The Big Sandy News, 1887-11-24

Unveiling- of His Statue at Lex Lex-iogton, - iogton, Lex-iogton, Ky. Aa Immense Concourse of Cltlsena Wit Witnessed - nessed Witnessed the Ceremony llrlef Bketeb, of the Event. '. . : Lxiisoton. Kt,. Nov. 16. The unveiling of the statue of the late John C. Breckinridge, at Lexington, was Attended by an Immense con concourse - course concourse or peoplo. Distinguished naon were present from all parts of the State, and many from other States. The demonstration lo honor of tho memory of the deceased soldier and statesman waa most remarkab'.e. It was eon eon-lined - lined eon-lined to no class and no party. The larger and non-polltlcal meaning to which this great mixed gathering gave emphasis was the spontaneous tribute ot s people who admire greatccss to the nobility of character, transcendent genius and profound devotion to his country of a roan, who, in every position he waa called to Oil, did honor to himself and reflected credit upon his Bute. It la unnecessary here to recite the lire snd services of John Capel Ureoklmidfre as stater- nun ard as soldier. They are matters of history, and the orators of the day did ample justice to his name in this regard. After his return from exile, he settled down to the practice o( law in Lexington, where he waa beloved and respected by all who knew him. In his later years,lhough aa manly and dignified as ever, he appeared to have ' lost that . Ore and pow.. er to : enthuse which characterized him in former days, and which those who knew him then loved to spook of. . An ailment that finally brought about bis death was press pressing - ing pressing pon him, too, and in 1075 he died ot ab abscess - scess abscess of the liver, after an operation by Dr. Bayre, of New York. On his sick bed. but a few short weeks before his. death, he was vis visited - ited visited by Viee-Preaident Wilson, who deviated from his Southern course to pBy his respects to the ex-Vice-President. The two eminent men. typical of their respective sections, like their Status, Kentucky and Massachusetts, shook hand la the presenoe of death and thowod tho politician how great minds oould forgive and forget. The monument which was unvolled to-dny. was a gift from the Commonwoaltb ot Ken tucky. In ISP) the Legislature appropriated 610,000 to eroot a monument to the memory of General John C. Breckinridge at Lexington, tbe act making tbe appropriation providing that the eommlsstouers named therein should be authorised to collect by subscription 6100 00 more. The commissioner were nsmed In tho act They were Senator Book, Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge, Hon. F. K. Hunt, Hon. Madison C. Johnson, Colonel John R. Vlley, Mr. James A. Orlnstead and Major R. S. Bullock, These gentlemen organized with Hon. F. K. Hunt president and Mr. R. T. Anderson sec secretary. - retary. secretary. They were all friends of tbe deceased statesman, and they concluded to make l:t l:t-tle - tle l:t-tle or no collections from tbe public preferring that the monument to his memory should be tbe girt of his beloved notlvo State, Acting through its representative assembly. This determination was strengthened by tbe fact that epidemics, yellow rover and other calamities depressed the people tn various parts ot the Stato and of the South at that time, and all Idea of collecting money from the people was abandoned. Those gen gentlemen - tlemen gentlemen were not all destined, however, to be hold tho fruition ot their endeavors. Death played sad havoc with them. Soon Hou. F. K. Hunt died and Colonel R. T. Anderson was elected to flit his place. Then John R. Vilcy, Henry Bell, James A Grlnstead and Madisoa C. Johnson went the way of all flesh, and in their places Judge Morton, Judge Hunt and Major P. P. Johnston took tbe labor ot the Breckinridge Monusient Association. Death, toe, removed him who had been chosen orator for this day. General William Preston, a callont companion ot the dead Breckinridge. The next thing to be done after seourlng the money was to find an artist. About tbat time Mr. Edward Valentine, a sculptor, of Richmond, had made a reputation by modollng a recum recumbent - bent recumbent statue of General Lee and a bust ot Gen eral Albert Sydney Johnston, wbich were con considered - sidered considered perfect. Here waa a obance to Eeoure a good artiBt and at the same time a Southern mnn In sympathy with the sublect. 'i ne atmcnsions oi toe monument are, oneny, as follows: Height of the bronzo statue, 8 foot; pedestal or granite, 11 feet; die, 5 feet 6 Inches, and other parts of uch height as would make the monument in height tl feet. It stands ia the center of the street known as Chenpside. on the east of the court house, and facing that building. .. The cost of the monumont did not absorb the appropriation. Mr. Valentine was paid 60,000 for his work, and the remainder, inoluding the fountains and other adornments, M,000. Tbe committee had Judiciously Invested the money placed in their hands so as to pay all expenses with its accumulated profits, leaving sufllclent to yield a yearly income onough to defray the expense ot keeping tbe ground aud monument in repair. Tbe exercises were eonduoted according to the programme. After a grand procession through tbe principal streets, in which wore tbe State