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talk OF establishing competing lines to
Charleston aud the building OF a great through
line to the West by way OF Abbevilie. No
man has shown US how the town of Abbcville
is to regain one dollars worth OF the trade
which we will soon lose by our former refus-
al to join In the building Of q road which
would have been of lasting benefit TO US ind
TO our children. Those who talk lightly of
building n railroad over the mountains, ig-
more the facts rs TO the magnitude OF the job,
and shut their eyes to the difficulties which
lie in the way. If 1t were an easy job to build
Il hundred miles Of road across the u%nin!abit-
Cd woods Of the mountains, why has not An.
derson, or Greeuville, or ~Spartanburg accom-.
plishcd the work before now? They are 10
Gated much nearer the foot Of tho mountains
than the point from which we propose to
start, and their necessity for such q road is as
great as ours, and they are much more able ia
10 the work. For years and years the town
OF S]partanburg. and the city OF Charleston, to
say nothing of the people OF North Carolina
have worked and toiied to get across the
mountains, and after various companies and
individuals had bankrupted themselves In the
effort. the work was abandoned years age
when only twenty miles remained TO be fin
~ tftts
ts,ed. Atlast IL new effort has been organic
cd, which il is hoped may be successful, and
If successful, would do away with the ncces'
sity Of the herculean job, which we In oul
poverty and in our weakness, and IN tie days
OF our darkness and gloom, talk so hippantIy
about undertaking.
Let the reader not forget that nearly all thu
prosperous towns OF this State are located or
the railroads which run across the &Gfc, dnC
not TO Chdrlexton. The towns that are LOCATED
on the lines OF the old roads which run u
Charleston haze been comparatively at q stdnt
stu Jor thirty gears.
Sewbcrry and Anderson may be cited a!
executions. While Ncwberry has not gone
bach werd. any little prosperity which ha'
come to her may be attributed to the presence
OF well endowed bank, which accommodate
its farmers and merchants with money ut liv
Ing rates. The same may be said OF Ander
son, which fact, together with the other fac
Of It's proximity to the Air Line road, IS SUI
flcient to account for its superior growth.
We will be obliged. If any friend OF Inc Gar
ollua, Cumberland Gap aud Chicago railroad
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

with its valuable collection of ivory
10 Stanley pool and Viva, the expe.
dltion proceeded under the protection
OF powerful Aral chief namcn Tim
IaheD and started to reach Zanzibar
Tipu Taheb had not known the extent
OF the ivory field in the interior until
no saw il in the rich stones gathered
by this expedition and as soon as he
had discharged his task as escort ali
he could, he raised q powerful army
and proceeded into the In.
terror. The stories about El Mahdi and
his expulsion of the English from the
Soudan are supposed to have been
carried to turbulent Mohammedans
by .Tipu, and IL Is feared they NAV
make ii very difficult for the Interna-
tional African association to carry
out Its projected work of establish mig
a free state of Congo. Tipu's army
Is exceedingly strong and 1000 of his
soldiers, II is said, are armed with
Martini-llenry rifles. This army. the
report says, is now advancing. making
It's way by pillage and massacre,
Arawina Station has been sacked and
destroyed and the negroes who inhabi-
led 1t lied in a panic before the attack.
Tipu Taheb has proclaimed the Congo
as territory belonging to the sultan
OF Zanzibar, and he has announced
his intention TO suppress all OPPOSE
ti0n to his claim. The country around
lake Tanganyaka is at present the
centre OF the movement started by
Tipu Taheb but It is thought all Mo-
hammedans living In tho belt OF ter.
ritory running thence in both dircc-
tons across the continent will be seized
with. the new fanaticism which promi-
ses such wealth and power for them.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23
P0STMASTERS!
You Had Better Read and
Attend to Business or
You'll Get Firedl
Michigan Informs the Lying
Republican Papers About
Minister La,hrop.
Mr.. saxon Is at War with Man
ning-ApaCne Indians on
the war-Path.
A New Problem TO solve In
Authorization Hugo Dead
A Host of News.
POsTMAsrERs, ATTENTION.
Nour Chief says, Renew You
honds, Use No Public Money,

