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tional church at Smiley, Ga. While in the
pulpit he was fred at through the window
one hundred and seven buckshot lodging in
his body. His wife, with assistance, put
him in a buggy and drove to his home
twenty miles away. His condition is seri-
Gus, but the expectation is that he will re-
cover. Ole Of his assailants has been ar
rested.
ORDERS were issued at Washington last
Wednesday for the mastering out of the
following regiments First Vermont, First
Maine, Ffty-second Iowa, Sixth Penn
sylvania, Fifth Maryland, Second New
York, Second Nebraska, One Hundred and
Fifty-seventh Indiana, Batteries, A, b, O
and u of Ohio, light artillery l, First IL
linois volunteer cavalry, Batteries A and
b, Georgia light artillery, Twenty-eighth
Indiana light battery, New York and Penn
sylvania cavalry troops now in Porto Rico
o her orders to muster out troops will be
announced as soon as definite decisions are
reached.
Two men were killed last Wednesday
and five others terribly injured at the Car
nege tunnel on the CHARTERS division OF
the Pan Handle railway. The accident was
due to the wall OF the tunnel caving in on a
number of workmen. The men were pre-
pairing to pail down the west wall of the
tunnel and were ready to drill some holes
in it for blasting. Suddenly the wall fell
over on them. Every man standing at that
end of the big excavation was buried alive.
The other workmen at once began the work
of rescue. Mos, Of the men employed on
the work are Italians. They go by num-
b5rs instead of names and nothing is known
of their family relations.
BISHOP MEssNER was one Of the speakers
al the convention of German Roman Catho-
lie societies held last week in Milwaukee.
He has Just returned from Rome, and his
utterances are considered very important,
II discussed the school question, taking a
radically opposite view from that of Arch
bishop Ireland. He said that the propa-
ganda regrets the attitude of many English
speaking Catholics in this country on the
school question, while the position Of Ger
man Catholics met with approval. The
words of the Pope as they were delivered to
Bishop Messner, were TO the effect that 1t
was to be regretted that so many Catholics
were sending their children to the public
schools in place of the parochial schools.
THE design for the memorial sword the
Government is TO present to Rear Admiral
Dewey, according to act of Congress has
been determined upon by the committee
having the matter in charge. The design
selected was submitted by Tiffany & Co., OF
New York. 1t is less ornate than some OF
the others. Its marked chaIa eristcs is
its simple and solid elegance. The hilt OF
the sword, as originally submitted, showed
an eagles head, but this was changed to q
plain and solid, but highly traced, gold han.
die The blade is "damascened, !" being sub.
jected to that process by which the famous
Damascus blades were made One side OF
the blade bears the inscriptions "The gift
Of the nation to Rear Admiral George Dew.
ey, U, S. N, in memory of the victory OF
Manila Bay, May /, 1898" The scabbard is
OF dark blue dsmascened metal, with trac-
cry of gold.