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VOL. XXVIII—NO. ICO
(ObOlH’S, GEORGIA: hi'NT) AY MoKNING,
!.Y M. I "Si;.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The Illinois Free Trader Sits Down on the
Pennsylvania Protectionist.
The ItHndull Turin' Ailvenu*l)r ltepiirtcit I,, ||ic>
Ways anti Mrans (’iimmlttt'o—Optalii llriutK'.
Claim tolif 1‘i'naaml lijr tile Alaliama Italiwitlnn,
III.
Wahhington, July 10.—After the pre
liminary morning business the house re
sumed the consideration of the general de
ficiency bill, the pending question being
on an amendment refunding to certain
railroads companies taxes collected. The
amendment was rejected- -yeas 104 nays
The bill having been ordered engrossed
and read the third time, Burns, of Mis
souri, who 1ms charge of the measure, said
that it lmd been so amended in committee
of the whole that it was impossible for him
to vote for it.
Reagan, of Texas, then took the floor to
emphasize his opposition to the amend
ment adopted yesterday granting a
month’s extra pay to the house and Isenate
employes.
Hemphill, of South Carolina, protested
against giving gratuities to employes of
the house. It was wrong in them to ask ii.
The bill was finally recommitted with in
structions to the committee ou appropri
ations to report it back without the clause
granting un extra month’s pay to house
and senate employes. The vote on recom
mittal wrs 160 to 1)7.
-Morrison reported back adversely from
the committee on wall's and means the
Randall tariff bill and i if was referred to the
committee of the whole.
Breekenridge, of Kentucky, from the
same committee, reported back adversely
the bill repealing the tiibncco tax, and it
wa-s referred to the committee of the
whole.
Burnes, from the committee on appro
priations. reported back the general de
ficiency bill amended in accordance with
instructions. The amendment striking
out the extra pay clause was agreed to—73
to 31. The bill was then passed—yeas 183,
nays 57.
Morrison, from the committee on rules,
reported the following resolution:
Resolved, That Tuesday, 13th of July, be
set apart for the consideration of such busi
ness as may be presented by the committee
on ways and means not to include any bill
raising revenue, and if any bill shall lie
under consideration and not disposed of
when the house adjourns on said day, the
consideration of said hill shall be continued
from day to day until disposed of.
Hewitt raised the point of order against
the resolution, and in the discussion which
followed ltandall favored the resolution,
the object of which was to reach the con
sideration of the measure proposing to pay
out of the treasury the sum of about #7.
000.000 and thus save .*210,000 annually to tin
tax-pavers of the United States.
Hewitt’s point of order was overruled
and the resolution was adopted—yens 134.
navs 3-1.
Adjourned.
Washington, July 10.—Blair from the
committee on pensions, submitted a report
on twenty-three pension bills vetoed by
the president and recommending that the
bills be passed, notwithstanding the presi
dent’s objections. In reply to a question by
Keuna. Blair stated that the veto messages
hud been, by an order of the committee,
referred to members who had originally
reported Ihe bills. In accordance with
that order he made this report.
Camden read a paper signed by himself.
Colquitt, Wilson of Maryland, and Whitl-
horae, democratic members ofthe commit
tee on pensions, denying any kuowledgi
of Blair’s report or of the order referred
to. The report did not present the views
ofthe committee on these vetoed bills,
but only the views of Henry W. Blair.
The reasons assigned by the president in
vetoing these bills separately did not call
far gross criticism or for censure of the
senate.
Blair asked Camden whether any of the
senators who had signed that paper had
examined any of the hills either before or
after the veto, and he answered I he ques
tion himself by asserting that they had not.
Kenna moved tliut the report and views
ofthe minority and all the papers be re
committed to'the committee on pensions
for consideration by that committee.
Teller sustained the motion andsaid that
the action of the committee in the matter
was certainly- irrrcgular. The vetoes of
the president were entitled to the judg
ment of the entire committee, or a quo
rum. If no nuoruin could be obtained to
attend to the matter, the responsibility
should rest with the committee.
Blair consented to recommit and the
matter teas accordingly recommitted.
Blair giving notice that he would call it up
next Tuesday morning.
The senate resumed the calendar.
Riddleberger’s resolution offered April
12th in relation to the consideration of ex
ecutive business in open session was ob
jected to and went over, lie making a pas
sionate protest against Ihe course ami ap
pealing against the decision of the chair.
After Itiddleberger concluded his remarks
he withdrew liis appeal from the decision
of the chair and his resolution went over.
The river and harbor bill was taken up
and Miller addressed the senate in support
of the Hennepin canal appropriation
amendment. Debate on this amendment
was long and characterized by sharp inter
changes between Miller and Ingalls and
Logan and Ingalls. Platt, Teller, Palmer,
Cliase and others took part in the debate.
Miller, Chase. Logan and Painter were the
chief advocates ofthe amendment.
