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VOLUME XXII.
Ills Qiorgia Sittpt.
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SA progressive Democratic piper, pub
shed weekly nt Covington, Newton
onntv, Georgia. Terms, SI.OO per au
iim, strictly in advance. Rstahlished
•toiler 28th, 1805. It urn t out on
ii 'iis: :tlt, 1881, nnd again ou Decem
ber I Ist, 1880. Piolli times it went down
fi aides without nny insitrtineo.
I Tin-: EvrEHPitisr.m an uneomproniising
Sdvoentuof the principles of tlieorganized
Xnl living Democracy of to-day.
I While it grants equal justice to all
■i n lieforo the law, it holds this tc K a
'lVsite Man's Government, belonging to
itliiu by the right of discovery—be
‘s|iicatbed to him by the blood and suffer
•fit of the Fathers. Nine but Anglo
tHuxon names wine signed to the Deelara
4ti-ii of 'ndependonee. and none but
Vhite men bled a id died to wrench the
■.■•lollies from England's erne] grasp, to
ymtiiblish the proud young Republic of
cMmc ien.
I Upon those issues the paper is wil iug
Hb go befo o the public, asking no other
Huppoit than that which its merits de
serve. The paper will ho free nnd out
sp .ken ou all questions of public interest,
and ail! not endeavor to accomplish the
ridiculous feat of “running with the hare,
and baying with the hounds.’’
■ln other words, The Enterprise will
Uo! he a “fence rider” in any of the po
litical campaigns. Those who desire a
itve newspaper, are earnestly requested
give it a trial.
S. W. HAWKINS, Editor.
A SHOCKING AFFAIB
'Tlii* Cotinly Sent of (*llmer Comity, (•., Ilns
n Sliorkinu Seunutio i.
A big sensation lias been developed in
'jjjlijay, Ga. On Sunday night the fam
ily of John E. Newberry was reposing in
■sEei'p. and the first intimation he had of
tfa( impending danger was the unlooked
for appearance of three burly men, dis
guised, with a lamp, a double-barrel
bhugim and a thirty-eight Smith &
Wesson pistol. lie jumped out of bed
And they proceeded to beat him with a
large hickory stick about four feet long,
tv i ted at one end, the other end being
but as large as a man’s wrist. During
|h- melee which ensued Newberry’s wife
Hre ?,\v:iv the masks of two of them, and
who they were. lie told them i*
they would let him go he would not tel!
wh) th y were, whereupon they replied
with an oath that the/ would kill him.
Mis wife seized the gun and wrenched if
■tom the man who held it, when lie
B\il>bed h r by the hair of the head and
Slikcd her down. They then seized
*Mcwberry by the hair of his head and
Hragged him some twenty steps from the
house and knocked him down with a
maul, and, thinking him dead, skipped
Newberry and his wife fought des
perately for their lives, and when they
•dragged him out of the house her
Be reams brought Mr. David Fowler, a
brother-in-law of Newberry, He found
|Nc\\ berry in an unconscious conditi n,
fliis shoulders, the back of his neck terri-
Ibly beaten and bruised. Ilis body Mon
■lay morning was bloodshot and black
Booking, and his neck swollen larger than
to man's double fist.
L Newberry was accused of reporting
aiic i in that community to the revenue
department, and this affair is supposed
to be the outgrowth of malice towards
(him from some parties who suspected his
Reporting. A brother of Newberry stated
■o an attorney that some other party had
B>een reporting and gave his brother’s
fciame as a withess, and when required to
lie swore what he knew as a truthful
■nan.
EVICTING TENANTS.
A Bloody Battle Takes Place In Texas la
Which Four iUeu are Killed.
■ A deadly battle was fought four miles
'i>f Dekalb Texas Tuesday. Four male
Inenibcrs of a family named White were
ii> tied against Colonel John E. Rosser,
Ills soil Willie, aged fifteen years, and a
K ; ired man named Mullens. The affray
Iresulted in the killing of three of the
SWhites and Colonel Rosser, and the
l-wounding of Rosser s hoy. lhe affray
[occurred at the home of the Whites. Ros
|scr, after being shot through the neck
land having, as he supposed, seen all of
if his enemies killed, mounted his horse
.mid rode half a mile to his house, dying
4i he entered hia own door. Ilis son
W illie was left with the dead men at the
Wise of White. Rosser had sold to
and his sons a tract of land for
which they had not paid. A suit for
■cvietiiient" was brought and decided in
i 5 Rosser’s favor. Rosser thought the writ
Iliad not been enforced promptly enough,
|aud lie started with his son and a hired
4niun to enforce it himself. Informally.
Siosser and the party were invited in when
they reached ttie house of White, and
after a few words, firing began, .1. C.
White and his two sons, Walter and Daw
son. were killed. Young Rosser was
inside and his version of the affair is as
follows: The elder White shot him and
Ilis father, and lie shot old min White
•price and then turned his Winchester on
the White boys to keep them from shoot
ing his father. About fifteen shots were
fired and with deadly effect. The hired
m.m, Mullens, has not yet been found,
and it is not known wliat part he took in
the awful tragedy.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
■ A shock of earthquake about 4 o’clock
Sunday morning is reported from St.
liouis, Springfield, Terre Haute and else
where. It appears to have been very
generally felt throughout central and
Jgoutherii Illinois, and Indiana. Dis
patches from twenty different points give
substantially the same account as to hour
■ml duration of shocks. No damage
done at any place as far as heard from.
‘ IKON OKU NEAR NATCHEZ, MIBB.
n
I Iron ore in paying quantities and evi-
Sd Mitly of splendid quality has been dis-
Bc.iverc 1 near Natchez, iliss. Samples of
Bthe ore are being assayed, and if it
©proves ns good as it looks to local cx
-3p its a company will be formed to de
iveiop the lend, ‘wWofa i* raauy rollei in
■utent.
