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SAN DESKSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1887.
NUMBER 21.
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cuts.
Since the introductioa of postal cards
5n the United Hints# in 1878, nearly
;i >40 millions have been used, iho exact
value of them liolug $88,303,2l5d.
THE WORLD OYER,
EPITOME OF THE INTERESTING
I XEWS Ot' THE PAY.
The success of irrigation on tho far i
Western plains and in tho foot-hills tends Th ^J* l » I ‘ Vronbina-i.abor Agitation Uvm-y.
to make the man with tho hoo encroach
more confidently and persistently upon
those lands that are said to bo fit only
/or slock grazing.
wlitTL-Wlial In Do1u k North, Kant,
West mid Aero.* ilio .Sons.
Advices from Tangier report that tho
Hultou of Morocco is dead.
A remarkable balloon ascension has
been tnado at Paris by the aeronauts,
(Captain Paul Jovis and M. Mallet, in the
,celebrated airship Horla. Thoacronauts
..(acted from the La Villctte Ons Works,
Paris, at 7:15 a. M., and after rising to tho
altitude of 0,000 metres, or nearly 23,000
feet, 'uibse(|iicntly descended in Belgium.
Tlii-is an extraordinary attitude to reach,
nml " 'll comparo not very unfavorably
with the highest levels over reached by
aeronauts.
i A , n ft , ttom Pt was niado to murder tho
j urkish minister at Athens, Greece.
I Miss Sarah Jewett, a well-known ac-
I ! n ' S8 > 19 »'>w a subject of charity, having
i become addicted to tho opium habit.
A speaker beforo the Association for
•the Advancement of Science gave a crit-
1 iicistn upon American living. He said:
To the rule that Hiftte who most need
to economize buy the cheapest food, tlm
dietary practices of tho pooplo of tho
United States evince marked exceptions,
ia that mar y, even among those who de
sire to economize, use needlessly expen
sive kinds of food. They too often en
deavor to make their diet attractive by
paying high prices In tho market rather
than by skillful cooking and tasteful
serving at homo.
The Ameer of Cnbul is a real "Arabian
Nights''kind of a ruler. Tho editor of
London / nth says that tho Ameer was
leeenlly alllicted with a boil whilo on a
country excursion. On returning to
t'alml the principal court physician was
summoned, and lie applied nn ointment,
•which was no doubt intended to bo highly
idlieaeious in its ultimate results, but at
first it considerably aggravated tho
Ameer's anguish, and, having passed a
sleepless night, be ordered the instant
execution of his medical advisor, who
accordingly was forthwith belief ded in
the courtyard of the palace.
“It is a fact not generally known," re-
-jiiiirkcd a railway official to a reporter of
die Chicago Journo!, “that Illinois can
ho ist of a novelty in tho shape of a rail
joed which lias no dupli ate in the
United States.” "What’s that?" asked
ci listener. "A road whoso stock is held
by the original incorporators?” "Noth
ing of the kind," replied tho first speaker.
''Tho novelty is a railroad whoso side
tracks arc nino or ten times greater in
length than the main lino.” "Where is
such a road?” "The Peoria and Pekin
Union, It runs from Peoria to l’okiu, a
'distance of fourteen miles. That is the
main line. Being a belt road, earing for*
the ears of tho several roads running
into l’eorla and transferring the curs
■from one road to another, it 1ms many
miles of sirlo tracks—over 100, I believe.
This accounts for the peculiarity of n
fond having moro miles of side tracks
than it Inis in its main line."
According to Mr. J. It. Dodge, tiro
statistician of Iho Agricultural Depart
ment nt Washington, the value of the
dairy product of the country this, year is
$180,000,000. The number of milch.cows
now in use for dairy purpose^ ij.- 2D000,-
000. Calculating that each of thesogives
350 gallons of milk per year, there is
annual milk yield of 7,350,000,000 gui
dons, df which about 4,000,000,000 gal
lons is consumed in making butter and
700,000,00 0 gallons in cheese making.
The quantity of butter produced is esti
mated to be about 1,350,000,000 pounds,
•find nf cheese 0,500,000 pounds. Tho
'butter is almost entirely consumed at
Entne, but tho cheese shipments last year
to the English market amounted to over
(85,000,000 pounds. On tho other hand,
we import large quantities of fancy
•foreign cheese, In this country, notably
hi Connecticut, of Into years liavo been
made some excellent imitations of
•Roquefort, Edam and Cheddar clieeso.
opium habit.
*‘ llc ''> °Y Nebraska, a noted
1 rohibitiou orator, died at the Eastern
railroad depot, in Boston, Mass., from the
clfect of a tit.
A shock of earthquake was felt
throughout Greece. Tho disturbance
was the strongest on the northern and
southern shores of the Gulf of Corinth.
Ex-Gov. Win. I!. Washburn dropped
dead on a platform at tiro hall, at the
morning session of the American board
of foreign missions in Springfield, Mass.