officers, cadets, artillery cempuny, Are company and distinguished citizens in oarriairos. the multitude gathered about the base ot the statue. Rev. Dr. J. J. Bullock, of Washington, former Chaplain of the United States Senate when Breckinridge was Vice-President, opened the proceedings with an eloquent prayer. Ho was followed by Hon. James B. Bock, who briefly recited the history nnd labors of the Breckin Breckinridge - ridge Breckinridge Monument Committee. No msn had a better right to that distinction. But for him John C. Breckinridge would hare died poorer than he was, and his sons would have hod less to-day. He so man managed - aged managed the disposition or Oenoral Breck Breckinridge' - inridge' Breckinridge' Western property, refusing all appeal to sell, aa enabled him whoa he did sell to give the boys somothlng worth having and start them In life on a comfortable basis. One of them Is a planter in the South and another, JotinC. Breck Breckinridge, - inridge, Breckinridge, is a Congressman from Arkansas. He was upon the speakers' platform to-day, and, though lacking his father's lofty build, Is In face strikingly like him In his prime manhood. the time of life in which the statue represents him. Mr. Valentine made a few remarks delivering the statue to the committee, and Colonel w. O. P. Breckinridge In a tew eloquent words deliv delivered - ered delivered it to the State.' Governor Buokner del. ored a short address recolWng the statuo, whioa be oaused to be unveiled. Tbo proceedings closed with tho address of Hon. J. C. S. Bluckburn upon the lifo and services of General John C. Breckinridge. It was a remarkably well conceived, eloquent and admirably delivered address. His effort was the most patnstuklng and fullhiul work of his life. Contrary to the expectations of many who do not know the young Senator from Kentucky, ho made no fiery onslaught upon his political oppononts, but confined himself strictly to th business In hand. Nooessarily his historical sketch embraced mention ot subjects charged with political dynamite, but he danced over the egg without breaking a shell. . Eighteen years ago when tho air brake was trioil it required eighteen second to apply it to it train 2,000 fuot long. Four years litfor the time was reduced four seconds. llucont ex periments with the air brnkoon freight trains show that It can be applied to overy ear on a train of that length running at Iho rato of forty miles uu hour, and that this train can be stop ped within 600 feet or one-fourth of it own length, and all this without, any serious joltiujj

Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Bale Destroyed in Memphis. The Value of the Maple Over Sis Hundred Thousand Dollars, While the Hnllrtlnga and Presses Represented One Hundred and Twentjr-riv Thousand More. Mxhphib, Tehm., Nov. IT. The most dis disastrous - astrous disastrous lire that over visited this city oc occurred - curred occurred to-night at 7:4o'clock,and resulted in the complete destruction of 13,200 bales of cotton and compresses Nos. 4 and 5 of tbe Merchants' Cotton Conipross and Htor age Company. Th buildings are located In tbe Navy-yard, and aro easily accessible to the lines or the Loulsvilleand Nashville, Chesapeake and Ohio and Southwestern and Louisville, New Orleans and Texas railroad, each line having track running through tho company'a grounds. Tho Are was discovered among some cotton in Press No. 5, which is west of tbo railroad tracks, and contained 8,300 bales. It spread with great rapidity, and was soon beyond tue control or tbe men who were, on duty. and who made a brave attempt to extin guish it. In tit toon minutes after the alarm waa sounded the flames had spread to the cotton stored in Press No. 4, which waa to the south, and wbicb contained 5,000 balo. The entire department of the city respond ed, but could do nothing towards extin guishing the flames. They devoted their attention to the saving of Press No. 1, which la to tbe east of the tracks, and which contained 9,000 onies. Mill, Fontaine & Co.'s shed, tn which were 30,000 bales of colton, joins Press No. 1 to the north, while Zenests tt Co' hed, with 16,000 bale, is dl recti v south of Press No. 1. All this cotton, 54.000 bales, was in great clangor, but fortunately the wind waa blowing favorably and car carried - ried carried the flames toward the river. But thore another danger was thrcatcnod. a the river fronting the com pros ne to tho west was filled with coal barges belonging to llrown ez Jones, nnd it required a con constant - stant constant fight on the part of his men to ex extinguish - tinguish extinguish the fires that were contin ually springing up among the barges, which were in close proximity to the burning buildings. About forty cars, belonging to the Chesapeake and Ohio and Southwestern railroad, and which wore loaded with cotton ready to be ship shipped - ped shipped East wore burned, togother with their contonta. The number of bales burned on the cars were included In tbe 8,300 bales in compress No. 4. Tho cotton destroyed was principally for export. It was valued at KMO.OtO. Tho Insurance can not be ascer tained to-night. It was covered by policies of the Compress Company, and none of tbe local companies suffer any loss. The Insurance was placed in St. Louis Mutual, Eastern