Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.* V ; r /.y N \ N The day of the wooden nutmeg is not altogether past. Two hundred patents liave been issued at Washington for machines to polish low-grade colfec that it may be palmed off on the innocent as first quality. It may be interesting to know that at Lake Nyassa, Africa, a strong young man can be bought for forty yards of white cotton cloth, a young woman for fifty-six yards, and a young mother for thirty-six yards. Age is evidently at a discount, for an old mail can be bought for four yards. There are still sonic Christians in the Russian empire who sacrifice beasts as a part of public worship, in imitation of their pagan forefathers. This practice prevails among the Ivaretes at Wyborg, in Northern Finland, who are devoted adherents of the Orthodox Church. The same custom is now observed near Walaam, where every year three oxen are slaughtered amid the ringiug of bells, and then boiled, the villagers and pilgrims making a dinner out of the sacred flesh. A pound of bananas, it is said, contains more nutriment than three pounds of meat or many pounds of potatoes, while as a food it is in every sense superior to the best wheaten bread. Although it grows spontaneously throughout the tropics, when cultivated its yield is prodigious, for an acre of ground planted with bananas will return as much food -material as thirty-three acres of wheat, or over 100 acres of potatoes. It is not generally understood that bananas fried, baked or roasted are very appetizing, and that sliced and placed in a dish, with alternate slices of oranges, they make a most delicious dessert. Like the American Indians, the blacks of Africa like firewater. The superintendent of Lutheran missions in West Africa writes: i"The vilest liquors imaginable are being poured into Africa in shiploads from almost every quarter of the civilized world. On one small vessel, in which myself and wife were tho .nnlv noccdnrrnrc thorn worn in flip over 100,000 gallons of New England rum, which sold on this coast for $1 a gallon in exchange for palm oil, rubber, camwood and other produce common to the country. I have seen landed from one steamer at a single port 10,000 cases of gin, each containing twelve three-pint bottles. ' The life saving service, it is stated in the annual report for 1885, saved last year thirty-seven persons, exclusive of lives saved in the regular service of rescuing distressed, endangered, and wrecked vessels, as follows: Total number of disasters, 371; total value of property involved, $5,634,380; total value of property saved, 3,370,583; total value of property lost, $1,254,797; total number of persons on board, 2,438; total number of persons saved, 2,429; total number of persons lost, 11; total number of shipwrecked persons cared for at stations, 568; total number of days' succor afforded. 1.686: total number of vessels lost, fifty-six. ' A Tennessee man finds there are 300.000 "worthless dogs in that State, which consume food enough, if fed to hogs, to make 30,000,000 pounds of bacon, which would .be equal to feeding meat to 100,000 ablebodied men a whole year. At 10 cents per pound the bacon would be worth $6,000,000, and if in silver would load down ninety-four two-horse wagons and make a wagon train more than half a mile long. Again, the worthless curs prevent farmers from keeping 2,000,000 sheep, the | mutton and wool from which would be 'worth $3,000,000, Including the sheep annually killed, the whole expense of 'keeping the dogs of tha State amounts to the pretty sum of $9,000,000. i ' The agent of a New Mexico ranchman paid his semi-annual visit to a distant grazing ground only to find the sheep lienler dead and the slieep quietly feeding in a fertile canon near by, jealously guarded by his dog. In the rear of the carras, into which the sheep were driven every night, lay the bleaching skeletons of a dozen or more sheep. Astonished at the sagacity of the dog, the ranchman secreted himself and waited until night. As the sun began to sink the sheep came trooping in, with the dog in the rear. They crowded into the corral through a narrow opening, and as the last one pushed forward the dog seized and killed him, and dragged the lifeless body to the Tear of the corral, where he made a comfortable supper off a portion of the car- ' cass. leaving the balance for future meals'He had been doing this ever since the death of his master, and would probably have continued his guardianship over the until llf? (licil. A correspondent has been telling how i Mrs. Langtry was made over into a pro- ? fessional beauty. It appears that at the Lily's first appearance in London, according to the veracious correspondent, she was shv, wore a plain black silk and one J rose in her hair, which was nut-brown 1 and thick; her eyes were fine and her < skin fresh and hardy, but her mouth and 1 her waist were terrible, both as big as all , .out-doors. She spoke with a frightful ] jprovincial accent, and every word she ut- i jtered sent the company off into screams ?>f laughter. Then she set to work on j ] tierself vigorously. She began by shap- < ing in her waist, a hairdresser soon light- i 1 11 ?--i- 1-l>oir fn ( eneci tllC nui-uiu>vu U1 uk.i uuu iu wj/jn.1, cand brought the top of her head to the nape of her neck,and a fnshionable dressmaker soon routed cheap black silks and .Jersey-cut costumes. Perhaps the Lily rwas a more truly happy woman befora the transformation, although she did not ?thtn, as now, own blocks of real estate in Cher 4'dear America." ? An astronomical lecturcr recently gave I good advice to artists and poets. "When artists paint the moon, they should not make it too large. Sometimes the moon j is represented with its horns pointing iownward. The horns, of course, must always point away from the sun. When poets talk about moonlight, they should be sure that the moon did actually shine Dn the night in question. The author of " " ? uic wen-Known pui'iu uu iuu uunai wi Sir John Moore has fallen into this error. A correspondent writes from Mandalay, India, just after the deposition of Thccbaw: "Next morning I obtained admission to the palacc, and for several hours wended my way through the endless succession of buildings. It is impossible to attempt here any detailed description of the mingled magnificence of squalor, filth and splendor which I witnessed. * * * I found myself in the Lord White Elephant's house. lie had been left without food or