. John showed me the pin 1 and watch by the door outside. I could see ^ them. "I got them upstairs," he said. He c iid not tell me how much money he got. Ho 1 iid not tell me what he was going to do with the watch and pin. I do not know what bo t iid with them. I have not seen my brother I John since alone to this day and this hour, c [ saw him stand by the wagon house r it the Maybee auction when I was going up a ill west of my house alter dinner on my y ivay to work at Henry Rushmore's. That is s ihe only time I have seen him since the c aight the Maybee murder was committed. Alter John showed me the watch and pin I 1 went home by the old bridge. This was about a quarter to six, 1 know it wa3 not six c 5'clock. I am sure <>t it. My wife asked me ? where I had be:-:;, aud I told her down the t road. My wife does not know that I had a f land in the Maybee murder. C IN i m. . . i rr * ?. a worn 10 Dy jc-amunu o. zappen to Mai- i itead & Frost, unsolicited by him, believing c it to be my duty to make a complete con- s Eession in regard to tbe part I took in the g Maybee murder. c proposed Labor Legislation In Itfary- t land. ? Annapolis, Md., Jar.. 17.?Gov. McLane t aas sent a special message to the legislature S jn tbe labor question, accompanied by drafts t jf six bills, covering various branches of c ;he subject. The message reviews briefly i :he history of the labor agitation in England c md the general condition of workingmen. f Dne of the bills proposes to regulate the , lours of labor, allowing, however, special * contracts to be made with employers. Tbe lumber of hours is loft blank in the bill, but eight actual working hours, exclusive of 1 rime for dinner, is recommended. A second a .. ! i 1 s 31Ji proposes 10 repeal me present mw regu- ating the hours of employment of minors S mder sixteen years of age, and to enact a C aw prohibiting the employment of children t inder ten years of age ia any factory or s nanufacturing establishment, and regulates t lie hours cf labor of children under sixteen t md women employed in factories, limiting \ them to eight actual working hours, with' no s power of special contract. A third bill re- ^ ates to and provides for sanitary regulation s )f workshop? and manufacturing establish- ^ aents. The fourth legalizes trade, unions, provides for their formation, and defines the ? power of such organizations. The fifth do- 1 ines the meaning of the word "conspiracy'' I ,n connection with trade unions. The sixth ? provides for the establishment of a staU I fcireau of labor statiseics. S ( A Southern El Dorado, Augusta, Ga., Jan. IS.?A gold mine is t reported to have been discovered in Sevier j :ounty, Tenn., on the waters of the Little ? river,'near, the .North Carolina line. It is said to be .the richest gold mine ever discov- ' ared in that section. Recently there was , found in one panful of sand from sev- 1 mty to eighty per cent of gold, some of the 1 grains being as largo as wheat grains. The ] facilities for working are said to be good, * and all that is needed to develop the hidden ^ treasure is capital and lajxir. The ?ij? is located oa Uuyf formerly owned by Richard ? SgO'P"- . .... 41 ]? THE WORK OF THE SESSION. ACTS PASSED BTtTHE GEYEKAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE. An Act to amend Section 163 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relating to "location and names of voting precincts," and Acts amendatory Section 1. That Section 363 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, elating to "location and names of voting precincts," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 163. Hereifter at all general elections held in ;his State the same shall be conducted it the voting precincts which are hereIKa trni?iAnc> Jy ii WCU uy At111 tuo vaiivuo wuu;ies, cities and towns of this State, and ;he nnmber, location and names ? of ivhich said precincts for said counties :ities and towns-respectively, are and ;ball be as hereinafter designated; to vit: * * * * * * i-J In the coanty of Chester there shall i)e eleven voting' precincts, as follows:. Chester Conrthonse, Lowrvsville, Wishing Creek, Rossville, John Simpion's, Carmel Hill, J. E. * Wiley's itore, Landsford, Aurora Academy* Richbnrg and Nunnery's school-house. * * + - * f * In the county of Edgefield there ;ball be nineteen voting precincts,, as ollows: Edgefield