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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
Foreign.

CHINA is to pay France 5000, 900 MS indem
nifty for the recent attack of Chinese forces
up6n n body Of French troops in Tonqun.
TWENTY pei SONS were drowned by the cap
sizing of n passenger steamer on the Volgo
river in Russia.
ENeLAND's hop crop this year is pronounced
failure,
A MEETING of the emperors OF Germany
an Austria and the car OF RUSSIA Is ABOUT
70 take place at Alexandrof' Russia
UryRy NJ. STANLEY, the African explorer
ms returned to England from Africa
A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at MaraSh,
q town Of Asia Minor One thonSani SHOPS
two hundred houws, four hotels, three
mosques and the municipal palace were he'
stroyrd.
Up to the LIST inst about $500 deaths from
cholera had occurred in France.
A MOB in Rome, Italy, pursued burglar
IN woman's clothes, caught him and banged
him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
PROMINENT PEOPLE

LIEUTENANT ScuwATKA, the Arctic OK
plnrcr. has resigned from the army.
CONGRESSMAN ADRIAN $. HEWITT OF New
York, has gone on n trip to England
PIERRE LpnILLARD has built in Jersey CITY
library for the free lISc of the SOW opera'
tivcS in his employ.
THOMAS EWING SHERMAN, the eldest son OF
General Sherman, is now one OF the Scholastic
brethren Of the society OF Jesus az N'sho''in'
Wi
THE newspapers are mentioning the soiIe
what curious fact that Mr.. Blaine was Tor
time teacher IN deal mute col'se,niu vi,
Cleveland was q teacher in an asylum Tor tho
blind
ApurnAI. CoopER's flag has been lowered
nj portsmouth Navy Yard closing his bril-
liant onirinl record Admiral Luce sue
c,s.,,cd 10 rnc command of the North Atlantic
squadron
The Maori X NJ gavca reception recently
nt the nous" he Is occupying in Montagu
place. London Several wrlllinown literary
md musical people were present, but the pro-
cccdlngs could hardly be termed lively.
loup RurERrswoop, Of Victoria, is re-
rn,tnI to Lc ri her than W. ii. Vanderbilt.
ie IS worth more than 800 Oo,0U and ms
wealth is rapidly incrcnsng lie lnheritei q
/ rrrni estate from his father, including NH
/ lions of cattle and sheep in Australia, Ills
residence in Melbourne is sail TO be the
most magnificent Ia the world. IL cost w.
, 0OOOO
/ A TABLE showing tho length Of service IN
parliament of tho most eminent English states
men now living contains tho following figures.
Mr. Gladstone, iifty-onc years; Lord Gran
Vile forty seven years; Lord John Manners,
tln ntlfC pf ARGYLL and I.Or0
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13

The breeding place of cholera IL the soil
Filthy soil under certain conditions oil neat
md moisture rclmcnts in some peculiar way
md the yrulcnt substance in it multplcs
thousand fold and il carried into wells and
water courses and even rsts into the atihos-
phere There is always danger from well water
in n time of cholera, and sometimes there is
risk of the feeders Of a reservoir being tainted
Cholera is not always most destructive during
it's first year In Italy in 1865 1T carried OF
"a Oo0, IL almost died out in the winter and
spring. revived in the autumn OF 1866 appear
cd to die out III the following winter, but in
1867 broke ont 30 disOstrously that l2O, OOO peo-
ple died Of it, While we cannot control heat
and cold, rain and drought, there is one thing
we can do. We can heed Lord Palmerston
memorable reply to the Free Church OF Scot
land when he met their suggestion OF national
fasting and prayer with the counter suggest
ION to ''look to their drains With n cholera
visitation staring us III the face the scavenSel
looms mp as the biggest man IN the community
If he does his duty he will stand like Stoh'
wall between us and the plague.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
washington.

CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM W. CrtBERrsov,
representing tho Ninth Kentckuy district,
while at his room in the National hotel at
Washington, where he had boon stopping
few days, attempted to commit suicide
by shooting himself in tho hea with
revolver, The weapon was frod
five times, but only two of the aots took effect,
the balls furrowing along the skull without
breaking it, hut innicting serious wounds
Excessive drinking is given ms the cause of Mr.
Culbertson's attack upon himself Culbertson
is a native of Pennsylvania, had been in tho
Union army, and in the Kentucky legislature;
was once mayor of Ashland, Ky, and had
been a delegate to the last three Republican
national conventions.
THE surgeon-general Of the marine hospital
service, having received information that tho
yellow fever is spreading in Sonora, Mexico,
has instructed the Inspector at Nogales, Ari-
yona, to use extra vigilance to prevent its in
PRODUCTION into the United States.
TREASURY figures show shrinkage of the
currency in circulation during the seven
months prior to July amounting to about
$3!00O,OW.
In view of the threatened Asintic cholera
invasion tho national board of health has
directed its executive committee to fully in
vestigate all matters bearing on that subject
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
CROPS IN THE NORTHwEsT.
40 ,O00,OOO bushels OF Wheat In Minnesota
100000, 900 Bushels Of Corn In Iowa,

The wheat crop of the Northwest, after es-
Gaping all the other perils, is running the
gauntlet of midsummer hailstorms. Beyond
doubt a great deal of injury has been done
within the past few days, but no. 50 much rel
ativey as might BIO supposed because the
haistorms are local and Of restricted area.
Greater damage will probably DO done 1y
the smut which prevails In the son
wheat region of tho Hastings and Dako-
IA road and the rust along the
Wmona and st. Peters. Estimates OF the
Weld are rather premature, but Statistical
Agent Young, of Minnesota, finds an acreage.
of 2,757, 2lS, and counts upon total yield OF
40, 900, 900 bushels in Minnesota. There Is very
little Damage by the late storms-c tainly not
more than one-fourh of one per cent, 80 that
the aggregate will hardly fall below A, OOO,oCo
bushels. Oats, barley and rye are also excel
lent and corn is as good as can DO expected;
Ihc estimated yield of corn in Iowa, with
favorable weather, is 800, DOC, 900 bushels; oats
70, OOO, 900 bushels; potatoes, lS,ooOOOo bush
ois, spring wheat S5,UO,O 600 bushels; inc
corn crop is the biggest ever known N the
State,
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THE BEER QUESTION.

A thoughtful observer who has studied the
beer question in our cities does not agree with
the position taken by some people that the in
PRODUCTION of lager beer has reformed our
drinking habits. To certain extent 1t may DO
true Of Young men and business men, but it
has had the effect of increasing the drinking
habit among the poor, and especially among
the women. Beer is cheap, and it is moreover
held up as temperance drink. Poor people
with the blues gradually get to drinking beer
because they find that it makes them either
jolly or stupid Later on they find that beer
creates thirst. They drink two or three glasses
and want more. Almost before they know it
they are drunk, and it is generally admitted
that beer drunk isworse than any other kind.
Ale il not so bad After drinking four or five
glasses of ale il becomes nauseating and man
has to stop. II will be II difficult matter to
stop beer drinking. People insist that it is
not intoxicating; that 1t is good for the
health and rs the effect is stimulating it il
natural that poverty, mental depression and
bad health should lead people to indulge in
beverage which they have been taught to re-
gard rs harmless The beer evil is looming up
as the ablc-bodicd brother Of the whisky evil.
II is only another direct road to drunkenness,
disease and jimams, and it ia time to show it
mp in its true colors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
TIE CHOLERA sCOURGE.
Decreasing In NInrseilies md Touion' but
Sttll Spreading.

