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snd injured. Three will probably die
having inhaled after damp. Thirty-iv
men were in the part of the mine where
| the explosion occurred. The balance es
| capen through the mule way. TIE force
| of the explosion blew down the brattices
and props and tore the gates apart, lifting
the men up bodily, hurling some a dis
tance of twenty and thirty feet.
GONE ASHORE.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. pa Sheboygan dis.
patch says the schooner Kent went ashore
on Bois Blanc Island this morning and
sprung leak. She was towed to Dun can
City for repairs. The schooner R. Wins
low strack in the same vicinity, but was
palled off by river tug. The weather was
thick at the time.
The barge Rutter, broke loose from the
Farwell, which was also towing the God
frey, and went ashore at Detour light, the
entrance to the Sault river, and sunk with
decks Just out of water, she is coal laden.
The captian is negotiating for tsg TO re-
lease her.
BOILER ExPLO.IeN.
NOZZLE, Ala, Oct. 29.-Sunday after
noon the steam tug Edge exploded her
boiler four miles south of Fort Morgan, in
Mobile bay. The boat sank Immediately
with the captsin, John Carney. The mate.
colored fireman, the engineer an7 cook
were picked up. The latter cisd whom on
the way to Fort Morgan, the formar was
paiafully woaa!eG
RUNAWAY CARS.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.-Tuo passenger
cars of train making up at Glendale, o.,
this morning got loose and started south
on the track down grade, ran nearly to
Park Place where they met the north
bound passenger train. The engineer
saw the red light of the car, checked lhe
speed CT the train, jumped, and escaped
with bruises. The fireman rem aimed
aboard and was extricated with difficulty
with hands and facs cut. The red light
prevented serious accident.
-FOUR NEGROES KILLED.
CINCINNATI Oct. 29.-A storm in Bour-
bon county, KY, blew down Bedford's TO-
bscco barn and warehouse on Jas. E.
Clary's farm killing a family of four
negroes.
BoDY FOUND.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.-rhe body of EE-
Aid. John Geiger, drowned in June last,
was found this morning in pile Of drift
in Mill creek. It was identified by
watch, badge and pocketbook.
FIRES.
PEKIN, H.. Oct. 29.-Five wooden
buildings On Court street used for bust
ness purposes were burned yesterday.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 29.-Fifteen
hundred bales of cotton burned this morn
iRg at the Soath Carolina railroad yards
here. All the cotton was billed for New
York.
SHERMAN, Texas, Oct. 29.-- It is reported
to-day that the town OF Gordonsville was
totally destroyed by confagraticn that
started in drug store, which had beea
set on fire after bsing robbed. Insurance
unknown.
HEAVY RAINS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 29.--The heavy
rains of Saturday and Friday have swollen
the streams in this vicinity, causing con-
siderable trouble en- railroads centeriDg
here. The water is now subsiding and no
further trouble is anticipated.
FATAL FALL.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Oct. 29.-Edward Allen
md Charles Van Meter, carpenters, fell
rom building 25 feet to-day. Allen was
killed and Van Meter fatally hurt.
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Mary Head From.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. %. News is received al
last of the missing girl Mary Churchill,
who disappeared so mysteriously from he,
fathers residence one Sunday evening in
Jaly last. Her father, Col. James @.
Churchill, received letter from his
daughter dated the 25th instant, mailed
from Indianapolis. he refuses to make
the contents public, but furnishes the fol-
lowing card for publication:
To the Public: After a suspense Of
three months, am to-day in receipt of a
letter from my daughter, Mary Churchill.
mailed from distant city. AS
all the papers over the country
have accorded every facility within their
power aud in many cases at great expense,
in my search. Notwithstanding the in
Junction imposed by my daughter to
withhold from publication the contents of
the letter, duty which owe my friends,
impels me to give its purport, which I
herewith attach, as follows:
Oct. 25th, 1S83-My father: write to
let you know 1 am alive and we'll. 7 am on
the stage as you supposed. Have eloped?
On, how could you think so when / cared
SO little for gentlenen's society. 1 an
earning my own living honestly. Teach
my little sisters and darling little brother
to think kindly Of their sister.
(Signed) MARY.
Col. Churchill expresses the utmost con-
fdenee in the authenticity of the letter
and both ne and his wife identify the hand
writing perfectly. They have no infor-
nation of their daughters whereabouts,
but both feel confident they will hear from
her again soon, and that she will return
home shortly.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 29.-The Asso-
ciated Press report that Mr.. Churchill !,
father of Miss Mary Churchill the missing
st. Louis girl, had received letter from
her, postmarked Indianapolis, caused
general search to be made in this city This
evening. She cannot be found. and 1t Is
believed tha. che is not in this city.
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A False Report.

