Georgia Historic Newspapers

    DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER I, 1880.
GHe Captivates Columbus With His Elo
quence.
attend. Hut it is. And I don’t know why i
should be called on to talk about social rela*
I tions.* Perhaps it is because my rela
tions are sc social [Laughter.] Some of
them stay with me for three months
at a time. [Laughter.] I have known men to
MXTTERS IN MONTGOMERY.
Report Nliowing AinbunmN Wealth in Coni—A
.Murderer Sent to the Lunatic Vaytum.
‘.The Address In the llnptist Church, mid the Unn-
quet Last Night—An Elegant Affair by St Aide-
mnr Coin roan dorr—Wit, and Wine, ami roosts.
Yesterday evening will remain rosy and red-
lettered in the history of masonic circles in Co
lumbus. Dr. Lansing Burrows, the brilliant and
popular pastor of the First Baptist cfauich of
Augusta, had been invited by St. Aldemar Com-
inandery No. 8, Knights Templar, to deliver an
address in the First Baptist church of this city,
at 7:30 o’clock yesterday evening. Dr. Burrows
has long been well known here by reputation,
but he was personally a stranger. But he will be
one no longer. His visit is another case of “veni,
vidi, vici.” He is a man of military bearing,’
.stalwart physique, majestic, playfhl and winning.
He completely captivated his brother knights and
everybody else with whom he came in contact.
He is an ex-newspaper reporter, and retains
much of the “bon homme” and ease that comes
only of constant attrition with men of every
class, while his wit and brilliance and ‘ hail fel
low” air is sanctified by the sweetness of that
gospel which he preaches and practices alike to
a listening and watching world.
The Baptist church was crowded to its utmost
capacity last night by an audience which repre
sented the very best class of Columbus people,
-who were anxious to greet and welcome and
hear the distinguished stranger. The proces
sion of the Knights up the main aisle in full
.uniform, following their banner, upon which
■was painted a cross, with the circling inscription,
■*‘In Hoc Signo Vinces,” was impressive,imposing
and beautiful. At the front of the procession
•which marched two abreast, were Dr. Burrows
and Sir Knight Templar Dr. G. W. McElhaney.
They ascended to the platform followed by P.
W. M., F. M. Brooks and Rev. Robert
H. Harris, pastor of the church. Judge
Brooks conducted the religious services,
and the music, which was unusually
Hue, was furnished by a picked choir, under the
direction of Mr. George L. Johnson.
Dr. Burrows, who was in full uniform, was in
troduced by Dr. McElhaney. Dr. Burrows’ voice
is a mellow and liquid bass, and his style of ora
tory is terse, succinct and snapping with pointed
periods. For an hour every form leaned, every
•eye looked and every ear listened. The orator
had taken his audience prisoner, and he led
them whithersoever he would. To synopsize the
-address would sear its beauty, and any attempt
to describe it would be like an attempt
to add tint to a sunset or perftime to
•a bed of violets. It would be both unnecessary
.and impossible. To give a cameratic outline, the
-speaker described the crusaders, Peter the Her
mit, who inaugurated them, the soldiers who
fought them, and the sentiment that prompted
them. His description of the men and the times
•of the crusades was picturesque and vivid. Their
heroism he extolled and their fanaticism he deft
\y covered with the mantle of an eloquent charity.
The Knights Templar of to-day, he said, were the
knights of the good and the
true, and the modern cruseders against evil
in all of its multiplied forms.
"“After the Christian era was a thousand years
old,” Dr. Burrows continued, “men began to
look for some fearfhl judgment to visit the world
because of its apathy. Out of this grew the sen
timent that prompted the crusaders. BuC after
the convulsions of the crusades and after the age
of chivalry, and its now-seeing follies, their good
•effects remained. And soon the sails of. civiliza
tion’s galleys whitened every sea. If the man and
the knight—the Knight Templar—of ourday,does
not ride forth with his lady’s colors flaunting
.-at his crest, if he does not give himself up to
penance and penury, he still has his conflicts; be
is still a worker and a servant of the truth. He
is still struggling and searching after the truth.
The crown that a templar wears is not merely a
decoration. It is a sign that' he has found the
light and the truth. Woe is he, if he walks not
in it. His very legend is an aphorism to truth.
His sign is a sign of the truth.
-A characteristic of truth is its
openness. Only those who bury themselves in
darkness fail to see its light. The templar has
plunged himself in disgrace if the cross he wears
is but a decoration and not a badge of mastery.”
The speaker then touched on the prejudices
and superstitions of old times, at which we laugh
to-day. “In old times people thought that cross
eyed men were dishonest; that red-headed men
were vicious, or that left-handed men were un
trustworthy. [Smiles.] We smile at this.
But we must be careful,or else in our day we will
condemn men on account of their idiosyncracies
•or their personal appearance Men are not al
ways what they seem. Frequently the greatest
villain is the most unctious gentleman in his
seeming.” The speaker counselled self-reliance
and indepence of thought. “The man,” said he,
“who never thinks anything except what other
people think, or who never allows
himself to think anything unless he
thinks they think it, is a chained Prometheus.
.John Foster preached, as long as he lived, in a
•grey coat and red vest, because he wanted to ex
hibit his independence of the clerical uniform of
■his day, which he declared smacked of popery.
But he was fighting one opinion with another—
not with sense or truth. Brother knights,
•when men come to write your
•epitaphs let them not say: ‘Here lies a knight
who spent liis life fighting that men might wear
buttons on the tails of their coats, or that they
might part their hair on the side,’ but let them
say your service was spent in a great and noble
cause.”