The Georgia Enterprise
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTEB GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.
FLORIDA.
Miss ltone E. Cleveland, sister of the
president, is expected in Orlando some
lime time this winter to visit a Mrs.
Duncan residing there.
A resident of Orlando has a Mexican
clioeho on exhibition. It is similar to un
egg plant, and it is his intention to ex
periment with the seeds on Florida soil.
The Methodist college north will be lo
cated at Orange City. Twenty-two thou
sand dollars have been raised. The
prospects are bright for a prosperous in
stitution.
John Wiley, a notorious negro, jumped
out of a railroad ear window in Alachua
county recently wliilo under arrest.
There was a rope about his neck. An
end caught in the ear and he was choked
to death.
Figures from the tax books of Florida
show the total value of all kinds of prop
ertp to he $7*1,610,043. The railroad
companies pay taxes on $12,753,631
worth of property, The total state tax
is $338,038, and the county tax is $600,-
879.
I. S. Giddeous A Cos. will commence
work on their brick building at Tampa
next week. It is to be a handsome two
story building. General J. B. Wall says
that he will have the handsomest front on
his new brick building in the city. Work
is progressing nicely.
Tlie wife of C. L. I.cßarou, of Pensa
cola, while looking over some letters was
surprised to find a valuable document
musty with age, which her fatlier-in-law
had given her in 1840. It was a certifi
cate for ss**o worth of valuable stock.
The estate not yet having been settled
up, she will come into the possession of
the sum called for by the certilicate. She
had forgotten the gift until after nearly
forty years had elapsed. She was re
minded of it by the document falling
from a bundle of chocolate colored let
ters.
Considerable indignation exists among
tlie bar pilots at Pensacola over the fact
that the barkentine Cushing slipped into
port Wednesday without pilotage. This
is said to be only tlie second instance of
the kmd for the past two years, known
to tlie pilot’s association, and steps are
likely to be taken to compel the Cushing
to pay the pilotage site avoided, and if it
is not attempted it will be because of the
frequency of her visits to that port, as
she goes there three or four times annu
ally. The Cushing will he remembered
as the vessel in which Brown, tlie Swed
ish suicide, arrived about two weeks ago.
The South Florida exposition will tie
held at Orlando, beginning on Tuesday
February 15. The grounds, which have
been tendered by the citizens of that en
terprising city, will comprise a race
course, including a lake, and ulso ample
accommodation for tlie display of varied
exhibits of the growth and products of
Florida, especially those of the counties
of Orange, Volusia, Sumter. Polk, Hills
boro, Hernando, Brevard, Wade, Mana
tee and Monroe. The exhibits will also
embrace mineral, mechanical and such
other articles or productions as may lend
interest or value to the exhibition.
Dr. King Wylly, of Sanford, has an
orange which he has just received from
Messina, Sicily, which came from the fa
mous orange tree planted by Pope Ilon
orius 111. in tlie St. Sabina convent gar
den 665 years ago. It is firmly believed
by the monks of the Dominican order to
flourish or fail with tlie fortunes of the
order, so that it lias lately been greatly
the worse for tlie suppression of the con
vent in Northern Italy, though the resi- •
dence of Pere LaC'ordaire within the con
vent proved exceedingly beneficial to it,
and his visit has even caused new
suckers to sprout. The trunk of the tree
is about twelve inches in diameter, and !
about twenty feet high The orange 1
was sent to Dr. Wylly by Wallace S.
J ones, of Monticello.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tavlor Warren, colored, is in jail nt
Yorkville awaiting trial for breaking into
the store of Hernoon Bros., at Yorxvillo.
He has confessed his guilt.
Incendiaries attempted to destroy the
cornhouse of T. L. Cave, of Hampton
county. The fire was discovered and cx
tinguished before any great damage was
done.
Black, Carpenter fc Davies, at Black’s
in York county, have made an assign
ment, Dr. John' G. Black being the as
signee. The assets of the firm are stated
at° $7,200, with liabilities amounting to
$6,500.
An attempt was made to burn tlie coru
house of Sir. W. S. Gocley, Snider’s
cross roads, in Colleton county. 1 lie fire
was discovered in time to be extiii
guished before any great damage could
he done.
Colonel Rice, state superintendent of
education, docs not aim to stay in Col
umbia only when it is necessary to attend
to official duties. He will spend most of
liis time visiting different counties and
inspecting the schools.
It was rumored ou the streets of j
Greenville that a negro was in town who
lmd just been brought down from the
mountains, and who did not know until
lie was t jld that the negroes ha I been
freed from slavery. A correspondent
traced the rumor and succeeded in inter
rogating the alleged reclaimed slave.
He found . a negro, black, shabbily
dressed aud with a dull, senseless look,
below that of the ordinary darkey. The
story he tells is that since the war lie lias
been working for a man named Holly,
away back jn one of the narrow valleys
around “Hog Back" mountain; that he
was not allowed to comeback to liis kitis
people, and that he was flogged by his
master, who never paid him any money
and gave him but little clothes. His
name is Calvin Garmany. His brother
lives near this city. He says that after
the war Calvin strayed off to the moun
tains, and was not heard of by his family
until last Christmas, when he heard
that he was being kept as a slave by a
man in that section. He went after him
aud claims that he found him treated,
whipped aud coufiued just us iu slavery
times.” His story created some excite
ment among the negroes, who tirmiy
believe the man lias been kept these long
years in the solitary mountain fastnesses
In ignorance of hi* race’s freedom else
; where.
MISSISSIPPI.
Work ou the street railway in Green
ville has commenced.
The last beer license has expired in
Durant, and the town is ns dry us a
hone.
