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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1883. NO. 13. VOLUME XXVIII.
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THE ERRAND.
What she said ftt home:
"The color of your mustache," said she,
" Is just the same shade as my hair!
So, please go down to the store for me,
And purchase a net for me there."
What the shop prl said:
" You wanted a net like your mustache? i
Oh, yes. Your idea I get."
And then to the window she went with a dash i
And brought an?invisible net.
-Wc.
ANNEXED BY THE TSAR- j
He was a huge clog, an-1 he stood by ;
the kennel in old Dr. Gorham's back j
I yard in an attitude of deep medita-'
tion. There was one subject for dog- j
thought lying light before him, and |
another lay only a yard or so beyond
the tirst.
The one was an empty "muzzle-'j
that lay upon the grass, close by a j
couple of well-picked bones. The sec- j!
ond was an equally empty steel collar,j
with a strong chain attached. The j j
end of the chain was hooked into a
staple at the side of the kennel door. ]
Tsar was a dog to look twice at.
His father had been a Siberian blood- ,
hound and his mother an Knglish mas- ,
i-. tiff, and Dr. Uorham would have !
tru-te.l him to pull down a wild bull
or to ring a church bell, if he coul l ]
once hae seized with his massive j
jaws the no>e of tiie one or the ring- ,
ing-rope of the other. j
Tsar made no audible remarks, but
there was no dilliculty at all in divining
his meditations. 1
"Thov liii v.. foil mo nn linur before
sundown, for some reason, an I now
they've gone off and neglected me. X<> ,
muzzle, no chain, no master around,
and all the cou. try left open tome. J
It is a s-tate of ;iffa'rs to which I am
not accustomed at tiiis time of day. ,
If theie were another hone with meat
on it, I'd know exactly what to do."
He put out a great paw and turned (
the muzzle over. Then he walked for- ^
ward and smelled of the helpless col
M lar. Tnen.ne peere i soiemniy mu> me (
KB kennel. There was a mystery about ;
B the whole matter, and it seemed to .
B suggest a visit to the front gate. J
B That, too, was wide open, as a witness
B to the haste iequ red by the summons ,
SB of the last patient, and Tsar coul i '
H ^ _ Jheiefore walk out an ! look up and
B**^^"'&infrrtfrtr*4i^lv road for an ex plana- ]
tion of his ow'n- ?w. lie could not j
B see any, at fir t, for there was nothing .
H to be learned from a Hock of geese, j
KB three hens and one stray calf. The
M very pig that was rooting under tlie (
BR walnut tree i aid him no manner of at- 1
B tention.
B Tsar shrugged his broad shoulders r
9) to make sure about the collar, pawed
his nose for a moment in memory of
^B his muzzle, and turned for a look at
Br the gate. There it was, with a very
HT dingy .old tin sign on one post, whose
lilUtU JCLlCfS ICilU. 1JI. AIOUC1 Viui- I |
ham," and with a very new sign on the .
other post, whose bright, fresh gilding
announced * Dr. Ileber Gorham, Jr.," .
as also ready for patients.
Tha. was all right, and it occurred
to Tsar that a walk would be good for '
his health. lie acted on the suggestion 1
promptly enough, but with dignity, as
became a dog of his size; and no voice *
from the house rec lied him as he *
marched away down the road toward j
the sea. A sniff 01 s:dt air would be J
just the thing for his digestion after 1
the hea-ty dinner he had eaten at the j
kenn.l.
The sun wasgetting very low toward 1
I the horizon, and yet, away down there [
on the rock at the liea I of the cove a
curly-heade t young lady of nineteen Jc
or thereabouts was still seated, bend-! *
ing over a portfolio spread across her |1
lap. From time to time she cast j
anxious glances from the lims she
traced upon the green sheet of bristul
board under her hand to the more and *
more shadowy island out there in the 1
mouth of the cove.
"That will do," she said. "It looks j
bigger than the boat, now, but it isn't j big
mi.ugh lor a tree. I must make t
the tree smaller; the cow's back, too? |
it's half as 1. ng as the island. There ! 1
is always something dreadful the mat- j'
ter with my waves." Mie worked at j j
l the waves for a few minutes. "If 111
L had time, I'd try to put in the sunset, t
P jDear me, how late it is ! It will be
almost dark when I get home. It gets t
dark so quickly nowadays after it
once begins." ]
She arose a little hastily, but she 1
oravft the island a very lone last look a; |'
I she closed her portfolio?long enough I
for a bystander to have read her name, j <
in gilt letters, on the leather cover? j (
"Percie Lee." JJut no one was there I
to real, lor a lonelier sjsot thau that t
would be hard to iind, however well |
adapted it might be for the making of .
marine sketches. ,,
Percie was in the road in half amin- ;
ute more, and she could but see that I
- the shadows were lengthening rapidly, i |
She reflected: "It is lonely lor a little ,
way beyond Dr. Gorham's, but I won't I ^
mind it fr m that to the village. I do I (
hope I shall not meet Ileber (Jorham. j,
I will not speak to him, if I do. I i.
won't even s e him. He has not | j
called s!nte he came ba' k from Europe j
and 1 hope he never will. I detest ,
him."
She said it with needle s energy, and ;,
then she beg.m to walk briskly onward.
She tried hard, too, to persuade ;
herself that she was only wondering
whether, in her sketch, she had made j
the horns of thecow bear a proper proportion
to tiie upper branches of the |,
tree on the ia'and. She was really ai- ,
most think rig .-inoerely about the cow,
and the cow alone, when she suddenly |
PBI3 felt eaiie.i upon u> exciaim:
*' Oh, that
To be sure, that dog. Tsar vas on j
the other side of t! f r ad and he did 1
( not seem to be taking any particular
notice of her, but thus 1'ercie truly reB^^P^ynarked
ofhim:
HV " lie isl^yCectlj enormous!"
She forgot ailmnfTFe cow in an in- i
Hfl stant, but she did not speak her opin-|
Bp ion directly to the dog. Neither did J
M| she think of sketching him, although
flBH he was certainly worth it. ^he seemed
hardly to care to look at him.
Tsar, on his part, hal taken a good !
look at 1'ercie Lee. lie was not mis-1
taken about her for one momt nt."
" Very nice girl. Well dressed.
Pretty, too; but she's out late. Most J
likely her family are friends of Dr. j
IGortiani. I must have an eye on that j
young lady, it is getting dark."
That eye wa> what startled I'ercie |
fo dread ully a mo:u< nt later; for she |
happened to look behin I her, and there i
: was that va-t creature sofemnly stalk-j
ing after her.
"He is following me!" she exclaimed.
Not a doubt of it, and the fact that
he stopped or went on just a> she did
hardly seemed to help the matter. It,
was getting darker and more shadowy
? evejyupoment, ami IVrcie would have :
alrrro t willing to run, if she had
not feared that if she did the dogj
would run too. lie appeared larger!
and larger ev< ry fme she glanced be-|
hind her, until .-he was afraid to Jook [
again, and her breathing grew a little j
: hurried.
? Vni dv's anv business to have such
a dog!" ^he gasped in a whisper. " It's j
HI " She seems to be scared about some-'
thing," thought Tsar. "Girls are apt j
to be timid. Ah, I see! It's those [
^ j ragged ras als coming down the road, j
MM 'Villainou -looking vagabonds. If;
there is anything in this worl 1 that I
H - Late, it is a tramp."
This ,-s a universal sentiment among
dogs of Tsar's social standing; but
the three ruffians who were now ap
preaching were either ignorant of
Hi that fact, or did not know that such a
I I dog was so very near.
" Dreadful men!" had been the un
I spoken thought in the mind of Fercie
Lee, and it *as followed by a doubt as
1Kb
to whether she should ever again da
t > come down to the cove.
" I must sketch tbe island." she
said, " but I will come in the forenoon."
The thive men were walking abreast
now, and they were plainly determined
not to turn to the right hand or the
left for 1'ercii' Lee, She hai just time
to grasp that terril>le idea and to feel
her heart jump, when one of them
actually spoke to her.
She never knew what he said, and
ner oniy reply, as sue reireuteu a wn
steps, was an altogether unintended
little scream. It was not a loud one,
anil there was mere surprise in it than
lear, but it was followed by remarkable
consequences.
Tsar had quickened his lordly \ ace
lull twenty seconds earlier, and for
some reason of his own he had advanced
a little under the shadow of thi
fence: but his eyes had not wandered
from the human beings in the roa 1
b.-fore him. His head and tail were
raised a trifle, and there was a very
peculiar expression on his broad, hairy
face. There was no love of tramps in
it at a'l.
" Oli, now, we hain't hurt you. You
needn't squall."
That was what the second of those
three ruffians began to say, when an
;iwlul, wrathful. roaring growl, as of
warning, sounded from some deepjawed
cavern among the shadows at
the right of Percie Lee. It was i'oll
wed, in one long, elastic, power-expressing
bound, by a huge dark form
that in one second was crouching in
front of her.
The first and second tramp upset
the third, and tumbled oyer him, so
<uddea was the retreat they made,
w hile Tsar, for their special benefit
md more at length, repeated his
gjrowl, with a supplementary snarl
Dliat sounded fearfully like the announcement
of another spring fortvard.
