North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. X. NO. 27. ' M5T11FREESBORO, N. C., FRIDaY, MARCH 8, 1895. I 1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE HST13Ii:X- TO HERTFORD COUNTY. AREA 340 SQUARE MILES. POPULATION, 13 851. HKJtrroBD Coustt was formed In 1759, from Chowan, Bertie and North ampton counties. It w.ns named in com pliment to the Marquis of Hertford, au English nobleman, a friend of liberty, an elder brother of Lord Conway, who, in 176', moved in the House of Lordi the repeal of the Stamp Act. Hertford i a name of Saxon origin and signiSes the Ited Ford." "Wintoju, the county-seat, is situated 155 miles north -cast from Kalcign, on the Chowan river, and has a population of About 500. Surface lvcl and sandy, soil OOd; . watered by the Mehcrria and Chopin rivers. Staph--Cotton, corn, naval stores and Hsh. Being near the Norfolk market, trucking is also profitable. 'Fruits- en, peaches, pears, melons cuppcrnong prapes, and thusmoil fruits. Timers Juniper, cypress, pine, oakt ,h. the guni3 and the usual eastern growth. Post Offices Anncta, Bethlehem, Como, Harrellsvillfc, Lotta. Mapleton, llenola, Murfreecboro. Hiddicksyille. Kt J Tun isohn. Dai in, AViQton Ahosktc and Aatc. Countt OFFrcKiis. Superior Court, dcik, T. I). Boone; Sheriff and Treas urer.W. E. Cullens; Register of Deeds, G. A. Brown; Surveyor, J. D. Parker; Crroner, J. W. Taylor, Standard Keeper. W. J. Boytte. CcMrssioNEns W. T. Brown, chair twin; T. E. Vann. A. I. Parker, J. N Holloman and J. T. William". Board of Education T. P. Frpemin, W. P. Shaw and C. W. Scarborough, HjjjiL Public School?, S. M. Aumack, TOWNSHIPS AND MAGISTRATES. Maney's Neck S. P. Winborne, B frVnruson, E. G. Sears. L. F. Lee. AltiRKftEnoRo W. W. Stephens R. IIiin, J. C. Vinson. U. Vauhan VV.S. Nelson, and Geo. T. Darden. St. John's T. n. Mitchell, J. P. Freeman. W. IT. Talic C. W. Par ker. L. R. Tyler, and E. H. Joyner. Wintov 7. Tj. Anderson. Robert no mon, W. H. Jernijran. T. TT. "MaUhews. J. A. Copeland and J. E Bret. n arrellsvtilk 9. M. Aumack, A. B. Ad kins, Edmond Jones. E. D. Scull andjC. N. Pruden. SurEnron' Court. Meets S'xth Mon day after the first Monday in March and September. W. J. Lnr?. Solicitor. Crtminal Court Meets on the 4th Monday in February, and the second Monday in August. Judge, B. B. Winborne; George Cowper, Solicitor." Distcuct Officers Judge, Geo. II Brown, Jr., Beaufort Co.; Congressman W. A. B. Branch. Beaufort, Cov State Senators. E. T. Snipes, Ilertfcrd Co.; Thco. Whites. Perquimans Bo. Brproscntative for Hertford, . B "VVinb orno. i TOWN OF MURFREESBORO. Murfroesboro Is situated in the north western part of the County, at the head of navigation on th?;Moherrin Iiiver, and tas a population of 1,200. It was in corporated in 1737, and uauied in honor rf William Murfrcc, a Revolutionary aero and out riot, who icsided here. Mayor L. J. Lawrence. Commissioners II. T. Lassitcr, U. Vaughan, J. N. Lawrence anu J. W. Hicks, 1st Ward; L. C. Lawrence, 2nd Ward ; Constable, J. E. Evans ; Clerk. A P. HineSo CHURCH DIRECTORY. Methodist --Ser ices every Sunday norning at 11 o'clock, and at night at i o'cloek. lraycr-mef ting every VVed esday night." Iv. J. C McOall, Pastor. Sunday School every Sunday atcernooa. U. Vaugha-i. Suf. B.vprisr Services every Jnd and -ttb Sundays. nDrning and' night. Prayer. meeting every Thursday night. Bev. amuel S.iundoi-3. Baatoj. Sunday hool every Sunday morning. J. U. Brcver, Suneri n tend en t CALLED TO THE CABINET William L. Wibon t3 be ro3tmister ' Genera'.. Tlio rroi.lnt seut th foiro.dns nomiua i.om to Uio Senate: S'ate Wi.liam L NVi! iu, of West Y.r-ilnU, to bo ro.'.mator tiMior.il; Louis 51. Du'or.l, of Illinou, to bo i onsul ot tho U.iit--vl Ma'.is a: liso do! Nor, Mexico; D. li SiaKuo!i," of v aliforuia, to bo Consul of tho UaiUM Stales, at Milan' I a'y. Interior J ha II. Brickentoin, of reun- lvania, uaJ Ar:h.:r T. CJrooley, or New II ip.ipshire, (now principal examiners in the l'at-nt Ofllce), to examinera-in-cUiel Id tho Patent Ortlco. Tao fact that President Clovelaad intend ed to appoint 5Ir. Wiloon to the position ha9 teen km wa for several days to the moot in t Urate friends of Mr. Wilson and to Mr. Wilson himself. Tlia selection la cno which tho Presi lent male of hi- own motion with out any urging froui Mr. Wilson's fr.eacls, und largely in r.coni.ion o.' the member's services in l.aJing the tariff fljht lathe llouse. No member has bo -n on more intiraa'e ternn with tho President than has been the chairman of tho ways and means committee and hi speeches in th) Uousa have always been understood to votca the opinion of the a I minis' ration. It was n ted toat Mr. W.l eon's speech on tho a-nendment to tho post office bill to compel railway clerks to live at the end of their routes perhaps the last speech ho will make as a Congressman wag an earnest plea to s-npport tho Postmastor Genral. No man in Congress ha a greater personal popularity among metiers of loth parties than Mr. Wilson. The German Government doos not in'end to Incroase the hum' er of; sea-going Iron clads above fourteen, bu seven ecc nd-clas? and ono flrt-class cruliex will bo built. - EirPEKoa William has omrerreJ upsa Emperor Francis Joseph the tank' of flelj marshal-general In tho Gorman army. J MAN'S Work, there Is work to be done, j A whole day's work In a day ; from the rising son to the setting sui - Work for all who may." ."' I I - Lnd the prayer of the working hand Is the prayer of the working head a . .. rhe clamorous prayer of a hungry land " Give us our daily bread ! " Fame, there is fame to be won, jt A name that ntanda for a name : rhe prize when the race shall e run;: And the honors a victory may claim. Gold, and better than gold, . 