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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-01
New pubIltai'ons.
TuE CENTURY MAGAZINE
FOR EPrEMBER
CONTAINS:

A SUMMER WITH LlSZI
Al weirnar timely reminiscent paper by A. NJ BagDy
with anecdotes of great composer and his friends
VITA two full page portraits and other illustrations
AMATEUR BALLOONING, AND PHOrOG-
RAPHY FROM a BALLOON.
Two articles Of unique interest describing some recent rs
tensions and Illustrated II the earth taken In the
bal Don from a height of mile or more.
FICTION
Includes the second part MI Stocktons novelette,
Casting away Leoks and Mrs Aeshine stores ny
Kate and Brander Matthews and chapters oil MI
HOwellss novel
THE CHANCELLORSvILLE CAMPAIGN
Reviewed from different standpont by General Alfred
prosecution General O o Howard and Colonel H. w Jack
sou and "Chanceorsvile Revisited by General Hooker
v Batcs with thirty i've illustrations ana PORTRAITS
In Memoranda the Civil Wal" are notes from j. u
Whittier General Coiston, and others
THE ARTS OF PERSIA.
Moaics architecture metal work. painting etc. by 3 O.
W. Benjamin. proiusey Illustrated
NOTES FROM THE PRAIRIE.
A charming nature paper by John Burroughs
OTHER CONTENTS
1ucuae The BIOLOGICAL station at Naples" with Ten Illus
,,,us Omen Letters on lneiciency Of The Lower
Uouse Of Congress The Rev. DR. Munger on Evolution
and The Faith" by Rev G. f. Deems with Hepy %! ~
Mun.er Labor aud the Employing Interests nc
Fotgoen Millions Marriage. divorce and The Mormon
Problem 20 by Maurice Thompson, H. W. Glider MIS-
Pnt r. c. johnson. and Others. etc.
sold everywhere. Pricc. IS cents.
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Southern Public Schools.
IN. Y. Mail and Express. !

A MqR and Express reporter met
Dr.. a. G Haygood, the general agent for
the 81 o0O,0 600 educational fund donated by
Mr. John + Slater, of Norwich, Conn, the
income Of whichis being appropriated ex-
clusively to the aid of colored schools in the
South. The interest of the fund is dis
trihuted among twenty'seven schools. He
says the university of Hampton, Va,
offers more industrial advantages than
any other of the Southern institutions,
though the Nashville colOred universities
are unsurpassed, DR. Haygood speaks in
the most enthusiastic terms Of the progress
made by the colored people of the South.
There are now at school about l,O0O,Ou
colored children and 5000 colored men
and women teaching them. Between $40,
OOO.000 and S50,0O0,0c0 has been expended
since the rebellion TO educate the negroes.
DR.. Haygood says that industrial educa
tion is the great need OF the co!ored people
in the South
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
Law Pork Eaters.

CLEVELAND, O., January 24-Mchael
Browloski, Bohemian, and his family,
consisting of his wife and six children, are
living very sick at their home on Union
street, from the effects Of eating raw pork.
Browloski few days ago bought guam
tity Of pork, OF which the family partook
literally, and were Immediately made very
i'll. Aphysician was called, and on exami-
nation found that the meat was strongly
impregnated with trichinae, medicines
were administered and yesterday the fam
ily had so far recovered that they we're
thought TO be out Of danger, when they
again partook of the diseased pork, and
Browloski and his wife are now lying at
the point Of death The physician says that
he proposed throwing the meat away yes
terday, when the Bohemans set up u terri
ble clatter and strenuously objected to any
such proceedings
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
Pig Iron Statistics,

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25,-The American
Iron and Steel Association has received
from the manufacturers detailed pig iron
statistics for 1885. The production of all
kinds of pig iron in the United States was
4,529. ssi9 net tons; in 1884, 4,5S9,6l3 net,
decrease OF 59144 tons. The production,
classified, according to the fuel used, was
as follows Bituminous, ?,G75635 tons; an
thracite l,45i 800 tons; charcoal. 399,Si
tons The greatest production was in Penn
sylvania, whose output was 2,i45, 495 tons,
among the other large producers being
Ohio. 3S31S; Illinois, 32; ;,9ii, Alabama,
~, ,439; Virginia, lS,is2; Tennessee, l6l,
lQ9: New York, lGol5 and Michigan, l43,-
1?l, The stock of unsold pig ron in the
hands of the manufacturers or their agents
at the close Of 1855 not reported for the con-
sumption of those who produced it, was
4l6,5l2 net, or 3,l ,Ssd gross tons, more than
half which was charcoal pig iron, The
stock statement at the close Of 1855 is very
favorable
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SHOCKED BY DYNAMITE.
The Residence of Cleveland, O.,
Official Partially DESTROYED.
rue WORK is Relieved to Have Been that
OF some Friend of the Dead Des-
perado Foster.

