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HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 10, 1883. NO. 15. VOLUME XXV1LI. M
THE.LAKE TO THE MOUNTAIN.
I lie forever at thy feet,
Dear hill with double crown ;
My waters leap thy crags to greet,
As they look stately down.
The scent of pine trees in the breeze
Is message sweet to me !
It makes me dimple with delight,
Because it comes from thee.
Thou?silent, grand, above the worldIts
lowly servant I;
Yet see?within my sunny depths
Is smiling thy blue sky !
Thou art so far ! and yet how near !
For though we are apart,
I make myself a mirror clear,
And hold thee in my heart.
?Gertrude Wildman, in Boston Transcript.
A DISH OF NUTS.
I.?IN WHICH TnE XUTS ARE RE3IEM
BEKEP.
" The train must be late."
" Trains always appear to be late to
Impatient lovers."
"Am I an impatient lover, then?"
"You know best."
"I know nothing, except?"
__ "Except what?"
"That it is 5 o'clock, and the pony
may bolt when he hears the shriek oi"
the locomotive.''
"Good gracious, Iris. Let me get
down."
' Iris laughed, and Mrs. Bemrose descended
to the ground with all the
haste possible.
"You do not mind my waiting on
the platform l or the dear boy instead ':"
she inquired, with one of her vague
glances around, while rearranging her
mourning garments of widowhood on
her plump person.
"Xot in the least," rejoined Iris, in
reckless mood. " If the pony leaps a
ditch or a fence at sight of the train
we will go together."
"Iris, how can you say such wild
and horrible things! 1 will get a man
to stand beside the phaeton."
Then Mrs. Bemrose gained the platform,
her gait a to-Idle peculiar to fat j
ladies, and she forgot to summon " a
man " in conversat.on with a neighbor.
The girl remained alone in the
phaeton, a smile on her lips, and a
curious sensation of pain in her heart, j
She looked straight before her at the !
pony's ears, which were pricked nervously
from time to time, and she j
thought, "1 wor.der what he would do
' if wti had an unset?'' Tin pers-n
thus referred to w as Mr. Cowper Debenham,
now expected by the train.
A modern railway station is not an
effective frarnj for a heroine, but s:n h I
romance as is possible to the situation j
became centered in Iris Gordon by common
consent of the manufacturing!
town where she had been born and I
still live!. She expected Cowper Del> j
?- enham, to whom she had been engaged
for two years.
When the train arrived the pony
shivered, but stood firm, and Cowper
Debenham appeared, tall, slender, elegant,
in a commonplace throng.
" How are you, Iris ?"
"Welcomehome, Cowper.*'
Su:-h was the public greeting of the
lovers.
"I must tell them about my luggag*'."
said Cowper, slowly, and" with
a languid intonatiuii.
"Bless me! are you not well?" cried
Mf?. Benrnse. ' lie looks pale and
thin, Iris.-'
' Thanks, I am perfectly well," re-1
plied the young man, with a faint little
laugh. " Kather bored away from
home, you know, and a tritie used up ;
witli t.' a r?lnh lif? rsf Pftril and
London."
"haughty boy!" exclaimed Mrs
Bern rose, admiringly.
Iris bit her lip and remained silent, i
The ladies waited wliile Cowper:
strolled back along the crowded platform
to gi\e those orders concerning
his luggage of which he had made
mention. To accomplish this duty he ,
was obliged to fit an eyeglass into one I
eye, which he did with a dexterity re-1
vealing long practice, and to unbend
toward the porter, who consented to
carry the boxes and portmanteaus of j
the traveler on a hand-cart, after some
uetiucnaLiuu.
"I don't mind doin' it to oblige ye,
Cowper," said this friendly native, extending
a brown hand in greeting. " I
fuess Iris is mighty glad to see ye
ack hum again ; she's been lookin' |
kinder down and peaked lately."
Cowper winced, and withdrew his i
white fingers from the warm grasp of
the railway functionary with some
murmured acknowledgment.
" I wonder if we shall ever under- j
stand distinctions of class in America/' j
he muttered.
The train rushed on once more, the
phaeton disappeared along the village !
street, and Gordonville resumed its i
usual avocations.
Cowper had returned home after his
second European tour. That was the
note rung through many changes on i
this eventful day; even the pony's
hoofs, trotting soberly homeward, were
In unison with the cadence humming
in the ears of his young mistress. ;
Cowper had been intens-ly English on
the lirst occasion, while a few moments
in his company now revealed a J
fine flavor of the " Bouvelards, the
Champs Elysees, and the Hois BouI
logne. The month was June, the1
g meadows were green, and the warm 1
breeze was perfumed by the wild
B flowers of the hillside, while the twin j
B rows of elm trees shading the main
IL street, pride of (iordonville, wore a
first delicate foliage of early summer.
H Iris awaited re oguition of familiar
^L. objects, but none came.
B "Have you forgotten the factory.
Cowper ?" she inquired, with a certain
^ sharpness in her tone, an 1 indicating
([ a long uuiiuiiig~~wii.il ner wmp.
" As if we coul 11 ver forget it!" retorted
Cowper, peevishly, and with
undeniable gratitude, since all the
money in Irs purse had been gleaned
from this ignoble sourc e
"Where is John?" demanded the
new arrival at the gate.
Why did Iris manifest sudden interest
in giving her pony sugar from her
pocket ?
'Joiin should be here," replied Mrs.
Bemrose. " He U suc'i a busy fellow, i
you know. Iris will make one of her
famous strawb -rry slier Lakes for your
supper, dear boy.''
' Iris is very kind," said Cowper,
slowly. " You dine early, of course.:
I have been dining at 8 o'clock recently.
' Eight oMock in the evening!",
cried Mrs. Bemrose.
"Yes; that is rather late," admitted
Cowper. " Half-past 7 is a better hour
for the theatre and opera; the I'rince
of Wales intends ty ;;dopt it."
Mrs. Bemrose was stupefied. As
for Iris a sensation of cold pervaded
her frame, like tae sudden breath of
an autumn win I.
"What nonsense are you talking, 0 ,
I returned traveler V said a clear voi e.,
Such was the greeting of John
Cleaver, easy, natural, and not devoid
of a certain grace of manner, although
the speaker wore the striped shirt of
a mechanic. Iris darted an oblique i
glance expressive of dissatisfaction at;
John's attire. Surely he had brought {
himself nearer the level of the " hands"
than usual, on the day of Cowper's return,
in the matter of heavy boots,!
striped shirt, and blaok cravat knotted
loosely about a massive throat. There
was no elenunt of the fine gentleman
in nim.
"You should have been at the dopot,"
she said, petulantly.
"I could not leave -work," he retorted,
stiffly.
A close observer might have detected
that the eyes of the e two met
like the swift crossing of weapons, j
Warnith of lik'ng for a schoolmate j
and bosom friend dawned on Cowper's
neutral face.
greetings of welcome were over at
last. Mrs. Bemrose, Iris Gordon, Cowper
Debenham and John Cleaver had
dwelt beneath the same roof in harmony
for many years, linked together
by circumstances, while claiming no
mutual relatii nship. Their history
was not devoid of interest, at least to
Gordonville and the stirruundingcoun-1
try. Each newcomer learned it speed- j
ily. The fathers of Iris and Cowper i
respectively ha 1 met on an emigrant j
ship outward-bound from Liverpool?
two shabby young men, with a few j
shillings in their pockets, and heads!
full of intelligence. Chance had!
thrown then together, and mutual
sympathy cemented a lifelong friend-1
ship, taking the form of partnership.
Gordonville, the noisy factory, the1
large house, built of wood, with!
a wide piazza in front, were the j
results of their industry. Henry!
Gordon and Thomas Debenham j
had not lifted the'r eyes above axes
and plows in their day, and glad enough !
they were to be able to fashion them. |
Cowper wore Poole coats and Paris j
j boots in his time, while Iris had a j
I phaeton, a grand pisin.), and had!
| learned French at a fashionable board-1
[ ing-school. The wheel of fortune ha i j
! turned a trifle for these young people
i in the muscular grasp of their seniors.
) Both parents had married and lost j
I their wives. When the cashi r, Mrs. I
: Bern rose's husband, was crushed in the [
! fall of machinery, the widow had be-,
come an inmate of the Gordon house, j
and was given an interest in the man-1
! u factory which had so cruelly de!
spoiled her. When John Cleaver's \
i father, the manager, died, he said:
1 " Let my savings r?ma!n invested in
the business until John is a man and 1
can choose for himself." The part- j
ners had consented, and John joined j
the family circle. The years had j
swept away Ilenry Gordon and Thomas'
Debenham even as the night wind j
swept the leaves which fell from the
maj ie tre s planted by their own
hands before the dou\ Faithful to
each other in the lirin tenacity of an
upright and honorable manhoo l, they |
had schemed that their kingdom should
remain undivided in the marriage of
th-ir children.
Mrs. Bemrose presided at the supper
taM", wearing her bist cap, which imparte
1 to her hea 1 a curious resemblance
to a cauliflower, and surveyed :
her young companions with maternal j
benevolence. Opposite sat Iris, slim, j
erect, her cheeks flushed in proportion I
as the strawberry shortcake* before her j
nau acqiurea a orown ana crisp us-1
pect. fche was a girl of nineteen,!
whose gray eyis, lustrous black ha'r i
and mobilj features had gained her
readily the reputation of b.-irig the i
beauty of the region. Heiress, leal-!
ing lady of Gordonville, high- j
spirited and iinpuh>i\e, Iris
was seldom characterize I by that
somewhat vague te mi, " a sweet crea- j
ture." She wore a white dress and a
crimson ro e in her corsage. A dia-!
mond engagement ring flashed on her j
well-shaped hand. Cowper sat on the
right, tall, slender, pale, with features !
of a beautiful regularity, save for the
defect of small ( yes pl:ic d too near
the bridge of the nose, and a thin 1
voice with languid intonations, which I
penetrated a listener's ear like steel.1
On the left was John C.'eaver, a square-1
set young man with u good head, a I
close-cut brown beard, and a pair ?f j
hazel eyes, keen, brilliant, and frank in
expression.
