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ESTABLISHED IN 1S( DEFYING THE LAW. LIQUOR TO BE SOLD IN ATLANTA UNTIL OCTOBER. Prohibition :. Deutl Letter Already?How the ProhlbitionlntM are "Whlpttwed" at the Kimhan?High License Itetter. The Kimball House bar furnishes the sensation here this morning, and pro hibition is a dead letter in Atlanta. At least, this is true until the 9th of Octo ber. I wired you Tuesday night that the Kimball House bar had secured the license of W. S. Mabry to sell liquor and beer by the quart until the 9th of October. Yesterday was election day In Fulton county?for fence or no fence ?and consequently no liquor could be This morning the Kimball House i thrown open to the public, and ta can no longer be called a dry wwu. You have heard of "whipping the devil around the stump" in a great many ways, but for bold, open-faced, cold-blooded evasion of the law the pre sent sale of beer and liquor in Atlanta is without a parallel. A door opens out of the Kimball House bar into an adjoining room, which has been stored with a full supply of wine, liquor and beer in barrels. The room in turn opens into another, which is stocked with quart bottles and flasks and a large refrigerator holding four kegs of beer. A table runs the length of the refrigerator, serving the place of the customary bar. and behind this two men are kept busy jerking beer. The mode of procedure is this : In the Kim ball House bar-room proper half a dozen clerks are kept busy behind the bar, rinsiDg out pitchers aud glasses! These, as fast as prepared, are placed upon the counter. A man enters with one or two friends, takes up a pitcher and steps back to the adjoining room and gets a quart of beer for twenty cents. Return ing to the bar be and bis friends provide themselves with glasses, and standing in a group they dish it out and make merry. The pitchers used are the ordinary white earthenware straight pitchers used for serving ice water in hotels, and will hold half a gallon. A man can, therefore, regulate bis purchase by the number or drinking capacity of his party. Twenty cents is a good price for a quart of beer, but a man with a monopoly in a dry town needn't be particular. Then, too, a quart (ills four of the glasses now used for beer aud sold for tive cents, so that the beer bibber cannot complain. Frequently a mau come in alone aud, as he cannot get less -than a quart, unless he is a pretty good Dutchman, he needs help. It is not bard to find; for men with ^.nothing else to do are standing.around ?-ready)!. ? ited to.hji^buijs;orr.ftH ' helped"mah:o?i?who-hWufbroraafthen can drink. Tbc drinkers do not confine ' themselves to beer. Quart flasks of whiskey play a prominent part in the programme, and this is consumed in the same way, or by parties who slink oft' into closets and take turn about at the ?.flask. Aud the drinkers arc uot con fined to drummers, bummers or any of that class who usually get the credit for such things. The representative men of Atlanta, bankers and merchants, can be teen armed with pitchers aud joining the march to the beer kegs. I stood by the beer jerkers a few minutes this morning and watched the strange procession. It was not com posed alone of pitchers procured at the bar. They came from all points and every station of life, aud the quart pickle jar, the cut-glass decanter, the tin buckets and the old family water _ piteher were buried together in one common beer. To-morrow Philip Breitcnbucber, Ken ny & Werner aud P. J. Kenny's bar . rooms will be opeu for the sale of beer ? and liquor by the quart, they having bought licenses running to different dates. Men who have been cut oil' from their beer for a week flock t ) this naughty place like bald-headed men to a ballet, and the bar has been- crowded all the morning. By noon they bad emptied . twenty-five kegs ot beer and the rush was unabated. It cannot be called au evasion of the law, for there is no eva sion and none is attempted. It is a plain and open defiance. The prohibi tionists are chafing under it, and it is not improbable they will attempt to put a stop to it. The liquor men are con- j v fident of their position, and claim to be ^proceeding under the law by competent j legal advice. It is the talk of the town, ! a)nd there i? no disguising the fact that if-the present procedure can be kept up I as Jong as the license lasts, prohibition 1 is dead in Atlanta uutil Octobci I . 