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VOLUME XXII.
m Borgia Enterprise.
A progressive Democratic paper, pnb-
I lihliccl weekly at Covington, Newton
■ County, Georgin. Terms, $1.50 per an
■ umn, strictly in advance. Established
O toiler 28th, 1866. Burnt ont on
August, ttlst, 1881, and again on Docem-
r .'list, 1883. Both times it went down
■in aslus without any insurance.
Tn t; E.vrßßrmsß is an uncompromising
I advocate of the principles of the organized
Jr and living Democracy of to-day.
L While it grants e<ptal justice to all
'; men Before the law, it holds this to b* a
White Man’s Government, belonging to
fcim by tlio right of discovery—be
fneathed to him by the blood and suffer
mg of tho Fathers. None but Anglo-
Kaxon names weie signed to the Declara
; lion of Independence, and none but
■white men blod and died to wrench tho
■colonies from England's cruel grasp, to
■ establish tho proud young Republic of
■ A mo lies.
I Upon these issues tho paper is wiling
■to go before tho public, asking no other
hi support than that which its merits de
serve. The paper will bo free and ont
spoken on all questions of public interest,
snd will not endeavor to accomplish the
ridiculous feat of “running with the hare,
snd baying with the hounds.”
r In other words, The Enterprise will
Hot be a “fence rider” in any of the po
litical campaigns. Those who desire a
live newspaper, are earnestly requested
■ o give it a trial.
[ 8. W. HAWKINS, Editor.
* SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTEB GATHERED
( FROM VARIOUS BECTIONB.
GEORGIA.
Mr. J. B. Hunt, of Houston county,
has a hog tusk large enough for him to
keep an account on.
■ Anew postoffice has been established
in Ware county, called Sappville, named
after Frank Sapp.
■. The horses of Uglcthorpe have escaped
the glanders so far. The disease has
Ween raging terribly in tome adjoining
bounties.
ft The contract for building the new
Catholic church in Washington has been
let to Mr. W. J. Norton, at twenty-five
hundred dollars.
■ Dave Reeves, colored, was found guilty
-of manslaughter in Dodge superior court
Hmd sentenced to nine years in the peni
tentiary.
B The citizens of Oconee county think
the appropriation of SB,OOO recommend
ed by the grand jury of their county, is
too small to give them as good a court
ljlcmsc as they should build.
B, The cadets of the Gainesville college
have received their uniforms, guns and
accoutrements, and will soon make their
ihppearancc on the streets ns n regularly
•organized militia company.
I It turns out that Stephen Felker was a
■tar wealthier man than was even supposed
during his lifetime. In the old safe
which he had long used there was found,
time after his death, $50,000 Sev
eral thousands of the money in gold coin
had been there for ten years or more.
Mr. Fclker’s estate will doubtless aggre
gate SIOO,OOO,
| William Kelly, a white man who lias
for the past two years been employed at
the Griltin cotton mills, was arrested by
'Officer Parmalee on the charge of lunacy.
*j?he officer was sent for by some of the
jjcople at the factory, who informed him
that Kelly had left home in a crazy con
dition carrying an ax with him, and it
Ws feared that he might do injury to
someone,
''‘The store house of Bishop & Prichard,
in Coweta county, was broken into last
Thursday night. . The store was carefully
closed by the thieves, and Mr. Bishop
did not know until he opened the back
door that anything was wrong, but to his
sttrprise found his safe door blown oil its
hinges and the contents of the safe lying
halter skelter. Three hundred and fifty
dollars in money, several suits of clothing,
shies, .valises and several other articles
wfcrc taken by the thieves.
The Habersham grand jury found no
bill against John M. Sisk, who killed a
man by the name of Parker last year, lie
had a commitment trial and was commit
ted’to jail, but the evidence did not
justify such action, according to the ver
dict of many who heard the evidence.
It. was shown in the evidence that Sisk
was hunted down by Parker, and several
other men, and surrounded the house in
which he was, with an expressed deter
mination to kill him. Sisk fired and
killed Parker. It was a just case of self -
defense.
m DEFYING OFFICERS.
Ares Wen Reiilst Arrest and Are Shot
Down.
A special from Montgomery, Alabama,
last Sunday to the Atlanta Constitution
says: Further particulars of the bloody
tragedy which occurred at Mount Meigs,
Frip:iy morning, have been received.
The sheriff's posse of six officers went to
thclhome of James 9. Sidney, colored,
who was wanted for grand larceny, and
who had previously openly defied the
offifcis The posse found Sidney and
hUSJwo stepsons barricaded in their house
and armed with shotguns and axes.
Depuly Parks, who led the posse, called
Sidney nnd told him to surrender quickly
M tin officers were determined to take
him. Sidney replied that he would kill
or be killed before he would surrender.
Thfl officers then forced the door open,
and the shooting began. Two of the
officers shot Sidney and he fell dead. The
two) stepsons were both wounded, one in
thjmace and the other in the thigh.
After the melee ended, it was found that
the negroes were armed with two shot
gun* and five axes. Neither of the olli
cere were hurt. The boy shot in the
tux will lose an eye, and the other's
•bunds are various. An inquest was
4Wd and the officers released. Sidney’s
Sally was a terror to the community
Hkre thev tired.
The Georgia Enterprise.
FROZEN NORTHWEST.
! WOH MELTING ASI> FLOODING
TIIE ItIVEII VALLEI'S.
' Terrible Nrrnr. In lliikola— Kiiilgriilltt in
tlie Snow—t llrnvt* Iteacun.