Platt preferred that the government
should try the experiment of building and
operating a railroad over the proposed
canal route.
Ingalls opposed the expenditure of pub
lic money for the erection of a waterway
where none had existed, and favored the
improvement of the great harbors on the
oceans and the great natural waterways.
He said the reason for the opposition by
the press, iwhich had been referred to by
Chasei, was that these river and harbor
bills had come to be regarded as illustrations
oftbo most rapacious venality. In this bill
there were appropriations to the amount
of five millions which could be character
ized by no other term except that of “boo
dle,” five millions that would be filched
from the treasury for tlie purpose of mak
ing men “strong” in their district at home.
He commenced upon the fact that out ot
*2,800,000 increase in this bill as reported by
the senate committee on commerce,
nearly two millions was for states which
had members on that committee. That,
he said, could not be a coincidence.
Mitchell and Logan spoke in favor of the
amendment.
Without reaching a wite tin-senate at
5:20 went into secret session, and afterward
adjourned.
e ■ pts to f28,000,000; on apple, peach and
grape brandy, to fl,40 , ',0 0 m spirit for
use in a-tr, various!' i .mted at from
£7,600,000 to £16,000,().).i .ud believed to be
at least £10.000,000, making in the aggre
gate of internal revenue taxes to be re
moved £39,400,000. Iu the appendix of the
estimates submitted with the bill as a part
of it the reduction of revenue from cus
toms on tariff fails to be affected by it. It
is estimated at £8,570,676: making the ag-
f^te of the proposed reduction £48,-
A bill to ho reduce the excessive revenues,
and a statement that, there were no ex
cessive revenues to be reduced were sub
mitted to the house by the same member
in the same half month. If a statement
that the revenue will not exceed the ap
propriations and the estimate with the
bill, including the loss of receipts from
brandy and from spirits for use in arts,
may be credited, the enactment of the bill
into a law will leave the government £48,-
000,000 short of the sum necessary to the
administration of the government and
the requirements of the public debt
authorized by law, including
debts incurred by the payment of pensions
allowed, the validity of which wo dare not
question, the payment of which is enjoined
upon us in I be oath we have taken to sup
port the constitution. Your committee,
unwilling to credit a purpose so lacking in
patriotism, so forgetful of the public faith, |
must belivo these and other provisions ol
the bill to lie the result of fiscal distemper,
hindering a just comprehension and intel
ligent treatment of the subject. In
view of its effect and purpose,
so far as it has a purpose affecting the
revenue ofthe government, the bill might
well lie left to that neglect which no doubt
it was expected to receive; but in the hope
that so unwise a measure may open tlie-
way for the majority to redeem its pledges
by the removal and reduction of unneces
sary, and therefore unjust taxes, vour com
mittee report the bill hack with the recom
mendation that it do not pass. The bill
changes the duty or rate of tax on articles
yielding less than one-tenth of £17,(KX),-
000 out of £181,000.000 received
from customs in 1S85. It increases those
which yielded £11,600,000 and decreases or
removes those which yield £5,000,000
on the basis of imports for 1885.
It does not reduce the revenue
from customs from £8,570,576 at all,
but does increase it £5,500,000. Besides
articles added to the free list, duty or im
port tax is reduced on castor beans, castor
oil, starch, iron, roots, beams,
girders, lead and other articles yielding
£3,300,000 of the revenue, and the revenue
is estimated to fall off in proportion to the
reduced rale of taxation recommended.
The tax on all clothing, whether of silk,
linen, cotton or woo! and other woolen
goods, of tin plutes, cotton ties
and other articles yielding, ns
already stated, £11,600,000, is increased,
and the revenue is estimated to fall
off in a still greater proportion than on ar
ticles upon which the rate of taxes is re
duced. Apparently the bill was presented
in the belief that the necessity existed for
a reduction, not of taxes, but of revenues,
and ihat the desired end is reached both
through higher and lower taxes. The es
timates with the bill are made on this ar
bitrary assumption and are entitled to no
respect whatever.”
The report then proceeds to consider the
Randall Dili in deta.l. and says the esti
mated and intended effect of the bill are
believed to make plain the methods by
which taxation on a basis of import ami
revenue receipts iu 18S5 would yield £14,-
1X10,000 of revenues and lie made to divert
that sum from public purposes to private
gain. The introduction of this bill would
be considered tin first avowed attempt in
our legislative history to empty the treas
ury by Hie use of the taxing power. If
this measure may be supposed to have any
purpose relating to the system
of finance, it points to direct
taxation, when internal revenue taxes are
taken oli and custom house taxes are laid
on so high that the people get the burden,
the monopolists the benefit, and the treas
ury nothing. A new process of supply will
be inevitable, and the measure is not" sup
posed to foreshadow any such system, or
to do more than indicate a mind unlearned
in methods and unmindful of results.”