Dr. Burrows’ perforation was thrilling and elo
quent, and at the close the choir sang “Old
Hundred,” and Rev. R. H. Harris pronounced
the benediction. The large audience then dis
persed.
An hour later the members of St. Aldemar
C’ommandery, together with their distinguished
visiting brother, Dr. Burrows, met at the festal
board of a magnificent banquet in the Rankin j
House dining room. Besides the Knights Tem
plar there were present as guests; Mr. E. T. By-
ington, of the Columbus Evening Ledger, and
Messrs. Eugene Granbevry and Henry Howren,
•of the Enquirer-Sun. It is saying a
good deal, but Mr. John Scherf,
the proprietor of the Rankin House, who is also
a Knight Templar, simply out-did himself in the
preparation of this banquet. A reporter of the
Enquirer-Sun was taken througli the dining
room to look at the table before the company
came in. And he does not hesitate to say that
in a long and varied experience in inspecting
banquet tables he has never seen this
one surpassed. The table was a frozen
picture of culinary art perfected. Amid iced
cakes, jellies, quail on toast, hot oysters in every
style, meats of every kind cooked in every style,
and old wines of rarest brand, whose popping
corks kept up a pistol-like fusilade accompani
ment to the laughter and the eloquence of the
banqueters, alternated pyramids of fruits and
flowers reached up to the scintillating chande
liers and combined to make a scene that will
defy oblivion for many a day to come.
Dr. McElhaney was master of ceremonies and
toasts. When the supper was finished, and the
glasses were filled, he proposed the toast “Our
social relations,” to which Mr. J. K. Orr respond
ed. Mr. Orr’s response, like all those of the eve
ning, was strictly impromptu, but it “brought
down the house” more than once. In opening,
Mr. Orr said: “I don’t know why it is my ill
luck to be the first speaker at every banquet I
„ ji 4, North Carolina 4, South Car-
re oil assisiaut state geologist, appeared to-day! j oli, '*V u > Texas 3, Virginia 2
I R71 *v I and West \ irginia 1.
I spend a November salary in February j ust to 8l 'ff *’ to '-’Wiirer-hun.
1 keep up soctul relations.” I MONTGOMERY, Alu., November 30.—The
Dr Burrows—“Whitt’* that about.alarl.sf” |
Mr. Orr— This is not a salary grab. We
another line to-utuht," [Laughter.] I containing 571'pages, dating from l&S2 to
Mr,Orr continued iu the same strain for fifteen 1 1881. It is the fullest, most interesting lie
tailed report ever issued on these impor
tant subjects, containing a general descrip
tion of the Warrior coal liclda as u whole
in extent, structure, material, divisions,
thickness of coal, mcium esund scams, mid
the sum total and value of its coals. Its
excellent quality Is shown by an analysis
and experiments showing its great advan
tages for cheap mining and transportation.
The counties of Warion, Minston, Cullman,
Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Jefferson and
TusknlooBa are separately described, their
physical and geological characters, the
Raccoon mountain coal Held, that part of
the tabic land of the Warrior Held between
Brown’s valley on the northwest and
ments, 13 electric light companies, 73 Foun
dries, mills and machine shops, 50 mining
; find smelting companies and 311 Hour mills,
i Alabama received 11 furnaces during tho
quarter, Tennessee 8, Virginia 4, Louisiana
| 1, West Virginia 1.
i The railroad companies are divided us
I follows: Alabama 12, Arkansas 3, Florida
4 L Georgia It, Kentucky 3, Louisiana 3,
VERMONT PEOPLE ANG IY.
| nml January, r> o-tHri buyers; January and Feb.
ruary, 5 0-04d buyers; February
minutes, and made one of the best received nml
wiltie.t speeches oftheevening.
The next toast was ’Our Recent Visit to An-
j gusta,” to which Mr. George H. Waddell made a
telling and beautiful response. In closing, he
referred to the fact that he was about to leave
Columbus for a home In another state, to which
the toast master fittingly replied, and said the
announcement would be heard with regret by
every man in Columbus who knew Mr. Waddell,
for every man who knew him was his friend.
Tho next toast was “Our distinguished guest
Sir Knight Templar Burrows;” to which that
gentleman made a response that was superb and
eloquent. Among other things he said; “The Wills’valley on the southeast, including
toast ‘Our Departed Friends’ are generally drunk ' “ejections, a tabulation of the analysis De
manding. i'll occupy their place to-night. I purring throughout the report. It states
i t ntiirvtns i i f a . , . 4 , K ' i that although Alabama ranks oulv eiirhth
[Laughter.] ! am not departed yet, but when I i in the union in the acreage of its coni meas-
do depart, 111 leave a big part ot myself-my ures, it takes u front rank in the quantity
heart—in Columbus. [Applause | I read iu his- | and quality of its coni, and tout the
Of 131 wood-work
ing establish ments Alabama received 25,
Florida 15, Georgia lit, Tennessee 18 unit
West Virginia 13. Of 73 foundries and
mills Alabama received 24, Tennessee 11,
Virginia 13, WeBt Virginia fi, Texas (i anil
Georgia 5. Of 59 mining and smelting
companies Alabama has 9, Arkansas 2,
Georgia 2, Kentucky 8. Mississippi 1. North
Carolina 9, Tennessee. 11, Texas 9, Virginia
4 and West Virginia 5. Of (lour mills Ar
kansas received 3, Kentucky 8, North Car
olina fi, Tennessee 8, Texas 3 and Virginia
8. The Tradesman says this is exclusive of
a largo liumberof miscellaneous industries.
