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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
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ITbe Senate concurred in the house amend
ment 40 the Senate bill extending the dura-
Non Of the court Of Alabama claims; the
House extended the time one year longer Than
provided In the original Senate bill. Con
alteration Of the Utah bill was begun Mr..
Hoar addressed the Senate in its supPort....
The Mexican pensions bill was discussed
There was laid before the Senate the major.
ity report in the Danville VA Investigation
and the minority report IN tue Coplah county
lMiss.) investigation. bill was reporter
iavorably to forfeit nnearned Northerh IH
rific land grants. The Utah bill was further
considered.
Mr. Cullom reported from the COMMITTEES
On pensions to-day bill which Golfers pen
sion upon all persons who served three months
during the war and have honorable dis.
charges, and who are or shall become disabled
| from any cause not the result VI their own
gross carelessness, dsi equitable conduct or
Vicious habits, and shall also be dependent
wholly or in part upon their own labor or
upon pecunary assistance from others Tor me
means Of comfortable support The heSi
can pension bill was further considered.
The House Joint res4 luton which make
an appropriation for the relief Of sufferers by
the Mississippi floods was passed no amended a,
t. reduce the sum appropriated from tioo,V.'
TO $4O,O)0 The conference report on h'
Agricultural augmentation bill was agreed :
The District Of Columbia appropriation
bill was passed.
Mr.. Cox, Of New York, introduced bill
prohibit deposits in the navgable waters o
New Yo.K harbor. -. The committee on mn
tary affairs was authorized 10 examine int
the management Of the National Soldiers
tonne. * bill was introduced to ar end the
act authorizing the formation OF Nationa
Banking associations. Consideration OF
the contested election case of Wallace against
Mckinley was begun, Mr.. Bedford, OF COl
orado, introduced bill appropriatlng too0, wv
for tho erection Of home FOR disabled sol
diers OF the Confederate army at Fredericks
burg, Va. Referred.
The House decided the Ohio contested cleo
ton case of W allace against Mckinley in fnvo
Of the contestant. "A joint resolution wa
passed appropriating SlD,WO additional I"
the relief of sufferers by the Mississippi
, floods.
3 atel is So, 736 $50, being an increase OF ~
. 100 over the appropriation for the cure
y year and S9,S, 696 less than the estimates.
10 The House passed a joint reso
10 ton for printing 400 900 copies OF the rep,
D of the commissioner OF agriculture Tor 10
~ The conference report on the agris
.. tural appropriation bill was adopted; III
~ ~ House committee on elections decided oy
al 10 one to report in favor Of Clialumls IN
=, as Mississippi Chalmers Manning contested o.
~ ton case, and by seven to four IN IaVor
WISE in The Virginia Massey Vie case.
A bill was reported to prohibit the com !.
nation. certiflcation and patntirY VI
ca,ncd land grants Bills were also iNpV ~
he raa,,foting The form Of bills OF lading Nsu..
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AN APPALLING DEED.
4 Mother KfIs Rer Ffpe hUdren
aud Herself.

The particulars Of terrible tragedy enacted
~ Albany, N. Y, are as follows: At IL
o'clock p. NJ, Christopher Schreiver, black
smith, came home and found the house
lights low. His wife was not ut home
and he inquired upstairs for her, but
sbe was not there. He then began to
,eerch the house. In the bedroom he made
horrible discovery. In cradle lay his de,m
infant, nine months old; beside the cradle
were three Of his other children, Henry, aged
seven years; Annie aged four, and John,
aged three, with their throats cut. His wife ana
a nine ear-old daughter were missing. Mr,
Schreiver's cries brought the neighbors in ana
the police began search for the wife. IL re-
suited in finding her in the Black Rock cut on
the railroad with her daughter. The woman
.ad grabbed the child and ran in front
AZ train. She was dead when found.
Ter head, both feet above the ankles
nd her arms ut the elbows were
cut Off. Her little girl was yet alive Inc
child's left arm and leg were severed oht
xaid her mother held her down IN 'front.' oi th'
trnin. The girl died aftcrward. Inc nus
band recently purchased team OF horse
and sent his wife to the bank TO &c
the money. She lost the bank book, and ma,
a quarrel with her husband. She thought a.
his savings were lost because the book wa
lost, and became crazy, with the above terri
| BILE result
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
..NGERs FACED BY FIsHERMEN'
Grrnt Loss Of Lite Among tue wen VIM
sn,l 10 the Banks from Gloucester