In treatin'" of the proposed reduction
and removal of internal revenue taxes,
Morrison says: “They are most lightly
borne, and cannot he relinquished in the
face of £4,000,090,000 of war debt vet un
paid.”
The report then says: “This we do
know, that of the 28,000,000 who do some
thing, some work, or arc engaged iu man
ful pursuits, 18,000,000 of these earn on an
average not much more than £300 a year,
which is necessarily consumed iu the
means of subsistence, and now we are
overtaken by and are in Ihe midst of indus-
t rial paralysis. A million of workmen are
idle for want of work to do, and capital
in still greater proportion than unem
ployed lalxir lies dead and unproductive.
<>ur hills and mountains are full of mineral i
wealth; millions i f acres of product! • j
lands wait for the plow, and homes for |
homeless; millions are to tie had for the
taking. Favored with plentiful harvest,
blest with health, the only plague which
afflicts u.s is idleness. What, we need is
profitable employment. There is an appa
rent puny effort in the bill through an in
crease of taxation to shut out goods from
abroad that they Hmay be made
at home. If this effort was so successful as
to prevent the importation of all manu
factures we would have direct taxation
and three-quarters of a million men yet
unemployed. Their probable employ
ment amounts to nearly the dilfereuce be
tween what is popularly known as “good”
and “hard times.” The removal of the
tobacco tax will furnish no new employ
ment. Neither its smoke nor its juices
will turn a wheel. shaft or
spindle. Wood, wool, hemp, salt,
cheap food for the toiling men, lie at the |
foundation of great and successful indus
tries. To tree these from faxes will cheap
en production without towering the price ,
of labor, and our idle men may thus he en
abled to make something which may be,
sold profitably abroad and with which we
arc overstocked at home.” t
1 it|itnlii Itrmnf- Chiini to tie I'ressisl.
Washington, July 10.-—The Alabama
delegation in congress have determined to
press the claims of Captain Walter L. i
Bragg, a lawyer of .Montgomery, Ala., for
the place of solicitor-general.
her. (doing west ofthe Mississippi the .tit-
uation is reversed. Over the great state of :
Texas, in Arkansas and in Louisiana the I
i rains of June found the plants well rooted '
and the fields were excellently cultivated, j
The Regular Monthly Report of theDe- These prospects have very much improved,
| and In Texas, particularly, the conditions 1
have been very favorable and her rating is '
partment of Agriculture.
Tin' CmcllUon «f ( olfim In the OlnVmit Stati--
Tlie Wheat mill Corn Avcrago. -Report of the
Nstloosl Cotton kxrlimiire ut >en Orlemih.
Washington, July 10. -The cotton re
turns to the department of agriculture for
July 1st represent the crops ten to fifteen
days late, the low grounds saturated with
the excessive rains of June, geueral pre
valence of ophies in such situations and
the smothering of the growth of grass aud
weeds. Drier uplands show a vigorous
plant growth and in full panded planta
tions clean cultivation. This description
will apply to all the states except Texas,
Arkansas and Tennessee. There has been
improvement during June in these states
ane a retrograde in all the others. Trtere
will be a small area abandoned from ina
bility to cultivate it and some injury to
| nearly ut par.
j by states:
Virginia
■ North Carolina
South Carolina..
I Georgia
■ Florida
i Alabama
j Tennessee
' Arkansas
i Louisiana
! Texas . , ,
oving is the condition
The average for the licit, S3; against 92
THE TROUBLE IN AUGUST A.
toxustu furtur) Stmts II,o
Other >1 iI;s lleaiiunlbie Inn
Openitii
,eil W live'
la !
Avih-sta, OH., July 10. \s telegraphed |
yesterday, the Augusta fin 'ory closed to- j
- . day because of the refusal to advance |
plants will result tu the process of clean- j wayes 15 percent. The picker hands went j
mg. The reduction in condition is mainly aut first and caused the mil shut down, |
in North and South Carolina, Alabama and 1 p U ( .,q t; u ,,thf r hands <!i mand a similiw i
Mississippi. Georgia was reported low in | advance. There is no prospect of the mill I
June. The general average of condition is i starting up Monday. The strikers are firm |
8t>. It was 83 on the 1st of June. Lust I their demand and the :
year it Was 06 ill July, a gam of four points eqtu ]j v firm in refusing. T
during June. Favorable weather in July J hcmicil m Hi" Sibley mill,
with prompt destruction of the weeds may ] mand for higher" wag i
advance the condition, but further rains or j 4,,,, made but there has h
long continued drout h would work serious : VL .i ; i'pi,,, ilr;,,., mill |, , s
injury to the crop, while a fair product j ^^u-an,To’ Lm per
may yet be possible east or tile Mississippi. ; tiling is working smoothly
The condition of that portion of the crop -
may be considered somewhat critical. The
averages by states are as follows :
tn Unti l' tn lbislmusler*.