A dispatch from Bismarck Dakota,
under date of last Sunday says: There
is a furious blizzard raging to-night, and
the air is so thick with snow that it is
impossible to see across tho street. Relief
parties which were sent out this morn
ing, and about whose safety the greatest
concern was felt, came back this after
noon, one boat bringing “Dutch Mike"
and Thomas Whitley, taken from a shack,
where they had been for nearly twenty
lour hours, and the yawl bringing 11.
McCarty and .wife and C. A. Heal, found
on a little mound opposite Fort Lincoln
with water within six inches of them. In
sin h a blinding storm the return of the
boats is little short of miraculous. The
report of the drowning of Superintend
ent Graham, on the Mandnn side cannot
be verified here, as there is no communi
cation. There is no icc running in the
river, which indicates thut the gorge is
still holding above. The Buford rise of
thirty feet cannot get here before tomor
row. The train from the cast to-day
brought more emigrants, and there are
now over 190 here. The Northern Pacific
is returning cast passengers, who desire
it, free.
THE WEATHER GROWING COLDER.
The published statement that the
Northern Pacific river warehouse in Bis
marck was full of good3 for the up river
is a mistake, the goods linving been re
moved in anticipation of the high water.
The high trestle of the Northern Pacific
bridge will require but three or four days
to repair. Word reached Bismarck to- 1
night that a whole family had probably
perished, or is still held captive at a point I
30 miles above. Parties at Painted
Woods have been telegraphed to go to
the rescue. It is getting colder.
The Missouri liver is still on the ram
page. The Buford rise reached Bismarck
to-day, and the water is flowing over the
prairie at a greater depth and more ter
rible speed than ever. The stream has
risen a foot here to-day, which is equal
to rise of over twenty feet in the upper
river, as the water is spread out over a
stretch of country six miles wide.
The fearful blizzard has abated and
left over six inches of snow throughout
the Northwest. This will add to the
flood, and as the sun has come out warm, !
the tributaries of the Missouri are already
growing from the melting snow.
THE PERIL OF THE PEOPLE.
The rescuing parties that made the
wonderful journey into the lowlands yes
terday, and saved the lives of six men
and one woman who were perched upon
the tops of houses and in trees, are the
heroes of the day. A telegram from Fort
Lincoln yesterday announced that ihe
people could bo seen from that point
standing on the hay stacks and in the
trees, and unless they were rescued they
would perish in the flood. If is referred
to in the Lincoln dispatch, although
many claim that the country directly op
posite the fort is settled, and numerous
inhabitants of the flooded district are
still in danger, if not swept away. A re
port also comes from tlie north to the ef
fect that at Painted Wood, the settlers
liavo been in the trees and on the hay
stacks for two days and relief parties
have been sent to that point. The report
that Superintendent Graham, of the
Northern Pacific road,has been drowned,
has been denied, and it is learned that
tlie rumor grew out of his attempt to
come to Bismarck Friday evening. The
gorge at Sibley Island remains firm, and
all efforts to remove it are vain. If the
present state of affairs should remain a
week, the Missouri would have a perma
nent channel cut across the county at
least two miles east of its old course.
The ice is flowing freely today, and is be
lodgod in blocks of from a rod to aquar
ter of a mile in length on the farms and
meadow land of the settlers. The North
ern Pacific trestle has not been repaired,
and it is impossible for the company to
work upon the structure on account of
the floating icc.
RUNNING FROM TIIE WATERS.
So rapidly did the flood rise at Painted
Wood that two families, including five
children, started to pack their household
goods preparatory to moving back from
the stream. Their houses were located
on the low land, and before they got
ready to start the water was within six
feet of their houses. They then started
but were compelled to go through the
low land a quarter of a mile before they
could reach Buttes, their house being on
the highest point in the locality. No
sooner did the water reach that height,
than it swept down into the low land,
and for over a quarter of a mile the hor
ror stricken people were pursued by the
rushing waters. Before they reached
the high land, they were overtaken, and
for the last four rods were compelled to
wade through three feet of water. One
of the children had to be carried a long
distance.
Another train load of passengers ar
rived in from east today, and will be
sent back free if desired.
VIRGINIAS 1X!)KHTI!I)NE8S.
At Richmond a caucus of the demo
cratic members of legislature of Virginia
was held Monday night and spent three
hours in the discussion of various meas
ures presented at this session, looking to
a settlement of the state debt. The cau
cus agreed not to take a vote on any
question till all who wished had an op
portunity to express their views on the
subject. A majority of those who spoke
Monday night favored the constitutional
amendment proposed by Senator Rlieu,
which provides that all bonds not funded
in new threes by the time such amend
ment is ratified by the people shall be
forever barred, and prohibiting all future
legislation looking to their payment.
The caucus adjourned till Wednesday.
NEW TRIAL REFUSED
The supreme court of appeals of Vir
ginia, at Richmond, has rendered a de
cision in the case of Holmes B Pnryear,
convicted of the murder of his wife by
poison, in Didwiddle county in June,
1885. The prisoner, when brought tq a
trial, asked for a change of venue on ac
count of prejudice against him in Din
widdle. This was granted, and be was
tried in Prince George county, was con
victed of murder in the first degree, and
sentenced to be hanged October 39th of
the same year. The decision of the su
preme court sustains the judgment of
the lower court, and Pnryear will bo
hanged oa a day to be hereafter fixed.
FROM WASHINGTON.
I.ctitir lo Acting Hecrelarv of lie Trmaurv
Itiiml Lull Other ltcnm.