9th.?Augusta Chronicle. * A Kascal. A colored preacher named II. II. Wilbum, who has bee wanted by the sheriff at Memphis for some time, has just been brought in hand-culled. The. good shepherd was found ai Duckbill. Mississippi, where he had organized au association called the. United order of earnest workers. He charged s/."5 down, aud $7 to be paid next September, and had Initiated nearly 200 members. lie was using the most of his collections on himself, holding that much was due him for his eminent services as head ecntcr. The while citizens of Duckbill were re joiced to sec him removed, as they allege 1 tha t outside of the sly robberry of his aace his icllucnce on them was altogclh- I or unhealthy. A Town Itavuged by Typhoid Fever. Milwaukee, duly 8.?The village of Waterford in Racine County is terribly stricken with typhoid fever. Filly people are down with the disease. Four death have occurred thus far. One j family of eleven persons and another of: nine are all in their beds. Great excite- j ment exist in the village, and the State j Board of Health will be asked to inves tigate the cause of the disease. Col M Glover Jan 1. '86 59. , O] THE CROPS OF THE STATE. Cotton, Corn und Kice all Damaged by the Kains and Freshets. The State Department of Agriculture has received 188 reports on the condition of the crop of an average date t>f July 1st, and furnished the following summa ry of these returns for publication: " Cotton'.?The June 1st reports to the Department of Agriculture showed that the Spring opened late nnd heavy rains followed planting. The nights were cool and the ground damp, prevent-; ing the early germination of seed. The rains during the past months have been almost unprecedented,' producing a vig- [ orous growth of crass, which retarded! the development of the cotton plant, j The stand? were injured in removing the Crass. On account of the excessive rains the crop could not be properly worked. A large part of the crop on bottom lands has been washed away by the Hoods. In some sections small patches planted by tenants have been abandoned. Dam age to the crop by rust, shedding and lice is reported by several correspon dents. In localities the plant is said to be turning yellow and dying from the sup posed exhaustion of fertilizers. Some of the correspondents report that where the crop has been well worked it is look ing well, with prospects of a fair average crop, but the great majority of the re ports are unfavorable. The condition is reported in Upper Carolina at 73, Middle Carolina 76 and Lower Carolina I 85. Average for the State 78, against i 9G at the same time last year. This is lower than any report made by the National Department of Agriculture on the condition of the crop at the same time m the past seventeen years. Conx?The correspondents estimate that 30 per cent, of the entire corn crop of the State is planted on bottom lauds and lully three-fourths of this part of the crop was destroyed bv floods in May, replanted over again and destroyed in June. In some sections corn has be_n planted and destroyed four times on these lands. The upland corn is reported in fine condition with prospect of a full average yield. The condition of the en tire crop, including that portion not de stroyed on bottoms, and that replanted is reported at 71 in Upper Carolina, 85 In Middle Carolina and 91 in Lower Car olina; an average for the State of 82. Kice?The Counties of Beaufort. Berkeley. Charleston, Colleton, George town, Hampton, Horry, Marion, Orange burg and Wllliamsburg produce 95 per cent, of.the Bice crop of the State. The average condition of the crop in those Counties is reported at 91. A Berkeley correspondent says that the freshet In May destroyed all of the old rice on the upper and middle plantations, and seri ously injured that on the lovtvi" ones. The^uae. frgmetfis ,uow J3?toT^au#8?+ damage it has done cannot, now be esti mated. Between the June freshets planters got in most of their June rice, but the crop cannot be an average one either in quantity or quality. Upland rice,. is in due condition. A Colleton correspondent says. ?'Much of the inland rice has been covered by water for at least ten days, and the general opinion is that 25 per cent, loss has already been sustained." In Williamsburg the crop is said tobe in fine condition. The average condition ol the crop, including that planted in the upper and middle Counties, Is reported at S9. Otheb Crops.?The condition of the smaller crops is reported as follows: Sugar. 