RiDDLEBEHGER FRIENDLY.
tory that Columbus discovered America, but 1
have discovered Columbus, and I think,
j I’ve got the bulge on old Christopher most de
cidedly. [Laughter and applause.) Dr. Burrows
I spoke for ten minutes, and in closing offered a
toast to St. Aldemar Commaudery, to which
Judge Brooks made an elegant response.
Tho next regular toast proposed by the toast- | feet
master was “The Press,” and the response was
made by Mr. Henry Howren, of the
J2nquirbr Sun. The toast-master then
j offered the toast "Columbus,” and Mr.
John Scherf responded. Mr. Scherf surprised
Warrior coal Held, with an area of
7810 square miles, is about two-
thirds as large as the coal
area of Great Britain. Its .cool measures
arc over three thousand feet thick, con
taining fifty-three seams of coal, being
from a few inches to fourteen feet thick, J „
j having u com hi tied thickness of over 125 j O itionto\\”i7ci President ciovi'bmdrTris
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Woodstock, Va., November 26.—Tho
Shenandoah Herald, owned and edited by
Senator Uiddloberger, eon tains an editorial
in its issue of to-day which has been read
with interest and curiosity, as it appears
only a few days in advance ofthe senator’s
return to Washington. It is generally con
strued to mean that the sen tor does not go
to Washington with any belligerent dispo-
ure coal. It is estimated that they !
contain noi less than 113,110,000,000 tons,
of which about 108,394.000,000 tons would
be available. The coal is valued now at
about £150,000.000,000 at the mines,oi which |
$80,000,000,000 would be profit, being about
200 times the present total assessed value
rieudssay that it is consistent with his
feourse regarding nominations by the presi
dent during the last session of congress.
Under the heading “An Era of Good Peel
ing,” the article says :
“President James Monroe’s adiuistration
. . , was marked by fraternization on the part
| even his old friends, and made the rao>t telling 1 of the property in Alabama, and would ; of old political enein ies that gave it the
| and witty speech ofthe evening. This is the i ,)U J’ every foot of Alabama terri- well earned title of the era of good fueling.
| universal verilict of the crowd, who received it I per acre. Tho ex- ] President Cleveland’s administration has
! with roars and convulsions of laughter that ! ®® u . ent . t l uallt .Y oi these coats and , been harassed by public men in and out of
1 would be thought tut exaggeration even trr.mi, ! their advantages for cheap transportation j congress, who proclaim political follow-
tnougnt an exaggeration even if faith- ,„. H f„ilv dwell, nnnn nnri it. G « nt,.,l i hn>. ! s bip with him in u party sense and yet re-
sent his refusal in his great office to be
come the agent of over/.ealous partisan
ship. Newspapers that strenuously advo
cated President Cleveland’s election ure,
, . are fully dwelt upon ami it is s uted that
tuiiy described. the master of cere- very soon they will fear no competition in
monies, in ca’ling on Mr. Scherf; said the gulf and south Atlantic poits. These
that ho was known as “ John the Fuithfhl.” In I coals, like those of other fields in Alaa-
Ix-ginning Mr. Scherf said: “ Gentlemen, 1 have I bamn are especially enhanced in value ow-
not lived in Columbus long enough to learn i “^“Stdepositsof rad
much of its history, and consequently I am in
competent to reply to this toast to-night. But I
do know that Columbus is worthily called the
“Queen City,” and that it is situated on the
Chattahoochee river at the head of navigation,
when there’s any water in the river. [Laugh
ter.] When there’s any water in the river we
run six steamers, and we sink one
a month. [Laughter.] Gentlemen, it takes a
city to stand up to that sort of business.
[Laughter.] This is a lively town, especially
in winter when cotton comes in. In sum
mer we have time to reflect—to reflect on
ourselves. [Laughter.] Sometimes in the sum
mer, when I wake up in the morning and
wash [laughter] and dress, I ask myself what are
we living for anyhow. [Laughter.] But Colum
bus is a great place, with its street cars
and schools ^nd everything that
goes to make a city. We have a temperance so
ciety here, of which I am president. [Great
laughter.]”
Dr. Burrows—“Temperance means take a
little.”
Mr. Scherf—Yes, but you mustn’t take too
much. [Laughter.] In our temperance society
we don’t take too much; we can’t. Because the
rule is not to drink but one keg of beer at a
meeting. After the keg runs dry,
if we want any more, we have
to drink it out of bottles. [Laughter.]
I have heard that the world turns round. I
know why. Nobody has ever solved it. But I
believe it. I’m glad of it, too. For one night I
was coming from one ef our temperance meet
ings with a friend, and we both fell down.
[Laughter.] We couldn’t get up; but just then
the glorious thought flashed into my mind that
the world turned round and was
round, and we couldu’t
[Laughter.] If the world had been square and
Columbus had been on the edge of it, we would
have fallen off that night. [Laughter.] Last
summer, when the earthquakes were traveling
south [laughter], I went to bed one night and
dreamed I died. I dreamed that I went up to
heaven. [Laughter, and cries of “oh, no, John,
what are you giving us?” j I went up to heaven
and such palaces of marble and such streets
of beauty and such glory and grandeur
I never saw before. St. Peter, wearing a long
white beard and a beautiful robe, met me at the
door. Said he: “What did you do in yonder’s
world?” Said I: “St. Peter, I kept a hotel down
south.
“What kind of waiters did you have,” said he,
“French?”
“No, sir.”
“German?”
“No, sir.”
“Italian?”
“No, sir.”
“American?”
“No, sir.”
“Then what kind did you have?”
“Niggers.”