The luggage of the traveler afforded
as much excitement as a stocking.
hung in the chimney in anticipation o;
the gracious visit of Santa Olaus.
Cowper had bought with the lavish
prodigality of a tourist in fresh fields.
There were scientific books for John ;
Cleaver; a shawl of Roman silk fori
Mrs. Bemrose ; innumerable trinkets j
for Iris; pictures, statuettes, bronzes j
and mosaics for himself.
' Here is a blue jers y for Iris," said ;
Cowper. " I shall be glad to see you j
dressed a little mure like English j
girl-1."
"Foreign fashions are always inter-!
esting," murmured Mrs. Bemrose.
" Yes," assented Cowper. " Only ,
you must not put on a hat wrong side 1
foremost just because it comes from .
Paris. I have taken the liberty of or-;
dering a costume for Iris on the Kue i
de la Paix."
" The toilet of a true Parisicnne,:
quiet and elegant, or an eccentric!
dress adapted for exportation ?" in-!;
quired Iris, mockingly. ' Why njt
make a Viennese, a fashionable lady of
Berlin, an Italian, of me':"
" Impossible. There is a finish
about those women which you have '
not yet attained," drawled Cowper,
piqued by htr banter.
Iris went to- the piano, and soon
her sweet voice was heard singing the
old ballad.
"Do joi know ti e trulh up in heaven, i
L'oug'atf
Dooglas, Under and true."
J ohn Cleaver stood in the window
listening. The moon was full, and
made long shadows on the grass.
" The last time I heard ' Douglas,' it j
was sung by the famous Lady .Scrap- j
more?amateur concert for charity at
the Albert hall, and all that," said
Cowper.
iris left the piano abruptly; her
fingers had struck discords.
"I have news lor you, ins. mo
railreal is completed, and another territory
opened to the world. My l'riend
Hampton proposes to give a town on
the line my name, and I have decided
to christen the infant city in the wilderness
Gordonville." John was
speaking in the window.
Iris was interested. Cowper was
now exhort ng admiring Mrs. Bemrosi:
on accent an I idioms, and the means
whereby one may disguise American
individuality as much as possible.
" 1 intend to ^o out there, Iris. Why
not? I do not wish to remain here?
always.'
"Going away to live, John?" Iris
swayed forward, and a cloud seemed
to pa-s before lur eyes.
John's arm caught and drew her to
hiiu. Surely, in the magic moonlight
which rendered the girl so fair and
the young man so noble in his profound
emotion, their faces touched.
An hour later the house was silent.
Cowper yawned in his chamber an I.
soliloquized :
" How dull life is here! Of eourio
I am fond of Iris, but I v/ish she had
the style of Lydia Welch. Ileigh-lio!''
Then he slept the sleep of a bored
man who is comfortable while rendering
ethers unhappy. Iris sat at her
own window f?>r hours, lo-t in thought.!
John Cleaver plunged ir.to the woods
and rambled about until sunrise.
A month elapsed, during which j
Cowper made the family uncomfortable
by comparisons, criticisms and innovations.
Iris, belle of (Jordonville,
was forced to tread the red-hot plowshares
of perpetual suggestions in
manner, dress and u.-e of speech.
Cowper found John's coat of rustic
out, and John in turn was hurt by
Cowper's change of bearing.
" snail we ever cease 10 ueiuge ourselves
with ice watt r ?'' Cowper mused
at the breakfast table one morning.!
"I wish you would not eat hot rakes, i
Iris. I fancy your complexion suffers."
The girl's eyes Hashed. !She went to
the bookcase and to 'k down a volume.
Cowper laughed softly. One would
have inferred that he en joyed irrita- {
ting another, such was his own discontent.
What book have you there?" he
drawled.
"Edniond About's 'Maitre Pierre.'"
"Ah,and what interests you in it?"
"A dish of nuts," said Iris.
II.?IN WHICH TIIK NUTS AKE PRESENTED.
Two young men crossed the meadow, |
with guns over their shoulders, in pur-j
suit of squirrels. October sunshine'
bathed the land, and October frosts
hal seared the foliage. Iris, carrying
| a feather duster, sought Cowper's j
1 apartment, where Mrs. Bern rose per
mittecl no clumsy menial to enter. On
the threshold she paused and Hushed!
vividly. John Cleaver's Spartan
chamber, with its buoks, riding-whips
ami guns, should he first arranged, she
decided. .John was soon to leave
home. This duty fulfilled she returned
to the sybaritic retreat of
Cowper, hung with blue silk curtains,
red-dent of perfume sachets, and
crowded with exquisite trifles. A
Turkish dressing-gown was thrown
carelessly over a chair, and the contents
of a pocket had fallen on the
floor. Iris stooped and picked up an
envelope, from which tiio letter had
slid out, and a photograph. The written
page, of recent date, clearly verged
on a love letter, while the photograph,
taken by electric light, was the portrait
of a young la ly in a ball dress
worthy of Worth.
"Lydia Welch." Iris read. Surprise,
humiliation, rage and a great joy
filled her soul.
That nicht the moon was again full.
Iris had been indisposed all day. At
'J o'clock a radiant form dawned
upon the young men, smoking on the
piazza in the moonlight, and dazzled
them. Iris stcod there, clad in white
silk and lace, pearls in her ears and
hair?quaint orcaments worn by her
mother at her own bridal.
"A whim,-' she explained, airily.
"It is my birthday, you know, and I
have prepared a little supper. Come.
Cowper, spurred to gallantry by her
brilliant beauty, kissed her hand. John
(.'leaver turned away his head in silence.
In the dining-room a true feast waa
spread?salad, sandwiches, cakes, fruit
and ice i/eam. A large covered dish,
like a soup tureen, occupied the center.
Candles in candelabra not only lighted
the delicacies prepared, but illuminated
the face and graceful form of the
hostess.
" I am to serve everyl o ly, and the
dish in the center must remain covered
until the last," sa'dlris, gaylv.
Mrs. Bemrose and Cowper ate tl e'r
.calad placidly. .Jo'.n Cleaver, pale to
the lips. watch e I Iris, detecting lever -*
ak ?
lSii unresL i tuieucu a^uuuu hjhuhj.
"Cowptr approves of foreign customs,"
said Iris. "There is one I
greatly admire. Yes, I found it described
in Edmond A';out's ' Maitre
Pierre.' Listen. In the Landea a
suitor presents himself before the peasant
girl he wishes to marry. Her parents
understand the object of his visit
without any irksome discussions a'>out
marriage settlements and a mutual
adoration. He does not criticise the
bride-elect, nor seek to remodel her on
the pattern of the women of other
countries, because he linds her perfect.
1 have reason to believe he nev-r allu
!es to Paris toilets and the manners
of London society. The suitor and
his friends are politely received, and
invite 1 to remain to supper. The
bridoelect ha< the right to place a covered
dish in the center ot the table.
At the close of supper she reveals the
contents to all the world. If the dish
contains nuts, and she offers them to
the suitor, she rejeets him, and he dep;u
ts. "What a charming form of conge,
giving the mitten ! All explanations
are avoided. You are right, Cowper;
some foreign fashions arc* worthy of
imitation."
Iris uncovere I the dish in the mi Idle
of the table. It was tilled with nuts.
A sudden stillness pervaded the room. I
"Cowper, I offer you some nuts,
aftor the custom of Les Landes," she
said, and her face grew cold, severe.
Cowper stared in stupefaction. Iris
heaped his plate with the nuts by a
quick movement.
" My dear girl, I do not wish it," he
finally expostulated.
" But 1 wish it!" she retorted, imperiously.
"You mean to throw me over,
Iris?"
"Xow you are a mer* commonplace
American, Cowper. 1 oiler you a dish
of nuts in the fashion of Lis Landes."
Cowper reddened; he understood
even in his bewilderment. "Our
parents desired our marriage," stiflly.
" Our parents did not require us to
be unhappy. Marry Lydia "Welch,
whose photograph and letter, dated
last week, I fouud on the floor in your
room this morning."
"She would not have me," he exclaimed.
" She is a tremendous heiress
and an awful coquette. I traveled
with her party. Y0:1 are j(;a'o;is, that
is all. I much pr.-IVr you."
" Thank you." said iris, haughtily.
Mrs. Beuirose sat blinking likn an
owl in direst consternation. John had
escaped by the window. Half an hour
later a white-robed form glided to his
si-.lc, and a tender face looked up into
his.
"Was the farce well played? Cow.
per was unfaithful to me; but I forgive
him because?"
" In heaven's name, what does it all
mean ? criea jo. n, uuaiao ?mi pension
and doubt.
" Are you going alone to t'ie infant
city in tiie wil lerness, JohnV" she
whisperel, tremulously.
"Will you go with me??share my
fate? Oil, my love, what have I done
to deserve su ii joy V Now 1 know why
you were nam'd Iris in your cradle,"
replied the young man, in a vibrating
torn-, full ot' tenderness.
Mrs. Bemrose and Cowper appeared
in the open doorway.