xour chief says, Renew You,
Honds, Use No Public Money,
Report, or Get bounced.
Washington, May 22.-The Post
master-General has issued the follow
ing order relative to the renewal o.
postmasters' bonds: "That wheney, /
any postmaster of the fourth elias,
shall have remained in Office for five
years after the date of the taking
effect of his latest official bond, h,
shall execute a new bond in such
manner and with such sureties as 1,
required by law, upon notice from
the department.
The chief postoflice inspector to.
day addressed the following letter 70
q postoflice Inspector concerning the
instituting of criminal proceedings
for violation of the postal laws
"Slr; am in receipt of yours of the
18th inst, the subject of which is a
request to be informed as to what
course the department desired
should be pursued IN cases
where employees in the postal
service are found violating the law
and more especially Us to the proper
courses TO pursue where il is dicov.
cred that postmasters are found to
be short in their accounts by reason
OF the use of postal or money order
funds for private purposes. In re-
ply, | have TO inform you that your
communication has been submitted to
the postmaster.general, who desires
me to say, that in future, where il is
discovered by an inspector that any
nnStllnStnF nnNnlAun Of n
postal department has violated the
law, the facts must be communicated
to the United States district attorney
for the district in which the offence
was committed, with view TO the
immediate prosecution of the offender
aud in all cases the inspector shall be
guided by the advice of the district
attorney. Postmasters and oihers.
entrusted with the moneys of the
department, should give bond for If
they do not they are unfit
to hold any position. To
use the departments funds
for private purposes is, under any
circumstances, criminal ofiense and
in every instance, when il is ascer-
tanned that the funds have been so
used, prosecution should at once fol-
low and all the facts should be i'm
mediately reported with view to the
prompt removal of the offender. 1t is
no part of the duty of All inspector to
determine whether or not an offender
should be prosecuted. 1t is sufficient
for him to know that an oflensc against
the postal laws has been committed
and his duty is clear, viz: "to take the
proper steps to bring the offender to
justice"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23
DAMNED DEFAMERs.
Gen. Lathrop Grandiy Endorsed by
Michigan ana his Defamers
denounced.

Lansing, Mich, May Exchanges
having been published in the New
York tribune and other newspapers
against the character of Gen. V. n.
Lathrop, in his connection with the
case of the State of Michigan VS.. The
Phoenix Bank IN the New York court
of appeals, the state house of repre-
sentatives to-day adopted by unani-
nous and rising vote the following
concurrent resolution offered by MIR.
Davis, of Baraga, a republican;
Resolved, The senate concurring,
that the State of Michigan, fully aware
of the integrity, rectitude and blame
less life OF Hon. V. N. Lathrop, United
States minister TO Russia, feel that
he needs 10 vindication in
the community where he has lived
SO long, but, in as much as he has been
illuminated by strangers through a
sensational and reckless press, the leg
islature of Michigan, speaking for tn,
state, desires to reiterate to the coun'
try ITS profound respect for Mr.
Lathrop. Its high estimate of III,
character and ability, aud to spurn
the aspersious which have been cas-
upon him and TO again congratulate
the president and people Of the Uniiet
States on his appointment, which il
SO earnest a degree secure to the pub
lie service gentleman well-iltted, b.
his purity and commanding talents
to cast honor upon the country whicl
he will represent at a foreign court.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

New York, May 22.-There was
SOME undue irritation in General
Grants throat last night attended by
frequent attempts to clear the surfaces
of mucus. These efforts further ir-
ritated the parts, and the general be-
ing apprehensive of wakeful night
suggested that DIR. Douglas remain
through the night, which he did
When the doctor left this morning he
said the generals apprehensions
proved groundless for cslept at 1880
last night and continued to sleep at
intervals until $50 this forenoon. AT
that time he awoke with little If any
pain. The doctor thought the east
wind and raw, chilly weather affected
the general unfavorably.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23
rwIcE.wREcKED ny IcE-uInGs
A Terrible story OF Hardship ana
suffering by Two lcc-Crushed
CFexys.

