THRE
SOLDIERS 5
[ENED RACE WAR.
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ENT TO A MISSISSIPPI
TOWN.
A COLORED EXCURSION TRAIN FIRED
ATl~SLEVELAL PERSUNS WOUNDED.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept. 1.—A
Gre unda, Miss., special says: A tele-
grain wus received bere this morning
saying tual negroes were massing near
Sted Mound, Le Flore county, Miss, ,
aud that a conflict between the whites
and b.ucks was expected. Help was
called for, as the negroes outnumbered
the whites 8iX LO one.
A volunteer company of about 40
men was raised here in an hour or two,
and left on the 12.15 train for the
scene of the trouble, under the com-
mand of the lon. J. C. Longstreet. A
company of Cavalry will leave here Lo-
pight. A despatch received here from
Lougstreet and C. L. Townes asks for
all available men throughout the
county at once. By order of the Gov-
ernor the Winona Rifles accompanied
by several citizens, left on a special
train at 2 I. M. for Greenwood, from
which place they will go to Shell
Mound to aid im suppressing the
trouble,
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 1.—Be-
tween 2 and 3 o'clock an excursion
train, composed entirely of colored peo-
ple, arrived at the (Gouidsboro depot
trom Daton Rouge. A large number
of colored men and women were Lear
the depot waiting for the train, which
was due at 11 o’clock, As the train
neared the depot one of the excursion-
1sts attempted to get off and fell to the
ground, dome unknown person made
a personal remark, when the negro
drew a pistol and fired four or live
shots io rapid succession, one of
which struck a white man named
William Miller, a brother of one
of the Gretna police, in the nose, and
lodged itself in the back of the neck,
Then the shooting became general,
some four or five hundred shots being
fired 1n less than fifteen minutes. The
above account of the trouble is from
the police of Gretna. A terrib e panic
occurred, women and cbildren ruoning
iu all directions, shouting and screams
ing, leaving dishes, baskets, hats, shoes,
ete. Ed. Levy, a colored man, living
in Algiers, was shot in the left arm,
and a colored woman, named Fleming,
was also fatally shot in the back.
Mr. John Rainy, the superintendent
of the Algiers and Greina Horse Rail
road, was about two squares away with
two cars waiting for the excursion.
He stated that the panic caused by the
rapid discharge of firearms was dread-
ful. He did not know what caused the
trouble, but the cars on their way
down to Algiers were fired into, Mr.
Rainy stated that for a time he and
his drivers were in imminent danger of
losing thelr lives,
About 4.30 o'clock this morning a
large reflection was seen near the line
vetween Algiers and Jefferson parish.
An alarm of fire was turned in. The
Algiers fire department started to the
mene, and found a large number of
scen armed with muskets, etc., and a
pegro churcn on fire, There was no
water at hand and the church was en-
tirely consumed. Just after the fre
at the colored church a colored man
pamed Ren Watkins, aged 75. was shot
iu the Lieast and slightly wounded by
some unknown parties.
Several negroes, who claimed to have
formed pert uf the excursion party, be-
mg utes viewed, state that when the
train was pearing the Gouldsboro depot
it was tired on by men who were secret-
ed along the line of the railroad track,
and wheu the shooting commenced
the train was yet in motion, and as
goon as it stopped a general stampede
tcok place. The place where the
shootiug vccurred is not thickly settled,
and all those living in close pioximily
of the depot, when interviewed, said
they heard the shots, but do not know
who did the shooting or the origin of
the trouble. It 1s very difficult to
jocate a single person who witnessed
the beginning of the shooting outside
of the police force at Gretna,
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 3,—The Capi-
tal Light Guards returned here late
this afternoon from the scene of the
race troubles in La Flore county. They
left Winter City yesterday, and report
that an armed mob of 275 negroes was
dispersed before the arrival of the mill-
tia by a large body of white men, who
were mounted and armed with Win-
chester rifles.