Tho acting secretary of the treasury
has received a letter from Deputy Collec
tor Spencer, at Tampa, Florida, saying
that for weeks past several persons, prom
inently identified with the former filibus
tering expedition to Cuba, have been
1 congregated at Ybor city, adjoining
Tampa, some of whom, he says, came
from New York and others from New
Orleans and (’uha. Acting upon stand
ing instructions from the department,
and with a belief that the men meant to
send an expedition from Punto Gordu,
i arrangements were made with the collec
tor at Key West, and with the com
mander of a revenue cutter at that port
to prevent their doing so. The suspecte t
men made themselves very offensive to
the cigar manufacturers at Ybor city, in
terfering with the employes, aud threat
ening bodily harm to Martinez, Ybor A
Cos., if they did not pay them a certain
sum of money. The manufacturers at
once appealed to the citizens of Tampa
for protection, and a committee of citi
zens waited on the filibusters and ordered
them to leave the town. All left quietly
except two of tlie party who arc confined
in jail at Tampa, Fla., for a murder com
mitted ut Ybor some time previous. This
action on the part of the citizcas had a
good effect.
Deputy Collector Spencer says the at
tempt lias evidently been abandoned anil
that it is not likely that any more efforts
will be made to start a similar expedition
from that neighborhood lor some time to
come.
THE BOND CALL,
Another call for three per cent bonds
for redemption, the 148tli, has been is
sued. It matures on May Ist. Follow
ing is a description of the bonds:
SSO original No. 17 to original No. 23,
both inclusive.
SIOO original No. 157 to original No.
351, both inclusive.
SSOO original No. 66 to original No.
148, both inclusive.
SI,OOO original No. 767 to original No.
1,221, both inclusive.
SIO,OOO original No. 1,912 to original
No. 2,885, both inclusive.
Original No. 23,778 to original No.
23,797, both inclusive.
Total $10,000,000.
Three months interest due May 1, 1887,
on the above described bonds will not be
paid by the checks forwarded to holders
of bonds, but will be paid by checks for
warded to holders at the time of presen
tation. Parties holding bonds called by
the circular can obtain immediate pay
ment with interest to date of presenta
tion by requesting the same in a letter
forwarding the bonds for redemption.
FOR OCR DEFENSE.
Bids were opened at noon Tuesday in
the office of the secretary of the navy for
1,310 tons steel gun forging and 4,500
tons steel armor plate for the completion
of vessels now under construction by the
department. The bid for 1,800 tous gun
forging were as follows: Cambria Iron
company, $851,513.90; Midvale Steel
company, $1,397,240; Bethlehem Iron
company, $902,230.79. For steel armor
plate about 4,500 tons, there were but
bids as follows: Bethlehem Iron com
pany, $3,610,707.50; Cleveland Rolling
Mill company, $4,021,560. The propo
sals of the Bethlehem company were ac
companied with a memorandum stating
that the prices named wen based on the
condition set out in the advertisement
of their bids to cover both armor plate
and gun forging and should therefore re
ceive preference, all things being equal.
THE B. AND 0. EXPRESS CO.
Tlicy Manage to Scoop lhe East Tennessee
Synt em
it is officially announced that the Hal
timore and Ohio Express company have
scooped the express franchise of tlie East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia sys’cin.
Several weeks since a trusted agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio came south and
made a careful examination of the ex
press business on the East Tennessee sys
tem. When he made his report, negotia
tions were at oneo begun, which culmi
nated in the deal being closed, and
on May Ist the Baltimore and Ohio ex
press will be placed on all the lines of
the great southern railway system, and
the Southern Express company will
withdraw.
The scoop of the franchise was a great
victory for the Baltimore and Ohio, and
will give them 2,300 miles of road on
which their express will operate. It will
give them entrance to all the leading
southern cities, and their hold in the
south is now firmly established. This
scoop gives color to the rumor relative to
the consolidation of the Richmond and
West Point Terminal system with that of
the Baltimore and Ohio, and leads to the
belief that the latter deal has been con-
Bumatcd.
THE ANNISTON LAND CO.
Two Comp auies Want to Hear tlie Name—
An Injunct.on Case.
A bill Ims been filed in the city court
of Birmingham, Ala., by the Anniston
lan l company against Roden ct al., who
bought out Oxanna land company some
time ago, and organized another corpora
tion under said name of Anniston land
company, to enjoin the defendants from
using their names on the ground that the
name is the property of the complainants
who organized under that name some
three years ago, mid because such other
corporation is not in fact an Anniston
corporation, not identified at all with
Anniston, and its putting otT its stock on
unwary parlies over its actual values, is
an injury to the Anniston land company
and a deception and a wrong to the pub
lic. The complain Hits corporation is not
the Anniston city land company which
was recently organized in Anniston, but
a company formed some years ago by
some gentlemen of Talladega who bought
.onsidcrable property in Anniston and so
arc identified with Anniston, while the
Oxanna concern ws.s bought and is si ill
owned chiefly in Birmingham.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS
Washington D. C., —Collections of in
ternal revenue during the first eight
months of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1887, weie #74,248,808, being $917,007
less than the collections during the cor
responding period of the last fiscal year.
There was a decrease of $3,735,596 in
receipts from spirits, an increase of $989,-
270 on tobacco, an increase of $1,373,*
798 on fermented liquors, an inc rease of
$14,908 on miscellaneous objects and a
decrease of $54,794 on penalties. Rc
eeipts for February, 1887, were $80,003
lew than receipts for the same month of
1880.
"MY COUNTRY MAT 811 K EVER BE RIQIIT. RIOUT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY."—Jrfor*m
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL I, 1881,
IN THE FLAMES.