'lnrri-
Itiunliil'N Ill'll'
vsmNOTON, July 10.—Representative
•Ison’s report on the Randall bill says:
bill proposes to remove all internal
i on tobacco, snuff and cigars,
luting on tlic basis of last year’s re-
Washington, July 10.—C. F. McDonald, |
superintendent of the money order system
at the post office department, to-day issued
a circular notifying the postmasters at
money order offices that the act of con
gress approved June 2tlth, 1886. “reducing
the fee from eight to five cents on domestic |
orders not exceeding five dollars will go
into effect on the 26th inst.
(uotlii'r I’uliili' lltillilitu.- Hill Yi-binl.
Washington, July in. The president
to-dav vetoed the bill providing for the
erection of a public building at Asheville,
North Carolina.
In announcing his disapproval the presi
dent says he is satisfied that the present
necessity for the building is not urgent,
and something may be gained by delay
which will demonstrate more fully the
public needs and thus better suggest the
style and size Hie building to be erected,
Virginia.
North Corolina tu
South Carolina 76
Georgia.. si
Alabama so
Mississippi 79
Louisiana ,8.
Texas 97
A ktinsas ,0a
Tennessee 9 s
THU OGRN CROP.
The cart age of corn has very slightly de
clined in tiie middle states and in Alary-
land, Virginia and South Carolina, with
some increase iu other states ofthe south
which is the largest west of the Mississippi.
In the Ohio valley the acreage is nearly
the same as in 1885, west of the Mississippi
the increase is heavy. In Kansas 20 per
cent, Nebraska 10 per cent, Dakota 30 per
cent. The total acreage is 31 per cent,
about 2,500,000 acres. Corn is late on the At
lantic coast from wet weather, cool nights
nnd slow germination. In many situations
the seed rotted and replanting became nec
essary. Instances are reported of planting
three times, yet (there is generally a fair
stand and tlie crop is growing and healthy.
and with seasonable July weather will
make a full yield. It has suffered quite as
much on the gulf coast, where wet areas
are still more unpromising. Red lands
generally bear enormous growth, while on
gray soils and bottoms the plants are yel
lowing and spindling. Some of the areas
have already been abandoned. Some parts
of Texas nave been dry, but abund
ant rains will suffice sor a good
crop in the eastern and central counties.
Arkansas shows a higher condition, but
Tennessee reports injury from low temper
ature and excessive rain. The great corn
belts of the west report a medium to high
condition, growing better from Halo to
Kansas. Missouri valley averages better
than ttje Ohio river and the lake regie,n
There is a full stand in Missouri, vigorous
and even growt h, and ten days earlier than
last year. Kansas returns arc equally fa
vorable. Insect injuries have nowhere-
been serious. The chinch bug is now
threatening some localities in the west.
The general average is 95 against 90 last
year and 96 in 1884. The state aver
ages of the following states arc:
New York 91
Pennsylvania
Virginia 91
Georgia 9-
Tcx as’
Kentucky.
Ohio ....
Indiana 9’j
Michigan :"i
Illinois 97
Missouri !0I
Kansas M2
Nebraska Pi
Iowa 99
WHEAT.
The condition of winter wheal Is re
ported for the find of July in the northern
districts not harvested, and in the southern
states ns it appeared at the time of liarvot.
The average has declined from 92.7 to HI.2.
New York reports a decline of 1 points.
Pennsyluania 5, Kentucky 2. Michigan 6.
Missouri 1, Kansas 3, Ohio and Indiana
remain as- in June and Illinois
gains one point. The condition of spring
wheat has declined from 98 in June to S3,
in consequence of high temperature, lin
ing winds, und a lack of rain iu the prin.i
pal Istatcs. The decline has been : Wis
consin from 97 to 75, Minnesota 99 to 78,
Iowa 100 to 90, Nebraska 97 to 83, and
Dakota from 99 to 85.
OATS.
The condition of oats averages SO. a de
cline of 7 points.
RYE AND BARLEY.
Rye fully maintains its position with an
average of 95. The average of barley is 9b.
Nutloiiul fxi'hiiiiyc Report.
New Orleans, July 10. The national
cotton exchange crop report for the month
of June, compiled by L'. II. Barker, secre
tary, which lias just been issued, says:
“The metorologn al record of June ovi r
the cotton belt is in striking contrast with
l at in a , oi responding period of last year.
The c nditioiis )ui .a been abnormal over
i."i> .. marly I the area east of tl.»