A testimonial to Mr. Burgess, designer
of the Volunteer, is being raised, and
Mr. Baird, secretary of the yacht club ut
New York,says tho fund will reach $50,-
000. ’
Thu British steamship Koupor, from
Carthagoim August 30, for Phtlabelphiii,
f thirty-two men, is sup-
witli
nosed to have gone down, with
board.
all
James Gordon Bennett, of Now York,
will publish a newspaper in Paris to be
known as the "European Herald." It
will be modeled after the Now York
Herald.
aged
The New Y’ork Times says tlioro aro
new additions to the list of profitable
.products of the farm which promiso to
had employment for many farmers who
Imvo the requisite facilities. These are
due to foreign notions and tastes im
paled chiofiy from Franco and Germany
along with the numerous adopted citi-
zcua who hail from these European
diorcs. One is the grcnoudllo, so called
hy the French, who esteem it ns a choice
article for the exercise of culinary skill,
h is now served up at tlioifirst hotels and
'restaurants in the large cities, Now Y’ork
Specially, and appears iu the markets as
a regular article of sale. The animal is
easily lived and reared, and feeds itself
H, ‘d thrives most abundantly in marshes.
I iic other is called escargot, and is used
htr making stows nud soups, but is eaten
u ho boiled and roasted. This animal is
a ' s ° easily reared, and requires no fecd-
!"ri hut does better when a pasturo is
provided for U, Known in common
l'ttrlance, the first as tho frog and the
•'tber as tho snail, these readily acclimated
'tt'iinals have never until now been con-
t J 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ! as of any value, but no doubt
"frailer will furnish special business
• us they iiave done for many yejirs
I, 1 1-urope, to thousands of farmers.
Airs. W. AY. Woolsey, wife of a weal
thy planter of Aiken, S. C., fell from the
third story window of Dr. Spier's medi
cal institute in Brooklyn, M. Y,, and
died a few hours later.
Sir John Swinburne and O. V. Morgan
and Halley Stewart, all members of Par
liament, sailed from England for New
Y’ork. They nro members of tho Inter
state arbitration delegation.
Advices from Hio Janeiro state, that
medical opinions have been published to
the effect that Emperor Dom Pedro will
never again be able to attend to public
affairs, through the progressive failure of
bis intellect.
Edward and Thomas Moigni
about twenty-eight and twenty
sjicctively, were found dead in bed at
their hotel in Chicago, 111., suffocated by
gng. They came from Ardake, Dakota,
and were on route to Canada.
The three-masted schooner, City of
Green Bay, went hard ashore two miles
south of South Ilaven, Mich. When she
struck she was water-logged. She lay
exposed but a short time, and then fell
apart, and six of her crew were drowned.
A corpse was found mining the tele
phone and telegraph wires, sixty foot
high in tho air at Detroit, Mich,, the
electric current swinging the arms and
legs as if the man were alive. I low the
body got there is a mystery.
Tlie cases of the Commonwealth against
the employes of tho Anchor Line Trans-
portaton company for working on Sun
day in Erie, Pa., m violation of the stat-
uto of 1704, were called. The magis
trate sustained the prosecution and im
posed tines in seven cases.
Eight battalions of Spanish infantry,
besides cavalry and artillery, liavo been
concentrated at Cadiz and ..Malaga, in
readiness to cross over to Morocco imme
diately. This force in under command
of Gen. Lasso. Several war ships are
also in readiness for active service.
Mr. Boll, representative owner of the
Thistle, now in New Y’ork. stated that
ho would be glad to cuter the Thistle in
any regatta in which the Volunteer was
entered, as he thought it would bo a sat
isfaction to both Gen. Paine and himself
to have the two boats race against each
other once more.
Rev. Mr. Cooper, curate of Croling-
hunt, Suffolk, England, murdered Vicar
Farley, lie entered the vicar’s bedroom
and cut his Ihront with a razor. Jle then
tied, but subsequently returned and was
arrested. Air. Cooper has been quite
unpopular in Croliugtinm, and this iuct,
it is believed, unsettled his mind.
Frank Campbell, foreman of the Atchi
son, Topeka A Santa Fe Railroad bridge
gang, was shot and killed by Alike Me-
Gruw, one of his men. AleGraw lias
been mentally unsound for some time, as
a consequence of becoming over-heated,
nnu oecnme possessed witn a lane)
that Campbell, who was really the best
friend he had, was trying to injure him.
Sophie Gudmond, a young immigrant
girl, tried to commit suicide by drown
ing at Castle Garden, in New York, l'lie
World alleges that her despondency was
due to her being left alone and destitute
in the city by reason of tile m bit nil )
notion of the Trunk Line pool, who
sent her friends West by one route, ami
intended to send her by another, strict
investigation will be made.
V strand came loose in the cable on
the Walnut street cable road, at Cincin
nati,O., mid wrapped around a gup cm
er and Martin A. Hanley, Mastor AV’ork-
'"'"t of District Assembly IDO, Knights
d Labor, who were announced as speak-
i's, were advised to leavo town itnmc-
liatoly. The meeting had been called
o protest against the doath sentences of
lie Chicago Anarchists.
