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VOLUME XXII.
Hi ;s,Mv Jersey contemporary alleges
H| whi n the wind blows from the south
■ Inin' 21 the following three months
Hi Ik* very liot. It blew from the south
Hi year.
M ■ i peach-basket factories in Smyrna,
■l niadc seven hundred thousand this
Bsnu. half enough to supply the entire
H M :iiuls of Delaware and Maryland.
He prices average five and a half cents.
■Among the liabilities of a merchant
l,i recently failed was a bill of $2,000
Be for painting his advertisement on
■: cs. This sum spent in newspaper
■vertising might have prevented his
■ lure. _____________
I A physician living near the sea says
■it during the past five years he has
■tel the hour and minute of death in
Bn ty-three patients, and every one lias
In - out with the tide save four, who
Id suddenly by accident.
Is ientific men have led us to believe
It color blindness is a very common do
lt iti this country, but the recent exain-
Itio'i of the trainmen of the Philadel
liannd Heading Railroad does notseem
Isnstain this idea. Out of 400 men ex-
Billed the first day, only three were
Bunt who were color blind.
■Tim annual expenditures by Europe
Bui military and naval purposes, aceord-
B to a reecnt English ]mhlication,
Bnintto nearly $88,675,000,000, while
B total of the national debts of Europe
Bi In s the astounding amount of $24,-
H.n.'iT.Uos. On tliis latter sum nearly
Hum),iltlO,ooo is paid for interest.
■Till- iilimtieal table upon which Generals
Bant and Lee signed that famous and
Btorical paper at Appomatox Court-
Base, which virtually ended the civil
lr, has turned up in Chicago, having
Ben sold to Mr. Gunther, of Chicago,
lr SI,OOO, an autograph letter from
■ neral Grant as to its identity going
■ tli it. The widow of Major-General
■ •I, of the Union Army, was the original
Iviier.
I The influence of the Wild West show
li ill • New York sniiill hoy, it now ap
■ tT', was by no means without its value.
I Texas steer broke loose on the east
lie of the metropolis recently and got
fti the rampage in First avenue. The
It zens in that crowded region scattered
Ight and left before the four-legged
ft ror. mid the pistol practice* of the
ftolicc rather added to the panic than
■minished it. In this crisis, a youthful
Bhiiplc of Buffalo Bill came to the
■sene. With an unerring aim, the re-
B 1 ! much practice on liahy carriages,
B sis and other live bait of divers
■ia b. lie threw a lasso over the horns of
B>c beast and brought it to a standstill.
I From recently compiled statistics it
■PI 1 mm that there are 01,1149 prisoners in
■>" |> nitentiaries of the United States.
■ ill s number 58,454 are males and
■ are females. New York has the
Brgmt number of prisoners, its total be-
Bg 9,072. The State producing the
Pigca amount of convict made goods is
Sviv York, there being $0,837,33®, Da
l"‘a coming at the ' bottom of the list
f ith a product of $11,577. Boots and
lines lead, the product being $10,100,-
ll'.i. The total product of all the penal
Institutions of the country for the year
Mi was $18,750,999, which is 54-100 of
|"e per cent, of tha value of the total
Iroductsof the industries of the country.
I Asa basis of work for those who love
■' " vcl in amazing figures, we may state
Buit statistics show that, 50,000 wells
■ave been drilled in Pennsylvania and
■i w York since the discovery of petro-
Bum. at a cost of $200,000,000. These
■< lls have produced 510,000,000 barrels
B nil, which was sold at the wells foi
■>u". This represented a profit
the producer of $500,000,000. Thi
of oil exported is placed at
B‘'"'l-1"2.925 gallons. In the pool in
ling!on counts alone $5,200,000 lias
'a expended in machinery and drill-
K This docs not include the many
Bdlinns that arc represented there in the
Bhirnl gas industry. Independent ol
■in oil business there is about $50,000,000
■vested in natural gas plants in Penn
■ lvania. These are majestic figures,
■nd serve to show the magnitude of the
ftil and gas business.
I It may be of interest to see what arm
ft's are maintained, and at what cost, by
■lie leading countries of Europe, as in
ftomparison with our own. The follow
ftl g table gives the number of soldiers
B-tmilly iu service, and the number that
■ ;| " be called out in time of war. A com
parison of the soldiers with the popula
■on would show that in the event of will
ftimost every man in tlie country can be
Palled into service:
Reu War War Annua ,
V>un/rfo. a mi n. footing. coat.
ftustria 384,071 1,078,904 $49,116,‘348
■ranee 529,209 3,754,104 131,0*51,000
■‘''many 445,402 1,402,104 84,967,140
■reat Britain. .181,971 041,753 90,901,430
British India.. 190,470 380,000 87,301,270
Pair 730,7155 1,085,519 41,098,611
B“ssia 780,051 2,300,000 125,508,474
Pi 'ain 152,805 400.0*8) 24,521,415
■urkey 100,417 410,200 23,844,004
ftittle Belgium, with a population oi
P's* Ilian 6,000,000 people, maintains an
■rmy of 47,000 men; Norway and Sweden,
pdth 0.500,000, keep 00,000 soldiers in
■>e field, and Denmark, xvith 2,000,000
people, has 50,000. It is no wonder,with
fto many men withdrawn from among the
Producers and placed ,-iwung the class
#batduis to b'' maintained bv the labor of
■thers,that those eo*inttii s<).mot progis
■ all, are loaded down w ! ith dellAbiid
Bie people in abject poverty,
The Georgia Enterprise.