CLEVELAND O., Jan 95.-Shortly after
eleven O'Clock tonight dynamite was used
by some unknown party in bold attempt
TO blow up the house occupied by Patrol
man George L. Corner, who shot the des-
perado Foster last Tuesday night. The
house which is two-story frame, is situ-
ated at ~ Chester street Corner was do
ing night duty in the First Police Pre-
cinct, over two miles from home, and the
house was occupied by his wife and child
Both the latter were asleep in a bedroom
IN the rear portion Of the house
ON the Street floor when they were
aroused by terrible explosion, Mrs
Corner rushed to the front Of the house,
where she found the windows both up
stairs and down, blown to fragments and
the porch at the front door wreel She
also saw man prowling about the front Of
the house, She fired shot from q revolver
in his direction without effect, and he ran
rapidly away Windows in houses across
the street were broken, and the noise of the
explosion was beard for full half mile
Both Mrs Corner and her child scaped in
jury The work is believed to have been
that OF some friend Of the dead Foster.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30

Nj Max Muthel has patented in Ger
many an incandescent lamp which pos
sesses the advantage of requiring no vacu-
um in the globe. He has, il is reported
very ingeniously overcome one danger
that experiments Of this kind have hereto
fore presented, and that /, the fusion of
the incsndescent wire. The wire used by
him consists in mixture of bodies that
are conductors and non-conductors of cleo
tricity He takes magnesa, sllicate Of
magnesa, etc, and porcelain clay, and
forms a thread of them, which he heats to
incandescence and saturates with a solu-
ton OF platinoiridium salts, and after
ward raises several times TO inCande-
scence, in order TO reduce the absorbed
salts TO a metallic state. Instead of the
foregoing mixture, filaments Of clay may
be taken and saturated with u solution of
metallic salt, which is then reduced to r
metallic state through incandescenCe and
the use of oil of lavender or some other
organic substance, or through an electric
current. With wires thus prepared,
fusion is absolutely overcome, the presence
of the non-conducting substances prevent.
ing the metallic parts from melting. Mr..
Muthel supposes that the electric spark
Jumps, SO to speak, from one particle to
another. and in this way causes a heating
1fthe other substances, which, brought TO
inCandescence emit more intense hight
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Young men who think their sweet
hearts are divine, love to make divinity
students of themselves every night i'll
the week. Chicago Ledger.
"A Western settlers cabin was re-
Gently swept entirely away by tor.
nado. This is what we should call
carrying house by storm.-Pratrte
Farmer.
Mrs. Homespun is delighted with
her sons proficiency upon the piano
forte. Why" she says, johnny can
play almost anything and he doesn't
have to take both hands to it, as some
OF your great players are obliged TO
do. Boston Transcript.
My horse can answer a question
very plainly" remarked a Jockey.
When ask him if he wants oats he
mods his head up and down. That
means yea Suppose he does not
want oats, how does he express him.
self?" 'Bya simple neigh. "-P'nSburgh
Chronicle
A Michigan mans life has been
saved by a silk necktie backed with
pasteboard stopping pistol ball. Peo-
pie who had supposed that silk neck.
tie backed with pasteboard could serve
no other purpose than to hide soiled
linen from the eye of the public will
now see how greatly they were mis-.
taken Boston Transcript.
-Dumley had related a side-splitting
joke, and the company laughed con.
sumedly. Featherly seemed to BE- par
ticularly amused Rather good, ell,
Featherly?n said Dumley. very much
pleased "Y-yes. indeed" replied
Featherly, as soon A. he could articu-
late. Its g-good every time, Dunn
ley-g-good every time. A y. H.
dependent.
Old lady (to street gamin): Lit
tie boy, don I you want to join the Sun
day school, and grow up TO be good
man?" Little boy: What Sunday
school is it?n Old lady: The Method
ist.' Little boy: No, tried the
Methodises las year. an didn't git
nuthin' but stick o broken candy an
apple I'm goin' to try the 'Piscopal
tHlS wal --uUuUtH buVNs
An eminent scientist attributes tho
remarkable longevity of Il woman who
recently died at the age OF one hundred
and nine to the fact that she never
wore high bonnet in theater. We
also understand that the vigorous
health OF q Philadelphia man now in
his ninety.ninth year is due to the fact
that he never went out between the
acts to make astronomical observa.
tionS through glass. "-NoristoUn
HcrGld.
-Magistrate-You are accused OF
aSsaulting Pete johnson. Prisoner
Yes, yo'honah. Pete lowed wuzzent
no gemman. But | only hit him
wunce, sab, at the conan of Fo'ty-sec-
ond street an Fou'th avenue. Mag
istrate-Forty-second street? The
policeman says he picked him up at the
corner of Twenty-third street. Pris-
oner-Am dat SOP Well, didn't
mean ter hit him as had as dat, Jedge.
Deed, | didn't,-N X Times
Said Dallas, Tex, woman to u
female friend: You should make your
husband quit chewing tobacco. II you
tell him to quit, he will give II up, ]
suppose, YES, il ask him TO, but
! am not going to ask him to quit
chewing tobacco when he kisses
you, dom the taste Of tobacco make
you sickp" "Yes, but want him TO
keep on chewing. He kisses three or
four other women, and the tobacco
makes them sicker than 1t does me, for
I've got used to it already. "-lsxas
Su,mqs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
PAUPERS ROASTED.
rive OF Forty Inmates Of q Posr.Ho,,s
Perish in a Midnight Fire