The remarks made by all of those
t'l'lgciUOUUS, <U> tiicj r>i;i aiiiuicvi. n; tutu
Tect, were in a manner complimentary
to Tsar, although not intended to be so.
1'ercie Lee stood behind her protector,
and she could not see. as they
lid, the white rows of gleaming teeth
i .d the fierce gre n light in the
threatening eyes. She could perfectly
understand, however, that there was
in enormous amount of very good
log between her and any further approach
to rutlianly insolence. She was
ilmost astonished at the sudden feeing
of security which came upon her
md at the entire eas" with which she
ji gan to breathe again.
Tsar di<l not snrincr. lie did but
:rotich in that picturesque attitude
intil the nearest tramp was fifty
ranis away, on a steady run; and then
le stood erect, sending af;er his enenies
one deep, sonorous "woof-oof,"
;o keep them company.
"Good dcg ! good fellow I"
" Ur-r-r-r,'" was tV gentle response
)f Tsar, and lie even wagged his tail,
noderately, but he did not condescend
:o look around, lie walked slowly on
ip the road, and it was now Percie's
;urn to follow him.
"I do not think I had better leave
ier," said IVar to himself; " not even
,vhen we get to our house."
It was not until they had reached
,he turn of the road, away beyond Dr. J
iorham's, that lie at l;ist stood still.
Percie wished very much to j at him,
jut she could hardly muster courage,
md while she was hesitating thero
:ame a sound of wheels, and a light
mggy pulled up in the middle of the
oad.
" Dr. Gorham!"
"Fercie Lee! Is that you? I de- !
:lare! Miss Lee?and that big brute |
?it's all my fault. Did he scare you i
liuch. Percie?Miss Lee?"
" Is it your dog, Ileber?doctor?" j
"Tsar ! Come here, sir!"
# "(>h. doctor, don't scold him. lie
las been taking care of me. There
vere three of them."
" Dogs, Miss Lee?"
"No, sir, tramp--. Dreadful-looking j
?they spoke?he is a splendid dog; I
jeautiful."
"He? Ah?weU?it's a good thing i
le didn't take hold of one of them,
rhere'd been a line surgical case pre- i
wed for me in no time. But how '
lid he happen to be out? I'n nuzzled,
oo. I remember, now. All my fault." j
"I guess he must have l>ecjnleft out ;
o take care of me, doc-tor."
"Ain't I glad of it, though? Xowt !
Miss Lee, you must step right into my j
mggy, and let me carry you home, j
fsar, go home, sir!"
lie turned to obey, but a small, J
a liit e hand was on his hoad as he j
lid so.
"(!ood dog, Tsar; thank you, sir." j
It was odd, indeed, but something in :
;!iat remark seemed aimed at the dog; \
ind it must have hit him, too, by the !
proud way of his walking off; but
>o:ne of it went further. The young
physician assisted Percie into the j
uuggy, and drove away; and it was j
]uite a distance around the corner of
the main road that they passed adiinly
Jiscernible and quite breathless group
that leaned against a fence. Nobody 1
going by in a buggy could have heard 1
them mutter:
" Tell ye what, boys, that was the j
Eiwfulest'dog I ever seen."
"Guess we won't try that there road j
agin to-night. He's loose."
"All them sort o' dogs has got to be
killed off, or the roads won't b<* 3afe."
""Perhaps, but at that moment Tsar
was re-entering his own yard, for he
went straight back to his quarters. lie
stood for a moment turning over his
errmtv muzzle with his paw and then
r "v
lay heavily down. lie thought he understood
the entire matter now.
" Ileber (iorhain knew that that
young lady would be in need of rae.
It's all right, but I doubt if I did my
wh?>le duty. Unmuzzled, too. A lost
opportunity!"
As to the tramps, yes, but not as to
all othei parts of his performance, lie
never knew how it afterward caine to
pass, but before long he discovered
that he had formed a ha!'it of going
down to the cove with Percie Lee, to
see her take sketches of islands, trees,
waves, cows and other matters and
things, and of remaining until Ileber
(iorham, Jr., M. 1>., came to take his
place, with or without a buggy. lie
failed fully to understand the business
until another sort of day arrived, when
he found himself called upon to attend
a wedding, by special invitation of
Percie Lee ; and then to recognize her
uu a nprmanent addition to his own
household at the old Clorham homestead.
He agreed to it. He had liked
that young woman from the first time,
he saw her. And so, to tell the truth,
had his master.? It'. />. Stoddard,
in Atlantic Monthly.
Wasp and Spider.
Seth Green, the great fish culturist,
says one morning when he was watching
a spider's nest, a wasp alighted
within an inch or two of the nest, on
the opposite side of the opening.
Creeping noiselessly around toward
the entrance of the nest, the wasp
stopped a little short of it and for a
moment remained perfectly quiet in
her web. Thin reaching out one of
his antenna he wriggled it before the
opening and withdrew it. This overi
l._ I .n,l olTor.t f,ir thttllOSS
uuu nit; uqiui/u buwx.v
of the nest, as large a spider as one ordinarily
sees, came out to see what
new victim lie L id caught. No sooner
had the spider emerged to the point at
wh'ch he was at worst disadvantage
than the wasp, with a quick movement,
thrust his sting into the body of
his foe, killing him easily and almost
instantly. The experiment was repeated
on the part of the wasp, and
when there was no response from the
inside he became satisfied, probably,
that he held the fort. At all events,
he proceeded to enter the nest and
slaughter the young spiders, who were
afterward lugged off one at a time.
A STRANGE MURDER TRIAL
A YOUNG ENGLISHMAN'S DOWNFALL
IN PLOBISA.
Arrested for the Murder of a M|?er?-An
I'nexperted Wltnew?A Drop of Blood
and n Ucd Huir.
Archibald W. Xewton, a young man
who belongs to a wealthy family which
stands high in England, has recently
been convicted in Orange county, Flor
i ida. of Hie murder of Samuel .McMil- j
' lan. Th" case was sensational, and j
when the jury brought in the verdict,
' We lind the prisoner guilty as charged
in the indictment," there was much |
excitement in the court-room. Jn the |
spring of 1881 Newton appeared at :
>anl'ord, Florida. He was a youth of {
tine appearance and pleasing manners, i
was popular at lirst, but his good repu- |
tat:< n was soon blasted. There were
reasons to suspect him of forgeries, j
and then ca-i.e news that he had left j
Kngianil because of an assault upon j
Miss Fully liowron. Subsequently he I
sent money to England for Kate liow- j
ron, a sister of his alleged victim, and, j
meeting her in New York, married i
her. and the coude returned to Crystal I
Lake, Orange county.
While this was going on another
topic of suspicion presented itself.
There lived in Orange county, near
Crystal I.ake, a man named Samuel
McMillan, who bore th * reputation oL'
being a miser, and was supposed to
carry a large .>uiu of money on his person.*
On Saturday evening, September
oO, McMillan was last :cen alive
half an hour after sunset in company
with Newton. lie never ret.nnel to
his home, and on October 17 h } head
less oooy w;is umiia m v i^aiai aan.o.
partly consumed by fishes. Aroun.l
the waist was a rope, to which was suspended
a sack, in which was found an
iron pot lull of nails. A few days
later the head of the murdered man
was found near the same spot, and a
bull -t-hole was discovered in the back
of his skull. On the brains being removed
a bullet dropped out, which appeared
to lit exactly a pistol Newton
had borrowed from a neighbor named
True.
About that time Newton became
flush ol' fund*. He said that his wife's
brother, .lames Howron, had sent him
$2"?,0W with whi'-h to buy an orange
grove on the lake. lie was suspected
of the murder of McMillan, however,
and was brought before .Judge Cooke,
a m;in noted as a member of the
Florida returning board of 187G. The
sensation of the trial occurred when i
counsel for prose ution walked down j
the a'sle, followed by a medium-sized,
dark-haired woman, evidently a
foreigner. As the stranger got abreast
of Mrs. Newton she turned and peered
into her face, saving : " Why, Kate!"
The prisoner, as lie looked up and
recognized the woman, flushed, until it
seemed the blood would burst from his
neck and cheeks, while Mrs. Xewton
turned deathly pale ami remained
several s;conds with upturned face
and half-opened lip-, as if petrified by
amazement.
The presence of this woman in
America was a complete surprise to
the defense. Her testimony was to
the effe t that the Howron family had
not i'25 in the world, much less $25,000,
to invest in orange groves. That
had been the main point of the defense
?to account for Xewton's money,
allege.I to hiive b on sent by the
wealthy brother-in-law.
McMillan, the murderel man, had
coarse red hair. At the trial Dr. King
"Wylly testified that he had found in
blood spots on a handkerchief found
in Xewton's po-ket the morning after
the murder a single red hair. He testified
that at the lirst examination he j
found a single blood crystal. Sup- j
posing that he might have scratched |
his linger and caused the cry>tal to get j
on the handkerchief, lie would not ac- j
cept it as evidence that there was
blood there. His last examination revealed
the blood corpuscles very distinctly,
and under the microscope he
discovered a single red hair?a coar.-e
red hair. The defense fought the case
point by point, but the drift was
against them, and when Newton said
that he had borrowed True's pistol to
shoot an aUgntor the audience
laughed.