Tho loss of life among Gloucester fishermen
.;rna Aur /. 1883, caused 10y the heavy gales
~, Tho fishing banks, has now reached o'a,
of o54 men. The largest loss recorded from 'llo'
" .,nr, in any year. 1879 ranking next with 10
taI If p4o The deaf of the past winter nave
isft 10 Widows and IA fathcrless children
Tbe disastrous winter fisheries were hrs.
orenol in 1870, and since that time az 'ossu.'
and 1000 lives have been SacriilUeu W , ' m,
nr;cs centred at Gloucester unVh ioo. n
rew vessels were employed III iiSiii'bl IN III
harrison with thu great hu'nu. VMn, ,L"I hoen
chi, and up to that date o"' 4oi "''' ''''
lost. ,oco ,r,ea, GALE was en-
.o,,n,s,od on Georges Bank, during winch ''lc
. , " liza was sword to the then unPfe-
noa number Of lG2 for the year. ol,,ce
.,'a. time thc yearly os1 has often exceeurn /,
s sno nd has seldom been less than 0o; an,
t NV, 1890 In 1884 the whole number Oh ioS'
man ia 2. 14O. an average OF W each year. A.,
"'T rho losses caused by collision during tne
n,les Of February and March, when the NEE. .
crowded into small space, are very S ,ens'
0th.r boats are capszed by the sudden sq| sra
Vus, number are run down by the larg,
h a sins steamers. During February and MaIcl
oO Iaraa eeet of vessels arc usually anchored u
Sewaed space. these are the stormies
nths and before full warning mas pee
m lioou violent snow squat often strikes vet
, gwen nh;ch breaks away from it's anchorage sne
driven by the winds, drifts with tremP nOllit
speed through the entire hcet gehe,ah 20 ' %nw
IN another schooner, when Doth 90 uow
o ms II the drifting vessel is seea
d ,;,,e he other vessel cuts us capie, anu mt
"a not unf,eauently both collide win o.nsr pGs'
ID Ihe r n~ to interfere by Legislative enas
is now p 70 Pcompe the adoption of modern .ai
as n msrds against some Of the dangers uSuAlS
countered.
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4 WOMAN HANGED.
Execution OF o Husband POis0ner
In England.
Shrieking With Terror as She Is
Dragged to Her Doom.

A bor,.;h,s HANGING occurred n few DAYS
n "oirio0 n'''Sb NV Ii, %
since at Lincoln, Eiigiahd' ihe '"uNn "'
Mrs. Iefiiey, who poisoned her husband Last
fall md WINS duly convicted and sen.
"' I,.,a,.,.,,r., Sessions sbo
tench ~ ihheon'h"ne
had, however, acquired some money
by her husbands death, and she spent
!, ,r,oro,,,, 4, ,ressino nm appeal 10 the home
"hDer"ny =" p'''"s ". "pr -. .,
secretary for Communication OF seh'ehcs 70
Imprisonment for life, or IL that were refused.
for n re,rieve Of n few weeks. TO the very
ioa, mament Mrs, Iel,ey believed that re-
,USs ,yn,,J i've Granted. and she was not by
sny means reconciled 10 her fate
An tGyhan Sba first INV the hnnpman I'm the pin
,o, Wen ,o "n She sbrieked with terror and
".,nt,, '' She was restored to eonscioumess
, uni tho honan,on hogan to prepare her for the
a aay,nms NV 1inioning her elbows and fixing
= strap loosely around her skirts to DO
'ioStenped abont her ankles after she
mi walked TO the scaffold. Mrs. Lefiiey
fought desperately To prevent these no
stra5lnts and gave iitterance to frightful yells,
which vera heard even outside the massive
wills Of the iail. On the way to the scaifold
the screams Of the condemned woman were
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

FANNY DAVENPORT has cleared nearly ~
600 on her first Fedora" season.
DION BouccIcAULr calculates that thsrS
are in the United States 2, 5S2 theatres, worm
tll5 100000
Philippe D'ESYERY, author Of the Give
Orphans" Is said to have amassed q fortune
Of $2,O0O,VOO.
MICHAEL b. CURTIS has saved out Of ths
earninys of "Saml Of Posen" the neat htth
sum Of SIS, 900.
"MAy BLOSSOM will be kept on at The
Madison Square theatre, New York, unth
September next, when II will 10 sent on tns
road. @.
! Two imprinted cantatas by Beethoven have
been found among the collection Of q Leapn8
antiquarian. They were written when ho We
twenty-one years Old.
EMMA ABBOTT has sung thirty-eight con.
secutive weeks, giving seventeen diuerens
operas and $40 performances without mssin8
a single engagement.
Mr.. HowELLs has not yet completed ~
comic opera for which Mr.. George Henschet
I preparing the music. 1t is uncertain when tns
work will be brought out
THE entire audience Of the Baldwin theatre
San Francisco, was recently photographed "
the electric light, and every person present
was given copy as souvenir.
MANAGER JOHN p, McCAULEY of Louisville,
Ky, has given the use Of his theatre Tor
benefit for building home for disabled Con
federate soldiers in Richmond, Va
ROSE CoGHLAN's salary has advanced mate-
rally during the past two or three seasons.
She Is now receiving $3.50 per week at WA
lacks, New York, and si'5 week when sns
travels.
tha
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
Dutch Gap Canal.