The military company organized by
the young ladles of Crystal Springs will
lie called “the Mikado.”
Eight thousand bales of cotton are
liclil in the warehouse at Aberdeen,
waiting for a rise before putting it on
the market.
Two negroes swapped wives in Cal
houn county recently. Articles of agree
incut were drawn up to clinch the bar
gain.
At the recent term of the circuit
court in Pike county the grand jury in
dicted the Illinois Central railroad for
working its men in the shops at McComb
City on Sunday.
The books of tlie Louisville, New Or
leans and Texas railroad show that over
500,000 bales of cotton have been
shipped over that road in tlie past four
months.
Friday evening last, Mr. Wm. Pibus,
living near Chewalls, started home on
his mule. It was intensely dark and
the rain poured in torrents. His mule
came home without tlie rider, when,
upon search being made, lie was found
speechless from cold aud exposure. 11c
died shortly after being discovered.
LOUISIANA.
Over S4OO lias been subscribed for tlie
building of the Young Men’s Christian
association at Minden.
The St. Gabriel levee is now completed
It measures seventy feet base and twelve
feet high and contains about 35,000 cubic
yards of dirt.
Alexander Young and Nathan Surgon
alius Mickcns, escaped from tlie Terre
bonne parish jail last tliursday night by
breaking one of tlie iron bars in tlie lin
tel or transom over the outer door.
Last Thursday, at William's mill, east
of Tangipahoa liver, Mr. Alfred Hughes
was killed in a light with two men named
Parks and Carpenter. Hughes had ac
cused the others of hog stealing, and the
matter was brought up when tlie parties
met at the mill and led to a tight. While
Hughes was engaged with one opponent,
the other came up and beat him on tlie
head with a wagon spoke, breaking his
skull. He died that night. The two
men were arrested aud lodged in jail.
Tlie Amite City regulators have not
disbanded it seems, though they have
been quiet of late. Tlie Gazette says:
“At about 9:30 o’clock Wednesday night
while there were yet a number of persons
out of their beds, ail equestrian masquer
ading party was observed parading tlie
streets of our town. A dance was in
progress at a residence, and as the party
rode by one of them called out “balance
all!” This attracted the attention of tlie
dancers, and some of the young men
went oof to get a lock nt the strangers.
It is said that they numbered thirty-two
and were all in uniform, tlie horses being
draped in white. Their presence created
no little excitement.”
NORTH CAROLINA.
Quite a lengthy petition of Winston
tobacconists lias been forwarded to con
gress asking for a repeal of the internal
revenue tax.
Air. Frank liege, of Twin City, has
two foxes. One of them is so trained
that by calling to him and telling it to
kiss him it w ill jump up and put her
mouth to his cheek.
—Tuesday morning of last week tlie w ife
of Mr. Julius Fox of Lexington, N. (’.,
attempted to kindle a tire by the aid of
kerosene. The can explodeed, her cloth
ing ignited aud before assistance could be
rendered, she was so cadly burned that
death resulted the sain - day. The de
ceased had just passed her eighteenth year
and leaves a child only three months of
age.
Winston Republican: From an ad join
ing county comes an instance of two
things—tlie power of money and the dis
regard of some men for the truth. A cer
tain person paid another individual $2 to
tell a lie. In a settlement between the
two upon some matter, before a magis
trate, tin- $2 was included in an itemized
hill, vz: “To telling a lie, $2,” and tlie
justice of the peace granted judgment
upon the same.
A.'.AH AM A.
Property has advanced some in and
around Scottsboro.
The Talladega warehouse company lias
declared a dividend of 8 per cent.
The Gadsden News and Times have
consolidated and w ill publish a daily.
Dr. B. B. Smith, of Larkinsville, lost
about $5,000 by t lie lire which burned
iiis storehouse and stock some days ago.
Coal has been discovered in Calhom:
county, in Alexandria valley, near An
niston. It is believed that this mine is
extensive.
The Incandescent electric light com
pany is locating its poles in Birmingham,
mid work will begin on the plant imme
diately.
A party of 125 Northern tourists
reached Tuskaloosa last Saturday, and
spent three or four hours looking at
points of interest in nnd around the
town.
Gadsden held an enthusiastic railroad
meeting last Friday night. In twenty
minutes $25,000 was subscribed to the
Anniston and Cincinnati railroad. The
prospect is tiatteiiirg for the early com
pletion of tlie road.
Mr. John Lawrence Louretta, one of
Mobile’s oldest and wealthiest citizens,
was sand-bagged while at Biloxi. Miss.,
Saturday night. He had gone down to
the Mobile bound train to give to tlie
conductor of tlie train the key to tlie
storeroom of his restaurant, ami had
I given the key to Conductor P. II Potter
I to be delivered ; then he started up the
I track toward the Wantress hotel, leaving
jI he train remaining at the station, l’res
| < ntly he found himself followed by three
i men. one of whom got in front of him
while tlie other two assaulted him behind
with a club. The man in front struck
I him across the face with a sand bag and
| Mr. Law renc j fell unconscious on tlie
i track. The men were then proceeding
I io relieve Mr. Lawrence of S4OO he had
ou his person when the passenger traiu
j came along.
j Whitrock (Jim Cummings) gave up
1 the coal business to go into the train
I robbing industry. The transition was
oasy from n liglit-weigb-man to a high
waymao
“MY COUNTRY MAY SHE KVKR BE RIQHT. RIGHT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY."—Jefferson.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1881.
LABOR STRIKERS.
it.ialoa. Miisaarhaselta. Rireel liars Tied
I p by Them.
