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VOL.. II. NO- IT.
ATTOKXXTm.
FRiKLIN MoNEUj,
ATTcinri EY AT tAV,
r H.NEAL,
ATTOriEY AT LAW,
LAUftlNDUftC, N.C.
Wffl yvMtta SWtaMmd I and dowl
AtTOtinSY AT LAV7,
ROCKINCHAM, N. C.
A. 0WTO,
njLTT D. "WA1XITK
" V BurweD, Walter Hillett,
ATTdRriliYO AT LAW,
RotlCINCHAVI, N. C.
trittpnctJ fat IUohid ni Jofaiing 00BnUfc
r.-j,-..- ..: - i .''.vr .
KW and
PER TOUR
lets, MBirial -Cases
KUTCHNSON,
WADE3BORO, NO
rirr Hoik. n dm and priML mar on band.
notica.
J05K8.'
yi.mokt6!C
pW DECK;
HEW FIRM. HEWdOODS.
JON
!XON
: S TOW
GSGCEBJEi MD (Un
poaakaepioc a aavplr afn and ;
'TER AND EtCO,
And all k. of abU, CHEAP TOR to cor
, , .... . Ana
(WI D17 Qeada. Omoariaa, ShnM. eu. 0 LOW k
Mi2aMaBtonlaaad. Mora IhvW, aakl and
RTOOOM.
OBOOERIKS;
Bin
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boots;
SHOES.
OUTLKRT. M&L, !
BACOK, SHUT
IXOUB,
MOLASSES,
Aad almoat mrrOsiac aawlad the ppla.
Ba am taaal asS aaa ma befora bm'i.7 K m
4 u.
I
ROCKnTOHAlI, N. C.
ThataMaWm alwan ba aaonUad arita'lha KaMha
BATES ; . . jr-
9" WOVIwll .aaa. ) ) KM Bft
ooam. aar axmUi Li,
par ask. froai tl Mte fR
Mfdar. iraa .....SIM to lM
iamaa an. ....... lo
TADESBOO.ITa
7.-3.:
Jb-haAo;
Bjya 10 lUKraoaair I ' ' ' I
tBT Jm rartbat Mitiaaiaaa ayply H tha Priaaipal.
Kew koltoes.
As thd meeting of the Lime-Kiln Club
opened, ithe Jrresident annonneed that
ineiotiowing spring mottoes wonLl be
' hung ori the ' walls daring the eomine
week: t
"Deal on de sqnar'," " .
"Sell yonr dog." . ;fV -'No
man kin sit on de fence an' plant
onions,"! t '.
f Time wasted m shillins lost ottt'of
hole in de pocket." T ; r ,
4 J 11111 Pollyticks against 'taters,
take de 'taters." 7
i "An hour wid a saw-bnek am
walnable jian an hour wid a statesman." J
wsmaa in wDi an a swimmer wid
his bnteson.' .:; "
. f Farm Waoxs ato Manotactobtbs.--
. Arxrt jastmadebySUtisticiaiiDodge
shows tlutt n States where onlw 8 per
cent of he laborer are employed in
' agriculture" the wages of farm: hands
erage S2i month,- while in States
7 where 77 per cent, are farm hands their
j wages average only $13.67 a month. In
every State the rate of wages on farms
j is faTprably affected by the presence o
: manufactories. : -. i 7. .u . : y ...;';,.;7 .
!..,. ".774 ' 1 "" -7-"'-,,,7 V- l
t 1 Tkebb is a demand for two scales of
t prices for labor one fori;; temperance
; nien, and; one for drinkers Oh, yes I
- I Xou drinkers . think yon, ought to be
i paid twice as much as wo temperance
V men, becrmne it costs yon twice as mnah
I to kr-APMta,- Call. d i
oii
Ccffins, m
sab. c;
I
'- 'Vr' J" ."Joea a una j( tmV CaU. nj.ii.il ' I . '
,s , 7 aaaalM Wnpoa kaaaint a aapplr Tk ' f -r -77: I
HAIILET THETES'
77 ' , ' . ; . -akd-. ;
MM Mil
illSir IST1TBTE
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BCKLENBUEG
I R OlST W O R K S ;
, aiCA.lRL01,a?B. O.
MANUFACTUBES AND KEEPS IN STOCK
Steon EogiDeB and Boilers, i. ,'
I , Traction Engine. . '
Baw Mills with VftriaWe Friction Feed.
:!i 'Wheat Mill OutfltiC
l ' i CJorn Mfllortibl, .
i Separators, Threshers and Hone Powers.
L ' 1 - . f. i. -' 7 7". . ) - .i . .
- I H i Beapers. Mowers and Bakes
7 . i. ;, . . ! . -
) .H '. ' Steam ind Water PipesBrass Fittings
RSFAH3 PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Address,
ft
E. M, AN
; F O R W DTU RE
OF; ALL KIP?, AT. BOTE WHOLESALE AND BETAIL
? J liaye the largest stock of any house in thel State, and
i 'W'XIX- NOT 13E lUNDERSOLD.
. 7; 7?v;' .-- :::!7.' - ' ::' ' ; . . 4 : 7 w
Tan fill orders promptly for cheap Chnirs,
4- ua, mBT nnFPTNa MET ALIO
WAYS ON HAND. Bond for cuts and
"White Front, next to,Vittkpwky
SMRBLli
EVERY DESGRIPTtOH OF CEMETERY WORK NEATLY EXECUTED
Prices a'nl DraT-nis
Opposite Cpurt House,
JAMES
VWacwwartan BoaiMfarroaaiiaOaMoa Oin, BawMfflo call apoe or oorraapood with BBJ5U
t MoVOVfELLt Oharlott, K. O. Xher an ageats t at the aaletratwl T
I W
'7.- , ;.-v 7.,.. - ij . jps . ., -
aad aan aH Majaot hiiu.ad auebinaiT, taoIndln.04m, MQIa. Grain Orllla, aad tha lataat and baat aarieaKml
taDlan
Bara a larca atook at Ci.a.ial
ila. Tnar ara aaartaaartara xor BUnara and awoaaalca, aaa kaap all ailniaa Innla aad OTnaiaiia. Thar
kuaravara, Jin uaaa aaa
n rtook a Unja aombar of
MARVIN'8 FIRE PROOF SAFES.