" J ear friends, we have decided to
desert the old nest an I found a new
(lordonvillein the far West," said Iris,
piacing her hand within the arm oL'
.Jo n Cleaver, and always with that
tinge of mockery in her voice. " We
were made for pioneers, and not to
adi rn so.iftv, per ap.-."
iV. i.O 11 OL C.Wlilillillluiis, ijin awuuo I
and tears on the part ot Mr/. i<enuosc.
A hand-shake, intend, d to be mag- |
naninioiu. on t e part of C'owper Debenhan.
Wi at was the cable wrought
by Thomas Debenham anil llt-nry Clordon
but a rope of sand after all ? M.S.
lieinro.se, shorn la.ub, otherwise comfortable
wi'iow, alone be ield the s >lace
o!" the situation as guardian of the old
house in the future.?Harper's Weekly.
Pathetic Incidents at Iscliia.
In describing some of the s -enesand
incidents attending the excavation of
the dead and Jiving at Ischia, a correspondent
says: A b ?y of twelve had
just b. en found, not hurt, but wandering
among tho ruin-;, looking for the
spot where his lio ;:ehad been. I asked
him whom lie had lost. "They're all
gone," he sai l, "/atherand mother and
everpboily.' Two young girls who had
been buried for three da\s, sai l when
they were (lug out: "Ah, you do not
know what it is t> be lmri-.il in the
dark for ten hour.-." They had no idea
of the real lime which had elapsed.
Une of the most touching incidents
which came under my knowledge was
that of a father distractedly urging on
the work of ths excavators on the
spot where he h ul lost his little son.
lie was calling the child's name in
hoarse and trembling t nes, when suddenly
a little voice was heard from
amid the broken masonry: " I am here,
papa. Don't be afraid; takecourag;*."
A Month Fatal to French Kings.
The Comte de Chambord died in a
month that has proved fatal to many
kings of l-'rance. Philip I. died on
August 3, 1000; Louis VI. died on
August 1, 110^; Louis IX. on August
2", 122G; Philip VI. on August 23,
1328; I.ou'.s XI. on August oO, 14til;
Henry III. on August 2, 1589. Louis
Philippe also died in this country in
exile on August. 20, 1S"i0. The 24th
of August, the date of tiie Comte de
Chanibord's de ith, is also that ot the
birth of the Count of Paris, in 1838, a j
fact which will perhnp; afford food j
for speculation in thj b lievers in !
omens. It is, moreover, the aonivar- j
sary of the massacre of St. Bartholo-1
mew.?Ht. James Gazette, i
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Eastern and Kiddle States.
Professor Brooks' observations at the
Red House observatory in Phelps, N. Y.,
show a remarkable increase in the brilliancy
of the comet of 1812, whose return it was Mr.
Brooks' good fortune to be the first to announce.
The comet is now visiblo in good
telescopes of modeTate aperture. It is rapidly
approaching the earth and sun, and will be
visible to the naked eye before Christmas.
Thirteen convicts?seven colored and six
white?were publicly whipped the other day
at Newcastle, Del. The cat was well laid on,
but blood wai drawn only in one case.
Six men were at work on a platform, timbering
the sides of a newly opened shaft
in a mine near Wilkesbarre, Penn. A beam
that was being lowered to thom struck the
platform with such force as to break it to
pieces. Four of the men fell sixty feet into
twenty feet of water at the bottom of the
shaft and were drowned; the other two men
clunjr to some woodwork until assistance
arrived.
Judge Hoadly, ihe Democratic candidate
for gqj*enior of Ohio, who has been in
Philadelphia for some time under treatment
for malaria, has regained his health and returned
to his State.
A boy and three valuable race horses were
burned to death at a lire in a frame building
on the exposition grounds, Pittsburg, Penn.
The boy was sleeping' in the stable of one of
the horses, the animal being va'.ued at $3,000.
The steamer Alaska has just crossed the
ocean in the fastest time on record, making
the distance between Queenstown and New
York in six days twentj--ono hours and forty
minutes.
Siedenbach, Schwab & Co., New York
clothiers, have failed for $700,000.
The Athletic baseball club, of Philadelphia,
has won the championship of the American
association.
Cars worked by an endless chain are now
running across the Brooklyn bridge.
Governor Butler was unanimously renominate!
at the Massachusetts Greenback
convention in Boston.
Mucrt excitement was cause! in New York
business circles by the announcement of the
failure of F. Mayer & Co., one of the largest
| firms in the woolen trade, with liabilities of
nearly $2,COO.OOO. The firm was at the head
of Jewish houses in the cloth trado in this
country. Its failure was speedily followed
by the suspension of Levy Brothers &
Co., who were among the Mayers' creditors,
with liabilities of $1,500,000. Both failures
were caused indirectly by the collapse of
Bronner & Co., and Siedenbach, Schwab &
Co., two other large clothing houses.
A man named Feeney entered the British
consul's office in New York and after some
noisy demonstrations pulled out a revolver i
and discharged it, after which he ran away.
Vice-Consul Hoare was present at the time.
Feeney, who was arrested, was evidently
crazy.
Thousands of spectators witnessed the j
laying of the corner-stone of a memorial hall ;
to General Burnside at Bristol, R. I. Presi- I
dent Arthur was present. The exercises consisted
of a procession, Masonic ceremonies, |
and the deliverance of an oration by Judge
L. B. Colt.
Frederick Gates for secretary of state,
I together with a full ticket, was nominated by |
the New York Prohibition State convention
at Syracuse.
At the Massachusetts Democratic State
convention in Boston Governor Butler was
renominate I by acclamation. Ex-Mayor
Prince, of Boston, was nominated for lieutenant-go
vemor.
The Boston nine has won the baseball
championship of the league clubs.
A fire at Buffalo destroyed a large ele-1.
vator filled with grain, causing a total esti- j
mated loss of $175,000.
At the New York Democratic State convention
in Buffalo the following ticket was }
nominated: Secretary of state, Isaac H. ;
Maynard; controller, Alfred C. Cliapin;
state treasurer, Robert A. Maxwell; attorney ,
general, Dennis O'Brien; state engineer and ]
surveyor, Elnathan Sweet.
An Eastern i aper publishes reports from |
300 correspondents relative to the potato crop ;
of 1SS3 in New England, the Canaiian prov- ,
incesand New York. While there is fully ;
fifteen per cent, increase in the acreage com- | *
pared with last year, the yield in the great 11
shipping sections of the provinces and Aroos- j j
stook county will not be as large as anticipated.
I
South and West. j
Four hunters encamped near Big Creek,
Indian Territory, were called upon to surren- 1
der bv a Dosse searching for horse thieves ]
A fight followed and two of the hunters were ]
killed, the others making: their escape. The (
pcsse then plundered the camp.
The Garfield Monument association has de- I *
cided upon the site of the monument which | 2
is to be erected to the memory of President <
Garfield at Cleveland, and the work of grad- j
ing and preparing the site has just been
begun. The association lias nearly ?150,000 ^
in hand. j
About two years ago W. S. Hook, a citi- j
zen of Lexington, S. C., was murdered and '
his body placed on a railroad track. Threa
trains ran over the corpse in the night, shock- j
ingly mangling it. Hook's administrator j
brougnt suit against the raiircad to recover J
damages for injuries done the corpse, the *
plaintiff charging negligence on the part of
the company in allowing such mutilation. A s
referee has just awarded plaintiff $10,000.
About 300 delegates, representing nearly
all parts of the Union, were present at the
opening of the Colored National convention
in Louisville, Ky. Frederick Douglas, of
Washington, D. C., was chosen president.
Dr. A. B. McKune, a prominent physician
and druggist of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was
shot and instantly killed by Dr. E. D. \
cross. 1UBIWO men UUU uecii uusiiie Lunuru j J
each other a long while.
Lyman Blair, a millionaire, and one of j
Chicago's most prominent business men, went j
to his room for a gun to take with him on a
shooting expedition. Shortly after the report
of a gun was heard, and when the conchrushed
upstairs he found Mr. Blair lying dead
in the room with the top of his head blown
off.
A furious storm has caused considerable;
damage 011 Lakes Erie and Ontario, wrecking
several vessels.
Henry Horne and Davi 1 Butler settled
a feud of long standing by fighting a duel .
at Lumberton, N. C. Butler was killed at t
the first fire. J.
Immense lires have be.-n j aging in tho (
forests and ranches above Santa Cruz, Cal., (
and have done heavy damage. * ]
Many of Chicago's prominont citizens at- <
tended a dinner given in honor of Lord Chief .
Justice Coleridge, of England.
One Montgomery, convicted at Brackett,
Texas, of murder, was sentenced to ninetynine
years' imprisonment.
A negro aged 110 years died the other day '
in New Orleans.
Frost has damaged crops in portions of
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
The Maryland Republican State eon von- '
tion at Baltimore nominated a full ticket. '
headed by Congressman Hart B. Holton for '
governor.
Washington. j
Consuls of the United States in France re- J
port to our si ate department that wines arc ;
very extensively adu terated in that country. I
Work on the Washington monument has '
been resumed. The present height of the (
structure is 370 feet, and it is expected that j
fnrfv fnot will ho nrlilpfl to it this soasoil. '
Consul General Merritt, of London, j
has sent to the state department at Wash- i
ington a report on the alleged Bradford I
estate in Great Britain. He fays ho has re- !
eeived numerous letters from the United
States inquiring as to tho existence in the
vaults of the Bank of England of tho sum of
$100,000,000, the accumulated principal and
interest of the estate of Governor William
Bradford, first governor of Plymouth colony,
of whom they claim to be heirs. Mr. Merritt,
upon investigation, find* that there is
no money belonging to the Bradford estate
in the Bank of England.
