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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-08-26

istic adventurer, whose exploits in St.
Louis, Kansas City and Leadville have, at
different times, formed newspaper sto-
ries, was arrested at San Jose, Cal, on the
18th on charge of obtaining money by false
pretenses from G. w. Ryder, jeweer.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-08-26

THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
August II was $6G0,427. The issue during
the corresponding period of last year was
S360, ,461. The shipments of fractional sill
yer coin since August amounted to $3l3,-
On0
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

"The sway of the gamblers, says the
New York correspondent of the SAP
Francisco -Argonaut ''increases in New
York every day. Many Of the gambling
houses have been re-opened, and all the
Gardiner who have recently been run
out of Philadelphia and Washington
have come here. They are clannish to
the last degree. They move up and down
Broadway in pairs, infest the best restau-
rants, stare women out of countenance,
and stand in small battalions in front of
the St. James Hotel. They are we'll
dressed, scrupulously neat, carefully
gloved, and a polite body of men, tut
they are a unit when any one of their
members gets into trouble. 1t is rather
odd that a gang of gamblers should
WELD such a powerin New York. The
secret is found in the fact that great
many have strong affinity for Wall
street men, and they are all hand-in-
glove with the local politicians"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
Statements derived from

Statements derived from official
sources place the total wheat product OF
the world last year at 2,100, 900, 600
bushels. Of this aggregate Europe is
credited with raising sixty per cent,
largely in Russia. British India produces
fourteen per cent. The exporting
countries altogether raise almost one-half
of the total of the worlds product. The
separate figures are given as follows:
Great Britain, 80, 900, 900; Russia, 2O9,-
100000 Chill, etc, $4,000, 900; Austral-
asia, 37,OOO,000; India, 2Ss,000,00
United States, s57, 900, 900; and Canada,
s5, 900, 900. Total, 1888, coo, 900 bushels.
That is about twice the size of the largest
crop ever raised in this country. Accord
ing to the Detroit Tribune, 'These totals
Of the crop of the world show that there
is fur from being an over-production OF
wheat, and that there is no likelihood OF
any such thing happening. The enor-
NOUS aggregate given is, after all, but a
bushel and half to each inhabitant in
the world for years supply, while the
consumption Of the English-speaking
people alone is about five bushels per
head per anhum. If, then, all peoples
should be induced to use more wheat for
food, double and treble the largest total
product ever reached could be consumed
for bread and seed. The value of wheat
before it was moved last year was equal
to 81 per head for the entire worlds pop
ulation. Evidently, there is yet room to
develop trade and open the way to dis.
pose of all the wheat surplus it is possi'
BILE for the United States to produce"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
Importance Of the Hen.

For the year 1888 the poultry product
of this country was $3.50, 100000. Under
an equal division each man, woman AMI
child in the country would have paid
over one dollar to the poultry farmers.
But we paid more than that, for we i'm
ported a:out half as much as we pro-
duced. China alone sent us 100000
eggs. These are tremendous figures.
Our poultry interest, it seems, is more
than double the value of the dairy inter
est, It was worth in 1883 $3.50, 100000
more than the cotton product of that
year. In the past two years a great
advance has been made in this industry
in the Ohio valley. The state fair last
fall and the poultry show the past winter
prove that. Small and large farmers,
and persons having but small lots and
back yards, have been penetrating the
mysteries and cultlvating the different
breeds of Ccchins, Brahmas, Hamburgs,
Black Spanish, Wyandottes, Plymouth
Rocks, Andalusians, and all the others
for all they are worth. 1t was but few
days ago that an Ohio man refused $50
for nine.months-old rooster, had de-.
mands tor all the eggs his fowls could
produce at So per "setting," and had to
rent several hens at s. each for two
months in order to keep up with the de.
mands for eggs.- Wheeling (W Ta.)
Re1;ster
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

