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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-07-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

N'the Senate on the 9th joint resolu-
tion was passed providing for the settle
ment Of accounts with the Mobile 81 Ohio
Road. The Southern Kansas Railroad
was granted the right of way through the
Indian Territory. The bill providing for
the forfeiture of unearned land grants Of
the Atlantic & Pacific was taken up. The
Committee on Privileges and Elections
was discharged from further considera-
tion of the House bill on the electoral
count, and a committee Of confer
ence was ordered -. In the House the bill
was passed granting the right of way
through Indian Territory to the Gulf, Col
orado e. Santa Fe Railroad. The "Back-
bone'' Railroad land grant bill was do
feated. Recess was taken until eight in
the evening, at which session pension bills
were discussed, but without action being
taken.
Ross won wrestling match with Null
doom at Cincinnati on the evening Of the
9th.
THE American Lacrosse team sailed on
the 2Sth for New York.
The Belvidere Iron Company, of Easton,
Pa, has suspended operations.
PLAcARDs have been posted threatening
the life Of Lord Doneraile, Of County Cork,
ireland.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, United States
Minister to England, is suffering with gout
in the feet.
]. G. HILL, seventy years of age, a re-
tired clothing merchant of Great Falls, N.
H., killed his wife on the 9th.
THE Spanish Cabinet ordered on the
9th that two officers, found guilty Of de-
sertion, be shot Immediately.
THE Western distillers in session at Chi
cago on the 9th decided upon basis for
the new whisky pool.
THE National Association of Master
vention in st. Louis.
FAILURES in Che United States for the
week ended the 9th numbered III; in Can
ada, 2s; total, 199; against 2o5 the pre-
ceding week.
LIEUTENANT THEo. SMITH, of the Fiji
teenth United States Infantry, dropped
dead at the sturtevant House, New York
on the 9th.
CouEr KARoLYI and Baron Vatseri
will represent Austria at the Egyptian
conference which meets in London.
CAPTAIN GEO. G. RILEY, Of Vincennes
! lind, was nominated for Congress by th,
Republicans Of the Second Indiana Dis
trict.
MINERS in convention at New Straits
willie, o., on the 27th, decided to suspend
ali operations in the Hooking Valley o
Ohio.
vuoE GLY and No Nv, the Chinese Gen
: erals who attacked the French, are said t
! have 1o,oo0regular troops between Bak v
land Langson,
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SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


GALVESTON, TEX, June IS.
After careful analysis of crop reports
as published here lately, covering seventy.
six counties and embracing 1876 official re-
ports, the following summary is obtained
of the condition and prospects of Texas
crops: The yield of corn and grain is re-
ported as above the average in 40 cases, an
average In 26cases, and below the aver
age in 30 cases. The acreage of corn and
grain is above the average in 63 eases, an
average in % cases, and below the
average in 13 cases. The general
condition is reported as good in II
cases, fair in 80 cases, and bad in % cases.
In nearly all cases the crops are late,
and in many places have had to be re-
planted, owing to heavy rains The COM
parisons above are made in all cases
with the great crop year of 1sS2.S3.
The cotton crop, similarly compared
with the great crop year Of 1SS2-S3, is
reported as good in sixty cases, fair
in fifty.one cases and bad in twenty
five cases, having been replanted in
thirty-eight cases, and as late in seventy.
three cases. There is an increased acre
age returned in fifty-four reports and de-
crease in fourteen. Taking it altogether,
the report as to wheat and corn is most
favorable and encouraging. As to cotton
it is not quite as good, but tho prospects
seem to be fair.
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THE under Governor of Dongola. who
recently arrived at Cairo, does not believe
that Berber has fallen.
ANOTHER False Prophet has turned up at
Kankubau, and is at the head Of the revolt
in Yeman Arabia.
The chateau at Marseilles formerly
owned by Empress Eugene has been trans
formed into cholera hospital.