The employes of the South Boston
horse railroad, at a meeting Monday
morning, voted unanimously to tie up tlie
roads, and in pursuance of the vote no
cars were taken out that morning. Tlie
men are opposed to tho present superin
tendent, and w ant ten hours’ work of a
t wolve hour day. The difficulty seems to
he chiefly in making out tables. The
company claims that it is impossible to
arrange them so as to give ten hours iu
siilc of twelve and tlie proper timo for
meals.
Tt e track layers nnd car repairers of
the South Boston road have joined the
strikers. After the determination to tic
up tin* road committees were at once ap
pointc I to patrol the streets and notify
all patrons of tlie road that there were no
cars running that morning, and to watch
the stublc.s and inform all of the employes
who appeared to go to work that their
brothers had decided upon a tie up.
Every man who voted to tie up also took
a pledge to al,stain from all intoxicating
liquors while the tie up might last.
During tlie morning every stable was
guarded by employes of the road to pre
vent morning ears being taken out. A
detachment of policemen was sent to tlie
stables to protect the property of the
road, and any men who might undertake
to run out a ear. Up to noon not a non
union man had appeared upon the scene
at either stable to take out a car.
The directors of the company met and
decided to advertise for men at once to
till tlie places of strikers. The dir-ctors
expressed themselves as determined to
tight tlie matter to the last.
AT WORCESTER, MASS.
Ail members of the Knights of Labor
now working in boot and shoo shops at
Worcester, Mass,, the proprietors of
which refuse to treat with committees of
labor organizations and state that they
will make terms with employes only as
individuals, have been ordered to quit
work to-morrow by the joint executive
board of the Knights of Labor. The or
der is intended to get out workmen who
are now at work on shoes filling orders.
If these orders arc not filled on time con
siderable loss will be caused, and to pre
vent this the exerutive board expect tlie
manufacturers will come to terms. The
manufacturers will wait, however, to sec
how strong the organization is before
they call for a conference.
A BIG FIRE IN MOBILE.
Property Conaidernb'y DitnißKed—One Man
Killed nnd Olliers .Hissing.
Afire at Mobile, Ala., Monday morn
ing destroyed tlie wholesale drug house
of M. T. Sprague & Cos., at No. 14 N.
Water street. Tlie building and stock
are a tolal loss. The loss on the build
ing is $8,000; insured for $5,000, and on
stock $20,000; insured for $12,000. Ad
joining buildings were slightly damaged.
A. Baructein .V- Co’s stock of boots and
shoes was damaged considerably hv
water, and is insured for $7,500. Dur
ing the progress of the fire, the rear wall
of (he Sprague building fell upon the
two-story brick next east and broke in
the roof and walls, which fell upon a
number of men engaged in removing a
stock of liquor therefrom, belonging to
James McDonnell. Tlie heavy barrels
and mass of brick which fell covered Mr.
McDonnell and killed him instantly.
Mr. McDonnell was head of the firm of
wholesale grocers of that name doing a
large business for a number of years on
Commerce street. Frank McLarny, mem
ber of the game firm, was seriously but
not fatally injured. Others are thought
to be under the mass of b ick.
A DUMMY BLOWN TO PIECES.
A Dynamite l x plosion in Srni l'rniiclsco
Destroys a Dummy Engine.
The Searcy street cable road in San
Francisco Cal., was the scene of another
dynamite explosion Sunday night. Just
as a train going west had reached the
c irner of Filmoro and Searcy streets, a
loud explosion occurred. The whole
side of the dummy was blown to splin
ters. There were no passengers ou it,
and the only passenger aboard, besides
the griptnan and conductor, was a police
man, who was detailed to discover ob
structions on the track. He was riding
on the front of the dummy, nnd his com
plete escape from injury, and that of the
gripman and conductor, are marvelous.
The conductor had stopped the cars a
minute before to permit a party of ladies
and gentlemen to leave. The concussion
was felt for the distance of a mile. The
wrecked dummy was quickly replaced by
anew one, and traffic was not interrupted.
There is no clue to the perpetrators of
the outrage.
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
Mach Htillering Among lit livings a
well iim Cntil*.
Specials from Dakota and Montana re
port accounts of heavy losses to stock
from heavy snows and long continued
cold The snow lias laid upon the ground
continuously since the middle of Novoin
ber, and it has been necessary to feed dur
ing the greater part of that time. Forage
is consequently so scarce that straw stacks
two or three years old are ticing bought
up for feeding purposes. Heretofore it
has been necessary to feed comparatively
little during the winter. A special from
Butte, Mont., says the cattle loss in Moil
tana, near Fort Assihi boinr. is estimat
ed at 75 per cent. Sixty dollars is ref us
ed for a ton of coal, and green widow pole
are selling at $lO a load. Flour and on
are also scarce.
LOCKOUT AT PIIII.ADEI.PH IA.
Monday morning tlie Clothing Ex
change of Philadelphia, Pa., carried out
its threat and tlie Clothing manufactur
ers composing that body closed the doors
to cutters who are Knights of Labor.
Tlie latter are defiant, nnd are determined
to right the employers to the end. The
lockout throws 1,000 cutters out of cm
ployment and fully ten times that nwin
ocr of others who depend on them for
employment.
A Bill PAPER MILL FAILS.
The Dennison Paper Company, of Mo
chanics’ Falls, Mo., has suspended. It
is supposed that the liabilities amount to
$450,000. The assets are the plant, mills
and pulp mill at Canton. Two years ago
the Dennisons got an act through tlie
the Legislature allowing them to form a
stock company and Lsue bonds. Since
then their condition has been prccauriuus,
but tho thing which hastened suspension
jysi a strike in the pulp mill at Canton,
AN ECCENTRIC MAN.
Tim Birmingham Crunk Again Loose In New
York l it t.
A New York special to tho Atlanta
f Constitution lias tins much to say of A.