General Sherman Ins fixed November 1
as tho date ui>on which he will turn over tho ,
command of tho nrniy to General Sheridin "
and virtually retire to civil life, although he *
will not be plnced on the retired list of the ,
army until February 8. j
The Canadian ptstofilce department, r.t
the request of Post?asLcr-Gerc.ul Gre;!nm, t
has forwarded to Washington a report on the
working of the postofiice savings bank. t
The second comptroller of the treasury has
decided that certain officers of the army who
resigned, were dismissed by court martial, or
whose connection with the army was severed
by prohibitory legislation, and were subsequently
restored by executive order, are not
legally in the service. He refuses, therefore, to
pas3 their pay accounts. His action affects
the demands of General Daniel E. Sickles,
Captain Adam Badeau, both of whom are held
to bo out of the army by reason of having
accepted diplomatic positions; Major Benjamin
P. Runkle, who was restored by Mr.
Hayes, and a number of others. Mr. Badeau
has appealed to the court of claims. The decision,
even if favorable in a test cace. will
not be accepted by tin comptroller of the
treasury except it is confirmed by the supreme
court.
Foreign.
A London dispatch says that arrangements
are being made by tho Irish National league
for a series of mass meetings in America,
which will be addressed by many prominent
nationalists.
During tho recent heavy storms on the
Great Banks, oil Newfoundland, forty-nino
French fishermen lost their lives.
Cassamiciola, 011 the island of Ischia, has
again be?n visited by earthquake shocks.
One houso wa wrccked, but no lives were
lest.
A conference among all the European
powers, t:i arrange an international sanitary
co !e, will be hel 1 in Rome.
Sin Edward Sullivan* has become lord
chancellor of Ire'and.
Reports fiom the West Indies state that
the government troops have been defeated,
and that Jacmel and Jeremie are in the hands
of insurgents.
An explosion in the rocket factory at the
Woolwich arsenal, England, killed two men
and destroyed several buildings.
Great Britain has been urged by Stanley,
the explorer, to exercise a protectorate over
the Congo country, Africa.
Two rebellious chiefs in South Africa have
been sentenced to death by the Boers.
O'Donnell, slayer of Carey, the Irish informer,
was arraigned in tha London police
court. Carey's son created n sensation by
testifying that after the shooting O'Donnell
said he " was sent to do it."
Alderman S. C. Hadley has been elected
lord mayor of London for the ensuing year.
Yellow fever is reported on the decline in
Mexico.
A* heavy gale greatly damaged crop3,
plantations ani houses ia several parts of Ireland.
The old town hall at Limerick, used as
a com exchange, was blown down.
A fire in the Kadi Keni quarter of Constantinople
destroyed 300 houses.
The official report of the fatalities consequent
upon the late earthquake on the island
of Ifchia states that 1,000 persjns were killed
nnd IJ74 injured.
Axti-Jewish riots have broken oat again
in Russia and Hungary. At Nowomoskowsk,
Russia, only a synagogue and three Jewish
houses have escaped demolition, and 200 families
were rendered homeless. Order was restored
after five rioters hsd been killed and
thirty arrested.
Orangemen prevented a meeting of homerulers
at Dungaiuion, Irelanl
Two thousand French troops havo sailed
from Algiers, North Africa, for Tonquin,
China.
Mr. Bradlaugii has informed Sir Stafford
Xorthcote that he will again demand his seat
in the next house of commons.
Three diplomas havo been awarded to
American exhibitors in the Electrical exhibition
at Vienna.
THE NATIONAL GAME,
Kelly, the league umpire, will tako a
nine souxn mis winitr.
The Cinciunati club will have about twenty-five
men under contract next season.
St. Louis lias discovered a new pitcher
with the Teutonic name of Werder, who,
they think, bids fair to become a professional
Boston won the championship series from
the Providence club this year, for the first
time since the latter club has been in the
league.
There will be several strong nines of Northern
professionals that will play iu New Orleans
this winter. It is possible, too, that a
nine will be organized to go to California to
spend the winter in the Occident.
The baseball craze, from present indications,
promises to be even livelier next season
than it was this year, and that is saying a
^reat deal, as IS80 has been the most successful
in tho history of the national game.
Harry Chipmax, a young lawyer of Detroit.
the son of Judge Chipman, of the
superior court, and a baseball enthusiast, has
been appointed a league baseball umpire by
Secretary Young, vice Frank Lane, resigned..
Manager Barnie, of the Baltimore club,
imposed the following fines tin some of his
ilavers for attending a masked ba.l the other
evening: Sweenie, $100; Henderson, SoO, nnd
Emslie, Kelly, Manning and Steams, $10
Jach.
During a recent game between the Wabash
:lub and the North Manchester mine, at
iVabash, Ind., Jolm Noftsinger, second basenan
of the latter club, was run into by King,
aptain of the "Wabash club. and fatally inlured.
Hubbard, the noted Yale catcher, has at
ast become a professional player. He has
fielded to the Athletic manager's tempting
)ffer and now catches for Jones, the Yale
)iteller. He plays under the name of
' West."
Lewis, of the St. Louis club, has been exjelled
for drunkenness. President Appleton,
>f the Metropolitan club, offered &00 for his
elea.se, but it was refused. It cost the St.
Louis club a bonus of $1,000 only a short
ime ago to engage Lewis.
league club record.
The official record of the league championhip
games played up to the &.'d is as follows:
! Id J 3
CLU?. 1.-3 * 5,1 fj g i
d| |!l?jSi"SI s s
$?'1 |lMi a t
03-S.iiJt.ai;- el <?
mppp a;oh A| o o
Boston ! o! 7 7 10 7 14 8! 58 911
ieffalo 7:?I 5 7j 91 S| 9 5 50 92
2hi?go 7 9 ? 9 8 9, 7 55 94
Cleveland I 4 7j 8;?| 9 7 12! 7 54 93
Detroit 4 Sj 5j 5 ? 61 9 2 30 9:3
S'ew York...., 7 5j 5; Gj 5|?llli1 5 45 92
Philadelphia 0 5 2| 21 31 21?j 3 17 93
Providence 0, til 7, 0 12 9| 11? 57 94
! I I I I 1
i~' I"I"-I"I" T ?, ?
Games lost ;>T> 42,"9 39 57147; 76 i>7|?i ?
~AMERICAN ASSOC I AT tO X RECORD.
Jili !llJ|
cuni lilligU ji*
Ipllfl'S |-|
OiO
<_ i ;
Allegheny ? 2 ?j! G 4 3 5 2 81! (J4
Uhletic 112 ? 11' 5131 C H <>4 93
Jultimore 5 3?i S 5 0 3 2 27 93
Jincinnati 8 H 11 ? 11 10 3 8 00 95
Jolumbus 10 1 0 3? 5 3; 3 31 94
Sclipso 10 4 7 4 9?! 7 (J 47 91
Metropolitan 9 510 8 10 6? 3 51 93
St. Louis 9 5 12 011 6 11;? 02 J 94
Games lost 29 (H> 35 03 4-1,41 32?!?
singulaFdiscoyery.
riic Donlli of an Old Woman ItcvcaU
Documentary Evidence of a Claim
iwr .miinuini
An Eiie (Peun.) dispatch to the New York
Herald says: For several years there lived
n an old hut near Erie a woman named
Margaret Gaunt, who boasted that sho had
lucumentary evidence which, if produced,
.vould secure a vast estate in England. A few
weeks ago she died at the age of ninety-six.
Trior to her death she caused a letter to ba
written to a nephew, Edwaru Gaunt, of Engand,
telling him to come on and take posat-s>ion
of valuable family i a;jers. Mrs. Gaunt
:iad in her possession letters and documents
jelonging to her great-great-great grandmother,
who was executed by burning at the
itake by order of the cruel Judge Jelfries durng
the reign of King James the fl., she having
.mwittingly sheltered James Burton, a con.pirator
in the ltye House plot. William
Tcnn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was a
.vitness of the execution at Tyburn. Among
icr papers was a document, with the
eal of King William III., giving a
noney indemnity to Elizabeth Gaunt's
amily in a certain annual sum, in recogni:.on
of tho iunocciue of the victim of the
ixec ution. This c aim has not be/n presented
inco 177'), foi the reason that the important
locument was missing. It was in i>ossession
)1'a branch of the family which emigrated
? ? -I--. ?l..n.l^f{nuKr ..nfiMrol
11 .-illll'I IIHJ, umi mm Liuiuirauutij vU,.ivm
iway tho va'.tiab.u paper. This paper has
jei'ii sought for over a century, and
li.til thy death of this inglorious old
iVoman nothing has been learned of
ts whereabouts. The nephew, Edwin C.
nunt, arrived to-day from England, and to
lis surprise found "the long-searched for
iueiiment. He left this evening l'or New
fork, and is confident that the papers will
iccure the claim, which, if j aid, will amount
0 about 8'.,<>>'!(),< 0 ?, Even, however, if it not
c cognized by tho British government tho
apers will be of great histo.ical value
Keokuk (In.) citizens intend to remove
he remains of Keokuk, the Indian chief, to
1 point near that city and erect a suitable
nonument to his memory,
~"V
LATER NEWS,
! A eoiler belonging to a steam-tug ex- '
ploded with terrific effect at Albany, N. Y. |
The caplain and fireman of the tug, and the !
son of the captain of another tug were in* j
stantly killed, and four other men were se- j
verely injured.
| A boat race at Hulton, Penn., betwen I
professional oarsmen, resulted in the best !
time on record fir three miles being be iten
I by two contestants?Hosmor and TenEyck.