“All right, Mr. Scherf; you’ve had hell enough
already. Just walk right in and put on the
golden slippers and take a seat up in th e front
row.” [ Laughter and prolonged applause.] I
looked and saw many angels flying around, some
in robes and some unrobed. But all the angels
were boys. I said: “St. Peter, ain’t you got any
girl angels here?”
No,” said he, “did you ever see a girl that
was an angel?”
“I studied a long time, and at last I said: ‘No,
I never did.* ” [Great laughter.]
“Then I said: ‘St. Peter, how long before din
ner?’” [Laughter.]
“We don’t have any dinner here,” he replied.
“Then give me some lunch,” said I.
“We don’t have any lunch neither.”
“What do you live on ?” I asked.
“Fresh air and music,” said he. [Laughter.]
“Gracious me,” said I, “this is worse than At
lanta.” [Prolonged laughter and applause.]
Dr. Burrows—“I want the reporter to put that
in tli > paper to-morrow,
papers to copy it. It is too good to lose. ”
Mr. Scherf.—“Well, said I to St. Peter, “ I can’t
stay hove.”
“Where are you going?” said St. Peter.
“I am going back to Columbus” I answered,
“and gentlemen here I am. And the next morn- j
ing when 1 woke up I was nervous, and all un- j
strung. But I smoothed out my pillow and rang j
the bell and sent the porter down and got a cock- j
tail, and then I was all right once more.” [ Laugh j
ter and applause.]
Dr. McElhaney then proposed a toast to the
health of Sir Knight Middlebrook, an honored I
brother, whom sickness kept away. It uas j
diunk standing, and the company adjourned, j
They Want the Komi.
Messrs. B. F. Matthews, W. F. Molder, John |
Stevens, Eugene Wynn and Judge James Castle- j
bury, of Cusseta, were in the city yesterday. They
came ns a committee from Chattahoochee county I
to confer with the Columbus and Florida railroad
company. They were assured that another sur
vey would be made before the line is located, and I
that it will pass through Cusseta. They say that
Cusseta is willing to do its part to secure the
road.
A Fatal Collision.
Canton, Dakota, November 30.—A pas
senger train going west collided with an
east bound freight train this morning be
tween Parker and Lennox. Both engines
are total wrecks. Both engineers and fire
men were instantly kiiled.
and brown iron ores and lime stones, une
qualled nowhere. The coal production in
Alabama increased from 11,000 tons in 1870
to 2,235,000 tons in ’85, the coke produc
tion from 60,781 tons iu 1880 to 304,500 tons
in 1885. Six-sevenths of the 1885 coal pro
duction was from the Warrior coal
field. Four-fifths of the furnaces
and railroads in Alabama consumed
coke. The output was nearly all con
sumed in the state. The wealth of the
Warrior coal fields in buildings, paving-
stones, and in its timber and future possi
bilities, is graphically noted. Each
county above named is sketched topo
graphically, geographically and geologi
cally in detail with mil and concise state
ments of the stratas, etc. The work, the
best and most valuable of its kind ever
produced in Alabama, reflects great credit
upon its distinguished author, Professor
McCalley.
Dr. Brice, of the state lunatic asylum,
testified in the Harris-Gunter case to-day.
The testimony induced the judge to order
Gunter to the asylum.
PARTISAN ON THE SLY.
Indiana Demands the Scalp of Third Assistant
Postmaster-General Haaon.
Washington, November 30.—Among
the senators and congressmen who are
daily arriving there is considerable talk
and comment about the president and his
action in the case ol Benton and Stone,
the suspended district-attorneys. With
the democrats, of course, there is no ob
jection urged to the reinstatement of Ben
ton or the refusal to reinstate Stone. Mr.
equally with democratic politicians,
proachful of the president. Newspapers
that opposed Mr. Cleveland’s election are
meanwhile exempted from any criticism
of his administration, except what shall
be judicial, fair and in good temper
as to its public and official perform
ances. The president has been treated by
bis political opponents in congress ana
in the press, not supporters of his adminis
tration, with conspicuous fairness and jus
tice. Slight acquaintance with the record
of the congress which will terminate on
the 4th of March next, and which will end
with a greatly reduced democratic major
ity iu the house and with slight gains by
the democrats in the senate, which is re
publican by a few votes, will affirm this
statement of the fair treatment the presi
dent has received from a branch of the
government co-ordinate with the execu
tive. Both the president and congress
have appeared in equally good humor and
amiable purpose of promotion of the in
terests of the people, the difference being
on matters of opinion honestly entertained
on both sides.
•‘The president has given abundant evi
dence of his political and partisan prefer
ences. Outside observation would say that
these evidences ought to satisfy complain
ing democrats. Republicans and others
who opposed Mr. Cleveland’s election are
hardly competent critics of his quarrels
with his political family. The president’s
course, or policy, as it is sometimes called,
hau unquestionably opened the way in the
south to candid discussion of public men.