water. The magnificent silver vessels which held his food had been lying about unprotected. The royal monster seemed in a very bad temper (no wonder). He was chained by the fore feet to massive pillars. Unless you were told that he was white you would not perceive it. In the dusky light lie seemed much like any other elephant. On closer examination he seemed - - . -. i of light mouse color, with large, white blotches." The ?ame correspondent describes a most disgraceful scene of plunder. The crown jewels narrowly escaped. Twenty years ago Mr. Henry Bergh, in company with Governor John T. Hoffman, the late Mr. A. T. Stewart, and other eminent citizens, founded the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York. To-day, says Harper''s Weekly, three-fourths of the 1 States of the Union have similar societies, , and Brazil, the Argentine Republic, and i other foreign countries have followed the example, while the income of the society is about thirty thousand dollars a year, j and Mr. Bergh holds in his hands wills bequeathing at least half a million dollars. He is training his nephew, Henry Bergh, Jr., to be his successor, hoping that this ; young man will be able to direct affairs i with the judgment, discretion, tact, and, 1 above all, forbearance, which in his 1 uncle's opinion are so necessary to success. ( Mr. Bergh wishes to employ at least fifty < agents, at a salary of one thousand dollars J each, in carrying out the objects of his : society. He declares that from the very first he has received most encouragement from ladies, who so often are the devoted friends of animals. Mr. Bergh has never i had a cent of salary from the society. The Chicago News says that1 'Lieutenant Greely has greatly improved since his recent transatlantic trip. His flesh, which a year ago was soft and flabby, has grown quite hard, and he expresses himself as being in better physical condition than at iny time since his return from the illstarred expedition which cost so many of lis brave comrades their lives. He is yet, aowever, far from being a well man. The secretary of war permits him to do about as ho pleases. He works when he is capable of any sustained effort, and when he is not he employs his time in a manner most agreeable to himself. It will be remembered that Mr. Greely's friends made an effort in the last Congress to have that body create the rank of colonel in the signal service for Mr. Greely's especial benefit. That intention has since been abandoned. It is now proposed that Congress shall promote him to a colonelcy and place him on the retired list. His superior officers are satisfied that with care Greely's life may be preserved for an indefinite term of years. , But he will never be fit for active service again, and it is believed to be but simple justice that the govern- ( nient he has served so faithfully and well J should brighten the few remaining years j of his life by retiring him upon a com ' petencv sufficient for the decent mainte- j nance of his family and himself." ! 1 London's Thorough fares. In London there arc two "houses," 1 two "rows," two "lanes" and two j "streets." In the West End "the i house" means the house of commons; in ! the city "the house" means the stock exchange. In the West End "the row" means the ride in Hyde Parle, and in the city it means Paternoster, tl#j head- ^ quarters of the book publishing trade of the world. In the West End "the lane" 2 means Park lane, the headquarters of uppertendom; in the city "the lane" b means Mincing lane, the headquarters of the produce trade of the world. In the t West End "the street" means Oxford Street, a great shopping thoroughfare, 0 many miles in length; in the city "the street." means Throgmorton street, a very ^ narrow, very short thoroughfare, where outside speculators love to congregate. p London's weak point is 4'hills." There ~D is nothing loftier within hundreds of miles than the hills of Highgate, Hamp- p stead. Corn, Snow. Richmond, Ilolburn v imd Ludgaie, all of which are overtopped many times over by Dumbarton Castle, not to mention the Bens of Lomond and Xevis.?Scottish-American ^ Journal. ii 1 ? t( Kentucky Women. T The women of Kentucky have long had i reputation for beauty, An average a type is a refincmont on the English blonde?greater delicacy of form, feature h md color. A beautiful Kentucky woman * is not to be exceedingly beautiful. Her 0 voice is almost uniformly low and soft; i * -i i c /i..1 A...i.. . I ikt nanus ami iuei ui'in-ainv luiuica, i ^ her skin quite pure and beautiful in tint | tJ md shading; her eyes blue or brown, and liair nut brown or golden brown; to all which is added a certain unapproachable refinement. It must not for a moment be supposed, however, that there are not ai many genuinely u<_rly women here, as elsewhere.?llarnc/s Magazine. ^ < The Weather Signals. y> A sun of red is weather warm, st A suu of blue is general storm, A crescent red is weather cold, pi A crescent blue is fair foretold, tl A star of veil no change implies, A bluo star, local stormy skies, h A squaro of black on fla j; of white, ^ A cold ware comes in all its might. ?Rochester Chronicle. ... 11 ABATTLE OH THE BORDER Mexican Troops Mistake a United States Force for Indians. Both Commanders Killed Before the Error was Discovered. Captain Emmet Crawford, of the Third regiment, of United States cavalry, one of the most prominent officers in the regular army, has just terminated with his life the most obstinate pursuit of hostile savage.1; ever made in the history or tne American army_ Since May 17 last, when Geronimo broke out from Camp Apache in Arizona, until January 10, when Crawford attacked and captured the whole camp, that pursuit has been kept up, showing the curious spectacle of the wiliest savages on earth being tracked down by kinsmen no less savajje and no less wily. It is stated on the authority of a courier from Crawford's camp, who brought the news of his unfortunate death, that for fiftytwo hours his command followed without halt or rest the trail jof the renegade, the last hours of the journey being a night march over a lava bed of the greatest roughness. Crawford broke down, but was carried along the trail by scouts on each side. He remarked to a subordinate that this would be his last scout, as he had broken down and could do no more, but something told him that success would crown his efforts on the present march. A two hours' running fight took place, and i a number of Indians