GREENSBORO, N. O., Oct. 29.-Ths publ
cation that 300 children died recently
heresbouts from diphtheria is untrue. The
mayor and praot;sing physicians know of
only one case Of diphtheris within the past
six months.
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,Rrs AHp 1aPonTs.

The excess OF value OF exports over i'm
ports OF merchandise for aha month ended
September 80, 1888, is s3.947,e62 fer the
twelve months ended September 80, 1888.
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CASUALTIES.
A SERIOUS S1IASH-UP ON THE ST
PAUL ROID 1T CHICAGO.

a Disastrous Cyclone In Indiana and Ken
tucky- Terrible Dynamite Explosion
Fatal Railway Disasters, Fires and Other
Mishaps.
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Ocean Steamships.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 29.--Arrived cut. The
HanoricaD, from Montreal.
NEW York, Oct. 29.---Arrived: The Cir
oassia, from Glasgow.
PHILADEPH1A, Oct. 29..--Arrived: The
Lord Cough, from Liverpool.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.---Arrived: The
Baltimore, from Bremed.
LONDON, Oct. 29.---The City OF Berlin,
Harmonic and Amerique and Assyrian
Monarch, from New York have arrived out.
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an UPRISING.

Tl1e Neg srces In Texas IpceRsed Over the
Civil Rights Decision, Arm ard Propose
TO Assert Their Rights-The Militia GalI-
ed Out.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 29.-The Post-Dispatch
pliuts in very late edition special from
Austin, Texas, stating that intense excite
ment prevailed there all last night and to-
day IN consequence of g telegram received
By Governor Ireland that 500 negroes
were under arms in the town of Came,
Milan county, and an outbreak was
rnomentarily expected, and asking for i'm
mediate help. II view OF tho fact of the
late deciSion in the civil rights bill oase
creating very bsd feeling among the
negroes in various parts of the state, out
breaks have been looked for. Gcv. Ireland
Immediately iss1sd proclamation calling
the militia to arms. Two com panies
mustered here at once, and before midnight
last night, over g thousand vera at Austin,
Houston, Galveston and other places re-
spondsd to the call and were ready to
march az moments notice. These troops
were still waiting orders at 2 O'clock this
afternoon. The precise nature of the
t,ouble at CAME cannot be ascertained, but
there seems no doubt disturbance of
some kind is in progress and Governor
Ireland ordered special military train TO
be got in readiness for immediate nsa. At
2:30 p. NJ, when the dispatch closed, the
writer says the governor received a tele-
gram from the sheriff of the county, and
from railroad officials, saying matters had
quieted down, bat gave no particulars of
the affsir. This has calmed the feelings
somewhat and troops will not be sent
unless an emergency should arise.
Gov. Cleveland has appointed Thursdsy,
the 29th of November, es dsy for
Thanksgiving.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29.--Last nigh. Gov
ernor Ireland received a dispatch from
justice of the peace at Galuz in Milan
county, stating positively that 500 negroes
were in arms against the whites. The
message appeared to indicate so grave en-
emergency that Governor Ireland tele-
graphed ell volunteer militia com panies
to be in immediate readiness to move by
rail. A number of special trains were also
ordered. The troops who gathered were
allowed to disband at o'clock this mora-
ing, nothing further being received from
Galuz till to day, and then only to ssy that
everything was quiet. Parson Grant,
colored preacher Of Austin, after cousult-
ing with the governor, has gone to Galuz.
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It's probable Secretary Teller will re-
commend the establishment OF an Indian
industrial training school at Sitka, Alaska,
and common schools as ether points in the
ferrisory,
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The Great English Actor Scores Gre t
Success as M<thias in 1.-THE Bells" at New
York Last Might.
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SCRANTON, Oct. 29.-An explosion OF
fire damp is reported from the Pennsylva-
mia Coal company's shaft No. Z, three
miles from Pittston. Thirty men were in
the mine. Five are badly burned and one
dead. The fate Of the others is un-
known.
Thomas and James Gallagher, brothers,
were brought out dead, burned almost to q
crisp. Six others were seriously burned
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The suit of Hallet Kilbourne against
John G. Thompson, sergeant-at arms of the
House OF representatives., for SS50,000
damages for false einprisonment.was called
for trial to-day. TIE court decided that al
amended plea was not barred by she stat
ute OF limitations and overruied tae plea
involving the jurisdiction OF the House of
represensa satives to order the arrest. Ad-
jcurned till tomorrow.
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HEw r1ME sTAsDAED.