't: Power, and the world's good will j and better than all a thousandfold, An honest conscience still. To suffer, and know no shame, To conquer, and leave no ban. To live as giving, through praise and blame, Assurance of a man. George Cotterell, in Good Words. Living Beyond Their Means. ET HELEN FOBRE3T QZtAVEsi I lV pounida of gMpesl' said bid Nrs. Mildmay, in aston i b h m e n t. "Are you; quite euro that you un derstood your mis tress's order, Hes ter? "Whitej grapes are sixty cents a pound, and surely for eo small a din ner party as this " j "There's no mistake, ma'am,' said Hester, pertly. Servants will soon learn the spirit of their superiors, and Hester knew that young Mrs. Mildmay was not particularly i partial to her husband's stepmother, 'f'l took the order myself, and it ain't likely I should be mistook." ! "Hester is quite right," said Mrs. Bufus Mildmay, who came in jat that moment, a handsome brunette; in a pink cashmere morning dress tfimmed with black velvet rather 3 contrast to the neat, calico grown which hef mother-in-law was accustomed to wear about her ' morning avocations at home. "And do I wish, mamma, you wouldn't interfere!" j The old lady's serene brow flushed. "My dear," she remonstrated, "I do not wish to meddle with your con cerns, but I really fear that Rufus's in come " "Kufus's income is his own, to spend as he pleases I" interrupted the young lady. "And you Beemi to for get, mamma, that people don't live nowadays as they did when you were a girl." j Mrs. Mildmay said nothing more. It was not the first time, nor yet the second, that she had been given to un derstand, by Mrs. Euf us, that her in terposition in household affairs was unwelcome. j The stepson, whom she loVed With as fond a devotion as if he had been her own child) had married a beauti ful city girl, and settled in New York. So far all was well, although Mrs. Mildmay had secretly hoped that he would love sweet Alice Acton, the clergyman's daughter, of Pole Hill, and settle down on the old farm, as is father before him had done. Yet, if Ilufus was happy, she also would rejoice, she assured herself, even although he preferred Rosamond Thursby to Alice Acton, and ia city's bustle to the sweet peace of the vales find glens. If Ilufus was happy I Yes there was tho question. And sometimes Mrs. Mildmay feared that he was bot, in spite of his smiles and assumed cheer fulness, j It had been his fondest hope that his mother might be one of his house hold after his marriage. Mrs. Mild may had hoped so, too ; but after this, her first visit, she felt that the dream was in rain. j "Oil and water will not mix," she said to herself, with a sigh; "and I be long to a past generation." , j As she left the store closet, where Rosamond aud.her cook were holding counsel as to a proposed dinnerparty, she went slowly and spiritlessly up the breakfast room, where Rufus was read ing the morning paper before the fire. "Rufus, she said, a little abruptly, "I think I had better go back: to The Hemlocks this week." "Mother !" he remonstrated. "I don't think that Rosamond wants me here." Rufus Mildmay reddened. "I hope, mother," he said, " she has not said anything to " j "It is not natural that she 'should need my presence," said the old lady, gently. "I might have known it; no w-JL am certain of it. Home is the best place for me. But remember one thing, dear Rufus. Do not otitspend your income. Rosamond is j young and thoughtless. You yourself are inexperienced- " j "Oh, it's all right, mother f" said the young man, carelessly. "But I did hope that you could be happy here. " Mrs. Mildmay shook her head. "I shall see you sometimes," said she. "If ever you are in trouble, Rufus you or Rosamond, either you will know where to come." . , So the old lady went away frpm the pretty bijou of a house in Parabole Place, with its bay windows, its Tur coman portieres and the boxes of flowers in all the casements. j i "Rosamond," said the jcung hus band, as he studied pver the j list of weekly bills a short time subsequently, "I believe my mother was right. We are outrunning our income." . "Pshaw I" said Rosamond, wjTo was sewing point lace on a, rose-cjolored satin reception-dress; "what bias put that ridiculous idea into yourj, head, Rufus?" V; :iri :-.r 'Facts and figures," answeredjRuf us.; "Just look here, Rosie. "But I don't want to look V said Rosamond, impatiently, turning her head awa, "and I won't so jjthere! Of ' course one can't live without mariey, especially if ona goes into society." i j Rufus whistled under his breath. ,"Bnt; Rosamond," said he, i "if, a man's income is a hundred dollars a month, and he spends two hundred, how are the accounts to balance at the year's end?" I "I don't know any thing about balr ances and accounts, said Rosapiond, with a sweet, sportive laugh, do you like this dress, Rufus 1 hold- ing up the gleaming folds of the pink satin. "I shall wear it on Thursday evening." "Do you think, Rosie," said the young man, gently, "that it i? wise f orjas to go so much into sociiety on our slender income?" "That arrow came from your! moth er's quiver, Rnfns f'saul Rosamond, with another laugh. "She was always preaching about your 'income. " "And, after all, said Rufus, "what do we care for the fashionable people to whose houses we go, and whom we invite to our parties? They wouldn't one of them regret if We were ! to go to the Rocky Mountains to-morrow." 'I Would as soon die at once as live without society!" said Rosamond. "Do leave off lecturing me, Rufus? Society is all that makes life worth having for me." And, with a deep sigh, Rufu3 held his peace. That wa3 a long, lonely winter for Mr?. Mildmay, senior, at The Hem locks. Snow set in early ; the river froze over, as if it were sheeted with iron, except in the one dismal place down in the ravine, where a restless pool of ink-black water boiled and bubbled at thejfoot of a perpendicular mass of gray rock, under the shadow of gloomy evergreens; the sunshine glittered with frozen brightness over the hills, and the old lady was often secf ectly sad at heart as she sat all alone in the crimson parlor, by the big fire places Where the logs blamed in the twilight. And as the New Year passed and the bitter Cold of January took posses sion of the frozen world, a vague ap prehension crept into her heart. "Something is going to happen," she said. "I am not superstitious, but there are times when the shadow of coming events stretches darkly across the heart. Something is going to hap pen! And one afternoon, as the amber sunset blazed behind the leafless trees, turning the snowy fields into masses of molten pearl, she put on her fur lined hood and cloak. "I will go and take ft walk," said she. "I shall certainly become a hypochoudriac if I sit all the time by the fire and nurse toy morbid fancies like this." She took a long) brisk ralk down by the ruins of the old millj through the cedar woodsj across the frozen swamp and then she paused. "I will come back by the Black Pool," she thought. "It is a wild and picturesque spot in winter, with icicles hanging to the tree boughs, aud weird ice-effects over the face of the old gray rock." It was a dark and gloomy place, funereally shaded by the hemlocks, which grew there to a giant size ; and when Mrs. Mildmay got beneath their boughs, she started back. Was it the illusive glimmering of the darkening twilight? or was it really a man who stood close to the edge of the Black Pool? "Rufu3l oh, Rufus my son !" She was barely in time to catch him in her arms and drag him back from the awful death to which he was hurl ing himself. When they reached the cedar wains coated parlor, where the blazing logs cast a ruddy reflection on the red Moreen curtains, Mrs. Mildmay looked into her stepson's face with loving eyes. "And now, Hums, said she, "tell me all about it. The Lord has been very good to yon in saving you from a terrible crime." "Mother, why did you stop me?" he said, recklessly. t:l am a ruined man. I shall be dishonored in the sighi of the world ! Death would be preferable, a thousand times, to dis grace ! "Rufus," said the oi l lady, tender ly, "do you remember when you used to get into boyish scrapes at school ? Do you remember how you used to confide your troubles to me? Let us forget all the years that have passed. Let us be child and mother once again." So he told her all of the reckless expenditure on Rosamond's part his a -m 1 own, also, ne confessed wnicii naa woven itself like a; fatal web about his feet of the unpaid bills, thd clamor ing tradesfolk, the threats of public exposure, whicli had driven ; him at last to the forgery of his employer's signature, in order to free; nimself from one or two of the most pressing of these demands. "And if my investment in Erie bonds had proved a success," he said, eagerly, "I could have taken up every one of the notes before they came due. But there was a change in the market, and now now the bills will be pre sented next week; and my villainy will be- patent : to all the world! Oh, mother, mother! why did you not let me fling myself into the Black Pool?" ''Rufus, "said his stepmother, "what is the amount of these these forged bills?" ! j - 1 "Ten thousand dollars!" j he an swered, staring gloomily intojthe fire. "Exactly the amount of theurovern- ment bonds which your father left me," said j Mrs. Mildmay. "They would have been yours at my death. They are yours now, Rufus!" J "Mother, you don't mean 4 Take them," said Mrs. Mildmay, tenderly pressing her lips to his fore head. "Go to New York the first thing to-morrow morning and wipe this stain from your life a3 you would wipe a few blurred figures from a slate. And then begin theiecord of existence) skew.". - r I , ---- - . 