AT Toulon, France, additional deaths
from cholera were reported on the 25th.
Physicians pronounce the cases Asiatic
cholera.
AN American offer of f5O,OOO for the ex-
elusive right to play "Parsifal" has been
refused by the heirs of Richard Wagner.
On the 25th the Cunard Company
launched new steamer Of 5000 tonnage.
Her engine is the most powerful in the
world, being 12,5O0-horse power.
TURKEY will have representatives at the
coming Egyptian conference in London,
but desires joint Turkish military occupa.
tion of that country.
On the 26th six deaths from cholera were
reported at Toulon, France.
| In many portions of Pennsylvania dis.
astrous storms we're reported on the 26th.
The Secretary of the Treasury has is.
sued another call for ten millions Of dol.
lars of bonds
On the 26th in the Harvard-Yale boat
race at New London, Conn, the Yale crew
won by three lengths.
IT is proposed to form a pool of all the
leading coffin manufacturers of the United
States.
AT Bradford, England, on the 26th, al
| - eNx aak
car track, but it failed to explode.
RECENT official advices from Bordeaux
are favorable to an abundant wine crop o.
excellent quality for 1884.
THE dynamite question is agitating th,
Viennese, loaded bomb having beel
found near public building on the 26th.
THE Western distillers, at the Chicago
meeting, will endeavor to reorganize th
whisky pool.
On the 26th a meeting of tIN Conserva
tives was held at the Carleton Clubhouse
London, with Sir Stafford Northcote a
presiding officer.
On the 26th the Irish Nationalists at Dub
lin adopted resolution providing a fun,
for paying Nationalist members of Parlia
ment regular salary.
INVESTIGATION shows that the value o
the assets of the Penn Bank of Pittsburgh
Pa, are not mOre than $3.50, 900, while tn
liabilities are ii, 100000.
PROMISE is made by the freight agents
of the various railways in Iowa not to re
ceive consignments of liquor for unauthor
lied dealers after July 3, the date o
which the new law takes effect.
THE colonial policy was discussed in
lively manner in the German Reichsta
on the 26th. Bismarck's indispositio
prevented his defense of the Government
as he wished.
IN a long speech to the French Chambe
; of Deputies, M. De La Fosse, attacked tn
Anglo.French agreement in reference
Egypt. Prime Minister Ferry defende
; the agreement.
In the House of Commons on the got
Mr.. Gladstone moved that the franchi:
bill be ordered to third reading. Shoul
a conflict come with the House of Lord
he said he had no doubt as to the issue.
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WHAT WE EAT.
Results of Investigation by Chicago
Citizens Committee of the Subject of
Food Adulteration--F Fraud Everywhere.

Results of Invsstigation by Chicago
Citizens Committee of the Subject of
Food Adulteration-Fr Fraud Everywhere.
CHICAGO ILL. June ~.
committee of the Citizens Assoca-
lion appointed make an exhaustive
investigation of food adulteration, pub
lished its report to-day. The committee
says: "It mayb too much, but 1t Is not
greatly too much, to say that nearly
every manufactured article of food and
drink now in use, and many Of the drugs
and compounds used as medicines, are
adulterated or sophisticated in greater
or less degree, and although in most, but
not all cases, the foreign ingredient is in
noxious in its character, the product is a
fraud, because designed to supply the
place of better article without the
knowledge of the purchaser" Further
on the report says: $50 far has tire
manipulation Of certain articles been
carried that in the butter trade,
for instance, the genuine article
cannot be procured from the or
dinary merchants in the commodity
nor from private manufacturers except
at price far above its proper value.
The committee enumerates long list OF
articles found to be adulterated, among
them the following: Dairy products are
adultered by the introduction OF ami
nal fat, tallow. neutral oils, lard, water
and salt. Coffee is frequently adulterated
with chicory, beans, dandelion or rye,
and when green is often treated with
coloring material known to be deleterous.