Reports as to the number of killed,
wounded and captured in the skirmish
by which the negroes were dispered are
sonflicting. One negro is known to
have been killed by his fellows for re-
fusing to participate in the uprising.
The officers of the Light Guards were
informed that six dead negrees had
been found where the skirmish took
place, but other reports make the num-
ber of killed larger,
Ihe troops captured forty negroes
and turned them over to the Sheriff of
La Flore county. It was reported af-
ter the troops left that one of the
negro leaders bad been hanged. A
member of the company stated It was
impossible to get reliable information
as to what really bad occurred, It was
certain, be said, that from three to
four hundred negroes were armed and
vowing vengeance against the whites
Saturday night, and it was also certain
that a large body of white men had
dispersed them and captured some of
their leaders, but no true account could
a8 yet be obtained of the loss of human
life. His personal opinion Is that the
pumber of killed and wounded will Le
found to be nearer sixty than six. The
white people of Shell Mound deserted
that bamlet Saturday night and have
taken refuge in safer quarters.
————— AAI.
matier near , California, on
might of the inst, A re
$1 has been offered for the sppre-
hension of the thieves,
~The town of Flacolula, in
Stite of Hidalgo, Mexico has
eatirely destroyed by foods,
uraphic communication thoughqus
Sate of Hidalgo is Interru |
¥
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
— There was a collision on the Dan-
ville and New River Rallroad, west of
Martinsville, Virginia, on the after.
noon of the 2d, between a mixed train
and a supply train. Doth trains were
badly wrecked, Adam Price, colored,
was killed, and three other train hands
were badly injured. None of the pas-
sengers were severely hurt. Davain A.
Henry, Superintendent of Construction
for the East River Electric Light Com-
pany, at New York, was killed on the
2d at the company’s works by receiv.
ing a shock from a 1000-volt current.
Henry had gone to the switchboard and
mounted a ladder to fx some wires
that were out of order. lle incau-
tiously placed his hand on a live wire
and fell to the ground dead. He was
only 28 years of age.
— Wiliam H. Hoagland, aged 27
years, died of hydrophobia In Newark,
New Jersey, on the morning of the
9d. Three weeks ago he was bitten
by a strange dog, which he drove from
a grocery store in which he was ein-
ployed.
—Samuel ©. Showatler, aged 69
years, voluntarily snbmitted to an in-
fection of the ‘elixir of life” at Day-
ton, Ohio, threes weeks ago, to obtain
relief from rheumatism. Bleod poison-
ing and gangrene se. In, and he died
on the 2d after horritle suffering.
— Fifteen threshe:s were polsoned
on the 2d near Tiffin, Obio, by eating
cheese. All were made violently sick,
and it is feared som of them will not
recover.
—Samuel Holmes, a well-to-do farm-
er near Farmington, Minnesota, about
65 years of age was murdered on the
1st. His wife, aged 45, who had fre-
quently threatened to k!lll him, was
arrested. D. Dougherty, an attorney
of Oakland City, Indiana, was shot
dead by Karn McKenna on the 1st.
Dougherty was counsel for McKenna's
wife in a suit for divorce.
— Mrs. Jeannot, wife of a jeweler of
Youngstown, Ohio, committed suicide
on the morning of the 1st by cutting
her throat with a razor. She had been
in 111 health for several months Dr.
F. W. Perrie, a prominent physician
of Indianapolis, was found dead in his
office on the 1st. Circumstances indi-
cate that he was either foully dealt
with or committed suicide.
—Labor Day was generally observed
on the 24. Tn most cities business was
almost wholly suspended, and the labor
organizations had parades and picnics
—**Tim’’ Dyer, one of the most no-
torious desperadoes in West Indian
Territory, was shot and fatally wounded
on the 1st at the mouth of Allen
Jayou, by John McHenry.
—A prairie dre in Minnesota is re-
ported to be sweeping the bottom lands
around Big Stone City and threatening
that town. Hundreds of farmers have
lost all their hay and stock. The fire
was started by a party of hunters a few
days ago.