5 And up in the litt room which he. had occupied as a feiild, Rufus Mild may slep tho "first ipeaceful slumbers T?hich had descendil upon ; his weary eyelids for many apl many a night. i In the midnight train from rNew York came Rosamond Mildmay to The Hemlocks, with a (ale, terrified face and haggard eyes. I "Oh, mother, mother l" she sobbed; "where is. he myWsband? He has left me, and the letter on the dressing table declared that lie would never re turn alive ! Oh, motr s mv an I I have ruined himf "Help me, com fort me, tell me wh tt I shall do !" Mrs. Mildmay to k her daughter-in-law's hand, and lea her softly to the little room where jher- husband lay sweetly sleeping. v :-; ' " ' Rosamond drew a long, sobbing sigh of relief, and clasped her hands together as if in mute prayer at tha ght. " I "Hush!" said the old lady; "doiot wake him. He is worn out, botlf in mind and body Only be thaikful that God has given him back to Jyou, almost from the grave." 1 And as the two women sat together by thS blazzing logs in the crimson parlor, Mrs. Mildmay told Rosamond the whole story of the meeting &i the Black Pool. "Mother," said Rosamond, wsth a quivering lip, "it is my doing You warned me of this long ago. h "why did I give no heed to your w6rd3? I deserve it all !" f "You will do better for tlte future, my dear, " said the old lady, kindly. VOnly be brave and steadfast." i So the young people went back to New York and commenced j the world anew, withdrawing from I th9 mael Jtrom of "society," and liying within themselves. Mrs. Mildmay, senior, aame with them, and Rosamond i3 learning the art of housekeeping un der her direction. j "Mamma is an angel!' says the vbung wife, enthusiastically. "And if I could onlv ba inst liie her. I should have no hicrher aabition." Saturday Night. I f I Brains and Cold Weither. I Extreme cold, as is well known, ex erts a benumbing influence upon the mental faculties. Almdst every one who has been exposed for a longer or a shorter period, to a very low tem perature, has noted a diminution in will power, and often a temporary weakening of the memory. Perhaps the largest scale upon which this action has ever been studied was dur ing the retreat of tha 2?reneh from Moscow; The troopd suffered ex tf emely ff Om hunger, fatigue and cold ifrom the latter perhaps most Of all. . Gef man physician who accompanied a detachment of his countrymen has jeft an interesting account of their Irials during this retreat. From an Abstract of this paper by Dr. Rose, in Jhe "Medicinische Monatschrift," wo find that of the earliest symptoms re ferable to the cold was a loss of mem ory. This was noted in the strong as well as those who were already suffer ing from the effects of the hardships to which they had been exposed. With the first appearance of a moder ately low temperature (about five de grees above zero Fahrenheit)) many of the soldiers were found to have f or- ;rrrff,ri nftTriM of tll mnatnrdinaTV Sellings about them, as well as those of the articles of food for which they fwere perishing. Many forgot their wn names, and those of their com rades. Others showed pronounced Symptoms of mental disturbance, and ,7101 a lew became incurable insane, :the type of their insanity resembling Irery closely senile dementia. The jjold-was probably not alone responsi ble for these effects, for a Zero tern jperature is rather stimulating than paralyzing in its action upon the Well fed and healthy. These men were half starved poorly clad) worn out with long marching, many already weakened by dysentery and other dis eases, and all mentally depressed, a3 an army in defeat always is. It needed, therefore, no very unusual degree of cold to prodace the psychic effects observed under other circum stances only as a consequence of ex posure to an extreme low temperature. New York Advertiser. I The SparkstoetUn?. I One of the novel idea3 for transpor tation over snow and ic? which is to fe introduced this year is the sparks foatting or Norwegian sled. The sled lonsists of two ten-foot long runners $f seasoned pine, which are about an inch thick and four inches wide, urned up at the end like an old fash ioned pair of skates. Near the center 4i the runner, a little to the front of the exact center, there are fixed two ght uprights, three feet high, fitted in some cases with a light crossbar, snd these uprights aro guyed to the furned-up ends , by light but etrong pieces of wood, so that they will r e iain rigid, the two runners are also guyed across the ends at