GENERAL NEWS.
photographs of matters is
AMERICA AS It EUROPE.
Home Rnlp A nil niton -.Hotline Pot of
Knropran Pallilea-I.nbor Matters
■ I Hump nml Alironilt etc.
A French mmek reports the loss of a
vessel with fifty hands in the English
channel.
The number of nail makers on strike
in Staffordshire, England, alone, is
15,000.
An explosion of dynamite occurred in
the custom liouso at Callao, Peru, killing
six persons nnd injuring eight others.
The St. Louis llrowns refused to play
base-ball with colored men. An exhibi
tion game hud been arranged, when the
club rebelled.
The lowa Supreme Court decided that
the prohibition law authorized the state’s
authorities to prevent the exportation of
spirits, as well lis their use in the state.
Lieu'eannt-Governor Waterman, of
C.difor.i a, took the oath of office as gov
ernor, tli,- executive chair having been
made vacant by the death of Governor
liorlhtt.
There were reported lifty new eases ol
cholera and twenty deaths at Messina,
Italy; nineteen now eases and eleven
deaths at Catania, and eleven new cases
at Palermo. Elsewhere the disease is
stationary.
Two brothers named Juergenscn, who
returned to their native village, Albcrsim,
on the island of Fohr, Germany, four
months'ago, after an absence of twenty
years in America, have been ordered to
leave German territory.
The roof of the Jewish synagogue, on
Judd street, in Chicago, 111., caved in,
carrying a number of men who were en
gage and in repairing the building, in the
mass. A part of the walls also caved.
Five men were seriously hurt.
An east-hound passenger and a west
bound freight train on the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio road, under full
headway, collided 18 miles east of Ur
liana, Ohio. Engineer Craig, of the pas
senger train, was killed; Engineer Kelly,
of the freight train, was horribly man
gled.
A Lockhart and Tullng stage, Texas,
carrying the mail, was robbed by three
masked highwaymen. There were only
three passengers in the stage, all of
whom were made to surrender t heir val
uables nt the point of revolvers. Even
the driver was relieved of his watch. The
mail pouches were left untouched.
Gov. Washington Bartlett, of Califor
nia, died at the home of his cousin, Mrs.
Dr. Backctt, in Oakland. His death re
sulted from chronic atfection of the kid
neys. Gov. Bartlett was a native of Sa
vannah. Georgia, and was sixty-three
years old. lie removed to California in
1144, and has lived there ever since.
The dcstiuction by floods, on the
Southern Pacific railway, in Arizona, is
much greater than at first supposed. For
350 miles there are numerous washouts.
There has been uo train from the ea6t or
west for nearly a week. One thousand
men are working, and it will require
three weeks to repair the damage be
tween Tucson and Benson.
Three soldiers, at Trapan, Italy, were
sent to perform a disinfecting duty and
were assailed by a mob who tried to
force them to swallow carbolic acid,
which they had been sprinkling about
the streets and houses. One of the sol
diers imbibed tlie liquid, and soon after
died in horrible agony. The other two
refused to drink the acid and were killed.
At a cabinet council Gen. Ferron,
French minister of war, reported that he
was satisfied with the operations of the
troops recently mobilized. M. Hereid,
minister of public works, expressed his
belief that after the completion of means
of transportatioa, it would be possible to
reduce the time required for the mobili
zation of an army corps to one day.
A crowd of men were discussing poli
tics in front of the Binghamton, N. Y.,
swings hank, when a rumor got out
that it was a run on the bank. Hun
dreds of depositors anxiously presented
themselves, but ns all demands were
promptly met, confidence was restored,
and in a"couple of hours the rush was
checked. Tlie hank is thoroughly sol
vent.
A party of prominent Southern railway
men are in Chicago for the purpose of
securing Chicago capital to assist them
in constructing anew line in the South.
It is proposed to build the Birmingham,
Mobile & Navy Cove Bailroad, at n prob
able cost of $2,000,000. A number of
Chicagoans have already promised their
influence and wealth to back the scheme.
A Russian engineer has discovered a
new explosive, which he has christened
“selectovcr." He claims that the ex
plosive is destined to take the place of
a'l existing ammunition, and that it is
equal in strength to pyrolyline. The
Russixii war otlice will build a factory
especially for the manufacture of the
new explosive power.
Miss Mary Tucker, a girl of nineteen,
daughter of John S. Tucker, former
state representative, living near New
Haven, Conn., has married John W.
I lanchctt, her father’s colored coach
man, and disappeared with him. Han
chett pursuaded her toj:olor herself will)
a liquid prijnrcd by himself and which
made her look like a negress The vil
;s<re minister performed the ceremony and
the couple then fled.
CUBAN INSURRECTION.
A Key Wear Expedition Wblp* Out the
SpanHli Troops
. While in ambush some miles from
Matanzas, Cuba, just after landing, a
band of filibusters, which left Key West,
Fla., recently, were attacked by a de
tachment of three hundred Spanish sol
diers. The latter were repulsed, leaving
three of their number dead and carrying
oil five who had been wounded by the
dynamite bombs thrown by the filibus
ters. Four of the Cubans were wounded,
but not all seriously, by shots from the
soldiers. The filibmters then made their
way into the interior, and private ad
vices received from the leader, by a repre
sentative of the cause at Key West, an
nounces that they have joined those who
had preceded them. It is believed
that certain Spanish smacks, the
property of wealthy Cuban home
rulers, sailing out of Havana,
and which are supposed to be in
the fishing trade are really doing a profit
ably busina-s smuggling aguardiente to
tile Florida nritila iU and carrying arms
sad reinforcement* on their niurn to
C'pba from Tampa to Hivoui. Two
Spanish gunboats have been cruising in
siirlit of Key West for several days.