—A collision occurred on the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad, near
Lindfeld, Pa., on the morning of the
34. A hand truck on which a pumber
of Italian laborers were proceeding to
their work was struck by a locomotive
of a freight train. Francesco di
Domenico was killed and five others
were badly bruised. The caboose of a
tarin on the Virginia Midland Railroad
jeft the track on the afternoon of the
34 and rollea down an embankment,
pear Accotink, Virginia. J. A. Rainey
and Ashton Raipey, brothers and
well-known cattle drovers, of Warren-
ton, were killed, Conductor Faulkner
was badly injured.
— Harvey Needham, aged 22 years,
was found dead near Franklin Fur-
nace, Pa,, on the 2d. Hae left home on
the 20th ult., to go hunting. It seems
that he fell from a tree top, where he
had climbed to get a squirrel he had
killed.
—The Coroner held an inquest In
Bessemer, Michigan, on the 2d, on the
body of Mr, Fleishbein, who was killed
by Holzhay, the stage robber. The
jury found a verdict in accordance
with the evidence, and recommended
that Holzhay be held for trial at the
pext term of court, which will be in
October, John i. Malon was fatally
stabbed by Jobn Brophy ata picuic
near Paterson, New Jersey, on the
evening of the 2d. Deputy Sheriff
Jacobs was on the 3d shot and wound-
ed at Franklin, Louisiana. 1t is assert-
ed that he had been “troublesome at
the polls,” that neither the Commis
sloners nor bystanders knew he was a
Deputy Sheriff. and that *‘when leay-
ing the court he muttered threats and
drew his pistol, making a murderous
assault, and was shot down before he
could fire.” The wound **is not neces-
sarily fatal.”
—Mr., George Coons died In Little
Sandusky, Ohio, on the 3d, of what the
doctors pronounce genuine Asiatic
cholera. The people there are greatly
excited, and many are leaving the vil-
lage. A malignaut type of typhoid
fever has made its appearauce in Con-
persville, Indiana. There are 17 cases
at the Orr boarding house, Typhoid
fever prevails at Dundee, Indiana.
Several deaths have occurred. Small-
pox is reported to be epidemic in Gua-
temala.
George W. Williams and James H.
Olark have been arrested at Alexander
Station, Kentucky, for dealing in snd
manufacturing counterfeit stiver dol-
lars. The post-office at Moline, Illi-
nols, was robbed on the morning of the
84 of $2100 in postage stamps, cash
and registered letters. Max Jacobson,
s young msn, Superintendent of the
Fidelity and Casusity Company of Chi.
CARO, Was on the evening of
the 84, on complatns of W. M. Alex-
ander, President of the company, on
the charge of embezzling its funds. It
that Jacobson lived in extrava-
gant style, and was addicted to betting
races. The amount of his
What Life Is.
says a terrific electrical and wind storm
prevailed on the evening of the 3d
within an area of 100 miles of that city.
Telegraph poles between there and
Fargo were blown down and communi-
cation interrupted. The damage In
the neighborhood 1s thought to be
heavy. The weather is now wintry in
nature, and it is feared considerable
damage will result.
«Professor Sylvester, while driving
to his residence, north of Princeton,
New Jersey, on the evening of the 34,
was run into by & runaway team going
in the same direction. His vehicle
was wrecked and the professor was
thrown violently to the ground, sus-
taining serious internal injuries and
terrible lacerations about the head and
body.
— Frank Yavens, 38 years of age,
dropped dead in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
on the evening of the 34, A post-
mortem examination showed that his
heart was on the right side, and his
death was caused by a rupture of that
organ, Jobu and Edward Brocher
I.ake Michigan, on the 4th, while
fishing. Two children of David Guy
set fire to a barn at Blue Springs, Ne-
bullding.
watches, George Dilhof died in Cin-
under the influence of chloroform,
tating an lpjured thumb. Two physi-
drug.
man.