were wounded, but all escaped. The hostiles sent word that they nn't'lwul fy-v V?nlr1 n WKila fha troops were in camp, awaiting the time fixed for the conference, they were attacked by 154 Mexican soldiers. Efforts were made to let them know that the troops were Americans and friends. Captain Crawford and Lieutenant P. Maus advanced to talk with them. A volley was fired, and Captain Crawford was shot in the head, and Mr. Horn, the interpreter, was slightly wounded in the left arm. The Mexican fire was returned by the scouts of Captain Crawford's command, but was only sufficient to keep the Mexicans at a distance. The firing lasted half an hour, when Lieutenant Maus succeeded in having a talk with the officer in command of the Mexicans, their captain having been killed. He was told the Americans were taken for hostiles, owing to the darkness. Captain Crawford was mortally wounded. The Chiracahuas are said to be suffering. The winter is severe in the Sierra Madre, and they lost all their horses?sixty-seven in number?all extra clothing and much ammunition. The Apache scouts are bitterly depressed at the death of Crawford, whom they loved as a father. Crawford had seen lots of the hardest kind of service during the civil war. He mado a great name for himself in the campaigns against the hostile Indians in Montana, Dakota, laano, jNeorasKa ami uoioraao. iie book part in the campaigns against the Sioux, Utos and Cheyennes in Arizona and against the hostile Apaches. He acoompanied General Crook in his expedition to the Sierra Madre in 1883. He was in ?harge of tfej Apache reservation until 1885. He volunteered for this present expedition. He was a native of Philadelphia, unmarried, bemperate, honest, just and true. He was always pointed out as a model for young soldiers bo copy. He enlisted as a private in the Seventy-first Pennsylvania volunteers in 1361, and for gallant service in the war rose to the rank of brevet-major. After the war he was appointed second lieutenant in the regular army, and was assigned to the Third cavalry in Januaiy, 1871, and was made captain in March, 1879. SEVEN MMIAC BROTHERS. Miserly Victims of a Swindler Become Violently Insane. Seven brothers, all raving maniacs, en route for the Jacksonville (111.) asylum, passed through St. Louis a few days ago. The commissioner in charge of the lunatics states that prior to the war a wealthy farmer bv the name of Anson Arnold settled in Hickory county, Mo., -with a large family. The acquirement of wealth seemed to be their highest aim in life, and the whole family of seven sons and five daughters deprived them- j selves of the necessities of life in order tc hoard money. About three years ago a stranger visited their home and after convincing them thai they could in a short time largely increase their wealth, induced them to invest their all in what proved to be a mythical silver mini in Nevada. After months of anxiety they learned thai they had been imposed upon, and all sever of the brothers upon receipt of the news immediately became aftlicted with a violenl form of insanity. LANDS UNDER WATER. Enormous Damage Done by Floorls in California. A Stockton (Cal.) dispatch says that lith'! San Joaouin river has boon crradunllv risin r [or the past week. On Sunday about onefifth of this city was covered with water. The Moss tract, comprising about 3,000 acrcs of wheat laud, was flooded by the giving way of a flood gate. The damage is estimated at ?75,000. At Roberts' Island, which is protected by levees, bhe water rose nine feet above the level of bhe land. The pressure was too great for tho levee, and a break occurred, through whivli the water rushed, soon converting 155,MM icres of wheat lauds ami orchards into a miniature lake. The damage is estimate.! at ? &350,000." NEWSY GLEANINGS. One rich man in Chicago pays $10,000 a I ' ear for a pew in a church. The United States army now consists of 1,150 officers and 24,700 men. The pedestal for the Bartholdi statue will >e ready for the goddess about April 1. About 2,000 cases of murder were reported o the press in 1885 in the United States. The river Link in California blew dry the ther day and boys found live fish on land. An extensive deposit of iron ore has been iscovered near Irondale, Washington Ternary. The Grant monument at San Francisco robably will be a shaft like Cleopatra's eedle. In* England last year 4,307 new books were ublished. Of these the largest portion?IkW olumes?were religious. An* ''echo catcher," a device for catching duikIs on the sea, is being examined by a aval board on Chesapeake bay. "Theue are 300,000 Indians who are toay, to all intents and purposes, as uncivil uo tiicj n ^Ji u jr tUi O C*qV/j Odj O kjuiiu )x* Dawes. The wool clip of Oregon and Washington 'erritory for 1885 was 1:),(X)L),(X>0 pound-s, 'hich was 3.000,000 pounds in excess of 1884 nd 5,000,090 ahead of 1883. A max in Friesburg, N. J., leads the big og record so far, with an animal that 'eighed 845 pounds and was suffocated in its wn fat while being moved in a wagon. A cruiser that is to steam among the *aves of the sea at the amazing speed of .vcuty-two knots an hour is being built on le Clyde for the Spanish government. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Bishop Foster (M. E.) has lately preached i ad lectured in the City of Mexico. Five-sixths of t.hf? Tris;h nwnnlA. anpordincr ) Herbert Gladstone, are followers of Parell. United States Senator Dawes for some ears ecLt.nl rural newspapers, in ilassachuitts. Mrs. Talmage, the wife of the Brooklyn reacher, lectures every Sunday to a class of ] iree hundred men and women. Dr. Fillmore Bennett, who wrote th < ymn "Sweet By aud By" in 1S6S, lives a ichmond, 111., and is quite poor. Princess Isabeau, who recently inherited i 1,IH)0,()LKJ from her mother, keeps in her lJar- < ian palace twenty dogs and twenty cats. : ,1 .. . . V/ NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. Malignant diphtheria has caused many deaths in the vicinity of Reading, Penn. The ferry house of the West Shore railroad company in New York has been destroyed ! by fire; loss, about $80,000. i Miss Lillie Todd, aged 105 years, died a j few days since at Newcastle, Del. A fire in Philadelphia destroyed the St. j Cloud hotel, the London Temperance hote ' and a number of business house3 in Arcn i treet; estimated loss, $534,000. From various towns and villages along the I Hudson come reports of an earthquake shock, | accompanied by "a dull rumbling