When the jury came in and gave the
verdi t one coul I have heard a pin
drop. All the while Newton had been
nervously twitching his mustache.
When the verdict was read out he
dropped his head and turned deathly
pale, while a slight tremor passed
through his fra ne. He then suddenly
jumped up and seized his hat, forgetting
that the court had not adjourned,
but presently controlled himself
and resumed his seat. His wife I
remained quiet f< r a few moments,
then a few tears trickled down her
cheeks and she gra^pe: 1 her husband's
arm convulsively, but beyond this she j
showed no emotion, .ludge Cocke
pronounced the verdict of death.
Slow, but Sure.
J
Industry and economy will tell in the i
end. The history of Mrs. (Homester, i
of the city of Brooklyn, who died a j
cluirt tinift iirro. is a Striking DrOol' of '
this fact. Tin; chill of poor parents, j
she was early in life put out at domes[
tic service For a while the. .after she \
I continue I to spend all her earnings? ,
only $1.25 per week. The judicious j
j advice of a fricn I induce I her to lay
! aside a pait of the earivngs in a i
; savings bank. This sh continued to
: do during the rema nder ot' her life, j
i The natu.al accumulation of these de- |
j posits, together with some judicious |
investments, made her the possessor of
$500,010 at tlie time of her death, j
The process of accumulation, it is true,
was very slow, but it is equally true ;
that it. was very sure. It was the j
steadfast persistence that, won in the .
1 end. The lesson conveyed by the life j
of this person is one that all may study
with profit. There are few persons in |
this country of either sex who origi- 1
nally were not able to lay aside yearly j
as much as this woman did; most can j
save much more. J5y doing so con-i
| tinuously the n;itur;il eonrs of events j
must in time make them rich men :uui I
women. Nor is it necessary that sueli
as essay the experiment shall deprive ;
themselves of anything necessary for i
their health and comfort. The proce-s
of accumulation is more rapi I than i
most persons believe, if steadily per- i
sistedin. lint most young people in !
these fast days spend their money as i
fast as they get it. Speculation is j
! more relied on to bring fortune than
thrift. They live along, pleasantly J
enough perhaps but the years come
ami go and wealth seems as far off as !
ever. They grow ??M and find they are '
no better off than in their youth; 1
; meanwhile, the time for accumulation
! has gone by, and then only do they re- !
tho extent of tli' ir mistake.
I ?? I
The Victim of an Octopus.
The following account of an attack
by u cuttlefish on ;i boy is given by
the lliogo .\i/rs; It is not strange,
that cuttlefish should damage vegetables
growing in fields by the sea-;
shore, but the surprising news r< aches
us that a boy has been killed by one
of these hideous creature'. We hear
that some few days ago a boy about
fourteen years of age was fishing at
i Tomiokamura. Aniakusa, llizen, and a
huge cuttlefish s'retclud two of its
tentacles out of the water and grasped
the hoy's right arm. The hoy shouted
for assistance, and some men who were
j near released the lad by cutting the
j tentadcs When the boy readied home
his arm was cold and motionless, and,
! notwithstanding medical aid was
; called in, he died five days afterward
The Northern Pacific railway will
; issue passes very sparingly when
! opened. A round trip fare on the
completion of the road will be worth
$200.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Zfcitern and Middle Statesiluii.m
k (>hi eley's farm at Chappaqua
IV. Y., the in tine of the famous editor, wa.<
bought in by his only surviving daughter, al
a trustee's tale th..- other day,for S10,000. Mr.
Greeley paid for the farm f'.?.0L?0, and spenl
moro than ?00,000 extra on it in improvements.
An* estimated loss of ?150,000 was incurred
by the burning of the Elktown tannery al
fih*?roirlvV?iirr?\ IVlin.
Nearly 7ikj Mormon proselytes arrived ir
New York the other day onan ocean steamer.
In the company there were -<!'.? British, 10
Swiss and German, '-M Scandinavians, and
twentj'-three returning Mormon missionaries
They will locate in sixteen towns in Utah.
CROI'S in portions of New York State have
Buffered heavily through early frosts. Ii
"Wyoming county alone the damage is esti
mated at $1(X>,ihK).
Charlks Ross, a colored man, for a small
wager undertook at Flushing, Long Island
to eat seventeen pies. He managed to worry
down sixteen pies, but when half througl
with the seventeenth his overgorged stoinacl
compelled a surrender.
At a rehearsal of " Othello " in a New Yorl
theatre a bridge across the stage, along whicl
a number of persons wore passing, suuuemy
fell, precipitating the people into the basement.
Six or eight [torsous were injured
moro or less severely.
Great damage has been caused to crops ir
various parts of New England by early frost
and drought.
A Manhattan Beach train filled with peo
pie from Coney Island and the race track a
Sheepshead Bay collided with another trail
within a short distance of the road's terminu
at Hunter's Point. Three persons in the par
lor car of tho Manhattan Beach train wen
killed and twelve others were injured.
Seventeen colored clergymen of thi
Episcopal church, most of them from th
South, met in New York to confer togethei
with reference to tho propagation of theii
faith among the millions of their race in tin
country. Bishop Starke addressed them.
A very fine fruit display was opened u
Philadelphia, under tho auspices of tho Ainer
ican Pomological society. Fruit from nearly
all parts of tho Union was exhibited.
Governor Butler, of Massachusetts; ha!
nominated Edwin G. Walker, a colored law
er, to bo justice or the unarteston uisiric
court.
Joseph Pcne, an Italian, while attempting
o steal potatoes from a garden patch a'
Grapeville, 1'enn., was riddled with bullet
and then dragged to a railroad crossing an<
laid 011 tlio track, where he was discovered
some time later in a dying condition. Tin
farmers had been much annoyed by person;
committing depredations.
Hugh J. Hastings, the well-known editoi
and proprietor of the New York CommercialAdvertiser,
died at his home at Monmouth
N. J. His death was the result of injuria
received by being thrown from his carriage,
which collided with a wagon at Long Branch
ten days previously. Mr. Hastings was born
in Ireland in 1818, and for many years was
prominent in Republican political an!
journalistic circles, succeeding Thurlow "Weed
as editor of the Commercial-Advertiser ir
1867.
South and W??t
Frosts have done great damage to the cori
crop in the Northwest. Largo areas of the
crop were either totally destroyed or badly
injured.
Dick Liddell, one of the notorious James
gang of Missouri outlaws, lias made a full
confession. The story reveals almost every
phase of crime, captured trains, plundered
banks and highway robberies in plentiful
profusion.
The cotton crop of tho United Suites for
the year ending August 31, 18S3, is 6,94H,75C
bales.
A suit to test the constitutionality of the
civil rights bill has boon brought by a coloroti
man against a restaurant keei>er in the United
States courts of California.
Near Las Vegas, New Mexico, two cow
boys became involved in a dispute over a
cow belonging to a Mexican, which hail
strayed into their herd. The cowboys commenced
firing at the Mexican, who returne.i
their fire with a shotgun, lulling both ol
them. The Mexican himself died from hi;
wounds shortly afterward.
At the Dakota constitutional convention,
held in Sioux Falls, the committee on the
boundary reported in favor of a division ot
the Territory on the forty-sixth parallel, and
admission to tho Union under the name
of "Dakota," with the State capitol al
Yankton.
A great amount of damage hasl>een done
to railroads and other i)ro|>crty in tho Rio
Grande valley, Texas, by floods. In one instance,
1,100 sheep were drowned.
A heavy gale on Lake Michigan has dan
aged shipping and property along shore toar
amount estimated at ?1,500,000.
Opposition to a now sect known as the
"Pilgrim Band," located at Envin, 111., and
said to be offensively polygamous in habits,
culminated in the destruction of their temple
by giant powder.
Sixteen* masked men forcibly entered the
jail at Danville, Ark., seized John Coker ami
Dr. Flood, took them to the iron bridge across
Petit Jean river, and hanged them. Cokei
was accused of leading into an ambuscade a
party in tcarehof Danville outlaws several
weeks ago. in which two men were killcd
Flood was accused of liarboring the outlaws
v?nM nenrlv nil lmrts of the West and
Northwest have come reports of the immense
damage done to crops by early frosts. In
numerous localities the late crops have been
totally ruined. Many fanners are despondent
over their heavy reverses.
Deer are dying in large numbers in Vir
ginia of a disease called black tongue.
Herman Redkjki.d, a Michigan ex-senator,
shot himself in his cemetery lot at Monroe.
He left a letter saying lie was going to die or
the only piece of property he owned in th
world, and inclosing $:>S for his funeral ex
penses. A wife ami (laughter stirvivo him.
E. D. ("Owen, city editor of the Leadvilk
(Col.) Herald, was knocked down ami bcatei
with probably fatal result by Alderman (.'
C. Joy. While kicking and stamping upoi
the prostrate man Joy held a cocked revolvei
in his hand, to keep any one from interfering,
A drunken man was knocked oil" aChica
go street car by the conductor for refiiMii;
to pay his fare, and as ho lay still tlio jwlict
took it for granted he was dead, and carrier
him to the morgue, where the boily wai
placed ojj ice. While a large force of jmlict
were huntiug for the conductor the suppose
corj)se revived, and in a short time the mm
walked to the station house.