Quebec, May 22.-The barque Bril-
liant, which arrived here last night
from POrsgrund, had on board the
crews of the barque Bayard, Capt. An
derson, from Drobak for Metis, and
of the steamer, Mary Louise, of New
castle, Capt. Greff, from New York
for Liverpool.
Capt. Anderson, of the Bayard,
states that he lett Drobak April 4th
for Metis. The vessel met with vari-
able weather until midnight of the 9th
of May, when, with the weather thick,
ioggy and very dark, she ran into the
ice near the Banks of Newfoundland,
and the vessel was completely sur
rounded by ice and e-bergs. The
crew remained on board the vessel
until Tuesday afternoon, when all ice l..
berg came against the barque, com
pletely surrounding her and smashing
IN her port side. They then took TO
the boats and went out on the Ice
bergs, escaping with their lives and
saving nothing.
They remained three days and
three nights on the ice, and tell u
story of great hardship and suffering
| All ihC 'htf hha ""' W
their backs, and this becoming wet
added to their misery. The men
however, bore up nobly being en-
couraged by the heartiness of Capt
Anderson. They came out of the ic'
at 9 n. m. on Sunday night, when the!
took to the boat and pulled WESTWARD
in thick fog.
After pulling for about two hour
they heard steamer whistle, and the.
pulled alongside the vessel, whicl
proved 10 be the Mary Louise, o
Newcastle, bound for Liverpool. The
were taken on board and the captail
stated that his ship had struck ON tn
ice some time before and the vessC
was then leaking badly.
Capt. Anderson had been aboar
Just an hour when the Mary Louis
began to sink. Both crews, number
ing thirty five persons, left the steam
or IN three boats aud proceeded WEI
until they were picked up by tn
Brilliant, after having spent five day
among the ice-bergs in mid-ocean.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

her marriage, and by whom she wal
highly esteemed. Rhodes made re.
peated attempts to get his wife to re.
turn TO him, but without avail. Abou,
1880 o'clock, on the evening of Oct
81. Rhodes, in company with Sam
Wilson, another negro, visited the res.
idence of Mr., Herman, during that
gentleman's absence, and gained ac-
cess to the rear yard through side
gate. Rhodes, remaining In the back
ground, sent Wilson forward to in.
duce his wife to come out into the
yard on the plea that he (Wilson)
wanted to talk to her. The unsus-
pccting wife stepped out into the yard
TO hear what Wilson had to say, and
when she got into the shadow of the
building she was instantly confronted
by Rhodes. A few exciting words
passed between them, when Rhodes.
quick as flash, drew his pistol and
lodged a bullet in the brain of his
wife, and then quickly jumped astride
of her PROSTATE body and with n
knife inflicted horrible cash in her
throat. In the meantime her sister,
who had seen Rhodes and his COM
panion enter the yard, rushed up
stairs and informed Mrs. Herman that
Jasper Bhodes was in the yard with a
pistol, and she feared he intended to
kill her sister. Mrs. Herman, appre-
llenslve or trouble, seized her hIIs.
bands pistol, lying ON dresser, hur-
ried down the rear stairs, and had
scarcely reached the yard before she
was startled by the report and flash
of a pistol, and saw her faithful SER
want tall TO the ground with moan. |
She sprang forward TO her defense |
with pistol drawn, but was so Mortified |
with what she saw that she, for mo- |
ment, lost her self-possession and |
could not fire her pistol. Rhodes, |
having completed his hellish deed, |
sprang from the body of his victim.
and, with brutal threat, ilourished |
his pistol in the face of Mrs. Herman
and, with his accomplice, escaped in
the darkness.
The city was Mortified; the excite
ment was intense, aud lynching was
strongly talked of, while every avenue
of escape was closely watched. Will
son was apprehended the next
morning and lodged in Jail. For
four days the city was closely |
searched for the murderer. On the |
morning of the 9th of October,
Rhodes was discovered concealed nn-
der house in the east end and vas
taken into custody and speedily car
ried TO Jail.
Al the November term of the GRIM
inai court he secured continuance.
Wilson his accomplish was tried and
acquItt ed. AT the January term, |
Rhodes was tried, found guilty and |
the verdict was the IL, ath penalty. |
The case was appealed to the court of |
which affirmed the findings
of the lower court, and the criminal
was sentenced in March last by |
Judge Cook to be privately hanged |
on May %, which sentence was duly |
executed in the Jail building to-
day.
This makes the fifth legal execution
since the county was organized in !
1888. There were several military |
executions here during the war, and |
lynchings- prior to, during, and after
the war.
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I've known PRICE BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE Of Waco