91; sugar cane. 92; sweet pota toes, 9C; Irish potatoes, 94, and garden products, 99. A Dynamiter. When the freight train from Charlotte to Atlanta, on the Air Line, reached Spartanburg, on Monday last, the con ductor opened a box car to put oil' some freight, when he observed a stalwart ne gro crouching behind the packages of freight. Mr. Irwin, the depot agent, 1 was present and they demanded the nc- \ groe's arrest, but he picked up two large stones and dclicd the authorities. Two colored railroad hands came up in the meantime aud lie was arrested and sent to jail. Deputy Sheriff Camp examined his carpetbag aud found a half pound of dynamite and a brace and some fine drills. Tbc negro gave his name as Alec Sampson, and said he was from Alexandria, Virginia, lie said a gentle man bad given him the dynamite, but he did not know what it was for. In the search Mr. Camp found the dynamite cap secreted in his vest lining. Out Again. There is a peculiar significance m the ' fact that Gen. James it. Chalmers has anounced himself" as an independent can-! didate for Congress in the Second dis-1 tnct of Mississippi. It is only two years since he was defeated for the same place by a majority of over four thous and votes and if the district lias cheered itself hoarse for him in the meantime it is more than evident thai the district lias not found it out. !)ul a canvass, when it results adversely, can readily be turned into a contest, and a contest ' means more notoriety mid a snug sum | from the trcasuty to defray the con testant's expenses. These are but slight considerations: to the statesman, but the elements of stntcsmnnhood had been exhausted before (Jen Chaltncr's political make-up was completed and the deficiency was made up in some other way. Come I o (trier. The Cincinnati Knquircr is authority lor the slatcmcu that of Marshal Lot Wright's deputy marshals who were ap pointed to preserve the purity of tin; ballot box in Ohio during the president ial election of 18S4. two have been hanged, ten are in the penitentiaries of various states, and a number of others are badly wanted by (he police for one : crime or another. It will be remember-1 cd that a number of these men were Kc- j publican roughs imported from Kentucky, j Indiana and adjoining States.. RANGEBTJRGr, S. C, TH GAVE HIS WIFE AWAY. A Husband Dttike.H it Present of His Spouse to the Man Whom .She Preferred. A singular affair, in which an injured j husband, instead of punishing the de [ stoyer of Iiis liome. gives him the b'eau j tiful wife of his youth, has just trans pired through the friends of the injured man. Four years ago Harry Horsey, a traveling salesman, when stopping at the village of Oneonta. N. Y.. met pretty Maud Baker on the evening of her graduation from the local academy. They became deeply enamored with each other; but her father, a prominent citizen of the town, objecting to the suit. Miss Maud ran awav, 'net and married Horsey at Sedalin, Mo. The escapade being forgiven, the couple re turned to Oneonta and lived very happi ly until the unsuspecting husband intro duced into the family circle his hand som traveling companion, Tom C. Sor relle, who requittcd the kindness by endeavoring to win the affection of the young wife. Horsey, to escape the wiles I of the oilytongued rascal, fled two years ago to Wichita, and by his industry had had soon accumulated enough to pur chase a little home. Here they lived i happy aud contented until Sorrelle, much reduced in circumstauces, appeard in the city as an actor with a small show found bis old friend and immedi ately renewed bis gallantry with great persistance. This continued until Sun clay evening, when the irate husband, driven to desperation, liied several shots as the rascal was slinking away from bis bouse. Sorrelle, now thoroughly frightened, remained in his room for some time and could be induced to grant Dorsey au interview only upon the as 1suranee of being unharmed. When the ! latter did come to his quarters, be in quired : "Do you love my wife?" "Yes." was the reply. ? ??Take her, then, and go away from here to where I may never see you. You have stolen her love from me. Now take her, but I warn you if you abuse or ill-treat her I will kill yo? if I must go to the end of the world to do so. After this strange speech he returned to bis house, told his wile what lie bad done commanded her to pack her trunk, bade her farewell and sent her to Sor relle. When these circumstances be came known the friends of Dorseyr be-' came very indignant, and if Sorrelle had been found he might have fared ill in their hands ; but before anything could be done he had fled with the erring wo man.?Cincinnati Enquirer. - Fucked In Ice Alive. Reading, Mich., July (>.?Mrs. Lucihda Faste of Woodbridge Township while on her Way tojhc Fourth of July ;^J5br4l^0h^er^SasErSaturday fell fifieou-' scious from her seat in the carriage and was to all indications dead. Medical assistance was called, but ail efforts to restore her proved futile, aud she was given up, although not having every np? pearance of being dead. The body was laid out and taken back home for burial. Arriving thcr.e ice was procured in which to pack the remains and they were so packed for