THE LAW KEHiNS.
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Calmly Tlie AiuirrM*t .tidal Fiirloii*
Justice Magruiler announced the <lc
eision in the anarchist ease, nt Ottowa,
Ills. As the justices Died into the couit
loom, headed by Chief Justice Sheldon,
they appeared more dignified than ever.
The chief justice waved his associates to
their seats even more stately than his
wont; his nod to the shciiff was more
stilt and ids “Open the court” let!" audi
ble than on the previous days of th?
term.
Justice Magruder appeared flushed and
nervous as he entered the court room,the
cause of which was evidenced a few mo
ments later when Chief Justice Sheldon
turned to him, nnd in a voice, which
would have been inaudible save for tlie
deathly stillness which pervnded the
room, said: “Justice Magruder, have
you any announcement to make (” The
flushed'appearance of the justice changed
to that of pallor and his voice was husky
as lie responded: “In August Spies and
others against the people of the state of
Illinois, No 59 advisement docket.” The
chief justice nervously turned the leaves
of the court docket to the ease indicated,
when the justice read the decision of the
court iu the “anarchist case.” As he
commenced reading lie regained his com
posure. His voice was clear and distinct
until the order fixing the death penalty
and the date of execution was reached,
when his reading becafiie labored, his
voice husky, and his manner showed that
it was with the greatest emotion that he
performed the duty he had been dele
gated by his associates to perform, hav
ing voiced the decision of the court in
t e most celebrated ease it has ever been
eaUod upon to decide.
Justice Sheldon said: “In this ease the
court orders that the sentence of the su
perior court of Cook county of the de
fendants in indictment—Augu-t Spies,
Samuel Fielden, R. Parsons, Adolph
Fischer, Engel, Louis Linggand Michael
S :hwab —be carried into effect by the
sheriff of Cook county on the 15th day
of November next, on Friday, between
the hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon
and four o’clock in the afternoon on that
day. The judgment of the court was
unanimous.” The opinion makes 60,000
wort’s. The anarchists had no counsel
to represent them before the court as the
decision was announced and no steps
were taken in their behalf. They have
fifteen days in which to file a motion for
a rehearing and thirty days from theclose
of the teim to file a petition in support
thereof. This will not act ns a stay of
sentence, and they will have to show
very strong grounds before the court
would consent to the issue of a stay of
execution until a rehearing could be had
next term.
The turnkey who took tlie dispatch to
cell 25 of Ihe Chicago jail aiid shoved it
through the bars, lingered a moment to
watch the effect it would have ou Spies.
The anarchist took the message, glanced
firmly at the turnkey and then withdrew
to the darker end of the cell. In two
minutes or so, he called gently to the
old man who sits as a death watch outside
the barred door and asked him to band
the telegram to Parsons. From him it
went to all the others and reached Neebc,
who is the only one under sentence of
imprisonment. It could he dimly seen
that each of the condemned men made
ostentative efforts at coolness and brava
do, They took seats at their cell doors
and read newspapers and books, smoked
cigars, and once Lingg, the bomb-maker,
whistled. Their wives and friends had
been with them for an hour during the
morning, but about thirty minutes before
the news came they were all excluded,
mid the prisoners locked up.
Sheriff Matson had remained away from
the jail. By his orders during the uiglit,
the guards had all been doubled. In
cluding court bailiffs there were twenty
of the sheriff’s men on duty, ten turnkeys
and guards that are on regular duty at
ilie jail and six policemen who patrolled
tlie alleys outside. Capt. fiebaack
brought with him four detectives in the
morning, who were stationed in the jail
couit. Upon Capt. Sehaack, the protec
tion of the jail devolved. He professes
to experience no uneasiness from any at
tempts to break into the jail, and says he
has taken every precaution.
The news of the affirmation, by the su
preme court, of tlie decision of the lower
court in the eases of the condemned an
archlsts, caused great excitement among
New York socialists nnd anarchists. Herr
Most was fuiions. Moat’s editoiial is ad -
dressed “To the Workingmen of All
Countries.” He characterizes the ju lgi s
who made the decision as “infamous an 1
blood-thirsty fools,” and the jury as cor
mpt. November 11 was the day set for
the murder of tlies • “heroes.” The cap
ituli-ts wi-he l to see blood How to show
the people that they were tli" law am
do as tiny pleased.
MOONLIGHTERS' VENGEANCE.
Countable Whrlrh in. of ilie lri*li C'onntnb
ninry, Killed While Acting a** Hemlncl.
The Irish police, hearing that a party
of moonlighters would visit the house of
n farmer named Sodcn, at Lisdoonvarna,
made arrangements for their capture, and
Constable Whelehan, accompanied by a
dozen other officers, proceeded to the
place designated. Five of the force were
placed in Sexton’s house and others in a
shed near by, while Whelehan himself
remained as sentinel in front of the
house. When the moonlighters appeared
on the scene, the door of the house was
opened and three of them rushed in with
loaded rifles in their hands. They were
in the act of searching Sexton when the
police, secreted in an adjoining room,
rushed out and a fierce encounter ensued.
