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DAILY ENQUIRER • SUN: 00LUMBU8, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1887.
CUI<LED AT CUSSETA.
Aa InterestingLetter from Our Begn'r-Truve'im:
Correspondent.
Ci sskta, Qa.. September 27.—Near the center
of Chattahoochee county, eighteen nvilee sooth,
oaet of Columbus, is tru'y “the lovelies; v “age o;
the plain.’’ It is Cusseta, the county seat. With
cosy, neat, comfortable houses on white, level,
sandy streets, borde-ed by beauto.U rows of um
brella trees tinted by the autumn coolness it pre
sents a picture for a painter’s brush, a poe’- pen
■ora c .-ing child. As to elevation compa ed to
Columbus, it is ha d to dete jiiue s’nce one of
.the couit com that city declares that it is up hid
both ways. The population is something over
.300. lee cotton shipped amounts to about600
bales; ad go up to Columbus. The.e is no ia'1-
roadherc, but it is about* the easiest job on
record to get a man to bet you bee - that before
spany more scss ous ol ihe court, suiis will be
brought age'ust the Coiumbus Southern 'n'dva;-
by panics suitelg with cow-pen and no cow.
The nearest railroad po uts now are Columbus
Buena V sta and Lumpkin. Notwithstanding
•diiis dearth of railroads, Cusseta has her daily
snails: and appreciating a good tiling when they
ceeit, the people at 1 o'clock are reading the
morning Enqu see-Su*.
Here are churches — Methodist, Missionary
Baptist and Primitive Baptist—pres ded over by
AheBev. John Stephens, Rev. J. -W. Miller and
Rev. Dr. C. N. Howard, respectively. A'l a.e well
.attended.
An excellent high school—male and femaU -is
under the charge of Prof. W. N, Austin, assisted
by Miss Julia Elema. They are doing a good
woik and it is appreciated. The school now
numbers seventy-five.
A number o? stoves of general merchandise
.supply the town and country for seve al m'les
round with supplies and goods.
The elimate and health, like that of Columbus,
are good. Two physicians doctor the physical
man. They are Drs. C. N. Howard and F. M.
•Gordy. Mr. C. N. Howard, jr., is prepay ng him-
•self lor the profession of his father, having t ken
■Sme course of lectures and preparing for the sc
and.
Three young lawyers are thS Cusseta bar,
-They are Messrs. E. J. Wynn, Z. A. Littlejohn
and J. E. Chatman. Ail are studious young men
and attentive to study.
Cou.t convened here Monday at 10 a. m.,
.Judge J. M. Smith presiding. The eba-ge to the
grand jury was .nil and exD''cit, his honor g:v.
ing in special charge the crimes of carrying con.
■cealed weapons, keeping open tippling houses
an Sundays, gambling, and vacancy. Ho dwelt
at length on vagrancy, holding it a school fo
crime, and urging the grand ju y to treat it
.accordfngly.
There is 1’tt'e civil business before the court.
The criminal docket is large. Six prisoners are
in jail, and a number out on bond. The court
now (12 m ) are trying the case of Bob Wa”ace
■charged with shooting at another. The case is
af eight years’ standing, and many important
witnesses are dead, but a large uumber
.are still here, and the examination
will be long and ted'ous. The state’s counsel
.ave SoWor General Wo. ill andE. J. Wynn.
'■Esq.
The Columbus bar is well and numerously rep
resented here. I find the allowing registered at
Abe popular Mi'ter house: Judge Smith, Judge
Bon, Colonel Cary Thornton, Representative
•Chappell, Captain Persons, Messrs. Hatcher,
-T'jner, Colonel McLester, Colonel McNei’l, Mr.
Clla- :es Shipp and Colonel B. A. Thornton.
Below, steady rain began today at 6:00, and
has continued to noon, wich no intermission,
-and prospects of continuing till morning.
Bill Arp (Charles Smith) will be here soon. He
is advertised to deliver a lecture at the court
house, Mouday night, October 10. The proceeds
logo to the Methodist cbuich. All know him,
and all will be delighted with his quaint humor
and philosophy. Lum D.
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
he Events of the Day In the Capital of the State
ATLANTA, September 27.—Pat Kearney,
•vho was run over last ni^ht, on the street
•rossing:, died this morning, and the cor-
>ner’s jury tound that ho came to his
leath by being run over by the Western
tnd Atlantic railroad train, and it was due,
•ve think, to g.’0S3 negligence existing at
iiose crossings ol thoroughfares of the
. ity, iu regard to the care of the safety of
citizens passing.
Atlanta Miscellany.
Atlanta, September 27.—The govern
offers a reward of $250 for the arrest of
ncendiary who destroyed the gin house of
\V. P. Crawford; in Columbia county, on
he night of the 21st inst.
The trial of Grant Lamar, charged with
he murder of Green Andrews on the after
noon of July 27th, in West End, was con
cluded in the superior court to-day. The
defendant was found guilty of involuntary
manslaughter. He is i2 years old, and his
victim was another bootblack about the
jame age. „
I>r James A. Cray Dead.
Atlanta,September 27.—After an illness
of several weeks, Dr. James A. Gray died
to-day of typhoid fever. Dr. Gray was
professor'inlthe Atlanta Medical College and
editor of the Atlanta Medical and Surgical
Journal, and secretary of the State Medical
Association. He was 38 years old, a splendid
speciman of robust manhood ana was a
prominent and reepected physican. He
will be buried with Masonic honors to
morrow morning. The faculty of the
Atlanta Medical College will probably act
n pall bearers.
THE PA TRIO TIC SOUTH.