and to a higher plane ol political thought
than that resting upon mere personalities
and prejudices. For that result, at least,
the president, whether a conscious or un
conscious agent, is to be greatly commend
ed, or, perhaps, it were more accurately
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speeches, but has contributed at various i [p.u’ot’the yei,Uou' , ol' , 'eur' t |.e'rU| t e‘'uei:' U a
nnoflfll nacp hv twn mpmhppfl of flip T n • ' P ® WilO DG\ CT WOUld llllNC FGlUb(.(l |)Jiy
d’iana dele ration who called iinnn tho : 11 11111 of ' any debt properly accounted and
SmtmSrThJTmV. demonstrated. Probably lie does not know
method iiAhe madness of the'lndiunians, i fy committed ^.v'ever^'fm-mVf ilhhi°v >ra
fts that state has an applicant for Hazen’s 1 if V q I'dLTt’.iin'nn?? (Vtm thT
place in the Chairman of the State Co min it- 1 III
tee Henderson, It is understood that the I I 1 ™!! ;! tho ^Moment
nrusident would lorn* ai?n hnvp rpmovpd i kfiuiiig journals, to the settlement of vii
Flazeu had not Postmaster-General Vilas ft", 1 *’ 8 d h f
protested against it. As the matter has ^ 6 n? 8 i geneial assembly } in
gone so long it is not all probable that any i "'h'olt his political opponents were in a
change will be made no matter bow much majority. President Cleveland has un-
Mr (Cleveland mav be informed o f often- 1 ^ earn cd of the severe criticism
! his administration receives from Virginia
fhitl ‘‘“Sri‘ti l ni t Pik. 1 democrats. Congressman Barbour, chair-
in the last campaign, but was the trusted ! "1“'?/’' ^tiona? Committee 1111 fonfcfuHv
lieutenant of Chairman Goff and Secretary ' ***? H'ftfn.'.Jin
Me.Pherson. nf the. r a tyii hi inn n rnnerr^aeirm- i that feeling Oil hlS reeCIlt return
McPherson, of the republican congression
al committee, and aided them materially
in compiling their campaign book.
A Clilratfo Fullurr.
Chicago, November 30.—F. A. Hill &
Co., who for some time have cut quite a
figure on the board of trade, have failed.
This morning attachments were taken out
in the superior court against the firm by
Baldwin, Wren & Farnum for $812,
Schwartz & Dupree *1000, Stoole & Sper-
man S1000, and Lindblom & Co. $1281. An
attachment was taken out by Logan M.
Dunne for $1000, and garnisheers to the
amount of $2000 were served on the Conti
nental bank, where Hill & Co. have money
on deposit.
The IlHltlninrr llernld.
Baltimore, November 30.—The Morn
ing Herald, heretoro published by the
Herald Publishing Company, of which
William J. Hooper was the principal stock
holder, has become the propi r of Alexan
der Bechhofer, who has purchased tho en
tire stock from the trustees of Hooper,
who recently failed. Bechhofer has been
general manager of be Herald for three
years, and will make no change in the
at the Augusta ' policy of the paper.
Fire ill All.™.
| Charleston S. C., November 30.—There
| was a serious tire at Aiken this morning,
j eight buildings were destroyed : Holm &
Co., dry goods and groceries, loss $1-1,000;
j Schroder & Thorpe, loss $3000; E. ,). C.
i Wood, two stores, loss.$2500; W. J. Pratt &
J Co., loss $2700; ;Vl. Liebseeliultz, loss $1500;
j other losses $6200. The total lasses are es-
, timated at $21,000 and insurance $22,000.
A 82«,0D0 Fire.
New Orleans, November 20.— Fire at
Bay St. Louis, Miss., last night destroyed
the properties of Bojarin, Breath, Higgins
& DeLery, residence and drug store, and
the Stockton Hotel and outbuilding. The
residence of Mrs. Villars and Misses Wago
ner were badly damaged. The loss is esti
mated at $25,000, practically covered by
insurance.
from Europe.
" Meanwhile President Cleveland finds
no accusers of his fidelity to his party obli
gations among Virginians who did not
think that a political millennium was to
be wrought by his election. Among his
fairest and most candid critics, who deny
him no praise that he has fairly earned,
and neither smother him with honeyed
assurances nor assuil him for fuiliug to
grntify probably unreasonable demands,
are Virginians who sincerely desired his
defeat two years ago. With sueh condi
tions of public opinion as now prevail, and
which demand throughout the country fair
discussion and enlightened thought, Presi
dent Cleveland may close his official term
with much of the general approbation
that marked President Monroe’s udminis-
tion as the era of good fueling.”
O, the shaking of the ague !
O, the tortures of Neuralgia!
O, the misery of dyspepsia!
O, ll.o wretchedness of headache!
O, the gripes of bilious colic!
All of these will surely vanish ■,
Like the snow bofor tho Soulhwind,’
If you’ll only take Smith's Bile Beans.
You can buy them at your drug store
For a quarter of a dollar :
And if you will only try them
You will never be without them.
deal eod&wlm
IIInln.i'H li.Hi.lt to Kilnlull.lx A roll "PH till, firein
Mm.ntnh. Men.
Burlington, Vt., Novem er 28.—The
nnno'uicoment that Mr. Blaine had snub
bed Senator Edmunds by refusing to ac-
| cept the latter's proffered hand in the
house where tho body of ex-President Ar
thur was lying, was received with amaze- j
ment by the republicans of Vermont. But
thnt feeling rapidly gave place to indigna
tion ns the real import ofthe insult dawn- I
ed upon their minds. It was not only a
snub for thoir senator, but il was an insult .
to Vermont as well. Mr. Blaine has had
many strong advocates in this state, and
next to Senator Edmunds was undoubtedly i
the choice of more republican voters of
this state for president than any
other candidate. The fooling in his
favor lmd increased during the
last few weeks, since tho contest for the
United States sonntorsliip had been settled
by the election of Hcnulnr Edmunds to suc
ceed himself. But the insult to the latter
in the house of tho nation’s dead has large
ly changed all this. It is doubtful if in
any other state can be found a more clan
nish feeling than exists among Vermont
ers. When Senator Edmunds was insulted
every true Vermonter took it to himself.