Two moonlighters, who, among others,
had been left outside, now tried to make
their escape, but the police placed in the
shed prevented this, and drove them into
the house. While the fight was proceed
ing in the house, two other outlaws at
tacked Constable Whelehan on the out
side. Policeman Connell ran to Whele
han’s assistance, but was immediately
knocked down by a blow from a clubbed
rifle, and rendered insensible. Whelehan
was quickly dispatched and his body,
with a loaded revolver lying alongside,
was afterwards found some distance from
the scene of the murder, and removed to
Sexton’s house. The murdered constable
had been twenty-two years in the service.
He was detailed to attend the Prince of
Wales dming the latter’s visit to Ireland.
The prince then presented him with a
souvenir in the shape of a gold pencil
case. Two of the moonlighters taken
into custody are sons of well-to-do farm
ers, and the otheis are laborers. All of
them, ten in number, were taken to (Jal
way and placed in jail.
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2:1, IHB7.
DOTS FROM WASHINGTON.
prrparing rou harp work
NR XT WINTER.
Appoint nifiit of Mom licrn lint Inlirraiing
Itrport* olDrpn ri mr lit < I Hirer* Nnlr
About Noiiml Oftleiitl*.
Mitt*. CLEVELAND'S PRESENT.
The Bohemian Athletic Society, which
left America six months ago, for a tour
in Europe, lias returned. The members
of tlie party have brought with them, as
a present for Mrs Cleveland, a magnifi
cent set of garnet jewelry, consisting of
a brooch, ear-rings nnd chain. Tlie
brooch is in the shape of an eagle, hold
ing in its claws three golden arrows and
supported tiy two standards containing
photographic views of Prague The
casket containing flic set is lined with
white satin, and is inscribed: “To Mrs.
Cleveland, with profound respect, from
tlie Bohemian excursionists to Prague."
AFFECTING INCIDENT.
As the President and Mrs. Cleveland
came out of the White House one even
ing, and itore entering their carriage to
return to Oak View, their attention was
directed to a little hoy who was waiting
to shake hands with them. His name
was Herbert Gilderslceve, and he had
walked from Pittsburg, a distance of 800
miles, to see the President. Tlie Presi
dent turned to the little fellow, shook
him warmly by the hund, and after com
plimenting him for his walk, presented
him to Mrs. Cleveland, who gave him a
very pleasant shake of the hand from the
carriage. Herbert was ten years old, and
made his long pedestrian tour to the cap
ital in company with his father. Both
w ill return to Pittsburg by rail.
TROPHY FOlt SALE.
A letter received in Washington, from
a son of Commodore Charles Waugh
Morgan, of 1812 fame, directs the sale of
a valuable and historic sword, which
was presented to the commodore by tlie
state of Virginia in honor of his intrepid
ity and valor as lieutenant of the United
States frigate Constitution and the cap
ture of the British frigates Guerricrc and
Java on the 19th of August, 1812, and
29th of December, 1813. The scabbard
and handle of the sword are of gold and
the blade is of the finest tempered steel.
On the scabbard, in Ims relief, are repre
sentations of naval victories for which the
sword was given to the commodore. The
sword has been for thirty years in the
vault of a local bank, and the son who
now’ owns it resides in England and
desires it to be sold to supply his necessi
ties.
NOTES.
Robert B. Riggs, of Dakota, assistant
chemist iu the Geological Survey, has re
signed.
Otway L. Carter, of Mississippi, has
been appointed a special agent for Indian
depredation claims.
The President has recognized Jose
Maria Tuyo Y. O'Donnell vice consul of
Spain at Savannah, Ga.
The President lias appointed W. N.
Conley to be postmaster at Tampa, Fla.,
vice H. R. Benjamin resigned.
John E. Goodman and Jesse 11. Malev
have been appointe l storekeepers and
gaugers for Georgia and North Carolina.
The President appointed the following
named postmasters: Henry C. Metcalf,
at Carlisle, Ky , vice W. 11. Fritts, re
signed; E. R. Wortham, at Greenville,
Miss., vice William Yeager, resigned.
The Presidenthas pardoned Thomas R.
Knight, John A. Brooks and Henry Patz,
convicted of manslaughter in the western
district of Arkansas, and sentenced tc
imprisonment. They were Indian police
and killed a man while attempting to ar
rest him.
IMMENSE STRIKE.
It had been a mooted qtieslion in
Hazleton, Pa., whether the 25,000 men
employed in the middle coal fields, would
go on strike for the demand of an in
crease of 15 per cent in wages if the coal
operators longer refuse to arbitrate or
grant their request. Individual opera
tors say they are satisfied to grant ail ad
vance, provided they are furnished cars
in ease the strike continues for any length
of time. Among the strikers are men of
every nationality. Many of the strikers
are preparing to lenve for other parts to
work, and if the strike should continue
two weeks, hundreds would follow them.
The colleries interested are those of A.
Pardee & Cos., at Cranberry and
Crystal Ridge; Pardee, Sons & Cos., at
Mount Pleasant; Pardee Bros & Cos., at
Latimer; C. Pardee & Cos., at Hollywood;
Coxe Bros & Cos., at Drifton, Stockton,
Beaver, Meadow; Eckley, Qowan, Tomp
ken & Derringer, Linderman & Skecr, at
Stockton and Humboldt; \V. T. Carter &
Cos., at Coalraine; J. C. Hayden & Cos., at
Jeansville, Lehigh; and Wilkcabnrrc Coal
company, at Andenrich; Stout Coal com
pany, at Milnesville; G, 11. Myers & Cos.,
at Yorktown; G. B. Markin & Cos., Jed
do, and eoileries at Treaekaw and Beaver
Brook. So far everything has been quiet,
and the men seem determined to carry
their point.