An imitation being made of dough is the
latest fraud in this commodity. The
essences we well know to be in many
cases frightful compounds. Lard is
adulteratcd by the Introduction Of terra
alba, vegetable oils, and water. The re-
port closes with the recommendation Of
the committee fayoring a National law,
and advising the preparation of State
law to be submitted to the Legislature
| in 1885,
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TRAIN WRECKING.

An EBgineer's brilliant Double Play,
Whereby He Saves His own Life and
Captures the WreclKers.
TYLER, TEX, June 81.
Anattempt was made to wreck the west
bound passenger train on the Texas 6 st.
Louis Railroad at point mile west of
Winena. Several large ties we're secure
ly fastened to the rails. The train APP
preached just at twilight, and the en-
gineer saw the obstruction just in time
to shuttle throttle and jump. The train
was thrown from the track, but no
serious damage was done. As the en-
gineer jumped, he saw negro running
to the bushes; he gave chase aud cap
tured him. The negro was taken on
board and brought to this city. Iudigna-
tion among the citizens runs high. The
negro is jailed and an extra guard watch
ing over him. There Is danger OF lynch.
inQ
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THE TALE THE WELL TOLD.

Recovery Of Mrs. Cooks Body at MattoOn,
Illinoise, Bearing Evidence of n Horrible
Murder--Tho Coroner's Inquest and YER
diet.
MATTooN TIL, June ~.
After forty hours working of the steam
pumps the abandoned we'll supposed to
contain the body of the murdered Mrs.
Cook was drained to the bottom, when
previous suspicious were proved correct,
rs the body of Mrs. Cook was found
weighted down with about 100 pounds
OF iron. Examination showed
her throat cut from ear to ear
and heavy bruisc on the head. Her
clothes were torn and body scratched by
graphing hooks. Fully 900 people fol-
lowed the body to the City Han, where
the inquest is now being held. The Jail
containing the alleged murderer is in the
same yard. There is some talk of lynch
ing, but the officers are confident that
they can control the crowd The well
is to be searched for further bodies
Some think that the well has been used
for hiding place for other crimes than
this. A man named Frank Malone dis
appeared mysteriousy from Gays, six
miles west of here about three
weeks ago, and his friends are
afraid he has been foully dealt with, as
there is no explanation why he should
go away. There was no trouble in his
business affairs or ut his home.
The Coroner's Jury rendered verdict
charging Daniel Cook with the murder of
his wife, Sarah Cook. Up to this hour
there have been no demonstrations of
mob law, although the police report that
| this afternoon the colored miners,
before coming up from the coal niue,
took an oath to take Cook out Of the jail
before morning, not to lynch him, but to
rescue him from the G. utches of the law.
| He has been turned over to the County
Sheriff and will be taken to Charleston
| jail at one O'Clock, where he will kee?
| company with Wink eblack, the alleged
murderer of the Fleetwoods.
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Serious Railroad Accident.

DAYTON, D., June ~.
Aserious wreck occurred on the Home
Avenue Railroad, yesterday. The roadisa
local affair, running from this city to the
National Soldiers Home. The wreck was
caused by the engine striking project
ing rail, when it turned over and rolled
down an embankment. There was one
coach with about fifty passengers ia
it attached. Both it and the locomotive
were wrecked and several passengers
were seriously injured, though all are
still alive. The injured are as follows:
Dan Curtis, engineer, badly scalded and
bruised; W. II. Hallen, fireman, shoul-
der crushed and body badly bruised;
James Blair, hip badly injured
and hurt internally. resulting In
paralysis; Chas.- King, conductor, hurled
through window, sustaining severe in
iurIes about the head; James Russell and
Al. Bennett were also badly Injured, while
a number Of others sustained injuries o.
more OF less severity
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Disastrous STORMS.
Immense Destruction Caused by storms
and Consequent Floods III North Carolina
and Maryland.