Aii...- ippi. Witnin these limits, embrae-
i.’.q ai/uiil OVD-; birds' of the atviage under
enitor., i'le .'ioutali lias been excessive,
the teinneiature unfavorable and,
farm work has been retarded,
and o.er extensive distrietsalmost entirely
suspended for all practical purposes, caus
ing the grass to grow luxuriantly t<l ren
dering necessary the abandonment of some
lands. In tin sestate'-, embracing the (_..r-
olinas. Georgia. Alabama a:id Mississippi,
bottom lands particularly have suffered
severely and fertile black lands have lost
much ofthe prospect they ban. Ovcrmost
of these states the early spring was cold
and a bad start was made. The Alay con
ditions were not good and June lias again
lowered them a little and rendered
the outcome more critical. Still, over this
area, embracing as it does so large a per
centage of upland, with favorable condi
tions in July and subsequently, that is
seasonable showers, allowing farm work
in cleaning outthe grass and the absence of >
but, dry Weather to brake the saturated
soil ami scorch the plants which hate been
rendered unhealthy by extreme moisture,
there is room for Improvement, it
is to be noted that the iu-
-cut ravages usually ai eoinpunyii g
these me.teorologie.il conditions have bn :i
slight, and the stands which were not /
good to start on have not been impro .i '.
On that account over all this distri- s tic
11 officers are
• iDie is uppre-
i.'l'e a like Hi -
lias already
n no strike as
ready granted
it. and every
th is factor ,
It is reported tliat a member of the ex
ecutive board of Knights of Labor will ar
rive Monday and endeavor to adjust the
differences in the mills where the advance
is demanded. Six hundred and fifty oper
atives are out of work in consequence of
the strike at the Augusta factory.
THE NEWS FROM SAVANNAH.
Local Events of the Wack in Browneville
and Girard.
A mil lici- quil t If ct'k in ItroiTiievlIle—Practice li)
tlii' Lively Gun ( lull — A Trniprranri' t ake Cut-
timt -lli.Hth mill 111rth H('|iorls New Klnil of
Soup RonkIp mill (ii'iieral Won from (firartl.
Another week of a hot and sultry midsummer
niontt. lias passed without witnessing any event
of general interest In our neighboring town of
Brmv> evillc. The political anti religious excin-
ments which swayed the minds of the people
have toned down anil left tlie people in a suitable
condition for another nup, at least on the part of
the non-combatant" and home stayers, for be it
known that Browneville Is a working town, and
not more than a third of her citizens are at home
any day during the week. There is no idle time
for gossip and hut liu’e for sensations of any sort.
Til,' past week i'.-a- more than ordinarily quiet,
and those on the quivive for events out ofthe
usual hot weather routine will he doomed to wait
a while longer.
I indy (.an ( lull.
The club shot on Tuesday afternoon for eaje
tains, and again mi Friday to test the powers of
tlie respective sides. The score on both occa
sions is given and shows the number of bails
broken bv each
emliet
On Tuesday the score
The Killin'. Hire iter
Tlie Viniilcr of Peatlis
Special to Enquirer-Sun.
Savannah, Ga.,Ju1v 10. The directors
of the Planters Rice Mills Company held
a conference yesterday. The question of
liabilities for money obtained from the
banks by Owen, the absconding superin
tendent of the mills, was discussed. The
company declined to resist payment ofthe
bogus rice receipts held by the banks. The
iiucstion of liabilities will be decided by
toe courts. The company has no clue to
Owen’s flight beyond tlie city. It is be
lieved he is in Canada.
The health officers report for the week
36 deaths, of which 30 were colored.
FACTS FROM MONTGOMERY.
The Extension From (.ondivnter to llirmiiudmii —
Fe ieral Troops Knroiite to ttlauto.
Special to the Enovikkr-Si .w
Montgomery, Ala., July 10. At the
secretary of state’s office to-day a . declara
tion was filed and commission issued by
the Good water and Birmincrhtmi Railway
Company to extend the Columbus and
Western to Birmingham, with a capital of
?1,000,000.
Fifteen carloads of federal soldiers passed
through from Pensacola bound for summer
quarters at Atlanta.
TURF NEWS.
Monmouth. July 10.- First race, one and
one-eighth miles, Favor won by a length,
Prymonople 2u, Ferona 3d: time. 1:591.
su j Second race, three-fourths of a mile, Tre
nt ! inont Bessc won,June ‘2.1, Raveller 3d: time,
j 1:16/.
; Third race, one arid one-fourth miles,
Dewdrop won, Quito 2d, Linden 3d; time.
y.*» ; "• ^ •
| Fourth race, one and one-hulf miles,^Tolu
y: ' won, Unrest 2d, Lottery 3d; time, 2:12U
Fifth race, one and Vne sixteenth miles,
Elizabeth won, Heartsease 2d, Revoke 3d;
time, 1:54$.
Sixth race, one mile. Edgefield won,
Uetitia 2d, Frank Ward od: time, 1.46.
Seventh race, steeplechase, full course,
Toni Brown won. Worth 2d. Abraham 3d;
time, 5:13.
Tin* < Id-Jiuo lliin s.