Henry B. P.i.kssinu, a St. Louis engineer
fired six shots into his brother-in-law's body
indicting fatal wounds; then tired two shot
at his wife, dangerously injuring her, aw
wound up his bloody work by cutting hisowi
throat from ear to ear.
Much damage has b en done to shipping
nml other i in inert v bv a hiavv storm on tin
North Carolina coast. At Smithville mam
houses were unroofed, and a number o
wharves washed away.
Fouii of tho cadets of tho United State
naval academy at Annapolis, Md., havebcci
dismissed upon the recommendation of i
court martial for hazing.
At Trinity, Texas. Major ii. 15. Hurlock, t
mill owner, and his son, W. H. Hurlock, nge<
twenty-two years, were shot by one of thei
employes named Roscinan, twenty-thre
years of age. The father was killed and th
son mortally wounded. A young son o
Major Hurlock had been annoying Roseman
who, in endeavoring to make him desist, acei
dentally injured the child's foot. The ma jo
showered abuse and blows u]K>n Roseman
The latter, declining to resent this treatment
the major called to his son to come out am
whip Roseman. The son's blows quickly pu
Roseman on the ground, when the latter drev
a revolver and shot his adversary through th
head ami heart. The major then reached fo
his pistol and Roseman shot him also. Afte
lieing tilled with goose shot by other mill em
ployes, Roseman surrendered.
Washington.
Tiif. acting secretary of state has informei
(ho treasury and navy departments that hi
has received olllci.il information of the block
nde by the French naval authorities of tin
gulf of Tonqtiin and of tho ports of Anam
and against all vessels carrying cargoes o;
arms and munitions of war.
Pome ono with an uneasy conscience ha
returned $30 to tho treasury department
The money came in an envelope postmarke<
Paris, 111., and the sender said ho had receive*
he money during the war and withhold i
from tho government, but that ho no^
wanted to bcrvo the Lord and accordingl;
restored it.
t 4>>-. - V < ..
During the last fiscal year $210,780,869 |
were collected in the customs districts at an j
exjwnse of $0,4-2,127, the average cost of col
lecting one dollar in all the districts being
.0*2!).
! There has boon an unusual number of
. deaths in the Forty-eighth Congress. Four
members have died already before this Con[
gress has assembled. They are Updegraff, of
Ohio ; Herndon, of Alabama ; Pool, of North
Carolina, and Cutts, of Iowa. The two latter
I were Republicans.
, j Sec retary Folger has notified the col"
j lector of the j>ort of Now York that American
i vessels going to Annam with arms and mutii1
! tions of war will ho seized by the French au;
thorities at Tonquin.
I SSEPTEMRER returns TO mo ueyai tiiicuu (
j agriculture show that tho crops are late and
1 much reduced, and that considerable damage
( i was done by the late frosts. There will proba!
lilv boa falling ofT of Wi,000,000 bushels of wheat
, over last year. The corn crop will also be
| smaller than that of last year. Tho crop of
I ! oats will be large, the general averago being
j !)!?. The promise for potastes is good, the
' | average being Ho per cent.
j A committee appointed by Secretary
j | Folger to investigate tho management of the
I siijiervising architect's oftlee in its report
I severely condemns the existing system of
k ; transacting public business. Reformatory
, | measures are recommended.
J The President has issued a proclamation deI
daring that tho "World's Industrial and Cotton
Centennial exposition will be opened on
the first Monday in Decemlier, 1S84, at the
city of Now Orleans, and continued until May
5 31, 1 SST>.
Notwithstanding the adverse reports, Mrt
j Dodge, of tho United States agricultural doj
partment, says that in liLs opinion, the injury
s I to tho corn crop by tho lato frosts will not re!
duce tho total much lielow last year's harvest
3 of 1.025,000,000 bushels. He says thcro wero
2,500,000 moro nores planted in corn this
year than last, so that the loss will be nearly
or quite made up from the increased acreage.
A recent United States treasury statement
. j says the amount of money in circulation is as
. follows: National bank notes, $358,834,542;
legal tender notes, $.'?40,081,010; silver certifi
i cates, $75,1X59,071; gold certificates, $55,272,
. 440; total f ajier circulation, $831,757,069*
. total coin, $743,347,573; gran 1 total, $1,575,KM,W2.
s From actual count of the files, made in the
United States itension olllco between July 1
I; and 15, 1&S3, it appears that thero wero 244,505
claims pending. In 204,29!) cases the delay
r was caused by the claimants themselves,
? 9,US wero delayed in the adjutant-general's
ollice, 2,902 in the surgeon-general's office and
. 23,523 in the pension ollice.
I
j Foreign.
i A demonstration of the Irish National j
league at Waterford, Ireland, was attended
by 30,000 persons.
I A citowD of persons collected in A gram |
I Tlntirrnmr ninl cmnulirvl ill tllfl windOWS Of a
i cafe und several houses occupied by Jews, j
The military were called out and fired on the
mob. Several of tho rioters were arrested
i Collisions have also occurred in tho country
; districts between the peasants and gendarmes
I ' and several of tho former have been killed an
1 wounded.
1 Earthquake shocks have again occurred
on the island of Ischia.
Tiie late Comto do Chambord, in his will
gives an estate in each of liis four domains
' and the income of 20,000,000 francs to his
' wife during her life, less 2,000,000 francs
variously bequeathed. After tho death of
, the comtesse the Comto de Bardi is
to receive one-third and tho Due de Parma
two-thirds of the entire propertv. The Span- j
sh princes are not mentioned in tho will.
I The fishing schooner Restless has beon |
I towed into Barrington. Nova Scotia, in a j
wre< ked condition, having been pit-kfj up at j
; sea without a living being on board. She i
sailed several weeks ago with a crow of nine
s men. When found at sea there were tho i
I l>rxlies of four drowned fishermen in tho I
cabin, which was full of water, but there J
was no sign of Ifa" five others.
Admiral Pierre, who returned recently
n ill health to Franco from his command of
1 the French fleet at Madagascar, is dead.
Great uneasiness is caused by tho con
I timial spread of the cattlo disease throughout
! every part of England. In some sections of
> England only American beef is now to be obtained.
The bi-centennial of the liberation of Vi'
enna by Jolin .Sobieski, king of Poland, in
1(588, wasb.'gim in tlio Austrian capital by
L the unveiling of a memorial tablet in honor
! | of the event. On the following day imposing
1 j ceremonies took place in honor of Sobieski'
final victory over the Turkish invaders.
! | Many vessels have been wrecked and a |
j largo number of lives lost during recent I
Heavy storms on mo ncm uuuuiuiui uhu
Nova Scotia coast.
1 At a meeting of Mr. Bradlaugh's support1
ers in London it was resolved that at the
next session of parliament the liouse of comj
mons should be given no rest until Mr. Bradlaugh
lie admitte<l (o his seat or his legal dis'
(nullification finally determined.
1 Lieutenants Oheely, Klingsbury and
Lock wood, five noncommissioned officers and
' fifteen enlisted men wore left Juno 14, 1SS1, at
Discovery Harbor, Lady Franklin bay, in
the arctic regions for the purpose of taking
observations on behalf of the Uni|
ted States. They were to bo relieved
j last year, but the Neptune sailed too
late in the season to get through the ice, and
^ the Proteus, that left St. John, N. P., June 30
last with a relief party, was sunk by floe ice
' July ?1, near Cape Sabine. All hands were
1 ! saved by. her consort, tho Yantic; but
Lieutenant fJreely and his companions
will be compelled to spend their fourth winter
in the far >ortli. I
Martin' Luther was born just 4fM) years
ago, and at the quartercentennry celebration
i at his homo in "Wittenberg, Germany, there
L were present 50,<K>0 visitors, including x!,0CXJ
j clergymen and Crown Prineo Frederick
William. Religious exercises, a long procession,
and the dedication of Luther hall,
^ constituted the ceremonies.
Tnoors at Jakobovacz, Croatia, fired into
a dense mass of jiersons in revolt against the
j landowners, killing lifteen and wounding
r many more.
Twei.ve persons were drowned by the sink
. ing of a Norwegian vessel in the English
r i channel.
i! A SANGUINARY AFFRAY.
I
? Terrible CoiHcst Anions Hit lit Cow
, hoys in a Cutiin.
1 I The details of a sanguinary all'ray at the
! i Mcl.ain ranch in Elbert county on Sunday
night, in which eight cowboys were engaged)
have just reached here, says a Denver di-^
patch. Sunday they all went to Agate
s station, on the Kansas Pacific read, and fall1
nig in with companions, opened the festivities
, with drinks. Then they rode to a neighboring
ranch, where the}' obtained more liquor,
, and started for home.. On the way
* two of their number, named liossiter
'' and McKeever, engaged in a disf
pute on a trivial matter, and all repairo 1
f to the herders' quarters to settle the difficulty.
As soon as they were inside the men clinched
and both fell to the ground fighting desperB
ately. The table and benches were removed I
i and in an improvised ring the men l>cat and
,t tore at each other with the ferocity of tigers.
The onlookers in their excitement danced
about, brandishing their revolvers. AVInlo
* the light was at its highest the oil lamp was
1 knocked from its place, and the room was in
? darkness. The men, now completely mad. ran
uj ion each other, and in a minute after the light
0 had been ext inguished the melee was general.
b The door was locked, and there being no
f means of egress each man fought for himself.