8. Austin formerly of Birmingham A In.:
Mr, A. 8. Austin, tlie wealthy capitalist
of Birmingham, Ala., whose eccentrici
ties have caused general comment during
the past two or three weeks, has once
more come to the front. It appears that
a few years ago lie invested some money
in real estate in Birmingham, Ala. This
purchase proved so rich a speculation
through the industrial development, that
when he sold out last November, he found
himself in possession of a fortune csti
mated at between two and three hundred
thousand dollars. Since then it seems to
have hren liis object to get rid of his
money as speedily as possible Ills rela
tions, thinking him insane, have taken
steps to restrain him. To this course ho
lias made a violent protest in a communi
cation to an afternoon paper. In it lie
gives the story of his arrest and exami
nation for insanity.
Jinny remarkable stories are current
regarding him. He claimed to tell an
honest niun by looking him in tlie eye.
He one day walked up Broadway, with
his pocket overflowing with five dollar
gold pieces. Accosting strangers, gazing
, in their eyes, nnd if they passed his scru
tiny, slipping a gold piece into their
hand. He inserted tlie strange adver
tisements in tlie newspapers. One stated
that lie would speak of important mat
ters to the general puiilic, and would cn
’ gage the Metropolitan opera house for
the purpose. He frequently, it is alleged,
carried a satchel containing thousands of
dollars in greenbacks, aud was never par
ticular about receiving change for $lO
1 fills. It is supposed that his sudden ac
crued wealth turned his head. In many
respects he was perfectly rational.
A STEAMER ABLAZE
i'll" Slpansli'li I‘lierokee, oi tlie Ulyils
Line, Shakily Demitae'l Ox Fire.
Tlie steamship, Cherokee, of tlie Clyde
line, bound for New York, caught fire
after leaving the dock at Charleston.
Tuesday morning. The fire broke out
in the afterbold in cotton. The steamer
signalled tugs and was quickly redocked,
file fire department responded promptly
to the summons and the file was soon
under control. There was no panic ou
hoard, although there were about forty
pa-seiigeis. including a number of ladies.
The damage was slight. The fire was
completely extinguished in a few hours,
it occurred in a watertight compartment
of the afterhold and was confined to the
spot where it started. Tlie cause of the
lire is unknown. The damage to the
ship and her cargo was trifling. IV bile
flooding the hold, James Warren, tlie
ship’s quartermaster from Norfolk, Ya.,
was struck by a falling box and seriously
injured. Tlie passengers, with their
baggage, were sent nortli by rail.
WESTERN WEATHER.
The signal service reports extremely
cold weather in Northwestern Montana,
the mercury at Fort Assiaaboine regis
tering 46 degrees below zero at 7 o’clock
Wednesday morning. Throughout Da
kota, .Minnesota and Wisconsin it is con
siderably warmer, Northern Minnesota
points reporting zero weather, while at
St. Paul it is three degrees above zero,
: I.aCrosse, Wis., 11 degrees above, and
i Chicago 20 degrees above. Snow is re
ported throughout the Northwest, and
in nearly all tlie states north of the Oitio
river, also heavy thunderstorms at Knox
i ville, Tenn., Louisville and Cincinnati,
and the telegraph service throughout the
southwest is very much impaired in con
sequence.
THE SITUATION AT MASROW.AII.
The Republique Fiancnise of Paris,
publishes a dispatch from the Suez, which
states that in the battles between the
-Vbjssillians lU <J Italians; near Massowah,
January smv> oath, the Abyssinians
captured all the guns possessed bv tha
Italians. It also says that of 148 Italians
who were engaged iu the fights, not more
than fifty escaped. The dispatch adds
that the Italians have evacuated all tlicir
advanced positions, and that the Abyss
iuians have already attacked and carried
the first line of Italian entrenchments
around Massowah The latter success, it
is stated, was achieved by the Abissin
ians on the 27th of January, the day after
the destruction of tlie Italian forces in
the field, and the latest intelligence re
ceived indicated that it was doubtful
whether tlie Italians would lie able to
hold out at Massowah until the arrival of
reinforcements.
A NEW VOLUANO IN RUSSIA.
The inhabitants of Baku, the centre of
the great Russian petroleum wells, have
been much alarmed over a subterranean
explosion, which shook houses and caused
considerable damage. At the same time
a volcano burst out at Lokbatau, ten
miles distant from Baku. For two nights
the volcano threw a column of fire and
mud 300 feet high, illuminating tho
country for miles around. The mud
emitted during the eruption already lies
from seven to fourteen feet deep over a
full square mile of territory.
BURNED TO DEATH.
William Farris, employed by the Dela
ware iron works, Wilmington, Del , w is
made the victim of a practical joke
Thursday, by his fellow workmen, which
cost liis life. He was dozing at noon,
when one of his companions threw some
blazing cotton waste in his fac. It set
his clothes on fire, and he was burned so
badly lie died in a couple of hours. He
refused to tell who was responsible for
liis death, although ho knew.
A TRIPLE HANGING.
A mob of masked men, about thirty
five strong, entered tlie jail at Segnin,
Guadalupe county, Texas, Wednesday
morning, and aft’er overpowering the
jailer took three negroes. Coly Thomp
son, Andy Williams and Warren " ilson,
and hanged them to trees in full view of
the town. On each victim was tacked
this notice: “Killed for murder nnd.
irson.” None of the mob has been ar
rested.
NO HORSES TO BE EXPORTED.
The government of Russia has forbid
den the exportation of horses from that
country.
The French government has made
large purchases of Russian oats for the
use of tho French cavalry and has chart
ered a number of steamers to oonvey them
' rom B iritis ports to Frsaoi.
ACROSS THE WATERS.
Exvllcuivnl In the Lonilon Moek Ksclmn**—
Panic In London and Paris.