sound." i South and West. United States Senator Payne has written a letter to the chairman of the Ohio legislative committee of investigation into the j alleged charges that money had been used to bribe members to vote for his election. Senator Payne in the letter invites "the most thorough and rigid scrutiny," and asks to be called as a witness. A terrific snow and blizzard blockade has prevailed throughout a great part of the Northwest. Several passenger and freight trains were snowed in, and much suffering among passengers was reportel. Henry Jackson (colored) was hanged at MiiuleD, La., for the murder of H.A. Britton, a storekeeper, robbery being the motive. Findlay, Ohio, rejoices in a gas well giv } ing out ten million feet daily?the biggest in I the world. Four men quarreled about a woman at Manchester, Ky., and began shooting at each other. Three "were instantly killed and the fourth fatally wounded. At a session of the Ohio State senate in i Columbus on the 22d, Lieutenant-Governor Kennedy, the presiding officer, decided, on the presentation of two rei>orts to the committee on elections?the majority report beiujr submitted by the Democratic members and the minority report by the Republican members?that the four members from Hamilton county could not vote. The senate had been apparently composed of twenty Democratic and seventeen Republican members, and this action made the body Republican. The Democratic members refused to vote, and held a separate session. Great excitement w;ls aroused, and it was stated by the contending parties that Governor Foraker on one hand and President Cleveland on the o^her would be appealed to for protection. A Bismarck (Dakota) dispatch states that the snow in many of the Rocky mountain valleys is twenty-five feet deep. Heavy floods in the spring and an immense June rise in the ciiAtv mnlfc? o ro T\rfvl IU19AVUi 1 n liCXi iuo ouvit auwauo aiv ^icuivwu. A woman died the other day near New Orleans of leprosy. Ex-United States Senator James T. Farley, of California, died a few days since at Jackson, in that State. He was born in Virginia in 1829. Los Angeles, Cal., has been isolated for five days from the outside world, owing to heavy rains followed by a cloud burst and , flood, which destroyed the telegraph wires and bridges. A woman and two children were drowned, twenty-flve small houses 1 washed away and several hundred flooded. The damage to the city and to railroad property will reach ?275,000. ( The total pecuniary damage done to the 1 fruit and farm interests of Florida during the recent freezing weather, is now placed at 1 $2,000,000. Three persons were frozen to \ death. 2 A locomotive boiler in a round house at Madison, Wis., exploded, causing the instant death of one man, and injuries, in several cases probably fatal, to nine others. s Five aged inmates of the county poorliouse at Jackson, Mich., were burned to death in a fire which almost entirely destroyed the building. The other thirty-five inmates escaped in a nearly nude condition, but some 1 were expected to "die of exposure, as the ther- ? mometer at tiie time registered ten degrees , below zero. Cal Simpson, the colored murderer of Mrs. Graves, was taken from jail at Henderson, 1 Ky., and lynched by a crowd. Policeman Corner, of Cleveland, Ohio, 1 recently shot and killed George Foster, a no- j torious criminal. In revenge friends of Foster the other night blew up Corner's house with dynamite. < There was another stormy session in the * Ohio State senate on the !25th, each party trying to obtain control, without any definite , result. Eight prisoners broke jail at Seguin, , Texas. Five were recaptured, but three of the most important criminals effected their 1 escape. Dr. Samuel Price and William Powell, of Chattanooga, Tenn., became involved in ( a quarrel in the house of the latter, which resulted in both men receiving fatal injuries. The boiler of a portable engine exploded at RViorViiimo Minli inctntif.lv billintr Riliispll 1 Palmer, a prominent farmer, and anothei man, fatally injuring a third man, and inflicting severe injuries on two others. Washington. A member of the House committee on pub- ! lie lands says it has now under consideration bills to forfeit all land grants that were no actually earned by tho railroads to : which thoy were given by Congress within the time specified in the law. These bills contemplate the restoration of about < 100,000,090 acres of land to the public domain, a considerable part of which has been : sold by bhfi railroad companies, and is now in the hands of innocent settlers. Congressman Joseph Rankin, of Manitowoc, Wis., died at his residence in Wash- < mjrton the other afternoon. He was born at Passaic, N. J., in 1835, and was a Democratic j member of this and the last Congress. Dohman* B. Eaton* has sent the President his resignation as civil service commissioner, 5 to take effect March 0. 1 The Senate in executive session has con t firmed the nomination of Charles J. Canda j to be assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, 1 The total collections of internal revenue c during the first six months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 188J, were $63,540,611, an increase of $3,020,404 over the collections during the same period of the last fiscal year. TnE President has nominated William H. * Parker, of the District of Columbia, to be minister resident and consul-general of the United States to Corea. si The House committee on labor has ap- \ pointed a sub-committee to draft a bill amending the eight>hour law so as to provide that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for men employed by contractors on government work. n David P. Morgan, a native of the South, I tl who amassed a fortune in New York, where [ he was a leading Wall street operator, died in j g Washington a few days since, aged fifty-five !a years. His estate is variously estimated at | sj between $5,000,000 and $20,000,000. i u Members of the House committee on labor I a: say that as a result of the conference between j e: the sub-committees of the committees on ag- | v riculture and labor, a bill will be reported j n making the commissioner of agriculture a j ir cabinet officer and providing that the depart- 1 v meat shall be known as the department of ag- w riculture and labor. d: President Cleveland, with a party from ; Washington, was present at the charity ball a1 in Baltimore. ! The Senate committee on public buildings 1 has