One of the strangest sights of London
is the yearly collection for the hospitals
on Hospital Saturday. In almost every
corner of the great city and its suburbs
are to be seen ladies seated at small
tables set on the sidewalk. A large pla
card is attached to the table soliciting
contribution. On the table is placed a
box with slit in the lid through which
a penny can be dropped, and on the box
is printed the words, "For the hospitals
The lady does not solicit contributions.
She sits on a chair beside the little table,
sometimes knitting complacently or has
a book in her hand. Often a couple OF
little girls act as solicitors and modcstly
request the passers-by to remember the
sick and the wounded. Ladies of the
highest social standing do not consider it
beneath them to attend to contribution
boxes on Hospital Saturday. These lit
tie tables obstruct the crowded thorough
fares. They are on the bridges and along
busy streets, but everybody cheerfully
gives way for them, and few pass them
by without dropping their mite in the
box for the hospitals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

4 goose which had just died at Stutt-
gart left the flock, while still a gosling,
and resolved to have nothing more to do
with its companion geese, but to try a
new way of life for itself. So it boldly
marched into the barracks of a Uhlan
regiment one day and stationed itself
next the sentry box. The Uhlans were
touched by the goose choosing to ally
with their corps, and built a shed for it
to live in. For twenty-three years
neither threats or persuasion were able
to separate this bird from its adopted
regiment. When the corps changed
quarters the goose went with them, and
when the Uhlans went to fight for their
country the desolate creature took up for
a time with a battalion OF infantry; but
no sooner did the first Uhlans enter the
town than the goose marched out to
meet them, and went with them to her
old quarters. Since her death she has
been stuffed, and is to be seen in glass
case on the gate OF the barracks OF Stutt.
cart
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
Lines by LOngfellOw.

In the portfolio of Mr.. Longfcllow
soon after his death were found the fol.
lowing lines, which were written by him
in July, 1879, and which were not made
public until recently:
In the long, sleepless watches of the night,
A gentle face-a face of one long dead
Looks at me from the wall, where round its
The night-lamp casts halo of pale light.
Here in this room she died, and soul more
white
Never through martyrdom Of fire was led
To its repose; nor can in books be read
The legion of life more benedight.
There is mountain in the distant west
That. sun-defy ing, in its deep ravines
Displays cross of snow upon its side
Such is the cross wear upon my breast
These eighteen years, through all the chang
ing scenes
And seasons, chaugeless since the day she
died
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

: The New York Graphic remarks, edi'
torially, that Electricity has now come
into use SO generally for Illuminating
purposes that it is somewhat strange that
no successful attempt has yet been made
to apply it to the lighting of railroad
trains. One of the most disagreeable
things about railroad travelling is the of
fensive odors given out by the ordinary
oil lamps. This is especially the cast
with sleeping coaches, where, as a gen
eral rule, the windows are closed, ano
the traveller wakes up in the morning
half smothered with the close, smoky at
mosphere. Electric lamps would dc
away with this sort of thing, and th'
man who succeeds in introducing sys.
tenn of electric lighting in our railway
cars will be hailed as benefactor."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
Montreal's Great Flood.

A Montreal dispatch of the 18th says: aTo-
day will be memorable in Montreal as the
occasion of the greatest flood ever known,
the water having risen since last night from;
forty-three feet nine inches to forty-seyen
feet eight inches. Over 500 hundred busi-
ness houses are gutted; goods Of every de-
scription have been damaged, and all the
principal business streets are flooded to-
depths Of eight to ten feet. Boats.
ara the only means Of conveyance. No
trains from the south can reach nearer than
twenty-five miles from the city The foun-
dations of dwellings are crunbling away.
The streets are crowded by thousands. The
damage will reach S2000,000. Thousands
are living in attics, with hardly any clothing
and no provisions. Much suffering exists
among the poorer classes. Four houses in
st. Gabriel have been washed away, the in I
mates barely escaping with their lives" !" =
The water was still rising and showed no 4
signs Of falling. All the newspaper offices
were closed on account of the engines and
boilers being covered The electric and gas
lights were out all over the city. All that
portion of the city lying south Of Jurors
street zone third Of the city was under water.
The Grand Trunk track from Victoria Bridge
to the depot was washed away. Bonaventure
Station on the Grand Trunk, was two-thirds
under water. ..as.a, ~
The damage is estimated at from s., ,000, 900
to $6,0J0,000. - &.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
TOPICS OF TIE DAY.
Probabilities Of the Presidents
Approaching Marriage.
Many Persons Killed at a Fire ilt,,
an Austrian Town. ~