Mutual, Manufacturers' Mutual, New York Mutual aud other Eastern and New Orleans Companies. The amount of insurance, in all probability, will not ex ceed W) per cent, of the loss. The presses and buildings of the Cotton Press Com Company - pany Company were valued at fISA.000, which were ulso partially Insured. The flames cover covered - ed covered an area of three blocks, and lighted up the entire city. Tbe origin of the Are is unknown, but It Is supposed to be Incen Incendiary, - diary, Incendiary, Walter Moudenhall, a fireman on the Little Rock railroad, has been arrested on suspicion. There is no positive proof, however, of his guilt. NO USB FOR MORMONS. troselytlng Elders Tarred and Feathered In Alabama- Calera, Ala., Nov. 17. For the past three months a party of six mormon elders have been proselyting In this section and also at several small towna across the Georgia border. Several converts were made at tho hitter places, and the Indignation and wrath of the people could hardly be sup suppressed - pressed suppressed when on last Sunday, four mar married - ried married women nnd two men left their homes aud mode public their Intention of going to Utah. The people then all rose up at once and gave tbe elders notice to move on blatantly. They refusod at first, but Mon day nluht two of them were taken out and tarred and feathered, and the next night two othors were chased Into the woods by hounds and kept in tho trees all night. The eldors left tbe next day, and the converts aro now missing also, leav ing six forsaken homos. If the elders ever return they will bo shot on sight Immensely Rich Gold Discovery. Ban Francisco, Nov. 17. The telegraph ed reports from Proncott, Aria., are uni uniform - form uniform in stntomontthat an apparently won derful discovery of a gold ledge has been made on Hnssayumpa rivor, tei. miles from Prescott The strike was mado on the side of a bill two hundred feot above the level of the creek. The product of the mine thus far Is declared to be the richest ever known on the const, nnd has naturally pro provoked - voked provoked great excitement throughout Arixo- no. Tho ledge ia twenty inches wide, nnd runs north and south, and can be traced for nearly two miles. Quarts rock tnkon from the ledge is said to average (100,000 of gold a ten. Herr Most Arrested. New York, Nov. 17. Herr Most was ar rested to-day by Inspector Byrne's detec detectives, - tives, detectives, on a wan ant charging him with making an incendiary speech. Ho was con fined tn a cell to await a beat ing. Herr Most denies tbe charges, and says he la tha victim of the capitalistic press. A Railroad Savings Scheme. Pnii.AnEi.pniA Nov. 17. A special meet ing of tho board of directors of tho Penn Pennsylvania - sylvania Pennsylvania Railroad Company was hold yes yesterday, - terday, yesterday, at which It was agreed to put into effoct among tin. employes of that corpora corporation - tion corporation a trust savings fund, Amounts from (5 and upward may be deposited uuder the plan and draw interest at the rnto of four per cent, per annum. All station agents of the company will be authorised to receive deposits and receipt for tho same. ' Theso deposits will be forwarded to some authorized depository of the com company. - pany. company. A bastardly Attempt lo Murder- New York, Nov. 17. At Acqueductvllle, Westchester County, an attempt was mads to blow up the dwolling of David Seldon with a dynamito bomb, which failed to ex explode. - plode. explode. Six persons were asleep In the house at the timo. Italian Falls Nine Hundred Feet. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 17. Dominlo Massuto fell nine hundred feet down the Heclu shaft of the Calumet and Hocla mint at Ishpcnilug, Mich., this morning, and waa instantly killed. Ho leavos a large family In deatltutaulroumalnno.

Bwlldlng Wrecked and Hli Workmen Killed Fifteen Hundred Pounds of the Deadly tuff Did It. Hakcock, Mirn., Nov. 10. Fifteen hun dred pounds of dynamite exploded shortly before noon to day at the works of Han cock Chemical Company, located four mile from here on the banks of Portage Lake. Six peraon Were Instantly an annihilated, - nihilated, annihilated, all tha workmen there were, fortunately. In the factory : at the time. A building about 100 by 75 feet In dimension was blown literally Into Infinitesimal fragments. The shock Waa felt for mile around, and the rent rent-pllt - pllt rent-pllt air told tbe awful tale to people in Hancock, Houghton, Ishpeining and other towns far away. In this city the first im pression was one of earthquake; building were shaken, fixtures were hurled down. and people with blanched faces ran out ex pecting their houses about to fall. Then the boom of the concussion was beard, aud every body knew that what bad been ex pected to happen for many days past had actually occurred at lust. People were soon pouring ont of town In the direction of the works. As they camo within eight of the place where the factory ha 1 stood they saw that It bad been wiped off tba face of the earth. Where the packing house had stood, and in which the pow erful explosives were stored, wa a great bole in the ground almoat as large as the building Itself had been. The ground bad been forced downward end packed as bard as rock. The bole was funnel- shaped and ono might imagine that thete