the front to kep them the right distance apart. Just behind each of the uprights there is a foothole made on each of the run ners by tiny blocks of wood, which keep the foot from slipping off and gives it a front brace. Current Litera ture. I : - : Effective Scheme lor Catching: Rats. -i ! One of the funniest and, ' at the same time, most effective schemes for catching rats has been devised by J. B. Greene, of Garmon's.: ,He has a two-bushel washpot which was half filled with water and cotton, seed. A board was placed "to run from the floor to the top of the pot for the' rats to walk up on and dive off. ; The largest dumber caught in one night was four teen and the smallest eight." The total catch was sixty-nine. New York World. THE UEWi Constable Eugene Lydea was waylaid anl shot and mortally wounded at Soddy, a min las town Jn Hamilton county, Tean., by John Iiemon, whom ho bad arrejteJ, and who had escaped from custody. LctI Bruster and Abraham jTurpIn, colored wait ers in the Fi.beck Hotel. TerreHant-; IndJ exchanged five shots at Isach other, with fata effect to Turpin. Thoithoithag caused a panic In the hotel. -Frank B. Meadowcrofl and hfc brother Charles, ex-proprietora o the defunct Meadowcrf lt Bant, who were convicted on one Indictment, were arraigned on another in Chicago! charging tbeai with receiving deposits when they knew to bank to be insolvent. A special grand Jury was sworn in at Ibxington, jya., to make an in vestigation into the wrecking of the bank. The Haryev Steel Company, of Niwa k, K brought 8ulin' 'the Raited Stale CIrca't Court at Philadelphia against the Bethlehem Iron Company fora'leged infringement on a number of important 1 aented improvements used in building war veiseU. Mrs. Helena 1 Keims, j of Hobokei, N J. died of a broken hert. The Portland" (Ore.) Cold Storaje W-ife'-iomj was burned. Loss t75,0 0. -Severa:ovboats and barges were sunk in th) Ofci llivac near E ut Liverpool, O , by tha i SOol deal of silver is being shippaJ flom Uj United S ate3 to Japan. Rev. H. W Harris, of Oiklan l, Cal, has goao on thje ttaje. Gao-ge Magee was hanged at Fjkinkf jri, Ky. vt a fight at Kimball, W.V , four persoai were seriously wounde'J, audfFraafc Moarnot was killed. Bill Tom Hall 3ii wai killed on Short Pole Creak, W. fa. The Nebraska legislature has deolde to pay beel-sugar producers flva do'.lirs aoa. Harrr Hill, who murdered Matthew Akeson, of Cass county, Neb., was hansel at Plattsmout'i, Neb. Fire at Norfolk Neb., destroyed the Reno Hotel anl o'herf property. Damagj f75,O30 William H. Va!laoe, an old rail road man in the servieco! the Coaoi:dated Road, retirel from acliva service. The firm of Waxelbaum & sn, dry goods mer chants at Macon, Ga , front Into the handj of a reeaiver. J jo Dan, a ma darer, was banned in Falrbura, G The ropi brka, and he wa swung oft tlja scaffold the second time. Fiv3 thousand pjople tore down the fence surrounding the fallows and witnessed the execution. ' j Business has be.n resumed at the Tudcr Iron Work in East St. Louis. The Indians on the Umatilla reselvation, Oregon, are giv.ng some trouble. J-Mrs. Coventry was burned to death at Libirly, N. Y. L9 Rjy Frnald, who murdered his mother id their home in East Lebanon,! Me., and, after set ting the building on flr0, ran to aa attic to a wait death in the flame.3, was found dead in his cell in tlie jail. Lajlto was insane. A mail rider wa3 m irdered in Smith county, Miss., and the mail bag robbed. -The rev entt cutte r Corwin .lef j San Francisco for Alaskan waters to huatl for 1 licit dealerr in wai-kjy. Tha Santa Fj road has made a cut or $2i5J in rate3 from California to tho East. -Tha L03 Angeles Oiliforn'a Con solidate! Electric Raflfoad Company has been t;ikea possession of by the boniholderj on acc.unt of default ii paym3ntof 't the half yoar's interest on th3 f, J0J.00J bond isi ue duo last September. l-Fi'toea suits, aggre gating over a million dollars, have baen dis m ssed at S m Faaolscp, removing the lat obstruction from tho distribution of the im -mense estate of John jH. Doe, a weal:hy lumber oaan- Twentj -five men were killed and eighteen S3riously Injured by an explo sion at the White Ash mine near Ls Cerril los, New Mexico. An eiplosion of gtt3 Wrecked the coal mine Of the Santa Fe Railroad Company nettr Cer rl los, N. M. ; and forty 'or more men Were entombed. A fire ihjjthe heart of the West Side fact- ry district' of Chicago destroyed several buildings, and baused panics among working women and children. In a rush oi children from the Lancaster caramel faetory a number w- re terribly crushed and maimeJ. The property lcs3 exededs $6'30,C00. Th3 board of maaaeri of tji Youn Men'd He brew Association of fcsjivannah, which has the lease of the hall in Masonic Tercple In Which ex-Priest Slattey lec ured, narrowly escaped tho fury of a rtlob, Canceled the con tract for the. hall with flattery. The asso ciation dec ared that this ad; ion Wa3 taken as Slattery's languagelwas calculated to ih- c.ti Jiot and