EIGHTS OF LABOR
llnvp Their Annitnl Convention itt Mlmiriip-
nlls, til tin—air. I’owdcrly's View*.
The Knights of Labor convention met
nt Minneapolis, Minn. M ster Workman
Powdeily Hays: "It is no doubt tine that
our members arc fewer than they 6nco
were, but we understand each other bet
ter. There wore a great many w ho came
into the order through curiosity mid the
excitement of the times, but they did not
have tlie interests of tlie movement nt
heart, and have dropped out. ” The re
port of tlie committee on credentials was
received; some 135 delegates wore favor
ably reported, while a few were without
indorsement of the committee, Tho
principal case was that of J. It. Buchan
an, a Denver “kicker." Over his admis
sion there was a long and warm discus
sion. Master Workman Powderly said
in tho evening that other contested cases
would be easily disposed of. The most
important proposition that, is likely to
come before the general assembly is a
scheme to unite the Knights of Labor and
the National Partners’ Alliance, now iu
session in Minneapolis, into one organi
zation. The plan now proposed is to
make tho Farmers’ Alliance it national
ti ide body, with the titleof tlie National
District assembly. "This would make a
team," said i\ leading delegate
"which would move the earth. With
the farmers with us, wo could do what
wo would toward the accomplishment of
tho purposes of both bodies."
General Secretary Charles II. Litchman,
who arrived, said in an interview: “The
organization was never so strong, both
financially and otherwise, ns it is to-day,
and tho organization is now on a sound
business basis. Delinquents have all
been weeded out within the last year,
and every man represented in tlie r rgnii-
ization to-day is by right entitled to
membership. That is the principle to
work on. The business of the order can
be successfully conducted in no other
way.” There are several ladies among
tlie delegates, lint there is only one who
is a general officer. I his is Alls. Lenoru
AI. Bavoy, of Amsterdam. N. general
investigator of the condition of women
and children.
GEORGIA I. UVS.
Governor Gordon of Georgia lias
signed tlie following acts and they are
now laws: An net to relieve James Jor
dan in the ease of II. I). Ah Daniel, gov
ernor, vs. William V. Gary, principal,
and J. W. Gary and James Jordan se
curities; an net to amend section 2138 ol
of the Code; an act to define the offense
of blackmail, to prescribe a penalty there
for, and for other purposes; an act to fix
the compensation of the sheriff of the su
preme court, and to provide for manner
for liis payment; an act to appropriate
$27.18 for the payment of executive war
rant No. 57, issued by tlie governor in
favor of James II. Worrill for his salary
as solicitor-general of Chattahoochee cir
cuit; nil net to amend the charter of the
Commercial bank of Augusta; an act to
alter and amend net of October 12th, pro
viding for registration of voters of Tel
fair county; an act to change time of
holding the fall term of tho superior
court' of Clarke county. A resolution for
tho relief of Henry J. Lamar, of tho coun
ty of Bibb, was approved also. An act
to prohibit the sale of liquor within four
miles of Alt, Zion colored church, in
Meriwether county; nn net to designate
the officers of the county court of Terrell
county; an act to prevent hunting, fish
ing and otherwise trespassing upon the
of another iu Washington conn-
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
PICTURES OF THE DOINGS AT
I HE NATIONAL CAPltAL.
Tho Dnimrlincnl* Gelling Down io II indue*.
Agulu—Tho Nation's Flimlirra—Apnolut*
incuts nml Iteuinvnla—Pcrsmtlila.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS,
There arc thirty-six widow’s of soldiors
who served in tho Revolutionary war
now upon the pension rolls. Tim aver
age ago of each is eighty-two and ono-
qimi ter years. Four of the widows live
in Virginia, as follows: Eleanor Lowe,
Smith's Creek, Washington county; Re
becca Abu ye, Newborn, Pulaski county;
Mary Sneed, Accomac Court House; Su
nni Tulloh, Mount Carmel, Halifax
county.
A LIVELY SCENE.
An unusual scone occurred nt the Mc-
tropolitan AL E. ohurch when llev. John
P. Nowmnn, in a sermon on “Infidelity,"
referred in severe terms to tho anarchists.
"Could any American citizeu,” ho said,
"ten years ago, have imagined the sign
ing of a petition to pardon thoso whose
hands are rod with tho blood of the do-
fenders of public peace nud safety?
What is back of this anarchy—this dare
devil movement on the part of thoso
villains—who ought to have been hung
long ago?" At this point, many of tho
audience rose to their feet, clapped their
hands, and with loud demonstrations an
nounced their approval of tho minister’s
words.
STEALING PUBLIC LANDS.
A great evil has been fostered in Wy
oming Territory, says Gov. Moonlight in
his annual report, in tho shape of laud
grabbing and illegal fencing of the pub
lic domain by wealthy men and by cor
porations, many of the latter aliens. He
thinks, however, that now the adminis
tration of tho laud laws is vigorous and
impartial and the settlers are protected
in their rights. Tho complaints of the
administration of the laws do not como,
the governor states, from the men who
arc seeking homes, but rather from those
who hold large bodies of laud. The re
sult of tho operations of the great syndi
cate lias been to retard the progress of
tho Territory and prevent immigration.