A PLUCKY FARMER.
A unique fight is now going on between
the Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad
and J. C. Palmer, a wealthy fanner near
Washington, Ind The road is built
along the line of a canal, wich was aban
doned by the trustees. When the canal
was abandoned the land reverted to the
former owners. Notwithstanding this
and the fact that twenty years’ possession
gives a valid title, the canal trustees sold
the property and rights and franchises to
the railroad company. When the road
came "to be built, however, the farmers
refused to allow the line to cross their
farms, but the company raised a force and
completed the road. In 1885, Palmer
got a perpetual injunction, and under it
he is arresting the train hands from dav
to day as they try to run trains across his
land, and seems to be in a fair way to
stop operations on the road. He now has
a number of conductors, engineers and
brakcr.icn under bond.
KI-tTI'ItNISI) IIOVIK.
John M. Carroll, who, two years ago,
disappeared from Staunton, Va., has re
turned. At the time of his departure he
was city treasurer. An examination of
his papers showed that he owed the city
and state $14,000. His property, how
ever, realized sufficient to pay the in
debtedness. Carroll was supposed by
some to have been foully dealt with, ana
not long ago an old well was dug out in
Richmond in expectation of the recovery
of his remains. For the past two years
he has been engaged in business some
where in the North, and returned of his
own accord.
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
Miua*h>t’p In Ohio AllomiHoil Wrecking In
Hnnß The (•corgla Central llargalii.
On the New York, Pennsylvania A
Ohio Railroad, an Atlantic express, cast
bound, while running forty-live miles nil
hour, collided with a locomotive that was
standing on the track nt Peoria, Ohio.
Norman Gregg, engineer of the passen
ger, was instantly killed, nnd his fire
man, name not learned, had both arms
broken. John Hilrey, engineer of the
single locomotive, was fatally injured.
Botli engines were completely demolished
and the track torn up some distance. An
attempt was mode to wreck a south bound
passenger train oil the Chicago, Kansas A
Nebraska Road at Hanford, a station six
miles eaat of Topeka, Kan. As the train
was coining around a curve, at the rate of
thirty mill an hour, tlie engineer saw
thi.” the switch was open. lie put on his
brakes and reversed His engine, called to
ids fireman to follow him, and jumped
from the cal). The*cngme ran into some
empty cars that were standing on the
track, and while smashing them was it
self completely wrecked. No lives were
lost and none of tlie passengers were in
jured. An examination of the open
switch showed that it had been broken
and turned with the evident intention of
wrecking the train. Tlie purchase of the
controlling interest in the Goorgia Cen
tral has proven rather an onerous burden
to the new owners. The syndicate which
began buying against the Raoul party not
only paid a good round price for what
they secured, but they paid Mrs. Hetty
Green a handsome bonus for the block
that she held, with which rested tlie bal
ance of power. They were unable for
some time to provide for carrying it, as
the amount required was disproportionate
to the earning capucity of the stock, par
ticularly since the Savannah, Dublin and
Western competition has to be met very
soon. The stock must pay five per cent,
at least, in order to meet the interest of
the bonds, and until it pays more, then
the working capital must be drawn upon
for all expenses. One per cent, on the
capital stock of the company would call
for $120,000, so that it is apparent that
no dividend ran he possible until tlie
Georgia Central Road pays more than
eight per cent.
A DEATH TRAP.
Two Negro Well-IHggar* Are Snfloentcd by
PoiMonous <<asMCft.
Lewis and Jack Bates, two negro
brothers, met horrible deaths while
cleaning out a well on Simon Taylor's
place, three miles north ot Greensboro,
Ala. Lewis, while digging iu the well,
suddenly cried out to his brother, then
nt the windlass, to draw him up, ex
claiming iu a gurgling voice: “I am
chokin’, chokin’; I am dyin’, dyin’.”
Jack and others began at once to liaul
him from tha well, but when half way
out his hold gave way, owing to his
weakness caused by suffocation, and he
fell back iO the bottom, dying with
groaning? and stilled mutterings. Jack,
alarmed, rapidly descended into the well
to rescue his brother, and when he
reached the gas, lie likewise met the
horrible death of being choked by the
deathly gas. The other laborers working
at and near the well, became so terribly
frightened that they ran away, leaving
the corpses of the two brothers piled to
gether in a gaseous and partly watery
grave. After some hours the bodies
were dragged from the well by means of
iron hooks, and the scene as presented
was horrible beyond description. The
eyeballs of the men had nearly burst
from their sockets. Both bodies were
swelled almost beyond recognition. Ex
pressions of awful suffering was pictured
upon both faces. The muscles were
badly drawn, nnd all in all, the corpses
were a sight most horrible to look at.
Both negroes were speedily buried and
various are the conjectures of supersti
tious people as to the cause of ties su 1-
den and mysterious killing of the
brothers.
UNDESIRABLE (SPOT.
The government telegraph line be
tween Norfolk, Va., and Cape Hattcras
destroyed by the late cyclone has been re
built and communication established.
The wire is in working order and infor
mation has been received relative to the
great damage done by the cyclone.