more than thirty minutes, when an old physician, Dr. Xcclich, called on the bereaved family. He was so struck with the life-like look of the "corpse" that he expressed doubts of her death. The body was quickly taken from the ice and the doctor went to work to establish the fact of her living. He opened a vein in Mrs. Fastc's arm this morning and the blood flowed freely. In a short time the lungs began to work, and the funeral preparations were aban doned. Tbc patient now lies apparently asleep, tier house is tilled with curious neighbors, and the local physicians arc much puzzled over the case. It is said by the neighbors that Mrs. Fastc's moth er once had a similar experience; that she lay in a trance tor many days, and when she came to evinced a full knowl edge of everything which bad gone on around her. A Ghost In Possession. Louisville, Ky,. July G.?The fe male inmates of a house on Green street between Sixth and Seventh, had a dread ful experience about 1 o'clock this morn ing. About that time, in the midst of the 5th of July revels all the lights in the house were suddenly extinguished. The women were tossed about with un seen hands, missiles of every kind began to fly about the rooms, unearthly yells were heard in every part of the house J and for some time the whole bouse was ! a veritable pandemonium, The women fled in fright, declaring that a ghost had taken possession of the house. Some time after the noises had eeasd one of"! the women returned and lighted the gas | throughout the house. The furniture in three rooms was found smashed to.' pieces, the bed clothing cut to shreds j and general havoc and confusion ever wherc. a curious crowd soon tilled the '? place, and the premises were searched, but niVlrncc of the mysterious visitors could be found. The. women linnly believe, thai the' work was of preternatural agency, and ? claim that the house has been haunted ! for a number of years. There is a story i current in the vicinity that a double murder was committed in the house years ago. and that the bodies ol two murdered men lie buried in an abandoned well beneath the house. Missionary Work. The Woman's Missionary Society ol the M. E. Church South closed its annul meeting at Chester oil .Monday last. The old officers were re-elected as fol lows: Mrs. Wightman. President; Mrs, llnmbcrt. Corresponding Secretary; M's. Chreit/.berg. l{ecording Secretary. Miss Martin was elected the delegate to the next meeting of the Women's Mis- ? sionnry Society of the Methodist Church South. The Women's Missionary So-j cietv will bold its next meeting at Charleston. CJKSDAY, JULY 15, 188 THE WAGES OF SIN. THE ONCE FAMOUS CORA PEARL CAR RIED OFF BY A CANCER. She Dies "Wretched. Poor and Despised? Somelncldents of Her Adventurous Lifo ?How-.-She Spurned a Man Who Had Squandered Millions Upon Her. Paris; France. July 9?Cora Pearl died here last night-of'cancer. She was in dire poverty, and was attended during her illness by an official of the bureau for the jtfcdical Relief of the Poor. 'It is now many years since Cora Pearl took Paris by storm. She ap peared-one morning In the Champs Elyseca, mounted on a licry horse, with her long, red hair banging down her back and glistening In the sunlight. She had a voluptuous figure, and man aged her horse with admirable skill. She became the rage, and young men of fashion lavished their gold on her and were -ruined with rapidity. Her career was1 remarkable, and she was the heroine of not a few tragedies. So long as the moncy^f her admirers lasted everything was smooth, but when they came to the end of their tether they received a rude dismissal. Some of them, after being cast off',,ended their sorrows in the Seine. In*her palmy days Cora lived in a beautiful villa on the Loiret, near Orleans, given to her by a baron. The villa bore the name of Beausejour, and for many years Cora and her successive victims dwelt there in licentious splen dor. In her decline she got a young parvenu, son of the founder of the Bouil lons Duval, to spend 17,000,000f. on her. "When he thus got through his fortune he appealed to her tenderness for a small loan, which she dryly refus ed. He called again to renew his "instances," and failing to soften her, tricd^jto ? blo\v; his brains out. In doing^nis he wounded himself severely. Corn, on seeing him fall and the blood streaming from his wound, cried out. "You low, coarse fellow ; do vou take my honse for your father's butchery? Don't you see that you have filthicd my new carpet?" / Among her admirers was an imperial prince, who encouraged her in her desire to appear dir "the stage as Cupid in a part in* which there was a good deal to say. -Her vaulting ambition on this oc casion overleaped