Amid the resounding blows and curses
' a pistol shot rang out, ami the death cry of
* the victim paralyzed whatever of reason was
r left in the party. Almost before tho cry had
left the lips of tho unfortunate man, there
was a wild fusillade, and for a moment the
' gloom was lighted. Rossitcr was dead, two
* men named .Tones wore weltering in their
t blood, and three others were wounded, one at
v least fatally. Rollins and McKeever, tho
e only ones not injured, fled.
'* mTTfi /-</\TT-*TmT>TTir< rmmmrvvr rmnn
IHIj UUU1MXXLI'iS UUi IKJn unur.
A Total Crop of <J,il l!)f 75U IIalos?Sotilh<
era IflillM I'Ming ."'lore Colt on.
According to a New Orleans dispatch, tlie
1 official statement of tho cotton crop of the
b United Suites for the year ending August 31,
INN! issued by tlie National Cotton exchange,
, shows a total crop of t'l.'.M'.i.T.Vi hales, including
receipts at shippinir ports of f>,(KW,012 lmles.and
> shipments by rail routes overland to Northern
f spinners direct from producers of Gil,Nil
bales. The report shows that the Southern
mills consumed 313,3!I3 bales, an increase over
5 last season of 20,439 bales. Tho increase in
the total crop compared with tho previou
1 year was l,4!).'5,?OS bales. Tho takings of
i United States spinners for the year were
^ 2.073,090 bales, an increase of 108,501 bales.
y Seven hundred Fupernumeraries will take
7 part in Jules Verne's grand spectacular piece,
"Keruban le Tetu," at the Gaite, Paris.
LATER NEWS.
I
Barbara. Miller, colored, was hanged at j
Richmond, Va., for complicity in the murder i
of her husband in February last. Charles j
Henry Lee, her accomplice, was hanged on j
August :5. Tho hanging took place in tho !
jnil-yard of tho Henrico county court, and ,
was witnessed by about 100 people.
Milton C. Keenax, treasurer of Jackson
county, Ohio, disappeared, and investigation
proved him to be a defaulter in a sum not j
less than S^.OOO.
Much apprehension exists in government
c ircles for the safety of the Greely exploring
expedition of observation in the Arctic regions.
The failure of Lieuterant Garlington,
commander of the lost relief ship Proteus, to j
land his stores on or near Smith Sound, is j
considered to have been a mistake, and |
a court of inquiry is talked about.
It is positively asserted that Lieutenant
Greeley has provisions enough at tho Lady
Franklin Bay station to hist him until the
summer of 1884, if he remain there until that
time. If, however, he should have abandoned
his stat ion and retreated down the coast of
Grinnell Land to the mouth of Smith's Sound (
expecting to find thero a relief party and a
depot of stores, his situation may shortly become
critical.
The rebellion in Hayti continues. Two
towns captured by insurgents have been re
taken by government troops.
A T? k TTr v*nn i o l-nn nlonn in Tnnmnn
tween the French and a body of the natives
known as the Black Flags, lasting eight
hours. The engagement took place between
Hanoi and Sontay. The French forces
are reported to have lost two
officers and fifty men. The
loss of the Black Flags is estimated at between
500 and 000 men. Hanoi is tho town
where the French have been holding their
garrison since the previous engagements at
Sontay, awaiting reinforcements.
A WOMAN HANGED.
Exeoution of a Colored Murderess in
Virginia.
Marching to tho Gallows Amid Much
Excitemcnt.
Barbara Miller (colored) was hanged at;
Richmond, Ya., for complicity in the murder
of her husband in February last. Charles
Henry Lee, her accomplice, was hanged on
the 3d of last month. The execution took
place in the jailyard of tho Henrico county
court, in presence of about 100 people. The
drop fell at 12:12 o'clock, and the woman died
from strangulation. Several thousand persons
were in the vicinity of the jail. Everything
passed off orderly. An account of the
scenes preceding and during the execution
says:
Last night a prayer-meeting was held in
the condemned woman's cell. The Rev. Mr.
Boswell, colored, conducted the exercises,
which were prolonged until 2 o'clock this
mornine. The minister then departed and
Mrs. Miller was left with several colored women
friends. She and her companions slept
soundly for several hours. 'At about 9 o'clock
Mrs. Miller ate a lienrty breakfast and later
several ministers and a number of neighbors
gathered in her cell, where prayer after
prayer, followed in every instance by those
strange hymns characteristic of the colored
people, was ofTered in rapid succession. The
excitement produced by the hymns was interne.
The doomed woman stood in the midstof
the sable throng with her arms uplifted,
swayinc her body to and fro as tho crowd
chant<?l: '* Parliara is nearing her home"
and "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Occasionally
she joined in the refrain,
and now and then shouted in a
full voice some exclamation indicative
of intense excitement. The exercises
wero kept up until the hour for the execution
arrived, when, preceded by tho negro jailor
and sheriff and followed by four colored ministers.
she marched out from her cell into
the jailyard and up the scaffold steps,
the ministers sinking a hymn. As
Barltfira mounted the stops she attempted
to join in tho refrain. She went up slowly,
but evidently her excitement was the result
more of what she had passed through
than a realization of her impending
fate. Tn accordance with her request she
was attired in a neat-titting white muslin
dress. She had a bunch of artificial lilacs and
orange blossoms on her bosom, and a broad
white ribbon around her head. On reaching
the platform she was seated in a chair, while
Sheriff Southward read the death-warrant
Upon being asked is she had anything to say,
she stood up and, in a droning, chanting
tone, bade her farewell to all present. She
warned her hearers to take a lesson from
her fate, and said that she was going to glory
and the angels above. A long prayer by 0110
of the ministers followed, and then all but
tho sheriff and jailer descended from tho
scaffold. Her legs and arms were pinioned
and tho black cap was put over her head.
Just then she was heard to say: " Farewell,
farewell to you all.'' The next instant tho
sheriff gave tho signal by dropping a handkerchief,
and tho trap was sprung. The
fall was over seven feet, but failed to dislocate
tho nock. She struggled considerably
for several minutes, and it was evident that
diath resulted from strangulation. After
hanging for twenty-five minutes, the physicians
having pronounced life extinct, the
body was cut down and placed in a coffin.
Barbara's mother, who had been with her
before the execution, circulated anion.? tho
crowd and solicited contributions to pay for
her daugnter's burial.
POLITICAL NEWS,
I'hc New Jersey Democratic State
Convention.
The New Jersey Democratic State conven
tion, held in Trenton, was called to order by
.? ?? TM r< r? irn?,loT-Viilf:
Dcnator lucxriiersuii. uvui^u vy. * anuv*u..?
was made permanent chairman. On the
second ballot Iakhi Abbett, of Jersey City, was
nominated for governor. Following is th
platform adopted:
The Democratic party of New Jersey, in
convention assembled, pledge anew their
lidelityto the fundamental doctrines of the
party as enunciated by Jefferson and practiced
by Jackson. They reassert their belief
in a strict construction and rigid enforcement
of the Federal Constitution. They declare for
the sovereignty of the States and the supremaey
of tho Federal government within their
rcs|iective spheres. They denounce tho centralizing
tendencies of tho Republican party,
and declare for home rule and local self-government
as the foundation stones of the republic.
They arraign the Republican party
as having corrupted and debauched the publie
service, nullified the will of the people
at the ballot box, favored monopolists,
made large grants of the
public lands, subverted the Constitution, anil
maintained itself s ilely by the power of
patn>nage nuil plunder. They beliove in that
genuine nml . deop-rcaching civil-service
reform which consols in tlio election to
otlico of hone-'t, intelligent, capable anil
courageous public servants, who will faithfully
administer their trust, anil who will be
licltl to strict accountability for such discharge
of it. They denounce the sham
methods of the civil service commission in
its pretended examination of candidates for
place, together with the disgraceful system of
bargain and sale of ollico which is now
practiced by the Federal government, as
shown by the abuse of patronage in Virginia
anil other Suites.
First?The i enple should only bo taxed so
much a-i is absolutely indispensable for the
fnigal condui t of their public affairs, not
one i cnt for surplus, ami no unnecessary taxation.
Tin; exi-ting surplus in the treasury
should be faithfully applied to tho payment
of the public ilibt. The money not needed
for th" expense of the government should remain
in the po.-lefts ot the po iple. To this
end we favor the entire abolition of the
pro-cut system of internal taxation, a nursery
ol'spies and informeis. ainenaieto the
free.l<>iu of elections, a soiir.-o of tho great* '
I est con Uj.tiun, mm an nav.riuuiu uuu ...?
necessary burden upon the taxpayers. We
insist that the public Innils shall he reserved
t<? actual settlers, not another acre for subsidies;
that the dignity ?>L" Amoricun labor
shall Iks dei'ende I. as a'so the rights of
| American citizens at home and abroad.
.Second?We favor a tarilf for revenue,
limited to the necessary expenditure of tho
government, and so adjusted as to give protection
and encouragement to homo productive
industry and labor without producing or
fostering 111 mopolies.