decided to report favorably bills making appropriations for public buildings as follows: Huntsville, Ala., $100,000; Fort Smith, Ark., $125,000; Puoblo, Col., $100,000; Jacksonville, Fla., $125,000; Augusta, , Ua., $150,000; Sioux City, la., $100,000: Mon- f: roe, La., $100,000; Annapolis, Md., $100,000: Worcester, ilass., $250,000; Vicksburg.Miss., $100,000; Camden. N. J., $100,000; \Vtiming- ... ton, S. C., $150,000; Portland, Ore., $:j50,000, Greenville, S. C., $50,000; Norfolk, Va., n. $250,000; Oslikosh, Wis., $100,000, and Wash- fington, D. C., $010,000. w Senators Hale and Frye, of Maine, ap- 7," peared before the Senate finance committee in and opposed the confirmation of E. F. Pills- st bury and Charles H. Chase, nominated for ci internal revenue collectors at Boston and T1 Portland respectively. hi uj Foreign. jjJ Many workmen, their wives and children y< were compelled to jump from the windows of \a a number of burning cabinet factories at w Belleville, France. Several bodies were taken ca from the ruins. Anoti:; <: dynamite scare prevails in Lon- cc Jon, and i 5 police are taking extraordinary precautio :;i guarding all public buildings. A spe' dispatch from London predicts the spoe... downfall of the Salisbury cabinet, w awing tc lie friendly attitude of Gladstone cc tw'.vard t-j Irish home rulers, who will prob- Pl y: ' '.*/: ably combine with the liberals to oust the tories. At the instance of England tho six great European powers have notified Greece that a naval attack by Greece upon Turkey would not be permitted. Volcanic disturbances accompanied by showers of earth and ashes and loud rumbling noises are reported from Ecuador. Scotland is suffering from the hardest winter experienced in twenty years. Gold fields of extraordinary richness are reported to have been discovered in Honduras, Central America. "later news; James Sill, a former member of the Fenn sylvania senate and a prominent citizen of Erie, has been arrested on the charge of aiding his brother, the cashier of the First National bank of Union City, and of which James was president, in malting false entries for the purpose of deceiving the United States bank examiner. At a meeting of prominent Philadelpliians, Mayor Smith in the chair, $5,500 was raised to aid the eighty-fi re Irish members of the British parliament in their efforts to obtain home rule. In New York and other places largo sums are being raised for this purpose. John E. Kimbrel, a farmer, his wife aud three children, left Dodge City, Kansas, to locate a claim, an I were all found so jn after frozen to death in their wagon. More than ^00 claimants of the LawreuceTownlev estate, England, nut in Detroit and formed an association to prosecute their claims. They came from all parts of North America, and the estate they are after is sup posed to be worth 4800,000,000. The bill which wars reported by the House committee on military affairs for the erection of a monument to General Grant in New York appropriates $500,000 for tlia^ rviirnnsR. the crround to be donated by the | I JC J W city. Senators Evarts and Chace have presented in the Senate numerously signed petitions of business men and merchants asking for the suspension of the silver coinage. In executive session on the 27th another large batch of President Cleveland's nominations, including three United States district attorneys, four United States marshals, two collectors of customs and numerous postmasters, was confirmed. At a British cabinet meeting on the 27th it was resolved that the ministers should at once resign. Premier Salisbury sant a special messenger to inform the queen of the decision of the cabinet. Two thousand striking French iron workers broke into the house of the manager of the works, dragged him out and trampled him to death. Troops restored order, buj not until several strikers had been killed and others wounded. The glove-making industry is nearly paralyzed owing to the strike for higher wages oi the glove makers at Gloversville and Johnstown, N. Y., the chief centres of supply in ;his country. More than 0,000 persons are iffected by the strike. Widow Eli as Miller, ninety years old, rather than go to the poorhouse committed suicide at Durham, Conn., by setting fire tc her person. The trial at New York of General Alexanier Shaler, of the N. Y. N. G., accused ol iccepting a bribe to influence his vote in the selection of army sites, ended in a disagreement of tho jury, who stood ten for convic;ion and two for acquittal. The case is to be :ried over again. Franklin, Penn., has lost its Opera House jlock, one of the most substantial structure.' u the town. It was originally built ats J 1 ?ost of ami was occupieu uy jpera house, city reading room and library ind prominent business firms. Two families of "rovers," consisting ol aino persons, were found frozen to death iu the prairie, near Sans Bois, Indian TerritoryTheir teams were also found dead in their harness. Three men?William Wright, an old man. Andy Wright, his son, aud William Wright, colored?were killed by James, Samuel anc Elijah Wright, brotliers, in Letcher county Ky. The parties were relatives, and th( triple murder was the result of a family feud Mr. Mayxard, second comptroller of th( currency, asserts that the adjustment aud settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officers of the signal service shows that many apparently irregular and unauthorized disbursements have beeii made. General Hazen, the chief officer, flatly contradicts Mr. May oard's assartion. The formal announcement that the British cabinet had resigned on account of the adverse vote was made in the house of commons ou the 28th by Sir Michael HicksBeach, the conservative leader. During a debate in the Prussian landtag Dn the expulsion of the Poles from Germany I Princo Bismarck made a remarkable twe j aours' speech, in which he said that the Pole- i ?vere constantly endeavoring to set foreign I states against Prussia, that Germany woulci | lever concede the restoration of Poland anc | ;hat as for himself be was ready to savt lis country, although it cost hira his bead anc [ lonor. The prince's speech has excited greal comment in Europe. Tne Greek ministry has resigned. M APPALLING DISASTER. ^orty-one Men Entombed in a Coal Mine. Details of the terrible effect of an exploion at a coal mine in the village of Newburg, V. Va., were given in a dispatch as follows: The little village, perched half way up the ' western side of the