Business men now begin to understand
that fifty families and fifty ranches occu
pying the, same ground covered by one
ranch and fifteen men would afford them
an enlarged market and assure them ail
increase of business. The governor says
the cattle business is declining; that bi
tuminous coal is being successfully minod
and that the oil fields are very rich.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
READARLE ITEMS CAREFULLY
GATHERED HITHER AND YON.
Social, Triuiieranen nml Religions Move,
incuts -Fires, Dentils nml dnlcliles-ttnil*
l'onit Operations nml Improvements.
Four persous were killed and two se
riously wounded by u boiler explosion at
George P. Plant’s flour mills, St, Louis,
Mo.
tlie
coming West on Sixth street. ^
was full of passengers, and in lts
Hi..lit it overtook another car at . i.\ti
a,."d Main, full of people. Plus ear
pushed along. Brakes were tipp lie »
then the wheels were locked dead on
both ears. On they went until finally
derailed. Some thirty people were in
jured ; several falnlly.
■ q’Uc projected International Socialist
foigrJs, convoked under the auspices
of the Berlin (Germany)
secretly proposed to be hold a •
' Gorman delegates, on arriving at
d by tho police
tv, alter being notified by owner, lessee
pr agent; an act to provide for disposi
tion' mill appropriation of money to
bridges in Dodge county; an act to pro
vide for amendment of affidavits to fore-
cIom' liens; a resolution to authorize sale
or lease of certain property belonging to
tlie state; an act to provide for a surgeon
for each light battery of artillery; an act
for relief of D. W. Price, ex-treasurer of
Douglas county; nn act to make county
commissioners, tax collectors and receiv
ers, members of boards of education, or
dinaries and county treasurers incompe
tent as grand jurors; an act to amend
incorporation of tlie Turtle and Altnmahn
River Canal Company; an act to provide
fur registration of voters in Floyd county ;
a joint resolution authorizing Horace
Bradley to make certain improvements on
the Hill portrait.
GRAND RECEPTION
Given to tlie I’renidein iu ML Louis, Mo., by
lluiliiihIunIir People.
"Cleveland weather” prevailed at 8t.
Louis, Aim, and tho Presidential party
partook of an early breakfast in order to
prepare for tlie day’s festivity. Shortly
after 0 o’clock Maj. C. C. Rainwater,
chairman of the reception committee, es
corted the members of the party from
Lindcll Hotel to the residence of Mayor
Francis, where they were met by the
.Mayor and cordially received. Shortly
after 10 o’clock the entire party, in
charge of Alaj. Rainwater's committee,
were°driven to the fair grounds in the
northwestern part of the city. The route
the carriages took was elaborately deco
rated, and much enthusiasm was mani
fested by spectators, the President and
Airs. Cleveland acknowledging (lie <lem
on strut ion by bowing to the crowds on
either side of tho street.
expelled if
he
I’llev attempted to hold a meeting, me
workmen’s' associations ot Vienna ami
PesthTnvc beenml^ed that another lo-
ti, i for tlm congress has been decided
uP iW is now reported to have
bC °n 8ClUOtUd 0 f Union Hill, N. J., pro-
Tlie police
hibited a mass meeting
which was to be
gmmled by twenty policemen
lnortHm? ntfsomblcil . - .
less by clubbing.
Col. lluntouO. lteim-
UAI> M\N CAGED.
Henry Johnson, 21 years old, was found
guilty in tho superior court, of a das
tardly crime. lie was recommended to
the mercy of tlie court. Johnson lias
been a prominent member of the Salva
tion Army at Koine, Ga., and took an ac
tive part in the campaign against the
devil. Tire crime took place in Forrcst-
Tho officers went to the Salvation
villo.
Army hull, and behold, there was Johnson
on the stand, in the act of prayer. He was
doing his best and. swinging to and fro
in his supplications, but as soon as lie
saw tlie officers lie lost all faith and bo-
„ an to tail. As soon as prayer was
over tlie-olfioers pulled-hint <rff the stand
and ’curried him to tlie lock-up. Thero
was talk of lynching him.
NOTES.
The ‘War Department officials nro satis
fied that the Crow Indian trouble in Mon
tana will be speedily settled.
The contract for the Lafayette statue
will be drawn up by the Judge Advocate
ueral of the army and sent to the two
French artists whose design lias been ac
cepted by the Commission.
Mrs. Rachel Strong, wife of IIou. AVil-
linm Strong, justice of the Supremo
Court of tho United States on the retired
list, died at her residence in Washington
of consumption, aged 07.
The present postmastoi's ut tlie follow -
lg named offices, which become Prcsi-
entini, have been reappointed by the
President: Bentonvillc, Ark.; Texur-
ann, Tex.; Johnson City, Tunn.; Man-
hosier, Ya.; Pocahontas, Va.