itself. TJie footlights are cruel to;reveal vulgarity and plastic defects^ An Englsh accent is unendura ble.in a French role played in a Paris theatre.' So^he siren was damned, and her imperial admirer took her on a tour r?rimT: Europe, beginning at Bristol, Clifton an 1 Bath, where he passed her off as. his illustrious wife, who was repu ted 'jo* hare reddish hair. She even war^to'fTffinj&as.the Princess in ques tion, and won the adufiraiion* oi the field; A correspondent who met her in the early days thus describes her: '"Cora had a line, though perhaps too stocky figure, but she did not seem to weigh a leather on her thoroughbred stcctl. She was vulgar impudence pcrsouficd, and uet.young. It was the excess to which fascinated those who gazed on her. Her hair was exactly the shade of a deep tinted carrot. There was, until she came to Pans, a strong prejudice against a carroty head. Instead of trying to hide her locks she combed them out aud brazenly let them fall in a frizzled mass down to the very saddle. With the setting sun striking on them they were a superb advertisement. The face was very plain. Jt had the freckled, pasty complexion which imes generally with her shade of hair, and which added to the vulgarity of features. The nose was a snub; the mouth was wide, being formed evidently to say harsh and shameless things ; the chin was narrow, the cheek bones were prominent aud the eyes small. She understood dogs and horses and was abashed at nothing. ' Not long ago she published her me moirs, giving rather interesting details of her experiences. She claimed to be the daughter of Prof. Crouch, author of ?'Kathleen Mavourncen," and as the Professor has never authoritatively de nied it, it was probably the truth. It is certain that Crouch married Cora's mother, Lydia Pearson, whose history was not unlike that of Cora herself. The memoirs on which Cora Pearl depended for ready cash fell fiat, aud as Cora had always been remarkable for extravagance, she became poor as her; admirers fell Off. Her last years have j been passed in misery. Deserted by all I of her former associates and universally j despised, she lias existed upon chanty. I and her end was as remarkable for its j squalor as her rise was for its .splendor. | lu Line With tlie Democracy. The Farmers' Convention of Sunder: County, which assembled on Saturday, July 3d, unanimously adopted the fol lowing : "Whereas it has come to the ears of this meeting thai m the opinion of isome, the organization of fanners throughout the State is antagonistic to the Democrat-1 ic parly : therefore be it resolved, "]'. That the Democratic party lias in , tho past proved itself worthy of our confi-: deuce, and that we are now in full ac-, cord with the said party. -?2. That it is the sense of this meeting : that the organization of fanners in this Stale is for their mutual benefit and im provement and the promotion of agri culture generally, and that it has no i political significance." Klotxly TexuM Tragedy. Hexkiktta, Texas. July's.?Three brothers named Lewis, Elmer and.lames Smith were killed yesterday morning iu Clay County. They attempted to stop 1 the erection of a fence on property, claimed by them. The fence builders; resisted, and in the liyht that followed J James and Elmer Smith were each shot. through the heart, aud Lewis Smith was j shot iu the spinal column. The party of fence builders surrendered. ?. PRIG CHANGE OF GOVERNORS. Hnjjli S. Thompson Itenlgns and J. C. Shep pard Takes hla Place. Columbia, July 10.?The following are the oilicial papers conuected with the transfer of the Governors's office. The resignation of Governor Thompson was filed with the secretary of State at a quarter to 12 o'clock to-day: the resionation. State of South Carolina, ) * Executive Chamber, > Columbia. S. C, July 10, 1886.) Having been appointed by the Presi dent of the United States an assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and having accepted" said office, 1 do hereby resign the office ot ''The Governor of the State of South Carolina." Hugh 8. Thompson, the farewell letter. Columbia, S. C, July 10.?My Dear Sir: It becomes my duty to inform you that I have this day resigned as Governor of South Carolina. Permit me to express the hope that your administration of the office of Gov ernor, which thus devolves upon you, will meet fully your desires and the ex pectations of the people of the State. In severing the official relations which for nearly four years have brought me into constant intercourse with the other State officers, I desire to express my high appreciation of their uniform cour tesy to me, and of the zeal, intelligence and fidelity with which they have dis charged their duties. To them is largely