Alleghanies, is in mournig. The extent of the calamity which be- < 511 it yesterday in the explosion at the Orrell ; line is not fully realized, nor will it be until ' lie bodies of the imprisoned miners are [ rought to the surface. Strong men | athered in groups to-day and discussed the 1 ifair in subdued tones, or passed down the c ngle street of the village with tears stream- r lg down their faces. There is no hope that * ny of the men in the mine at the time of the ? cplosion are alive. A revised list of the 1 ictims makes the number forty-one, thirtyine being miners, twenty-two of whom are ' tarried, and thirty of whom lived in this * illage. Beside the miners two strangers 5 ho were inspecting the works were in the rifts. Their names are not known. * At the mouth of the shaft, which is situ- v ted just at the loot of a high and steep hill J i the outskirts of the town, about a mile j om the depot, wero congregated to-day up- j aid of 500 people, many of whom had been i a the spot for twenty-four hours, anxiouslv f waiting the report of the rescuers at work l" ; the bottom of the pit. Little was said by c le watchers, and the silence was broken only }' Y the sobbing of the bereaved ^ iends. The shaft is 255 feet in depth, and is 0 ivided into three compartments, two of hich are litte<l with cages and hoisting ap iratus for bringing the coal to the surface, liile the third is tiie ventilating shaft. The ain heading of the mine extends for 1,000 j et on the east side of the hill, and parallel ith it in a southwesterly direction,and from J > to 100 feet cast of it is an air passage join- c gthe main heading at the toot of the ' taft, and being also connected with it by ] oss units at intervals ot about fifteen feet. lie galleries or rooms extend for about five c indred feet eastward. In these rooms the s ifortunate miners were working, scattered * 1 along the eastern side of the mine. Forty -s en composed the shift which went to work 8 isterdny morning, and of that number all s it oni! are supposed to be dead. The man a ho escaped was John Miller, who 1 Lme up live minutes before the explosion. I Up to the 20th twenty bodies had been re- t ivcrod. o Several additional fertilizer factories are j .>ing built in Georgia, in order to keep pace ii ith the growing demand for cotton seed a impound, which is rapidly increasing in t )?ularity. . 1 < ss^r.??.^v>^c7;r. ' " y - SUMMARY _0F_ CONGRESS, Senate Sessions. Twenty-third Day.?E. C. "Walthall was sworn in as Senator from Mississippi, succeeding Mr. Lamar... .Bills introduced: By Mr. Van "YVyck?To increase the pension to widows and dependent relatives and grouting pension to invalid and dependent soldiers and sailors. It provides that the pension now granted widows or minor children shall be increased from to $12 per month, and that the pensions of all persons receiving less than per month shall be increased to that amount. By Mr. Cullom ?Increasiraj the pension for "total disability and that for utter helplessness to $100 per month. By Mr. Morgan?Providing that Indians shall be eligible to various government appointments....The electoral ma was iurtner discussed, after which the Senate went into executive session. In executive session Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution that the attorney-general be directed to furnish the Senate with all the papers in the possession of the department of justice touching the suspension of George M. Duskin, late United btates district attorney for the southern district of Alabama, and the appointment of J. D. Burnett as his successor. Carried, all the Republicans voting "aye," and the Democrats abstaining from Voting When the doors were reopened the Senate received notice of the death of Representative Rankin, of "Wisconsin, the House resolutions of condolence were agreed to, and the chair apJointed Messrs. Sawyer, Blackburn and ones, of Arkansas, a committee to attend tho funeral. The Senate then adjourned. Twenty-fourth Day.?This being the flay appointed for the Senate addresses in memory of the late Vice-President Hendricks, the galleries of the Senate were filled with spectators, many present being ladies. , Mr. Voorhees called up his resolution expressive of the Senate's deep sense of the public loss in the death of the late Vice-President Hendricks. The resolution having been read Mr. Voorhees made an address eulogizing the late Vice - President's personal character, and reviewing ins lite ana public services. Eulogies were also delivered by Messrs. Hampton, Sherman. Evarts, Ransom, Saulsbury, Harrison, Vest and Spooner. The resolutions were then agreed to, and as a further evidence of respect for the memory of its late presiding officer,the Senate,on motion of Mr. Harrison, adjourned. Twenty-fifth Day.? Mr. Harrison's substitute for his original resolution of inquiry as to the administration of the pension office was taken from the table and agreed to. It directs the Senate committee on expenditures of public money to make investigation into charges made by the new commissioner of pensions as to the former administration of that office..,.Mr. Harrison called up the bill for the admission of Dakota, and addressed the Senate in favor of its passage. He said that Dakota had 263,000 people, and contended that a preliminary "enabling" act by Congress was not necessary before a State could be admitted to the Union. Mr. Butler asked Mr. Harrison to give the names of the States on whose cases ho relied as precedents for the method of admission proposed in the case of Dakota. Mr. Harrison replied that the cases were Tennessee, Michigan, California, Iowa, Florida, Arkansas and Oregon; and in turn asked in what respect the Senator from South Carolina disputed that Dakota had not come within the line of the precedents. Mr. Butler said he would satisfy the Senator from Indiana before the debate was through. Without further debate the Senate went into execU" tive session. Twenty-sixth Day.?Mr. Sherman introduced a bill providing for the government's purchase of silver bullion and issuance of lilver certificates against it Mr. Ingall's resolution was agreed to, directing the secretary of the treasury to inform the Senate as to the origin of what is known as the "Conscience" fund in the treasury, the amount of the same and what disposition is made of it. ....Mr. Call made a personal explanation denying that a certrin bill introduced by him was as represented by a Louisville newspaper Mr. Ingalls