rible force had disappeared through tha small end of the cone into tbe bowels of the earth, carrying building and men with it. The locality was scoured for vestige of tho works, and in faint hopes of finding at least one of the workmen who had escaped with bia life; but all In vain. Not so much as a button was found, to tell the etory .1 their fate. - A Street Duel Lexington, Kt., Nov. IB. The most un unfortunate - fortunate unfortunate tragedy that Lexlugton baa known In many years occurred on her street to-day, when Thomas M. Green, of Maysvllle, Ky., a staff correspondent of the Commtrcial Oairtle, Cincinnati, shot and killed Louis I). Baldwin, of Nicholasvillo, Ky., a deputy collector of Internal Hove nue under Collector Thomas M. Bronston, of the Eighth , District of Kentucky. mo oimcuity grew out or soma letters published in that paper over tbe signature of "Keith" exposing alleged frauds In counection with the election in Jessamine County. The two men met in the street and after a few words, Green turned to walk away when Baldwin reachod for his revolver. Five shots were then exchanged between the two, one of which passed through the heart of Bald Baldwin, - win, Baldwin, causing almost instant death. One shut took effect In Green's side, but the wound was not serious. Green i undor arrct. Dalian Congress Convenes. Rous., Nov. 10. Parliament was opened to-day. King Humbert, In his speech from tbe throne said: "My heart rejoices that Italy, so strong through ber arms and sure of her alliances, is friendly with all nations. She continues ber forward march in the family of great Powers, and finds herself side by side with the loading States, hhe does not fear retrogression. All my efforts aim at the preservation of peace. The other great Powers have tho samo object In view." Poverty and Poison. CAMnniDOE, Md., Nov. 10. Mrs. Levin Mear killed her nine-year-old daughter Blanche with poison last night and at tempted to kill herself In a similar man ner, but took ao overdose, which caused nausea and saved her lifo. Mrs. Mears baa lived apart from her busband for a year. Domestie trouble brought poverty, poverty brought friendlossness and friendliness this tragedy. Tbe woman's own confession is the only evidence against her. She is ia jail. Drought and Distress. Delphi, Ind., Nov. 16. To-day clouds of amoko onveloped this city, caused by tires in difforcnt parts of the county. Wooda and meadows nre as dry as powder-flasks, and farmers aro on the alert day and night. Fires break out almost spontane ously. A hundred farmors are now fight ing n Are in tho woods a fow miles south of this city. Tho streams and wolls are all drying up and the situation is growing startling. National Grange In Session. Lansing, Mich., Nov. 10. The twentyv flrat annual sossionof tho National Grange bogun here this morning in Representative Hall, nearly every State in the Union be being - ing being represented. To-day's session, which was secret, included the address of tho Master and routine work. The All McCoy Case. Portsmouth, O., Nov. 10. The circuit court has sustained' sentence of lower court imprisoning Alf McCoy for life for the murder of Dr. Nothrup. It is thought McCoy's attornoys will appeal to the Su preme Court. Arensdorl Jury Completed. Biorx Citv, Ia., Nov. 10. The second jury for the trial of John Arensdorf aa principal in the murder of the Prohibition Prohibition-1st, - 1st, Prohibition-1st, Rev. Haddock, was completed today. The taking of testimony begins to-morrow morning. Twenty Thousand Constables. London, Nov. 10. The (J lobe unofficially ays that the Government will swear in twenty thousand special constables in or order - der order to check further riots in London. The Vole ol Hamilton County, 0. Cincinnati, Nov. 16. Official count-of Hamilton County, complete, gives Fornlier a plurality of 6, 702, while othor Republican pluralities range from 8,377 to 13,676. Accepted With Regrets. Washington, Nov. 18. The President has accepted Sparks' resignation, and ao companiea tho acceptance with regret at ba withdrawal from oillce. A Fatal Whiff ol London Fog. London, Nov. 16. Aldormau Sir Win. McArthur, ex-mayor of London and ex ex-member - member ex-member of Parliament, died this morning in an underground railway earring), It Is thought he choked to death, as the black blackest - est blackest fog that has prevailed in yoars hangs over the city today. Dr. McCosh's Successor. Newark, N. J., Nov. 16. Tbe Kmtng Atm announces that Rev. Dr. Francis L. Fatten, Professor of Geology at Princeton College, will succeed Dr. McCosh as presi president - dent president of that Institution. .