Chicago. Jniy 1().—First race, Margo
won. Withrow 2d, Bride 3d; time 1:16b
Second race, one and fine-quarter miles,
Lizzie won.
Extra rnce.sjven-eign hs of a mile,Posit r
won, Tartar 2d, Warrenton 3d; time 1:29.
Third race, one and three-quarter miles,
Volatile won, L'/zic Ly-r 2d, Kennel 3d:
time 3;OL
Fourth race, mile heats fust heat, II*»]k-
dah won by a length, Bootblack 2d, Bid
dy Bowling 3d; time. 1:43. Second heat,
lii.-h Pat won, Hopedale 2d. Boot black 3d;
lime, 1:43. Third heat, fiopcdale won
easily. Irish Pat 2d: time. 1:45.
j".lth race, steeplechase, over the short
course, Buckler won by a length, Pock 2d,
Rush Brock 3d; time. 3:06*.
II. Holland
M. K. Edwards
O. M. Holland
it. L. Edwards ..
M. S. (oven
J. C. Holland
M. Nibk tU*
J. A. Mfiler
W. H. West
John Kciniutfton..
James Bostick . ..
fujhay’s shooting
M. T. Lynn
J"hn Rcinii iflon.
J. C. Holland
H. Holland
O. M. Holland
M. E. Edwards
M. Niblette
W. K. West
J. A. Miller
R. L. Edwards
James Bostick....
cron is late, and therefore exposed to to.-
vicissitudes of the fall season. In th •
northern portion of the belt, im veor.
Tennessee had a g*»oo start ; nil lm-In 1 •
her own pretty well, and North Varoiu a
is belter than tin. coast distric* i*
Nciirncs T,iU llndr Plan s.
Danville, 111., July 10.--The colored
coal miners who were reported yesterday
on their way fron Kentucky to take the
place of tie- f:.kers at (Yrap Creek arrived
yestoid.iy. They •• . re met at Danville
.Junction l»" . ..mnittfie of strikers who
tried :•> ; :-uadc them not to go to work,
but faded, 'i'll c< »lor *d men were escorted
to the mines under the protection of a
strong force ol aimed deputy sherifis and
wen* put to work without any interfer
ence In addition to the sheriff’s posse
thirty armed men watch the property
night and day. Their presei.i e- will proba
bly restrain tlie strikers from actsof\io-
lenee.
Pnirr iO-L-duMMi.-.l.
Little Pock, Ark., July 1 0. Peace at
Tate plantation and -surrounding farms has
been re-established. The strikers have re
turned to work and there art now no fears
of a general uprising among the negroes.
A farmer named Walker, residing near the
plantation, found a note pinned to his gate
post warning him that if he continued his
objections to employing Knights of Labor
he would be taken in hand and put where
Sheriff Worth’s protection wouhi be of no
avail. 'The note was evidently the work
ofthe striking negroes.
I>c\o’.ired It) it Pniiiit,
White Wright, T» v.. July Hi. A puma
which lias been mfesting th* in igiibi.r-
hood of Pilot CSrovt for seveiai wet ks, t \o**
terda.v ton* to pu c< s ,nd cU ' oun-o, a »’>n*.
year-old child a farmer dvi.ig * i: Burn-
Tract. Nothing was lcf of tin* c old ‘y
the beast but 6'sfih-s Lm . s. Tui- puma
in north Texas.
!>• .ith nf H.*nr> h irk- Room.
New York, Juiy in. Mmrv Kirke
Brown, a noted sculntor. di *d lu re to-day
from softening ofthe brain.
Tempi*railCaki* Cutting.
Browneville is not only a working town, but it
is a temperance town. The citizens have en
trenched themselves within the lines of the pro*
hibitionists, and not a drop ofthe ardent “can be
bought in the town. All this has been brought
about by high license ordinances. The temper
ance sentiment is very strong, and it is but truth
I to say there is not the fourth of the whisky con-
i slimed by the inhabitants that there
was before the organization of the municipal
government. As a consequence drunkenness
I is rare and crime and violations of law have
I greatly diminished, the moral and social condi-
| ‘ions of the people have improved, and they are
; quiet, peaceful and prosperous.
I On next Wednesday evening the friends of
I temperance are invited to a cake-cutting at Car
ter’s hull, to he given under the auspices <•!
; Bethesda lodge, I. O. G. T., of Browneville.
Member** of Girard Star lodge and of Co.umlnin
! lodge are especially invited to be present aud
I lend their help in furthering a good cause.
B”iitli and lilrth Reports.
i For the month of June Hr* re were six deaths
1 three of white and three of col* red persons in
the town of Browneville. This is a good show-
, itig for the health of a town of t<*on population,
during a month of very trying temperature and
ui unusuai amount of lain.
For the same period there were seven birth.-.,
“bowing a slight increase in population.
Soup on lee.