I VVA ILI NO SCENES AT A FI HE IN
HVFFALO , N. Y.
Ovrr Thirty Mira l.ont In the FI re -The
Mnrrli \\ lihlh I mu (lie Miml l lamca-
Pnriiul l.im of tlioMo lulled.
Fire was discovered at 3:30 o’clock
Friday morning in the Richmond hotel,
at Buffalo, N. Y. Tlie building was sit
uated at the corner of Maine and Eagle
streets, extending through to Washing
ton. The origin of the fire is not as yet
known. Win. 11. Alpcrt, night clerk,
says:
“The fire started in tho cloak room
under the main stairway at 3:50 o’clock.
There was nobody up hut myself, Joe,
the night porter, and Plummer, and boll
hoy. I pulled all four of the fire alarms
on the different floors, and the people
came flying down stairs in their night
clothes. The fire followed the stairways
and elevator, mid inside of five minutes
reached the toop floor. I rushed out of
doors after doing all I could.”
The spread of the flames is said to have
been frightful in its rapidity. The ele
vator shaft served as a flue for the flames
and they rushed up it to the top floor.
The house contained a large uumber of
guests, and their heartrending shrieks
could plainly be heard. Ladders were
raised Jand as many as possible saved.
A large number of guests were unable to
effect tlicir escape. At 4 o’clock the en
tire Richmond hotel, St. James hall and
other property in the block were doomed
to speedy destruction. The whole place
burned like a tinder box, the corridor in
tlie center of the building acting as a
great funnel and the flames streamed up
wards. The guests found themselves
IMPRISONED BY A WALL OF FIRE.
The screams of the guests could be
heard for blocks. At many windows
could lie seen the guests in their night
clothes, calling loudly for help. At third
story window two guests were seen by
the crowd to fall back into the flames.
One man jumped from the fifth floor to
the roof of a two story wooden building
adjoining. lie was seriously injured.
The wife and daughter of Mr. Mann,
one of the proprietors,were badly burned,
but are in private quarters. A number
of other injured persons are also being
cared for at private houses. There were
many narrow escapes and a number of
instances of personal bravery and self
sacrifice by both inmates of the hotel and
firemen rescuers.
The following is a list of those known
to have perished in the flames:
Katie Kent, servant; Minnie Kelly,
servant; Katie Pierce, servant; Wilson
Purcell, of R. G. Dun <fc Cos.; Mark Os
borne, day clerk at the hotel; Johnson,
a Toronto, railway man; Kate Wolf, of
Lock port, servant.
The dying arc:
Jacob Kahn, New York; Henry B.
Rumsev. New York; Maggie Muhlach,
Buffalo; Mary Nolan, Buffalo; Edward
Whelan, Newburgh.
Many others were lost, but it is impos
sible to get a full list of their names.
It is an undoubted fact that at least thirty
persons perished. The total damage to
property is estimated at about $400,000.
STEALING COTTON.
Twenty-live Rule. Rlnnpprnr nnd Are
Htibft,.qiiPMl7 Found.
A case somewhat startling was beard
before a justice of Columbia, 8. C.,
Wednesday morning. Several days pre
vious a freight car of the Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta railroad,on a siding,
was found emptied of twenty five bales
of cotton. After a consultation with
railroad officials suspicion fell upon Ben
jamin F. Turner, yardmaster of the com
pany. He was accordingly arrested. He
stoutly declared his innocence. Sixteen
bales of the cotton have been found in
the ginhouse of Joseph Taylor, a colored
man living in the southern portion of the
city. The marks on these bales have
been obliterated. Taylor says he hauled
this cotton to the ginhouse at the request
of Turner. A car lock and a railroad
lantern were traced *o Taylor’s possession.
It also came out by Taylor’s statement
that he had three bales in his carriage
house. He claims to have put them there
by Turner’s order.
Turner is about 38 years old, married,
and lie has hitherto borne an excellent
character. He has been employed by
the railroad about three years. Taylor
was prominent in the lieydey of radical
ism in South Carolina. He was never
bitter. lie is now an extensive dealer in
wood and coal, making money. The
present indications point to Turner’s dis
charge, and to Taylor’s commitment for
trial. The case has excited unusual in
terest, and the result is awaited with
some eagerness. Both defendants are
out on bail.
A WEALTHY CELESTIAL.
tie Wenrs 81.000.000 Worth of Diamond.
While being Elinlogruiilied.
Mr. Chang Yen Iloon, Chinese ministei,
sat for some photognaphs Thursday. Ho
was accompanied by his interpreter and
two or three lady friends who were anx
ious to see tlie operation. His servants
carried up to the photographer's room
two or three trunks and several smaller
cases, in which were ton or a dozen
changes of costume. The minister was
"done” in each of there and in as many
different positions. He wore a silk cap,
in the center of which was a lurge dia
mond, about the size of a hazel nut. The
cap fitted so closely that the diamond
looked like a huge star set in liis skull.
From the cap floated a long peacock
feather.
Around his neck was a necklace of
three chains, each of which was about a
yard long composed of precious stones,
every sixth of which was a diamond.
His interpreter, one of the party, said
the aggregate value of the jewels which
adorned the person of the representative
of the “flowery kingdom” was about a
million dollars. The different costumes
were composed of the richest silks and
satins embroidered with solid gold and
trimmed with lhe richest furs. Mr.
Chang Yen Iloon Is said to be the richest
man in China.
A I.ARHK FAC I ORY Ft.lt ATHFNft.