Illinois,
of typhoid fever in the human being,
and the animals sometimes linger for
many days, finally perishing of starva-
tion as much a8 anything else, for
they will eat nothing. No remedy can
be found, and farmers are in despair.
Epizooty bas broken out among the
mules in the Henry Colliery in Wilkes.
barre, Pa., operated by the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, and work was
suspended on the 4th in consequence.
~The Log College celebration in com-
memoration of the movements incident
to the planting of the Presbyterian
“hurch in this country took place on
the 5th. near Hartsvlile, in Bucks
county, Pa., and attracted to the site
about twelve thousand people. President
flarrison and his party left Postmaster
General Wanamaker's houses at Jen
kintown shortly after nine o'clock and
drove to Hartsville, a distance of nive
miles. Along the entire route flags and
bunting were displayed, and at Abing-
ton apd Hatboro especial demonstra
tions of welcome were mode. Toe
exercises near the site of the Log
College extended through the morning
and afternoon, and comprised addresses
by the President, Postmaster General
Wanamaker and Governor Deaver,
besides historical and other papers by
prominent Presbyterian clergymen,
—A 25-pound can of dynamite which
was being soldered by lwo men on a
Government lighter st the mouth of
the St. Johns river, Floiida, exploded
on the morning of the 5th, blowing the
men to atoms. The victims were RE.
T. Moore, a son of the Captain of the
lighter, and Grandison Powell, colored,
Nothing of them, except one toe of
Moore was found after the explosion
Engineer Dunn, of the lighter, was
badly injured in the side and arm, and
Captain Moore was terribly shaken up.
The shock of the explosion was fell for
a considerable distance and created
much alarm among the men at work on
the jetty at the bar.
—Wilbam Bonnett and Miss Carrie
Ernest, of Baltimore, were ran over
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rall.
road, near Perrymans, Maryland, on
the evening of the 5th. Hugh Perry,
an electric light lineman in Buffalo,
on the 5th while working on a pole.
ing. Perry was alive when taken
down, but speecheless,
minutes after reaching the hospital
deer hunting party in Sullivan county,
New York. was accidentally killed on
companions. It is thought a twig
caught the hammer of Fountain’s
gun.
train which was passing
bridge near Chillicothe, Ohio, on the
Bth. ‘They were members of
Knights of Ivanhoe, of Athens, and
give an
Grounds, A gravel train on the Me-
heeport and Belle Vernon Railroad
struck & cow near Webster station,
Pa., on the 5th. Several cars were de
ralled and demolished. One man
named Robert Carney was instantly
killed. His twe brothers, Charles and
Samuel, wers seriously injured, the
latter thought to be fatally.
were all miners, and were riding on the
cars,
Sherman Caswell has been
ing on the
Montpelier, Vermont, since the latter’s
death, living in the house with Cutler's
daughter, On the 4th, the daughter
married George Gould, and on the Oth
Caswell In a fit of jealousy shot off
Gould’s lower jaw, William Smith,
a colored cook, shot and killed his wife
14 Pittsburg on the morning of the
5th, and then attempted suicide. He
will recover, Jealousy was the cause
of the act. G. Edward Johnson, who
has been partially insane for several
months, stabbed his wife to death In
Chicago on the evening of the 5th.
-A, OC, , President of the
Staley Woolen Mills in South Bena,
Indiana, was poisoned on the evening
of the 84 by morphine given him by a
druggist for quinine. He is 72 yearn
SAE St Sines yh
have 50 far been unavailing.
Life is a silvery stream,
Born in the spow-white arms;
Weon its banks (where they seem
Almost to touch and to kiss)
Long for the mermaiden’s bliss
And the salt sea’s soothing charms.
With lips rose-red apart,
And syes bedimmed by tears,
We feel this young world’s heart
Beating in time to our own.
And yet are as oue alone
Ins crowd of hopes aud fears.
Tossed by am unrest wild,
Drawn by a hope unseen-—
A god In thought and a child,
We wander on to the end,
With dread as a bosom friend,
And a mist comes down between.