JACKSON MIcn, January a THE county
foor-house burned at one o'clock this
morning. There were forty inmates An
escaped but five, who perished in the
il"nies, Tue people who perished were /;
Doiiy Martin, aged sixty, insane. an in.
mate for twelve wears, Kate Axsrx
aged seventy, insane, an inmate for ten
years Jane Atkins aged seventy. in.
sane, an inmate for ten years: Zina Boyn.
ton, aged ninety two deaf; Chss. Elliott,
aged seventy-two, blind. The building is
situated in lonely spot about four mile.
from the city, The fire caught in some un-
known manner i'll the inmates Kitchen,
lhe whole interior was destroyed The
thermometer at the time registered ten de.
grees below zero. All the inmates lost their
clothing and fled into the snow in q naked
eohdltion' Thirty Of the paupers were
brought to the city and housed. Some
OF them will die from exposure. John
Doherty, the hired man, brought three
OF the insane down fire-escape in his arms
ana saved their lives. An imbecile boy,
nineteen years old, was found in bed, fire
falling on his back, and rescued by means
OF the fire-escape. There were only two
men beside the inmates about the place
when the fire broke out, and they rescued
the inmates before help arrived William
Mlll', one of the inmates was The first man
to issue Sanders Spelling book He was
at one time worth a quarter Of million
dollars
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
THE FATAL SHAFT.
Thirty.nine Miners Believed TO h.
Lost.
Relief Crews at Work Bringing Them to
the Surface,

NgwBuRG, W. Va, January 29-R4lia,
crews have been at work all dsy in O,yaIl
mine getting the shaft in order to use the
cage and bring out the bodies, three Of
which have been found, but not brouphtup.
The desire is to bring up the dead rapidly
when they begin. 1t is now known that
the total number in the mine is thirty
The Coroner's inquest will be held in the
morning If the bodies are ready. The
work will continue through the night
Many OF the men leave destitute families
and the resources of the town are
not great. Large crowds were around the
shaft all day, hoping against hope Only
the most sanguine have not given up the
thirty'nine men as dead The explosion
has filled the entries with so much debris
that 1t is not thought the men could have
survived the shock, even if the gas did not
choke them to death The company insists
that there was no defect in the ventilation.
The Coroner's jury will inquire pslticu
larly into this question
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
A FATHERS GRIEF.
The Loss Of Ills Daughter by Marriage
Causes His Sudden Death,

The Loss Of Kis Daughter by Marriage
Causes His Sudden Death.
CANTor o, Jan. % A singular fatality
occurred near Strasburg, a village east Of
here, yesterday, where an old farmer
named Michael Flaherty has for many
years past lived with his only daughter
Mary, handsome maiden The latter at
tended carefully to all the household duties
Mr.. Flaherty has been suffering long
time with heart disease and re
quired considerable attention, The
daughter Mary has been keeping com
pany with an estimable young farmer
and recently consented to become his wife
This announcement proved quite a shock to
the old gentleman, and for the past few
days he searched in vain for some woman
to take the place of his daughter Yester
day the marriage was consummated at the
Catholic Church in StraSburg, The young
couple left Mr. Flaherty at his home in his
usual health when they started for the
church and upon returning found him
prOstrated and unconscious. He died a
few hours later of heart disease, the shock
being directly attributed to the pain caused
him by his daughters marriage.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAL.