HON. JOHN G. CARLISLE.
ills Views Concerning the Next Presidential
Race—The Prospect tor Tariff Reduction, Etc.
A Confederate CononePs Reflections on the War.
ITEMS OF I M EREST.
Jfew* Nuggets Outhered Here aud There Among
Our Rest Exchanges.
There are at present about 100 buildings iu pn •
cess of erection in St. Augustine, some of them
very tine on-s, not including ihe Ponce de Leon,
■CttBa Monica aud AJcaza .
One of the peculiar phases of the local option
Jaw in Florida may be cited in the instance of
Polk county. In this county there was not a
-single saloon, yet an election was called ex-
(Pret *ly to break uo the liquor business of the
^druggists who were sell mg immense quantities
.secretly without having to pay a license.
At Fernamhna everybody seems rushed with
work. The merchant is increasing bis clerical
forces ft) ha idle the fall and winter business, and
the railroad and steamship lines have been doing
likewise. The railroad docks and all ihe lumber
• <locks are crowded with lumber. The sLIke has
delayed shippping somewhat, and the railroads
will be compelled to stop bringing lumber in if it
is not cleared up soon.
I \st Thursday night Mrs. Jumes Horton and
■Jesse Tnornton, brother and sister, died in the
satue house, %ithin two hours of each other.
Both were aged and respectable people, well
known in Greene county.
Albany News and Advertiser: Fawn tenants
are seeking to perfect their arrangements for
another year early,and there is a disposition with
•most of them to stay where they are. This is a
good indication. *The ofiener they break up the
less liable are they to surround themselves with
home comforts and little conveniences. The
•ue will soon come when tenants will see the
impox.anceof making lon^-lerm leases. It wil
he best for both landlord and tenant. The ten
ant can, under a long-term lease, with a feeling
of seem lly in the almost permanent enjoyment
-of them, go ahead aud make improvements that
will contribute to his family’s pleasure and com
fort.
Americus Recorder : t Yesterday morning we
. ceived a copy of the Paciiic Advertiser, a paper
published at Honolulu, the capital of the Sand,
w.ch Islands. It mentions the recent arrival in
port of the United States steamer Vandalia, sev
enteen guns. The vessel canies a complement
of 2'0 men, not including officers, and among
the list of names published is hat o” Cadet
George F. Cooper, of tnis city. In a private
letter *Yom him, written since the a. ival of his
vessel there, he speaks in glowing term si of the
beauti.al island in the far-off southern sea, and
t oinpares it to an eaithly Eden. Duiag the past
twelve months he has traveled more than 20,000
miles over the trackless ocean, being thiUy-seven
days on li : s last voyage between Callao and
Honolula, during which time no land was sighted
or vessel of any description passed. The Vandalia
\s .’l make a lengthened stay at H molula, after
which she may probably make a cruise in Asiatic
waters.
i*leased Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 27.—
The citizens of Chattanooga are highly
Dlersed at the decision of President Cl eve
fund to stop here on his way to Atlanta
aud elaborate preparations are being made
for a great demonstration in honor of the
occasion. |
ConkUiii)iili'n t Wasting Oisnises.
And General Debility. Doctors disagree
as to the relative value of Cod Diver Oil
ana Hypopbosphitcs; the one supplying
strength and flesh, the other giwng neivo
power, and acting as a tonic to the diges
tive and entire system. But in ScoTT't
Emulsion of Coa Liver Oil with Hype
phosphites the two are combined, and the
eject is wonderful. Thousands who have
derived no permanent beneJt from other
preparations have been cured by this.
Hcott’s Emulsion is perfectly palatable and
is easily digested by those who cannot tol
erate plain Cod Liver Oil.
Hartford, Conn., September 22.—The
reunion of General Hawley’s Seventh Con
necticut regiment was held at Lakeville
this afternoon, the ’aterest centering in
the reception extended to Col. Charles H.
Olmsted, of Savannah, who commanded
Fort Pulaski at the time of its capture by
the Seventh in 1862. and was
taken prisoner fcy the regiment.
Afterward Colonel Oi.usted was In com
mand at Fort Wagner, where the Seventh
in turn lost heavily in the charge of that
fortification. The colonel is a member of
the military staff of Gov. Gordon, of Geor
gia. He was accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Susan Olmsted, end while in Conneo-
ticutt will be the guest of Judge A. W.
Church, of Lakeville. Gen. Hawley, in bis
welcome to Col. Olrastod, said that in his
extensive Intercourse with southern men
he had not heard one lament the resul* -
of the war. The national principle, north
and south, now is one country under one
constitution, one fir grand one destiny.
In response. Colonel Olmstead said the
war was fought from different \ lews of
duty. The magnitude of the struggle
shows that it was ror the settlement of
questions which had been for generations
as a thorn in the flesh. He believed in
the overruling power of God, and was sat
isfied that he has ordained tor the people
of the south, through what they onoe
thought their greatest tribulation, a fu
ture, and a career far beUer than
they could have mapped out
for themselves. “I have long
thought,” added Colonel Olmsted, “thal
in the not very distant future, the
people of the whole country will learn to
look upon the gallantry of the southern
soldiers and the uncomplaining fortitude
of the southern people as a heritage in
common with their admiration for Bimilar
virtues at the north. The brave deeds of
northern and southern soldiers alike will
be cherished in the memories of the entire
people as sure evidence that the American
Is no degenerate scion of a noble stock, but
the equal of any man upon earth.
A generation of young men has
grown up in the south since the last
sound of cannon at Appomattox. They
have learned that the destinies of every
iart of this mighty union are inseparable,
fathers and sons alike have accepted the
result of the struggle in loyalty and good
faith.”