And a Number of Hla Wild Anl- malat Fer'tah. n'7 r.irpnaal and Other nrasts Roam Roam-Ins; - Ins; Roam-Ins; the atrceU-Lou More than Half a union Uollara, BainoKFonr, Conn., Nov. W. About ten o'clock to-night fire broke out In tbe clus cluster - ter cluster of building occuplod by P. T. Hum urn aa winter quarter for his "Urcntett now on Karth." The blase originated in the main building, and ia supnosod to have "-n cautoa oy the explosion of a kero. en lamp. An alarm was runir In. fol lowed a few minutes later bv aaacnml alarm, which brought the greator part u. u rire Department to the aoene. miiiin nve minutes after tlo alarm bad sounded tho streets were filled with thousands of people hurrying toward th spot It oon became apparent that mo mum Dunning could not be saved and every effort was made to rescue the aul mals. Home of thete were got safely out, but a largo number, Including three elo elo-phantt - phantt elo-phantt Hamton, Jim and Hurt perished in me names. Hundreds of animals, In ciunmg elephants, lions, tla;er, leopard, camels and horses, were liberated or else broke looso, and for hours a tre mendous uproar ensued. Heveral ner. suns were picked up io the streets by mo iniunated elephant and tossed all arounl. A detail of nolle nurtued aro.r. ing linn and put tlx or aovon bullet into nls hide, but with no perceptible result. At midnight the fire I under control, but till burning. The main building wa de stroy ea. inenrewas causod by tho ex explosion - plosion explosion of a watchman's lantern. There wer six watchmen. Five have roported, but one ia missing. Three elephants wore burned to dt-alb. Tblrtv six broke loose and escaped. Bit of them and a hippopotamus rushed through me streets in a pi table condiiion, being terribly burned. Thirty elephant nnd a largo linn aturtod off across tho country to toward - ward toward Eoaton. All the trained horses w re burn'rd, aa were alio the lion, tigers, hyenas, monkeys, birds, cala and three rhinoceroses. The car-abeda were saved, but tho main building burned so rapidly and tturcely Ibat water had no effort upou tbe flamos. The total loss Is estimated from fSoo.UOO to trun.OUO with only llttyxu Insurance Mr. Both well, the Bridgeport atient, says steps will be taken at once to obtain new attractions. He thinks the buildings will be rebuilt at Jersey City Instead of Bildgopnrt, on ac account - count account of tho bet:or farillllcs thero. Mr. Karnum aud Mr. Bulley aro in New York A watchman aascrta that while making bis rounds be discovered tbe Hro, and aa he did so ho started to cry out, when some unknown person bit him on tbo head with a blunt Instrument, foiling him to tbe ground and cutting several severe gashes in bis bead. He staggered to bla fret, giving tho alarm and enabling the other watchmen, who were In the building preparing for bed, to es cape One of the three elephants burned was Iho famous "sacred white elephant." The linn which the police attempted to kill when the Ore bro- out was aftorward found in a barn devouring a cow which h had killed. Ha was shot. A DREADFUL MISTAKE. A Young Ms.n Shot While Amiuing Fa lull Whose House Wa on Urn. IIutlrr, Mo., Nov. 40. Between Vinton and West Point, this county, about elxteon miles from Butler, a horrible inistnke, re lulling in (be death of a deserving young man, occurred. John Radford Is a bachelor, a man of aome meant, la somewhat deaf, and Is always anticipating that be is about to bo robbed. Last night on of his nearest neighbors, . young Mr, Waddoll, waa going borne, when he discovered Radford's house on flra, anil hurriedly ran to awaken the inmntos. He knocked nnd pounded on the door, but no respunso enme. Knowing the old man deafness, and fearing he would bo burned with the house, he threw hla weight against th door, which gave way. Rad ford, supposing be was a roblor, shot him with a charge of buckshot In tho left side, killing hlra Inslnntly. Tbo bouse burned to the ground, only a few household goods being saved. Waddell was from Prince too. 111. . . Nlni Slowly Dying. CitKiAf!", Nov. 3d. Nina Von Znndt is oo- lloved to bo dying. Food has not pussed her lips since her husband, es alio believes Angust Hples to hnvo been, peri hod on (he gallows. Tho only nourish ment of which sho tins partaken In all that time, bosida a lit Uo fruit, Is an occasional drink of milk, tiho persists in d daring she enn not cat and that alio does not nerd food; but it is so r Ions question with her loving parents If the strunge, so If-nil led girl has not deter mined to abstain from food until death comes to her relief. Hor parents ore greatly coucernod about her, as she is but aahadowof her former aqlf. t Another Gas-Pipe Joke. Fr.rki'ort, Iij.., Nov. SO. A piece of gns pipe, plugged at both ends, and thought to be a dynnmito bomb, was found at tho oti- tritnoo of the Embury M. E. Church this morning by tho sexton. It Is now at po- llco boadquarteia, and an effort is being made to ascertain tho perpolrator of tho nvll dosign. Compulsory Education in Mexico. Citt or Mkxk.'O, Nov. '.U Congress will take up tho compulsory education hill for hla Fodoral district and th Territories to tomorrow, - morrow, tomorrow, and it will probably bo pnssod. The bill I exceedingly strict, establishing committee of vigilance in towna to boo .hat ohlldron attend school regularly. Yellow Fever Disappearing. Jacicsonvili.i!, Fi,a., Nov. SO. There hnva been no new case of fever and no doath in Tampa aince the last report. Doctor nnd nursos aro going home. The opldeutio Is about eudod. "Rcstorntion." Scene Police oonrt. Judge (to prisoner) "You eny you found this batik-blUP" "Yes, j'ottr honor." "Anil you did not ro ro-etoro - etoro ro-etoro itP" "I did, your honor." "To its ownorP" "No, your honor to cir circulation." - culation." circulation." N. Y. Ledger. Gontlnninn (m clothing etoro) "I find Hint I hnvo got to go to Montreal to-night, nnd I want n suit ol clothes." Clerk "Yes, lr. You wnnt it cut-it-way coat, I I'poto." aV, Y. Sun.