Tk4aaaaftaaax laak lka barrvta. nor ara thar manlj pa-tad toattber like tha ebsap Jofaa oaMnia na
naa-.adaboajtBpaaUiaBjartaa, -
Wa will gtn awpUoarantaa em all of ear machinery. Band for abeolar of pricaa, ; - ''
DREM & McDOVELL, Charlotte. N, C.
BURGESS NICHOLS,
. J , WnoiiKSALB Aim RETalL DIALER 15 ALL KINDS OJt
i; ??." jr 7 . .....;....!. ,i -1 - .. . . 7 . 7
Fjipiiure, Bedding, Mattresses, Chairs, Etc.
CHABLOTTE. N. o.
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A TUli
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Bedsteads, Lounges,
Cheap
COrmS OF ALL ENDS ALWAYS ON HAND.
A Li Stoek of rnraitara ia aow being beocht in' the
1
i
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Bobbers' Nest.
A' very snnir and sfarono? rrAiYamt mmi
reoently disoovered by a couple of
Denver citizens in a gulch near Webster,
TT had been visiting the
hboThooa, and on returning home
lad lost tbJeir way, and in traveling
-bont came aerrwa vv; . t. n - -
tide table, some chairs a hum tor
gjod supply t faell nix loarlm) rml.
wrcsrWdgo-belts, and several spnrs.5
IVttoqk possesion of it for ttie night,
4 tened ,lke heavy door with a huge
batfltud into slots in thelogl
MJrf 1 Eidnfht they were awakened by
A f -oji'ide. The owners bad re-
ua i. uaa of tna mm -w-niA vnn.
off
' BHtiaAl SV AataV T
-;r Gliosis who was in the cabin,"
;.' v?; shouldn't force the door
-e jAswer was that it was no
c ot would stand as long as
1 ' It " lAbout noon the next
vaj?ants ventured out, and
' " gtabte, dijMjoyered several
f had been ; opened, and
1 e,oti 'Sway robbery.
. , States officials are now
an.
TW
the
day'
mai
Othj."
Beve
.Bear
: t-eroDbers;
MAnfernBticjal agricntttttnrexaibi-
iiou jo w;ue jieia at Amsterdam next
Angnstt m prijes will be offered for
JOKH WILKES, Manager.
DREWS,
Bedsteads, and anything infteFnrni.
CASES AND liUiilAU oUITH AI
prices. v
& Barnch, CHABLOTTE, X. O.
AND
WOMS
AND fAHEEICAN MARBLE.
Ty yfnW on" Applies' ion.
JOHNSTON
. CHARLOTTE, N.
INVITE 1
iarba4 Wlra tor laoatB-. Xbaj ara acanU tot aadkara
ara acaata tot
stoox or
v....'-..-'
Parlor and Chamber Suits.
Kdrtharn markata. Praapt attenticai (Ivan to order
Ibe Bright light. ,
A European journal relates that a few
months since workmen employed upon
some coQstrnotions on the bonk of the
river. Dnieper, in Central Bnesia, em
ployed the electric light to enable them
to prosecute their labors at night. ? The
brilliant rays ot light attracted so manv
oon nocturnal moths, beetles and
.1 . . .. . .. "
other insects, thai" from time to time it
was necessary to stop work and set all
hands to destroying the clouds of. winged
victims that frequently completely ob
scured the light. -This suggested the
idea of employing the electrio light to
destroy nocturnal insects prejudicial to
agriculture, and experiments in that
direction are to be tried next spring. Not
only to insects, but to fish; Che light
proved fatally attractive. Its rays,
directed to the surface of the water, draw
together vast quantities of all the fishes
found in the Dnieper, and when within ,
the charmed field of illumination they
lay crowded together in masses, seem
ingly blinded and stupefied. The work
men improving the opportunity, made a'
notable haul of fish.
Goon breeding is the result of much
good sense, some good-nature, and a lit
de self-denial for the sake of others" and
with a view to obtain the same mdut
genoe from thomj v
. , :.
Cba&us lUMtarr, of AriibumhAiB,
bow 96 yert old, bd bis life iasaind for tl
000 in 1848. Having reached , tbs trem
Un-lt of life, aocordiflg to tba UWe of moriali)
i,n which tba intram&cn company floe barf
teas, tbe president sent Mm the other day a
check lot the aiwattat of hsi policy It is be.
lieTcd to bo Uie only on jrecord vhere a
man has beaten an Insurance company by on'
living a death' polley:;.i: : 77 '5.
W now make ot-fif th of th Iron aua one
fourth of the steel ia the world sad we foroisb
one-halt of tin gold and one-half of the sUret
of tbe world's supply, l aking au the mining
Industries of the world; the ynlted BUtes rep
tcsent 86; Great Britban, 3S, a&d all other be
tiona 31 per cent of jkha totaL Afeglo-Saxon-dom,
therefore, represeUta 69 per cent of the
BaioinK indwtry of the earth. . .. -
-Ttea Chicago Lire Stack Eich&ttg. Has re-
tO'.red that there is no such disease as eoata
gioua pkurojpneumonia in the United Statea,
no foot and month disease in Illinois, Iowa or '
Kansas, and that at no time within twenty
year bar tbe cattle, hogs and sheep of this
country been so healthy as now. It has also
sent a delegation to Washington to lobUy
against all cattle disease legfadatiott. . ,
, . ... ...
Thx discnasioa of the red sunsets continues,
frobably the Yolcanic dust theory has the lar
goat number of followers. As recebtj acien
tiflc writer expresses it, a tremepdoos yolcanio
eruption hurls into space dost, fiteam and gas,
and this ndghtyxnuuis hangs lik( a cloud over
the earth. How long this dost is to envelope
the globe is a question, but it is suggested that
if the clouds owe their elevation to electrical
repulsion there Is no reason why they should
not stay in the upper air for years, but if they
are slowly settling to lower levels the action of
the rain drops will drag them down. '
ftlKew Tork, Philadelphia, and otner com
Ciercial centers, the merchants have inaugura
ted a war on the druggists; and physio has
dropped fully forty per cent belaw the regular
rates. The cut rates apply mainly to the pat
ent medicines. . The grocers and other filer
obants aho are competing with the drnggia a
ay that the average merchant has to he sat
isfied with five or ten per cent profit, and there
is' no reason why the druggist should reap
any more. Of course the druggists are mad,
but what can they do about it? The war may
be only a flurry after all, or it may result ia
a permanent reduction in the prices of patent
medicines. The matter will shape itself accord
tng to the laws of trade.