endanger j lives. The small pox scare in Hot Springs, Ark., has dtiven hundreds of people awky" from th it resort. Fire which broke ut In th 1 B. McNickle3 drug store at Ba'h B-ch, Long Island, has de troyed business aac residence property tc the value or $5i,0J0. J The Mioses Hettio aqJ M imto Logan and Linda Fields! were drowned by breakin. through the ice while skaiihg at Sergeant, Ky. A large acrol te was seen shooting out of the heavens at ijsno, NaV., early Sat urday morning, explocjinj with tremeuJou force and awakening the people. A boiler in the sawmill of John McCroom, near Ade phi, O., exploded, land three men were blown to atom). The works of the Akron Ch na Company, at AkroD, O , was destroyed by Are. L03, 62,0 0,and one huadro laad fifty men thrown out of work The Presi dent Flour Mills, at Befhalto, I1L, was bu-n-ed. They ware owned! by D. K Kau ffman of St. Louis, aad valuefl at $150,003. -In an attempt to eacap3 frpni a caavict camp on the American River, noar Folsom, CaL, three prisoners ware shot. j-Alfred E. Jewell, a special policeman, at jia'iway, N. J., was shot aad killed while a is lag in a raid on a gan? of tramps. Tafeves, bv a 8,Ick trick, robbed the postomo a Ne jt Haven, Ct,, o ! $920..- A West Greenland expedition hxa been organz3d by partiei in New Y irk, Phil adelphia, Princaton and Chicago. Fire bugs continue to alarm) the citizens of Way. nesboro. Pai threats hiving bean made o. burning the Geiser Cotnpany'a work?. Tfce la stables of this com panr wre bu rned summer.; -Percy B. Qhamb?rlain, an En llshman. who owned cbnstdera le property in West Virginia, eomniitted saicido In Chi caga Wl W. Tiwn craTd a tU'?ccesful . lest at ! boluth, Minn., of his iinV-jation fo.-MMjdia; pictures by telegraph. The faintest detail were trans mi. ted, eve to tho h idia. i tiblection - - to the the features. , Tb "telautograph" has be'un its inability to ro . produce shaded lines. EOF CflllGRESS The Controlling Issues of its ' Three Sessions. SILVER, TARIFF, FINANCES. A Summary of the Work Accom plished Since August, 1893, when tho President Called the Mem bers In Extraordinary Sessions. Tfce three sessiQ vol the Fifty-third Con. gross jut expired, were dominated by three eontroUIng lssa a. The first by the sliver question. The second by the lariff question. The third by the flaancial question. ..On the 7th of A ig-iit, 1833. the Congress convened in extraordinary session for the avowed purpose of repealing the compulsory iiiver purchase provision of the law of 1890. This was the sliver session. Mr. W. L. Wilson, chairman of the Ways u..n. n , -,. ui-Huii wuiuiiiiuo. irannrfl-.i k mil i7i jonionnlty to the recoaimendntions of the ' 1 President's message, and ou the 23th of August, 1893, ihU measure passed the House. The Senat in the mean time had been pre paringthrough the Committee on Fiaame substlta e bill, and on tho 1st of November this Senate substitute received the approval at both Houses, and became law by the ap proval of the President This measiro, a id the repeal of the remaining vestige of the reconstruction Federal e eo ion iaw, o'osel' the important work of the extra session. Upon its meeting in regular sesilon, in De cember, 1893. Congress enterel upon the consideration of the revision of the tariff, As In tho case of the silver question, but i a a much more pronounced manner, the House proposed" and the Senate "disposed.' The 'Wilson tariff bill, passed by the House Feb ruary 1, 1894, was set asida for th3 Jonea Qorman compromi e tariff bill, and adopted by the Senate on the 3d of July, 1891, aftor four months' debate, and the House tia given the blunt option ot the "Senate bill or noth ing." It took the Senate bill and eon it to the President on the 15th of Augus', 1894 NOT SIGNED BV THE PRESIDENT. President Cleveland permit ed the bill to become a law without his approval, nnl ia an informal manner communicated to indi" vidual members of Congress his dissatis ac tion with the Inadequacy of the changes made in the tariff system. Supplemental to the passage of this tariff law, the Senate entered upon the profiles) and Inconclusive investigation of rumors that Senators had bee a Improperly iofluenoad to Tote for the Senate sugar schedu e, and had. speculated in stocks of .he so-call3d "Sugar Truit Company." Ihe third and last, or "financial" session of the Fifty-third Congress, has been espec ially marked by the refusal of both nouses to put into legidatlve shape the recommenda tions of the President for th) alleviation of the stringent financial sltua'ion. The Presi dent, in his annual message, ca led attention to the continual depletion of the gold reserve, and complained that though it wa "per ect ly and palpably p'ain that the only way un der the present- conditions by which this re . serve, when dangerously depleted, can bo replenished is through the issue and sale of bonds of the government for gold. Congresi has not only thus iar declined to authorize the issue of bonds best suited t such