Outside of this sentiment which emanates
from state pride, there is a feeling that
Mr, Blaine made a mistake which will cost
him dearly. With few exceptions the
Blaine men of this state regret the en
counter and feel that he belittled I imself
to humor a personal spite. Mr. Edmunds
lias held all along that he was not con
scious of any personal animosity toward
Mr. Blaine, and that his course In the last
campaign in regard to him was a matter of
principle.
In relation to tho claim of Mr. Blaine’s
friends, that he used his personal influence
to keep Ids adherents out. of tho fight
against Edmunds, Coi. (1. G. Bencdii t, edi
tor of the Free Press, says: “The light
was made from first to last by Mr. Blaine’s
friends. When the county commissioners
throughout llie state had shown the inten
tion on the part of republicans to return
Edmunds the light against him was main
tained by men and money sent to Vermont
by Mr. Blaine’s intimate friends in another
state, who hired a professional slanderer
to come to Vermont and filled the state
from one end to Lhe other with copies of
the newspaper which printed the scurril
ous offusions of the hired llbqler.
Tho letter recently printed was not
given to the public at the instance of Sen
ator Edmunds; it was simply one of a
number of explanations of his course given
to his friends two years ago, several of
which were printed during the canvass,and
it afforded no reason why Mr. Blaine
should cease to conduct himself like u gen
tleman.” Other prominent republicans
express themselves in a similar vein and,
so far as this state isconcerned, Mr. Blaine
has made foes of friends and demonstrated
to the republicans us a whole, by one im
pulsive act, the lack of one of the most
essential qualities for the head of the
nation.
She W»» lilted In It.
“Lucy,” she said to the new girl when
the question of wages had been settled,
“there are times when my husband comes
home in a—a—condition.”
“Yes’ni.”
“In a befuddled condition.”
"Yes’m.”
“Caused by overtaxing his brain in the
office.”
"1 understand, ma’am, and if he comes
into the kitchen and puts his arm around
me I’m to—”
“Retain your dignity.”
“That’s it, ma’am. That’s just what
happened in my last two places, and I’ll
warrant you I can behave In such u man
ner that ho’ll take me for the lady of the
bouse. Don't let his befuddled condition
worry you as long as I remain, ma’am.—
New York Clipper.
. . . .. and March*
;■ 1-04.1 sellers; March and April, fi 3-84d sellers;
April and May, fi fi-04.1 sellers; May and Jane,
i fi 7-046 sellers; June and July, fi li-Old buyers;
July andAiiKust.fi 12-64d sellers. Futures cloeea
dull.
Nisw York, November 00.—Cotton market
quiet; sales 2fi hales; middling uplands at
I) Mile,orleui.s lF^e.
Consolidated hot receipts fit,2fi0 bales; exports
Greet Drltdln Is,J7.fi, continent 68fi8. France 7403;
stock 051,070.
NBW YOU.. PUTURMS.
New York, November 30—Net receipts 1696,
Kruse 0,477. Futures closed quiet; sales 39,000
bales, as follows;
December 0 09-100w9 10-100
January 0 H-lOOwiO 15-100
February tl 24-100(ij9 25-190
Marcl 31 lOOfiAO 35-100
April 9 44-100(99 45-100
May 0 54-100(99 65-MO
Jane 9 64-100(99 f5-100
July 9 72-100(99 73-100
Atlgusl 9 30-100(90 81-100
Green & Co., in the r report on cotton futuree,
say; About the only feature was n continued
holding up of next month's contracts, apparently
on a litlle flight, growing out of the stoppage of
a few notices. Aside Iron that the tone waa
weak, with nothing blit local seal ping all day,the
j close showing December Ivvo points better and
other months one point lower iu comparison
1 with last evening's rates.
Oai.vuston, November 30. Cotton steady; mld-
j lings 8'„e; net receipts IB76, gross 4076; sales
! 1220; stock 97,937; exports to continent —, Great
I Britain 00.
Norfolk, November 30. -Cotton steady; mid
dlings K 1 ,e; net receipts 6211, gross 0211; sales
I 1772; stock 59,082; exports to Great Britain 5179,
to continent —.
Baltimore:, November 30.—Cotton market
1 dull: middlings 0 1-1 Be: not receipts 1S95, gross
; 3585; sales . spinners (10: stock 19,071; exports
to Great Britain 00, to continent oo.
Boston, November30. -Cotton quiet; ntiddlinge
9 5-lOe; net receipts 528. gross 1007; sales 0; stock
00; exports to Great, Britain 1049.
Wilmington, November 00.— Cotton steady;
. middlings H’ ,e; net receipts 1070, gross 1070; sales
00; stock 20,332; exports to Great Britain 00
I’uu.Anp.Li'uis,November30 Cotton firm; mtd-
I diiugH (i -r; net receipts 12(1, gross 274; sales OQt
I stock 10,011; exports to Great Britain 00.
Savannah. Gil, November 30. Cotton market
, dull; middling" at 8 9-l(lo; net receipts 6785,
| gross 0785; sales 560; stuck 140,924; exports to
t Great Britain 77117, to continent 00.
j Nuw Orphans, November 30. -Cotton quiet.
Tl.u South’s Hitphl Progrt
Chattanooga, November
pilation of the special reports to th
Tradesman from twelve southern states,
during the quarter ending December 1st,
shows a remarkable development in va
rious industries during the period speci
fied. The following companies were or
ganized and incorporated in the twelve
states, work having actually commenced
on many of them:
Twenty-five blast furnaces, 66 railroad
companies, 131 wood working establish-
Kniglits of I.iibai- Swallowing Trades 1'nloos.