A Washington dispatch says: president
Cleveland's approaching marriage is now ro-
garded as a certainty. All his FRIENDS agree.
that he would have been very prompt to deny.
the story OF his marriage, coming in ais posi-.
tive form as it has in the last week or ten
days, if he had not fully made up his mind
on the subject. He has kept the secret very.
well from even his most intimate
associates. 1t is understood that the engage.
ment took place during Miss Folson's last
visit to Washington. 1t is understood that
the coming wedding will be very quiet one,s
if it takes place in June, as the members OF
Mr.. Cleveland's family in New York seem to-
man brother will be brought here to perform
the marriage ceremony, and that it viii be
private" ,,s.El
The young lady to whom the President is
announced to be engaged is Miss Frances
G. Folsom, daughter Of the late Oscar Folsom.
an old law partner Of Mr.. Clevelands at
Buffalo. The firm name was Folsom g.
Cleveland, and the partners were warm,
friends and constantly together.
Miss Folsoms visit to Washington last
spring was as a schoolgirl enjoying her va-g
cation. She accompanied her mother, and
the two were guests at the White House
some ten or twelve days. They were there
again very quietly in the fall, just before.
sailing for Europe.
Miss Fclsom's hair is described as soft and
brown, Of shade between light and dark
1t is combed well back from her full forehead
and loose wave tendrils fall away from their;
confinement against the ivory whiteness Of herr
face. She has violet blue eyes, a weu-shaped !.
nose and mouth, and full round chin. The !;
warm pallor of her complexion contrasts with
color concentrates itself. With one other pu- : :
pill at Aurora, N. Y. she shared the palm Of {
being 1.-THE beauty of the school" 5ia,z5.
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Foreign

SAMPSON Low, the oldest London book
publisher, is dead in his ninetieth year.
ICE gorges in the St. Lawrence river have
caused the worst flood that has visited Mon
treal in many years. Many OF tne el'y
streets were entirely submerged.
An explosion of 1000 pounds Of powder
stored near the railroad on the lsthmuS or
Panama created terrible havoc, twenty-five
persons being killed and forty wounded.
Two prominent Parisians have just fought
a duel with swords in which one received q
severe wound.
LATER reports put the number Of persons
killed at the fire which destroyed the Town OF
Stry in Austria at forty, most OF them cnli-
dren After the fire many Of the shops were
pillaged, and some Of the owners IN their de-
spair committed suicide
MUCH opposition is being developed
throughout Great Britain to Premier Glad
stones plan for Irish home rule.
DUKE DE CAsTRIEs, q we'll known french
SPORTSMAN and owner OF race horses, Is deau.
LATE news from Greece was decidedly
warlike, and it was feared that hostllltles
against Turkey might begin at any moment,
nc twithstanding the intervention OF the great
powers.
INCESDIARIEs have fired Mandalay, the
capital of Burmah, and one-third OF tne
walled city is in ruins. Hundreds OF houses
were burned.
The wife of laborer living near cologne
has presented her husband with six children
in less than yeer-three ten months ago,
and three few days since. The husband Is
reported to be utterly prostrated by his gooa
fortune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

. A most extraordinary memory is that
of Hans Won Bulow, the pianist; in fact,
II is said that there is no musician alive
who can approach him in the ability to
carry in his head piano and orchestral
scores. One of the most remarkable ex
hibitions of his mcmorizing powers wa'
given in a recent series of concerts al
London, where he played the Sonatas
of Beethoven, thirty-three in number, at
the rate of five or six each night, with
out notes. 1t is said that on one occa
sion he conducted a performance OF
Wagner's famous ''Neibelungen-Licd,'
which occupied four consecutive eTen
ings, and during the entire representa-
ton he did not require the assistance Of
SO much as a scrap of print or manu-
script. He knew every note of the mas
ter's composition, and all that he had to
do was to devote his attention to the or.
rhpstra
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
THREE BROTHERS LYNCHED.
Shot to Death in Kansas in Presence
Of Their Mother.