presented a petition of Frederick Douglass and other leading colored citizens of the District of Columbia complaining of discrimination against there at theatres and other places of public entertainment, and praying that the licenso laws be so amended as to prevent such dls crimination. The petition was referred.... Mr. Butler's substitute for the committee's bill admitting Dakota as a State was read. It provides that Dakota shall be admitted when an election shall have been held under thi.1 act and a constitution republican in form is adopted by the Territory. Mr. Butler said that in the case of Dakota's attempt to gain admission recognized forms of law had been totally brushed aside, and he argued that Territories had no right to divide themselves up at their own pleasure, and dc I as Dakota had done in this instance. Mr. "Wilson insisted that the action of the peopie of Dakota was in every sense proper, peaceful and constitutional.... Qut of respect to the memory of the late Representative Ell wood the Senate theu adjourned. House Sessions. Twenty-Fourth Day.?The House was the scene of an exciting political debate. It all grew out of the resolution introduced by Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, calling on the secretary of the navy for information relative to the alleged erasures of inscriptions on trophies of war and the dismissal of Union soldiers at the Norfolk navy yard. This resolu tion was reported hack from the committee oil naval affairs to-day by Mr. Herbert with an amendment extending the inquiry to dismissals made at the navy yard and lighthouse district of Norfolk during the terms of the immediate predecessors of the present secretary of the navy. Mr. Boutelle oegan the debate by charging that an officer of the government had ordered the obliteration of honorable inscriptions on cannon captured by the Union army, and further that since the 4th of last March there had been ; 'repeated and systematic leimvals of wounded and disabltxl veterans of tne republic to make place for the men who had sought to destroy it. He deemed that a fitting matter to call to the attention of the House and country. Mr. Wise, of Virginia, replied, declaring that no cannon with such inscription had ever been in the Portsmouth j navy yard, that no such discharges as were alleged by Mr. Boutelle had been made, and tiiat during previous administrations prominent Con fe lei ate officers had be3n appointed t > office. After further debate the | resolution as amended by the committee on i naval affairs was then adopted, and the House took a recess until 7:30, the evening session to be for the consideration of pension bills. Twenty-fifth Day.?Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin. announced the death of his colleague, Mr. Rankin, and offered the customary resousionsof condolence and respect, which were idopted, and the House adjourned. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Bragg, Van Schaick, Stevenson, Guenther, Carleton, Henlerson, of Illinois, and Johnson, of New York, is a committee on the part of the House to ake orders for superintending the funeral, ind to accompany the remains of Mr. Rankin ;o his home in Wisconsin. Twkxty-sixth Day.?Bills introduced: 3v Mr. Swinburne,of New York,declaring the i lilver dollar a legal tender. By Mr. Mern- 1 nan, of New York, to enforce the eight-hour aw and to exempt certain raw maerials from duty.... A resolution < vas introduced by Mr. McAdoo, of New rersey, asking information from the post- i naster-general as to whether the eight-hour i aw applies to letter carriers, and whether ; t is enforced in their behalf, and if not, j or what reason Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, ! m lx half of the committee on naval affairs, ailed up the bill authorizing the voluntary etirement of certain officers of the navy who lave rendered conspicuous service in battle r served thirty years in the navy, Tbs bill vas opposed by Mr. Reagan, of Texas. Pend- i g action, the" House adjourned. Tivfvtv-sf.vt.xth Day.?The Senate reso- . utious touching the death of Vice-President -1 Hendricks were presented, and, on motion of I \Ir. Hoi man, they were tabled for the pres- f >nt. Mr. Holman gave notice that on the Allowing Tuesday next he would ask the c louse to consider similar resolutions..,. 1 Hr. Boutelle rising to a question s )f privilege, quotod from the remarks made 1 omo days ago by Mr. Wise, denying that ' he dry dock at Norfolk had ever l>eeu de- s troyed. These remarks had been telegraphed c ,11 over the country, and his (Mr. Boutelle's) I tatement to the contrary had been widely t niuiadverted upon. In vindication of c lis veracity he desired to have I trintod in the record some brief citaious setting forth the fact of the destruction f the Norfolk navy yard on the 10th and 11th f May, 1803. The S{>eaker held that Mr. t >outelle was not entitled to proceed, as noth- i ug that had been said by Mr. Wise attributed a ny improper motive to him The bill for 1 he retirement of certain naval officers was c urih?r discussed without action. c Twenty-eighth Day.?Mr. Weaver introiuced a bill to provide for the organization of the Territory of Oklahoma, for the allotment Df homesteads to Indians in severalty and to Dpen up unoccupied lauds to actual settlers. Mr. Wneeler, from the committee on military affairs reported a bill authorizing the Presiiaut to restore officers to the army in certain cases. The bill applies to the case of Fitz John Porter, and it was placed upon the public calendar.... Mr. Robertson offered a resolution calling for an investigatian into the accounts of the sigr.al service bureau: referred ? Resolutions touching ethe death of Representative Ellwood, of Illinois, were passed, and eulogies .]xt/imlntvnn uunveicu uy lutrasi a. AiuptvAuo, juuuuuiwi^ Hitt, Dunham and Adams, of Illinois, Tillman, of South Carolina, Petersof Kansas,and McMillan, of Teunessow TE8 FALlflF ilMH - . The British Cabinet Defeated in the House of Commons. Its Downfall Accomplished by Glad" stone and rarnelL Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, conservative leader, gave notice in the house of commons on the afternoon of the 26th that the government would introduce on Thursday a bill to suppress the Irish National league and other dangerous societies, to prevent intimidation, to protect life and property, and to maintain public order in Ireland. This announcement was greeted with loud cheers by