A telegram was received iff (lie Depart
ment of Agriculture from II. A. Ilughos,
superintendent of the sugar works at Rio
Grande, N. J., that lie hud worked the
massecuito from one aero of corn raised
by a fanner, and obtained 1,440 pounds
sugar.
Tlie State Department lias no informa
tion of the alleged unwillingness of Sir
John .McDonald to serve on the fisheries
commission. As far ue can be learned, it
is the understanding at tho department
that. Chamberlain, McDonald and -West
will serve as the British representatives.
Tlie paintings of Jefferson Davis.Floyd
and Holt, Secretaries of War under the
Pierce and Buchanan administrations,
which adorn tlie wall of Private Secreta
ry Heard’s office in the War Department,
admired by all visitors. The jiietures
show the men to bo the most distin
guished looking trio that ever succeeded
one another in any public office in this
country.
SOUTHERN EDUCATION.
lino Distributed From tho Fund
Loll by Gooi'uo 1’oiibuity.
The trustees of the Peabody education
fund held their twenty-sixth annual meet
ing at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New
York. President It. C. Wiutiirop, of
Boston, was in the chair, and Dr. S. A.
Greene, of the same placo, secretary.
Thirteen of tho trustees wore present.
Prof. W. II. l’aine of tlie univeisity of
Michigan, was appointed president of tlie
uoi null college at Nashville, Teun., to
succeed Dr. E. E. Hern, who died last
April. According to Secretary Greene’s
report the fund amounts to $2,000,(100,
ami the income therefrom amounts to
$70,00.0. Thu income is distributed as
follows: Scholarships, $22,800; normal
schools, $23,000; institutes, $11,700;
public schools, $13,000; tlie normal col
lege at Nashville, $11,500. Tlie secretary
reports good work dime by tlie various
superintendents. The states now receiv
ing money from tlie fund are: Alabuma,
Arkansas,Georgia, Louisiana, North Car
olina,' South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, and West Virginia. The re
ports show very favorable results, and
scholarships tiro allotted as follows: Ala
bama, 13: Arkansas, 10; Georgia, 14;
Louisiana, 8; North Carolina, 14; South
Carolina, 8; Tennessee, 14; Texas 0;
Virginia, 14; West Virginia, 8. Tho
scholarships are $200 each.
DISTINGUISHED LAWYER DEAD.
Edward L. Sharp, nged about twenty
years, committed suicido at Grarorly
Springs, Ala., by cutting his throat
with a razor. Nocause known,
The steamer Gate City which sailed
from Boston, Sinus., for Savannah, Ga.,
returned to Boston, having broken tlie
high pressure valve of her forward engine.
Y’ellowstone Kit, mi Indian medicine
man, is under bond to appear before the
Fulton, Ga., Superior Court to answer it:
an indictment mi which ho is charged
with libeling Dr. Wickers, another In
dian doctor.
Tho United States District Court was
convened at Charleston, S (!., Judga
Simonton presiding. The grand jury
was organized with twenty-one jurors,
and during tho day returned bills in the
following illicit whiskey cases: Archi
bald Pipkins, alias Archibald Parker,
Wm, Crawford, J, L. Prince, Robert
Christopher, Alorgnn Jefcont, Evntider
Powers, Rollins Christopher, Dumo!
Page, Henry Reed, Wm. Sliennan, Jolly
Robinson, true bills.
Aloro trouble is brewing in Alorebcnd,
ICy., the scene of the recent Tollivei
outrage. The report says eighteen men,
tinned with Winchesters, came from Sol-
jers station on tho Columbus & Ohio
Road to Alorchead. It is said thero are
or will lie 150 men armed and secreted
around tlie town. These men, it seems,
belong to tlie Logan faction and aro
gathering bceauSo news has been brought
that u party of Tolliver’s friends intend
to come from Elliott county, nnd burn
tho town.
Two remarkable denis in tobacco
"breaks" of Louisville, Ky., were re
ported, and surpass any previous single
operations known to tlie market there.
AI. J. Barker, supposed to lie represent
ing Lcggitt & Aloycrs, a great mutiufue
turing firm of 8t. Louis, purchased from
Henry 8. Thompson, of Kentucky, 500
hogshead of barley tobacco at the aver
age prico of $0.20 per one hundred
pounds, tlie amount being $135,000.
The same buyer purchased 282 hogshead
at a Ninth street house for $75,000.
This brought tlio sum of tlie t wo trans
actions up to $210|000, a remarkable rec
ord for a single day.
A diabolical attempt was made to wreck
a passenger train on tlie Illinois ifc 8t.
Louis Railroad, a' out a mile and a hull
from Belleville, 111. A special train of
live cars, filled with excursionists from
Bt. LtMsiu, ■AIo., was approaching Bellvillo
at tlie rate of twenty miles nil hour, when
tho train rushed into an open switch
nearly a mile long, and had gone half
tlie length of the switch before the engi
neer could stop tlie train. A quarter of
a mile further on, tho switch rail had been
so adjusted so ns to plunge tho train
down a steep embankment. The occu
pants of the conches were mostly women
and children.