THE WORST EVER KNOWN. Arkansas KnnVrlng from tha nrougbt tlou.r.. Timber, Poncing and Pasture In stroyed, ' Litti.b rlocx, Ark., Nov. 18. Forest "res are burning at many point north, west, south and east of this city, and tbo smoke to-night has settled down so dons aa to be almost Intolerable. For four days (Ires have been raging on the hills and In tho bottoms of tb Red and Sulphur rivers, near Texerkana, a weep weeping - ing weeping every thing before them, lapping up canebrake, whero tbousanda of cat cattle - tle cattle have been feeding for months, visiting isrms, ana leaving lu their track black- encu ruins of homes, fencing and out- housos. All available help is employed in fighting Iho progress of the ilames. Large numbers of cattle and hogs have boon caught In tbe Ilames and destroved. Uu less rain comes speedily tho loss of life and destruction of property will be groat. At Hope, Ark., yesterday lire were raging all around the town, and smoke In tha town was almost stltliug. (ircat atrotches of fences have been burned, and farmers are organ ised nghtlng the llurr.'rs day and night, but with little hopo of staying their progress without rain. At Little Kock only four and a half Inches of rain have fallen for nearly rive months, nnd little mote has fallen at any point now ravaged bv Are. Every thing la dry; wells and small stream everywhere are drying up nndcr the Influence of tho longest drought ever f notvn. GREVY'S DISGRACE, ; Ills Ron-ln:Law, M. Wilson, Must gland a . 1'rosrrntlon. Paris, Nov. 18. The motion to crimi nally proseculo M. Wilson, on a charge of sowing uecorallons, was passed inst evon- ing in tho Chamber of Deputies, to which he belongs, by a vote of .527 to a. SI. Ma- teau, the Minister of Justice, and M. Uoron, tbo Public Prosecutor, thereupon placed thuir resignations In the hands of Presideiit Orevy, who accopted them. M. Wilson apicars before tho Parllamentarv oiumission ol Investigation to-morrow, The radical nicmbora will call noon M. (irevy In a body aud ask blra to resign tho Presidency. Yesterday was a day ol tro- mendous cxcltomont far exceeding In its way any thing that hue been seen bore for years. Tho question of the Presidency of me Kepublie, tlio questb n of tho Minis try, the question of M. Wilson, of tha Prefect of Police and of M. Uoron, ench one suniclont In itself to create a livoly stir. were all discussnd with the utmost warmth not only in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies but in every placo of public re sort. .: Why All Were Strangled. CniCAOo, Nov. IS. A singular, nllieit a plausible, reason bua been suggested by a physician explanatory of tho fact that in the execution of Spies, Parsons, Kngelanil ritcber, tho four condemned Anarchists, last Friday, not ono of tho necks of tho rousplraters was found to be dislocated. It was believed now, it would appear, that tbo conviction prevailed that tha men would be permitted to speak a farewell from tbo scaffold, as in fact they did. The nooses wore not, thorofore, adjusted in the proper mannor for the speody execu execution - tion execution of the men. Tbo bailiffs in chnrgo neglected to finally adjust the ueck rope after each of tbe men bad spoken, which had been relaxed expressly lo permit of their Words being clearly and distinctly beard. Perils of Sailor's Lite. (ii.ofctsTnu, Mass., Nov. 18. A resume of tho flshorics business for the year end ending - ing ending October, 18M7, allows that tho total number of vcssuls owned in this district is 471, with a tonnage of WfiH, against AST vossola last year, with a tonnngo of 30.rS.'t. There have been twenty-five vessoia nddod to the district against twenty-two last year. A number have been sold or brokon np. Boventeen vossels of an aggregate tonnage of 1,1!I7 have been lost with 1S7 men, who leave Hfty widows and sixty-one fatherless chlldron. Atler Anarchists. Newaiik, N. J., Nov. 18. Thero nre about SOO Auaichists In this city, and the police are cngagod in accurately locating thorn, so aa to bo ablo to lay their hands on thoin promptly In case of trouble. Tho cxclso commissioners hnvo withdrawn the license to hold Runday meetings from the proprie proprietor - tor proprietor of the Anarchists' headquarters. Tho Aitxitir Zriluii;), the Anarchists' organ in this city, In on editorial yesterday advised tbo authorities to prosecute und hang tho loaders as the surest way of advancing tha i-auso of Anarchr. ' Full Returns of the Virginia Election. Hii'iiMDNii, Va., Nov. 18. Full returns of tno recent election for members of tho General Assembly show thnt the complex complexion - ion complexion of the new body will be as follows: Sonuto Democrat. 30; Republicans, ' 14. Houso of Delegntos Democrats, 01; Re publicans, 38; Independent, . Democratic, majority on joint ballot, 31. Prol. Balrd't Successor. Wasiiimiton, Nov. 18. At a pccInJ meeting of tho Board of Regents of tho Smithsonian Institution, hold to-day, Prof. 8. P. Langlcy was elected secretary of tho Institution, to succeed the late Prof. S. F. Baird. it Bomb tor a Newspaper. Coi.i'Mnus, O., Nov. 18. A ploce of gas- pipe, bearing some resemblance to an An Anarchist - archist Anarchist bomb, was found Ip the Journal of. lice building, and caused a sensation. No Rent nor Taxes. Dt'nt.iN, Nov. 18. Placards havo boon posted in Tipperary calling upon tbo peop'e to pny no rent nor taxes until Mr. O Briou has been released. Death ol I Patriot. New York, Nov. 18. John J. Broslln, tho well known Irish patriot, dlod this morning of disease of the liver. - : Secretary Bayard's Choice. Washinoton, Nov. lS.