A compauy has been organized in Ath
ens, Ga., for the purpose of establishing
a large factory for the manufacture of
sash, doors, blinds and building material
generally. They have already on hand
a paid up capital of $15,000 and .an in
crease it to $50,000 if necessary. The
laud has been purchased ou which to
erect this factory and it will not be many
weeks before dirt will be brokett. It
will be ud the line of the Northeastern.
SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.
A llnlpl Alan of 4-nHnlln, Tran., Elope,
with Itla Wife's Mlstrr.
Gallatin, the county seat of Sumner
county, Tenn., was thrown iuto a state of
excitement Tuesday when it became
known that Charles Moseley, proprietor
of tlie Simile house, and Miss Mollie
Phillips, his wife’s sister, had disap
pnrcu. They left town iu a hack, but
toe direction they took was not known.
The police authorities of Nashville were
notified, but not having utiy authority for
tlie arrest of the couple did not endeavor
to find their whereabouts. Moseley cre
ate.' ’ ripple of surprise by appearing at
li.s desk in the Sind I e house Wednesday
t. imrg, but the young lady, Miss Phil
lips did not return, and no one in Galla
tin except Moseley knows what became
of her. Aliss Phillips is a daughter of the
former keeper of a toll gate near Gallatin,
but for several mouths has been living at
the Sindle house with her futher and hia
family.
There are many rumors afloat about
Gallatin as to the elopement, but when a
reporter sought information regarding
the case, the informant ccas very reluct
ant about giving it. He said they had
been seen in a room together. Reportei
went diligently to work endeavoring to
find the young lady. His efforts were
successful, and she was located at the
hoarding house of Mrs. Pitts, on North
Cherry street, Nashville. Late at night
Dr. W. F. Glenn was called to the board
ing house to see a young lady with a
broken limb and was ushered iuto the
room where were Miss Phillips and Moso
ley. Miss Phillips was lying on a bed
suffering intense pain. They were both
very much excited. Moseley said that
she had jumped from a window in the
Simile house because her father threat
ened to kill her, aud came to Nashville
with him. He told several different sto
ries about the escape, hut all his state
ments conflicted very much.
Mrs. Phillips arrived this afternoon to
attend the b dside of her daughter. Miss
Phillips, in an interview, claims that she
went into Moseley’s room to play with
the children. The children went out and
she hear Ia chambermaid telling her sis
ter she was in the room. Her father came
up, ami for fearof him she ran and jumped
from the window, and Moseley then
brought her to Nashville.
POST-OFFICE BURGLARIZED.
The Albany, Oa*. Post-office Kobbrd of
Money and Htnmpft.
A special to tlie Atlanta Constitution
from Albany, Ga., Tuesday says: Our
city was considerably excited this morn
ing when it was reported that a bold i.nd
daring burglary had been perpetrated at
the post-office some time during the
night. An investigation soon revealed
the truth of the rumor and led to a dis
covery of the amount lost. The safe was
bored into, the drill being placed in such
a position as to break the combination,
and the draweis were rifled of their con
tents. The vault containing the money
was carried away with the stamps and
registered letters. Six hundred or S7OO
in money and SBOO or SI,OOO in stamps
were taken by the thieves.
Besides these, about thirty registered
letters, tho exact value of which is not
know nat present, were stolen. An en
trance into the post-office was effected
through the back door, which was locked
and burred securely when the oflice was
closed for the night. Early this morning
the broken vault and the papers were
found on the banks of the river, whero
they had been left by the thieves after
rifling them of their contents. The work
is evidently that of professionals, who go
prepared for their work, and strenu
ous efforts will be made to bring them to
justice and retribution. Captain Y. G.
Rust, the clever and efficient postmaster,
telegraphed immediately to the authori
ties at Washington and to Inspector
Booth, of Atlanta, notifying them of the
robbery.
ANNISTONS PROGRESS.
A Sienin Engine Manufactory—The Hot
Blast to Have I’res* Dispatches.
A special from Anniston, Ala., says:
Mi rray & Stephenson are enlarging their
foundry and putling in anew blower.
They have closed a contract with the
Alabama Car Works for castings for
another seven hundred lot of ears. This,
with the work they arc doing for n firm
in New O.leans, gives them work for
eight months ahead.
The press wire reached this city from
Selma yesterday. It will be extended
through to Chattanooga, to be used for
(lie II vt Blast.
One of the most important enterprises
for Anniston, of which but little lias been
-aid, is the engine works of Pender& Cos.
They are now engaged making a fifty
horse power engine of the D. 11. Dugar
patent, which combines cheapness, speed
and easy running. This company will
begin the erection of works to manufac
ture these engines on a large scale as
on as ’lie one on which they are now
at work is completed, which will be in
about five weeks. They have ample cap
ital, and will employ an hundred skilled
mechanics in the manufacture of these
engines, They are specially adapted
for running electric lights. This is en
tirely anew invention, and these gentle
men have established in Anniston because
of many advantages here for their valu
able enterprise.
CUTTING THE WIRES
The Western Union nnd lhe Frcncti Unbl,
Company’* Wrangle
Asa result of some misunderstanding
between the Western Union telegraph
company and the French cable company,
a gang of linemen employed by the latte,
company are now going over the route of
the American union lines, now part ol
the Western Union system, between New
York and Boston, cutting in two these
wires at every place where they have
been run into Western Union offices.
The French cable company lias opened
test offices all along the route, and
will, it is generally understood, soon
arrange to compete with the Western
Union for local cable business Repre
sentatives of the Western Union are
watching the Frcncli cable company’s
men. and at every place the w ires are cut
enter a protest, hut do not interfere. The
matter will evidently be litigated. The
trouble between the compi ics grew out
of the French company’s withdrawal
from the cable pool. The French cable
company claims two wires from New
York to their Cape Cod office and are
now taking forcible possession by cuttiug
these wires wherever they are run into
■Western Union offices.