The experiment Of widening General
Buffers Dutch Gap Canal by means Of
the hydraulic process, is pronounced .
success by the engineers under whom
the work Is being carried on. The canal
is now used by nearly all the craft going
10 Richmond mp the James river, and y
viii soon be able to admit Of the passage
Of the largest seagoing vessels: y ~
ts;,s The route TO that city By Hvs -
and "a. quarter. The vidsaisii 4 p e -.
! . new one. having been used e ~ -
sissivpi river recently for re ,'. 80 sstsr
= s.st sha river through hose. ana snS
l IRON nj i directed against me nssn, s
ss ssi. ~ earth with such force a. A., to nm
xsss y, and wash them away The cur
esns y Inc James has been 90 strong
i isns q The ~ freshet as to carry the earth
~ssb;pes to deeper water, thus prevent
ing the filing Of the channel
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THE ALLIGATOR TRADE.

-Four hundred thousand alligators, it is esti-
mated, we're killed in Florida during the past
year, to supply the demand for alligator skin
articles of all kinds, besides articles Of jewelry
manufactured from the teeth. This new bust
ness gives employment to over 1000 people in
the South. There arc over dozen tanncries
in the United States engaged exclusively in
tanning these hides. The teeth are in demand
in England and France, where they are manu-
factured into iewelry
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
.JOUISNAIISM.

A school Of journalism for women will sooI.
be opened in Detroit. As soon as it becomes
generally known that Jennie June makes $50
n week writing fashion letters, the Detroit
school will have to enlarge to accommodate it,
pupils. The fashions change so rapidly now-a-
days, and so many new terms and colors are
introduced weekly, that it requires more talent
TO write comprehensive fashion letter than it
does to write an intelligent editorial on the
tariff or on the war in Egypt.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
CREMATION.

II is claimed that there rs growing feeling
In this country in favor Of cremation. The
crematory at Washington, Pa, receives daily
applications for the incineration Of bodies, and
has at last decided not to attend to such bust.
ness any longer. In future tho trustees Of the
LeNoyne crcmatory state that no person living
outside of the county need apply. They be-
heve that other cromatories will soon be built
elsewhere, and everybody can then be accom-
,noIotoJ
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PROMINENT PEOPLE

The revivalsts, Moody and Sankey, willr~
turn to America soon. q.
Mn. FRouDE, the English historian, u TO
take In America In his voyage around tne
world.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER In said 30
have one Of the rarest china collections in this
country.
FIoRnNcR NIGHTINGALE, celebrated N tho
Crimean nurse, has become an advocate Of
womans suffrage.
DIR. LoRINER, IA prominent Chicago clergy
man, is writing u novel, the basis OF which D
TO he the Thirty Years war.
Lucky BALDWIN, one Of the California
millionaircs, aged sixty, has just taken for his
fourth wife girl Of twenty summers
HENRY BERGH, president Of the New York
GP.C A., favors cremation, and says than
ON hygienic principles the cemeteries should
he gradually removed and abandoned.
RIsuop GREEN, Of Mississippi, the eldest
! bishop of the Episcopal church has transferred
TO the Rev. DR.. Hugh Miller Thompson hn
associate, all the administrative work OF M
Office.
Mr.. Cu.LEY, OF Nottingham, N. H., say.
that he reasonably hopes to live to the age o.
one hundred years. At ninety three, he s in
good health and enjoys life taking particular
pleasure in reading the reports Oh the Piv
cecdings in the United States Senate, OF which
lie was once member.
JUDGE RICHARD REID, who recently killed
himself because Kentucky society turned
against him for not fighting duel with the
lawyer who holsewhipped him, was typical
Kentuckan in appearance. He wore heavy
nustache, long beard, low-cut vest, turn
down collar, and no neck-tie.
JOHN Ericsson, the inventor, Is eighty
years old, and has lived for twenty years Of
more in the saIne house in the lower part o,
New York city. His life is regular AM
: methodical Rising early, before ., he walk
: 10 work on his inventions; from II O'Clock un
= Gil 4 Is spent In reading during which he ais
Q irsluises In luncheon; and otter an hour
. return ~ work he ends his days nbors WI
another walk through the lower part OF u
city-gcnerally along tho wharves.
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SILVER MINES OF MEXICO.