sell, who keep dye-house on the
iirst noor and while going up TO the
second floor as he was passing along
a narrow passage beside the presses
in the direction of the elevator shat.
when In the dark, he stumbled and
struck the can against the press and
broke the glass. The benzine flowed
out and as the prcssman had gas
light burning the light gas almost
instantly exploded. Meyers fell sat
urated with benzine and OH fire and
he ran toward the stairway, where he
extinguished the fire on his person
and ran down to the drug store, as
before stated.
The coroner viii begin an inquest
Tomorrow.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Washington, May %. - Secretary
Manning has called for the resigna.
ton OF Maj. 5. Willard Saxton. of
Massachusetts,, chief of diyi-
sion of the first comptroller's
office, and it is stated that Mr.. Saxton
will refuse to resign on the ground
that there are no charges against him
either of ineiiiciency or offensive par.
tisanship. 1t is understood he win be
given until June 18th to comply with
the secretary's request. Maj. Saxton
was an officer in the army during tn,
war. and is brother of Gen. Rufui
Saxton of the United States Army.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Washington, May %. - Secretary
Naming says the records of the New
York custom house on file at the treas
ury department, show a gradual but
decided reduction of the expense OF
conducting the business of that office.
The payroll for the month of Octo-
Der, 1854, amounted to $256,0O0, while
the payroll for the month of April,
1885, amounted to $244,9C0. The pay.
roll for the month of May, 1885, just
received at the department, amounts
to S227,000 or $4,000 less than fol
the month of April, and $4,000 less
than Tor the month of last October.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Tucson, Arizona, May 22.-Ncws
from Clifton states that the Apachcs
who lett their reservation have gone
in the direction of the Mogolon range,
and as the settlers along that route
had not been warned, il is feared
many outrages and murders will be
committed. A later report says :
capt. Smith and scouts have sighted
the Indians on Upper Range creek
and started in hot pursuit. General
Bradley, commanding in New Mexico,
has sent three companies under Col.
Morrow to patrol the line between
New Mexico and Arizona. Troops
have also been ordered TO the Black
range, and all passes to Old Mexico
are being guarded. II will be almost
impossible for the..renegades to escape
the troops.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Chicago, May 22.-The passenger
department OF the TRANSIT ontinental
Association has agreed to make a
temporary rate until June 8, when the
next meeting is TO be held. Rates to
be SSi on first-cass between the Mis-
souri, river and the Pacific coast; $s9
between ST. Louis and the Pacific
coast, and $685. from st. Paul to
Portland instead of $95. This was
done go as to equalize rates made b'
the Atlantic & Pacigc road, and with
out reference to the local tariff of thu
Southern Pacific road, whose rate
sheet will be held good until June &
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Paris, May 22.-The French Societe
Geographique hasreceiyed news from
the upper Congo that the large Mo
Mammalian population inhabiting that
region, excited probably by stories OF
III Mahdi's success, have resolved to
assert their claims to the centre of
Africa.
The immediate occasion of this
extraordinary movement is said to
have been the conduct of one of Hen.
ry NJ. Stanley's expeditions. This OK.
petition and the conveys guarding IT
were commanded by All agent of the
International African association and
instead of descending the Congo river
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Winnipeg, Manitoba, May PA
heavy cyclone passed over the out
skirts of the city yesterday afternoon,
travelling eastward. II caused a great
water-spout where II struck the river.
The roofs were blown off Of several
houses, and few people were injured
but none killed, so far as heard. A
similar storm was seen at the same
time TO the southwest of the city, go
ing in the same direction, but il is MOI
known what amount of damage was
caused by ii.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Quebec, May 22.-T. G. Lemeux, NJ.
r., and Chas. Fitzpatrick, an advocate
who figured SO conspicuously in OBJ
tanning the reprieve for Madame Bau-
iette, the Bay st. Paul murderess, who
Is now In Kingston penitentiary, have
Deen retained as counsel to defend
hiel In his coming trial in the north
west. They were sent for by prom
lnent French Canadian gentleman In
the province, who is great friend of
kiel, and who has volunteered to meet
all expenses incurred IL his defense.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Cincinnati, May 22.-Last night a
boy who could give an authentic ac-
count of the origin OF the Sullivan
fire yesterday was found by the cor
oner's clerk at his home in the ex-
IRENE eastern portion Of the city.
The boy, whose name is John Mey-
ers, ii appears, ran from the building
at the very beginning of the fire and
went to drug store where his
wounds were daessed and he then
went home. lie says he was sent
down TO the first floor yesterday az
ternoon to get two'gallon eau OF
benzine. He got it from Orth & Wis
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Cleveland, May 22.-At Erie, Pa.
to-day, a jury awarded Mr.. l.. Rosen-
zweig $4S,750 damages for being
elected from Lake Shore passenger
tram. The tram was limited ex-
press and the conductor refused to
accept either regular ticket or
money for Mr.. Roscnzweig's passage
from Cleveland to Erie. Rosenzweig
Tell ON pile of stone when he was
put of the train, and paralysis was
the result. He sued for 100000.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23
Decorating The Heroes graves,