The speech of Col. Olmstead was re
ceived with enthusiasm, and the effect of
it will bo of great value among the veter
ans in the state. Gen. Hawley was elected
president of the regimental association
THE CHLOROFORM MYTH.
Wichita, Kan., Special (September 2t) to St Louis
Republican.
Hon. John G. Carlisle and wife ariived in
Wichta yesterday, and are stopping with
their son. W. K. Carlisle, where they will
remain noout ten days before making a
trip to Hot Springs. When spoken to re
garding Cleveland's chances for Ihe presi
dency, Mr. Carlisle said : “There can be
no quest on that Mr. Cleveland will bo tbe
democratic candidate for president next
vear, aud there is but little greater doubt
tha - he will bo elected. I have yet^o meet
th > democrat of any prominence or influ
ence iu tbe party who is opposed to him.
They arc practically unanimous in his sup
port. His tour ol'the country will cut no
figure whatever. It will lie purely a trip
for pleasure and rest, as his speeches will
show.”
When asked as to the general political
situation Mr. Carlisle said: “The demo
crats have an excellent chance for sucoess
next year. The side issues advanced by
the prohibition and labor parties, will cut
little figure in the result. There is only one
3lace that the labor party can work any
larm to the democrats, and that is in Now
York city, but even th re I think it will
draw as heavy, proportionately, from the
republicans as from the democrats, and
any losses which the democrats sustain
from the labor vote in New York city will
be more than offset by tbe drain made by
the prohibitionists on the republicans’
strength in the country. Aside from that
I don’t see where the labor vote can hurt
the democrats, for if they carry Chicago or
Cincinnati or Philadelphia it is a victory
over the republicans merely, for those
cities are in republican states, and in Mis
souri, Kentucky and Louisiana the vote of
the citieB is offset by that of the country.”
Speaking of the tariff Mr. Carlisle be
came very earnest, almost enthusiastic,
saying; “I don’t think there will be any
difficulty in passing a reform measure at
the next session. An appreciate its neces
sity. Just what the tariff reform measure
adopted by the coming congress will be, I
cannot say. Personally I am in favor of
retaining the taxes on whisky, beer anil to
bacco, and removing them from clothing
and other necessities of life. As to the tu on
whisky and beer, I will never give my vote
for its removal, but I suppose that in the
settlement of the vexed question some con
cessions will have to be made to those who
want a reduction of the internal revenue,
and I presume the reduction will be made
on tobacco, which comes much nearer b
ing a necessity than whisky and beer.
However it may be accomplished, the taxes
must be reduced, for they are taking all
the money out of commerce and putting
it up in the treasury.” The speakership
question, he said, was not troubling him
much. He did not know whether he
would be re-elected or not. The Thoebe
contest would cut no figure in the matter.
BEGGING LETTERS.
An Old Detective Explodes the Familiar Belief
in tile Use of Chloroform l>, Ilurglius.
New York Mali and Express.
An old detective, in the employ of In
spector Byrnes, was telling a Mail and
Express reporter a blood-curdling tale of
midnight robbery.
“Why didn’t tne burglar chloroform the
man the moment he got into the room?”
inquired the reporter. “You fray he was
there half an hour before the man woke
up and captured him.”
“Didn’t I tell you that the man was over
six feet tall aud as strong as a bull, while
the burglar was only a boy sixteen years
old?”
“Yes, but what of that?”
“Did
“No.’
“Will you go into a doctor’s office some
time and see how it is done? Unless a
man is held down by force or submits him
self willingly to the operation it is impos
sible to chloroform him.”
“Yes, but this man was in a sound
^“Wbat of that? Do you know how long
it takes to put a man under the influence
of chloroform?”
“A minute or so, I suppose.”
“Two or threo minutes rather, and the
first application of the drug is certain to
waken any living man who is not under
tbe influence of some powerful narcotic.
Before he had taken two wbifs of tbe anes
thetic he would have been wide awake,
and the robber would have been captured
half an hour earlier than he was.”
“But they do chloroform people some
times, don’t they?” asked the reporter.
“If you refer to doctors, I would say yes.
but if you mean burglars, I would say no
I don’t know a single instance, though the
public and tbe press believe there are
many every monto. I think I can prove
it to you. Every case where a man is
chloroformed, according to his own ac
count of his adventure,Tie lias recovered.
How o „en do you hear of men dying un
der the influence of chloroform when it Is
care.ully administered by a skilled
physician? Very often indeed. Thechlo
reform must be properly mixed with
fresh air, and even then the experiment is
often fatal. Now, do you think that an
ignorant burglar could always avoid kill
ing bis victim ? Neither do I nor any one
els a who has given the subject a c'ose
Ht “fre, sir,” added the detective in conclu
sion. “I tell you, chloroforming persons
by thieves is a myth ami a fraud. It is a
storv originated by the victims to add a
more starting flavor to their yarns aud to
account more clearly lor their weak sub
mission, which I have found is caused
more by fear than chloroform. ’
Don’t—If a dealer offers you a bottle of
Salvation Oil without labels, or wrappeis,
or in a mutilated or defaced package, don t
touch it—don’t buy it at any p-ict, you can
rert assured that there is something w rang
— it may be a dangerous "and worthless
counterfeit. Insist upon getting a perfect,
unbroken, geuui.ie package.
News of the First Importance.