apur pose, bat there geems a dispositioi ia tomo quarters to dey both the necessity and tho power for the issue of bonds at ail." The Banking and Currency Committee of the House, W.th the approval of the adminis tration, submitted a financial measure which, among other provisions,, materially modified the national banking laws anl repe iled the restrictions on State bank circulation. ADDITIONAL. LEGISLATION. DEMANDED. This bill was defeated by six majority. It was followed by a second message from the President, received by both Houses of Con gress December 23, In which tha President Baidth it Whatever might have been the merits, of the original plan proposed by him he was "now convinced that its reception by Con gress aad our present advanced stage of financial perplexity necessitated additional or differout legislation. He once again recommended the passage of a law authorizing the Issue of low inter est bearing bonds to maintain the gold re serve. The Banking and Currency Commit tee responded to thl3 suggestion by offering on the 1st of February, 1895 a bill to "au thorize the Secretary of the Treasary to issue bonds to maintain a sufficient gold reserve and to redeem and retire United States notes." After only two hours' debate this blilwa? alar. Hfftated bv a majority of 27. On the next day the Presided Informed Congrosr that he had negotiated a conditional sale of over $ 62,003,003 of 4 per cent, coin bonds tc a syndicate largely represented by foreign capitalists, having no resource loft, because of the "omission thus far on the part of Con gress to beneficially enlarge the powers ol the Secretary of the Treasury in the prem ises." This last message went to the Ways and Means Committee, whoao chairman, Mr. Wilsonj of West Virginia, seven days atter its receipt, reported a resolutlon authorizing the issue of $65,116,275 of gold 3 per cent bonds, as recommended by the. President. The measure was called up on FebruarjrUth and defeated the same day by forty-evea majority, after a atormy debate. ; ; THK 6E ATB PBOGBAMHE. These three financial measure, with the general appropriation bills, consumed the greater part of the e sion. Early in the session the Democratic caucus of the Senate agreed that the following matters should be considered! A financial measure of aome sort, details not design id; the bankruptcy bill; the bills for the admission of New Mexico aal Arizona; the Jficaraguan Canal bill, and the Slate Bank tax repeal U1L Of all these measures, the Nicaraguaa Ca nal bill alone pass3d the Sena e, after ' I wo months debate, and that only became tbo Republicans utilized it as a buffer to '. keep off the bankruptcy bi'.L It failed to recelva con sideration in the House. The bankruptcy bill was made the unfinished . business, but m was 1 choked by the appropriation bXs. I i. sandal measures were not acted cpon ty tt. 3 Senate, and nothing p!anaed Ly ih Ecna'.a caucus resulted ia legLlation. The so-cal c I 'popgun tariff bills sent ovor by the Hous, providing for free sugar, free coal and fro 3 iron were not even honored by consideration, and the railroad poo'ing bill, ons of the cc t Important measures passed by tha I'cir was also shelved. ' FIFTY-THHU) C02TQEX33- j SENATE, " 8ixTT-Fimi Pat. In the Scrato the sun dry civil appropriation bill was pased, in cluding the f5.000.ODO for sugar bounty aa l the provision for the representation or th United States at an International monetary conference. The dftJicIency appropriation WU was reported. The civil sundry bill was amended to- include aa appropriation of 912S.0 0 for the Tennessee JxrxiMon a night session of the Keoate -wi heUl, n which Mr. Chandler contained the greater Vart of the time in discussing clcctioas ia several Democratic states. Bixtt -v 1 xt n Dat. In th Eenat? many bills of iwcal importance wore passed. Mr. Minder on's resolu Ion was adopted for a committee of inquiry a to the a lviabi ity of a joint commltto on nbcrology. to do away w.thihocus om of pronouaclnt uloies up ju :eceased m -mbers of C-ngre s,, An amen. I meat to tho general d3eieney bill was of- terei approprlitiag $53,103 for au arbitrv. ntn commission witn ureat unnaa 10 na- 1 11 t i-i it rn rrmrin r nni m inn iwr.i!L- ... . . ... 9 a seizures. An! amesdmrnt. offered by Mr. Sherman to appropriate $4 5,000 to pay Baring sea c'nima, in accordance with the President's recommendation, wa rej-ctsl. It was required that the work of the eleventh census te completed before July 1 next. Trie general deficiency bill was papsod.