Txx entire winter packing of pork In tha
west is 0,402,061 hogs, against 6,132,212 last
year; average weight 251.44 pouncU, a decroaas
of 16. 68 ooropared with last year.! The de
crease in the. yk'ld of lard per hog , was 113
pounds. The pork production shows 373,853
pounds less than last year. Stocks of meat in
the west, including barreled pork, were 113,
000, 0Q0 pounds less than a year ago.! Exports
since November 1 are 47,000,000 pounds lesa
than a year ago,; and 145,000,000 pounds less
than the average of the seven previous years
reported. The outlook for hog supplies indi
cates about 15 per cent shortage for tho snm
njr. The total packing for the twelve months
ending March lj was 9,1J,100 anint 9 S42,
Oo preparation! for a more efficient navy
will eaose the public to feel' interested in tha
progress of Krnpp's latest ventures, in the gun
(in?. Several trials have been made with
Krnpp's six inch v guns, thirty-five caliber
length. A target representing the sides of an
iron man-of-war wss constructed of ten-inch
hardwood timbers, with iron plates seven inch
es thick on each side, making fourteen inches
of iron and ten inches of wood. The range
was 150 metres and the projectile passed en
tirely through the target and buried itself in
the sand' hill beyond. It is understood that
Krnpp is now st work on a guri that is expected
to accomplish s'ill greater results. It gjses
without saying that even the most heavily
armed vessels cannot aithstand guns of the
Krnpp stamp. In future, ships of war will
not be relied upon very largely in attacking a
well fortified seaport strongholds. . '
CoysxDSBBta tho quantity of tea used in this
country, one would naturally Suppose' that our
people would know something about tea, but
the fact is, they Know next to nothing Most
of our tea comes from China, bat it is the infe
rior grades, the spurious staff which has been
artificially colored. The really good ' tea is
either consumed in China or is sold abroad at
fancy prices. The emperor of Russia import
tea at 140 per pound, and it is a common thing
for wealthy people to pay $10 per nound for -it.
When good tea is secured you should use one
fell teaspoonful for each pcrsftn and one f-r
the pot; boil the water in alean kettle, and
when it boils put the required qnantitv in a'
teapot and pour on the boiling water, allowing
it to stand about fif teen minutes." Then -pour
into a fine china teapot to serve' at tho tabic.
Never make the tea in anything but a china or
brown stone pot. . (
With reference to the early life of Usman
Digna, the Snakha corrcsponr'ent of the Lon
don Times writes that he was originally a bro
ker and trader, and principally a slave trader,'
in Suakhn and Jeddah, where ho received a
severe financial blow, when, some six years sgo,
a British ontiser captured two slave dhows full;
of victims on the way to Jeddah. ' Osmaii Dig-
na's trade then fell from bad to worse, his house ,
.property in Suakim was all mortgaged, and he
became hopelessly involved. : Being of no great
tistinction by birth, his selection by the JIahdi
to lead a religious rebellion is attributed to the
accident that Osman Cigna met the 3ahdi,
who formed' a high estimate of bis ability and
influence, acquired through" successful trading,
If this history be trnstworthy, passions for '
other objects than holiness are the key note;
of Osman Digna'a character and motives, and
it is against all probability that he will cast his
goods and his position into the broken balai.ee
of battle. He is no ignorant fanatic, and he
cannot himself believe the myths "which ha
multiplies in order to control .his followers.
'- .
Ia 1830 there were 6,239,958 persons over 10
years Of sge who could not write. There are
probably now 7,000,000." Over nine per cent of
the whites in this country can not write; 70 per
cent of colored persons in the United States
cannot write. : Of males over 31 there are 2,
150,000 that can not write. One voter in seven,
in other words, cannot write his . own name.
Nof over three-fourths of the voting population
ia capable of reading and writing, sayi Senator
Blair, with such faoUity as to make these arts a
wore oft intelligent suffrage- -About three-,
fourths of the Uliterate' voters are found in
statsa thai have a large colored population. In'
'p6,iia'nt 81 years of :
ige, there are" 28,571 whites and 116.610 black's
I who ean not write.! Ahtfie'ever 45 of every
one hundred are illiterate, although the ratio
f illiteracy in this state is not as high at it is
inAlahama, j Ldaisiana, Booth. Carolina or
Miaaipp : Tjiis -state has 145,087 fOiterati'
voters, i. There ara in the state 44C, 683 personi""
over 19 years of age who can hot read.
fignres of eonrM largely represent ths ffliteracy .
that, exists among the negroes.' there are,
hewerer, 128931 rMt? S!itraies in the state
of the age of lyurs and upwards, . . i
"SUMMARY , OF, CONGRESS.
Senate
: Mr. Harris nWed ta iMfee &a bffl to ad
mit D&ktttA iAbo the Union ai a State made a
Special tdot for the following Thursday. Mr.
Vest, of Missouri, said the Irieodfi of the bill
Spoke of Dakota as an elyshun, but he Would
be able to show that it was nothing .of the
sort, -and that the sMdilioiil Uld "nos exist
which would Warrant ! its admission intd
the Union, - Beveral Senators said they
understood that the question M adf
lrdtting Dakrita w' fai'dM as a political
one. Mf. Harrison's motion vraa lost..:. The
rest of the day was riven to debate on the
hill to increase the solanos of district judgei
to $5,000 a .year and on the editeam bilk
Mr. CokeotmflaMtliBeducataonbm. resardine
j jtraJlzation in its most concentrated -form.
Messrs. r Vance Riddlerxrirer and
others spoke in favor of it.
A bill was reported f avorablv for the read
yastment of compensation for the trsnsporta
tian of mails on railroads. . . . A bill was Intro
duced for the adjudication ef pension claims
ftn.. Lilt At x TL,n l . t
ies of United States district iudga Was passed
....Alointresolutiort Was T)tifeed providing
for ths pyment of laborers in government
bmploy the same wages for holidays as for
other days. - 7 m i ... - i' ; . ' ... - ., .