Immense Destruction Caused by storms
and Consequent Floods IN North Carolina
and Maryland.
MoRGANToN, N. O., June 2s.
In the western part of the State terri
BILE floods have prevailed, doing great
damage. All travel to Asheville and
Warm Spring is suspended owing to the
washout of two big trestlos and caving in
of portions of the West rn & North Caro-
lima Railroad. Cotton and tobacco crops
are badly Injured, and In many instances
whole fields, comprising dozens of acres,
are destroyed. Sheaves of wheat and
oats were carried away by the swollen
rivers. Scores of tourists are unable to
proceed by rail, and are quartcred at
Round Knob and Old Fort.
Lightning struck twice at Converse to-
day. At Hickory Station 1t shattered a
house to atoms. The estimate of damage
is FROM $4,000 to $30,0O0. A force of
200 men is at work repairing the road ut
Asheville, which at this season of the
year is one Of the most important In the
State.
BALTIMORE, MD, June 2S.
kilograms announce the loss caused by
the rain OF Wednesday night to be much
heavier than ut first indicated. The
destruction was greatest in Carroll,
Cecil, Frederick and Washington
Counties In Cecil County bridges,
mills, factories and dwellings were
carried away. Rowlandvile suffered
very heavily. The rolling mill and other
property of the Mccullough Iron Com
pany were damaged nearly. S $l00,0 600. The
walls and stock of u -four mill owned by
James Davis and George Christie were
injured to the extent Of $1,000. Christie
and Logan's tomato cannefy was washet
away, together with the machinery anc
| 1000 cans of tomatoes. The county
bridge at Conowlngo and a span of The
railroad bridge were carried away. Al
| Northeast, Md, the water carried away
three large coal houses, blacksmith
shop, whe elwright shop and three iroI
bridges. Many families had to be re
| moved from their houses in boats. Hogs
and cattle were drowned in considerable
/ numbers,
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sad accidant occurrad at Mayvv'lIn.
Tam a favv davs 400 The lttis fo,r.
voar.cld con of NAH wilson was rissed
from the family search was made for
the little fellow and az q n. m. the dead
bodv Of the child was foppd in tho creen.
He had been drowned.
The bodv of n dead man was found ON
tba East Tannessaa VIRGINIA &, tieorgin
Railroad n few mornings since. near John.
son C;tv Tenn n vas snnnosad n ba tbe
bodv of Dave Anderson. and that he was
heating his wav on the train "a Bristol and
lost his footing.
m ., .,,. -
wit. e. i.,,'4.. ~ se $500, go
,rars e,,, t, ~, ,.a~,,,,,
".to,'.a,, AZ ns,,-i,,5 C,i,,t ~ nams .hs
,oaso,, t,,o4 ~ sosa,..s', , - ~ n.a,d
Jnrv. p 8 Emerson failad and NEGLECTED.
~ nut HE sionatura II Ara indictmants
The nevv indictments found acainst r.
Raum ana Josenb T,ohnstaiu bv the Same
Grand ,Jnrv we're dismissed for the same
| reason.
A vounp man namad Cubine. son of
William Cubine. living near King,s Mills.
Sullivan County. Tenn. was down under.
meath the saw in saw mill while It was
in motion, few DAYS ago, cleaning away
the saw dust. He by some means got too
near the saw and it came in contact with
the back part of his head, seyering il from
his body, and also cutting into and fear
fully mangling his shoulders, causing al
most instant death.
Mrs. Rebecca Arbuckle, aged seventy
two, drowned herself in the river at Mays.
vile, Ky., a few days ago in a flt OF in.
sanity.
George w. Hull. a prominent farmer,
near Rectoryille, XIV. suicided few days
since by shooting himself.
Bob Rubirth, Geo. Mitchell and Jerry
Willis. charged with the murder Of VIM.