the conservatives and by the Parnelite members with cries of "Cowards!" "Shame!"and ironical laughter?the uproar continuing for several minutes. Sir Michael said he would ask the house to give the bill precedence. He added that this measure would be followed by a bill dealing with the Irish land question on the lines of policy indicated by the land purchase act of last session. Referring to the case of Mr. Bradlaugh, he said the government was not prepared to oppose that gentleman's right to sit and vote m the house of commons. The appeal of Mr. Bradlaugh is still before the house of lords. The matter now, said Sir Michael, is the concern of the courts of law. Mr. Parnell moved that the debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne have precedence over bill to suppress the national league, of which Sir Hicnael HicksBeach gave notice. The motion was strongly opposed by Sir Michael. Mr. Parnell subsequently withdrew his motion: Mr. Collin gs then moved his amendment to the address, which expresses regret that no measures are announced in the queen's speech for the relief of the sufferers by the depression in trade and agriculture, particularly1 in regard to affording facilities to farm laborers. etc.. for obtaining allotments of small loldings on equitable terms as to rent and security of tenure. Mr. Gladstone strongly supported the amendment. The amendment, although supported by Mr Gladstone, was opposed by the Marquis of Hartington. ' Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said that the government would willingly accept the decision of the House, as they had assumed office with reluctance and would resign without regret The amendment was adopted -by a vote of 029 to 250, the government thus being defeated. The result of the division was received by the Irish members with derisive cheers ana, cries of "Boycotted!" The House, at tihe suggestion of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, adjourned until Thursday. Sir John Lubbock, Mr. Courtney aud other inoderate liberals, voted with the conservatives. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Chamberlain, Sir Charles Dilke, Mr. Trevelyan, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Bradlaugh, Lord Richard Grosvenor, and seventy-three of the Parnellites voted against the government. The London Standard predicts that the new cabinet will be shorter-lived than the last. It says: "The outlook is gloomy. Either England and Ireland will be torn apart or there will be a succession of short-lived governments, weakening the executive at ome and abroad." TURKEY AND GKEECE War Between them ImminentCause of the Trouble. A Constantinople dispatch to the New Vrirlr Wornlr] cava T Vinvo iust rfiflftived in formation from such high sources as leads me to believe that war between Greece and Turkey is nearly certain. The only chance for maintenance of peace would be a new cession of Janina by Turkey as claimed by Greece according to the treaty of Berlin, or the occupation of the Piraeus by the powers as it was during the Crimean war. The Greek government has had to choose between striking a blow for establishing Hellenic supremacy in Macedonia or the facing of dynastic troubles at home. The Greek political leaders consider the latter would be the most disastrous. I have reason to know that the Turkish government fully expects hostile demonstrations on the pari; of Greece* to commence within the next three weeks. Every effort is being consequently made here for the completion of the naval preparations, also for a system of torpedo defence in the Dardanelles. The first blow would probably be struck at the island of Crete. Greece is about to call out two more classes of reserves. A disruitch from Athens. Greece, says: Sir Horace Rumbold, the British minister, informed Premier Delyannis to-day that England was prepared to send a flwt to prevent Greece from attacking Turkey by sea. Premier Delyannis regh'ed tliat Greece would not disarm. The reek fleet sailed to-day, with sealed orders. A demonstration was held to-day to protest against the attitude of England. The ministry met yesterday aud to-day to consider Lord Salisbury's note, which mentioned that the oourse taken by England had been consented to by the powers, especially by Germany. Premier Delyannis has had several interviews with the king on the subject. The newspapers unanimously condemn the unjustness of Lord Salisbury. The reserves abroad are responding with alacrity to the summons to return to duty. Ever since the treaty of Berlin, says the Xew York Herald, the Greeks have loudly and persistently asserted their rights to that portion of Albania and Thessaly bounded respectively by the Kalama river on the northwest side, Janiua on the north, and the Salembria river onward as farasTempeon the east. Greek diplomats without exception maintain Hint- this larcre territory* was made over to them by the conditions of the treaty of Berlin in l'sTN. They assert that Turkey then and ever since has refused to carry out "that portion of the contract imposed ujxrn her by the Plenipotentiaries, and that Greece single-handed has been unable to assort her rights. It will therefore cause little surprise to any :>ue at all acquainted with the tenor of Greek politics to hear that Greece is now seriously . ontemplating a coup de main, and is about, to occupy that territory which she has long :i?0 come to lo >k upon as belonging to the kingdom, and to have been filched from her by the Tur'OUK COAST DEFENCES. In Appropriation of $21,000,000 Recommended for Ordnance. The secretary of war has submitted to th0 President the report of the fortification ward. It is a long document, and describes ully the necessity and advantages of better ;oast defences. It isestimated that it will equire about $126,000,000 to establish a good ystern of defences. A recommendation is nade that an appropriation from $21,000,000 >c made at the present session of Congress to ecure the necessary plant for beginning the onstruction of such heavy ordnance as will >e required. The board also suggests the esablisiiment of two government foundries, ind recommends the construction of torpedo >oats for harbor protection. General Stoxemax, the once famous cavdry leader, who is now governor of Califorlia, has lived for most of the time since the var at San Gabriel Mission, near Los Angees. His health was completely undermined, ind it has taken almost twenty years to over:ome his severe dyspepsia.