, rne senate passed the bill reported from
the committee on Indian affairs for the allot
ment Of land in severalty to Indians on the
reservations to extend the laws of the States
and Territories Over the Indians. . . .Bills were
introduced to establish a. .bureau cf fine arts
in the Smithsonian institution; to regulate
the. fnn9 3f bills of lading, and the duties
and liabilities of ship-owner and others, and
to provide for : the sanitary inspection in
Egypt of rags to be shipped to the United
States. i .
The Senate passed Mr. Hawley bill offeri
ng 25,000 reward f or the recovery of the
Greyly party, with an amendment exempting
the United states from any responsibility for
the party undertaking the task. . ..Mr. Brown
introduced a bill to require the payment of
$35,555.42 in cash to reimburse the State of
Geoijria forexpendituros made for the com
mon defense in 1777....Mr. Palmer, from ths
committee on woman suffrage, reported fav
oraoiy a resolution proposing an apMnamens
to the Constitution giving women the right to
Tuift- .... ;;!
1 IIwiMe.
- Mr. ETlis asked and was refused consent to
introduce a- joint resolution appropriating
avxAmu to do unmediatelr available, to be
expended to prevent the overflow of the city
of New Orleans. - Several members ODDOsea
the' resolution on constitutional grounds. The
resolution was lost by 95 to 115, but by unan
imous consent ; a was reintroduced py Air.
juns anareierred to tbe committee on appro
priation. .13111a were introduced b) pfomut
the efficiency of tho revenue marine- eervioe;
providing a uniform rating for invalid pen
lions; to secure choaper correspondence , by
teiegrapn; to regulate tne carnage ot pas
Banger by sea ; for the revision of the pat
ent laws. j .
A b Unreported back and passed, making it
a felony for a person falsely and fraudulently
to assume to be an officer or employed of the
United States. i ...The Housepassea a Senate
bUl ajithoriamg the State of Colorado to take
lands in lien of the sixteenthand thirty-sixth
sections, found to be mineral lands, and to
secure to that State the benefit of the act
donating public lands to the several States
and Territories which may provide colleges
L f or the benefit of agriculture.;;"
Jut XOwd spoke in favor or ms out pro
viding for the retirement and recoinage of
the trade dollars. The bill provides that un
til June 1, 1886, trade dollars shall be re
ceived at their face value in payment ot
all does' to the United States, and
Shall' not be: again paid out Holders
of trade dollars on the presentation of
tho rcin'to any '.Teuser&r er oasuttcit trcaa-
urer w i rucoj
fa ni a rr'm. V
The trade dollars received in any national
depository are to be recoined into stand
ard ' dollars. The trade dollars are to
be regarded and treated, when received at
the mint, as silver bullion, and their bullion
value shall be deducted from the amount of
bullion required to ba purchased and coined
by the act of February 2flS78- The bill was
unanimously reported by the committees
- Mr. Miller, ot California, reported favor
ably from the committee on naval affairs,
with an amendment, the joint resolution
authorixinr the secretary of the naw to offer
" reward of $35,000r for rescuing or . ascertain
ing tne late ox the ureeiy expediuon....
A memorial was presented from the legisla
tive assembly of Utah, protesting against leg
islation by Congress wi'chout full investiga
tion, and making accusations against Gover
nor Murray . ... . The Blair educational bill was
debated Mr. Hampton making an extended
address in its support
Mr. Anderson offered a resolution provid
ing that! Congress should 'adjourn en the 2d
of June. It was referred to the ways -and
means committee.... At its evening ses
sion the House . passed . twenty-three
pension bills. Among them was one giving a
Sinsioa Of $50 per month to the widow of
ajor-General James B. Stoedrnan, and a
bill granting pension to Mrs. Sarah E. E.
Seelye, who served as a. aoldior for three
years under the assumed name of Franklin
Thompson, and, when sick and about to be
s?nt to the hospital, deserted to escape the
detectiost of her sex.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Hoiarjs. JUdgi
r. will deUver tli
Oliver Wendell Holmes,
i Memorial Day address in
LanotRT. Mrs. Langfry is evidently pros
pering. She has mortgages on New York
real estate amounting to $33,000, to say noth
ing of other investment . 7,
" TABOB.-Mr.- Tabor, the millionaire ex
Senator, is in ' hjck again. He has struck
another rich vein in one of his mines. It is
said that 'he wants to be governor of Col
orado, , J! -7 'y. .:. . " '
Bonttkr. Robert Bonner, proprietor of the
New York Ledger; is strtytwb years oleL.
His. wealth is estimated at over $7,000,000.
His. mterest in thee Ltdgerto . worth $56,000
nr, . i. r - -' -
Cullok. -United Stsfetf. Senator CuItof4
of HSfiois, is bo soeietyman. - He prefers to
tit in his own cosy room, m dressing-cowu
and (dippers, instead ot going to-aufif and
torched receptions. ; ,
iItussaircT-0'ohn Ruskin, the eminent Eng
lish art critic, is described as being five feet
five inches tall, with an iron-gray beard ex
tending up to his eyes, a low and retreating
forehead andAong unkempt hair.
HAXTub.-tarat Halstead, editor of the
Ciftx;irmati CoVnwierciaZ-Getre.lmprovesthe
occasion of, the 'recent .Mississippi flood to
formulate his views as to what should be done
to the river: "It must be lighted and have
the snagpulled outf have ts natural outlets
restored, be humored 1 occaagnally ' with
dredges, and then lot alona . .
i VAniatBrtTW. H. Vanderbflt owns 930,
40 shares of railroad stock, worth $SS,750,
000, railroad bonds worth $2fi,357,430, frovem
ment bonds worth $70,530,000, and other se
curities worth $5,000,000. His wealth equals
the $200,000,000 of the duke of Westminster,
and the income from it is six per cent., while
that of the 1 duke is. bat two, so that he it
fclearly the richest man in the world. -
Srrnifo Butr Sitting Bull is paying Ids
first visit to the realms of civilization, and re
bently got so far east as St Paul, The other
night the chief and his ; nephew visited the
Pioneer Press office - and. were surprised,
though they didn't snow it, by the telegraph,
telephone, fire-alarm gong, steam heaters,etc.