-Thoofllcoof Fli et Assistant Secretary of State has been ten dered by Secretary Bnyard to George L. Rivos, of the Now York bur, and accepted. Mr. Ulvos Is of a Virginian family. Hi grandfather was a Senator from Virginia, nnd twice Amorlcan Minister at Pari. Killed by Falling Waif. BTitAcrsK, N. Y., Nov. 17. By the fal'log of tho walls ut bite o'clock this nftoriioou of the Kverson building, in Sullna street, recently burned, two workmen war killed

twrgand vessels are Icavmg to avoid be being - ing being Ue-bound. lxi thousand coke oren are being built at lllrnilnghain, Ala., and two tboua td in jcnnylvuuia. A tiu wr, who has been In durance vile t Doylestown, Pa., ivo In name aa Binlib Nobody. t'liiriiio pasied through the flry ordeal ttenUIng the execution of the Anarchists lib much rredit. : Aa Atlanta woman ha been kept In jail fourteen nionihsoter bcrsontence through cicr e iiiuniier. Jmrru CiiAMHFiii.Aix, M. P., I firty-one year of aire, ha been married twice, and la now a w idower. In a great many rae the hanlwar mauufuclurnr in New Knglanil are run- nlng day and night, J. Ka MH.i.re; Teixxa I to reeelre 1.1,000 for tbe effort ho made In U-lmir of the Chicago Anarchl!. Mom than DO,on,0i0bloU for the recent lection wsreprliitednnddialrltiuled in the city of New York alone. LiRuo'a terrlblo futa I warning to tuukrr. If yon mut nioke don't moke dynamite cartridge or louded candle. Tna name "Hick Man," by which Turkey la often referred to, mi applied to that country by the Car Nu-holiu, January 14, 1!M- IlinTOH h cat down the hack and cab farea to thlrty-Br cent for a (Ingle errieo by ulghlorday within a roaaonuble circuit. Et'Rori I aald to loo!i with mlrlne; Upon tbe pes bl acceanlon of J'rliito Wil William - liam William tq the Ucrnian throne, becauae he la a "mere boy." Tnxna are thieve enongh la England to make a considerable city nil by thenxeirea. Late tatltlciaus figure out there are at Iraat DO.O'V of tbcra. .rini.Aliiri mil haa a bond for (.V),0no exe executed - cuted executed by tbe Haltlmore & Ohio Telegraph Company bi aecure th city aguiuit the evil of telegranh cmiaojidatloo. RniirTiiii llATint) biuta that bo baa an eye on tho ontcrprlning woman correspond correspondent - ent correspondent who aeud out tho eoiul-occaiilonal ro- port that bo ia abiut to bo married. "ttt'nncRinxKS who haro agrocd to fur fur-nlb - nlb fur-nlb u wood on auli-riptlnn," nya the nilca Jknumrnt, "will plcaxe obnerve that now 1 tho winter of our duirontont," Tn Audubon Hocloty for tbe protection of blrd, founded In February, IS VI, ha at attained - tained attained a inrmbemhlp roll of 40,000, repre repre-aentlng - aentlng repre-aentlng all parU of tho United Htatoi and Canada. Acotto!oII mill at Little Rock, Ark., which coat fJ,OOll.lK10, 1 cruKhing S00 tone of aeed daily. A 1,000,OJO colton mill ia going up at UulTeaton, and a VX),000 ooltou mill at Da Ha. PATnirc K Allah hr, wharfmaator at Ucmpbla, ia the mrt Indicted man In tbe country, the grand Jury having recently truck him forty-nlno times for embezzle embezzlement - ment embezzlement and larceny. iTiiiumored that overture have boon made for the purchase of tbe Atlantic cable by tbe Iirltlnh Oovornmont Tho line to be avmblnod with tho English pos postal - tal postal tolegraph ay.tem. v The Urand Rabbi of India won first prize at the Kotharhtld wedding In Pari recently for the greateat ihow in diamond. Uis exhibit was worn in his turbun and was vai 'd at a qua lor of a million. Lawikiu who have mado the subject a study aay that statistics show that tba averago number of years which a man whose death sontence is commuted to Im Imprisonment - prisonment Imprisonment for lifo ha to aorvo ia loa tbun ten. A wtsR and witty Frenchman once made answer to an argument against the doath penalty by saying that he was strongly In favor of abolishing capital punishment, "If Messieurs lot murderers will set us the example." A California brlckmakor recently discov discovered - ered discovered gold in tho composition of his brick clay. Ho sold out linmodliitoly at twonty twonty-flve - flve twonty-flve centa per brick. The bouiea made of thee brick are being torn down for the gold In them. Tim body of a Swiss tourist, who nor- ished four year ago when nneending one of the peaks In Canton V.nlals, hits just bocn found in poi'fect preservation. It was completely incased In ico, which bad thus arrosted natural docay. F.nwAnn Atkinson, of Boston, says that there ia improved land within fifty miles of London which will not brlnif 1100 per aero, and yet thousands of Englishmen aro trave lug 4., (Ml o 5,00(1 miles from home and payinir rnllrnad corporations In the West from 110 to f.V) per aero, v Torr.KA, Kan.; will expend one-fourth of million dollar on th ewr system.