About SIO,OOO worth of property was
destroyed, and during its prevalence the
lives of the residents of that portion of
the coast were in imminent peril. The
wind registered ninety-six miles an hour.
The ocean rose to an alarming height
and swept over the narrow neck of land
into Pimlico Sound, carrying everything
before it with almost irresistible force.
Houses were swept from their founda
tions, sails of vessels were torn into
shreds and Ihe vessels were dismasted and
dashed upon the beach. Many familcs
were rendered homeless and took to their
boats as the last resource. The situation
was one which it is hoped will never oc
cur again. Sand nnd water were flying
through the air and large limbs of trees
were borne along on the wings of the gale
threatening death and destruction to
all in their path. After the gale the
beach was lined with wreckage show ing
the damage sustained to vessels off Hat
teras during the storm. Many persons
were injured.
TROUBLE IN IRELXN'O.
Fifty-four constables were injured to
such an extent iu the fight at Mitchells
town, Ireland, that physicians' services
were required. One hundred and fifty
civilians were also injured. The police
at Mitchcllstown assert that the trouble
there was due to the nationalist leaders
shouting for the mob to hold together.
The nationalists are exultant over the
fight they made the other day. A Tipperary
boy broke through a square composed of
twelve policemen and fought them single
handed. The police finally overpowered
him, but a mob made a rush and rescued
-him from his captors. The police para
ded in the morning. A majority of them
wore bandages over the wounds they re
ceived. Fourteen policeimn, who were
injured during the rioting, were carried
to the hospital.
MASONS DISCARD HIM.
Lincoln Park Lodge, No. 811, of Chi
cago, 111., unanimously voted to expel
William .1. McGarigle, the convicted
boodler, from membership in the Mason
ic order. The lodge debated three hours
before adopting the resolutions which
shuts the escaped convict out of the
chapter, the commander)- and the Order
of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He
will be formally expelled from these late*
on.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
11l ItHET OF .VKirs' GATHER Elt
HERE ASD THERE.
Alnnr linllroad Accident*- What I* Tran*
plrlng In Tciiipcrancc .>lnlier Moclnl
And HelUloua (■oaalp*
Tlie new steamer, Fanny Fern, hns
commenced running between Columbus,
Ga., and Apalachicola, Fla.
The Georgia State fair authorities will
not permit any circus or side-show to ex
liilnt in Macon during ihe fair.
A passenger train ran into a freight at
Sugar Valley, Ga., and Engineers Wright
and Scott, and Firemen Donnelly anil
Wyatt were badly hurt.
William A. Washington, up to his
death the nearest living relative of Gen.
George Washington, and the last male
representative of the name, died at
Owensboro, Ky.
The celebration of the battle of North
Point at Baltimore, Md., or “Old De
fenders’ Day,” waa celebrated with con
siderable spirit. Only three of the vete
rifhs were on hand, all of them being over
90 years old.
Ex-Governor Luke P. BI nek burn, who
lias been lying at the point of deatli at
Frankfort, Ky., for weeks past, died
there at 2:35 p. m. His last intelligible
words were: “Oh, the beauty of relig
ion.”
Ex-Postmaster W. A. Pollard, of
Greer’s Station, S. C., on the Air-Line
railroad, was arrested, charged with de
taining and opening letters uddressed to
other parties. He was removed from of
fice several weeks ago for this offense.
J. A. Griffin, a brakeman on the Nash
ville & Chattanooga Railroad, who has a
family in Chattanooga, fell from a train
and his skull was crushed. He was taken
to the hospital at Nashville and his
wounds dressed. Gritlin is about thirty
five years old.
Prof. ,J. T. Newton, principal of the R.
E. Lee institute at Thomastou, Ga., him re
ceived an appointment in the War De
partment in Washington, at a salary of
$2,000 per annum, and has tendered his
resignation to the board of trustees to
take effect at once.
The trustees of the Mary Sharp college,
which is about to be moved to Chatta
nooga, from Winchester, Tcnn., have
held a meeting, and are kicking vigor
ously against the project. They adopted
a long series of resolutions, and wind up
by saying that they will fight the re
moval in the courts.
There is much indignation among the
citizens of Richmond, Va., over the re
fusal of the Common Council to appro
priate $15,000 toward the expenses of
laying the It. E. Lee monument corner
stone. Subscriptions are pouring in from
private sources. The action of the Com
mon Council is due to the insisteuce upon
economy in the city government.
SINGULAR AFFAIR.
A Large Number of Cars Sum*lied nnd Nor
a l*er*on Hurt.
A freight and passenger train on the
Augusta & Knoxville road left Augusta
in the morning. Just ns the engine ran
on the bridge, the car behind it ran off,
and the engineer felt the bridge giving
way under him. He quickly threw open
Ihe throttle and the mammoth ma
chine bounded across, dragging the
derailed car with it. The others were
not so fortunate, for the bridge fell, and
as it did so, nine heavily laden freight
cars plunged into the waters of the ca
nal. There were nearly twenty cars in
the train, and but for the narrowness of
the canal at that point, the others would
have received the same fate ns the nine
foremost tars. They were stopped by
the blockade in their path. The nine
that fell into the canal were crushed into
atoms, and the whole surface of the
wuiter for hundreds of yards was one
mass of floating freight of every kind
aiaal description. Fortunately no one
was injured in the least, although there
were several narrow escapes. Next to
that of the engineer and fireman, proba
bly was the escape of the city chaingang,
which was passing under tlie bridge at
ihe time of the accident. They were on
their way to the rock beds near the locks,
and when they heard the bridge com
mence to break, they all jumped to the
banks aud ran for their lives.