THE COMMISSIONERS
APPOINTED UNDER THE INTER
STATE COMMERCE BILL.
Tlie Names of (lie .Men Appointed amt Ihe
'I erins Which The, are to Serve -ShII r I
Nhrirhes of Their Liver
The president lms appointed the fol
lowing interstate commerce commi-sion
ers: Thomas M. Cooley, of Michigan, for
a term of six years; William R. Morrison,
of Illinois, five years; Augustus Scbocn
maker, of New York, four years; Aldace
F. Walker, of Vermont, three years;
Walter L. Bragg,of Alabama, two years.
SKETCHES OF THE COMMISSION.
The fact that Mr. Cooley’s name heads
the list docs not necessarily indicate that
lie will be chairman of the commission,
ns it must elect its own chairman. Tlie
following is a sketch of the public careers
of tho men composing the commission,
excepting Mr. Morrison, whose public
services arc so generally known as to
need no description.
Thomas M. Cooley was horn at Attica,
N. Y., in 1824, studied law in that state
and removed to Michigan in 1843, where
he has since resided. In 1857 he was
elected compiler of the state laws and in
1850 ri porter of tho supreme court. In
1859 1 ■ was chosen by the regents as
commissioner to organize tha law depart
ment of the university of Michigan, and
he has ever since been connected with it.
In 1804 he was elected justice of the su
preme court and was re-clected in 1809
and in 1877; he was nominated hv the
republicans for re-election in 1885, and
was defeated. He is author of a number
ofSandard legal works. lie was recent
ly appointed by United States Judge
Gresham receiver of the Wabash railroad
company.
Aldace F. Walker is a Vermont lawyer,
about forty-four years old, a republican
in polities, who studied la v with Sena
tor Ed muds. He served as colonel in the
union army ami has since been practicing
law at Rutland. In the Vermont senate
he has taken n leading part in framing
legislation to solve tho rnilwny problem,
and has given much study to the ques
tion.
Augustus Shoemaker, of Kingston, N.
Y., was born in Ulster county, N. Y.,
March 3, 1838, and is a lawyer in active
practice. He lias always been a democrat
in politics. He has been judge of lii.-
eountv, and candidate of bis party for
supreme court judge. Ho was a slate
senator during Governor Tildcn’s term as
governor, and was one of the leaders in
(he legislature. He was always a close
personal and political friend of Mr. Til
den. Mr. Shoemaker was attorney gen
eral of New York state in 1878 and ’79,
succeeding Mr. Fairchild, the present
acting secretary of tlie treasury. In 1880
lie was presented by the anti-Tammany
delegation from New York, in the demo
cratic state convention in 1875 and in
1880, and also the Chicago convention in
1881. Mr. Shoemaker is now a member
of the civil service commission of New
York state, having been appointed by
Governor Cleveland and retained in office
by Governor Hill.
Walter L. Bragg was born in Alabama
in 1838, but resided in Arkansas from
1843 to 1861. He was educated at Har
vard university and the Cambridge law
school, and practiced law' in Arkansas for
some years. At the close of the war he
settled in Alabama, and was for some
years the law partner of Senator Morgan.
He has been a leading democrat in that
state for some years, and has served as
national delegate, presidential elector
and a member of the democratic national
committee. In 1884 he was made presi
dent of the Alabama state railroad com
mission, and served in that position four
rears, during which time many impor
tant questions arising between "the rail
roads and their customers were satisfac
torily adjusted.
REFUSED ADMITTANCE.
Colored Men Call on Nherman but a Hotel
Clerk Refuse* to Admit Them
Tuesday morning a party of colored
men walked up to the register, in the
Florence hotel, Birmingham Ala., and
asked if Mr. John Sherman was stopping
there. Receiving an affirmative reply,
the “brother in black” stated that he
desired to call on the Hon. John. Man
ager Thomas Cowan, of the hotel, told
him that no colored people, except serv
ants, were allowed up stairs. The negro
went away, but in a little while several
others came for the purpose of seeing
Mr. Sherman. Manager Cowan told them
very emphatically they could not go up
to see Mr, Sherman, or any one else.
Mr. Sherman heard of the matter, and
sent General Warner, who was in bis
room, down to the office to sec about it.
Mr. Cowan told General Warner that
Senator Sherman or no one else could re
ceive negroes in the rooms or parlor of
that hotel.
Mr. Sherman and General Warner at
once paid their bills and went to another
hotel. The Evening News, editorially
condemns the action of Manager Cowan.
The Age and Chronicle will have little
to say.
ACCIDENT AT CHURCH.
V Platform (aiv*** Way nml Many Persons
nre Wounded.
A panic occurred at the Roman Catho
lic church of Nativity, corner of Dashiet
and Thirty-ninth streets, Chicago, Thurs
day afternoon. The church was com
pletely c rowded, and outside on the steps
leading up to the church was a vast
crowd unable to gain admittance. Sud
denly there was a sharp crack, followed
by a grinding crash, and fully 200 men,
women and children were precipitated
ten feet, the front door platform having
given way. Twenty-three persons in all
received more or less serious injuries.
Mrs. Bernan, au aged woman, had her
back broken; I’. O’Connor had both legs
broken. Many people were injured by
being tramped ou. People inside the
church were at first inclined to rush for
tlie doors, but were calmed owing to the
words of the officiating priest.
FIRE AT LAURKNBURG S. C.