Reports nv»re quite current un the street.-ves-
, terday tha» a new *oup house was to be opened
by the clerk of council, next door above Smith’*-
1 drug stoic, ui.d that a rare bill of fare, “soup on
1 ice” was to be served free to all visitors. Then*
; were u number of hungry and credulous people
who wended their way in that direction to in
vestigate the truth of the rumor and to partake
"ftin* novel and unheard of delicacy. Our r<-
j> >rter w..s among the number, not at all hungrv.
but a little curious to ascertain what kind of a
“c’l u might be. Tlie pn. priet<*r of the soup w :s
up"biirs asie' p, but a friend of his notified tin
•.allets th it the smip would be rt .dy by not
.-ut.ird n .lead Mire.
Brouiculle IJrirtV.
IF,wine*•*.*• •-main- .|Ui-*».
Doctors report a bight increase of .beknos**.
Mom? ire um.ing in freely, but many of thorn
are m f\ r or.
Feu li. .- are scarce and it is feared that mm.l)
‘■ftbe or.»} bus 1' *ted.
Judge M'd’.ivy i -till detaiiud u’. home l,\ ock-
ncss in his famiiN.
An infant of Mr. John Hartis was buried l.e*i
Mi.-s Holly RniMieii aini her r.u ther have been
<jn11-.ok, out it i - hoped are better.
More work i^ m-.-c-sary on the street' by rea
son oftln- Inuivv rains ofthe week.
Coar.i i’ 1 cii: a im e»ing last Tucsilay night. A
few i,ew omti.anci - looking to sp(.cial taxes were
enacted. N »ther business of imporiaui e.
the Ijrowm , T»* J'.-ipii.-t < i;ur»li to-d.i> aficr the
for.-n.M.i, M rvi-*tv ,,y the pador. Re*.. .). W. \Yi!-
A (.'onipiii.c i.tarv -ocial was tender* d t" M
Vila Guerr\ of Midway. A'a., al the r< -idence >f
Mr. Fiank Rhilij s <m Thur-day * veiling. Jt was
a pieusant finale U tliat young lady's sojourn •
una-ng Brov .wvifit friends.
Mo-phii.e 5 • -i tiottle "Lively I 'rug Store.”
A Finn r t .( }.( and- "Lively Drug Jjioic.’’
• s "lph'U 'c a pi und --"Lively Dreg Store."
LpS( i: m* 1 1.- *»c a p«-und- "Lively Drug Store.” ,
Turnip ‘■wed-*, all sorts*--“Lively Drug Store.”
Best 'I urii'p St eds "Lively Drug Store."
Freshest Turnip Seeds "Li\ely Drug Store.”
Cheapest '1 lump Seeds- "Liv* iy Drug Store.”
Fills, ail sorts, two boxe-* 2. r »c L. D. S.”
Jd\(ty Diug Store." Lr.ely. Kubsell <'■*.. Ai^#
(•III \ KIt MATH fis.
Vn* Orypiii/.dbu)' Kiln ;d -nul ami ( hardi Mat
tel'. the (,mm leiii|!nrs (ii*in-ral Neighbor*
boot) (.owip.
or* rd i- having me fun at little cost a*, the
dull *».|,iHner ioi’.- ••!!. A lime kiln club ha- been
f( rim tl w! •< h meet- daily at b aler- heaibjnar-
t< t* in tii>( ns, ♦ >•«• important topics of »!i * *tay.
is to be court martialod for treasonable utterances,
but his friends hope the matter wifi be plastered
over without the necessity of disgracing that
high pub. fuiic.
Verily, the times are suggestive of devices, and
our Girard friends arc disposed to take things
easily and pleasantly as possible during the dull
months.
District School Mutters.
The school board met InRt Tuesday evening, and
among the business of the evening was the elec
tion of a principal ofthe white public school, and
a trustee to till a vacancy in the board. Prof. A.
H.Peavy, of Tuskegee, was chosen for the first
named place, aud Mr. Ed Jones, of Girard, selec
ted as trustee.
We understand that Prof. Peavy stands well as
an educator, and hope he wifi be able to give sat
isfaction in the responsible position he lias been
called to fill
Church Mutters.
A revival meeting commenced last Sunday
night at the Baptist church, which continued up
to Thursday evening with satisfactory results.
At liuit time the pastor was called otrto fill other
appointments, and the meetings adjourned until
this evening, when they will be resumed and
continued probably through the ensuing week.
There has been during the past two weeks a
si ngular religious awakening among the colored
people at Liberty Hill Baptist church near
Knight’s station, The meetings have been con
ducted bv Eldor Myers. Up to this time there
has been forty-three conventions, and the excite
ment still goes on. Last Sunday there were
twenty-six baptisms, and to-day will occur eight
or ten others. Like St. Paul of old, members have
been stricken down, and have had to pass
through the transe stage before coming through
into the clear sunlight of Gospel grace. The
meeting wifi be continued the coming week.