Norfolk, Va, May 22,-Despite the
rain which fell all day the memorial
services at Portsmouth this afternoon
were attended by an immense throng
of people. The weather prevented
the military and civil professions
which had been arranged for on an
elaborate scale but the graves OF the
Confederate. and Federal dead in tho
various cemeteries were properly dec
GRATED with flowers.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23


Paris, May 22.-Victor IIugo's con.
dition was so manifestly worse this
morning that his death was regarded
as certain to take place within few
hours. When this fact became known
Cardinal Guilbert,archbi of Paris,
sent specially to Hugo's residence of
fcring to visit him and administer
spiritual aid and the rites of the
Catholic church, but NJ. Lockroy, the
poets sOn-in-law, who was In ATTENDS
ance at the deathbcd when the cardi-
naPs profler came replied for HUI
go, declining with thanks the arch
bishops tender and saying for the dy-
ing man: Victor Hugo Il expecting
death, but he does not desire the SER
vices of priest"
CIVIL FUNERAL AT STATE EXPENSE.
Paris, May 22.--The government
porpose civil funeral for Hugo at the
expense of the state. The newspa-
pers of Paris all appear in mourning
this evening. II is believed the fun
eral will be the grandest seen In
France for century. The poet was
sketched AS he lay on his death-bed by
the government painter, Bonnet, who
will transfer to canvass the impression
then taken. In the senate NJ Leroye
delivered eulogy on Hugo. Speaker
said that tor the past sixty years Vic
tor Hugo had been the admiration of
France and the world. lie had now
entered immortality. His glory be-
longed TO no party but to all men.
Prime Minister Brisson, delivered
a eulogy in the chamber of deputies.
lie said the whole nation mourned
the loss of Hugo and he moved that
the funeral of the poet be conducted
at the states expense.
The motion WAS greeted with ap-
plause. The senate and chamber ad.
journed in respect to the death of
Hugo. 1t is stated NJ. Hugo passed
through long and trying agony be-
fore his death. 1t is proposed to inter
the poets remains in the pantheon
and that the day of the funeral be de-
clared day of national mourning on
which all government offices, the
schools and the theatres shall be
closed.
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q do not like thee, DIR. Fell.

The reason why, I cOnnOt teII."
II has often been wondered at, the
bad odor this oft quoted doctor was in.
Twas probably because he, being
one of the old-school doctors, made
up pills as large as bullets, which
nothing but en- ostrich could bolt
without nausea. Hence the dislike
DIR. II. V. Pierce's pheasant PurgatiyG
Pellets" are sugar-coated and nc
larger than bird-shot, and are quick
to do their work. For all derange-
ments OF the liver, bowels anu
stomach they are specific.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23
Judge FreIinrnuy.en Wa. po,.n, a

Newark, N. j., May 22,-The FAM
lily of the late Secretary Frelinghuysen
make no secret of the fact that the first
serious illnessof Judge Frelinghuysen
was due to aconite that in some unac.
EQUITABLE way was bottled with the
mineral water he used. DIR. Lincoln,
OF w ashington, says there was enough
LETT IN the bottle to kill four men.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Washington, May 22.-The secreta-
ry Of the treasury to-day issued war
rants for the payment ofabout 81, 000.-
600 on account OF pensions. II is esti-
mated the total payments ON this ac-
count for the pre- sent month win
amount to about 81 Q, 100000.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

New York, May 22.-Business fail
ures throughout the country for the
last seven days number, for the
Uunited States PA; Canada Is; total
239; against 229 last week. More than
two-thirds of the failures in the United
States occurred in the south western
and Pacific states.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-23

Marshall, Ills, May %. The locust
plague will probably visit this section
In blowing several gardens the little
ravagers were turned out of thu
ground by countless thousands, aud
in an almost matured state.