There was intense excitement on the
stock exchange all Thursday afternoon,
and at the close of the market a panicky
feeling prevailed. The unfavorable state
of flic market was due chiefly to reports
of heavy failures on the Furis bourse nnd
to a rumor that a large hanking institu
tion in Berlin had collapsed.
Panic on the stock exchange set in
with the greatest force in tho afternoon.
Earlier in tlie day English buying met
tlie continental rush to sell, but later
alarm seized English operators, and the
torrent of sellers became so great that
dealers refused to make prices. Tlie
wildest rumors were credited, and the
Irest home and foreign seeurietics were
largely sold. Business continued active
in the street until “petite bourse” quota
tions were received, which showed tlie
panic was intensifying on the continent
and caused depression and anxiety. At
the close the reckless selling of railroad
securities was partially checked by New
York buying, besides England, Berlin
and Paris threw large masses of stock ou
the market.
AT PARIS.
At Paris three per cent rentes declined
nnd were quoted at 76 francs, a fall of 2
francs and 45 centimes from the closing
quotations of the day previous.
Bourse opened depressed. Besides po
litical rumors and general financial mis
trust the suspension of all credit made
tho transaction of business almost un im
possibility. An opinion prevails iliat un
less the banks nnd great capitalists come
to the relief of the market, disastrous
failures are inevitable.
IRISH ITEMS.
The Limerick municipal council lias
refused to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee,
on the ground that the Queen has visited
Ireland only tw ice and lias never assisted
Irish charities.
Michcal Davitt and his wife arrived at
Dublin Thursday, nnd were enthusiastic
ally greeted. They were escorted to their
hotel by a torch-light procession and
hands of music.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Six NswWtrTcMfla to bo Constructed—The
I'oMtofllce Appropriation Hill.
Asa result of the consideration of tlie
various bills looking to the construction
of new naval vessels, the sub-committee
of the house committee on naval affairs
has drafted a bid which was laid befoie
the full committee, providing for the
construction or two steel cruisers of 40,-
000 tons burden of tho Newark type;
cost, exclusive of armament, of not more
than $1,300,000 each; to be equipped
with the best type of modern engines,
boilers and machinery; four steel gun
boats of 1,700 tons displacement. All of
the vessels are to be built as far as may
be in compliance with the terms of the
act of August 3, 1886. The bill appro
priates $2,400,000 to begin the work.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
reported by the senate committee on ap
propriations. The committee made but
two amendments. Tho first was Mr.
Frye’s proposition for the foreign mail
servico so changed ns to appropriate
$500,000 for tlie carriage of mails to
Brazil, Argentine Republic, Uraguny and
Paraguay. The contracts for this service
are made subject to the approval of con
gress. Tiie other amendment gives au
thority to put letter boxes in buildings
which are freely opened to the public
during business hours, modifying to that
extent the house piovision limiting the
authority of the department iu this re
spect.
The president has accepte 1 tlie resigna
tion of Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia,
consul-general nt St. Petersburg, but lias
not yet selected his successor.
MUTINY AMONG CONVICTS.
At tlie stockade for convicts on tho I
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(■ ash’s creek, four miles from Asheville,
N. (!., a mutiny of the prisoners occurred i
Monday ni_:lit. About forty of the hun
dred convicts stationed there refused to
retire for the night, and the officers who
went inside to adjust matters were stoned
from a band of rocks they had for some
time been accumulating. Tuesday morn
ing when ordered out to work they re
fused to do so, and defiantly cursed the
guard, composed of only ten men. Sixty j
of tlie convicts came out, the other forty
refusing. This placed the guards in a
dilemma. They tired over the heads of j
tlie defiant convicts, hut this only en
raged them the more, and they swore
they were not afraid of blank cartridges.
Small shot was procured and the guards
fired into the mutinous crowd and
wounded a number of them in the legs.
This brought them to terms, and several
of them were taken to the hospital.
A NEW PUNISHMENT.
V I ><> !, 31 irli. Srlioilnin*ter’* Oaculntory
Ih* ifor in u tin*.
A school teacher of Lyons, Mich., named
Ura I Guinn Rounds, lias been having a
high time with liis young indy pupils,
lie prescrib'd anew punishment in liis
c’iool, and inflicted it on the girls for tho
-lightest infraction of the rules, it con
sisted iu kbsing them. Some of the fair
pupils objected more than others, nnd
tlie -ic Rounds encircled with liis arms,by
way of extra punishment, and gave them
i harder kissing. Mr. Rounds’ fun has
now been stopped. The trustees of the
school (out of envy, Rounds says) have
preferred seven different charges against
the osculatory teacher, who will lie re
moved. He admits tne kissing and says
it was all done for fun.
A NEW PLAN ADOPTED.
It is stated that the next step to be
taken by the leaders of the strike is to
put into operation tho Irish plan of cam
paign—that is, orders will be issued to
all members of the Knights of Labor and
other organizations which can be con
trolled by district assembly 49, to refuse
to pay any rent to landlords, but to pay
rent money into a fund which will go to
thq support of the strikers. This plan
has been dhrussed in seriousness by the
strikers, aim it is asserted, positively, by
some that it will be put into operation
next Monday.
DIR X POKTW '
The gold exports this year was ordered
Tuesday by Iljddfribaeh. lekelheimcr A
Cos., who have Taxon $300,000 in gold
bars from the assay office for shipment to
Europe. This was a decided surprise.
There is uo apparent reason for such a
shipment, and it is concluded it " s to
servo some special purpose.
THE COTTON REPORT.
rbe qualify at the Mlai'li' la Kcpnrtcd Ha*
parlor. Tift* Prior oi lprd la l.ow.