Pittsburo, November 29.—The Knights
of Labor of this .section are making in
creased efforts to gradually include all
trades unions in their order as separate
districts. The Iron Moulders’ Assembly
No. 1030, of this city, have had under con
sideration for some time past the advisa
bility of going into one national trade dis
trict of the Knights of Labor. A meeting
has been called for next Friday night,
when the matter will be more thoroughly
canvassed. There are between 500 and 000
iron moulders in the two cities. Many of
these are members of both the K. of L.
and ofthe iron Moulders’ Union of North
| America. The two organizations are
l working together in harmony, and it is
"• said that the new move will in no way
30.—A com- ! affect the pleasant relations between them.
RUNNING OF TRAINS.
Arrival and Depart tire of All Trains
at ('oliiiiiliuN I'arrylvK Pa*»MeiiKerN.
In‘Kf)<><•( November .10. IHHO.
ARRIVALS.
COLUMBUS AND HOME RAILWAY.
Mail train from Greenville 10:21 a. to.
Accommodation from Greenville 2:11 p. m.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Mail train from Macon 3:05 p. m.
Accommodation from Macon <1:55 a. m.
COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mail train from Montgomery 11:01 a. m
Mail train from Atlantu , 0:H4 p. zn
MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD.
Mail train from Troy ami Kufaula 0:25 a. m.
Accommodation from Troy, Eufaula
and Montgomery 10:50 p. ra.
Accommodation from Union Hprings... 1:40 p. m
DEPARTURES.
COLUMBUS AND ROME RAILWAY.
Mail train for Greenville 3:08 p. m
Accommodation for Greenville 0-00 a. in
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Mail train for Macon 11:30 a. do.
Accommodation for Macon 9:00 p. no.
COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mail train for Atlanta 8:05 a. ir.
Mail train for Montgomery 2:28 p. ir.
MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD.
Mail train for Troy 3:10 p. r .
Accommodation for Troy and Eufaula.. 5:45 p. u..
Accommodation for Union Springs and
Montgomery 10:30 p ir.
MAKKKYN IIY TfiMIOKAPH.
Financial.
London, November 30.—4 p. m.—Consols—
money 102 1-10, account 102 1 H .
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
New York, November.30—Noon —.Stocks active
and heavy. Money active, at 7 per cent. Ex
change long $4.802'\M.81X, shert $1.8*1^4.84'^.
.State bonds duU, steady. Government bonds
dull, steady.
New York, November 30.—Exchange at $4.80%
Money 5^10 per cent. Government bonds dull;
new four per cents 128%; three per cents 128%.
State bonds quiet, lirin.
SUB-TREASURY BALANCES.
Gold in the Sub-Treasury $126,20-1,000; currency
$21,271,000.
STOCK MARKET.
New York, November 30.—The following were
closing quotations of the stock exchange:
Ala class A 2 to 5.... 105] C N 93
do class Ji 5s 108 jN. O. Pac. 1st*!.... 80'/., r
Ga 6’s !N. Y. Central Ill 1 ;
Ga 8’s mortgage.. . 109 | Norfolk&W’n pro.. 51 < M
N (J 6’s 121 Northern PaciiJc... 28 „
,!!“'* 'I't:
■ady; middlings8 11-16; net receipts21,019, gross
23.773; sales 5250; stock 295,800; exports to Greft
Urit-aiu 4150, to continent 00, France 5358.
Mobile, November 30. —Cotton market quiet;
middlings H 1 ic; net receipts2363, gross 2129; sale*
1000; stock 30,214.
Memphis, November 30-Cotton market steady;
middlings H’„c; receipts 3716; shipments 5286;
sales 3300; stock 150,882.
Augusta, Ga., November 30.—Cotton market
quiet; middlings W/nC) receipts 1621; shipments
00; sales 899; stock .
Charleston, November 30.—Cotton market
quiet; middlings at 8 ll-16c; net receipts 3280;
gross receipts 3280; sales 500: stock 84,605; ex
ports to Great Britain 00, to continent My
France 1300.
Atlanta. November 30. — Cotton market-*
middling 8%c, receipts 1084 bales.
Provisions.
Chicago, November30.— Flour steady and un
changed leading futures ranged. Cash quota
tions were aB follows: No.2 spring wheat
75!.;,; No. 2 red, 76 -; No. 2 corn, 37^; No. 2oata
26% Mess pork 10 00, lard 6 02%; Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $4 75frj>6 00, short clear sidee,
boxed, $5 75(45 70, loose $5 35($5 60.
Futures opened and closed at following prtoee.
Highest. Lowest. Closing;
Mess Pork—December 10 17% 10 00 10 00
January ... 10 95
February.. 10 05
Lard—December 6 07%
10 65
10 75
6 02%
6 10
6 17^
5 45
5 A7%
10 6ft
10 7ft
• W*
6 10
is*
ss
-ueceHioer o viyb
January 6 12%
February 6 22 l / t
Short ribs—January... 5 55—
February.. 5 &7% o *iy%
March 6 02% 5 62>S
New Orleans, November 30. —Mola4aes steady
aud in good demand—Louisiana open kettle
choice 40c, strictly prime 36(m3B, prime 80^8t»
Louisiana centriftigals strictly prime 24@26, tkir
o good prime 15(g)20.
Louisville, November 30.—Grain steady—
Wheat No. 2 red 74; corn No 2 mixdti 39; oats No
2 29%. Provisions steady—Bacon—clear riba
nominal, clear sides $7 25. shoulders nominal.
Bulk meats—clear rib sides $5 75, clear sidea
$6 shoulders 4%; mess pork $16 60; hams, sugar-
cured , $10 76; lard—choice leaf $7 60.