MUST IIAVK REVENGE.
At a military oanquet given in Tou
louse, France, Gen. Bcrcaret, commander
of the 13th corps, declared that France
now knew her strength, nnd that she was
ready and waiting revenge. M. Calcs,,
member of the chamber of deputies, said
the recent mobilization experiment show
ed that the army was now in a position
to give France the revenge for which she
impatiently waited. Tlie speeches excite
serums comment. Vienna papers en
deavor to soften the effect of the speeches
made at the military banquet at Toulouse,
and assert that no importance must be
attached to them. They blame the
speakers and say that the German press
w ill he sure to make an outcry, because
of the speeches, and admonishes France
to remain quiet and dignified.
DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.
The congregation of the Presbyterian
church at Decatur, Ga., induced their
pastor, Rev. Dr. Donald Fraser, to go on
a short vacation to Jacksonville, Fla., as
he was sadly out of health. The rever
end gentleman on his return home died
in the cars near Indian Springs. He was
born in Liberty county, Ga., and at the
time of his death was about fifty-four
years of age. He had been twice mar
ried. His first wife was a daughter of
Thomas Q. Cnssels, of Liberty county,
and his second a Miss Kennebrough, of
Tallahassee, Fla. He left three children,
a son and daughter, now living at Deca
tur with Mrs. Fraser, and a sod, Rev.
Chalmers Fraser, who is pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Marietta.
NOT WANTED.
Johan Most, the anarchist, made appli
cation for citizenship at the court of
common pleas’ naturalization bureau in
New York City. In reply to questions
put b.v the chief clerk, Most sod he be
lieved in the Constitution of the l nited
States and in the laws passed by prope
authority, if they were good laws. If he
lrelieved the laws interfered with the
lights of the people be would resist
them lv force. Most said that he had
“resisted tyranny in every country he
lmd lived in, aud would continue to do
so." Thereupon the clerk declined to
administer the oath, adding that if he
had made mistakes, the eonrts would
rectify it.
BUDGET OF FUN.
11UMOROUH SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS NO LUCKS.
•
A Flailing Kii-untan Unevenly
Matched —No (food - Kveryl hilly
but Cabbage Nothing
Hike a Hoorn, Etc.
“My dear girl,” said a fond father to
his daughter, “surely you’re not going
to take all those trunks to Saratoga with
you?”
“Yes, papa, every one, and they arc few
enough.”
"But what in tho.world have you got
got in ’em?”
“Bait, papa,” answered the dear girl
brightly.— New Tort Sait.
Unevenly Matched.
Irate Customer—“ Won’t trust me for
a pound of butter? Vvon’t trust me, eh?
I’ll—I’ll—”
Big Grocer—“ See here, if you want to
tight almut it, just off w ith your coat.”
“Oh, well, when it comes to that, a
fight in this store wouldn’t be an even
thing, you know.”
“Oil, it wouldn’t?”
“No; you've got your butter to back
you.” —Omaha World.
No Good.
Barber (expatiating on matters and
things in general)—“Colonel Jaggersisa
gentleman and if he is not in the Legis
lature next year it’ll be because he doesn't
want to go.”
Victim (languidly)—“l have heard
Mcßeilly mentioned—”
Barber (contemptuously) —Pooh! Mc-
Rcilly! Beg pardon, sir, but he’ ab
solutely no good.”
Victim (with interest) —“Hasn't been
doing anything wrong, has he?”
Barber (with cutting scorn) “He
shaves himself, sir!”— Philadelphia Call
A Straw Hat Flavor.
Little Nellie, five years old, went to
walk on Sunday afternoon with her par
ents. The party strolled along the bank
of the reservoir, concerning the use of
which Nellie asked many questions.
While they were witnessed an
exciting episode—a 'small boy’s straw
hat was blown off his head into the res
ervoir and fished out with no little diffi
culty with the aid of along pole.
That evening at supper, as Nellie was
drinking water from a glass, she asked:
“Is this water the same as the water
up in the reservoir?”
“Yes dear.”
Nellie smacked her lips in an experi
mental way, and with a slight expression
of displeasure.
“Well,” she said, “I think it tastes
some of straw lint!”— Boston Tranteript.
Anything But Cabbage.
At the recent entertainment of the
Elks in this city a small boy showed up
for dinner, without either of his parents,
who were stopping at the house.
“What will you have for dinner?”
asked the colored waiter as he placed a
bill of fare before the small guest.
The infant looked it over for a moment,
then run a cheerfully dirty forefinger
through the cntiic list.
“Bring it all,” he said in a tone of au
thority, “’cept cabbage. Cabbage alius
makes me sick, an’ 1 promised mam’ I
wouldn't get sick this trip, nowliow.”—
Detroit Free Press.
Nothing Like n Room.
A man who had not been in a certain
Dakota town for something over a year,
was recently talking with a man who
lives there and happened to refer to the
stream the place is situated on as a
“creek.”
“That’s no creek,” said the native.
“They called it Buffalo Wallow creek |
when I was there before.”
“Oh, well, that's all right, but it’s \
Big Buffalo river now.”
“I don't see what could make the
difference.”