About four o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, a fire broke out in Leggett’s hotel,
at Laurenburg, and the building together
with all contents, was destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $10,000; insurance
$5,000. The Carolina Central railroad
depot and a large cotton platform was
100 feet distant, and was for a while in
great jeopardy, but by the determined
exertion of the citizens was saved. No
other property destroyed. There was no
loss of life, but the inmates of the hotel
barely had time to escape iu their night
clothes. The fire is said to have been itv
ctpdiary,
INTERSTATE COMMISSIONERS.
The President -l*ns Their t onunlsslnns-
The Now .Minister in Turkey.
Washington D. C., —Tho president has
appointed Oscar S. Strauss, of New York,
to be envoy extraordinary nnd minister
plenipotentiary of the. United States to
Turkey.
He also signed the commissions of the
interstate commorcc commissioners, hut
they will lie held at the White House and
delivered to the new appointees upon
their arrival. Information was received
that Judge Cooley cannot reach Wash
ington until the close of next week, and
it was decided to make no effort to get
the commissioners together before that
time, as other members also have private
affairs to wind up. When the commis
sion assembles its first action will lie te
organize and then to immediately begin
official consideration of the interpretation
which shall lie given the most important
provisions of the law. Candidates for
the position of secretary are numerous,
and each commissioner seems likely to
have a favorite for the position.
The civil service commission has placed
the postoffice at Richmond, Va., under
the civil service rules.
THE CHICAGO BOODLERS.
The t-rnud .Inry Finds Over Thirty True
Bills.
The grand jury of Chicago has found
something over thirty true bills against
the county boodlcrs. Said a gentleman
on the inside Thursday: “So long as they
arc not presented to tlie court the jury,
of course, lias power to change its mind.
It is evident that there is some delay in
proceedings, but the jury is unanimous
in its opinion. I know this to be true.
The official corruption was barefaced
enough for the jury to make its present
ments almost at the very outset of this
investigation.
“Some of tlie merchants and contract
ors who have been subjected to sharp
questioning before this body of twenty
three staunch citizens have exhibited
themselves in a most pitiable light.
While these men have confessed their
guilt, it is probable that iu consideration
of their services, some of them will es
cape punishment, excepting perhaps the
disgrace attaching to an indictment. The
authorities are after the arch thieves.
The evidence has been overwhelming
against the boodlcrs of high aud low de
gree.”
KAILKlttn WIIKCKS.
A special from North East, Mil., says:
A passenger train on the Baltimore and
Philadelphia railroad collided with a
through freight about two o'clock Thurs
day morning. Both trains were badly
wrecked and the locomotives entirely
telescoped. On the passenger train were
two car loads of emigrants, but no one
outside of the crew of the locomotives
was injured. George Graham fireman
of the east bound train, was fatally and
Engineer George Robinson were severely
injured. The tracks were blocked for a
long ti#.e. The accident is attributed
to the engineer of the east b >und train
being late and trying to reach Singcrley’s,
the usual place of passing.
A TERRintE ACCIDENT IN VIRGINIA.
On the same morning a freight train
went through a bridge nine miles from
Liberty, on the Norfolk and Western
railroad. The bridge was in process of
repair and eight or nine workmen were
killed and several others wounded. None
of them were train hands, so far as known.
The engine and several cars crossed the
bridge sufely before the structure gave
way.
THE GREAT ICE GORGE-
Interesting Incidents Connected with tlie
Extreme Cold in Dnkotn*
All attempts to break the Sibley island
gorge with dynamite are unavailing. A
man was seen Thursday evening riding
down the river on a cake of ice, frantic
ally calling for help, but it was impossi
ble to hell) him. Twelve families near
Livonias had a most thrilling experience.
After being on the roofs of housos for
twenty-four hours a thin crust formed
over the river and on this they walked to
the shore, two miles, some breaking
through several times,but being rescued.
Fort Lincoln army officers at Bismarck
are still of tile opinion that the people
opposite the post on the low lands soutn
of the city perished in the flood. This
belief is becoming prevalent, and as re
ports come in from remote river districts
the story or suffering and loss of life is
intensified.
A CHURCH DEMOLISHED.
Before daylight Thursday morning,
members of the Nanticoke school board,
near Wilkesbarre, Pa., with the aid ot a
large force of workmen, broke o| the
Bethel Congregational church, threw out
all the furniture and tore down the
building. They claimed tlie right to do
this under the will of the late ohn
Mills, who left the lot for school as well
as church purposes, and it isclaime. fur
ther that tlie church society never ob
tained legal poscssion. The action of the
school board has ereated intense excite
ment. The church trustees declare that
they intend having every member of the
board arrested ou criminal charges ami
that they will also sue the school board
fur heavy damages.
A LARGE COTTON SALE.
The largest single transaction in spot
cotton in the history of the trade of
Texas, if not of the entire south, occurred
at Galveston Wednesday afternoon after
business hours, in the sale of 0,500 bales
by Willis&Bro., to Kauffman & Itunge,
for export. Total spot sales in the mar
ket aggregated 8,118 bales, representing
over $400,000. The total stock of Galves
ton was 13,556 bales, but the above heavy
purchase reduced the amount of cotton
remaining for sale in first hand* to about
5,000 bales, which is less than the stock
u any previous year of this season.
NORTH CAROLINA FRUIT.
A heavy frost Wednesday morning did
("itch damage to truck in many sections
of North Carolina. Report from the
Nowberne section show much damage,
particularly peas. In the Wilmington
section the cold weather has set back the
crops fiom two to four weeks and has
injured the fruit, particularly peaches
The latter fruit is also hurt badly in the
Nowberne and Goldsboro sections. West
of the Blue Ridge it is reported us not
injured,
NUMBER 19.