Shot to Death in Kansas in Presence
of Their Mother.
A few mornings ago the city Of Anthony,
Kan, was the scene of most tragic affair.
About two months ago fight occurred in
the village of Danville, near Anthony,
between three brothers named Weaver and
man named AdelsEeard. The
latter was fatally wounded, and the
Weaver bows were arrested and hurried
away to avoid mob violence. They were re-
turned to Anthony for trial, but their cases
were continued for the term, with bail fixed
at slO, ,OGO each. At ] o'clock A. ~, the other
morning, a mob Of forty armed men
surrounded the residence of the
Sheriff, where the prisoners We're
under guard The guard at once rushed the
nrisoners out Of the back door and into the
basement of the new school building The
Sheriff was taken prisoner by the mob, when
the deputies, finding it useless to resist, sur
rendered. The three brothers fought for their
lives with revolver which they had taken
from one of the deputies.
They were finally overpowered and dis
armed. Ropes were placed about their necks
and preparations were made to hang them,
but other officers hurrying to the rescue
frightened the mob, so they fired fifteen
or twenty shots into each of the brothers,
literally shooting them topieces. The lynch
ers then hastily mounted their horses and
rode rapidly away. The mother Of the boys
and the wife Of one of them witnessed the
entire tragedy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
In ACQUIRING Burmah, England has 90

In acquiring Burmah, England has got
possession of vast forests of teak, which,
never plentiful in India, was becoming
commercially very rare. Of all the woods
grown in the east this is the most valua-
BILE. It is neither too heavy nor too
hard; it does not warp or split under ex-
posure to heat and damness; it contains
an essential oil which prevents its rottlng
under wet conditions, and at the same
time acts as a preservative to iron and
repels the destructive white ants; it is,
withal, handsome wood, of several va
rieties Of color and grain, and takes a
good polish.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

Frank Boiling of Cherokee, Kan,
threw himself on a feather bed that lay
on the floor during thunder storm. He
neglected to draw up his legs, and his
feet were touching the floor, when the
lightning struck the house and played
about his feet, burning them and knock
ing him senseless. That part of his body
that was on the bed was not hurt, and a
child lying by his side was uninjured.
All of which may be used to show that
feather beds are good places of refuge in
thunder storms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

A travelling snake charmer says that it
is easy to win the confidence and affec-
ton of a youthful boa, or anaconda, as
they are not venomous or vicious, and
can only exert their power of crushing by
getting a purchase with their tail on
something that will offer sufficient re-
sistance after they have completely coiled
themselves around the limb or body OF
their intended victim. If surprised or an
noyed, they may bite, but can do no serl-
Gus harm thereby. Their tongue is as soft
and slippery rs velvet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
LATER NEWS.

For the md time New York jury has
DISAGREED upon the trial of General Alexan-
der Shaler, of the State militia, who is
charged with bribery in connection with the
selection of an armory site.
The Grand Army Of the Republic OF the
State Of New York, represented by delegates
from 500 pcs's throughout the State, opened
its twentieth annual encampment in New
York city en- the 22d. A parade was the
feature of the days ceremonies.
THE New Jersey Senate, sitting as court
of impeachment by vote of fourteen to
seven, found 2. H. Laverty, keeper OF the
State prison at Trenton, guilty of two serious
charges in connection with his management
| of his office. He was deprived of bis place
| and forever disqualified from holding Office
| Two nea were crushed to death by the
fall of a derrick at Lancaster, Penn.
The grandfather of Miss Folsom, the fu-
ture bride of President Cleveland. is reported
| in Buffalo dispatch to have stated that the
lady is in Europe selecting her wedding
garments, and that the marriage will take
| place in June.
Four highwaymen who robbed resident
of the Indian Territory were pursued by cltl-
zens, and when overhauled were shot dead.
THE Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Caleb w. West, Of Kentucky, to be Gov.
ernor Of Utah.
AFTER the burning of the town of Stry, in
Austria, by which so many people lost their
lives, twenty sickly persons died in the sur
rounding fields.
A FIRE on Broadway, New York, de-
stroveI business property valued at $500, ,Oo0
MRS. JOSEPHINE LANDGRAF, New York
bakeress, who has been boycotted by the
Union, ha, been receiving considerable finan-
cial aid from sympathizing persons all over
the city.
THREE successive collisions between police
men and crowd of strikers occurred on the
2ad in front of the Havermeyer Sugar Rein
ing Companys factory, Greenpoint, Long
Island. The 1000 employees of the concern
had struck for increased wages the day be-
fore. Five policemen and many strikers
were wounded, one of the former having MS
skull fractured.
f. REMINGTON & Sons, of lion. n. y,
the well-known gunmakerS, have sus-
| pended.
TIE Knights Of Labor arc calling out their
men in factor les which furnish supplies to
the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
JAY GOULD testified OIL the 22d before the
House Committee engaged in al investlg'l'
ton of the labor strikes in the Southwest.
He gave long account of the troubles from
his standpoint, charged Mr.. Powderly with
distorting facts and placing him in wrong
light, and asserted that he believed in aEbl'
tration, but would not recognize the knights
of Labor as such.
THE court of inquiry into the recent Ore
gon disaster, held at Liverpool, has eXone'
rated the owners and officers of the sunken
| steamer from all blame.
! SIGNS of cholera in Germany have created
. q tremendous scare.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