..The chief sent a telegram to his son in Chicago,
baying that he had been sir, but was much
better, and received au ans jver- right away.
The telephone broke him all up, and forced
the first exclamation from him, and he laughed
far the first time in many moons. The nephew
was placed at an instrument in one room and
?;tt:ni Bnll in another room, 100 feet distant
J'he chief listened, started, grinned, and then
wchiiraed: -("Waukanr (evil spirit).- In the
imposing room an accommodating' proof
taker took proofs of various millinery cute and
other pictures, which elicited grunts oi satis
faction from; the old ehiuf, and he carried off
the pictures
as great prises. VU ij.'c--.'
NO WOXAR
..force' of
she can '
.y T .77. -'f ' " '--. t
i ... ' ' ...r - 1 1'' f.--
can. be handsomeTy the
. - . I .1 1 . JX: XT. - L. '
jeaiurcB aiouB, any nitrerHw u
bot wiwr onlr-bT-the nolo Ot -i
Bpecptu'
j f: '7 ",; .--.:, ;:.- 1' a-
StTIklllAIlT
Sarn. 3tA Kiddle State , .
Kxv. Hkibt Moiojui, s.WeU-JmownosJ
to i preacher and lecturer, , is dead, t, -t
A mil in Kew York destroyed the Electric,
, Candle-company's factory, causing a loss of
aoMt.300)00(a ,. ,7,,.
1 Six ckildren weiiisoned near Meadvill
Penn., by Kipping the juice of a tree which
they had tapped. Two of the little ones died.
John Jat Cisoo,ia prominent New York
estate valued at 12,000,000. j
f Thx Rhode' Iflartd Dcrtirjcratic State Cen
tral committee filial the yacanciee left in the
State ticket by the resignation Of Amasa
Sprague and Q E. Gorman by tho nomina
tion of Elisha Matthewsori,' for tieutenantr
governor. aiidTancis.-I G.- Jleilly for attor
ney gwfcfal. ; 7 .,;: ;. -
A BELL providing for the public whipping
;of wife beaters was defeated in the Massachu-
setts oascr?-" - ' . ---iJSAxxti
Fbatt, a scuuan,' arrived in New
(York a few days since on board a Pacific
Mail steamer. Ho was the ordy survivor of a
hriffr rew of eight, mea- who had been
.wrecked in the Gulf tjtreejiu Pratt was
. second rbate ef tho brig, 4iid was reteued
after almost incredible hardships, his com
panions dying in a small boa t one by ona '
JaMss Ntrrrthe slayer of Ihikos.aC Union.
tow Fenn.' Ms sgce, vie Xeavenworthj
Kan., to take charge of . his inolbjr's farm,
A WTJLS scene ' of disorder occurred in the
New York State assembly at Albany during
consideration of the nine bills relating to XJew
York city. Kor sortie tirttat a terruio tiproar
Srevailod, members yelling at the top of
leir voices, and the scene is said to have
been unparalelled in the annals of legislation.
" Augustus Sch4ll, for many years a
rprominant figure in the social, business and
apolitical life of New York, ex-collector of
that port, and during the Greeley campaign
chairman of the national Democratic confc-
nuctee, died the other day m his seventy-sec
ond year.
. Et the bursting of a dim about a mile and
a half above lAnsonia, Conn., an immense
body of water was freed and swept down the
valley with a deafening roar and a force
which carried away evervthimr in ita rath.'
Fortunately the pwple.in tbe.factoriee and
uvusbb iu uie cuiu ae vi mm uoua naa receivea
sufficient warning of the impending disaster
to seek safety on high ground. The torrent
jthat burst from the dam opening was" five
feet high, and about three hundred feet wide.
A. number of shops, dwellings and barns, 'and
a stone arched bridge in Ansonia were carried
." I" damage.
: Trvx men at Clarion, Perm., started in a
small rowboat with a large circular saw
'aboard. ' When passing- over the Mz falls
near the mouth of the Clarion river the boat
'capsized and Hamilton "WalkeiV William
Walaoa end ITavid Fair were drowaed.
At a sale of Jersey cattle im Hew York
eighty-two imported animals brought $49,
360, or an average price of $301.97 for each
animal The sale was made noteworthy by
the fact that $3,200, the highest price ever re
ceived for a Jersey animal at auction, was
paid by the Hon Henry U. fierce, of Boston,
for a cow four vears old. bv Stoke Poeis III..
out of Bexsv of St. Lambert. - Mr. Fierce also
paid $3i80Ofor a cow by Stoke Pogis IL, out
oi wessanune or ijaraoeru
,7 Dobxko a fire near Boston a number of
fanevriicreons. valued at S5.000. were roasted
alive. One pair of a fancy breed had just
been sold for $350. - .
.Dbsibk BorrnoiR, who returned to Dover,
K. 'M., and pleaded gnuty to killing a man,
for which crima his father was awaiting sen
tence to death, was sent to at prison for
three years. ?
BAMTCat's' IvrtJch' talked abotil a-hite ele
phant arrived in New York a tew days since
on an ocean steamer. ' He is described as a
rlabvcolowl snw. nrh pint rots.
loreiffn.
day was celebrated in holiday fashion m Jicr-
lin. Manv bnildinss throughout the city were
ji . J - . 7- Ai," j
y kiujt uewrawu,. auu. iiuuuwmuhp yi.w
inromred tne streets aDouc .ma paiace, ami
greeted the emperor's appearance at the win
dows with prolonged cheers. .
At a consistory held in Rome the pope crem
ated two cardinals and twenty-one bishops,
Thx whole country surrounding' Khartoum
was reported to be in, the hands, of the False
Prophet's followa)Da. v.:
- Thx imperial tribimai; iaJjeipeic has se
euestrated tbe Wot poet
Eraszewski teStil the fearfes f Ugh -treaapq
against him have b;arjeii' .
UirrrxD States Mrir8TxaSABaicT,iaprO
posing the toast to Emperor William it' tie
dinner given on the occasion of tiae-opetiingof
t the Amyrican Exchange in Berlin, a tew day
ago.said: "Emoeror William is entitled t 4h
venerati n of all foreigneit who live around
him. - He will continue immortal in history.