George Wallace (colore 1) was hanged at
Savannah, G'a., for killing Martin Jensen, a
sailor, in a dance-house affray,
i A schooner was being towed through a ;
drawbridge at Chicago when she struck a
j stone abutment with such force as to cause
| tho first span of the viaduct (sixty feet
| long) to fall with a terrific crash,
j There were two vehicles an 1 several people on j
j the viaduct, all of whom were precipitated j
| thirty feet to the ground below, amid the ;
j mass of broken iron and d jbris. Nine i er- j
sons were injure.l, three with probably fatal j
result.
At Blue Lick Springs, Ky., while Samuel
G., William 0. and Thomas Rogers, brothers,
were taking deposi.ions in the case of a
contest over their father's will, Samuel
G., thinking that his brothers were about
to draw weapons, drew his revolver and shot
Thomas through the head and William in the
abdomen. Both men were fatally woundeJ.
Samuel Rogers is president of tho Farmers'
bank, of Carlisle, Ky.; William is a lawyer i
of St. Louis, and Thomas a fanner.
A captain who arrived in New York a few i
days since gives details of the terrible devastation
wrought by a hurricane at San Do- i
mingo. The coast of San Domingo was j
strewn with dead bodies and wreckage. At
least one-half tho village of Azua, which has j
a population of 0,000, was in ruins. All the i
small vessels of the coast were destroyed. At |
Acre tho sea destroyed tho plantations, i
tore up the docks and swppt away |
every building in the place. From j
Acre to Savana la Grande, thirty
miles, twenty-three bodies wvro washe.1
ashors. At San Domingo all the shipping
su'lered severely. Of threj briga nines
which were lying outside nothing remained
save a few spars and pieces of wreckage. The |
vessels had foundered and the crews hid be.'n
drowned.
a M AftVIFNTVT cfo + iiu r\t i
? ? uwwwuv v*. WC1 UJC4IIIU WU3 |
unveiled near Rudesheim, in the Rh ne,by the
Emperor Will am in presence of an fmmenje
crowd of spectators, numbering nearly 250,000
pertons, and amid tho cl mging of the
belli in all the adjacent villages and the i
thunder of artillery. The villagesand<astles I
along tl.e river Rhine wero illuminated at ;
night, and bonfires and bluo lights were I
burned on oil the heights. Twenty steamers, j
profusily d. corated with flags, were anchored ;
in the Rhine in front of Rudesheim. The
contiguous town? and villages were decoratcd,
and their streets thronged with strangers.
Hea.'ly all the German sovereigns and princ?s
wero pres nt. The monument attnins the
height of 110 feet, consisting of substructure
a quadrangular stone base containing reli.*f[
j e 'ostal and the figure of Germania, the latter
being nbmit thir.'y-three feet in height. Its
cost v a>. bout >2:>0,000, and it was erected to
typify German unity and the German victory
of 1*70-71.
A GREAT MONUMENT. ,
i
Ths Statue Commemorative of the ,
German Empire Unveiled,
. (j
Imposing Ccrcmcn'cs in Presence of
250,000 Spectators. \
The unification of Germany and the thir- ' ]
teenth anniversary of the taking of Strasburg \
was celebrated by the unveiing of the gigantic j
statue of Germania on the Niederwald, over- j
looking the town of Rulesheim, on the Rhine, j
For several days pnst immense crowds of !
visitor* had been Hocking to the many j <
surrounding towns in order to secure accom- j j
modations. Beside the very large army of j <
princes and princesses, the mayors of Ham- i <
burg, Bremen and Lybeck, nearly every (
prominent person connected with the military 1
and civic government of the empire wero 1
present, and each division of the German ! ?
armv was represented. There were also |
nbout 15,000 members of the Krieger Verein, ^
10.000 members of various singing societies, j
anil 8,103 Turners. Outside of these organiza- | ^
tions the number of sightseers was placed at | c
about 2o0,000. I J
The villages an l cast'ei alon? the Rhino [ were
illuminated at night, and bonfires and j *
blue lights were burned on all the heights. J j
In the morning when the crowds an l tho j
clubs marched out of tho out'ying towns, j .
with banners flying and bands playing, a i ^
gayly decorated flotilla of stc amers shrieked j
a welcome to thorn from the river. The roul ^
betwet n tl;e Niederwald and Rudeshe:ni was | ?
lined with the veterans an.l the various other i
other societies during tho passage of the em- j C
peror, and thou-amis of cnild en, decorated i tj
with garlandsof vine leaves, bearing baskets | j
of grains and miniature wine casks, greete.l .
him. ! "
On arriving at the base of the statuo the ; 3
emperor met and greeted nearly all tho Ger- ! p
man sove eigns who gave their support to the ! _
declaration of the empire. Prince Bismarck j
was absent cn account of illness, and neith r
King Lt.uis of Bavaria nor King unaros ti i_
Wurtemburg was present. The ceremonies j B
began about noon by the reading of a pcetic S
a Idrcss, followed by the performance of ' t
"Nun danket alle Gott" by four military j v
bands, and an oration by the emperor, who j
said: j *
"When Providence desires to signify its | J
will with regard to mighty events upon the : J
earth it selects the time, countries and in- j Q
struments to accomplish its purpose. The
years 1870 and 1871 wero a time when such 6
Burpose was indicate J. Our threatened j 11
ermany arose in its 1 ive for the fatherland , j
as one man, and with the princes at the hea 1 | ,
stood in arms as the instrument. Tl:o Al- j 11
mighty conducted these arms after sanguin- U
ary conflicts from vie t ry to victory, and J g
united Germany takes its place in the history ^
of the world. Millions of hearts have raised ,
their prayera to God and given Him1 humble j 13
th;;nks, praising Him foresteeming us worthy ' V
of accomplishing His will. Germany to the ! p
remotest time desires to give constant ex- ?
pression to this feeling of gratitude. In this )
sense the monuument standing before us was P
erected. In the words spoken at the laying u
of the foundation-stone, words which my* late ],
fattier, after the wars of liberation oi IS!.'! to ?
1815, bequeathed in iron to posterity, I dodi- j
cate this monument: 'To the Mien a fl
memorial, to the living an ackm wledgnient, ! gi
to coming generations a source of emu.'aticn.' i *
May God vi uchsafe it." j J
AVhen the emperor had concluded Her Von '
Schilling, llie sculptor, pulled the silken cord C<
confining the folds of the banner, and the 1 ^
splendid siatue of Germania was saluted by
salvos from the baiteries at Bingen and on j
the surrounding hills, the ringing of village ' 1
church bells, the steam whistles of the flotii.a c
hi the river and tl.e strains of the n ition il m
anthem sung by the whole vast assemblage i
offpeople.
The Crown Prince Frederick William, on
bended knee seized and kissed the eni]>eror's
hand, whcreuixm the father and son embrac e l !
and kissed ca h other repeatedly, amid tremendous
chiering. Emperor AVilliam then
sh ok hanfls with General Von Moltke. C(
After the ceremony the slalue was in- 1
snected by the emperor and all the princes. I
1 he emperor repeatedly expres-ed his thanks A
iu liiu i uu> nij^ iruurgu ui tnu ifsu*
val for their excellent arrangements. Upon
his return to Rudoheim the emperor mot t(
with a hearty reception from tho ]> *>ple, and t(
at the banquet drank to the prosperity of the ' c<
town. ' ^
Description ot the IHoitmneiit.
The Niederwald, on which tho monument j..
is erected, is over <0J feet high, an 1 the sp jt J
chosen overlooks one of the most beautiful
jjoints on t he river?where t iio t roops ma rche l t(
pa t into the war, and wh to Kin* Wiliia n,
returning from Kran-e, "saluted tin Rhin:*
for the lirst time as Kaiser." The monument
attains the height of 110 feet, consisting , tl
of substructure, a quadrangu'ar stone
1 ase containing relief, jicdotal anil 1 .
the figure of CScrmania, the latti-r "
being about thirty-three feet in heigh'. In o:
front of the substructure there are sculp
tuivd the figures of Father Rhine ; n l the xi
nymph iMo.-e.le. The Mosello is represented
bv a young woman of ideal beauty, who is re- *1
wiving from the hands of Fi ther Rhine a tl
'artre watch-liorn. which, nresanubly, she is
to uso as a menus of call for assistance
ill case she should be again attacked. N
Ou this substructure rests the broad \\
b~.se of the monument, in the front of which ..
the great relief representing the empor* r and .
his generals is let in. At eiiher side are ligures,
the one symbolizing ' War" being rep- el
r< seated by a young Roman warrior, with
drawn sword, calling his comrades together
by the sound of the trumpet to do end the "
threatened latherland. Tho other statue jl
is on angelic figure representing ' I Vac." st
The gia :d relief in front of tl.e bas > ,,
is a marvelous piece of work. On it iv'e ..
represento l the Kais.'r William on In so- ''
back, surrounded Ly all tho t.erman kings tl
on l princes w.io d claredhi.u ciiij^ror, u:i 1 m
tho statesme.i, gene a saa oilierre.re.-enta
tives of the army who . ssisled a; tin sceuo
in Versail.es. T.iis reli.'f is compose 1 of no ('
less ih.tn 133 life-size figures, of which 1-0 I tl
are accurate Ijkeness^. Ik'liind tJjo em- t 0
peror is a dais, on the steps lending up
to which stand the German kings, grani
dukes, and princes who, while not present
with the army at Veisaillo-, gave their
support to tlie declaration of tne entire.