The final report of tlie cotton crop for
1886 allows the average date of closing
tlie picking season, tlie proportion of
the crop marketed on the 1-t rtf Feb
ruary, tne quality of the staple, price of
seed, and the estimated product com
pared with that of 1885.
Tlie close of picking is reported the
same as last year in the Carolinas and
Texas; one flay earlier in Mississippi;
two days later in Georgia nnd Louisiana:
four in Tennessee and twenty-one in Ar
kansas. The dates are: North Crrolina,
December 2d; South Carolina, Novem
ber 30th; Georgia, December Ist;
Florida, Novcmlier 27th; Alabama. De
cember 2d; Mississippi, December 7th;
Louisiana, December 12th; Texas, De
cember 3d; Arkansas, December 15th.
The late maturing of tlie crop extended
the season slightly in a few states. Only
in Arkansas was the season lengthened
by inability to pick the heavy harvest
earlier.
Up to February 1. 1885, about 5,500, -
000 bales had gone from the plantations.
This would indicate a crop of about 0,-
400,000 bales, a mere trifle above the
November indications of the rate of
yield.
The proportion by states are as fol
lows: North Carolina, 87; South Caro
lina, 88; Georgia, 85; Florida, 83; Ala
bama, 87; Mississippi, 84; Louisiana,
83; Texas, 80; Arkansas, 81; Tennessee,
83.
The quality of the crop is superior.
Rarely, if ever, have the returns of
cleanness nnd color combined with the
length of staple, equaled these just re
ceived.
The price of seed is low. Complaint
is made of combinations of oil millers
to reduce tlie prices. Renters will sell
at any price, sometimes as low as five
or eight cents per bushel. Hie best
planters refuse to sell at ruling rates.
The average in Mississippi and Louis
iana is ten cents, eleven in Arkansas,
twelve in Texas and Tennessee, thirteen
in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama,
and sixteen in Florida. Feeders of rat
tle aud sheep pay the highest rates.
The product is larger than last year in
Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas and
Texas and smaller in other states. The
average result from a careful analysis of
tlie present returns, is an aggri gate less
than two per cent lower than that of last
▼car.
THE BOSTON STRIKE.
Tlie Committee of tlie Director* Kefune to
Koiuatnte tlie Striker*.
A committee of South Boston
strikers met directors of Tliursday
afternoon, but failed to reach a settle
merit, and a second c inference was held
that night with tlie same result. The
men made the proposition that they
would return to work if they were taken
back in a body, but tlie directors refused
to bind themselves by any such agree
ment, They consented, however to take
back twenty-five more men than they
actually needed, but this was unsatisfac
tory. It is generally understood that the
company will attempt to run cars either
tomorrow or Saturday, and the present
temper of the men indicates that trouble
w ill attend the attempt.
On the Cambridge road matters are
practicnlly unchanged. Oneortwo eases
of intimidation of new men by strikers
are reported, but there has been u i seri
ous trouble. The company has employed
about 150 new men, but no attempt has
yet been made to start a car, and it is not
known when there will be.
WAS NOT HURT.
A X on ill Nine Yrnrs of A*e Walks oil a Mov
ina Train.
On board the Panhandle fast train
Thursday were Mrs. T. Andrews, of
Newport. Ky., with four young children.
On reaching Zenia at five o'clock she
roused from a doze to find that her boy,
Charley, nine years old, was missing.
The train was S.'iuiaa finding
him. The mother was frantic with fear,
for it was supposed he had fallen off. A
locomotive was procured and the con
ductor and a passenger hoarded it to
search for the hoy. It was very dark,
hut a strong light was placed on the en
gine, and, moving slowly, the searchers
looked carefully on both sides of the
track, expecting to find a mangled body.
But to tlicir surprise, after going about
eight miles, they found the child, with
out a scratch or bruise, crouched in a
fence corner, waiting for day light. He
could give uo explanation, and is sup
posed to have walked oil the train in his
sleep. The mother broke down when a
telegram told her he was found nnd un
hurt.
A VESSEL SUNK.
A Si<‘i,insr A u chared ht New York Harbor Is
Struck by Ire and Sinks,
The British steamer AVells City, while 1
anchored off pier 56, Thursday, was
struck by a heavy field of ice coming
down the river ou the outgoing tide,
which caused her to drag anchor. She
had uo steam on and was helpless. She
drifted a mile and a half, until she ran
broadside on tlie bow of the Morgan line
steamer Lone Htar, which was also at an
chor in mid stream. The cut-water of
the Lone Star struck the Wells City just
abaft the engine room and cut a hole in
her largo enough to admit a two-horse
truck, and she sank iu twenty miuutos.
Those on board escaped in their own
bouts. The Lone Star had all she could
do to save herself, but finally got up
•steam and ran behind a pier. She suf
fered only a few hundred dollars' damage.
The Wells City is anew vessel, valued at
$150,009, and had a cargo valued at
$140,000. both fully insured on the other
side of the Atlantic. The Wells City’s
masts and smoke stack arc visible above
the water, opposite Christopher street.
A FAMILY MURDERED.
Joseph Plews, a farm hand, was ar
rested Thursday for the mur erof the en
tire Dunham family, near Warsaw, Ind.
He is iu jail at Warsaw, and the neigh
bors of the murdered family threaten to
lynch him. Dunham’s pocketbook and
$81) in money were found in Plow’s pock
ets He was employed by Dunham, and
two weeks ago they quarreled and Plow
was discharged. When he left he threat
ened t ' get even with Dunham. A part
of Dunham's scalp was found trampled iu
the mud, which disproves the theory of
suicide. .Mrs. Dunham isgrowing strong
er, hut is still unconscious. Durham
ami his child were buried in one grave
today,
NUMBER 13.
THE WORLD S WAY.