IIROI'GIIT DOWN.
Tim ill II. LION AIUEH' WAY.
Columbus, Ga., was shocked by the
announcement of tlie deatli of Hon. Jas.
AI. Russell, on Rose hill, of heart disease,
lie was 5U years of age, nnd leaves a wile
and two daughters. lie was one of tho
ablest lawyers in that section. He had
represented Afuscogco county in tho lcg-
-islaitite,- mid -was prontiuuntJai political
circles. lie wtis lor a long time tr part
ner of ex-Governor Smith, and also of
lion. Henry W. Hilliard.
AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.
Many Evictions Made ami Trouble Brcwltij
nil Over tlio Inland.
The work of eviction was continued at
Chvecdorc, but imntcs of Widow Bowie’s
house stoutly resisted tho evictors by
throwing boiling water upon them. Tlio
bailiffs demolished the house, and the
chimney having tumbled, tlie debris took
(Ire. Seven persons wore arrested. Ow
ing to tho hostile demeanor of spectators,
the polico were ordered to prepare to fire,
Whereupon Constable Iloughro advanced
and threw down bis rifle, declining to
obey orders. Callahan, the moonlighter,
who was ouo of the party that killed
Constable Whelehan, at Lisdoouvnrnc,
and who turned queen’s evidence, was
taken to Ennis nnd testified agninst his
accomplices. lie swore ns to the plot
against Sexton, and identified seven of
(lie prisoners ns having participated ill
iho killing of Whelehan, Callahan ad
mitted that lie had planned a number of
moonlight raids in Kerry nnd Chile, and
that lie laid been in tho pay of tlie police
for the last five years, and that he had re
ceived from Constable Whelehan, just
before the raiding of S.extpn, n small sum
of money in payment of his share for ar
ranging tlio raid. This statement caused
a great sensation in court. While return-
in;,' to jail, tin; prisoners were cheered by
crowds in the streets. The police charged
tho people and used their batons freely.
A gang of moonlighters attacked tlio
bouse of a farmer named Kibun, nt Cran
ny bridge, Kilowsh, and drove tlio in
mates out nml leveled tlie building with
crowbars. They continued their work
of destruction for several hours.
The farmers of Tipperary received notico
through the post threatening them with
deatli if they attended the proposed auc
tion sale of cuttle of a farmer. Tlie uo-
(icc describes tlie auctioneer as "Tlie
Accursed and Eternally Damned Judge
Keogh.” Rev. P. D. O’Reagan, dean of
tlie Catholic church at Mitclicllstown,
lias obtained a summons against Cupt.
Plunkett for tresspass for entering tho
dean’s grounds at the liend of a force of
police and hussars, and dispersing a
crowd assembled there bn the occasion of
the conviction of William O'Brien.
SOUTHLAND FARMING.
.4 LOOK OVER THE FIELD, WHICH
IS FULL OF INFORMATION,
Tho Itnlnfnll Deflelenry-Coltnn Harvest—
Early Frosts-Intrusive Foritilna the
Rule—Tobacco I'lirlna-Fonltry.
IN HAD Mil M'E.
Tom Padgett is lying in jail at Stuton-
ville,Gil, with four buckshot iu It is left arm
in the region of the elbow, which frac
tured the hone in several places. Six
other shot passed through his clothes.
Dr. Johnson, who is attending the wound
ed man, fears that amputation will ho
necessary. Ho was on trial in Echols
court for murder, and was on his way to
prison in charge of Sheriff llermlott and
Charles Thompson and Jack Weaver,
when he made a dash for liberty. Thomp
son and Weaver each fired a load of
hueksliot after him, and Hie sheriff emp
tied both barrels of his gun, which were
loaded with small shot, after tlie fleeing
man. Padgett fell to the ground under
this fusilade, and was recaptured. Tom
Padgett is under arrest, charged with tlie
waylaying and killing of George 41 tin ter,
ltis brother-in-law, who wits shot down
on tlie road in Echols county about three
years ugo.
Tlie United States marshal, at Yicks-
Liurg, Miss.,sold 100,000 acres of land loca
ted in tlie counties of Starkey, Isnquena
ami Washington, to satisfy a judgment
of nearly $750,000 in favor of William
Henry Simpson, trustee of tho estate of
Henry Clews, of New York, against tlie
Selma, Ahiriou A Alemphis Railroad. The
entire parcel of land was bid in by the
trustee for tlie nominal price of $12,000.
The road was projected by the late Gen.
N. B. Forest, shortly after the War. Tlie
sale was one of three made for the
same purpose, embracing 400,000 acres
of laud, which lias been taken for tho
iho new York syndicate, who will perfect
Sides and place the land on the market.