The cholera has appeared at Spezzia, Italy,
1t was carried there by an Italian workman
from the arsenal at Toulon. In Marseilles the
poor are firmly convinced that the physicians
are determined TO keep up the epidemic. Ihsy
force them to take their own medicines ~! IA
before touching them. They somehmes 49, ~,
the doors in their faces, and 10 0nG num-
threatened thcm with knives me ne. 'V ,.nseotiou
Der of places in France WHERE .n' The total
has 80 far appeared Is ioui ~ cholera is over
number Of .a assss' I" no sSs city Ia: decreased
too my MN. cAo ,',o-thlrds. The total number
Tue pob,,";; IN France since tho outbreak sp-
OF deaths a oy w one thousand. About five hua-
bcaieu 10 U who were attacked with the dis.
o u,ea bayo been cured. 4 number Of cases OF
suicide Of patients in the hospitals have taken ken
place On Sunday 65 deaths by cholera RQkk
place In Marseil!es, TOulon and AiS
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
FRENCH AND ENGLISH.

A newspaper manwho has been studying the
condition of the French says that they live on
cereals, whereas the English live on meat Ono
pound Of dry wheat or flour will go as far as
three pounds Of meat If you feed the cereals
to cattle as they do in England, it will take
eight pounds of grain to make pound OF
meat. One acre of cereals in France will sup
port five men, while it takes two acres of grass
to support one steer, and in the end one man
eats the steer. The Frenclman buy millions
of gallons of cotton-secd oil and eats j in his
salads and soups He rciines millions of6al-
Ions and sells It back to America at two or
three dollars gallon Cotton-sccd oil has
been found to be better and cheaper than pea
nut and olive OIL There is not mouthful Of
meat or grease thrown away In France and a
population of lOO,OOO0OO can be supported
better in that country than a population Of
100000 600 can be supported in England.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
RrM AND DEATH oN rmE RAif.
Two Nicu Kiiicd by u Locomotive
Arguments tor the Prnhibitionisir.

The eust bound passenger train on the West.
crn North Carolina Railroad made an evcntful
tr p Sunday, killing two men within distance
OF two milrr,
At tuhnsoh's ferry, near A-heville { crp Il
grog shop by the railroad track. and upon
the platform white man named Levi Pressly
wns performing a shake down dance rs tho
train approached. The goodly supply OF
mountain dew thNt rressly had imbibed not
only tangled his feet, but muddled his brain,
and when he saw his mule, which was tied on
tho opposite side Of the track, get frightened
at the approaching train hn -tnrteh to Jump
hrro,s the track to catch the animal
He gave bound. and in the midst OF his
lean the engine struck aud knocked him for
ward. lie fell in field fifty feet distant, He
was mashed to a pulp and every bone in his
body was broken bottle Of whisky fell from
his pocket covered with blood, but the bottle
was not cracked nor the whisky spilled.
After the remains had been picked up the
train proceeded on its way and had not gone
two miles before the air brakes were APP
piled and it was brought to n full stop. pas
scnger stuck his head ont of n window and
exclaimed s'AnOthcr man killed !! Ana NC
he spoke truly. The second victim was named
Peter Fore. He had been to Ashcvilie on
n spree and started TO walk home ON the Track
Being overcome with whisky he fell win ms
body in the ditch and his head directly across
the rail His head was ground and crushed ~
badly that the particles could not be collected
| The BODY was taken aboard with the olhe'
corpse and both were put of at the next 81"
finn for burial
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
I.I.PItOSN.

DR.. @. c. O'Dunncll, Of San Francisco, who
has mad special study Of cprosy, and
makes it the basis Of his argument for the ex-
pusion of the Chinese from this country,
arrived in Chicago Saturday and announced
that he had two lcpcrs on the way and would
exhibit them on the lake front. The health
authorities warned him that it would not be
permitted, and they were not shown, the doe
tor announcing that they had not arrived. lie
delivered lecture and exhibited photographs
Of persons afflicted with lcprosy, lie says he
proposes to exhibit his !cpcrs mthc principal
eastern cities. Doubts are expressed III some
quarters about his having any living lcpcrs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
The colored people Of La Grange, On