Third? We point with priile to the successful
administration of our State all'airs under
Democratic rule, and we invite tho co-operation
of me:i of all parties in continuing that
rule, to the end that tho welfare und liappiiie.-s
of the i iconic lie secured.
Fourth?We contrast the honest and eco'
noniical management of State all'airs by
j Democratic hands with the corrupt and dis'
? ?*??i <if f l?VrIi?rnl rrnv- I
m lU'l'l Ul UUlll III ?r?? i ? vn'i. ...? O |
eminent under lb-publican ruin, with its
credit mobilier, its whisky rings, its star
rout*' Irani Is. anil other like iniquities.
Fifth?We ilemauil the equalization of
taxes on all properties within tho State,
whether that of individuals or corporations;
no hindrance to legitimate enterprise, 110 encouragement,
of monopolies, all government
n the interest of the wh >!e people.
Sixth?Every le^ilin ate ellort of labor to
better its condition, enhnnee its reward and
protect its rights commands tho sympathy
und support of the Democratic party, which
is a natural friend of tho workman. Tho
present unprecedented and unsatisfactory
condition of the relations of labor and capital
demands tho careful thought, of legislators,
lue regard had to the vested rights of capital
itnl the claims of private enterprise.
A leading feature at a horse show?
- The lialter.?Cincinnati Traveler. j
LOST IN ARCTIC REGIONS."
Wreck of the Greely Mief Ship
Proteus,
Greely's Party Doomed to a Fourth
Arctic Winter.
A St. John's (N. F.) dispatch says: The
Steamer Proteus, carrying the expedition sent
out last summer for the relief of Lieutenant
fereely and his fellow-colonists at Fort Con
ger Lady Franklin bay, was crushed in
the ice on tho evening of July 23, betweon
Capo Sabine and Cape Albert in Smith
sound and her crew and the momh^ri < f tho
relief party have returned to this port on tho
companion steamer Yantic, of the United
States navy. The escape from tho wrecked
vessel and retreat southward were accomplished
without loss of life.
While endeavoring to force her way
through to clear water tho Proteus was
caught between two immense floes. These,
pressing on at both sides, quickly crushed in
her stout walls. Her hold filled with water,
and it was soon evident that no efforts would
avail to keep her from sinking. Tho |
hatches were then broken open, ami all
hands set to work throwing clothing,
provisions and other iv-'*es out of the
doomed ship upon tho ice. Too greater part
of the cargo which was thus unloaded fell into
the water and was lost, but Plough was
6aved to insure the comfort of tho party
during their retreat southward, and also "to
make a not inconsiderable cache for the
Greely party should it, as now seems inevitable,
be forced to make its own way southward.
Lieutenant Colwell, U. S. Is., also
succeeded, and most fortunately, in saving
three boats from the wreck.
As quickly as possible Lieutenant Colwell
loaded one of the boats with storey and.
with a crew of four men set out for the
shore. The trip was made with great difficulty
on account of the ice; but by perseverance
and unsparing exertions he forced a
passage through. Several successive trip?
were thus maae, and a. large auantity of
clothing and provisions safely landed and
placed in a ca-ne. The last trip made on the
morning of July 1J4. and, as the ice
?- ut? *i? nn| ;tj
Had ciosoi in rapiuiy, uio uua? on* .?
load had to be dragged across the ice two
miles before it coula be launched in clear
water. Even then the floating mass of ice
closed in so rapidly and so angrily that the
boat escaped being stove in only by the narrowest
possible chance.
The goods placed in the cache were rendered
as secure as possible, and the spot
marked so*as to bo readily discovered by the
oartyfrom Fort Conger.
Having thus done all in their power to
carry out the design of the expedition, the
party, on the afternoon of July 25, set out to
cross Smith sound, and after spending a
weary night amid the ice landed safely on
the mornmg of the 20th at a cove near Life
Boat cove.
, After a perilous trip of COO miles Upernavik
was reachel on August 24, and there
the Yantic picked lip the shipwrecked men
and brought them to St. John's.
In July, two years ago, the Proteus landed
Lieutenant Greely, his assistants, Lieutenants
Kingsbury and Lockwood, five officers of the
signal corps, and fifteen enlisted men at
Lady Franklin bay. These twenty-three
men went nci\h to man one of the eleven
?1-- n-Viifii tiip lp/idin^ irovernments
J/VlUJi ObUViUiw " M4?..
of tho world had agreed to maintain within I
the Arctic zone to make simultaneous scientific
observations.
It was one of the best equipped parties that
ever went north. Dr. Roe, of London, an
authority on Arctic matters, wrote that its
equipment of dogs and sledges was superior
to tnat of any previous party. The nope was
expressed that, in addition" to its scientific
duties, tho j arty would b9 able to take up the
work f Sir Ueorge Nares where he left it,
and add many miles of explored coast line to
the maps of Northwest Greenland.
Congress in 1882 appropriated $33,000 for
the supply and relief of Lieutenant Greely and
his party. The supply expedition was
promptly sent, but the vessel was prevented :
uy ice from communicating with the party,
and returned, after depositing a large
quantity of stores in a manner which had
been agreed upon with Lieutenant
Greely, in anticipation of such a failure.
At its last session congress uiuuc aituvuct u^/ |
propriation for tho relief of the expedition,
and tho Proteus and Yantic were sent north,
with the result given above. It is possible
that the only hope for the rescue of the explorers
now depends on their own ability to
make their way south.
This will be the fourth winter that the
Greely party will be obliged to remain in the
Arctic regions, and grave fears for its safety
prevail in Washington.
THE NATIONAL GAM
Umpire Furlong, of the league stall, has
resigned. Of the original appointees only
one is left.
Tiie Boston league nine won every one of
the series of fourteen games from the Philadelphias.
Nearly every town in Ohio has the baseball
craze, and everywhere stock companies
are being foimed and inclosed gmlnils secured.
Cincinnati people ascribe the ill-success of
the i>owerful Cincinnati club to a multiplicity
of managers and inefficient field captaining.
Tite Anderson club has been expelled from
" -1--11 tli
the Massachusetts caseuuu iwmiauuu, x tie
championship of tho State has been awarded
to tho llolyoko club.
During a game at Philadelphia between tho
New York and Phildelphia nine, Ferguson,
captain an 1 second baseman for the latter
club, put out fifteen players of the twentyseven.
Brown, the right fielder of the Columbus
club, beat the best single game batting record
at Baltimore, making two single and two
double hits, and two nomo runs. In the six
hits he made fourteen bases.
A recent gamo between the Chicago and
Detroit clubs was altogether phenomenal. In
tho seventh inning the Chicogos struck a rare
streak of batting, making eighteen runs, of
which thirteen were earned, with a total of
thirty-four hits off two pitchers. This is believed
to bo without parallel in the histoiy of
??Kn?/?hnl1.
1" vicasiviiui wiwvw.-...
Probably the most perfect gamo of ball
which hns ever been played took place at Indianapolis
recently between the Indianapolis
club and the Springfield (111.) team of the
Northwestern league. Eleven innings were
played, not a run was made on either side,
and there were only three errors. The Springfield
men lost the game by refusing to play
nny longer, and the umpire'declared the game
against them by 9 to 0.
league club record.
Tho official record of the league championBhip
games played up to the 0th is as follows:
I
v d I
Club. -3 -jf ?. a ? .3
6 S fl Li o I-o 18 pi
g (s Sj> i J a s a 3
?l? ojt>pjfc;? o'o
Boston !?! 4,1 sj ?! 7j T;14j sj r>0 84
Buffalo 6 ? 5 7 9 71 7! 5 40 85
Chiwgo 7 0?097; 9 5 52 85
Cleveland 4 7 8?9 6 9 7 50 85
Detroit 4' 5 5 5 ? 61 8 2 35 8'i
New York...., 7i 4 4 4j 5 ? 12i 5 41 85
Philadelphia. 0| 4 2 2: 3 2? 3 lti 80
Providence 0 0 0 4| 9j 911? 51 j SO
Gaines lost 34]3o{j.35; 51 |-!4'Tol&i ?| ?
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION' IiECORD.
I 5 I I -I ?
, 15 I c' >1
CLUB. c | J t ? a . j? '.a! ! | ?,
fi!.!! I il^i $| g
o 2 ~ Z ** E ; S
? -J , ? '.5 , O O V <3 d
? 3 so; oj o
Allegheny ?j 2 9,' 4, 3 2 5 2 27! 85
Athletic 12 ? 11! 4 11)! 0 !? 7 59! 85
Baltimore 5 3?! 3 5! 5 3, 1 25 84
Cincinnati 7i 7, 8 ? 11 10 3 8 54 80
Columbus 7 1 0 3- 5i 3 3 9S! 85
Eclipse 0 4 0 4 9? 5 ti 43i 83
Metropolitan 9 510 8 8 4 ?1 2 40, 83
ist. Louis 9 4 y 011 8' 0? 50 ( 85
Games lost 58 20 5!) 32 57 40 37.29.?|?
RIOTS IN CANTON.
Property of Europeans Destroyed?
Foreigners Take Kclagc on Ships.