C'ajit. Anderson, a jtost-offiee inspec
tor, found tho books nml accounts
in tlie Savannah post-olficc con
fused, ami is down there to straighten
them out. Ouo night tiler lie had left tho
office there was a sensational scene be
tween Postmaster G. W. Lamar nml ltis
assistant. They got into a dispute about
tho affairs of Hie office and the dialogue
was exciting. Finally, Air. Lamar sent
out for a policeman to iiuve Col. Ander
son ejected. When die officer entile, Col.
Lamar said: "1 order you to nrtest that
man for disorderly conduct." "I order
you to arrest that man for conduct unbe
coming a gentleman,” couiitorinamud
Col. Anderson. Alaj. Lamar repeated
liis order, uud Col. Anderson exclaimed
threateningly to the policeman: "1 warn
you that if you lay hands upon mu in
tltis government building, L will hold
you and your superiors responsible,” and
the policeman left. So far as can be
learned, the accounts are about $500
short. This may be die result of bad
book-keeping.
EVANGELICAL CONFERENCE.
A call, signed by ninny lenders of va
rious Protestant douomiuations, in New
York, has been issued for a genetal con
ference of all Evangelical Christians in
the United States, to be held under the
auspices and direction of the Evangelical
Alliance for the I'nited States, in the city
of Washington, on December 7, Hamit),
1887, to study in effect the following
questions. First, What are the present
perils and opportunities of die Christian
church and die countiy ? 2d. Can any of
them be met best I))' a heal liy cu- pi ra
tion of all evangelical Christians, which,
without detriment to any denomina
tional interests, will serve the welfare of
tlie whole church? 3d. What are the
best means to bceuro such co-opcrntion,
and to awaken the whole church to its
responsibility?
FILLING nEKCIIER'H PLACE.
Rev. Dr. Parker, of the City Temple,
London, was selected to pronounce
the eulogy on Henry Ward - Beecher in
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., in
the pulpit where his friend had stood for
forty years. Ids subject was, “Not here,
but ris"U.” The sermon, which was de
livered without manuscript, was largely
RAINFALL.
Tho largo deficiency iu rainfall for tho
season continues in tho central valleys,
but this deficiency lias been rcducod dur
ing tho week in tho wheat and corn re
gions of tho Northern Stntcs. Over tlio
greater portion of tho cotton region tho
deficiency lias oxceedcd 10 inches. In tho
tobacco regions of Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee, the deficiency in rainfall
for die season generally amounts to less
than live inches, except in the extreme
west portions of Tennessee and Kentucky,
where the deficiency in rainfall for tho
season exceeds 10 inches. Tlio only
states reporting excess of rainfall for tlio
season nro Pennsylvania,Maino, Southern
New York, tlio West portions of Knnsns
mid Nebraska, Northern Texas nnd Colo
rado.
THE COTTON HARVEST.
The weather has been favornblo for
harvesting cotton in tho states west of
tho Mississippi, and in tho extreme east
ern portions of the cotton region, whilo
cool weather and heavy rains liavo affect
ed this and other growing crops unfavor
ably in Mississippi.
EARLY FnOSTS.
Frosts occurred In tho northorn por
tion of tho tobncco region of tho Ohio
valley nnd along tlio Atlantic const ns far
South ns Virginia, which probably re
sulted in some injury to tho crops.
WINTER WHEAT.
Tho rains which hnvo occurrod in tho
winter wheat regions will provo of espe
cial vnluo, as tlio sowing of wheat inis
I) 'on delayed iu that section owing to tho
continuance of tlio drought.
CATTLE-CARING.
A good plan to prevent injury to cat
tle from eating wet clover, is novor to
turn stock of any kind upon fresh, luxu
riant pastures of uny description on
empty stomachs. Turn them in full in
die morning, take them out at night nnd
feed again next morning, and contlnuo
this courso fora few days, until they got
accustomed to clitingo of food,
" ABOUT FORESTS.
Tlio four Southern Atlantic statos con
tain 58,000,000 of tlio 480,010,000 acres
of forest land in tho entire country, or
moro than nil of die New England and
Middle states combined. Virginia has
18,000,000 acres, North Carolina 18,000,-
000 ucros, Georgia 18,000,000 and, as
stated, South Carolina 0,000,000 acres.
In other words, 62 4 pur cent of tho en
tire area of tho section is in forest. Of
this 45,510,033 acres aro hold in farms,or
78.5 per oent of the wholo forest area.
More than half of die farm area, or 55.7
per cent, is in forest, mid besides thero
are 8,8513,131 acres of unimproved land
in farms, or 10.8 per cent of tho total
farm area cnpablo of reforstntiou.
STICK TO IT.
Wlnle it is true, dint it will tnko many
years of seemingly und perhaps unprofit
able labor to jcstorc worn-out sections,
yet there is but one way to succeed in
doing so, and that is, as tho old adage
says, to stick to it, nnd finally by inten
sive and scientific work, and by tlio nec
essary restoratives, die farmer may bring
lU
I)IS1 HEMMING (SCENE.
The most sensational scene ever wit
nessed in a court room occurred in Chat
tanooga, Teun. Sam Branch, a colored
man, was on trial for stealing a watch
front Pat Aialoney. I Io had been placed
on trial last week and tlie jury disagreed.