Waltford, who was fatally shot bv negroes
in Austin. Tex. ON NAV 27. have been com.
mitted to Jail without bail,
Tom Green County, Texas, is the size of
Massachusetts It has no towns. vet It's
assessed valuation is Sc. 600. 900. with some
400. 900 sheep, the wool clip reaching 2. 600.
900 pounds last year; some $50 900 cattle
which are worth $4,000. 900. besides horses.
mules. etc. Several aocks Of sheen num.
berine $4,000 to 5O. 900 are owned bv single
individuals. and there are herds Of cattle
as large as 10000 owned by one ranchman.
| q. u. Clark, the TT. Worth (IeX.) cOun.
terfeiter, was sentenced to two years az
Chester, Ill.
b. L. Burris, murdered at Wichita, Kas..
a few days ago, was a few years since a
good business man and popular citizen al
Dallas, Tex.
In 1891 LAWS solosbir an Atlant. fC.o ,
Dr;ntar inclosed a dolIarto r,a,, Srs,1
Iottarv scheme q, T,onisvilla A so,,, A. Is
80 a. i,..o ,.at,,.,,,d -. Ia, -. -
nead T.atter oa,ce afte- ttrea ,,aa il, ~
;n0 .ta,,,nsd acro.s tbe foca lin 81,
,,,c1a s.frardulantn . ana ,yrittoy, ,,,,o,, M
hack. in Postmaster General Gresbam,,
handwriting. the words. "Young man. tn,
advice Of a Post.ofice official is IL Won ear,
: your money. keep itv Inclosed was th,
! dollar.
Iosnar wharton forrarlv 90 ro,,s
,,,I,a y diad ~ = hotai ~ 1aI1as ~
a fe,y davs 400 from, tba afrerts ~ ! A.,
Of noison Tharo arc ,ensa,;ona, taot.
, connected q with tbe case thai throw ans. ans.
: picion ON friend of the dead man, ant
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General Hood,s ohIliren.

DALLAS TEX, June 2e.
The fifteenth annual reunion of Hoods
Texas Brigade was held in this city yes
terday. Several thousand ex-soldiers
participated. The President in an open
ing address invited all soldiers Of the
Mexican wars and Federal army to
participate. Mrs. winKIer, widow of
Colonel C. M. winkler, read a history of
the brigade. President rtinannounced
that General Hoods children were getting
aloug all right. The two eldest sons
are at school in Germany The other
children are in good hands in the North,
but In an address to the association,
after vacating the chair, Major Martin
demanded that Hood children, who were
committed to the care OF che brigade, be
educated, not Ia Europe or in the North,
but In Texas. This sentiment was
heartily applauded. Judge Aldridge,
speaker Of the dav. delivered an address,
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An Arknnsas Hanging.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, june %,
The murderer, DEC Walker, paid the
penalty OF his crime at Texarkana yes
terday. Two thousand people witnessed
the execution. He died brayely. lie ex-
plated murder premedltated and brutal.
His victim was Lucius Grant, another
negro. The deed was committed
in January last near Texdrkana.
On Saturday previous to the
homicide Walker and the murdered man
had traded shoes and vests. On the fol-
lowing Monday Walker went TO the plan
tation where Grant and fellow workman
were engaged and demanded return OF
his shoes and vest. Grant refused to
exchange back, when Walker drew his gun
and coerced him with it. Grant still re-
fused. The third party here interfered
and induced Walker to lower his gun,
but he Immediately raised it again and
said. "Give up those articles or l wiz
shoot.n Grant turned toward the house
saying: "Wait till come back" As he
walked away Walker fired. The charge
of buckshot took effect between Grants
shoulders and passed through his body.
Death resulted instantly.
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On the 25th ex-Ministor Sargent was BAN
quoted in London by Henry Gillig. Mr..
Sargent intended to sail for New York on
the 2Sth.