Courthouse, Meetng street, Trapp's store, Pleasant jane, Haltiwanger's store, Johnston's, lolstein's Crossroads, Perry's Cross oads, Coleman's Crossroads, Talbert's itorp. Cheatham's store. Shaw's mill. toutwell's, Landrum's store, Libery Hill, Red Hill, Mouut Willing, iichardsonville and Trenton. In the county ot Fairfield there hall be ten voting precints, as follows: rVinnsboro', Monticello, Feasterville, fougnesville, Gladden's Grove, Durlam's, Ridgeway, Horeb Church, ilythewood and Bear Creek. ****** In the county of Pickens there shall >e ten voting precincts, as follows: Sasley Station, Central Station, Librty Station, Pickens Courthouse, )acusville, Pumpkintown, Eastatoe amp-ground, Elijah Hinkles, Hurri ane school-house and Cross Plains in Caslev Township. ? * * * * * In the county of Sumter there shall >e sixteen voting- precincts, as follows: iumter Courthouse, Statesburg, Provdence, Rafting Creek, BushviUe, Jannville, Bethel Crossroads, Mayesrille, Lynchburg, Shiloh, Concord, *rivateer, Manchester, Smithville, Vedgefield and Corbet's store. * * * * * * The word "precinct" in this chapter hall be construed to embrace an area ufficient to provide for holding elecions for members of Congress and 'residential doctors at different tations from those stations where elecr L.iJ / ~ J x i lous are neiu iui outus ami couuty fficers. Sec. 2 That whenever one polling ilace h?<y>een changed to another ilace in urc^same township, or where he name of the polling place has been hanged since the last general election, he registration of voters for the formr polling place shall be valid and ffectual^tor. ,theu%w. polling place 4irJ ional polling places or precincts have | >een established in the same township, >r where a new precinct has been esablished in a township which forrn:rly had none, it shall be the duty of he" supervisor of registration to change he certificates of registration of voters ;ntitlcd by proximity of residence to 'otft at such new nreeinet. reanirin?" in iverv case a surrender and cancelation of the former registration ccrificates, and requiring such evidence .s he may deem proper as to the right if the elector to such ehange. the mllitia laws. An Act to amend the Militia laws of he State. Section 1. That Section 326 of the General Statutes of South Carolina be .mended by adding thereto as follows: iVhen called upon as a military organzation to aid any civil officer in he execution of the Jaws or preservaion of the peace each member of the nilitia so engaged shall receive the um of one dollar and fifty cents per lav, to be drawn from the* State treasury by the adjutant and inspector-gen:ral oil a warrant drawn by the comproller-general, and disbursed by the paymaster of the regiment or captain tf any company not attached to a regi-: Dent! Sec. 2 The total number of compares in the militia service of the State hall not exceed one hundred. Each :ompauy which shall have maintained ts organization up to the standard retired by law for twelve months preceding the first day of October in any ear shall be entitled to receive from he State treasury an amount equal to our dollars ior eaca member 01 suuu .ompanv who appeared properly uniormed at the annual parade of the lompany for inspection t>y the adjutant tnd inspector-general. Such amount shall be paid 011 the warrant of the :omptroller-general, drawn in favor of be captain or commanding: officer of inch company, upon the certificate of he adjutant and inspector-general showing that such company has for welve months preceding the first day >f October of the then current year naintained its organization as afore;aid, and showing the number of oficers andjjmen paraded by the com-, )anv for inspection as hereinbefore jroTidcd, and naming the commandng officer entitled to receive the wartint as aforesaid: Provided, that if the iggregate number of the militia so inspected in all the companies in the State ihall exceed three thousand fivehun-j Ired, each company numbering thiry or more officers and men, inspected is aforesaid, shall receive one hundred md twenty dollars, and such addiional amount as it shall be entitled to il >V apportioning mc sum ux mu tuvuaud dollars among all officers and nen in the militia companies of the state exceeding thirty in each compaiv. And it shall be the duty of the idjutant and inspector-genral, before ssuing any certificate