. He is already admired by mankind irrespec
tive of territorial boundaries." v ,
7 A gambling house for womenhas been un
earthed in Paris by the police. Twenty-six ,
(Women were discovered in the place gam
bling. ' " . i j . r
Anarcht prevails In Crete, and numerous .
murders of . Christians by Moslems and of
Moslems by Christians are reported from
various ports of the country.
ApBiNCXof the' royal family of Annum
has been hanged for promoting the massacre
of Christians.
Thjb Canadian government has been in
formed that extreme destitution existeamong
the Indians in the northwest territory, and
that twenty deaths from starvation have oo
curred there since February l.
It is officially stated that i last year at
Ermsleben, a small town of Prussian Saxony,
403 persons were -seriously ill and .sixty-ix
died from trichinosia The disease was caused
by eating raw pork, which all came from one
hog. , ... . : -,
General G ah ax's force advanced on
Tamanieb? near which the recent battle with
Osman Digna's Arabs took place. The Arabs
offered a brief resistar.ca, firing upon the
British ' squares from behind rocks- and
then fleeing to the open otmntry. General
Graham moved into Tr maiinb and burned it.
After exploring the neighborhood it was
stated he would return with hid troops to
Suakim. The campaign was declared at an
end. i ' '
- aiM-nft, ,.4 Wa. 'S i '
; Promikent veterinary surgeons, in consul
tation at "Neosho Falls. Kansas, united in de
claring that the trouble with the cattle is
that State is not the dreaded foot and mouth
.disease.' . .". "'
A tobjtado near Columbia, S. C.j demol
ished several residences and a large number
'of barns and outhouses, uprooted . trees, and
destroyed everything in its track. The storm
(extended into the adjacent county of Isling
ton, where great damage was also done.
Grkat damage to property has been done
by the bursting of levees along the lower Mis
sissippi, and many telegrams have been sent
ito Washington frpm the overflowed region
aeaiijaet to tlnational government for
Mobx than twenty levees, along the
lower Mississippi hare . given way, Bjiid the
state of affairs was reported as tho most dis
astrous known since the war. The breaks in
the various levees let in large volumes of
water, which overspread the 1 country, inun
dated plantations, axid ruined the cotton and
sugar crops. The national government was
appealed to for aid, as many people were left
entirely destitute. - . . ' ,
A kumsib of persons were killed, many
more were injured and greaff damage was
aone to iwoperty by -tornados in portions of
.Ohio, Kentqcky- and Tennessee. In Ken
tucky siane the damage was -estimated at
5oo,ooa . . : , ';
Sax Fbancosco has just experienced the
severest shock of earthquake since 186S, The
people were very -much alarmed and rushed
. out of. their houses. The shock lasted fifteen
seconds, and several bpydings were badly
damaged. - t , ; t . .
1 7 A hxavt fall in wheat at Chicago caused .
an excitement almost amonnling to- U panic.
NearlmlP0,0O!),0C0 bushels of wheat changed
jhattdsouriu,the day. -jf v . n - '
it
'Dltora the" recent heaw tornados Mrs. -
BraAhton and two children - were killed in a'
cabju at. liondon, -Ky., and a brakeman's
necK-was DroHen;
sons were killed
f end ' at.ther ? points
i lotuana, .ma yaronn;
Jess viieswear .last
caasca wj-pntsganrivak' ew?e
HW8
banker, and for ele en years assistant United
-State treasurer at Sew York, died the other
day agfed Seventy right yeafs, , He left an
at iftiaa, ivy., several per 1 . . Vv., tr-" ' k " r .nH en'H
and Ty&rtiniArf singer whomiderstands f t ' v r V f' I fv JL Mw!
afcana -ueorcia, aore.or. 1 "trre&li artist- It onvt to f t'. . t
the 4 aity ot iAytou!
living near Brunswick, Ga., ate pork for din
ins uuiuim vl name f t U2jm tcraureoi.
ner, suMoquenuy Decame ui and alter Jineer
ing in great agony several hours died. Their
parents claimed that they wore the victims of
trichina in the pork, and the planters in the
county were much exercised in consequence
Many, however, wore inclined tq the belief
that the children were poisoned by their
parents, and this theory was strengthened by
tae tact ttiat tne parena persistently rcroaed
to divulge where the pork was obtained.
A OHXAT crowd of 10.000 persons attacked
me lau as umcinnau m an attempt to lvncn I
ynfom i Borner, .whose ; trial for the
self-confessed murder? of William Kirk I
naa enaea m ayeraic oi mere man- :
slaughter. An mimoSaa indignation meeting
ed &V the crowd's march msr ta the lau and
attettnotine to force ad entrance. ; The militia
was caueq oxn, ana m uie nrmg wmcn xoi-
lowed one man was sailed anoouicrs miured.
Such eicitement which prevailed in Cmd4
nati has sot beftia known there in a long
tune. , ., j
Wahlngtoi
Tax fcensibu aTmrcprlatfon bfTJ. as reported
by the committee On araropriations to the
House, appropriates $20.W,4f0; and proTrkles
lhat, any balance of the appropriatlow for
the current fiscal year that may remain.
unexpended on . June 80 shall be reappro
nriated. This balance is estimated at $60.