Ht. Louis, November 30.—Flour less active, but
strong and higher. Provisions active and firm,
pork higher—$10 37%(a) 10 50; lard strong—$6*^^
bulk meats stronger—boxed lots, long dear
sides $5 40(«.; sVoulders $5 60 short clear 5 60—;
bacon steady - long clear $6 62% short rib $6 60&
6 75 short rib sides $6 87,': 2 ; short clear sidea
$7 0OU17 10; Hams steady—'9%C&ll%p,
Cincinnati, November 30.—Flour active, firm
and higher. Pork scarce aud firm, new ill 60.
Lard stronger. Bulk moats firm-boxed lots, long
clear $ , short rib sides 6%c. Bacon steady
and unchanged | short risides 7 00, short dear
sides $7 25; hams ,
ii ruin.
Chicago. November 30.—Cash prices were ae
follows: \Vneat, No. 2 Spring 75 ; No. 2
red wheat 76c—. Corn No. 2 37! M c. Oali
No. 2 20%c,
Futures ranged and closed at following prices:
Highest.
Lowest. Closing.
—November...
... 76%c.
V'iVJo.
7s,y
76^0
December...,
... 76'.,c.
76? yC.
January
... 7 V, 1 ..c.
7«!’»c.
- November....
... 37 %c.
37' H c.
December....
.. 37 %C.
37y w c,
87 kp
.January
.. 3T/ a u.
37>.,C.
37;-iC
November....
December ...
January
.. 27? H C.
26 yC,
87>SO
27$c.'
26jyC.
270
brown
scttlem't 3s
Virgin):
Chicago As N.
do preferre
Del. Lack.
Erie .. .
Mail 64 *
Reading 49'.:
Rich. & Alleghany 12
1 Richmond Dan.. 180
| Rich A; W. P.
IRo
Island..
127
Cincinnati, November 30.—Wheat stronger—
No. 2 red 77^78e. Corn stronger—No. 2 mixed
37>y(i , 4.38. Oats firmer—No. 2 mixed 29(g>29%.
Louisville,November30.—Grain quiet: Wheat*
-new No. 2 red 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed 38; whim
39c.; oats, No. 2 29c.
Nugnr ami C’offtte.
New York, November 3—Coffee, fair; Bio
firm 13*/ M c(tvl4c; No. 7 Rio, December 11 55,
January 11 5562)11 60, February 11 GOfcjdl 65. Su-»
gar, dull and unchanged ; refined dull. Molasses
dull.
New Orleans, November30.—Coflee dull and
nominal. Sugar-Louisiana, open kettle steady,
prime to strictly prime 4c.; Louisiana centrifu
gals active-white 5]^6.3-16, choice yellow clar
ified 4.15-16, prime yellow clarified 4%.
Cincinnati, November 30. — Sugar steady,
unchanged—New Orleans 4%Ca/5%c.
Chicago, November 30. — Sugar—standard A
5%c.
Kotin an«l Turpentine.
New York, November 30. — Rosin firm—
strainer: 9501 $ 1 05. Turpentine quiet—36c.
Savannah, November 30. - Turpentine firm—
33 c. Rosin firm-strained 90cCg)$l 00; sales 109
barrels.
Wilmington, November 30 -Turpentine firm.
-33—c. Rosin Urm—strained 75c; good80c. Tar
firm -$l ( 0; crude turpentine firm—hards $1 00,
yellow dip$l 90, virgin $1 90.
Charleston, November 30.—Turpentine firm
—33 - chid- Rosin firm-good strained 80c.
Wool and Hides.
New York, November 30.—Hides quiet and
firm Nev* Orleans selected, 45 and 6U pounds,
'.»■... 10c Texas selected, 50 and 60 pounds, Uk<3>
:>LU
Memphis & Char..
| uplands
Colton Wood oil.
New Orleans, La., November 30.—Cotton seed
oil 24 a 26c; summer yellow 36 -' 17e. crude 3’Jtu)J9c
and meal, long ton, $19 00&20 00.
Nh
26c lb
• Yoi
Novembei
rude, 3738c lb
•nber
If it is decided to form a national trades
union district, it is said that ull ofthe
Knights of Lu.bor moulders in the United
States will be included in it. It will be
conducted on the same principles as the
Glass Workers Assembly No. 300. The
movement is much the same as that which
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers have under consideration,
and upon which their members are now
voting.
and Dece
December and .Jam’:
January and Februai
February and March
March and April
April and May
May and June
and July..
5 7-6 Id(ii5 8-6id
5 3-64d
5ditt5 l-64d
5 0-6 Id
5 1-6 id
5 3-6 id
5 5-6 Id
5 V-64d
5 10-6ld
Tenders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 17,700
bales of new docket and 100 bales of old docket.
2 p. m.—.Sales to-day include 7,000 bales of
American.
Futures: November 5 7-64d sellers; November
and December. 5 3-61 d sellers; December and
January, 5 0-64d buyers; January and February.
5 0-64d buyers; Feuruary and March, 5 l-f>fa
sellers; March and April, 5 3-64d sellers; April
and May, 5 5-64d sellers; May and June, 5 7-64d
buyers; June and July 5 10-64d sellers. Futures
quiet.
5:00 p. M.—December, 5 3-64d sellers; December
*\ liisky.
ember30.—Whisky $1 18.
ember 30.—Whisky steady—$1 13.
November 29.—Whisky active
Freiglds.
York, November 30.—Freights to Liv-
eusicr cotton, per steamer, 3-16; wheat,
G has taken the !«ad In
the sales of “h it class at
remedies, and has give*
almost univeria) 'luaiao-
MURPHY DROSL
O has won the favor^
the public and now ran
among the leading Me
| cine* of the oildnm.
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