as hereinbefore provided, to file with the comptrollergeneral a statement showing the total lumber of companies in the militia ervice of the State and the number of )fficers and men in each company waded and inspected as hereinbefore provided; provided, that nothing in ,his section contained shall apply to the present fiscal year, and that "for the iaid fiscal year no further sum shall be ippropriated for the use of the militia >f this State than the sum of $10,000 ippropriated in the Act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary ex reuses of the State government ior uae iscal year coimnehcing November 1, L8S3. Sec. 3. That Section 361 be amended ;o as to read as follows: Staff officers shall be appointed by the commanders y / of the respective regiments, brigades and divisions, subject to the approval of the Governor, and shall continue in office until resignation or removal, i Sec. 4. There shall be a general uniform worn by the volunteer troops of this State, and for this purpose the adjutant and inspector-general shall appoint a commission consisting of himself and four members of the State I volunteer troops, who shall prescribe a i regulation uniform to be worn by the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates ot the State volunteer troops. Sec. o. That all Acts and parts ol Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. . ... lands forfeited for taxes. An Act to secnre the rights of persons having an interest in lands forfeited for taxes: Section 1. That whenever lands declared delinquent for the non-payment of taxes thereon havg beeai.?Q?1 maj: hereafter be ed laud list, and have been or may bereafter.be sold by the commissioners of the sinking fond, and doubts may arise as to the regularity of the proceedings nnder winch said lands.have .been or may be forfeited or sold, it shall or may be lawful for the purchaser of said lands, his heirs, devisees or assigns, to serve or cause to be served in the same mode that summons are served by law, a notice personally upon any possible former owner of said lands at the time they were assessed for taxation or declared delinquent, nnrl nn ,iTiv rversnn f?laimin.o- anv inter ?J a?J est therein, or any heirs, devisees or assigns of such owner or claimant, to show cause, on a day fixed, not less than twenty days after such service,, before the Judge of the Circuit in i which said lands may lie, or the presid ing Judge of the Circuit for the countv where such lands lie, why the title acquired or claimed by the State in said lands De not confirmed; and if at the hearing no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, or if there be no return, the Judge hearing the same shall decree that the title to the said lands has vested in the State of South Carolina, her assigns, which decree, subject to appeal therefrom, shall be a final adjudication of and a bar against all claims to said lands cn the the part of the persons served with such notice. Bnt if at the hearing of said return the party served with such notice shall show sufficient cause to the contrary and shall forthwith pay to the treasnrer of the State in which said lands lie all State, county, school and municipal taxes due by and charged against said lands, with all penalties and costs thereon, then the Judge hearing the return shall set aside all proceedings by which the said lands are declared forfeited and the county auditor shall -nl OrtA AM tllfl fov lief I aoiu iauuc VU iUO 11UV JL. A v vided, that either party at such hearing can require that a jury pass on any issue of feet involved therein. Section 2. The county treasurer receiving such taxes shall pay overall taxes, penalties and costs to the raunicpality entitled thereto. How Certain Change Color [New^Topk Son,] "Is ^the change a physiological idea s^n^roingit^^^^i^'rst'p23e| we know that many animals change their color at a moments notice, especially fishes and reptiles. Among the former the stickleback, perch, serranus and dolphin are the most remarkable. iii many this change, is evidently made at the option of the fish. This is also true of-the reptiles, and now for the explanation. Here is a microscopical section of a frog's skin. You see it consists of two distinct portions, thfi enidermis and the cutis. The for mer is made up of cells, while the latter contains nerves, fibres, and cavities for cell