The colored people OF La Grange a,
hed cake walk. Colored dudes partook freeiy
OF liquor, and when the game was nearly
ended John Henry, an idiot negro pinched oil
piece OF the cake, which aroused great in.
uiBhsh0n lie was taken ont by six men
stripped to the waist, and received 75O laslics.
"heh lie was left weltering in his blood.
The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs that re-
ports have reached that city to the effect that
General Gordon has captured Bcrber.
"A priest was attacked at Witcpsk, Russia,
lea by mob to an attack on the houses Of
Jews in that place. The military DISPERSED
the mob and made several arrests. The priest
escaped.
The Russian villages OF Rybatzkoge and
Smolcnskoge near st. Petersburg, have been
destroyed by fire.
The French men.of-war lying of Foochou
have been cleared for action.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
South and West.

NICTuR ELOl white, for the murder II
his wife, and KrIdrick Holland Orolorrdl, for
the murder Of Hannah tlpvcr, hi, r. ltcl
wife, were hanged from the same galluws
simultaneously at New Orleans
AFTER l9S ballots cx-l 'nitci States Senator
ThOma NJ. Norwood was nominated for Cun-
gr, S, IN the First Georgia district
lowAS corn crop Is estimated at so ,OOO,OO0
bushels the biggest ever known in that
State
THE tornado"S which wrought such havoc
IN various portions of Wisconsin. Dakota and
Minnesota have been followed 10y haiSto'mS
equally as d,Strrl tive Ia crops Many
sheep hogs and calves wctr killed, while
horses gnd cattle suffered severely Many
bridges were swept away, and flnckS OI sheep
killed IlailStoncs ms big ms hens eggs fell.
Near Tower city, Dakota, the damage was
estimated at $1,000
CROP reports from Ohio, Indiana and Ken
lucky are To the effect that wheat is the hest
in quantity and quality that has been gathered
in years, Corn ha, suffered from drought
hut recent rains hive rescued it, and thu
yield will bc an average one,
DURING n wrestling match between two
negroes nt PHiurmnc, la, one threw the
other with such force rs to break his neck,
killing MIN instantly,
THE Ohio GrecnbackcrS, at their State con
vcnton in Dayton, nominated Il full ticket,
headed by Peter lI0rrod for secretary OF
state.
COLONEL J. S. MURPHY, president of the
Mobile Life Insurance company, was shot and
killed at his residence near Mobile, by Reuben
Trip. The shooting grew out Of n dispute
Ner land trespassing, and Trip was arrested.
A STEAMSHIP colhdel with and sank the
propeller J, NJ Osborn on Lake Superior. The
propeller's mate. n fireman, cook and five deck
hands were drowned
SEVEN horse thieves were found hanging to
trees at the mouth of the MusSclshell river in
Montana. Cowboys had done the hanging.
A FLOOD in the valley of Georges creek in
the eastern pert of West Virginia. swept
away from twenty to thirty houses ut Bnr-
ton,a small mining town, and caused loss OF
from eight to fifteen lives,
A FUSION ticket OF Republicans aud Green
hackers has been nominated In West Virginia
headed by Edwin Maxwell Republican for
governor Tn remainder of the state ticket
Is made up Of three Republicans and three
Grcenbachers,
DURING severe thunderstorm lightning
struck the farmhouse of Nathan Miller near
Mnryville, Kan. killing his four sleeping
daughters, aged seventeen, thirteen, nine and
seven respectively
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13