The country could not get along very
well without the daily bulletin as to Boo-
dler Sharp’s appetite and capacity for
oatmeal.—[Scranton Republican.
has ever witnessed, and remembers seeing
Senator Henderson, who was chairman of
the convention that nominated Blaine,
S etting out of his carriage just after com
ag from tbe senate, where he had voted
against the impeaonmont. There was a
big mob of negroes on the street, nnd
they shouted, “Hang him, hang him I” nt
the senator, and It was only
because of tbe lack of a leader
that Keude'sou escaped being hung to a
lamppost. The gentleman adds to this
reminiscence that at the time of the Im
peachment the Forty-second Regulars were
camped back of the white house. Colonel
Sber. of Lexington, Iud., was a captain of
the regiment, and was familiar with the
sentiment of the regiment, and says that
they bud determined, that if there we i any
attempt to oust the president from .the
white house forcibly they would luve or
ganized, and there would have been a
tiloody battle right at the presidential
mansion; that it had been, in fact, resolved
upon to resist to bloodshed uuy attempt to
remove the president.
A DOUBLE MIND.
An Expert Stensqraplier IVlio Cun Write Om
Ellluy mill Speak Another H'lnaHaneousIr.
Appeals to Secretary Whitney for Honey.
MARKETS DT TELEGRAPH.
Financial.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
New York. Sopt. 27.—Noon.—Stock marke
dull and sternly. Money easy, at Kd5 per cent
Exchange—Ion* at i-1.79!. v . 8.':, suert Sl.S-i:.,' 8
184%. state bonds neglected aud dull. Oov-
irnmenl bonds tirm.
New Yore, Sept. 27—Exchange quiet and
steady, at $ . Money easv, at las—
hosing ottered at 3 per cent. Government
bonds (lull, blit firm; new l per cent 125; 1%
per cents ICS 1 :,'. .State bonds dull, steady.
SOU-TREASURY BALANCES.
Gold in the Sub-Treasury {133,370,000; current:
•IS,669,000.
STOCK MARKET.
New Yoke, Sept. 27—The following were thi
OosingquoUitionsof the stock exchange;
Ala class A 2 to 6.... 10 J N. O. Pac. lsts 81
do class B 5s 101 | N. Y. Central..
Washington, September 26.—The sec-
retary of the navy, Mr. Whitney, is an ex
ceedingly generous man, and it is known
that he donates a large amount of money
annually to charitable purposes. It is not
surprising, then, that he should daily r;
eeive a number of begging letters, such r
the following:
“Washington, D. C., September 20,
1887.—Dear Sir: I have a daughter who is
just fourteen years of age, the time in tbe
life of a girl when she needs special atten
tion and care. I think she should attend a
boarding school, as I cannot give her the
proper training at home, for I am em
ployed during the day in the department.
There is a boarding school in New Jersey
where the tuition and board is only 8iCI
for a term. I can pay this, but can’t aflord
to buy her the necessary clothing, books
and railroad fare, too. Would you not be
so kind as to do this for a widow who is
trying to educate her child as she should
be? It would not be much to you, and the
world to me. Pier -e answer.
“Mrs Jennie D.,
“1203 street northwest.”
It is hardly necessary to say tbe chances
are greatly against the lady’s request being
gratified.
Here is a letter from a minister down in
South Carolina. He desires, us will bo
seen, several hundred dollars to repair his
church:
“B hville, S. C., September 19,1837.
Kind-hearted Sir: I have read of your
numerous charities to relieve the suffering
of humanity nnd alleviate the trouble.of
our brethren In misfortune. Thinking
that you would give a Christian ear to the
pleauings of a minister of the gospel, I
write to tell you my flock are very poor
and cannot afford to repair the church.
Winter will soon be here, and the plaster
ing is down in big places. Tbe wind whis
tles through tbe cracks and the elements
ol nature come in the boles in the roof
You will see by the enclosed slin it would
only cost ?200 to make us con,.ortable in
the house of the Lord. Please be so kind
as to do this for the sake of religion. Fra
ternally yours, in the name religion,
“Elijah K. W nt, D. D.”
The “slip” referred to by the reverend
gentleman was a statement of the cost for
plastoring the church. It is very likely
his congregation will have to continue to
adjourn services on rainy Sundays unh ss
they raise the money from some other
source.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
Interesting lll-liihibro.KTs or the Attempt to
Brlvo Johnson From Ollho.
Louisville Courier-Journal Washington Special.
An interesting episode is related by a
gentleman here in relation to tne impeach
ment of Andrew Johnson. On the eve i-
ing alter the resolutions of the impeach
ment of the president were passed by the
house, Hon. William E. Niblack, Hon. Al.
C. Kei r aud Judge Marshall, of Illinois,
possibly with sevcul other democrats,
went to Senator Hendricks and n-qaesUici
him to go with them to soo President
Johnson and learn what course lie pro
posed to pursue. Gov. Hendricks declined
togo on the grounds that he would he one
of tho judges in the case, and it woull be
manifestly Improper for him to advise
with the defendant at the bar. These gen ■
tlemen then called on Mr. Johnson r.ml
asked him what he was going fo do. lie
replied that ho did not think that he
would do anything; that lie had adminis
tered the laws according to the constitu
tion, and, as far as be was concerned, he
Would just as leave quit tho white hens .-
as not. hut that his daughters, Mrs. Stover
and Airs. PaLterson. thought that it would
be humiliating to leave Washington in
that way. He at first refused to employ
any counsel, aud seemed determined to let
the case go by default. H
is stated that Secretary Reward
of h ; s own volition employed
Evai” i to defend tbo president. Some o r
the friends of Johnson went to sec Jerry
lilac!:, and sought li is profes donal servit <
to dc"end the president, but Air. Johnsou
had given Mr. Black such deep offense in
refusing to interfere in betiu’l'of some of
nis (Black's; clients that he refused to give
his sei vices in defense of tbe president,
agaiust the radical majority which then
was doing its best to destroy the remain
ing vestiges of constitutional government.