elements. These cells are filled with, pigment or coloring matter, and are known as chromatophoses, and to their contraction and expansion is due the coloring of various animals, for all, from man down, have them, differing .in color in different individuals and in various parts of the body. Different colors or degrees of intensity seem to cause a contraction or expansion of the cells. Thus, in the gobins, the pigment cells, that are yellow when distended, assnmAfln orancft-eolored hue "when con tracted, and the orange or red cells when shrunk become brown or black, as the case may be. Now, when a fish that habitually lives on a white bottom passes on to a black one the change is conveyed by the eye to the brain, and telegraphed, so to speak, to the pigment cells by way of what are called the sympathetic nerves, and the change is produced. "How do we know this ? By watching a blind fish pass from one colored ground to another. In sach a case there is no change at alL The eye is the medium, yet there is probably no intelligent appreciation on the part of the animal that the change has been made. The experiments with the sympathetic nerves are very remarkable. By cutting one a fish has been shown spotted on one side and striped on the other, and. in fact, the coloring is at the will of the skilled anatomist. The anolis, our common southern lizard, that seems to take the place of the chameleon, is the most, wonderful in its power of changing color, adapting itself to a variety of hues." Xever Joke If You Would be Great. [Washington Critic.] When The Toledo Telegram says that "if S. S. Cox had never made a joke he might be the next speaker of the house," it is only putting in sententious form which is heard in many forms all about Washington every hour nowadays. Why is it that a man who adds to great power and clearness in the discussion of great questions the abilitv to amuse as he goes along should be so underrated by the public? It is a singular fact, but fact it is, and always has been. Tom Corwin was probably the greatest man Ohio ever produced, but because he could amuse as well as instruct he was always sneered at by the o-wls of politics as a "joker." It took two elections and a martyr's grave to give Abraham Lincoln any other reputation lhan that of a joker and story teller. When Oliver P. Morton was starting in 1856 upon that wonderful career tnat made him one of the most conspicuous figures of the war period, he commenced by seeking to enliven that extraordinary logical eloquence (if- such a term is admissible) possessed by him iri such great degree by anecdote and witj j ticism. He had a happy turn that way. j At Terre Haute, after a brilliant effort j that commended itsel?to his followers, ! a venerable and famous politician took j me youxig watuc w t>aa&. "Young-man, if you. want to.be rsgarded.as^^reat man, atgreatf-leader, neyeri^a'^fo^j^ney^^utter * GHOSTS EXPLAfiMED; ' J ' .. . Beiulias By t Monkey-- Straaxe AMI Animals, Etc. [Cincinnati Enqujwf,] " Well, - gentieo&ti,? said * ^pg Haired, wasted-out individual or,tee public landing to a; grotrp of idlers, "Hi be <iogged if I didn't; .?te right through this yer war, got:Starved, shot, hunted like a coon for five years, bat I never got so scarifas X did last evenin'. It happened over ysncfer,*' pointing over the river. 'Tve been him' ole man Watson-aencethe yrsx, and last night he np and lit out. T&g, and the ole woman eaime np to Re house and says: 'Maraa, Uaole Alices dead, aho\ an' dere'a a guardin'angel, fcaagin' right over him/ and notour woma oo dot j. # j&. annstgo down. Well, I went,andTm dogged, gentlemen, when Jtodtalook through that there wiode^S^felt a w jjpffljf Ewivm? "aged to; Bwyflw the ole man black. - on the white sheets, and .over him hnng a kind of ?lond of fire, wavin'ihis way andrtha^ jnat liie as if some spirit was a-h avatar ronad. I had an engsgtinegt afcoot that-time sharps and l&oot; but I?gi a doctor, and he said- it was nothin.' out o' oommon; phosphorescence, he called ? bnt IH be dogged if it didn't lift ine in a weak spot" . "Are such lights common"?