A dispatch from Hong Kong states that a
Chinese mob at Canton burned tho houses of
several European merchants, and also their
wharves, causing great consternation among
the foreign residents, most of whom sought
refuge on board vessels in the river. No violence
was offered to i>crsons, and a force of
Chinese troops was called out, which quickl
dispersed the rioters. On the receipt of th
J intelligence at Hong Kong several gunboats
were immediately sent to Canton to alford
protection to tho foreign merchants. Tho
gunboats were followed !>y the dispatch of
two war steamers. It is said the riot was
caused by a number of Portuguese sailors
killing a Chinaman in an affray.
The authorities of Canton were slow in repressing
tho disorder. Although order was
restored there ^reat excitement prevailed
among all classes. Much indignation is expressed
at the absence of men-of-war to protect
the European residents.^
I>tiring the riot the mot) inrewuie i-unwuis
of the buildings which they attacked upon
tlus wharves and looted them. The riot
lasted several hours, and order was not restored
until the arrival of the Chinese troops.
The natives were so excited against foreigners
that a renewal of the disturbance was expected.
A Hong Kong correspondent says that the
foreign consuls at Canton hauled down their
flags durirfe the rioting.
1
DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE. "
A
Completion of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, h
The Event Celebrated in Presence of f
Nearly 3,000 Visitors. J
i
i
The lost spike in the Northern Pacific rail- I
rood, says a dispatch from Golden Spike,
Montana, was driven this afternoon, on tho
Pacific slope of the Rocky mountains, ~..wu
miles from the Atlantic ocean, and 800 miles F
from the Pacific, and ninety-one yeurs after ^
the idea of a highway from the lakes to the I
Pacific was first suggested by Thomas Jeffer
son. I
The spot where the rails met was Last ^
Spike, fifty miles west of Helena and thirty
miles west of the Grand Divide, from which, |
on one side, the rain runs down to the Gulf of g
Mexico and the Atlantic, and from the other I
side into the Pacific ocean. Here Jndepend- 1
ence creek enters the Hell Gate or Deer Lodge
river, four miles above Gold creek, the scene 0
of tho placer excitement of 1803, and crosses ?
the traiik on its way to the Pacific ocean "
through Lake I'end d Oreille and the Colum- 0
bia river. e
Three thousand people, besido the 400 dis- c
tinguislied guests who came with Mr. Villard, s
stood in the grassy meadow, overlooked on 0
the east by tho main range of the Rocky a
mountains, with a sight of Mount Paul with r
its white head and the Big Hole range. Green t
willows and cottonwoods fringed the meadow, t
and tlie wind blew in our faces from the Paci- e
fic. Tho valley is so civilized that tho inhabi- i
tants have not for five years had to run from 1
the Indians. Parks, like slopes of interspersed o
forest and meadow; foothills rolling away to tho
Bitter Root mountains, and dotted with t
pine, fir, spruce and cedar; farms and t
?an/1 rrlimnCOG (if f
nouses in uie veruum ioucj, auu ? .
ranges where bear, elk, moose ana mountain l i
goats are still found in plenty, made up the
scene for the ceremony. All were surprised
at what they beheld. Instead of the wilderness
of the Kocky mountains they saw a line
pavilion capable of seating over 1,000 persons,
over which floated the national colors i
of the American, German and British nations.
In front, reaching to the roadbed,
was an extensive promenade, skirted by a J
platform with comfortablo seats. To the i
right was a band-stand and on it were seated ,
the Fifth United States Infantry band, which
was to entertain the spectators,!and which 1
had come all the way from Fort Keog'n.
After President Villard and tho Hon. Wil- .
liam M. Evarts had addressed the throng
Secretary Teller spoke briefly of the energy ]
and capital required to carry the enterprise j
to a successful conclusion. He was followed {
by ex-President Billings, and then remarks on :
behalf of the foreign guests were made by the I
British Minister. Sir James Hannen, the
German Minister, and Dr. Kneiss. of the Berlin
university. The governors of Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Oregon and 1
Washington were severally introduced, and j
made brief and appropriate remarks. The ,
governor of Idaho was absent on accouut
of sickness. There were loud cries for General <
Grant and he came forward. He said he was
reminded by the speeches to which he had
listened of the fact that he had something to 1
do with the great Northern Pacific enter- 1
prise. When Governor Stephens, thirty ,
years ago, organized his surveying exf edition
tho speaker was a lieutenant, acting as 1
a quartermaster and commissary, on the J
Columbia, and he issued the supplies for the ) 1
expedition. Was he not, then, entitled, he ^
asked, to some of the credit wnich had been
apportioned out to others i He added that
the intercolonial railroads would have j
j i x- ':uu fVm man whrt. ,
araounwu w huiiu uuu iui ?uw .. ??7 .
after the war, sought the territories as fields J
of enterprise. They had made these railroads 1
possible and prosperous. At the conclusion j
of General Grant's speech three rousing cheers .
were given. The foreign guests were then
given seats on the platform. t>y the railroad, 1
when a photograph was taken of them, Mr. )
Villard and family, and the most distinguished ,
Americans. After that a horse tliat helped to
build the road from its inception was brought 1
upon the platform. Then 300 men 'with
brawny arms quickly laid the iron and drove I j
the spikes on the 1.000 feet of uncompleted ,
track, except the last spike, When nearly 1
completed a cannon salute was fired by the j I
detachment of the Fifth infantry present. I .
Mr. VilJard handed the sledge to H. C. . .
Davis, now the passenger agent of the Manitoba
road, who drove the first spike on the . i
Northern Pacific, when that road was I
begun in 1870, and had therefore been i i
selected to drive the last. This spike j
I was not a golden one, but was the . (
! same as Mr. Davis drove in 1870, '
~ * rr^i \rr I
When Mr. JJavis uau nnairy w.uo iuc ^ .
" homo'' the crowd dispersed, and soon afterward
the four Villard trains left for the Pa- '
ciiic. i
PROMINENT PEOPLE. I
Beecher.?Henry Ward Beecher has been <
lecturing in California. :
Jarvis.?Governor Jarvis and wife, of i
North Carolina, have been visiting in Boston,
the guests of Governor Butler.
Bar^s.? Mr Barnes, the "Mountain
Evangelist,of Kentucky, now in London, is
promulgating a new notion, to wit, that the
English-speaking jwople are descended from ]
the lost tribes of Israel.
Cameron.?United States Senator J. D.Cameron
is in Scotland, under the medical care
of Sir Henry Thompson. His health has .
slightly improved, and, if it continues to do
so, he will remain in Europe until a complete
restoration is effected.
Maxey.?United States Senator Maxer, of
Texas, carries in his travels through the North
a gold-headed cane of bois d'arc wood. It has
a reddish-brown tinge, and according to Mr.
Maxey is the most valuable wood found in
I Tamo Ho tiiinks t.lmt there is nothing to I
surpass it in durability in the country.
Collyeiu?The Rev. Robert Coliyer. of
New York, is one of the American preachers
who have occupied Loudon pulpits the past
summer. Mr. Coliyer, who is an American
by adoption and was a blacksmith in his native
England, preached also in Ilkley parish
this summer, in a church the gates of which
are proudly pointed out as the work of his own
hanas when he was employed in the forge.
Czar Alexander.?Alexander III. is the
despair of opera managers in St. Petersburg
Once the czar was a boon to them, for the
announcement tliat he would " honor the performance
" was sure to crowd the house. But
j now the mere suspicion that he may attend
I scares the public away, for they seo visions of
j bombs, dynamite and sudden aeatn. ies 1
the emperor cannot be asked to stay away.
Nutt.?James Nutt, who shot Dukes, the
slayer of his father, at Uniontown. Penn.,
is rather gloomy over the delay in nis trial.
The jail where he is confined is a miserable
old concern, and he is obliged to mingle with
tho dozen other prisoners confined there. The
rigor of prison life is, however, relaxed, so
that he gets fair treatment and good food.
His mother and sister visit him every day,
and he is as comfortable as his surroundings
will admit.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
Mrs. Lanotry draws crowded houses in
Scotland.
Claka Louise Kellogg will sing in opera
next spring.
Dr. Crkswick, tho London actor, is preparing
his fifty years' experience of the stage
for publication.
Mary Anderson*, tho American actress,
achieved a great success 011 her opening
night in Loudon.
English literary men protest against Hoi
lingshead and liurnand's scheme of Shakes
pearean burlesques.
j Miss Genevieve Ward will shortly start
on a tour round t lie world, taking the London
j Olympic company with her.
j As a rule professional players aro careless
and improvident, yet some have saved their
| earnings and aro comfortably "fixed."
I Gerster has offered to give two concerts at
Naples in aid of the Iscliiau sufferers, beforo
she conies to this country, in October.
New York will have two rival Italian
opera companies at the same time next sea- I
son. In one Patti and in the other Nilssou
j will bo tho star.
Mme. Modjeska, the actress, and her hus
I band and son are now American citizens
Count Bozenta secured his full naturalization
pajK'rs recently, in San Francisco.
The Washington Jiepublican says: "It
may not be generally known, but it is a fact
that the first theatre ever opcneu m iru
country was at Williamsburg, Ya., in 1752
Thk right to produce in this country "Confusion,"
Sir. Joseph Derrick's new play, now
successfully running at the London Vaudeville,
has f>eeu purchased by Manager Stetson,
of Boston.