covcry OF vast Reservoirs Of natural hydro
carbon gas under belt of territory extending
from Lake Ontario enthusiastically to Pitts
burg, Pa, and thence through West Virginia,
east Kentucky, Tennessee, and probably north
Alabama. In some OF the gas wells there is no
sign Of oil. That this gas will be extensively
used for illumination and for fuel i'll the future
is generally conceded and extensive prcpara-
tons are now being made in Pennsylvania to
use it for both purposes. One thousand feet
Of gas is equivalent to four bushels OF bitumi-
nous coal. plus the cost of labor saved in hand
ling the coal and firing and getting rid Of tho
furnace refuse. Gas wells average 1000 feet
in depth, and it costs from $1,000 to $4,000 to
drill and case one. The duration Of the well
is not known. Wells opened twenty-four years
ago are still flowing with undiminished press
urc, and after well is apparently exhausted it
rcncws its flow after Icing cleaned out. The
natural gaS burns with a pure rose color and
gives ont a great heat. II is believed that the
supply will never be- exhausted. II is entirely
practicable to convey this gas in pipes for
hundreds of miles to supply manufactures
with fuel, and the probability is that before
long it will he utilized on II large scale.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
kCIIOOI, TEACHERS

Ayory large percentage of American states
men started in life rs school teachers. Viii
liam ii. Seward and Lyman Trumbull went
South as tutors. John Adams taught school
while studying law. James Madison's last OF
Kin, his ncphews daughters, were teaching
school in Virginia few years ago. Aaron
Burr was the son of the first schoolmaster OF
Princeton. John Quincy Adams taught at
Harvard college. Andrew Jackson had short
experience as school teacher in western North
Carolina. Willard Fillmore was school
teacher and SO were Garfield, Blaine and
Cleveland
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NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern md Nidd,, si,,...

EN-uovERNoR JonN p. ST. JoHS .,nt n
,eiVBrail IRON Rochester n, Y. near which
nc had been addressing camp meeting. 10 tbn
COMMITTEE at PiltSburg accepting IN" nom.
nation Of the National Prohibition convention
for President ''' ''"''o''
=, hA,,'oNEhNOH WALTER HARTMAN, Il
~" hampshire, died II few days since at
warner, y. H., aged slXty-scvcn year, He
came out Of the civil war general. and wns
elected governor in lSG; and 1863,
MISS MARY E, AULTERs, the bclrothrd NJ
Dr. Osslan Terburgh, who committed suicide
ut llltaburg, Penn, II few weeks agn by
taxing pltssic acid. shot herself in I4schbure
fenn., milictng II fatal wound
IHE boiler " locomotive ON fine Iehiyh
NMiey railroad near White Haven Penn. rx.
ll"led with t"rrillp cirst Jacob llas,cll
engineer; John Armbrustcr, fireman: John
russell brakeman, son uf the engineer and
w. - smith, II telegraph operator. were in
SANITY Killed. \ freight train ran into tho
wrecked locomotive, AMI thirty cars were de-.
troycd,
flfTY-oNE men of all nntonalities. whita
ma black, were arrested near litt,bnrg,
Tenn, and lodged in Jail. charged with an
outrageous assault on Lizzie lirnilcy. YOUNG
woman Of unSound mind, who had been en-.
tlced from her home and was wandering
about thu country when undiscovered by her AS,
sailantS
THE committee If notification appointed
bN the national Democratic committee TO
INFORM Guvclnpr Cleveland Of his nomination
Tor President, waited upon him in the tx.
e'u'lyc mansion nj Albany and discharged
IT'S duty. Governor Cleveland in II speech
accepted the nomination.
DEWol.T a SwAN. New York stock brokers,
have failed through the ilIirvish operations Of
one Of their cll,loulrrs-W. f. ScGvil, stem
oeraphrr employed 10y Lord. bay a Lord.
lawyers Scuyil stole about $50, N worth If
MI Days s'curiiic,. substituted countcrfrits
Tor tn" genuine ones, AID forged Mr. Days
signature On the genuine stocks
THE committee Of forty seven who had in
formed Governor Cleveland Of his nomination
for President by the national pcmurtatiG
convention performed II like duty toward
Hon Thomas \. Hendricks. Democratic nom
NEE for Nicc-Prrsil,nt at the Grand
Union hotel Saratoga, y. Y. Tho
ceremony was almost repetition
Of that on the previous day in Albany. Col
onrl Villas made the address informing MIR
hendricks Of his uOmnmt'ol: Secretary Bcll
read the official letter ot notification, unl Mr.
Hendricks responded in short al rcss at.
repiin@ the nomination.
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IT.. French Defeated.