* asked an T^nfmfroT man wtw* Jiiul K&on a. to the above, of a prominent practitioner. "Yes," was the reply, "and all the ghosts, phantoms, spirits and so on come from these very natural causes, though it is almost impossible to explain them to stroerstitioqg. people. Floating lights about dead bodies are very common, butonly.in rareinstances has its appearance been notified in connection with the Hying liigher' animals. *It would be? extremely difficult," continued the physician, "to explain the many, curious, lights ...that flash across the linft of vision. In total darVriftM the most gorgeous scenes can be Been by closing the eyes and pressing them with the fingers. Fire-balls, streams of light, specks ^aad-staraof the most brilMtit bine, come aard.. go, fade and reappear, .. changing from J> bine to yellow and green. These curions lights are also obmmrajiyinptoms of troubles affecting thefadners, and in typhus iever they often-appear ta be on the.bed cloth?* or f^raitore^aad the patient will at.timea jendcaypg to pnsb them away. .. When the optic jnerye is cut a great nam or ogzrc-appears; au electric eurrent^prodfceijf tha same effect?an experiment easily J&ed by placing a pi^jafr^irer-aad a piece of zinc ngon the iflsideljf eacb.cfcetk, and connecting them by ,a silfw wire outside of the month.. ^?he 'jaiht seen is similar to that witnessed recipient. of a black eye at the very momgftt of conjunction. Ths.^ar?are.not Jew nhtil a few seconds a|ter.thejbJow. Phi 686 <3t^ ^lkd by scientiste^^Eter, - fSrlinjs ^cdJ^jort. Renigef, the nat^ajistj face strong thepeavei Hefired and brought^down ? monkey, and, as it vraa only wounded, he later made some interesting experiments ivjtti it, proving conclusively thai the light was purely phosphorescent. In & dark room the eyes of this creature blazed-with .such intense brillianoy &at th^j;Qlumined objects within six inches, of 'them, and print cOnltf be read?a most remarkable spectacle. Bartholin, .a distinguished znan of . his time, has- recorded a? eqflplly infeaeatipg case, of an ltaliap lady, whoffiT&b gflls mttlier splendens, wljo suddftfly discovered that by r^btfmgr her body witha linen cloth in the dark* it gave out a brilliafi&phoephoresce^t ligjit, so that she ap$>eared in a da*?ened\room E&e a veritable firebody, "mghtesing her servant so that she fled from her, speecwees and amatementy .trnftfrmfr fat mittray ^^>ciD^oa?aaa?d. ... ^ ^ dfeol^ln. Dr. ^Mj0K states that 1** ^ oas ap|>^ran<5^. proc^^^-froi? hfjhead; uTa diagonal difecia<m. r. She wif at the time'in a half recumbent position and perfectly tranquil/ TEa light vrm pale as the moorv out .evident to the observers who werew&tcbipg over her. One thought at flrfiit that it was lightning, but they 'shortly afterward fancied they noticed a sort^of tremulous glimmer playing around thehead of the bed. They then remembered reading riofniifl having fvMtt ah. served previous to dissolution, andjaad lights brought into the room, fearing the patient might observe- ft." A stubbed, farmer, who had come to market with a4oad^?f potatoes, entered ^ a restaurant near the <^t?afmarket, and called fora dozen oysters on the half-shell. .A couple of jo&ersJiappened to be in the pla^e, and# srojle ode attracted the farmer's attention tor a up* raent, the other dropped *4?ill0t itfto one of the oyster sheUa-Iha man gulped dswn one after -aaother, TjntO. ' he got the one with the trallet m his montk^talmly aadqm^3y ha^it he removed it from Ida month' a?id torosd to the light. "By George! hut itfs a bullet F cried one of the meru "Probably shot into the oyster to kill him," added the other. "Well, thatisa mystery,* said the man behind the oonnter? . i . "Gentlemen, that's nomy^ry to??," replied the farmer, as be d$w?te$ the ball in his ?est.pocket. tettia of Fair Oaks,over twenfer.-y/8*? ago, I was hit in the leg by that very ballet Tf.'a Wn a Tmnff fima ttntlrftliir tin hut she's here at last, an&T?Il;hav6;ifc' hnng to my watch chain if it oosts- $5. Klaalns 3tea. [New YorkMercoiyJ The Etissian men kiss eaM ofche* o? Easter mora,-and the L*?in step-on any occasion when seized wi&. #$pa?a of friendship or affection.. Iiis nausea! A_ XI *' 1/ XV _ .mg. v/ii but) euwjf vi uw uimuwu crown prince into Madrid, Alfonso kissed Fritz and Fritz .lapsed Alfonso. It was in keepingwiih the Latin, practice that the Spanish- king ahoaM salute the. heir of the throne of Germany, but Fritz was inexcusable. The Teuton race was supposed to hare evolred out of that sort of kissing..which is an exhibition of weakness; better called Hiss Nancyism... Alaace and .Itorraine are not likely tobe retired by a baeer of men. ~ , +4