President Seelye, of Amherst Col
lege, says that if girls would run every
day they would never die of consump-
ton.
M. DE Lesseps, who is eighty years
old, predicted the other day that he
would live to sail through the Panama
Canal.
Probate Judge Richard A. Wheeler.
of Stonington, Conn, has written four
hundred and fifty wills, and not one of
them, it is said, has ever been broken,
Lord Tennyson admits that he once
tried for six weeks to be vegetarian.
and thinks he might have succeeded
had it not been SO near Christmas,
when he was tempted by roast pig.
-Artemas Martin, the Librarian Of
the United States Coast Survey, was q
market gardener when called to his
present place. He is an expert in
mathematics and was self-taught.-
Washington Post.
Miss Florence Nightingale believes
in comfort, and when she wants pair
of new shoes she places her foot firmly
upon piece of leather, and has the
shoemaker draw an outline of the form
SO that the shoe may correspond to the
foot IN Y, Times.
Henry NJ Williams, President Of
the Massachusetts Bicycle Club. has
ridden fifteen thousand five hundred
md seventy.eight miles since and in
Guiding 1880, He took to bicycling for
his health and it has made we'll man
of him. Boston Journal.
President Tuttle, of Wabash Col
lege, ascertained the ages of two thou.
sand two hundred and forty.two minis
ters at death in this country, and found
that they averaged over siXty-one years.
and that one ef every seven attained
his eighty-eighth year. Chicago Mat.
The Augusta (Ga. Chronicle states
that the income of General Toombs
averaged from 1910 to 1875 twenty
thousand dollars year. His last large
cases were tried when assisting the
States Attorney in the railroad tax
cases. in the Dupree will case, and the
Eberhardt murder case, in all of which
he was finally successful. He used to
say that he had often made five thou
sand dollars at a single session of court
in Ebert County.
--Alva Banks, young man who
lives at Pleasantville, N. T., was re-
Gently refreshed by a nice nap of five
days and five nights. The odd case Of
Mr.. Banks is Of pathological interest,
because he has slept so twice before.
1t is said that he suffered from intlam-
nation of the covering of the brain
while getting over that most undigni-
fed of ailments, the mumps, ten years
ago. at which time he first fell into the
long sleep, Ordinarily Banks is fresh,
sprightly and clipper. Buffalo En-
press.
A "close friend of the late Mr..
Vanderbilt is quoted as saying that af-
ter his last voyage to Europe Mr.. V.
told him he had changed his will. and
gave this explanation Il had decided
to divide my property among the boys,
and had done so. But some of them
who had about five million dollars that
they thought they could make use of,
put it into stocks in Wall street. 1t
cost me nearly twenty million dollars
to get them out of the scrape. Since !
have been abroad too, have obtained
some impressions in favor of keeping
the bulk of the property intact. So l
have made change in my will to
carry out that idea. ~ Y Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
MASKED BURGLARS,
Highly PriIed Relics Carried on BY the
KRsCals,

TARRYTowN, n Y, January "a csup
OF SIX masked burglars robbed three houses
III North Tarrytown last night Their most
successful raid was that upon the house OF
the widow OF Gen. Henry Storms The only
| persons in the house was Mrs Storms and
| another lady. The burglars terrified them
with threats of instant death, aud almost
smothered Mrs. storms with pillow They
then ransacked the house aud carried swav
everything they could lay hands on They
carried away the service Of plate, weighing
six hundred ounces, which was presented
by the brigade of cavalry to their comman.
der, General Storms, besides other relics of
high value to the family These consisted OF
pair OF candlestlcks very massive which
were brought to this country lust after
the close Of the war Of Independence
asllver-hllted sword which General Scott
carried at the battle of lundy's Lane
They also took another slverhlted sword,
which once belonged to General Massena,
and was used by him in the Italian Cam.
paigns, christening cups 0f silver, a lot
OF spoons and all the accumulated domes.
tic siverware of three generations The
burglars, IN addition to the above took all
the money and family ieweIry they could
find, lot of hric-a.brac and antique cut
glassware. The property stolen was valued
at many thousands of dollars rhe thieves
made n clean sweep, and it is feared that
they took without examination, and may
destroy, many curioslties Of no intrinsic
value, which were stored with other articles
that may be melted into bullion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
CALIFORNIA FLOODS.
Stockton Partly Under Water-Great Dam
age to Crops and Other Property.