A NTIS.
JO, THE BOOTBLACK.
“Il cateh an awful cold if you
washes me. Please don’t, mum.’ And
the rascal of humanity answering to the
name of Tim MacDonald looked up
| with a frightened, imploring expression
| 1nto the kind face bending over him.
|| There had been an accident in the
ptreet. A runaway horse and vebicle
‘had plunged madly—through the
crowded thoroughfare, and ere strong
| hands could stay the frenzied animal, a
small form lay motionless in the mire
of the street.
“Poor little fellow! he breathes! I'll
| carry him right over to the hospital,”
| said the gooa Samaritan, who lifted the
unconscieus form,
“Ah! an’ it’s our Tim! he lives io
our alley. sir. Ill tell Jo; he's his
| brother, an' a tip-top bootblack too,
sir,” volunteered one of the street
Arabs, who had rushed to the scene.
Fortunately the hospital was only a
few rods distant, and by the time Tim
had been carried thither, and his be-
raggled garments had been removed,
consciousness had returned.
jut what terrors assailed the small
lad when he discovered that a bath
was in prospect; he had never taken a
bath; he was sure It would kill him.
Very quietly the nurse soothed his
fears, and performed her not very
agreeable task, and then another sur-
prise awaited Tim.
“Riazea! 1 be most
as white as
[ was dirt color. 1bet Jo won't know
a
ae,
had sustained was an unsettied ques
tion with the doctors, With the ex-
ception of a few bruises, the injuries
were internal, and the small urchin,
who bad skipped about at a very lively
rate all his brief life, was content to
his snowy cob.
Jo, the **tip-top bootblack,” his only
known relative, came, breathless and
eager, but In very filthy garb, to call
upon his injured brother, a few hours
after the accident
send him away but no such dirty speci-
the spotless wards of the hospital.
“You must go,’ sald the nurse,
“and tidy yourself up a bit,
you find a place to lake a bath?"
ing of the word, bul see Tia he must.
for his little brother.
hasty ablutions, then hurried
again to t! & hospital,
The nurse smiled at the queer look-
ing little figure which stood cap In
Jo had managed to remove enough of
the dirt to show that he, too, was white
underneath, but his face was encircled
| by an outer rim of brown, and his
| hands were decidedly streaked, being a
mixture of brown and white. But he
was admitted this time. No mortal
nurse could resist his eager, unspoken
plea,
With a look of unutterable awe over.
shadowing his shrewd boy face, Jo
| softly followed the nurse, passing cot
after cot, until she stopped beside the
little iron bed upon which Tim lay.
Charging Jo to be very gentle and
quiet, the nurse withdrew to a short
distance, that the brothers might feel
in & measure alone. Jo looked at Tim
with incredulous surprise. This little
| 'whiterobed, sweet faced cherub! Was
| this Tim?
[+ *Ha! hal doesn’t you know me, Jo?"
| ‘cried Tim, with a faint chuckle of de-
| ight.
|* Yes, this was Tim! Such a change
| as passed over Jo's face, his features
| worked convulsively, he choked and
swallowed in a frantic effort to control
| himself, and then stooped suddenly and
| kissed Tim’s pale face to hide the dis-
graceful tears that would persist in fall
ing.
“Ah! Tim, me darlin®,”’ he grasped,
“be ye hurt much?”
“Not much,” said Tim, bravely;
‘sme head is a bit heavy, but’ —admir-
'ingly~"isn’t this a foine place to stay
in. Everybuddy treats me like a gen-
tlemin, an’ I feast o’ the fat o' the
land.’’
The two brothers had an intimate
acquaintance with cold and hunger,
| and little Tim was charmed with the
princely attention which he had re.
ceieed since entering the hospital,
“It’s jist noice here,” he added. “I
wish you could stay with me."