SIR STAFFORD NoRTHcoTE gave notice
in the British House of Commons on the
25th of his intention to move vote of cen.
sure of the Governments Egyptian policy.
THE North Carolina Democratic State
Convention on the 25.h nominated General
Alfred M. Scales for Governor, and elected
delegates to the Chicago Convention.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention
on the 25th elected as delegates.at-large
to Chicago General Durbin Ward, Hon.
Allen G. Thurman, Jno. r. Mclean, Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Hon.
Jacob Mueller-all by reclamation. The
convention instructed for Samuel J. Tilden
for President.
THE Missouri State Democratic Conven-
tion on the 25th elected as delegates-at-
large to Chicago, John O'Day, of Spring
field; Chas. H. Mansur, Of Chillicothe /;
Morrison Munford, of Kansas City, and
D. r. Francis, Of st. Louis.
THE Prohiblttonists of Indiana will hold
a State Convention at indianapolis July II.
In the Tenth Indiana District, the Re-
publicans nominated w. d. Owen for Con
gress.
Hon. WIN. MCKINLEY, JR., Of Ohio, has
been nominated for Congress.
ON the 26th the National Republican
Committee met in New York and elected
| b. r. Jones, of Pittsburgh, Chairman, and
ex-senator Fessenden, Secretary.
j. B. WAKEFIELD was renominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Second
Minnesota District.
GEORGE H. KELLER, of Hartford, Conn.,.
has been awarded first prize for designs fol
the Garfield Monument.
S. P. HUGHES, the present Attorney. Gen
eral of Arkansas, has been nominated fol
Governor by the Democrats.
GENERAL A. J. WARNER was nominated
for reelection to Congress by the Demo
Gratis Of the Seventeenth OHIO District.
On the 26th NJ Mnister Ferry stated in the
Chamber OF Deputies that France would a
once demand satisfaction for the Chines'
violation of the treaty at Langsan.
PRESIDENT CRoCKER of the Central Pa
clfic Railroad denies that the road is EN-
barrassed, and says the employees will b.
paid as usual this month.
The Republicans of the Thirteenth Indi
ana District nominated w. W. Williams
present Minister to Paraguay, to succeed
Calkins in Congress.
WIN. II. VANDERBMT declines to mattel
Maud S. against Jay-Eye-See. Will
talking on this subject he branched off Oh
money matters, and regretted that peopl
were putting their money in strong boxe
instead of Investing in stocks while price
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BLAINE AT LEWISTON.
The Maine Statesman Recalls the Days
When He Was IA Reporter in Addressing
the students and Faculty OF Bates Col
lege.


When He Was IA Reporter in Addressing
the Students and Faculty OF Bates Col
lege.
LEWISTON, Me-, June 27.
At the Bates' College commencement
dinner yesterday DIR. Cheney introduced
Mr.. Blaine as trustee of the college for
twenty-five years. Mr. Blaine was re-
ceiyed with applause which lasted several
minutes. Mr.. Blaine said; "Ithank you,
Mr.. President, for introducing me as one
of your trustees, for it is only in that ca
pacity that am with you to-day. Iwish
to say why and how my interest was eX-
cited in this institution. 1t was because
OF the energy and faith OF
Dr. Cheney In its beginning.
TApplause was then but
twenty-four years of age, and cooper
ated with him in securing the first en-
dOwment from the State. The result
was worth more to me than the $4,000
endowment was to him, for it taught me
the value of perseverance. | don't be-
lieYe another man or regiment of men
could have wrung 800 cents out of that
Legislature. Laughter. But he did 1t
and he had my humble help, for i was
then a member of the Third Branch
/ was doing what those young men
there Tpointing to the reporters are now
doing. [Laughter.1 l was reporting
very poor speeches for newspaper,
TTumultuous Laughter] and appreciate
the fact that constantly had the ear OF
the legislators who were, OF course, anX
ious to appear better in the next morn
ing's paper than they did on the floor
TLaughterl.