sn epileptic fit and died after a few boors' illness. Peter Bats, a stock dealer received rash for a check for a considerable sum at Hartford, the other day, and started to gd home after night, oight miles distant. Three miles away he was halted by three' men, one of whom took his bridle while the others demanded his money. He quickly fired on the man holding tbe bridle, pv.t spurs to his horse and escaped. Next morning he returned to investigate with a neighbor. They found Harry Flener, a reputable young man of tbe neighborhood, wounded, lie refused to tell who his com panions were, but sold they were only in tending to frighten Mr. Bays. Flener can not live. A piece of gas pipe about eight Inches long, with both ends plucirod with oak stoppers and a fuse four inches long was discovered a few mornings ago In the low lower - er lower ball of tho court-house, tn Newport, by (he janitor. The thing was turned over to Dr. A. B. Jones, president of the Scientific Society, for Investigation. Captain Gross, United States Marshal at Louisville, received a dispatch from Deputy Hugh Rogers the othor morning stating that the people of Prestonsburr, Johnson County, had concluded not to re sist the survey ordered by tho Federal Court at Covington. Covinotoxiaxs are still discussing the ; project ot a first-class hotel for that thriv thriving - ing thriving city. , . , FKAsr. Suttos, well-known lawyer ot Newport, became suddenly Insane the other day. Mr. Button is the State Audit Auditor's - or's Auditor's agent for Campbell County, and has held that office for several years, conduct conducting - ing conducting many important tax suits in that tim. James Wilkersox, of London, walking on the track of the Knoxville branch of the L. & N. road a few days ago, stumbled and fell in front of a train, which ran over and killed him. Jcnos Melvix T. Lowbt died at Nlcho- lasville, aged sixty years. Barker Middleton, son of J. R. Middle- ton, of tbo firm of Hbsrp & Mlddleton, Louisville, accidentally shot himself while out bunting near Bowling Greeu. It is I oared that he will lose his sight Navigation between Cairo and Paducah has almost been suspended on account ot the smoke causod by burning forest en both aides of the river betweon the two places. Tub Tennessee river at Paducah la tbe flnost harbor in this country. It never freezes, the banks aro high and the water always deep. At the opening day of B. D. Bruce'a thoroughbred sale, at Lexington, ninety ninety-two - two ninety-two head brought (40,950. . Kx.ntcckt mining and manufacturing Intorests are being stimulated by the influx of a great deal of northern and foreign capi tal. Chief attention is now being given to the development ot lumber and mineral resources. 8. Barki.et, United States gauger, who left Nlcholcsvllle on the 13th inst. w.th the Jessamine Hunting Club, in which wereB. F. Bristow, Cassius M. Goodloe aud others, was thrown from his horse In the moun mountains - tains mountains and badly injured. He was brought home. Geoiior W. Hdxter, the detective, ar-. rested In Knox County, T. J. Fletcher, a white man, wanted in Elliubothtown for killing a colored mau named George H. -Morris, about I month ago. Hunter was looking for otlib. game, but meeting Fletcher and knowing that there waa a reward of (150 for his arrest, he took blm in. Fletcher, togotherwl'h hi three com- radea, wa heaaj but made no resistance. Snai-BT Coowtt claim tbe ouly Sunday- school class In tb country composed of colored people and taught by white nar on.

THE COMMONWEALTH. foiiPKiNsviLLi, the county -saat of Moo Moo-roe - roe Moo-roe County, wa almoat destroyed by fir) the other night, tbe most important buta nes bonis and dwelling boing burned. Tbe court-house waa destroyed, but the record, being kept In a vault, wero prob-' ably preserved. It I believed that burg burglar, - lar, burglar, who blew open a afe in the (tore of Nelson & Bro., are responsible for the fire. They secured about 112,000 in money and bond. A reward of 62,500 is offered for the arrest of the thieve. RonsaT UcCrearv was acquitted, at Richmond, of the killing of Wm. Schilling. It wa claimed tbat tbe (hooting was done in self-defense. Tna following Kentucky postmasters were appointed a few days ago: Andrew H. HoRan, Grassland, Boyd County; Louis F. Hood, Princess, Boyd County; David Sellers, Robertson, Harrison County. The wholesale dry goods, clothing and boot and shoe house of J. Rothschild & Co., of Owensboro, was destroyed by fire the other morning. Tbe loa on stock la given at H,W0, and tbo building (8,000. The insurance on tbe stock i 641,600 and on the house 65.000. Tna post-ofllc at Langford, Rockcastle, County, has been abolished. Ekoixeeb Rosas and an unknown brakeraan were killed by an accident on tbe Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern railroad, near Paducah. Earlt the other morning the C. N. O. & T. P. R. R. shops at Ludlow caught Are and were almost totally eonsumod. The origin of tbe fire Is not known, a th watchmen must have been in aome other of the many buildings which constitute the several de departments. - partments. departments. When It was discovered it bad made such headway that It wa a foregone conclusion thut tbe shops, wbicb were mere frames, would be destroyed. The fire firemen - men firemen of the town did all In their power to quench tho flames, but in vain. The Cin Cincinnati - cinnati Cincinnati fire engines went to the Are, but it waa impossible to houl them up the steep river bank on the Kentucky side, and ao thoy were of no avail. The loss on tools, machinery patterna and bnildings will amount to (75,000. Two hundred men will be out of employment for some time. A tramp was ejected from tbe train be between - tween between Nicbolnaville and Lexington, and he threw a rock through one of tbe coach windows, striking a passenger in the face, who proved to be Usury Mulr, of Jessa Jessamine - mine Jessamine County, a well known young stock stockman. - man. stockman. Ris lace was badly bruised and cut, but not dangerously. . David Cooveiit, tbe clerk who killed a negro at Burgin, Mercer County, over a nickel's worth of crackers, last Auenst and fled, and who waa captured at Madi Madison, - son, Madison, Ind., some timo ago, was, on the 18th, sentenced to the penitentiary for two year. The killing waa proved to have been unprovoked, and Coovert was ovor ovor-joyed - joyed ovor-joyed at the light punishment the jury gave him. Tbos. Cotle, brlckrnason, of Ownesboro, wag suddonly stricken lo the ground with