A singular enterprise is announced
namely, the formation of company with
$1,OOO,0OO capital stock to dredge the
Carson river, in Nevada, for quicksilver
and amalgam. Eighteen miles of the river
bed have been located. 1t is estimated
that ten per cent. of the bullion product
of the Comstock mines has flowed as tail.
ings into the Carson river, and that at
least $40, 1000, 900 will be recovered. The
proprietor has dredges at work at New
Grenada which have been successful in
recovering much treasure from the river
beds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
A Priest Shoots q Bishop

At 1890 A. NJ, the other morning, while
the Bishop Of Madrid was ascending the steps
leading to the entrance Of the cathedral, he
was shot with revolver by priest standing
at the top of the steps, the ball entering his
abdomen. This was followed by another.
shot from the same source, which wounded
the bishop in the side, whereupon the wound
ed man fell on the steps. The priest then de-
scended the steps and fired still another shot,
which took effect in the bishops thigh. TX
The priest was then seized, and a stop put. to
his murderous work, and his victim was borne
unconscious to a private chamber in the
cathedral, where the last sacramcnts for the
dying were administered to him.
Being Palm Sunday, the cathedral was more
than usually crowded by worshipers, and
when the fearful work Of the priest was re-
allied furious mob followed the carriage
in which he was conveyed to prison by gems
d'arms whose presence ealoneprevented lynch
ing of the would-be murderer. The motive
of the crime was revenge. "a.
The man who fired the shots was recently;
dismissed from the priesthood, and had fruit
lessly applied to the bishop to be reinstated.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
Washington.

THE House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor
Traffic by vote of to ordered an adverse
report on Representative Taulbee's bill to
provide that no person shall be licensed as
retail dealer in intoxicants by the United
States until he has first received license as
such from the local authorities.
THE Seventh regiment, New York State
militia, arrived in Washington from the
metropolis on the 10Th, and was received
with large crowds, much enthusiasm. music
and fireworks The excursion was taken by
the regiment in commemoration of its first
Journey to the national capital at the OUT
break of the war twenty-five years ago.
Mr.. PowDERLY, General Master Work
man of the Knights of Labor, appeared be-
fore the House special committee Of investi-
cations on the 2Oth and gave his version OF the
labor difficulties in the Southwest. He de-,
clared that the railroad companies there dld
not keep their agreements with their en-
ployes, and that undoubted cause of discon-
tent existed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
The Baseball Season.

When summer hangs her jewels rare
On every plant and tree,
And soft and balmy is the air,
As happy still is he.
The baseball season has come round,
And, with a joyous shout,
He rushes to the baseball ground
Each day when school ''lets out"
You'll find he can at once recall
Each champion players name;
He's an authority on all
The technics of the game.
Some early day you'll see his face
And eyes with rapture shine
When he achieves the honored place
Of captain in the nine.
First lease of power that he has known;
Who can describe his joy!
The sceptred monarch on his throne
Would envy then the boy.
Boston Courier.