The row of princes begins with King Ludwig
II. of Bavaria, an I ends on the right
with old King John of Saxony. In the foreground,
immediately to the left of the emperor,
is the Iron Chancellor: to the right the
silent Moltke. Near Count Moltke is a group
composed of Prince Froierick Charles, commanaer
of the Second Army, and the Crown
Prince Albert of Saxony. The two other
reliefs 011 the sides of tho square represent
"The Departuro for tho War" and "The Return
from tho War."
The pedestal is crowned by tho imposing
form of (jerniania, a figure of classic bo .uty.
Her left arm rests on the imperial sword,
while in her right she holds up the imj.erial
crown which she bus won. From
her shoulders hangs the imperial mantle,
richly embroidered with eagles
and precious stones. Two powerful eagles
support the throne from which Germania
seems to have just arisen. The face of Germania
is strikingly beautiful, dignified,
and earnest. The model for it was the
sculptor's own child, whose face he
i tealized in the national monument. Tho
figure was completed by Schilling four years
ago. It wai ca?t a; the foundry of Herr von
Mid r, at Munich. Seven hundred and fifty
hundred weights of bronze were required
for tho statute, old German cannon furnishing
the ma erial employed, for it had Leen
ordered that no French guns should be used.
A TRIPLE EXECUTION.
Three Negroes Hanged in Virginia*-*
Story of Their Crime.
Sawney Younger, Reuben King and Isaac
Evans were liangel at Chatham, Va., for the
murder 01 "VVr illiam F. Kheppard, on the
10th of August, five miles from Danville.
King and Evans sold their bodies to physicians
for $10 each. Younger would not sell
his. He said he considered $10 too little
King and Evans upon receiving the money
gave a fine dinner to a few friends in a
hotel. Roast pi&and roast beef constituted
the first course. The dinn?r ende I with wine
a dcigais. An officer and guar l sat ne lr
the festal board. The condemned nun con fesse
I their guilt at the banquet, but afterward
recante I. They confessed a^ain, and
there is no doubt as to the guilt of them all.
The execution was private and occurred in
the mil.
The rope was a 1 justed at twenty-one minutes
past 12. but the trigger missed. It was
thin rci aired and pulled a second time. The
drop was six reet ana a quarter. Younger's
reck was broken. The two others were
strangled and died hard. The bodies were
cut down in fifteen minutes. Two of them
were delivered to a physician, and will go to
Richmond college. The other was buried.
On the day of the murder Shepnnrd had
gone to Danville with a wagon load of produce,
and on returning was h iiled when a j
few miles from the city by three negroesYounger,
King and Evans?who asked permission
to ride in the wagon. On being refused,
one of the men shot Sheppard through j
the head and body with a pistol, while
another stood by with an open razor in
his hand. The wagon went on about twenty
paces, when Sheppard fell out dead. The rob- i
bery and perhaps murder of Sheppard's son, I
a boy of fifteen years, who was in the wagon, ;
was prevented by the appearance of two 1
c ilored men who heard the snouting. Citizens
of the county followed the three men to
Danville and had lhem arrested. At the j
preliminary trial Sheppard's son identifl d j
Younger in a crowd ot me a as the one who j
shot his father, Evans as the man who held '
the razor and JCinc ns t.liAir mmiMni
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
There are at present four large and
about ad.yzen small companies in California
engaged in the distillation of
borax, of which about 3,000 tons are j
annually produced.
Perank, in the Malay peninsula, I
now produces about as much tin every j
as Cornwall. Last year Perack I
exported not less than 7,000 tons of
that valuable metal. In the mining
works there are 40,000 Chinese em- <
ployed at present
To insure the safety of any one com- 1
pelled to descend into cesspools oi
places filled with foul gas it is necessary
to lower, by means of a string oi j
wire, a tin pan "(cr other flat vessel)
3ontaining a small quanity of ordinary
gunpowder, and then ignite that by
Iropping live coals on it. After the
sxplosion it is well to lower a lighted
handle to the bottom. If it continues
:o burn it can be taken as a sure test
:hat all danger is removed, and the descent
can safely be made.
The following statistics as to the
lumber of men employed in various
>ranches of activity are published by
he minister of commerce in Fiance:
142 coal mines, employing 10(5,415
lands; 1,035 turf culling works, emjloying
27,977 hands; c55 iron mines,
imploying 8,468 bands; 60 other metalurgical
mines, employing 4,422 hands;
ind :J5i) iron works, employing 57,0U0
lands. There are 412 establishments
imployed in the manufacture of cliina
nd ootterv. emDlovinc 17J08 hands;
12 of glass and cry.-tal, employing
13,421 hands; 536 of pa^er and cards,
mploying 32,658 hand*. There are
li) gas works, erap!oyingl0,575 hands,
57 candle works, employing 3,60 J
and-s; 339 soap factories, employing
,50J hands: 512 sugar factories, employing
63,526 hands: and 5,024textile
yorks, employing 353,383 hands.
The Union Medicale asserts that
ome persons are sensitive to impresions
of color from sounds. It states
hat Doctor Xussbaumer, of Vienna,
^ras the first to note this peculiarity,
irhich existed in om; of his brothers.
Joctor I'e irono. an ophthalmologist of
antes, has studied it recently in one
f liis friends with these results : A
harp note produces a I Tighter and a
at note a darker impression of color,
lusic from different instruments gives
ifferent chromat'.c sensations. A
lelociy played upon the saxophone
ave the impression of yellow ; upon
he clarionet, red; upon the piano,
lue. All sounds, musical or otherwise,
give impressions in tin se cases
roportioned to their intensity. The
nman voice gives more delicate imressions
; in chanting they were more
larked, tho predominating colors
eing yellow, green, r.d and blue.
The seat of the cjlor," said M. Fe
ron's patient, "is si en where the
ound comes from ; but whether I seo
ie person or not the color is the same,
nth my eyes closed I think of the
i>lor produced, and there is no change,
rhether the sound comes through parlions,
walls or other obstacles. In
lioir singing, I notice a multitude of
Dlors formed in small points above
ie head of the choiristers."
. ~ ? j
SELECT SIFTIXGS.
i,
Mesmer first publisned his doctrines
jncerning mesmerism in 17Gl>.
The milk of the three cows in Sitka,
J;isk;i, is sold at ughty cents a quart.
Tin1 largest cow in America, so J
?rmed by tho Western press, belongs
) John Pratt, of Chase county, Kan- .
v>. t>li% is three years old and weighs
200 pounds. i ]
While Miclia-1 Davitt was in Portind
prison somebody sent him s me I
ower seeds taken from an Egyptian j
>mb, and when planted they 1 los- ,
>iw'(l. This is tint sec-ml recent in
;ance of obtaining flowers from seeds
lousands of years old.
A novel method is adopted in China
> pr< toe t earrier pigeons from birds |
f j>rey. An apparatus made of abcut
n small bamb>o tubes is attached to
io pigeon's tail in such a way that a
irill whistling sound is produced by 1
ie rush of air a ross tlic tubes.
The arastras used in some of the.
evadan mines are run hv sand. A !
indmill runs a belt containing a great '
umber of buckets, and the?o carry j
ie sand up to a big t n ik, just as grain i
if valors cany wheat to a llouring J
nil. A stream of s.ind being h tool
pon the o\e:shot wheel, it revolves ]
i>t as it would un.ler the weight of a i
ream of water, and the arastras j
love steadily on at their wi rk. V. lieu j
lere is nunh wind tlic sand is stored ]
p for u e when calm prcva Is, so the 1
rastras are 11 ver idle. After a su {
i nt (plant ty of sand has been ac- (
iimulate.l there is no moie trouble on
iat score, the same sand be ng used
ver and over. '
L_
POLITICAL NEWS.
iaa??achusiettM Greenback Convention.
At the Massachusetts State Greenback convention
in Boston Levi R. Pierce was chosen
president. Governor Butler was unanimously
renominated. The remainder of the ticket
uominated was as follows: Lieutenant-Governor,
John Howes, of Worcester; secretary
of state, Nicholas Furlong, of Boston; attorney-general,
George Foster, of Lynn;
treasurer, Wilbur F. Whitney, of Ashburnham,
and auditor, A. H. Wood, of Lunenburg.
The platform ado, ted denounces both the
Republican and Democratic parties; demands
a repeal of all class Laws; no subsidies for i
corporations; equnl political rights for men
ana women ; election of all public officials,
as far as practicable, bv a direct vote of
the people ; a graduated income tax and
taxation on all other property at an equal
ratio; no more refunding of the public
debt in such a minnor that it cannot be paid j
when the government h js money to pay it; I
the discontinuance of the hoarding policy; I
the demonetization of gold and silver lis do-;
mestic currency and the reissua in its ste-d !
of full legal tender paper currency; the with- |
I drawal or the power of issue from national
b i nks; the removal of the " tariff monstn si-'
' tv"? that nrittnn IrVvro* cV? ill 1 '
, to cheapen honest labor; that sufYr.'ge 1
I shnll bo tree to all; larger appropriations for j1
common schools; shorter houre of labor, and !
the regulation of interstate commerce by 1
Congress so that middlemen cmnot r ise 1
prices; the prohibition of the employment of 1
children under fourteen years in mints and ]
workshops, and equ <1 pay for equal work for :
men find women. The pi tform closes with
a eulogy of Governor Butler. '
IVawiachimsttN Femocratic Conven- i
tion. ?