On Nov. 18th the interior department
will adopt rs meridian time as the local
time, Washington.
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POSTAL RECEIPTS.

Total receipts from postal service for
the fiscal year ended June 80, we're $45,-
5oS.692; expenditures, S42,816,700; sur
plus, S2,691, ,992. It is believed the sur
plus revenue would have been greater by
st least S1,G00,O00 if the receipts had not
been affected the last quarter of the year
by the approaching reduction THE postal
rate, while the expenditures we're greatly
increased by the act that began to operate
March Sd last, providing for readiust
ment of postmesters' salaries on the basis
of the reduced postage that did not go into
effect until eight months thereafter.
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snd injured. Three will probably die,
having inhaled after damp. Thirty-fv
men were in the part of the mine where
the explosion occurred. The balance es-
capen through the mule way. TIE foroe
of the explosion blew down the brattices
and props and tore the gates apart, lifting
the men up bodily, hurling some dis
tance of twenty and thirty feet.
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The Neg rces IN Texas 1pcePsed Over the
Civil Rights Decision, Arm ard p Plopose
TO Assert Their Rights-The Militia Zali-
cd Ont
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Western Associated Press!

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Secretary Chan,
der has received a telegram announcing
the death of q. n. Fox at New York thi;
morning. Fox was assistant secretary OF
the navy under Secretary Welles,a and actsd
in that capacity until 1866, when he was
sent abroad in the Mintonanah to convey
the organizations of the American people
to the czar of Russia On his escape from
death
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-08

~Privats reon: fer families ar9e
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-08
Purchasing Age ncy.
Mrs. v. v Henry, Manager.

rE|HE LADIES OF THE SAN FRAN
cisco Purchasing Bureau solicit
orders !tarSe or sIDall) to purchase
1hcations for selecting musical fnstru-
ments, furniture, jewetry, &c. Dress
making and infants clothing
specially. Reliable and experienced
ladies' under whose management the
san Francisco Purchasing Bureau has
prOspered during two years will prompt
~ reply to letters Of inquiry rs to styfes.
prices, etc, upon receipt OF stamp.
samples furnished. Send for circular.
Address: y IN FRANCIsCO PURCHASE
BUREAU, Isl Post street, San Francisco.
Refer TO: A. l.. Bancroft Il Co.. O'COn
nor, Moffatt & Co.. N. P. Cole l. Co, all
0t san Fr2nciscO. Dly25
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-02

Boston Advertiser: The common idea
that Congress ends on March of every odd
year is supposed to be founded in the Con-
stituion. Even McDonalds manual
"printed for the use of the Senate,' con-
tains, on page 1873, the remark that ''the
last session of Congress expires at twelve
O'Clock meridian on the fourth day of
March," and resolution Of the Senate
passed in 1851, says that 'the second ses-
sion of the thirty-frst Congress does not
expire under the Constitution until twelve
o'clock on the fourth of March, But the
Constitution is silent on the fourth of
March, and leaves the beginning of our
political year the pleasure of Congress.
The Confederation provided, in 17SS, that
the new government should begin on the
first Wednesday in March, 1880. and that
day happened to be the fourth of the month,
which has been retained as the first day of
our political periods. The first Congress,
however, was organized on April 6, 1889,
owing to lack of quorum, and President
Washington's first Inauguration took place
on April 80, 1889. Monroe, Taylor and Hayes
were each inaugurated on March 5, the day
before being Sunday. The fourth of
March, then, as the beginning of our politi-
cal periods, is the result of an accidental
vote and consequent custom.
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The Travelling Cure.
Norman Lockyer in Nature,l