The London Standard has dispatch dated
the Malagassy camp, June ~ saying l. zov
Frcn, troops attacked the lioNaSa, slN "ulo's
a., thr ,orniug of that date. The French
farce had mounted gendarmerie, infantry and
srtillerv the latter consisting of six field
niecss and three mitrailleuses. The attack
lasted three honrs, when the French retired.
Tbs Malagassyy behaved admirably; acting
with perfect coollNss apd firing steadily, The
Attack was not renased
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FIGHTING FOR LIFE.
Terrible Scenes ut the Collision Of tho
GiiOn md I'm Nhnmi.

The survivors of the British steamer Lax
ham, which collidcd recently with the Spanish
steamer Gjon, not far from Corunna, report
that on the evening of the collision there was
thick fog. The Laxl'am was going slow aud
both steamers were sounding their whistles.
Tho lion struck the Laxham amidship and
the latter was nearly cut asunder The funnel
fell and the steampipe burst. The chief engi-
neer, in reversing the engine, was horribly
scalded. Most Of the LaSham's crew
boarded the Gijon. Captain Lothian
tied his wife and child to himself
and all three were thus hauled aboard the
Gijon by rope. The Laxham sank twenty
minutes after the collision occurred. II was
not long before the Gijon began TO settle.
Terrible confusion prevailed on board. The
Captain stood with II revolver In his
hand, but he was unable TO keep order.
The passengers and crew were fighting for
their lives. The boats were lowered and
filed to the gunwaes but they could not nc.
commodate half the people. Those who were
80 fortunate as to secure places in them were
obliged to keep off others with knives. The
Gijon sank bow first The quarter deck was
crowded with men and women, the captain
and officers Standing on the bridge. II is esti-
mated that l3O persons persisted.
"A number Of women and girls have been
arrested for conspiracy against the Russian
Government. They are connected with the
Marie Institution a school Of education for
girs of good family. Consprators meet in
the rooms OF the institute. and had accom-
plices among tho teachers and older pupils Of
ihe school
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In the Union association rnc" the NJ Louis
team held the winning bead. the Baltmorc>
being second. and the Bo'ton' third.
I'm the Northwestern League race the dis
hanlmcnt uf the BAY city team materially
advanced the Grand Rapids club, Saginaw
icing second and Quincy third.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.


SUTTON Il tho first League player to make
10 base hits.
NAVY and army officers in large numbers
attend the tIall games at Washington.
THE Phihdelphas have thus far played
twenty men this season. Six pitchers have
been trcl and five catchcrs,
CoRRnlIL, of the Cincinnati club, has made
the wonderful record of thirtysix games in
the right field without an error
lT will now be In order for pitchers IA
watch Buillnton, Of the Bostors, In order
to discover that peculiar drop which hc alone
has
THE numerous clubs in the country ARE
training schools for players, and talented
ones ought 10 improve their chances to get
into the big leagues, which will Ia the only
survivors some day.
HAcKErT, of the BoStons and Ewing, Of
thc New Workers, wear the two heaviest
masks In tho League and probably In the
profession They were male 10 order for
ihrSc two datchcrs, and the wire is much
larger than that ordinarily used
WHILE dcadhcnds were enjoying II game nt
the Boston clubs ground, Boston,, from the
tops ot telegraph poles near 10y, somebody
came along and painted the poles lila rs
far rs could be- ra he'd. II is perhaps need
less TO ID that there was no patent dryer III
that paint The clothes Of the polrtopl"rs
showed it after they had come down
AXcx hangr, speaking of the invention Of
baseball, Say,: Now the game is playe by
young men who play it ns nn avocutlun, who
arr called professionals, and who receive large
,ny \ contest requires the eXrrtons OF
eighteen men of exceptional skill and ciidnr'