It was nearly night when Jo left his
brother, but he had remained long
enough to assure himself that Tim was
happy and consent notwithstanding his
weak back and his strange surround.
ings. Deep gratitude swelled Jo's
manly little heart, and he longed to do
something for the gentle white-capped
nurse, who had so quickly won Tim's
warm devotion,
to his brother; ‘keep up a brave
heart.,”” Then, stepping to Lhe nurse,
“Thank yer kindly mum, for making
Tim so comfortable, I've a
corner or Prince and Carl streets, an’
it you’ll come to me, I'll be proud to
shine yer boots free of charge. id
The nurse thanked the little fellow,
and bowed him out of the ward with a
smile and a tear, convinced that under-
neath his dirt and rags was a right
royal spirit,
Days, weeks, and months passed, and
jury was spinal, and that the case Was
hopeless; that it was merely a question
of time. It was thought best to keep
the truth from Joe, and he came and
went from the hospital a very differ-
there,
cacy of an occasional bath,
A strangely interesting
Jo. The children who occupied the
knowledge of anything like real howe
life. Near Tim was a precious infant
who had been dreadfully burned.
wink in the most jolly and ludicrous
| way.
i
| tient Tim affirmed, +] jist say, ‘Wink
| Maggie!’ an’ I'm fit to bust with laflin’
directly.”
Indeed, Maggie's grotesque wink be-
came somewhat famous, so that conva-
lescent patients who visited the ward
were sure to stop by Maggie’s bed and
to ask her to wink, Perhaps it was the
contrast between her helpless maimed
condition and the deliciousness of the
| wink, that made it so mirth-provoking,
| Certainly it was baby Maggie's only ac-
| complishment, and she and others got
| much comfort therefrom.
Tim had been a few times to a mis-
which caused him to be somewhat
| scandalized at occasional occurrences
| in the ward,
“You see that cholld over there,’ he
whispered to Jo one day, pointing with
| indicate the direction.
| “The kid with the red hair?” im
| quired Jo,
| “The same,” said Tim, solemaly;
| “the poor thing's a nawful h'athen,
| The nurse asked her last night if she
| knew a prayer,” ‘Oh, yes,’ she sald; ‘I
| niver say a prayer at home, but I always
says one when I goes to gran'ma’s.’
| 80 the nurse axes her to say the prayer,
| and she says:
| ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To draw a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill come tumbling after.
| “How's that for a prayer?” said Tim,
with lofty scorn. “I says ‘Now I lay
| me’ every night.”
“That 18 a good boy!” said Jo, with
a feeling of awe at Tim’s goodness
and cleverness,
they've little chance to
| learn good things,’ sald Tim, as he
shook his head gravely; ‘“‘some of the
new children were asked,
day, if they could sing a hymn, an’
they began to sing ‘Captain Jinks of
the horse marines.’ ”’
A great change had come over Tim,
and Jo puzzled over it in private, and
found the problem too hard for him.
Tim was always the same patient,
sweet-tempered little fellow, bright and
i the streels,
began to feel a restraining influence
fore, and without being aware of any
conscious thought on the subject, he
shunned wrong words and deeds every
day lest he should be unworthy the lit-
tie white-robed brother In the chil.
dren’s ward of the hospital,
“Jes not long for this world, poor
little pet!” said the nurse one day;
“and perhaps Jo ought to know; but it
was hard to make Jo understand, But
soon the Angel of Death came, and
Tim gently ceased to breathe; there
was another sweet spirit in heaven, but
Jo was hopeless,
““I'here is good material in the boy,”
said one of the physicians In the hos-
pital; “be has shown a man’s devotion.