I00.000.. : v. 1 !
trtTRTmen nominatums bv the President!
fcavld J; Brswer, . of Kansas, to be United
States circuit iddgO for, the Eighth judicial
circuit! Julias u( Burrows, i .icwgan.
circuit; Julicfai g. Btfxfttvtt, MicMgai
to
be solicitor of the treasury: Coldnel David
BtaiieTTwnty-econdimt be brig1
Of enginoers, to be Uetlisaaritcolonel of enguV
States district judge, eastern district of TexaA
- At a prdlonged caucus of the Democrawo
Confrreismeri a reanlution was passed that the
Morrison tariff bill should .be taken up for
Eonrider&tion at the earliest practicable day
and reasonable time for debate allowed, ana
rT. 1 ' 1 1 -, 1 .1 1 1 J f
alter sucn.aeoaie a .uui sihhuu u.(wawaur
the reduction of duties, and ; war tariff
axes. The resolution was declared nos
in bind the individual action of Democrats.
tout of the 191 Dcnioqratic members of the
House 171 were present, and tne caucus lasted
jntil midnight. I
The Senate confirmed - the nominations of
William M. Bunn. of Philadelphia, to be
governor of Idaho Territory, and Sumner
Howard, of Michigan, to be chief "iustice of
tiie supreme court of the Territory of Ari
ioua. t ,
' Both houses of Congress passed the joint
resolution, reappropriating few the aid of
sufferers by the Mississippi river floods the
$135,000 not expended on the sufferers by the
loods of the Ohio. ; ?l
1 The supervising inspector-general of1 steam
Vessels reports tnas o.hl steamers wera iu
BTiected durintr the calendar vear endedvDe-
cember 81. 1883. being an tocrease of 275
over the number inspected the previous year.
Tha mimhar nf nfRcera licensed was 24.278.
an increase of 1,907. The loss of property by
accidents amounted to $3,993,31$, an increase
nf 1. 322.806. The number of lives- lost was
177. which was 134 less than were lost the
previous year. ; -
A gkeat surprise was given to the Senate
in the shape of a message from President
Arthur nominating A. A. Sargent, United
States envoy extraordinary and minister
nleninotentiarv to Germany, to fill the
same position, in Russia - as succes
anr ,u' of the late Minister Hunt.
The nomination was not sent in with the mes
sage containing riames.of nominees for a
number of small positions, but was made tho
mhwt of a special communication; hence,
of the Senators did not know
of the proposed transfer of Minister
Rimnt until the message was laid
hafnra them. ' In. the' 'executive session.
late in the afternoon, with only a brief di.j
roission. the nomination was confirmed witlv
Tmt fttWrTn? to a obnlmTOee to consider
and report. Mr, Sargent had been savagely
'attacked recently by the German govern
. toent organs, and his relations with that gov-
fmw.t hod r.e -mettrjiiiKl ana UJi. iCi'Jii
tne construction of naval vessels. He sug
gests that provision be made for the btuldin;
of throe- new steel cruisers four gunboats,
and . the completion of the - four double
turreted monitors. . He suggests such action
as will enable the government to construct its
ordnance on its ewiLttfrUorx. j
MUSICAL AND f DRl MATIC
, - f " ! . - ' '
Mark Twaix is dramatizing his story,
"Tho Prince and the Pauper.'' 1 . ; m
Miss Ellen Terry, who is "'Henry
Irvmg's leading support, is said to get $1,000
a week. .-- . . . j -
RtirvES, the Knlish tenor, proposes
, fo make un American tout, as a close to his
araSBC esareer - - v
receives percoafJS
vfmtoa, ef hat noise. 1
The opera company
Percy for ttoSDnish
play there twenty wtttksv
Ristori's rerjerfcbry for Amaicozistsof
ineaea, jlauv jaacbetay j JMLarve Antoinette,
Elizabeth and Marie Stuant---' ' '
j Will C. Cqwpkb and Lucian 6. ChafSn,
'of the Buffalo Express, have jointly written
a. piayon soe "jreaora" order.
Critics of Florence, where Arna Dotw,"a
Danish singer, . recently made her. debut in
opera, find in hor another Christine Nilsson.
Miss Jxrorrx Youno is "winning in London
much kindly appreciation of her concert-lectures,
especially those on "Burns" and "long
fellow." '...-.j .7-
Allisow and George Iignold have taken
the International theatre, London, and will
make a specialty of American plays and
players. :
Edwtw Booth's new home In Boston wil
not be finished until late in tfie spring, and
as the actor spends his summers at Newport'
he Will not occupy it until falLi , .4 ..
Mllk.' Nivada, the prima donna, achieved
a brilliant' success on making her debut at the
Theatre des Italiens in Pans recently. -The
audience was large and distinguished.
JoACHiM,.the violinist, will direct the per
formances of some- of the more important
works of Johann Sebastian Bach at the un
veiling of Bach's statue at Eisenach in June.
"GAarARoirf' the last wwinctica of" Carl
MQlocker, composer of- "The Beggar Stu
dent,11 having made a decided b .t in Berlin,
has been secured for nrodnction in this conn.
I try by Manager Duff of New York ,
Thb country managers have called so per
sistently for a company playing M. H. Gil
lett's farce named "The Professor" that the
Madison Square management have determin
ed to put it upon tfie road again next season,
with ther author In the principal part, as be
fore. 7, . ." . -.- - ..
Thxm are reports of wonderful excitement
In California over the Mapleson opera. Four
thousand people, it is said, were turned away
from the doors when Gerster sang in "Faust,"!
and the clamor for admission was so great'
that seata were arranged on the stage in. the
wi&gf. ; ; L . . i ,-.
. How Devil's Bridge Got Us Xame.
..7--77 - f '
An old sea captain of the Vineyard
tells, the following "fctory to a Boston
Globe reporter in relation to' the pame
Devil's Bridge : 4It was going 'when I
Ws, a y oungster. Many years ago my
father told me about tho island being
visited by the devil, and the' people in
those days believed what I am telling
jou. 'The old fellow,' said my ather,
'landed oh the east' side. There, right ,
over yonder yon see that point of Ian
well, that is where he first ianf
was seen several days
woo reside on
it. is '.said he
a memento he
on the rock where
Struck,' My
one beautiful
Jiiesrhackout
pointed ont to
can quite distinctly
print upon, one
H the amries. I ?7 . one young chap to: another on fj
engaged bt'Tolrft? 1". 'Uoodi ."xtvTthaV. wuy, I believe .1 $
Forkliewnaiifi.willTfii wed a doOV-.oi vou aLwtosJr41Jk
the souther '. f r , .'ww-et-V.
took his de J 'V ' v f . . : .v'
the City V V A3 , 4 ' Tk'i&rt
father. I eupn. ' ; 1 ' tfiittd'.tT.
summer, dar tooOft rV TTr'' ""w"
to DenTs ataefBodeo am" n.r f u lt , t'tSXt4t
me.Tvhichtnacalrtt da. l"S " W"?W!mr'f
KeritockyOhir'Lagemc& ot hi breath is cor t,,.Y s-1 fji 'tm't-:
$1.50 per Tcr, te Adnwee.