The gentleman who relates these par-
t’culars was in Washngton at the
time the vote on impeachment was taken,
end received these iaits from partici-
p .nts in the memorable events. He
de Tibes the scenes on tho avenue, as ex-
e ;dlng anything in popular excitement he
N. Y. Mail and Express.
“How long have you lived here?”
The lawyer was taking the deposition of
a witness in his office in the Mills building.
Tbe pencil of the stenographer was mov
ing rapidly over bis paper, leaving behind
It a string of pothooks and other absurd
symbols of speech.
“You say that you have known the d
fendaut for the past ten-wears. Now, I
waut to ask you whether at any time dur
ing that period you ever noticed any symp
tom of insanity in his behavior?” con
tinued the lawyer.
At the instant the lawyer began this
query the stenographer turned to the re
porter, who was seated by his side at the
table, aud, without stopping his writing for
a second, whispered: “Wait a moment and
I’ll be through. This won’t last much lon
ger.
The reporter looked anxiously at
the uotes, expecting to see the pen-
611 stop its travels, or at least at the
end of the questions, retrace Its step;
to revise some phrases, Incorrectly trans
cribed. But it made no such break.
When the lawyer ended his Inquiry the
nencil stopped.
“Now. sir,” continued the lawyer, “you
may tell me whether you were well
enough acquainted with the defendant to
know whether he showed any weakness of
mind or not?"
Before the stenographer had completed
the second lino of his report he agaiu
whispered to the reporter not to be in a
hurry, and, as before, concluded his work
without a particle of apparent Inter
ruption. ThiB was the last question, and
after the paper# were gathered together
and the witness had Ie>c the office, the re
porter riked the stenographer whether he
uad written correctly all that was said
verbatim or had only epitomized what had
been spoken.
“I wrote exaotly what wrs sai$ Why
do you ask ?”
“Can you read it without difficulty ?”
“Of course I can, otherwise I should not
be here; but why oo you ask ?”
“I didn’t see how you could write down
what was being spoken and speak to me
upon another subject at tho same time.”
“That is easy enough to do ” responded
tho stenographer with a laug.i, “whoi you
only know how and practice long enough.
Shot t-haud writing Is very much like play
ing the piano or repeating something from
memory. It is mechanical. I found yeais
ago when 1 was r porting in u western
court, that it wrs extremely useful to be
able to hear and think of other things
transpiring in the court room than the
evideuco itself. I then began practicing so
that 1 could train myself to do two separate
things at the same time. 1 would mentally
make note of everything oeoutring around
me and keep on with my writing. At lirsi
I would mane a mistake or two, but I
gradually got so that i could hear every
thing that was said and understood it too,
notwithstanding the fact that my ponc'l
was moving all the time.”
I should think that when you began to
apeak it would have thrown you off your
“It did at (Hst. I learned that by coin
mitting to memory some poem and re
peating it while I was reporting, until at
last I could carry on a conversation on
almost any subject mid write from dicta
tion upon one entirely different. It’savery
useful accomplishntent, but I wouldn’t ad
vise you to learn it unless you intend to
become a professional stenographer, and I
wouldn’t advise that unless you have
nothing Better to do than to break stones
in the streets.” ^
No Il«iison for Money Tightness.
Kansas City, Beptember 22.—John T.
Blair, the millionaire railroad man ol
New Jersey, who Is here on business con
nected with oue of his roads, said to-day,
when talking of tho eastern financial situa
tion, that it was very hard in New York
forr railroads to obtain heavy loans, because
of the flood of new bonds, which are a drug,
in the market. Owing to the unprofitable
ness of stock trading in New York and Bo
ton, millions have come west for in
vestment and more is likely to como. He
predicts that in sixty or ninety days money
will bo freer than for a long time, as the
check to railroad building will take the
pressure of small securities off the market.
He says;
“There is no real reason for any money
tightness. Crops are good, business of
every kind is in a splendid condition—bel
tor than for years and I want you to un
de -stand that what I have said about tight
ness refers only to the stock market. There
is all the money you want for mercantile
and real estate Investments, for there is
plenty of wealth for investments in this
counti v, and a tightness or had feeling in
tlic stock market will only tend to drive i
to such investments.”
la s'a mortgage.
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Virginia couao's...
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Lake Shore
L. A N
1105 jNorfolk.kW'ripre. ;is
Com — September
October
May
Oata — .September
Oc’ ;bi-r
May
41%c.
U%c.
41'sc.
42%C-
42 JO.
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*8 , Rich. & Alleghany ti
4ft i Richmond A. Dan. IftO
5 Rich & W. P. Ter . 23%
112 Rock Island 12'Hi
141’-.j I St. Paul T
127% do preferred 114
20 1 H Texas Pacific 23>
11 i Tenn Coal a Iron... 2ft 1 o
94 l £i Union Pacific 62%
til 1 * N. J. Central 71 \
48 j Missouri Pacific 92H
Ohio 11 Western Union.... 74%
0 & N 73 | Cotton Oil Trust.... 28/ H
•Bid. g Asked.
Cotton*
Livkrpool, Sept 2i -12:30 p. M—Cotton market
dull, prices generally iu buyer’s favor; uplands
at at Orleans at 5 7-!6d; sules 8.000 bales
-to; speculation and exports 1000 bales.