On the second trial he was found guilty
of grand larceny and his punishment
was fixed at live years in the penitentiary.
Immediately, Branch jumped to his feet,
whipped out n pocket knifo, nnd drew it
across his throat three times, cutting his
windpipe entirely off and severing the
right jugular vein, and ho died in half an
hour.
a memorial discourse, several sympathetic
■ a
references being made to the dead pastor.
Telegrams were received by Dr. Parker
white lie was in die pulpit from ltis peo
ple in London, sending their good
wishes. the house was never more
crowded. Every inch of space was oc
cupied.
CHOLERA-STRICKEN:
THE WESTERN MODE.
A mail carrier on the road to thp At
chison, Topeka & Santa Eo Railroad was
stopped by four armed nud masked men
in a lonely spot about fifteen miles from
Fort Apache, Ariz. The robberJ at once
rifled the pouches and carried off money
orders, a remittance in tho form of a
check on die Dank of California, payable
to William J. Bryan, postmaster at San
Fruncis&o. Nothing else was taken, and
the robbers compelled tlio carrier to wait
fifteen minutes while they escaped to the
mountains,
Since die last report, four more cases of
cholera have developed on Hoffman’s
island, from among tlio passengers of the
steamship Alesia. The patients were
promptly removed to Swinburne island.
Thero are fourteen eases under treat
ment at present. An official from the
British consul’s office called at tho oflico
of the quarantine commission and ob
tained information about the cholera
cases. He said that die British govern
ment had asked by cable for advices in
the mutter.
WHOLES A I,E KILLING.
By die explosion of a boiler in David
Young’s sawmill, about three miles from
Amanda, O., George Hapo, Perry Hape,
g and Amos Young
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instantly killed; and Mrs. Simon Young,
who was at the timo 200 yards from the
mill, wns seriously injured. The cause
of the explosion is unknown, ns ovety
otje at die mill was killed.
FATAL CURIOSITY.
William Wood, aged 15, son of Frank
Wood, of the Mower and Reaper Com
pany, and his father's coachman, Joo
Hawkins, drove out to die Allen Coal
Mine, an abandoned slope, near Youngs
town, Ohio, to explore' it. Not return
ing, a search was made and both were
found dead ia tho slope; they had been
suffocated by foul air.
his land back to its former fertility, nnd
instead of decreasing in value, as now, it
will yearly increase until it shall bloom
like the rose, and tho farmer’s homo
spread nn influence for industry, educa
tion and Christianity throughout tlio
length and breadth of die land.—Atlan
ta, Oa., Southern Cultivator.
CURING TOBACCO.
Recent experiments made by a North
Carolina gentleman in curing tobacco
both on and off the stalk, seem to provo
that die latter is die proper method. It
is held that the great bulk of nicotine in
a tobacco plant lies in tlio stalk, that in
die old process of curing, this nicotine is
• driven to die leaf, and licnco becomes an
injury to it. The gentleman referred to
above states, that by stripping die leaves
os they ripen, nnd curing them off the
stalk, almost entirely relieves tlio tobac
co of all nicotine,'and, as a conseqnonce,
improves its quulity to a considerable dc.
grcc.
POULTRY MATTERS.
It appears to bo a common belief flint
shocks coming in tho courso of thundci
storms, will so affect eggs under a broody
lien that tlie chicken dies in the shell.
This, we have recently found to be a
mere superstition, unless lightning ac
tually destroys the eggs, or they get
swamped in tlie rain, and even in the
latter case if it is only for a short time,
and they ure not chilled, as good a hatch
may be looked for as if no storm had oc
curred during incubation.—Southern
Farm.
The Texas Farm and Ranch says, no
ono who operates nn incubatoi should be
without a brooder. Home-made Droodcrs
aro quite common, and a person with a
fair supply of ingenuity can construct
one that will answer very well in many
respects. It is a dumb but perfect
mother, and it is amusing to see how the
young chicks take to it.
An orchard affords a most excellent
range for fowls, provided it contains nn
abundance of grass that is kept cut
moderately closo and no high weeds.
Chickens are also most certainly a benefit
to an orchard. The number that should
lie placed in tin orchard two acres in ex
tent, (lopends a great deal upon the char
acter of the soil and tho quantity oi
grass it grows. Tho fowls should novel
be so numerous as to kill out the grass,
or retard its growth to a great extent,
keeping fowls for the benefit of "
cogs for market prices, this is the most
important point to be observed. Green
food they must have. It makes more
difference in tho egg out-put than eithei
more substantial food or shelter. A lieu
that lias plenty of green food and range
will lay fully one-third more than one in
confinement, fed everything iu the wnj
of grain, meats, etc.
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tlieii
A Natural Inforenco.
‘Does your parrot talk,
She:
Marks?”
Mr. Maiks (not intellectual): "Not
much, except what I’ve taught him,” _
She: "Only whistles and swears a
little, I suppose."—Life.
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