... . iv v .it
WHOLE NO.; 567., ,
TTTT7 - TmrPT?Kl IfflTlft W
I 1 1 1 J rl VI AS U iiu - V . mf i
(that Vb Firm bt TnK nuiwonop
. HOw wb po Traw ?.. i ;; iHlkv
"I see it stated that the anthor ot .rjR
Kathleen Mavoumeen u wnmg ia
JJaltimore." P- 'i-ity'H'
" - ; . ' ' , . . Oust
"Don't believe it; tne same repwriwua
pablialted once Deiore, ana is fuxnew K-m
that he wall not in greas wan, dw. vmj ? ;t-
in verr noor ciroumBtanoes,
"But this time, there BeemiL
some foundation for the rumor.?
7 , .;'.
TnW1 r' r ' 7.:' .-'-I
Ye: it is civeri as a ?act '
.inv BrnnAthinir ousrht tobo done?"
"Indeed I do. I ;I wUI thia terdoy-
. . . . j. w .
... ; - TmSTS(IOBZ JPEXPABATIOifa, ..i,? ; iAM-;
order, but I can get it fixed in 'timofot;
a SJSiia uausaUA 4MV .mmmmm a- y - j ' W
the perfomance." . - ; ; ,'-"-Qm
Travelmg Theatnoai jvianagar--juja . , w
do it. We ore to stay, here week and
want the first'mght to -bp a brillian
popular BuCoesa.l' i m.
Janitor "um now can. u po u u
hall is as cold as ft barn?"
Manager "Easv enoneh. At every
opportunity the audience will blap their
hands and stamp, their feet to keep
warm." Evening Call :
. pooB utJT pnon. I ; 7 .
Yes; he is poor, but awiuny proud. 5
"What is he proud about '"V ' -MI
don't know. A It comes natural."
"He certainly cannot boi at of birth, ' f
breeding, learning or fortune 7 . 4 "
"No; but' he is prouairomtno top 01
his head to the soles of his feet; in fact,
the proudest man I ever saw." .
"Indeed I J
"Yea. eir. If that man were starving.
and too weak to stand, he would start a
reoort that he was jlaid up with the : ".
gout." Philadelphia Call.'' y : :4
. I 1 ! :' -
FUIitiT PEEP ABED FOB TXPt STTTJATIOlf.
"It ia mr duty to 'inform you,' said
the superintendent of a New England -
railroad, as one j of the train oonduowra ,
entered hie presence, "that the salarieB ?
of all train mem are to do out ten per a
ent with the beginning of -the month. v
"Yes, sir," was the calm reply, r -'
"I am triad yon take such a cheerful
view of the situation. 7 . - ; '
Oh. I've been expeobng it for six
months past," .said the oondtictor. ; "I ' ;
have put all my real estate in my wife's
nsmei, olappod a chattel mortgage on all -."
my person aJ enects, ana nusea on a,
bank-note which the indorser will have :
to pay. Make the -old cur thirty: per
cent if you want to, for this ia the only
time in my life I've been in a position' to
beat my oitors.'' Wall Si. Hew.
- . - - -v ' '.. - ' !
rKFLOBTDA. . - , ;. I
Strange Customer 'How .do you itell
strawberries now?" -i i 1 '. -
Florida Grower "One dollar apiece,
a j il T , : ; -
sir." - : ' J: - !""-( . . ..-I- -.. : v. v .
Customer "Oh! nonsense." ;
You
I , - . . . Tt
Oustomor "Se here, I have 10 time
7
for iokincr.
Grower " 'Pon my honor, that is
Grower "That is tne regular price, .'j
kr.ow it Is very early in tho.se;- .'.
what I get for them. Have been selling 1 ; t
strawberries at that price all the week to
nesta at the same hotel where you are . ;
stopping." ,y ! ' ! - ; : i !. ,.v:-vvt
Customer "I. ami only stopping at
that hotel for the day. I live about' 25 V
milea np the . railroad. Been a resident I
of this State for twenty years. . s
Grower "Oh' !. I beg your pardon.' 1 C
mistook you for a Northern invalid, ' i
The pnoe is six cents a quart,
.A
' INCTitTDES
A UOBATi. -
"Ah 1 old
man.Low are you coming
crowd
The. moral
man says
word for
a you may
A oA-v
age, gave itont that sJiewas-.
rw the tpxWm of tae i -. ?A jfif h ' ', f-,'W
. v 1 I vnErte ssweU rehfni itSk: fet
rdied, in afi?Tled twrpffmMAm.
;goSen all $k
But his MSmmmm&aMff.
and
it ana 'mmmMm"m.&
At a party one evening shewas ir-'iM&W
ing
f hr: Inna-hror. Bnrt 'a kiiiv;!
marked:
miTT -15 ma "" '.' Xu. l'"2. t' .7
. . "jauw 01a uiu yuu say Alary wast';'
"Mar ia inat rxutt twmt "f
"Ahl I should think waBeyf
than.that" .;.! ;. i .v :,tr' sr
"Yes, everybody takes Aei to be bMert' 1 f
than she is, because yooSee Mary hai' vv
such quiet ways.; . Goodeveumg,.-y
Xftiioa ' oh A miLtA ia an rAA MntUla..' -i i
came up,- "we Were just talking of Mary, ,;. ,
and the lady waa quite surprised to hear '.
me say she was so yonng; you knowshdJH
ia only twenty. . 1 . j - rtu'W-
Of
course, ; madam, of oonrset for IC'
ao 47I j . n. 1 ii
have heard you tell it for the last ten i?V "
years, at least, and I have every oonfl- . 7 f ,
deuce .in anything you "would flay.?-.; : i.V
Merchant Traveller. : -' . i
A Dakota Blizzard.,
dosoription of the approach Of the'reoent - i
niizaam: unta about i p. m. the day -was
sunny, pleasant, and with a tern-:
peratufe as mild as spring. This streets
were filled with ptwplfljsud' adies were -nromeuadinc-
' rment at Jther
ethenaL?
1
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J!."1..Aiii, ft .! i','v
beeen,the,ioAvn ' n "&WmM
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