He shall come into my family if he
likes, and I'll do for him as if he were
my own son.” And often in his happy
home Jo has wondered if Tim knew,
for he was sure Tim would be so glad,
To-day in the same city there Is a
young physician, Dr. Joseph MacDon-
ald, who is the warm friend and helper
of the news-boys and boot-blacks, They
| stoumis PAnk, bult ata cost of §lg
| 760,000, represents a large expenditure
| of money for the philauthiropie purpose
| of improving the breed of Loses, Dut,
| a8 large and expensive quurters have
been provided for the book makers, one
| of the objects may be to Improve tha
| breed of men by giving them object
lessons in the folly of gambling,
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DAY by day the record of rai'tond
| accidents grow more bulky. It is evi-
dent that many of these accidents could
have been avoided, and the conclusion
{ must be reluctantly forced upou com-
| mon people that inattention to orders
| and lack of painstaking have a share in
| the operating causes. In all such
instances carelessness is sort of
j crime,
i —————
| Foorisa Skipper Charles T. Rogers,
| who undertook to cross the broad At
lantic in an eighteen-foot boat, made a
lucky escape with his life after thirty-
eight days of privation and suffering.
When itis considered that a man en-
| gaged in such an undertaking is prac-
| tically in the position of a shipwrecked
| mariner who Las escaped the general
catastrophe in a sbip’s boat, the fool-
hardiness of the venturs becomes mal-
ifest.
a
A DESIRE to save a conditional sub-
| scription by the city of Knoxvile to
| the new East Tennessee Railroad was
| the primal cause of the recent disas-
| trous accident at Flat Creek, on this
| newly constructed line of track. The
| railway company has saved Knoxville's
| subscription of $225,000, but in attain.
| ing that ena the lives and limbs of val
ved citizens have been sacrificed.
| There should be searching investigation
| of this affair.
| MARINE engineers and constructors
| on the Eastern coast would doubtless
| like to look at the machinery of the
| cruiser Charlestown, with which the
| Pacific coast mechanics bave been pot-
| tering for several months with dubious
| results, Her latest trial trip was inter-
| mitted, after 8 two-hours run, by the
| slipping of an eccentric. It is costing
| the contractors & pretty sum learn
bow to put together a m srine engine;
| but if they should get another similar
| job from Uncle Sam they may be ena-
| bled to do better work by reason of
| their costly experience with the Charles
| ton's machinery.
Tue savings banks returns for New
York State show that there were nearly
| $24,000,000 more due depositors on the
| 1st of July, 1889, than there were on
| the same date of 1888, and that the
| average amount due each depositor was
$386, These figures, no doubt, may be
| taken as an illustration of what is be-
| ing done in other States, and such a
| healthy increase of deposits isa cheers
{ ing sign. It bas been said that no man
| who owns a foot of land is likely ever
to become an Anarchist; and it is
equally true that every man who has a
| dollar put away is prompted to array
himself on the side of the conservative
{ forces of the Republic.
Axciest Cox rvouxD.—Ed-
| ward Kennedy, employed on the Sam-
| yels' farm, in Windsor, Conn., bas
{ unearthed in one of the fields an ancient
| silver coin bearing the colonial stamp
of Massachusetts, It is bright and the
| date and inscription are as plain as ever.
| On one side is the name ““Massachu-
| setts,” with a tree In the centre, and on
| the other “New England, 1652, V1”
| (shillings). “The coin is one of the
rarest of the colonial pieces, At the
| time it was struck the colonists had but
| little coin, because they had to send
{i AN
| their money to England to buy supplies,
| Trade was carried on by barter, wam-
| pum, Indian corn and even buliets
| being frequently the mediums of ex-
| change. Finally, in 1652, the Massa-
| chusetts Legislature authorized the
| coining of Pine Tree shillings, like thas
| found by Kennedy.”
| New YORK has started with a com-
| mittee of Finance for the Worlds Fair
of 1802 which is fully capable of car-
rying it on successfully, and as the
members have accepted service with a
hearty spirit, the success of the enter-
prise seemed almost assured. If the
selection of the site can be made to the
general satisfaction of the members of
the Finance Committee and the public,
every other difficulty, including that of
raising the necessary money, Appears to
be easily surmountable, There is a
deal of talk of erecting perma-
nent buildings and maintaining a per-
manent exhibition. It would simplify
matters to abandon this idea at once,