MISUNDERSTOOD.
If death could write on every heart
The cause that drew its blood,
How many would be written o’er
With this: “MisunderstoodP
Lo: every deed hss latent cause;
O critic, oeek that first;
The laws of Nature cannot chanft—
Tile weak are not the worst
Should we condemn the tiny flower
Which blooms upon the hill
Because the mighty oak above
Remains a monarch still!
A law divine demands the oak,
Nor less demands the flower;
Shall we, in passing neath the one,
Ignore the varied power
Creating weak and strong alike!
Look deep, O man, and know
'That Cod hath formed our minds too smal
To know os he doth know.
The feelings of a human heart
Are far too vast and grand
For other hearts to stand aloof
And boast: “We understand I"
We cannot know each other's hearts;
The mold of each He breaks,
And forms anew the clay and mold
With every heart he makes.
Then why should man, a Anita work.
Be bold and quick to say:
"I grasp the ail of yonder man;
He, too, is formed from clay I"
—Eugene AMon.
pitFanFpoint.
Higher Court—Giants wooing.
A trim figure—A barber's charge for a
hair cut.
The dime museum woman, win) writes
with her toes must make a great many
foot notes.— Button Bulletin.
After all there is no college war-cry
that thrills a student with a healthy
appetite equal to a call for dinner,—Sift
ing!.
A series of practical talks to girls has
begun in 80-ton. With our girls the
most practi al talk is the proposal.—
Philadelphia Call.
With -tealthy band he strove to clip,
One golden ringlet from her head.'
“Ah, don’t!” Then, with a smiting lip,
“They are my sister Jane's,” she said.
— Harper ’* Magazine.
Somebody has sent us a treatise on the
source of the Mississippi, but what would
intere-t us more just now is the source of
a big boil on the back of onr neck.—
Danscillc Breeze.
A gardener who married an extremely
homely widow gave as a reason for his
action that he had a strong aversion to
weeds and never saw them without using
means to destroy them.— Button Courier.
German songs are now the fashion in
society, and musical reporters are having
a hard time in trying to determine the
difference in sound between murdered
English and eliminated German.— Boston
Globe.
“Our people desire extempore ser
mons, and yet you persist in using
notes.” Famishing pastor—“My dear
brother, as I never have any notes in my
pocket book to use, you should not ob
ject to my using them in the pulpit.—
Phiitdelphia Call.
Congressional Epicures.
“Fetch me my usual dose,” said Wil
liam L. Scott, the millionaire Represent
ative from the Erie (Penn.) district,
addressing a sable waiter in tho House
restaurant the other day. Five minutes
elap-ed after the waiter disappeared
down the hatchway, and he reappeared
with a chitling dish well filled with
oysters. Under the dish was an alcohol
lamp. Mr. Scott, talking to a swarm of
members and callers generally, set about
to cook his lunch on. On relieving the
waiter who was attending him he lighted
the lamp, put in his seasoning, and sat
watching the dish simmer. The steam
poured up, the fumes titled the spacious
dining-room, nnd people’s mouths wa
tered as the savory dish reached a point
of perfection. Mr. Scott is an epicurean,
nltliongh a dyspetic-looking man, and it
took but a few minutes for him to be able
to pour out a dish that would tempt a
Frenchman. Afterward he is seen to
duplicate his order, and he has the repu
tation of being the most thorough
luncheon fancier at tho capital. He owns
a large farm down on the Maryland
coa-t, has a steam launch, and several
times each year takes a party down the
Bay forshell-tisb, canvas back du ks,and
the othor good things found only in that
vicinity, lie superintend ( the cooking
on the launch or farm, and his guests
say he spreads the best table of any man
in the country. Most of the famous
dine s hive disappeared from Congress,
and nearly all those who go down to the
restaurants for luncheon, between 1 and
2 o’clock each afternoon during the
se sion. have soup or raw oysters and go
back to work with little ceremony. In
the House it is a rare thing to see a
member give a luncheon party. For in
stance, Mr. Randall slips in and pours
down a plate of soup or a do en on the
half shell, and is out before lie is dis
covered, except by the waiter and
cashier. Mr Holman sips a cup of hot
tea and oats bread and butter, while
Reagan, of Texas, can down a steak and
onions quicker than one can say Jack
Robinson. The Western men eat fast;
the Eastern men slow. The former eat
more soup than the latter, who take
oysters raw, generally, nnd often include
a bottle of beer. — Neio York Sun.
Shaded Candles.
The candle on the dinner-table holds
its place still. The latest device that the
art ware establishments have contrived
fur its adorning is a sliding shade that
falls imp -rceptjbly as the candle burns
lower. The shade is made in the simple
Bohemian glasses, in decorated art glass
of eveiy description, and is sometimes
seen in rare jeweled glass in every rich,
soft hue. The shad'd candle sheds over
table furuishings, flowers and faces of
the guests the very perfection of light
that the dinner-givers have looked for
these many years in vain. —New York
Mail and Express.
A French scientist finds that tho
average Btep of men is twenty-fire
inches; of women, twenty inches. The
step with the right foot is somewhat
longer than th it with the left. Tho feet
are separated laterally in walking about
lour and one-lmll inches in men, and
five in women.
According to the newest and best
maps of New Guinea, that region, in
cluding the small island near its coast,
has an area of not less than 795,223
square kilometers. Of this territory
2.0.500 square kilometers are under
Dutch protection, under English
nd 179,200 under Herman.