due what ever measure of success has been attained In the effort to secure a wise, just and efficient administration of the State Government. With profouud gratitude to the peo .ple of South Carolina for the confidence they have reposed in me, and for the honors they have conferred upon me; with the earnest hope that harmony may prevail in all the councils of the State, and that peace, prosperity and happiness may abound throughout this Common wealth, I have the honor to be, very respect fully yoor obedient servant, Hugh S. Thompson. To bis Excellency, John C. Sheppard, Governor of South Carolina. Governor Sheppard upou assuming office, issued the following ? proclamation. State of South Carolina, ) Executive Department. ] Whereas, the Honorable Hugh S. Thompson has vacated and resigned the office of "the Governor of the State of South Carolina," as appears by bis resignation now on file in the office of secretary of State. Now, therefore, I, John C. Sheppard, do proclaim, that, by virtue of the provisions of Article III. Section 9, of the Constitution of the Stole, I have this day taken the oath of ollice as "the Governor of the State of South Cornll na." and have entered upon the discharge of the duties thereof. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be axfiied. at Colum bia, this tenth day of July. A. D. 188G, and in the one hundred and eleventh year of the Indipendencc of the United I States of America. J. C. Sheppard. By the Governor: Jas. X. Lipscomr. Secretary of State. In addition to taking the oath verbal ly. Governor Sheppard subscribed to it in a printed form, and it was attested by the Chief Justice. jiik Cave-In Near Wilkeabarre. WlLKESRArre, Pa.. JllUC 30.-1*0 tween 5 and 6 o'clock this morning an immense cave-in, about 300 feet long and 150 broad, occurred on the Lchigh Valley Railroad at Xo. 8 Stockton Mine, near Hazleton. There was a terrible crash, and the shock was Jolt lor sonic distance. Three tracks, on one of which were three trucks loaded with lumber, were swallowed up, and two large build ings used as storehouses totaly disap peared. The cave-in presents the ap pearance of the crater of a volcano, the huge bole over 100 feet deep, having sloping sides like a tunnel. Had the ac cident occurred an hour later a frightful calamity would have happened, as an excursion train crowded with passengers was due at that time. Work was at once commenced laying new tracks around the hole. The cave-In was caused by the giving way of the roof in sonic old abandoned workings 300 feet below the surface. * Served tliein Right. A squad of female base ball players perfected arrangements for a game of ball in Atlanta several days ago. and a large number of men and boys, about 2.000, paid their entrance fee and waited anxiously !'<>r the game to commence. After a time three "sluggcsses" made their appearance, gaily attired in short frocks and black blouses, and one of them stepped to the lirst base and stated tu the audience that owing to a delayed train the balance of the club had failed to arrive, but as the crowd was present the three girls on hand would attempt the game. There was a general rush lor the ticket shed, all demanded their money to be returned. The Work of Nat it nil iiii*. PiTTSiiriM!. P.\.. July X?Th?nse, of natural gas in the manufactories of this city has done away with the consump tion of IX?,Soil bushels of coal a day. In the 2">i> working days, which is con sidered a year by manufacturers, the whole amount of coal displaced would run up to 47.450,00U bushels. Calcula ting Inn bushels to be an average day's output for a coal miner, it would take 1.000 coal miners to dig this coal. But altogether, the use of natural gas has thrown about 5.000 men out of work in this region. It required the use of 033 railroad cars to transport the black dia monds. E $1.50 PEE ANNUM. FEAKFUI FREAKS. SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES AND SCORCHED WITH VOLCANOES. New Zealand Converted into a Mass of Mud and fiery Lava? Earthquake Schockt? Kollow in <>uick Succession? the Desolation and Despair. San Francisco, July 12.?Further details of earthquakes In New Zealand state that most violent disturbances were felt m the neighborhood of Kotona. The severity of the shocks led many of the people to believe that the island would sink into the sea. The sensation experienced is said to have been fearful, bevoud description. Immediately after the .first shock the inhabitants rushed frantically in all directions. When the second shock came the entire country for miles around was lit up by a glare from the volcano, which had suddenty burst into activity. The scene was as grand as it was awful. Huge volumes 1 of smoke, illuminated