Receipts 23,000 bales—20,200 American.
Futures quiet at decline, at tbe following que
tationa:
September * 6 l3-64d
September and October 6 -i*64d(S5 5-64d
October and November 6 l-64d($5 2-64d
November and December 6 l-64d
December and January 6 0-64C
January aud February 5 0-64dfS5 l*64d
February and March 6 l-64d@5 2-Wd
March and April 6 3-64d
April and May 5 5-34d
Tenders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing
00 bales of new docket and 00 bales of old
docket.
2 p. m.—Sales of the day included 6,600 balei
of American.
UplundB 5 E-I<kl t Orleans 5%d.
2 p. m.—Futures, uplands, low middling clause
at the following delivery:
September 5 13*B4d Hellers
September and October 6 4-64d buyers
October and November 6 l-64d buyors
November and December 5 0-64d buyers
December and January 6 0-64d b lyevs
January and February 6 0-64d buyers
February and March 6 l-64d buyers
March and April 6 3-04d value
April and May
Futures closed dull.
4:00 p. m.—Futures, uplands, low middling
Aause, at the following delivery:
September 6 13-A4d buyers
September and October 6 6-64d buyers
October and November 6 2-64d buyers
November and December 6 l-64d buyers
December and January 6 l-64d buyers
January and February 6 l-64d buyers
February and March 5 2-64d sellers
March and April 6 4-64d value
April and May v .......5 6-64d value
Futures closed steady.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
New Yohk, Sept. 27—Cot'on—Net receipts
00, gross 7,143. Futures closed steady; sale;
128,6?0 bales, as follows:
September 9 36-100® 9 37-tOf
October 9 22 100® 9 23-101
November 9 17-100® 9 1H-100
December 9 17-100® 9 J8-1U
•January 9 22 100
February 9 U0-100
March 9 33-100
June « 02-100® 9 63-100
July 9 61 100® 9 7C-1(0
York, September 27 -Cotton market easy',
sales 357 bales; middling uplands at 9%c; Orleans
‘4c.
Consolidated net receipts 42 221 bales; expoiU
'x> Great Britain 1471; to continent 11,400; France
00, stock —.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 27.—Cotton market
weak; middlings at 8^c: net. receipts 8.805,
^rons 3,895: sales 1924; stock 48,651; exports Grea
Britain 191; exports to France 0u; exports t<
continent 00.
Norfolk, Sept. 27.—Cotton market steady;
at 9c; net receipts 1036, gross 4(36; salei
1629; stock 16,814; expOi m to Great Britain 00,
to continent 00.
Baltimore, September 27. Cotton market
easy; middlings nf O'/qc; net receipts 00, gross
1848; sales 50, spinners 00; stock 4384: exports
to Great Britain 00, to continent 00, to France
i0.
Boston, Sept. 27 -Cotton market quiet: mid
dlings 9>4c; net receipts 118, gros° 253; sales 00;
stock —; exports to Great Britain 00.
Wilmington. Sept. 27.—Cotton market dr ';
middling:*9?f.c; not receipts 1837, gross 1637; sales
0; stocK 23,815; exports to Great Britain 00,
France 00, to continent 00.
Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—Cotton dull: mid-
iliugs 0%c; net receipts 4, gross 4; sales 00,
•itock 4531; exports to Great Britain 00, contl
uent 00.
Savannah, Sept. 27—Cotton market steady
middlings at net receipts 9,500, grosr
receipts 9 5(6; sales 5300; stock 86,105; exports tc
Great Britain CO, to continent 4900, to Fraucj
00.
New Orleans, September 27.—Cotton market
weak; middlings at 8 15-16c; net receipts 14,710;
frost* 16,090; sales 21.500; stock 75,418; exports t<
Great Britain 0C, to continent 00, to Franc*
00.
Moiui.B, Ala., Sept. 27 -Cotton market easy;
middlings 8 13-16c; net receipts 2317. gioss 2042;
Hiilee 600; stock 10,1°j; exports to Great Britain
00.
Memphis, September 27-Cotton market quiet;
middlings H/V-’l net receipts 2431; shipments
2899; sales 0C0, spinners 0: stock 27,579.
Augusta, September 27--Cotton market qr’et;
uiddlings h'v;, receipts 2528; shipments 00
sales 1450; stock - .
Charleston, , t: oj>tember 27. -Cotton market
firm: middlings at 8'ac; net receipts 3061; groti
.eceipta 3061; saleu 2700; stock 80,369; exports ti
ireat Britain 00, exports to comment 8x50, U
rsnee oo.
2G%C. 29>£c. 29%0
9t. Louis, September 2T. — Wheat steady*
closed at yester- av's p'.loes -No. 2 red, Octcbei
70,’ h c, Mpy 79’ ju 80 Coni closed firm-**
Ct*.3ii - c. October 38%fa 38 : *4C, May c.
Oata nominal—cask 23'-. t fy,24c, October 23;4c bid-
Cincinnati, Scntemher 2V.— Wheat steady—
No. 2 red 76^. IG. ^c Corn did I-No. 2 mixed
45c. Oats ba-ely steady — No. 2 mixed
"U'A o.
Louisville, September 27.—Grain, market in
good demand: Wheat — No. 2 red winter?
spot, 73c; con —No. 2 mixed, shelled, 4dc»
oats, No. 2 27(« 27>aC
Miisrnr and Coffee.
New York, September2iCouce, spotlhir, Ric
film- .;-i9 50; No. 6 % , No. t $ : options
5; » .u points inguev—No. 7 Rio .September 7 v; 0;
October $17 7U<al7 85; November $r< 95(^18 10;.