The Massachusetts Democratic State con- j
vention, hsld in Boston, was p' esided over by (
I Edvvara Avery. Governor Bat er teas re- ?
bominated by acclamition. Ih2 remain lor t
of tae ticket nominate 1 is as follows: Lieu- j
tenant-governor, Frederick 0. Prince, of
Bcston: secretary of state, Ch .r.'e? Mirke, of
Springfield; treasurer and receiver-general,
C. H. Ingills, of .New Bedford; attorney-generalj
John W. Cummings, of Fall River;
I auditor, John Hopkins, of Millbury. The
I platform is as follow s:
I The Democrats of Massachusetts, in conven,
tion assembled, eater upon the campaign
| with calm assurance that the people of the
State will record a more glorious victory than j
' that of 1882. The national outlook for 1884
j is cause for congratulation, and signs of the t
I coming triumph are everywhere apparent.
I With a maiorif.v in tho 1nw?p linuca nf Cnn- I t
I gress, and with Democratic governors in o
! twenty-five Slates, all wo ne a is harmony
and an unbroken front in every section to c
again place in power that go.a old Demo- r
cratic party uader which for more than half d
a century the country showed a degree of ii
progress such as has "never been equaled by t<
any nation in the world. f
I. We reaffirm tin platform of principles v
ador.ted by the last nat.onal Dt mo;ratio convention
at Cincinca i, and b.lieve thatiti n
j adoption by the pet p e w ill convert the mani- n
: foli abuses now exist n? in the adm nistra- ti
tlon of public nffairs, and bring ba:k ihe tl
government to th3 puti y an;l efficiency which fi
characterized it unoer Democratic rule.
II. We reaffirm 1 he principles of the State ii
platform cf 18b2, wh.cn were in .ors.d Ly the tl
people of the cornmonwo 1th. We beiieve
m the suprenacy of lha nation and ti
the integrity of the State; in equil rights ?
without limitation of race or sex: in impar- w
1- \ ?- -- J
nai iicvuum ui tuo uuuoi.; in nontai/ uuu
economic expenditures in the St to and na- P
tion; in a thorough reform of the civil ser- oi
vice, in which fitness, not favor, shall rcgu- *
late appointments; in a tariff limited in b
amount to the sum neccssiry and edequsta .
for revenue; the abolition of excessive war Ji
taxes in these davs of peace, ai'd in a
still further reduction of the extrava- w
gaut St.te expenditures. We oppose
all sumptuary laws which infringe upon c*
the sacred rich's of personal l.bsrty. We
favor the introduction of a board of arbitra- w
tion for the purpose of reconciling differences b.
between employers and employed, in order U
that a better understanding may exist bo- la
tween capital and k-bor and a more healthful Cl
condition of the industrial interests of the n<
State be brought about, and commend to the
careful consideration of tbe legislature the ?necessity
of a hw which will secure to all n?
employes compensation from their employers }'1
for any personal injuries they may receive
while in the discharge of their duties. *1
The third and fourth resolutions are c!e- j)j
voted to Tewk-bury affairs, and, after reciting
the abui03 developed therein, approve
the energy and perseverance shown by the ?j<
governor to prevent waste and secure economy
in State institutions. The fifth com- ,.
m^nds Governor Butler to the neonle of the
State as the only volunteer soldier ever
elected governor of Massachusetts, and urges ar
his re-election, and the sixth comment's the
aominees for state officers, be
Vew York Democratic State Convention*
At the New York Democratic Slate conrention
in Buffalo Thom s E. Benedic - was el<
:hosen cl:a rman. The res.) ution adopted hy j Ei
last years convention, declaring the Count/}
Democracy to be the i egular orga *.-j nc
imtion in the city and county of j br
New York, but alloting Tammany twenty- co
tour and Irving Hall ten of tin seventy-two so
delegates, was a^ain agreed upon. Following
ire the nominations : For secretary or state, y
Issac H. Maynard ; controller, Alfred C. ^
'Jhipin; treasurer. Robert A. Maxwell: ?e
lttorney-general. Den :is O'Brien; engineer je]
md surveyor, Elnathsn Sweet. The plat- ^
form adopted reads as follows : ^
The Democracy of New York reaffirms the
platform a lopted at its last State convention ne
ivhich has received the approval of the | eo- t0
p!e, as shown by a m ijority of nearly -..00,000
it the last election, and they especially de- y"
aounce the proposition th .t the people snoul I m:
i e taxed to raise a surplus fund for ino i-eu-;
jral govemmeut to distribute among the of
States. Wo c aim with pride an 1 satisfac-1 wi
tion that every ploJge therein made has been , be
in good faith re learned. Valuable reforms i Ei
aave been wrought; useless offices have been i 0<
ibolishei; the civil service has b?en freed I
from the debasing and injurious inliuences ot' I bij
partisan m.nipulution; tiio freedom and! fa
[luritv of primaries hive been se uret; pc- j in
itical cssessmtnt; have been aboli hed; re a?
ceivership abuses h ve be n curre ted: th) I wj
principle of loc il se f-government h s b?en | in
udhered to; the e.licien<y of the national
gu rd has been in rcased; t x .t.on for the ^
support of governmtnt has be u le lucel; a ti.
State bure u of labur it .t.'stics has been es- ??
t blished; the rights of theworkin^mm have I W)
bet n further protected, and the in urious jal
competition of ccnvi t labor h s bten cur
tailed. Business methods have bee.i the |
rule in the 11 an gement of State affairs. a.
Un the record thus made, an! to wh ch it 1
will steaalastiy adhere, the Democratic __
party asks a renewed aw ard of the confidence
of the people. We iuvue with reason all
friends of improve 1 St ite a Imini.-tra ion, irrespective
of party, to join wi.h the De- j ?P
aiocracy in prescrv.ug and perfecting the re- j
to in in progress a it in extending them to 111
all branches of the state service. \Y e heartily I re
indorse Governor Clevek n t's i.dministration. 00
It justifies the great vote which elected him. 06
He has deservedly won the affection of the
people ly his in .ustry, firmne s, intelligence
uii.t aggressive honesty. The results inaKe |
bis administration one of the best the State j
sver had.
ar
TIaryland Republican State C'ouvt n ;jj
tion.
The Maryland Republic in State convention
at Baltimore nominated Congiessruan i vj,
H rt B. Holton for governor, Dr. U't-sh- |
i.igton Smith for comptroller, and E. I .
b.t .ckett Matthews for a torney-gen- i *a
eral. The ncm nations were nil m <le j11
unanimously s;nd by accLim-tlon. Thi ,
platiorm approves "the wise, able and Q
conservative administration or' President i ' c
Arthur;"' declares that the gravest abus.s I
continue to exist in the administration of the |
State government, atul that to carry out the 1
reforms thj i>opulur sentiment demands ch
would be to dethrone the Democratic rulers; vi
that laboring men have an equal right with the th
owners of capital to make j eaceful combina- mi
tions for their own protection, and tint such
right sIku d be seem el to them by law: th
{Mints to the record of the Republican party K
and its policy of protection as e tablishiug its I R<
sympathy with the interests of labor, an 1 I mi
claims that while that j olicy is directed to
the fuller development and fostering care of ^
our home industries, the j>olicy of the Demo-1
cratic party tends to reduce x wages and to j va
briug the Anient an workman uown to the ! ,,c
lower level of the foreign workshop: tli it the j fr,
clause of the constitution which requires the
board of public works to prevent freight dis-1 t(u
eliminations against the citizens and prod- j n?
ucts of the State should be enforce 1. nj
.\obrnska Kcpublicans. i ^
The Nebraska Republicans at their State | th
convention in Lincoln nominated N. 1). tjr
Reese forjudge of the supreme court. The tei
platform adopted favors a proper protective mi
tariff ami a Siate railroad commission; t.d- At
locates the forfeiting ef unearned railroad Th
hind grants; opposes legisl ttion allow ug ft)]
uttle men to sirurc large irucis or pun.ic fa,
lands; indorses tho administration of I resiJeiit
Arthur, and udvoc itcs tin* improycment '
3t the jjjreat rivers of ilie South and West. a j
A TEREIFIC HURRICANE, j*
nu
IBuudrt*?l? of Vowi'K \Vr<clied anil sl"
lliui) l.ivca I.ust in llic Wi-nt In- 'is
dies. to
News receive 1 from the West Indies shows Jy
that the recent hurricane at and near Nassau no
was most disastrous in its effects. A great
many vessels were wrecked and at least
lifty-threo lives were l ist. Tho greatest dis-1
istcr was the loss of tho ship (.'arleton,
ivhich left Nassau with the mails and
fourtien p: sscn^ei-s for Juupii and intermediate
jKirts. The vessel struck a reef and oY
ivas totally wre/kwl. Twelve passengers on uii
.ma I'd were drowned.
The following \ esjels lost in the harbor i f j
N'assiu during the hurricanc are reported a *.it'
tot d li?ss: Sloops- Koyal Kx"l aiijie, IVflnice,
rhaiitoiu, Nonesuch, Johnson's I Inn. r .
I.illie ciul llennie. Schooners?I'rndeiu, 1
Hester Ann, rornucopii, Nimble, Marv ,i
en, Hello of the I'av, VioV, lie o'.ute, Kn- ,i'
*hr n r,ss. I liance, Neva, John Hvron, lslnml
,'u 'i n, An-ia Mid lies lie. The list of \esscls )()
iamrtgrd, slrinded and sunk inthelurb>r
liounts up into the hundreds.
The endless cable is about to be introduced j"
>n Cincinnati street-cars, ' ^
EXPLOSIONJNANARSENAL M
Rocket Factories at Woolwich '
Blown Up.