with flames. sim-._ ultaneously burst forth from a range of mountains over GO miles in length, and above the smoke could be seen huge masses of fire, resembling meteors rnsh ing through the sky. The natives who had escaped death gathered in groups and, filled with abject terror, held re ligious services, but when another shock would cause the earth to tremble they would fall w ith their faces to the ground, quivering witli fear. As soon as the news of the fearful occurrence was received at Ruckland a government agent made immediate preparations to go to the relief of the sulfering. Wagons were chartered and rilled with provisions and clothes. Johnson, the government agent, on his arrival at Kotona sent back the following accounts: The Scene among the mountains as viewed from the Wairoa road is terribly grand. Flashes of lightning, peals of thunder and shocks of earthquakes are incessant, while dust is falling in heavy showers. In addition to these conveniences the roads throughout the entire country are covercred with several tcet of blue clay mud ejected from the volcanoes. All vcgltation is destroyed and the aspect of the country is entirely changed. Blue lake and Lake Rotakakahi have been I transformed into mud baths; The out J let of the latter lake is blocked up. The bridges which cross the lower end are covered with mud. Nearly all the .buildings that I have noticed are crush ed in by the falling mad. At this place Snow's temperance hall and the two principal hotels, as are nearly all the other buildings in the t >wu, arc com pletely wrecked. The house occupied by Sirs. Hazard and her family was borne down by the weight of the debris, j Mrs. Hazard was dug out alive, but four I of her children were dead. Hazard is j missing. Detailed reports of the foreign., residents at other ports who were killed have not yet been received. The captain of the steamship Southern ; Cross, which arrived at llucklaud on the 18th, reports having lelt at sea the effect of the disturbances. On the morqing of June 10th, the day following the earth quake he experienced a downfall of dust. From 5 to 10 a. m. there was complete darkness and balls of lire continually played arourfil the masthead. A terrible gale sprang up and carried al! his can vass away before it could be taken in. The men were unable to stand the blind ing showers of dust, put about and stood away to the north, but it was not until elevcu o'cIock of the day following that the dust was left behind. Reports show that earthquakes prevailed at all points in Xew Zealand during the same period. A farmer named YYIdman, residing in Unity township. Monticello, III., on Sunday murdered his wife and then tried to commit suicide. He made several gashes in his throat, narrowly missing the arteries, and finding himself still alive, lie.forced the knife upward into his mouth, splitting his tongue. Some lime since Mrs. Widman. by the death I of a relative fell heir to *12,000. She ? did not regard her husband as the proper j custodian, and so willed it to their chil dren. The murder grew out of these } facts. Aller the murder he sent one of ! his small children to a neighbor with a I message that his mother was dead, and I that be could be found at the barn. Then he began butchering himself iu the ' manner above stated. The murderer ' lias since died. I_ Locating the Monument tof.ee. The Board of Managers of the pro posed monument to General Robert E. Lee have selected as the site a space at tlie intersection of Franklin and Lombard streets. This is a part of the farm of Otway S. Allen, who has agreed" to deed forty-live feet square for the purpose, and other property owners iu the vicini ty have agreed (o give as much ground as may be wanted. This site is ou the western suburbs of the city and is in the most fhsiomiblc quarter, at the head of the principal drive und near the Confed erate Soldiers' Home. The effect of the decision lias already caused the price of property in the vicinity to rise. It i proposed to make the monumcnl the centre of a handsome square, which will be known as the Let; Square. By trying again and keeping up courage many things semingly impossible may be attained. Hundreds of hopeless cases of Kidney and Liver Complaint have been cured by Ivlcclric Hilters, alter everything else had been tried in vain. So. don't think there is m< cure for you. hut try Klectric Hilter?. There is no medicine so safe, so pure, ami so perfect a Blood I'urilier, Klectric Bit ters will cure Dyspepsia. Diabetes and all Diseases of the Kidneys. Invalua ble in aileclious of Stomach and Liver, and overcomes all Urinary Difficulties, Large Bottles only 50 cts. at Dr. J. G. Wannamaker. Murder and Suicide. What Can lie Done