Decern be $ .
New Orleans, September 27.—Coffee steady —
Rio cargoes, common u prime $18 37^^21 12>£.
New York, September 87.—Sugar, market
firm—cemrithgals $ft 37‘.y, molasses giaueg
—c; fair lefining 4 13-iOc; refined steady—
hi to extra C 5%$fi 1316c; yellow —c:
mould A 6 1 ,<a 6 7-16c; off \ 5J^c; standard A 6#
1-lGo; coulectiouers a 6>„c; cut loaf and crashed
6 U-16^0?hC; powdered 6 9-16(0.6 : > h c; granulated
8} 2 C.
New Orleans, September 27.—Sugar strong—
Louisiana open kettle fully fair good ndv
‘ c; common c; Louisiana ceutrifogaU,
choice white 6 5-10.a6. l h c; off white 6^(%63-16oi
choic* yellow clarified 6;/ H c, prime yellow clarified
0 3*16c; seconds c.
Chicago, September 27.—Sugar—standard A
5Xc.
Cincinnati, September 27.—Sugar firm—New
O: leans 4> 4 (a.5> a c.
Roeln»u«l Titri>eutine.
New York, September 27. — Rosin steady—
strained $1 01'//yl \'l%. Turpentine dull—32%c»
Charlebto n,September 27—Turpentine firm—
29>^c. Rosin dull—good strained 85c.
Savannah, September 27.—Turpentine firm —
29%o bid; sales UO barrels. Rosin firm—strained
9U(g.97H; sales 00 barrels.
Wilmington, September 27.-Turpentine firm
- 29b»c. Rosin firm—strained 72>^c; good 77%o«
Tai firm—30; crude tuiy-emine arm—nrxd
fl 00 yellow dip fl 65, virgin $1 65.
Wool nii<l Hides.
Nrw York, September 27—Hides quiet, steady
-wet salted, New Orleans selected, 40 ana
60 pounds 9<$12c; Texas selected, 60 and fit
pounds, 10c.
Nhw York, September 27—Wool firm-
domestic fleece 26(^35c, pulled 14@23c. Texas
9@23o.
Cotton Need Oil.
New York, September i7—Cotton seed oli»
32>£c for crude, 41>fe<^*3c for refined.
New Orlrans, September 27—Cotton seed oil
dull and nominal—prime crude 28@28c offered!
summer yellow 37(&38c. Cake and meal |20 00#
25 00 per ton.
Whisky.
Chicago, September 27.—Whisky fl 10.
St. Louis,.September 28—Whisky steady—$1 04,
Cincinnati, September 27 — Whisky active
and firm—fl 06.
Live Ntock.
Cincinnati, September 28 — Hogs quiet-^
common and light |3 85(g)4 90; packing and
batchers, $4 60<gi5 10.
Freight*.
N rw York,September 27—Freights to Liverpool
steady— cotton, per steamer. \d; graia poi
steamer l>«d.
Destitute Rubles in France.
Pa v is Despatch to London Telegraph
A remarkable case ot destitution is 1
ported from Lyons. Fo** some days past a
floe-looking, white bearded old man b
rags ban stood at one of the entrances o
the Guillotiere Bridge and intended hi
hands for alms. On nis breast he wears a
board on which are inscribed the word
‘ Petroviski, utmost a cent e narian, Count
of Blanckenberg, born in Warsaw in Janu
ary, 1789, now reduced to craving nubia-
charity.” This really “unnappv
nobleman” had actually fought
and bled lor Polish indepen
donee, and tbe leas or co/idseation of his
iortune sent him down the easy slope t
misery. Alter having battled for a Ion;
time against adversity, age and iufirmit
overtook him, anil lie had no resource lei
but to beg. Another reduced nobleman
was buried here in Paris a tew days agi
but he had worked hard lor a living to th
very lust. Ho was tho Visco.nt-
Richard de Vernev, commonly called
m tlie poor neighborhood where he
lived “Pure Ludovic.” He had not
suffered like the scions of many noble
families in France from the effects of rove
lutions, but had lost a large fortune by im
prudent speculations. Undaunted by
ve Hity, he set bravely to work and did
anything to turn an tyoncst penny. H
was a messenger in the ofllce of the Jour
nal Official, which paper he carried about
to subscribers. Hi the afternoon lie sold
other journals on the boulevaids, and from
-S o’clock In tho evening until midnight he
nerformod the duties ot dresser in a thea-
lto. He wus 53 years old, und baB left a
wife and three children, who, it is need
less to say, are utU ly destitute.
7 lie prospects are that after October 1th, there
will be fourteen licensed places in 8t. Augustine
where liquor will be sold. These places will pay
licenses amounting to $8450.
Provisloiui.
September27.—Cash quotations were
s: Flour market dull and 11 u«
ipriug patents $3 50i'j 1 50, choice
iinesota patents % , winter wheat
90fry4 Mess pork $15 00. Laid
•it rib sides, loose, $7 07V Dry salted
j;5 30, short clear sides
CiEOKUlA IHEI UKITIES. 1
Corrected by John Mlnekniar t GolUM
biiM, Un.
% STOCK AND BOND BROKER.
RAILROAD BONDS.