So many disporaging estimates OF hesl0o
and her production have recently come oeio'.
the public that it has at least the charni Vi
novelty to see the other side occasionally sio.n
up. Take the single item Of silver mines ~.
instance 1t may be Of considerable in'ere',
TO all who are directly or remotely conce.nvu
tn such matters to learn that there arc ,ui :,
900 separate silver mines in the single o,a'o y.
zacatecas. One of these mines has a'fea'y
yielded not less than one thousand oiiiions y.
dollars. This vein was first worked In 1910 v
one Of the lieutenants Of cortez. In the cou.o ~
Of the next forty years the settlement inV,ea -,
70 such an extent that Philip the secohu 30.
II coat Of arms and the title, "Nooie INV ~.
Loyal City," Aside from its mining ih'ei.''
zacatecas is an interesting old place. ~ 10
about $4,000 inhabitants, and is the nor'ne.D
most city Of any importance on the oe1'-'
railroad. Standing 5000 feet above sea io,'
Its climate il delightful. Until this year Va
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
THE LITTLE MIDGET.

One Of the smallest men in the United States
Ewes at Cedar Key. His name is Abccham
Livingston Sawyer. He is twenty-five years
old, 70 ty and one-half inches high, weighs
thirty-nine pounds, and the captain he came
over with from Key West says he can eat more
than any two men in the State. The midget
was horn and reared in Key West. He is built
in perfect proportion, is very bright, and can
make an eloquent speech, and has clear, high
voice, which sounds like a child's He was
at one time reporter on the Kew West Demo-
crat. At present he is clerhing in grocery
store. He has q sister who is just quarter Of
an inch taller than he is, and is just seventeen
years old
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There is no
Chicago Sun.

A conflict with moonshiners in Kentucky,
resulted in the killing OF bslif and captur.
Of the criminals.
Mr.. Libby has increased his donation 70
the College OF Mechanical Engineering OF COR
nell University to $3.50 900. s.,a.
"A mob completely destroyed the proper"
OF lawyer at Madrid. lowe.
CLARA and Lulu Snyder, aged sr r,,,sd Nv
fourteen years respectively we're A'uso "
lightning at DAYTON, Ohio m
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
THE HEATED TERM.

II is well to bear in mind the fact that during
the heated term there is always marked IN
crease in the number of crimes OF violence.
Undoubtedly the hot weather has something to
do with this. 1t unstrings the nerves, makes
people irritable, and causes them to lose their
temper more readily than at other times. By
some it is contcndcd that electrical conditions
of the atmosphere are responsible for these
effects, but the cause is Of minor consideration.
With the fact staring us in the face everybody
will see the Importance Of keeping cool and
avoiding undue excitement
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Foreign.

A MRS. LEFFLEY was hanged at Lincoln,
England, for poisoning her husband.
AT the holiday games in Chatham, Canada.
tho grand stand collapsed, and $50 person'
were injured, several seriously. The injuries
consisted of broken arms, legs, and ribs, an0
some were hurt internally.
FRANCE has obtained the exclusive right un
der the recent treaty with China to trace on
the Chinese frontiers bordering on Tonquin
MILE. CoLuMBrER the French actress and
companion of Sarah Bcrnhardt during the
lntter's tour through the United States, Inns
been sentenced to three months Imprisonment
and to pay n fine for writing the book sarah
Barnum," in which her former friend was
numerically rdculed. When the DOCK rrSt
sppeared fierce encounter took place between
che two actresses in farls. and Mile to'mih'
bier was horscwhpind 10y Mile hcii'h"r"I
COLONEL Fnrl, the Swiss minister to tho
United States, has resigned
Any,crs from th" Philippine islands say
| that n band OF fanatics, under the iHuc'SIlp
of n so-called prophet, appeared There E'sC
month. The troops dispersed 'heln "i'n" 'o''
of thirty eight killed and woundod'
The Catholic bishop of the Soudnn reports
that seven Italian priests ana ionr slSt'iS u
mercy have been masS,rled NJ FL p'~,i,
Throo nr;ps,s were exposed naked to the sun
for four days and died from the riicctS oil Ihe'f
exposure.
Tue race for the Derby, Englands annua
o,eot racing event, resulted this year ID
3eod heat between the horses Harvester
ST. Gatien, the favorite, Queen Adela,'e
.om;n,, i'm third Fifteen horses participated
The stakes were divided.
GREAT damage has been causNh ny noou
IN Southwestern Spain. In one province aion
1O9 buildings have been destroyed ana o.
damaged.
! A SERIES OF dynamite explosions IN bonuo
,o,,o carried CONSERVATION and alarm througs
. ..t En,,,ond The first explosion reshlte
a from n bomb being thrown into the DaselIicn
l ~ tha Junior Carlton cli house; this was 10
, lowed by another explosion near 'he a ~ Gar o.,
n , ,v" club house. The basement OF the oai
h ton c,nb house was shattered, and four lenia
n .om were severely injured. ohorv'
a "fterwar another severe explosioa
~ am .,ed outside the noted detective once
~ S Sar1IanJ Ward The corner of the buidll
= nco u bInwn off to height Of thirty feet, ana
rs policeman, coachnan, ana several T, stroets n,
a. sons were severely injured Inc stree,s ,' u
Sn club houses at this time were crowueu T ;,a
in eonle. and the utmost excitement pioss o.I,,
an Anptber explosion was averted by the id anu
Ia ~ tha S,se Ii burn. Several cakes OF dyi'
is NJ mite we're found by the police. One man :
covered wi with n gn.fia into lpss waiting cab
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EnIICATEl FLIES.