Three years ago when travelling in Ameri-
ca, one morning, at little station-we were
approaching the Rocky Mountains-l was
astonished to see very old and venerable
French cure in his usual garb enter the car.
and he was evidently in some distress OF
mind, and as evidently had little command
of English. l asked him in his native Ian
guage if could be Of any service to him
There was difficulty about box which I
soon settled, and then we sat down and en-
tered into conversation. He soon found out
that was very much astonished to see him
there; and told me SO. / acknowledged it.
1T is very simple,' he said. 81 am very
old, and six months ago was like to die,
and was doing my best to prepare myself
for the long journey. In my fancies i'm
agined myself already in the presence of
le bon Diea, and I fancied this question ad-
dressed to me: M lie Cure, how did you like
the beautiful world you have leftr I rose
in my bed as this thought came into nv
head, for II who-fgure to yourself-had
dared to preach of better world for fifty
years, was, oh! so ignorant of this. And /
registered VOW that If le bon Dieu allowed
me to rise from that bed of sickness would
spend the rest of my life in admiring His
works-et me uoicil I am only on nv
journey round the world | am going now
to stop at the Yosemite Valley few days
en- route for San Francisco and Japan, and
the box, monsieur, which your kindness has
rescued for me, contains little scientific
library, now my constant companion in nv
delicious wanderingsn
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THE cold weather has had the effect of
checking the flow of water into the Ohio, so
that the food is receding at Cairo, and al
though the Mississippi is of formidable di-
mansions as far down as Memphis, there is
not at present any great apprehension of
severe food In the lower river. The levees
constructed or repaired since the deluge of
1882 are fresh, and therefore less secure
than they will be after they have had abun-
dant time to settle; but with the diminish
ing outpour from the Ohio, Missouri and
upper Mississippi it is expected that in the
course of the present week the surplus
water will be safely discharged through the
mouth of the Mississippi proper, or will find
Its way into the vast reservoirs existing in
the bottoms of northeastern Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and southeastern Arkansas. No
considerable demand has yet been made
upon these reservoirs. The ST. Francis, the
Arkansas, the Macon, the Tensas, the
Yazoo, the Sunfower, and other swamps
In the three States mentioned, have not yet
had their receiving capacity exhausted AT
this time last year the swamps were all
brimful and all the low backlands above the
mouth of Red river had been inundated,
and there was not room for drop of water
anywhere. The conditions are now much
more favorable, and unless there shall be
severe storms hereafter it is not believed
that there will be any general disaster from
an overflow of the Mississippi.
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[Gentleman's Magazine.J
Roman Names.

After mans first name came the name
of his clan, which always ended in Jus. The
ancient Roman clans seem, like the High
land clans of to-day, to have been often des-
ignated from tie name of a supposed ances-
tor. AS the descendants of Donald are
called Macdonald, so the descendants Of
Marcus we're called Marcus, those of Qsin-
tus, Quintius, and those of Publius, Manius,
Servius, and Lucius bore the names Publili-
us, Nautilus, ServIlius, and Lucilius. When
all the members of a clan have the same
surname, and the stock of first names has
from any cause become limited, it is obvi-
GUS that good deal of confusion may arise.
The Highlanders obviate this inconvenience
by resort to descriptive nicknames. Now,
just as in the Highlands people might distin-
guish between two Fergus Macdonalds by
calling one Long-beard and the other Curly
head, just 80 in Roman history we read of q
Titus Quintius Barhatus aud Titus Qnin.
titus Cincinnatus. The Romans, however,
vent step further than the Highlandeys
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ACCORDING to the report OF the Wisconsin
board of charities and reform new impo-
sition is being practiced by the officials In
several counties, who make money by keep
ing the Jail full of tramps. The ragamufiins
are comfortably clothed and fed through the
winter, and are glad enough to be taken care
OF at the expense of the public, while the
sheriffs and jailers find the business of keep
ing them very profitable. Nine counties in
the southeastern part of the state last year
returned 1886 commitments for vagrancy,
which is about 90 per cent. of all the
commitments within the state. In IS other
counties, covering more than half of the
state, there were none at all. 1t will be re-
membered that similar scandal arose not
long ago In Maine county.
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Into the Democratic Camp