Stockton Partly Under Water-Great Dam
age to Crops and Other Property.
STOCKTON, CAL, Jan, 26,-The San Joo
quin River has been gradually rising for
the past week and has now reached pro.
portions that threatens disastrous results
Sunday, portion of the city, comprising g
about one-tifth of its area, was covered
with water. Little damage however, en-
sued, The business portion Of the city was
not affected III any way. Later the
marsh tract, comprising about three thou
sand acres of wheat, was flooded by the
giving way of floodgate. The damage is
estimated at about $4,000. The water
about Roberts Island, which is protected
by levees, rose nine feet above the leve
of the land. The pressure was two muct
for the levees to withstand, and break
occurred, through which the water rushed
and soon converted thirteen 3hous
and acres of wheat and orch
ard into miniature lake. The
damage here is estimated at $3.50, 900
Roberts Island is divided into three divs.
ions, with cross levees A break has occur
red in the middle division. Fears are now
entertained that the cross levees which
divide the upper and lower portion from
the middle section of the island will give
way. If the middle section is not soon re
paired there is little hope of stopping the
break for week, though the most strenu
Gus efforts are being made to do so
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
Foreign Lands

LONDON, Jan. 25,---The Greeks declare
they will fight and fight hard, notwith-
standing that the six great Powers have
warned them that they had better let Tur-
key alone The latter Government is push
ing troops to Solonica with all haste. 1t is
said that the stand Of the English Govern
ment in this matter will prove fatal to it,
and Salisbury will thus be enabled to
60 out of office more gracefully
than IL defeated on local question.
The talk Of suspect dogging the Prince
OF Wales turns out to have arisen from the
mosahings Of a hslf.witted fellow, The
False Prophet 10 reported defeated by the
Governor Of Senegal, aud driven into 'h'
&1aey sopvtry,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
Strange Natural Phenomena.

NEw YoRk, Jan. 26,-Mail advices from
Panama, dated January l6, state Ac
counts Of extraordinary phenomena come
from Ecuador AZ Chimbo there were
showers Of earth on January l, from J to &
p m, At about p. IN. a shock of earth
quake was felt in Guayaquil, At midday
on the 18th instant, loud rumbling noise:
were heard, and they continued up to last
accounts These noises were heard in diff
ierent parts of the country. On the night
of the 18th there was a fall of ashes at
Guayaquil These phenomena were OF first
attributed to the eruption of Cotapaxi bu,
intelligence has been received from the in.
terror to the effect that there has been a
terrible eruption of the Tunguragua volcs
no. No particulars have been received
and nothing is known as to the extent OF
the damage, as telegraphic communication
is interrupted
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
Military Affairs.

WAsH1NGToN, January % General Sher.
idan, in his recent examination by the
Congressional Commission, considering
the organization Of the Scientific Bureaus,
expressed the opinion that, so far as the
utility OF Fort Myer is concerned for the
purpose of teaching military signaling, il
could be dispensed with The Signal Bu
reau, he said, had nothing especially to do
with that work During the war NC
trouble was experienced in training signal
men for service The meteorological work
he did not consider NJ belonging to the
army, but to the business Of the country
While il might be necessary for the present
to keep up the military feature of this ser
vice be thought it would be well to grad
ually work ont of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30

"A school-teacher in the suburbs Of
Boston recently punished pupil for
telling an untruth by putting Cayenne
pepper on his tongue. In the course
of about two weeks he died of diph-
iberia. The friends of the boy natur-
ally claimed it to be result of the pun
ishment An investigation satisfied the
school committee that it was nothing
but a coincidence, but they passed n
vote disapproving of this mode of pun
ishment Boston Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-30
EMBARRASSING KINDNESS.
Bound by Masked Robbers, Who Left Food
by the Side of Their Victims.

bounu ny Mdsktu w ilb st1t EOOu
by the Side of Their victims,
MIDDLEBoRoUGH, MASS, Jan. 95.--The
residence of II. Wood and his sister Helen,
near Waterman's Landing an isolated
place, was broken into by two masked
men Saturday night, Mr.. Wood,
who had not retired, resisted the
men, but was quickly overpowered
and bound The burglars next Jagged
Helen from bed, and, binding and gagging
her, laid her on the floor beside her brother.
They then ransacked the house, obtaining
about SIS in money, with which they es-
capped. Before leaving they placed a pan
of milk at the head of each victim and COW
cred them with bed clothes. Mr. Wood
managed to free himself about midnight
and released his sister There is no cew to
the robbers