A San Francisco Snowman is advertising q
troupe of educated flies. As the warm weather
approaches the fly becomes an object Of inter
est, and will no doubt command attention when
all others Of the performing fraternity arc
taking holiday. II the fly can be educated to
keep out of the victuals and off bald heads that
Is about all the public would ask Of him.
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RIown TO Death.

Alta late hour Monday night the bie s N
Non,e n Wilson's straw board mill, between
Go JUrs and waterford, n. y, exploded with a
H ,oma uo;se awakening the inhabitants OF the
.' gHu ~ Waterford. Five Of the nine men at
WORK in the mill at the time were killed. four
instantly. The other died in few minutes
Ennr others were injured
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QUEER.

The French Academy Of Sciences has dis
covered that people born in that country. since
the French revolution do not live as long as
those born before and cites in proof that
nobody can mention single person who has
reached 100 years that was born since 1898.
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Warrington.

PREsIDnrT ARTHUR and party, including
Secretaries Chandler md Lincoln, Postmaster
General Gresham, General Sheridan, Adm
raj Porter, the British, Russinn, French and
German ministers, Senators Hale, Mil
Ter. Call, Groome, Jones and
Butler, and Representatives Cannon, Town
shend, Cox, Morse, Ballantine, Talbot, Holton,
Thomas, McAdoo and Golf, visited Annapo-
lis and witnessed the drill Of the naval cadets,
Many OF the visitors were accompanied by
their wives.
A SUBCOMMITTEE OF the House committee
on agriculture has reported bill to establish
agricultural experiment stations in connec-
ton with the various State agricultural col
leges.
THE grand lodge of Good Tcmplars in session
at Washington resolved to petition Congress
to submit prohibitory constitutional
amendment to the States. The delegates called
in a body on President Arthur ut the White
House.
COLONEL J. o. p. BURNSIDE, superintend
emit of the postoflice building and disbursna
clerk of the postoilice department, has bocI
found short in his accounts to the extent OF
about $4,000 He lost the money through
speculations in connection with the fraudu
| lent oil syndicates conducted by the broke,
Lewis, who fled recently. His arrest followed
the discovery of his dcfalcation. Colone
Burnside has long held various government
positions in Washington, was prominent RI
| heman, and at one time was member OF The
American team
REPORTS from various parts OF the countr,
say that immense damage has been done t
crops and small fruits by tho recent frosts.
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SPONGES.

Evory town has Its "sponges." There lisa
sponge from the Bahama Islands five feet six
inches in circumference and weighing six and
half pounds. 1t will hold twenty-four gallons
Of water. 1t is not known how much the conf
mon sponge will hold, as he rarely takes water.
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SISTERS OF CHARITY.

Mrs. Eliza Seton founded the first order Of
"sisters Of Charity" in the United States.
This lady built an institution for this order at
Emmcttsburg, Nd, in 1909. She was tn
Grst Mother Superior Of the order.
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JEALOUS jay Gould has decided 70
build winter residence IN Floriaa,
Poor Florida Poor orange groves
Poor alligators. CalH
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STOCK COMPANIES.

The first joint stock manufacturing company
in the world was organized at Philadelphia in
l775 This company manufactured "woolens,
linens and cottons"
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II CLAIM that I have the n0''' ~"
wells the carpe' l