The greatest political farce ever enacted
vas enacted by the Fusion Greenbackers at
Augusta, Wednesday. They resolved that
that they were not Greenbackers and not
Democrats. and would not become Demo
Gratis until 1SS4-that is, not until the next
State and National elections, when they will
be needed Meanwhile they will call them
selves Unionists, and help the Democrats
to beat the wicked Republicans at the town
meetings. This means that they will wear
dominoes-of the gauziest material-until
the next Presidential election, and then go
over in body to the National Democracy.
This is the outcome of an intrigue start
ed by certain disatfected men four years
ago. They cared little for Greenback
ism as understood by Scion Chase,
but thought it convenient tool with
which to break up the Republican par
ty. They promised to lead their follow
ers through crooked ways into the Demo
cratic camp. The pretense made to these
followers was tina. new political organiza-
ton to make battle against both the old
ones, was to be formed. To aid this pre-
tense, great body of Democrats deserted
their own standards for time, and went
into the so-called Greenhack party. The
Democratic leaders felt no alarm at the ap
parent detection; for as they privately said,
they could whistle their men back any time.
They evidently think 1884 will be the prop
Ell time 30 put the bird-call to their lips
Doubtless their men will come back. But
those Republicans who have been wander
ing through the tortuous ways of Fusion,
and now find themselves before the gates of
the Bourbon fortress, will hasten to retrace
their steps. The wanderers will turn their
faces homeward, and seek shelter In their
fathers house.
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A Judicious Wife.
Detroit Free Press.l

Detroit Free Press.l
She inquired of three different persons In
the corridor of the post Office as to where
the Money-Order Department was, and not
feeling satisfied with this she asked at both
stamp windows. Then she felt reasonably
certain that she would not go down cellar
or upstairs in going to the money-order
room, and she timidly entered that place
and asked:
"Can send a money-order@
"Yes'm y
ssFor S5?'
sYes'm."
"To Saginaw"
''Yesm.''
''To my husband?"
"Yes'm. Please fill out a blank"
She filled out three different ones before
the writing suited her. and tried four differ
ent pens before she found holder of the
right build and color.
This order is for $5," she said as she
stood at the window.
"Yes'm.'
"He went there to secure work, but he
can't find any,"
"Yes'm.''
''And he wants to come home"
"No doubt of it,
"But SIS seems like an awful price to
bring any one from Saginaw"
$50 it does.''
"He might not find work if he came
mo, ma'am."
"And SO he might as well be there as
here.v
"Yes'm.'
SWELL | guess I'll wait day or two, any,
how. If hefinds work he won't want It,
and if he gets tired and comes home ON foot
he'll be SO worn out that he can't more than
half jaw around. Five dollars is quite a
sum-. can bny nice pair of shoes with
that"
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Senator ingalls, Of Kansas.

Mr.. James r. Randall, in one of his let
tiers from Washington to the Augusta (Ga. J
Chron Gle, says: ''Mr. ingalls, is tall,
thin, cadaverous-looking man, with crisp,
iron-gray hair, growing low down on pug
nacious, but not expansive, forehead. He
Is intensely near-sighted, and when reading
appears to be not only looking at but through
document. A stranger would mistake
him for an orthodox clergyman or metaphy-
steal Professor. He is an intellectual, schol-
arly man, who, in spite of his sharp tongue,
is liked for good heart and an open con-
tempt for mere sham and false pretense His
clerk is a Democrat, and fairly yenerates
him, because of his kindness and considera-
ton. When the young man came to him he
said: MIR. ingalls,, am Democrat, and
nothing can change me politically. will
do your work, but my political opinions
cannot be displaced The Kansas Senator
laughed and said: Come right in and take
charge of everything. You are just the
man want
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have done, for with them the nickname be-
came hereditary as family surname. There
were many Romans who (either from their
special celebrity, or because their surnames
were extremely common) bore, In addition
to the regular set of three names, an individ-
ual nickname called the agnomen. 1t is
worth noting, as relic of prehistoric usage,
that Roman women had no regular names
except those indicating the clan to which
they belonged. The II daughters of Cor
nelius were to the outside world just Corne-
liza and nothing else. In the family circle
they would, of course, be distinguished by
designations analogous to our modern pet
names; but on this subject our information
is singularly limited. The complexity of
the Roman name system was not easily un-
derstood by Greeks and Jews, and the Ro-
man names in the New Testament are curl
ously confused. Sometimes man is spok-
en- of by his first name, as Gaius, Publius,
or Marcus; sometimes by his clan name, as
Julius or Cornelius, and sometimes by his
surname, as Prudens or Niger. In Simon
the Cyrenian we have remarkable exam
pie of the mixture of languages brought
about by the Roman coDquests; native of
Africa, bearing Hebrew name, calls one of
his sons by the Greek name Alexander, and
another by the Roman surname Rufus.