The idea of getting Jenny Lind to visit
this country ami sing is agitating musical
circles in New York. Although she is sixty i
years old and has lust all her upper notes, she
sings with all her old fervor, and would bo
glad to come to this country.
It is reported that Mr. W. II. Vnnderbilt
has o tie red Miss Tim rsby ?10,CM) a year to
I sing in St. Bartholomews church, New York,
| on Sundays. Miss Tluirsby willsing in concert
also. the coming season. The average
I salary of a singer in a quartet choir of a New
York church is six hundred dollars a year.
Hknky Irvi.vu's American route will be
as follows: Star Theatre, New York, OctoJ
Iter-".l, four weeks, oi>citin? in "The Bells;"
' on t ho second night "Much Ado About Nothing
" will Ik> given, with Miss Kllen Teriy as
Beatrice and Mr. Henry Irving as Benedick.
Novetnlier ~'i he owns at the Chestnut Street
theatre, Philadelphia, for two weeks; thence
to tho Boston theatre. December 10, two
weeks; Academy of Music, Baltimore, December
24, ono week; Haverly's theatre,
Brooklyn, December 31, one week; Haverly's
... T r.
ineiuro, v^mcngo, uunuuij i,
Olympic theatre, St. Louis, January -I, ouo
week; Grand Opera-house, Cincinnati, January
2.S, one week; he then plays the smaller
cities in February; then to Washington,
March a, for one week. Returning to New
York he plays a farewell engagement, after
which he embarks for England. 51 r. Irv ing,
Miss Terry and Mr. Ferris leave England tho
tlrst week in October; tho rest of the troupe
follow in succeeding steamers. The folding
scenery wiil arrive in advance of the company.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
knnual Report of the Tom mfasloner-*
Business of the Pail Vear.
Tho United States commissioner of patent? \
as submitted liis report for the fiscal year "
nded June 30, 1883. It shows the following >1^
acts: ..
APPLICATIONS.
'or patents 82^45
'or design patents 1,039
'or reicsne patents 24T B
'or registration of trade-marks.... 854
ror registration of labels 748
Total 35,734 ^ 'Mi
Total in 18S2 BO flct
Caveats filed 2,668
PATENTS AND TRADE-MARKS ISSUED.
'stents granted, including re-Issues and
designs 21,785
'rade-marks registered 883 t
Abels registered <18
'atents withheld for nonpayment of final
fees 2,055
'stents expired 7,471 j'
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES. ' '
Receipts from all sources 11,096,884 !
Ixpcnditurea (not Including printing).... ?T7^528 Jn'/iXQR^^B
urplos 61S,255
ncrease In receipts over 1881 205,989 I" HI
ncreaaeover 1882 165,020 I
The number of applications awaiting action
n the part of the office on July 1 was 4,609,
n increase of thirty-nine per cent, over 1882. I
lie commissioner says the business of the I H
ffice is steadily and rapidly increasing in B
ach of the divisions of tne office. The sue- *
ess of the patent system, the commissioner -J/aB
ays, is due largely to its liberality to invent- H
>rs, and the security and protection it
.ffords them It was not intended that 9' Jfll
evenue to the government should be obtained
>y charges made for vesting in the inventor
he right and title for a limited time to the . mH
xclusive use of his invention. Rut not only '*
lave the fees received on applications filed
>een sufficient to pay all the expenses of the
iffice, but a large surplus?nearly >2,500,000 .
-now stands to the credit of the office in the
reasury. Greater liberality might, perhaps, VaB JB
? extended to the inventor by reducing the yjS ' SO
ee to be paid before a patent can issue, and -,'v49
vith beneficial results.
"3mBU
SELECT SIFTEfGS. T*
In Hindoo fairy stories the bad per*
sons are buried alive in thorns. v ||
The ( ermans have borrowed a Chi ':/M H
aese device, and now equip their carrier
pigeons with an attachment of
small reeds, through which the wind . '.jgj
whistle3 and scares off birds of prey.
The tax levied on salt throughout ";.&m M
the Indian empire is 3,000 per cent.
Being forbidden to extract salt even
from the earth at the bottom of dry n&gflKfl
salt pools, the very poor eat the earth
Sir John Lubbock, the well-known
English entomologist, lias had for- l^wHlW
nrar/ip/i tn him fmm Prpsrntt. Arizona.
i nest of ants found near that place,
which is of peculiar construction and
i great curiosity.
Dr. H. Muller observes that blues, slSnBH
reds and certain violets are more attractive
to bees than other shades of W^nBHl
:olor. Scarlets, oranges, and some jwUt^^k
Dther loud colors, which the (lowers of
not a few plants having also an unafc- -B7BIHI
tractive odor appear to possess, repel
the honey-gathering insects.
Six fossil human bodies, those of a
man, two women and three children, >
have been found in a cave in a coal -.1^8 r ?
mine at Bally-Grenay, Fas ~de Calais Jfl
and eleven have been found in an ad- |a
joining apartment, with arms and
utensils in petrified wood and stone,
and precious stones. The walls were
decorated with pictures and combats .M
between men and animals of great size. <
Admiral Baldwin's snuff-box, corona- Wk
Hnn nrocont. from t.llAf.xar. is thus dft
3cribecl by a correspondent: It is
sstimate I to b^ valued at 015,000. Six
3olitairts, three on each side of the M
portrait, are said to be worth $1,200
apiece. The portrait Is surrounded by
a ring of about forty diamonds The -IfflBiB
box itself is ah art gem, and has a BfH
capacity for fully half a pound of snuff.
[ don't think the admiral uses snuff.
Ilari-kari was a form of suicide,
sometimes voluntary and sometimes SSgjMHj]
commanded, common in .Japan. The
officials of that empire carry two swords,
with one of which they do |^H9
fended their persons and with the
other their honor. The deed consisted
in cutting open the abdomen with two ShmS
cross-cuts of a short sword, and if the vHqmR
honor of an officer was impugned he
was believed to have saved it by com- UH
mitting hari-kari. If un official fell
into disgrace he was commanded to
kill himself in this manner, as by so ...
- * 11 i_i *i.
doing ms legal neirs coma lnuern mn
property, which they could not do if J
the suicide was accomplished in any H
other manner. The custom has fallen
into disuse, and is now rarely heard of :
even in Japan. J
WISE WORDS.
He who knows most grieves most
for wasted time. .
Early and provident fear is the 'Jm
mother of safety. fl
He that increaseth knowledge in- fl
creaseth sorrow. ~fl
As every golden thread is valuable ' JM
so is every minute.
Pride often miscalculates, and more fl
often misconceives. fl
No better heritage can one possess fl
than cheerfulness. '
We are never so glad as when we fl
possess a joyful heart. fl
Spend a cent less than your net in- fl
come and you will always be rich. ;fl
When we know how to appreciate a jfl
merit we have the germ of it within fl
ourselves.
Deference is the most i!elieate, tho fl
most indirect and the most elegant of '|fl
all complaints.
A Now Kind of Human Food. fl
Among the scientiOc papers received fl
at the Smithsonian institution is a his- fl
tory and description of dipterous larva fl
from the Western alkaline lakes, and . ..J
their use as human food, by Professor ^
S. W. Williston, of the Peabody museum.
This subject is looked upon as fl
particularly interesting just at present, I
intprpnt'.that. fl
ILL View UJ. l/llG YT ?uvv>vWW ?MMV is
manifested in the development of the <
great "West. The specimens described
in the pamphlet were received from
the soda lakes near Kagtown, Isev. ",/j
The larger of these lakes is about fiveeighths
of a mile in diameter, and its
water is of a clear blue color. It has
no outlet, and is fed by a spring of cool, %
fresh water. The water is highly
charged with alkaline salts, and is so
dense that the human body lloats in it
without exertion, and, after drying, the
skin is left with a thin, white covering.
The water appears to be wanting
in animal life, with the exception
of a minute ny, tuo iarv;e 01 wuicu is v.
a small worm, accumulating in such
quantities as to form a belt a foot wide
along the shore. It is occasionally
gathered by the Pah-Ute Indians, and,
after drying and pulverizing, made
into a sort of meal or Hour. Professor
"Williston has compared these larvae .?$2
with specimens from Lake Mono, and
linds tbem quite the same. At this
lake the larv;o are said to drift up in
great heaps along the shore, and hundreds
of bushels can be collected. At
the season when they are the most
plenty the Indians come from far and
near to gather them for food. The
worms are dried in the sun, the shell
rublied off by hand, when a yellowish m
kernel remains like a sm:ill, yellow
gnun or rice. Tms is very ony.very uu- ?
tritious, and not unpleasant to the
taste, and, under the name of koo- '
chah-bee, forms a very important article
of Indian food. Those civilized
people who have partaken of it say
that it does not taste unpleasant, and
that, if one were ignorant of its origin,
he would consider soup made ot it excellent.
The guides say that every
thing fattens on it. that the ducks gel
very fat on it, but their llesh tastes unpleasantly
from it, and that the Indian?
get very fat and sleek.
?? a?
The publication of a journalistic and
linguistic curiosity is intended a*
Trieste?a polyglot journal, which ii |
to contain specimens o? at least eigh' J
different languages in every issue. A J
minimum of 1,000 languages and dia M
lects is promised to subscribers.