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin 1st
mortgage 7s. accrued interest 102^ffl0ft)f
Atlantic and Gull'7s 118 ’ll
Augusta nnd Kuoxville 7 per cent 108 U1
Augusta, Gibson and Saudersville 7
percent hit mortgage 104 lOf
Central con mortgage 7s 118 114
Columbus and Rome 1st 6s, endorsed
Central R. R 104 l'S
Columbus anil Western 1st mortgage
6h, endorsed by Central R. R 109 @111
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1st
mortgage 110 @118
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 4s
2d mortgage 1(8 @111
Uainesvile, Jefferson and Southern
1st mortgage guaranteed 115 114
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern
2d mortgage 112 111
Geoigia Railroad 6s 108 @100
Georgi t Midland and Gulf Railroad 6s 91 (2
Marietta and North Georgia 6s, 1937 . 101 108
Mobile and Girard 2d mortgage en
dorsed by Cent ru I Railroad 102 @104
Montgomery aud Kufaula 1st mort
gage 6s and Centra Railroad 108 @111
Ocean Steamship 6 per cent, guaran
teed by C. R. R 105 101
Savannah, Florida and Western 6 per
cent HO 111
South Georgia and Florida 1st, en
dorsed by state of Georgia, 7 per
cent 118 @111
Smith Georgia and F lorida 2d, 7 per
cent 112 @11|
Western R. U. Alabama 1st mortgage,
endorsed by Cent ml Railroad 102 @101
Western Alabama 2d mortgage, en
dorsed 108X@109)4
RAILROAD STOCKS.
Atlanta and West Point 109
Atlanta and West Point ft per ceut.
Augusta and Savannah 7 per ceut..
Central common
Central railroad 6 percent, scrip
Georgia 10 percent..
Chicago,
as lollov
changed !
t ( » fancy M
jatents |3
$6 45. Hh
dioulderH, boxed,
boxed. iH 05ft, 8 10.
Leading futures ranged:
Opening. Highest. Closing.
M. Pork -Year $12 00 $ $
January 12 27% 12 30 J2 80
Lard- Hepiembe
October....
S. Ribs—Bentember. ... 7 82;
October 7 80
January
St. Looih, Septembt 1
family $2 \0(a 2 60, patent |3
./ . Provisions dull: i-ora irregu
new mess i ; standard mens ^15 . |
min -salable at *6 25. Dry suited meats bo
shoulders <5 6‘2l<.; long clear sides 25, clem
Hides 25; short clour side*- 40, Bi
bo ed, shoulders, ffi 50; long clea
ib sides 48 754
yn'i
*8 0 :i
25. Ha
11 be 1
tfiO
sid
Louisville, Septen
hi : Bacon clear rut
, shoulders $o 1
Bulk meats clearr
00, shoulders, |6 00
ml. Hums, sugar cured, 41
hold- leaf, |8 00ft.8 50.
Cincinnati, September 2
y |3 l-)@8 40,fan
lurd scarce and
sidei
short cleai
1 OOftd 1 00.
Provision n
|9 50, clear
clear
bides |8 12,’ yj
loc
dud
dull
id
id k.
Flour r
ft 60'; l 7ft.
un }6 42>
Chicago, September 27.—Cash quotations were
as follows: Wheat, No. 2 spuug, 7JcT• 4 c:
No. 3 soring, 66c; No. 2 red 73c. Corn,
No. 2. 42C• Oats, No. 2, 25'/ 4 c.
butures ranged and closed at following prices
Opening. Highest. Closing
Wheat—September.... 704?0. 7l!^c. 71 1 ,c
October 71 4c. 7Hie. Tl/ic
M"v 79>^c. 79V«c. 79%e
Mobile and Girard Railroad .Stock 25
Southwestern 7 percent, guaranteed..127 @128
CITY BONDS.
Atlanta Hs
Atlanta 7s
Augusta 78. ..
Augusta 6h....
Columbus 7h..
Columbus 5s 100 @101
Macon 6s Ill @112
Savannah 5s 102 @108
STATE BONDS.
Georgia 4 1 / 2 h 104^@106M
Georgians 100 @10l)f
Georgia 7s, 1896 122 @128
Georgia 7k, 1H90 106 @107
FACTORY STOCKS.
Eagle and Phenix, with 3>.I percent
dividend 110 @115
M uscogee 120 @125
BANK STOCKS.
Chattahoochee National 10 per cent...170 @175
Merchants’ & Mechanics’ 10 per cent..181 @184
MISCELLANEOUS.
Georgia Home Insurance Company 155 @180
Confederate Coupon Bonds 1 @ 8
FOB SALE.
1000 Coluiimus and Rome Railroad 1st mortgaga
6 percent bond, endorsed by Central Railroad
and Banking Company, due 1914.
COO Columbus -Vs due IH99.
20Shari s Chattahoochee National Bank Stock-
2'.00 Ge rgia Midla- d Railroad 1st Mortgage 8
jM-r cent gold bonds due 1926 at 90 and accrued
ick sale
Home
rce Company
join BLACK!*!AH,
Dkerand Dealer in all above recuritiet.
1 °r• e No. 61- _
SltuniM A \ fi BO Nil H
lit and «old strictly on commission by
oulc A 4'u., Brokers,
quote today the following stock*aid
Bid Ask*
BONDS,
id Western 1st mortgage
I by Central R. R
109 111
109 ill
und Girard 2d mortgage en-
» y Central railroad.. 102^ 1C4
L. k Alabama 1st mortgage
iti’.bus 5p..
on Of
.10:H 102
ill m
.105
S2 v anil ah 5e..
STOCKS.
Central common ; -120
Central railroad 6 per cent, scrip 101
Georgia 10 percent 199
Mobile and Girard 1 4 percent, guar
anteed by Central railroad 24
Southwestern 7 per cent, guaranteed.. 180
Eagle and Phenix, with 7 per cent,
dividend mx us
Bid Aak*«
m*
is*