- 1'rlva pension b: l.to which there was uo objection were consdde ed. Sixtt-SevenIth Dat. In the Senate t'ie session began at 2 P.jM., after a roces from 3 A. M. Great crowds filled the galleries. The naval appropriation blil was parsed providing for two battle sbi b, ix guauoata and three torpedo-boats. Early in the iUr an agreement between the two ho903 wa reiched on tha sundry civil appropriation bill, and later on tbo diplomatic nod consu ar bilL Mr. Harris accepted iho provbd n of the civil tundry bill iook ng to an inter national monetary conferences. Tae provis ion in the sam ! bill for the retirement of tho revenue marine officer was withdrawn. Tho conference report on. the sundry civil appro priation biil was concurred in. A 6 V. M. hi Senate took a recess until 8 3) P. 11. Too Sena'e receded from its atneodment to th-s lilomatio and consular b 11 appropriating $ 50J.000 to begin the construction of a cablo to Hawaii, i Sixtt-Eighth Dat. The Senate had ad fourned at 4 Aj M., and reassembl d at 9 A. M. The naval and deficiency bills were dis posed of. Senators Yoorhees and Sherman waited upon the President and td vised clra that the Senate had completed its business. When Mr. Voorhess conveyed to the Senafo the congratulations of the President upon its adjournment there was a round, of laughter on the flo-r and in the galle;ies. "Mr. Stev enson, Presi Jen aad Mr. Harris, Vice-President or tbo Senate, received the ttanks of that body for the manner ia which they havo discharged their duties. . I HOUSE, SixTT-Firrtt Dat. In the House fifty-four bills passed by the Senate were, disposed o'v most of them beiDg of minor importance. Tne Senate amendments to the bill authoriz ing the Washington and Marlboro' Railroad. Company to extend its tracks into the Dis trict of Columbia were passed. The House Insisted upon its disagreement to the Seualo provision in the consular and diplomatic bill for a cable to Hawaii. The President' veto of the bill lor a pension lor Hirnm lihea was smta'nedV Several measures relating to the District of Columbia were passed. Sixtt-Sixth Dat. In tho Houso of Repre sentatives tere was a general contest lor .bo passage of private bi R Tha lesislativ., ex ecutive and judicial bill was seut to confer ence. The bill to add two criminal sc ions to the interstate commerce act was defeated. The bill designed to preserve fur seals in Bering Sea was passed. The anti-lottery bill was passed. A bill was paed to fund Vebt Virginia $181.306 as her sbure of the direct war lax of 1861, . 1053 $27,328, th- amouut heretofore paid by the government. At 5.2 IV M. the llouse took a recesa until 8 P. II' At the evening" ses?ion prlvato pension till were considered. , - Sixtt-Seventh Dat. The House was 1 a continuous session all day, with recesses from 4 AM. until 2 P. M. and fr. m 6 until 7.3) in the evening, clearing the docks of conference reports. B'foie midnight the final confer ence reports on sundry civil, Indian, le?L"!a tivo and diplomatic appropriation bids ha i bee a adopted, leaviug only the naval til! and general deficiency biil in i33uo between tli) two houses, j Mr. Dinmore'a attempt to pas the bill to grant a rlht of way throuzb tho Indian Territory to a railroad company over the Pres dent's veto failed. Mr. Jones (iemo crat, ol Virginia) opposed the bill granting 11 pension of $100 per month to Major-O- n;ral McCIernandjibut after a speechby Central Sickles (democrat, of New York) it pas.-e-l. Tne Houss was in session nil day Saturday Twenty five bills and resolutions were parsed. be till to appropriate f21,0J0 to build -tatae to General Stark was defeated. Tbo i neral deficiency bill - was reported by con f r -nee and agreed to. Sixtt -Eighth Dat -The House convened it 8 o'clock after a -hort recess. There win a short discussion upon bimetaliym, precipi tated ty Mrj Gr-svenor. The Speakers na aounced a the House members of tho roono ary commission Mr. Culiersou, (Dmceni f Texas), ilr. Hilt (Kepublican, of Iliinoi,) ' ind himself by resolution of tho Houm A evolution was xa,wl tnaaXtnauer-cpa'B.tr' for his uniform kindness to members. HE, BIS SELL BH3IGNS- tvia p.tmter uenerai vv ui Leave Ut President' Cabinet- fOStma ter ljrener nuwu placed bis reslgnaUoa as a member of the cabinet in V9 hands of President Cleveland, to be accepted upoa the appofntment of his successor. Though the ramorj of the c. ru ing retirement of Mr. Blssell have been rl e for sims time, vthe official announcerneat when it was made caused something of a eecsatioa. ( Tha fact spread rapidly through the hotels and clubs and tLe discussioa of the cbaaces' of Ctngresj passing all the ap proprlations bills quickly gave way tospecu!a i- . 1 t TTTSI.a a TMoap!. t on as to who would be tho new Postmaste: Generab j The allegations which have been made that a disagreement between the Prejldent and Mr. Bseli caused th resignation we.o known by almost all in official circles to be without thej slightest founJatioa, and, there fore, the usual interest and gessip which usually attaches to the retirement of a mem ber of a cabinet were entirely lacking in th case, as it was conceded by all that only the "pe.rona1 desire of Mr. BiS3ell to returns Lii luc atlve law practice actuated him in taking the step which he did. LI Hung CTiang has baen recclvod three times in audience by the Emperor of China, who treated him graciously, and the vlcer y has accepted the mission to Japan ia order to negotiate for peace. 1 j -