Many Buildings Destroyed and Two " 'M
Uves Lost. '.'-Jar
The rocket factories at the arsenal at
Wcolwich, England, exploded a few day* Vgl rince
with terrible effect The explosion was
mused by a fire in the main building, which .' --%fm
ncludedthe laboratory. The building was ' ^Ja 1
lestroyed within half an hour after the Are jS?
arokeout. It contained an immense number ',
)f war rockets which were filled with destruc
:ive missiles. The latter flew in all direc- '- '^3
ions, many being projected to and falling *
lpon the other side of the Thames. The fire
*as extinguished at noon, when the rockets . :
seated their .explosions. ^
Old soldiers at Woolwich declare that the J/jjB
jxpiosioi? 01 me rocKe.s during tnenre wore .
is frightful as if occur, ing in an actual
siege. There -was a regular fusillade, the misriles
exploding in all directions with deafenng
detorations resembling the firing of nunerous
bat.eries of artillery. Some of the
;var rockets were projected a distance of five /?5?
miles. One of them went through the wkll .
>f an arsenal and another s.ruck the artillery
nafracks. Rockets fell in Erith, Elsham. .
Charlton and Ilford. One of thlta plunged -r-tvSH
nto a school for infants at Plumpstead, .
mother entered a draper's shop In Woo!vith,
and still another wrecked a grocery V'JjS|
There was the wildest panic in Woolwich, ~'iSm
nit there was no loss of life with the excep- ' -jgSfl
ion of two men who were employed in the
irsenal. The principal damage was conflne4 . Wm
a the rocket factory, which will involve a i&mk
oes of ?2,000.
OTHER EXPLOSIONS IN ABSENALS. ?
On September 17,18<J2. a frightful explosion >'J|a
>ccurred at the Unl ea States arsenal in > - %gwH
Pittsburg, Penn. It occurred in -the ' oriCta''
aboiatory, and out of l"". ooyaand girk
vho were employed in the building at ^
he time of ti.e disaster, seventy-five were
tilled. One explosion followed another until
he entire building was destroyed, and those
vho could not escape in time were burned up, " vm
"he scene was most appalling, the dead bod.es *
ying in heaps as they hai fallen. The ex- '*?228
ilosioa was caused by the accidental tailing * -ffiB
On June 17,1864, a terrible explosion oc- ' r v jgH
urred at the Washington arsenal Some <kfm
ed stars for fireworks had keen set out to ' Vmtt
Vy and ignited from the sun's heat, explodag
and setting fire to the premises. Nine- " #a
sen dead bodies of females were removed '
rom the ruins and fifteen or twenty others
. ere either seriously or mortally wounded.
On August 15, 1S?5, the shot and shell arse- VyffiM
al at Richmond, Va., took lire, a series of \
i0bt terrific explosions ensuing. Iheinhabi- j?jj
rnts of Oregon Hill were al! driven from
heir homes In the greatest terror, as the *5551
ra^nvnts of the missiles came crashing
irough their dwellings. Fortunately work
l the arsenal had c ascd prior to the time of '-vvSM
le accident aad but two men were killed. /
On December 18, 1835, an exp'osion of car id;estook
p ace in a small building in the ^
Washington arse.al, killing seven and
' unding others in a serious manner.
On September 2, lStttf, the Watertown
ilais.) arseDal was set on fire and a series ' 0
f loud explosions followed. The buildings . '*?a2s|
ere guarned by sentries at the time, and ^-?$9
3ing closed no loss of life occurred.
In November, 186!*, the wuchung arsenal .. gam
i China exploded, the shock being distinctly ?35
:ard 120 miles distant. Over 1,000 people
ere killed and wounded.
OnJnlyaj, lb71, a terrific explosion oo- vjgHB
irred in the Washington arsenal, hundreds .
' bombs and shells flying about; houses and
orkshope were demolished, the very valua- 33
o army museum was destroyed and the ..
nited S.ates signal corps ira:*azine and .
boratory were blown up and destroyed. Oeirring
at 3 o'clock in the morning, there was
) loss of life. " -.1
A disastrous explosion occurred on October ...
L 1851, in the fulminate room of the ordince
department at the Washington navy
ird; one killed and two wounded. V -2|
[USICAL AND DRAMATIG 1
Edwin Booth has made ub his mind to rele
in Boston..
It is claimed that about 500 theatrical com- )
nations will start out soon.
New York is overrun with young ladies
nbitious to shine in the operatic world.
Frank Mordeaunt and Frank Evans,
ith clover actors, star this season in a new " '$2?
ay, by Joaquin Miller, called "The Silent - '$i
Maud Banks, daughter of General N. P.
inks, will this season go on the stage as an
.cutiouist. She has been training in
One of the Lorello Brothers, grotesque
tors, has ^ust died from paralysis of the
ain. It is thought the extensive use of v
smetics in the white face "make up" had
mething to do with producing the trouble.
One evening during his recent visit to New
nrk Pmadpiit Arthur and nartv occupied .
ro proscenium boxes at the l'a?ino and Witssed
the performance of " Pnnco Metnusan"
by the McCaull Opera Comiqu9 com- ;
The London papers curiously compute the
t profits of Mrs. Langtry's season in this
untiy to be five times Mr. Gladstone's
rnings as prime minuter, and double the .
iges of the urcubishop of Canterbury durg
the same period.
The Chevalier Anton de Koutski, composer
"Tiie Lion's Awakening," and a pianist ?
no lately rcptated his Euro, ean triumphs
fore Boston audiences, will accompany Miss
nnia Thuraby on her concert tour between
:tober 1, 1558a, and May 1, 1884.
Miss Helen Braga, whose fine voice and
gh dramatic talent ba-e made her the
vorite of opera [ atn.ns in Berlin as well as
Vienna, has acceutei an offer from Man;er
Amb rg for an Ame.ican tour. She
Jl probably join the Geis.inger troupe early
January.
TiiE venerable Charles R. Thorne, father of
e la.e "leading man" in the Union Square
eatre, New York, of Edwin Thorne and of .
rs. Emily Chamberlain, was married last _ .
jek in San Francisco to the widow of the
be James Stark, the tragedian. Mr. Thorne
the hero of a romantic life. He has been
i the stage over sixty years, ana in his time
ilayed many parts."
The London Figaro reports that Herr
ins Rich.er has been in negotiation with
r. Henry E. Abbey for a concert season in '<
;w York, with possibiy a season of German
era, if the details cano.-nrraiged. Riehter
vniH nf ooiirsG. b_> in America only during
i ee mouths, aud he w.u:d, in anv case, '* "%
turn to London in May for the Riehter
nctrt.*, which are now one of the most sucssful
speculations of their class.
PROMINENTPEOPLE. Ife
Butler.?Governor B. F. But'er's stable
e the finest in Low ell, Mass. He keeps nine |3
oroughbred horses .
Booth.?Mr. R. T. Booth, the leader of ^
e Blue Ribbon movement, has decided to
sit New Zealand, Australia and the Cape.
Keade.?It is said that Charles Reade, the "M
inous English novelist, iscn^a^ed in writ- ' .
g a series of lives of the patriarchs of Scrip- JHH
Tabor.?The Robert E. L.>e, Matchless and
joopr mines at Leadville have bee.i sold to ? '
i English syndicate by ex-Senator Tabor ^8^
r $5,000, (JO).
Davis.?Ex-Senator David Davis haspurased
a large tract of laud near Fayettelle,
N. C., and wiJl spend most of this fall
ere, superin tending the making of improve2nts
thei eon.
Victoria.?Queen Victoria has intrusted
e task of writing her biography to Miss
eddle, a Scotch lady, introduced" by Lord
jna d Gower. Little progress has yet been
ade with the work.
Bismarck.?Prince Bismarck was guarded
iring his stay at Kissingen by six Bavarian
ndarmes, six Prussian jwlicemen, one Bairian
comiijiisioner of police, one Prussian
ilice councillor from Berlin, four detectives
um Munich and two from Wurzburg.
? !>= tn n-nt/'h the chancellor
iring his three hours1 walk on the promeiite,
ami to prevent unknown persons from
iproachiug his villa by day or by night.
Eugenie.?The ex-Empress Eugenie was
o center of attraction at Carlsbad during
e past season. She api^eared invariably
essed in deep mourning, and beside her atidant,
Mine. Bourbaki, only Major Scott,
Englishman, and Dr. Evans, the famous
ne rican dentist, were seen inner company,
le ex empress still retains traces of her
rmer beauty, although the expression of her
:e is one of sadness and suffering.
Lincoln.?Mr. Lincoln, the secretary of
ir, was forty years old on August I. He is
nan Sightly aLove the nie-i^m height. He
well r underl, and incline J to bo stout. He
liost invariab y dresses iu black. His head
square and full. His luxur ant mustache
d full, short beard are ligiit-brown, several
ides darker than his thick, short-cropped
ir. His complexion is dark, and inclined
bo sallow. He has a high, wide forehead;
avy, well-desifjr.ed eyebrows, blue-gray
ts, and a straight, vigorously-developed
so.
BLOWN TO ETEBNITY.
Boiler Explode*, Killing Five Tien
and Injuring Five Others.
A. Shreveport (La.) dispatch says: At 8
lock to-night the boiler of an engine runtig
saws at the bridge being constructed
er the Red river for the Y'cksburg, Shrevert
and Pacific railroad exploded with ter1c
force, killing five persons and wounding
e others who were at work as the night
ret*. A boy rained Willie Watts was the
ly person on the boat at the time of the ex*
jsion who escajjed unhurt. The names ol
u killed are: A1 Humphreys, James Sumsrs.
William Thomas, John Mallory and
lm Burke (all white). The names of thq
Minded are: Willie Jones, hurt slightly h>
o head; Abe Gilliland (colored), fatally inred;
Ad Wilson (white), wounded on the
ad and breast; A1 Watkins (white), scalded;
id Henry (?. colored boy), slightly injured