Tin* Good Templars
Gave their ice cream supper according to pro
gramme last Monday night. There was a good
attendance of the friends of the cause and the
occasion proved a social and financial success.
<iIrani Gossip.
Mr. Blau reports the appearance of one mos
quito.
The blackberry crop is playing out and the
people cannot live much longeron short rations.
Justice Tucker has gone into the real estate
business. He also lias tlie list of delinquent tax
payers and wishes them to come up to the cap
tain’s office and settle.
Mr. Lie frank has gone extensively into fruit
and Grupe culture, aiul has one of the handsom
est places in the vicinity of Girard.
The Knights of Labor have organized a lodge
ou Long street, ami last night they enjoyed an
ice-cream supper and watermelon cutting at the
residence of Mr. Tobe Tillman, which no doubt
was a pleasant affair.
There’s no use talking, unless the gullies at
the west end of the lower wagon bridge are
speedily filled up the roads in that vicinity will
I soon become impassable.
For R* nt.
j New Store House and part of Dwelling, or all of
, Dwelling or Store House afone very cheap. Apply
* to Mrs. S. J. Jones or H. A. Hyde.
Al IlicLinml Bilker).
I I am now piepare.d to fill any orders for Wcd-
1 ding Cakes of all kinds, plain and ornamented,
| cheaper than they cun be bought in Columbus.
I Can refer to the Improved Order of Red Men,
| having filled an order of 100 pounds for ihem last
j week. Ee.-nectfnily,
H. A. Hvdi-j.
j Rev. Mr. Cummings, the pastor, wifi preach in
i Girard thi- morning ami to-night.
Sa; iturs of Sam. Jones.
Tl’/ou want tu do good God will help you to
do good, and if’)ou want to do bad the devil will
help you.
A man who lives in the library, with the finest
authors. i.f an intellectual man. A P'an wliQ
walk.*; arm in arm with God is A spiritual man.
There is ju.-t as much religion iu laughing as in
crying But if you don’t live right, he solemn as
the grate cu ry day, for you ought to he solemn.
Many a little ciiuhliu-hei'.ded fellow (he main
object of liis li f e in this world is to find out who
i? the father of .Melchisdek -if he only knew that,
would l i elected for all time.
Jt is not the mysteries of the Bible that bother
me. It is the Ten C'omni..:nlmetits. It U so hard
to Mvo up to them it is not the mystet ies of tlie
Bible that hu.t me. I* is the senium <*ii the
Mount.
\ hat i
th
What is ailing? I vdi *:•
hret or fun < four Lnglibh wonls run intoon
oncentrated. Slang is mullin’ without a "g"
nd of ii -but concentrated English 1
N
e sister, I expect, will turn up her
ik seat me bora us* I am not dignified. Bless
you. tin* devil has got mortgage on that nose,
and In* will foi«-close it some of then* days, and
get the old gal will*, it, ton.
I have hoard of chinches which claimed
to be the only church of God. The old hard
shells do it, I believe I don't know how
they are up here, but if they art* the same as
they arc flown >n G •nrg’H ,tlu* Lord has turned
over the whole bu-ine“s to a mighty ignorant
crowd.
We have got to learn thm• money will help a
man to heaven just like it will help him to New
York. I can get t«‘ Now York City without a
cent, but I will liavo to w.iik every step, and lu*g
my bread along tin* road You can get to heaven
wuhout afc-i.t, but )(. j will find Jordan a hard
mad to travel.
Base Bull Brevities.
Ff>))o\v/ny is the re*ujb of the games /)J,ayed
yesterday :
Charleston, S. C. -Charlestons, 17: Chatta-
noogas, 0.
•Savannah Rain no game.
Philadelphia —Bhiludelphias, 5; New Yorks. 1
Pittsburg -Pittsburgs. 1; Brooklyns, .j.
Cincinnati—Cincinnatis, 3; Metropolitans, 0.
Kansas City—Kansas Citvs, 11; St. Louis, 5.
Washington. D. C. -Washingtons, 1; Bostons, 6.
Louisville—Athletics, 3: Louisvilles, I.
St. Louis—Baltimore.*, 2: St. Louis, I.
Chicago—Chicugos, 3: Detroits, 1.
Macon—Macons, 5: Na-hvilles, 1. Game called
in the middle of tlie tilth inning ou account of
Iti-utli in Talbot.
Paschal. Ga.. July u.—Enquirer-Si*n: Mrs
Priscilla Willis, living near Daviston, near here,
•Led to-day with paralysis after two weeks .suffer-
in*', in an almost unconscious condition, sur
roMr.ded by her famfiy. She w ill he buried to
morrow at Morel) Baptist church, of which church
s!i • las been an acceptable member fin more
wcntv-iive years. Hho was aged about G5
id ni in and around
doubt limi it most