At Harmin'! court it chanced upon a time,
An Arab poet node thin pleasant rhyme:
"The netr moon is a horseshoe, wrought of
God,
Wherewith the Kultan's stallion shall be
shod.”
On hearing this, his Highness smiled, and
gave
The man a gold-piece. Bing again, O slave I
Above his lute the happy singer bent,
And turned another graceful compliment,
And, a liefore, tho smiling Sultan gave
The man a sokkah. King again, O slave!
Again the verse came, fluent as a rill
Tiiat wanders, silver-footod, down a hill.
The Hultan, listening, nodded as before,
Htill gave the gold, and still demanded more,.
The nimble fancy that had climbed so high
Grew woary with its climbing by and by:
Strange discords rose; the sense went quite
amiss;
The singer s rhyiuos refused to meet and kiss:
Invention flagged, the lute had got unstrung,
And twice ho sang tho song already sung.
The Sultan, furious, called a mute, and said:
“O Mu-ta. straightway whip me off his
head !*
Poets! notin Arabia alone
You get beheaded when your skill is gone.
— T. B. Aldrich.
Pirn AND_ POINT.
The world owca us all a living; but
the great difficulty is to collect it.—
Puck.
Harvard boys call tho female depart
ment of the Lniversty the “Ann X.”—■
Umlington Free Prent.
The greatest reformer of the a°;e was
the inventor of the bustle, which has re
formed nearly every woman.—Philadel
phia llerahl.
“Doctor,” said the friend, stopping
him on tho street, “what do you take for
a heavy cold;” “A fee,” replied the
doctor softly, and so passed on.—Bur
dette.
She—“ Yes, we had a splendid time
last summer. Four other Vasiar girls
and 1 took a tramp through the Adiron
dneks.” He—“ Did the tramp have a
good time?”— Life.
Now doth tbeoM folks buz tho fire,
Their shivering to smother,
While safe with u the parlor, snug,
The young folks hug ea 'll ot her.
Washington Critic.
“What is a hero?” asks an exchange.
A hero is a man who can pass a crowd
of boys engage 1 in making snowballs
without turning his head to make sure
that they have no design on him. —New
Jlncrn News.
There was a missionary concert at a
Rockland church the other evening, and
among other things was a paper on mis
sionary work read by a young lady.
When she had finished the leader of the
meeting said: “We will now sing ‘Hal
lelujah, ’Tis Done.’” Whereat every
body smiled. —Uocilatol Courier-Gazette.
WOOD BUT NOT WON.
He stands liesido the open door
In garmonts poor and thin,
And yet 1 do admire him more
Than those that fortune win.
liis look is manly, aud his eye
Is shining fier.-o and bright—
I love to saunter idly by—
He's such a manly sight.
His limbs are stout and nobly planned,
His brow is hieh an l fair,
Alone this splendid youth doth stand
Beside the thoroughfare.
Had I the power Pygmalion had
With every nerve Id plan
To bring to life that noble lad—
My wooden Indiau!
— Cleveland Sun and Voice.
The Value of Foreign Cains.
The Director of the Mint has estimated
and the Secretary of the Treasury has
proclaimed the values of the foreign
coins of the world, to be taken in esti
mating tlie value of all merchandise iin
poited into the United states. The prin
cipal changes trm the circular of last
year are in the values of silver coins, tKe
price of sil er having declined from sn
average of $1.038141 per ounce fine to
$1.00137, the latter being the average
price of silver in London for the three
months ending December 31, 1886, a de
cline of over three cents an ounce.
Tho values of the following coins
have been changed : Austria, florin, from
37.1 to 35.9; Bolivia, boliviana, from
75.1 to 72.7; Ecuador, sucre, from 75.1 to
72.7; India, rupee from 35.7 to 34.6;
Japan, silver yen, from 81 to 78.4; Mexi
co, dollar, from 81.6 to 79; Peru, sol,
from 75.1 to 72.7; Russia, ruble, from
60.1 to 58.2; Tripoli, malibub, fr in 67.7
to 65.6; United States of Colombia,
peso, from 75.1 to 72.7. The monetary
unit of Kcuador was changed by tho de
cree of March 22, 1884, from the “peso’
to tho “sucre,” aud the monetary unit
of I gypt was changed by the decree of
November 11, 1885, from the “ piastre ”
to tho “ pound.” The standard of Japan
is given in the nexv circular as double in
stead of single silver as heretofore, and
the value of the gold yen and the silver
yen are given separately. Japan has nom
inally a gold standard, but practically
silver is the money of account.
Men of 240.000 Years Ago.
If the claims of the old descent were a
usti liable source of pride, the human
race would feel elated this morning on
being a-sured by the wise men of the
British association that authentic proof
lias In ca discovcied in some Welsh caves
that men, sufficiently developed from the
ape to manufacture Hint implements, ex
isted on this planet 240,000 years ago.
To us it is a melancholy reflection that
we should have taken so prod'gious a
time to attain so small a result. Even
when the duration of the race is limited
to sis thousand years of liisto-y, theout
co i e can hardly be considered as satis
faetoiy, and thcro is something pro
foundly depressing in the sudden addi
tion of a series of ancestors who spent
212,000 years in marking time, indeed,
but in making no other mark in the
world. Pall MV. Gazette.
Depth of American Lakes.
A recent note in the Chicago Tribunt
called attention to ( rater Lake of Ore
gon, as being the deepest lake in the
l u ted State The current literature
shows au extended discussion on this
po'nt with some suggestive data. The
fol.o ing tible of depths is given b
Mr. Joan 1.0 Conte in beitnee:
Hight above Qrtate.- >
frame of Lake. the am level, depth
R iperior 609 1,010
M k ing i u Mi 864
1' nr li .. 552 105
Er e MS SB4
' ntnr0......,. 241 108
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