“I can—that was before the boom, it
was a creek then, but you bet it’s a big
flowing river with catfish and a sea
serpent in it now! Just read the local
paper and learn about the ’immense i
water-power’ it furnishes, and how it is
‘an important factor in settling the vexed
interstate commerce law complications.’
I tell you there’s nothing like a tmom to
bring out the good points of things.”—
Dakota Bell.
The Milkman's Cold Nerve.
“Talk about a man with an eye to
business,” remarked a St. Paul (man,
“there is a milkman in the Saintly City
who puts them all to sleep. I have been
taking milk from him for some time. A
few days ago I discovered a fish in the
lacteal fluid. The next morning I in
formed him of the fact.
“ ‘ls thatso?”uuconccrnedly remarked
the dispenser of milk ns he jingled his
bell and drove away.”
“The next day ho astounded me by
presenting the following bill:
Chalk Water, dealer in pure milk.
To 1 lb. fish 12c.
Kec’d pay’t.
“ ‘I didn’t see tlie fish,’ said he, ‘but I
guess that’s near enough.”— Minneapolis
Jourral.
But Ho Is. Now.
Mr. Staylate has I icon entertaining Miss
Lila with an account of the doings of the
Kit Carson Rifle Club, and is just entcr-
ing upon the preface to the introduction
of the ninth chapter of the second vol
ume.
Miss Lila (with weary but heroic in
terest). —“Aud you are a good shot, Mr.
Staylate?”
Mr. Staylate (modestly).—“Well, raw
tiler; they do say that yours truly spoils
the bull’s eye every time he draws a
bead.”
Miss Lila.—“l should think you would
make a splendid target. (Appalled
silence of an interrogatory nature). Be
cause you never would he missed.”
And after that, like a good smooth
bore, l:e went off. —Brooklyn Eagle.
She Knew His Habits.
“Seen anything of my husband?” de
manded a Sioux Falls woman one day
this week of an officer in front of the
postoffice.
"No, ma'am; has he disappeared mys
teriously?”
“Nawl he came down town the same
as usual this morning, but dinner has
been ready a nour, and it's all getting
cold, and he isn’t back yet.”
“You have been to his office, I sup
pose?"
“No, sir. I haven't. I’ve no tune to
fool away looking for him there. Say,
is there a sick horse at any of the livery
stables?”
N UMBER 44.
“Not that I know of.**
“Boon any dog-fights around lately!”
“Haven't heard of any."
“Any tcn-cont show target gun in
town ?”
“All gone, madam.”
“Any man in a wagon selling brass
jewelry!”
“Guess not!”
“No fire anywhere in town?”
“No."
“No pools being sold anywhere on
some race-horse, or trial going on in jus
tice court?”
“Not any!”
“No man selling medicine on the
street, no circus bills just pasted up any
where, no woman walking a tightrope?"
“Not one.”
“Well, that's peculiar—l can’t sec
where John can be.”
“There's a couple of Frenchmen with
a tame cinnamon bear down on Phillips
avenue, madam.”
“That’s it, that’s it—l didn't think to
ask about tame bears! While the pota
toes are getting cold as **atooe he is
down there making up a purse kf seven
ty-five cents to see the bear climb a tele
graph pole! I'll go right down—you
watch and see, if he isn’t up to the house
inside ten minutes. !’’—Dakota Bell.
Old California Hotels.
“I was in California during the stir
ring days of 1851-2,” said an old, tall,
lank minstrel man who had liccn in Aus
tralia for the last twenty years, and who
recently returned to this country to die,
being ufflicted with an incurable disease.
"I was fourteen years old or so,” he went
on to a rciiorter of the Syracuse Stand
ard, “and a hanger-on at my uncle’s
mining camp. We ran into San Fran
cisco frequently, and I shall never forget
the attractions which two rival hotels of
fered to the public to eclipse the other's
patronage. One of them was known as
the Clean Shirt and the other as the
Golden Eagle. The Clean Shirt started
with a small, one-horse brass band con
cert on the balcony every evening, and
drew big crowds, including about all
the Golden Eagle's guests. Pretty
soon, however, the Clean Shirt be
ban to lose its boarders by the
score without any apparent cause. The
proprietor enlarged his brass band and
polished up his bar without effect. It
didn’t take him long to find out that the
Golden Eagle was having nightly cock
ing mains and dogfights for the exclusive
lienefit of her guests. Then the Clean
Shirt got 1 vk part of its custom by in
troducing private prize fights and slug
ging matches. It’s a fact, geutlemen,
that when miners and others had personal
differences to settle they used to offer
their services to the proprietor of the
Clean Shirt, who paid well for a fight,
the money going to the winner. Of course
these exhibition were given in private
quarters, and none but guests ana their
friends were admitted. The Golden
Eagle next enhanced its attractiveness
by knocking out one end of the dining
room and building on a stage and a green
room and other like accessories, and had
variety performances at every meal.
Women were scarce in that part
of the country, and the Golden
Eagle's half-dozen serio-comics, who
came on from the Lord knows
where, proved a great card, a better one
than the Clean Shirt, with all its in
genuity, could play. One day, however,
a desperado went into the Clean Shirt
and shot a bartender, a phenomenon
which made it famous and placed it far
ahead of the Golden Eagle in the estima
tion of the traveling public. But the
proprietor of the Eagle was an ingenious,
enterprising cuss and saw his oppor
tunity. He headed a gang which went out
and captured the murderer, and, bring
ing him hack, strung him up on the
dining-room stage one evening at supper,
and all the guests, transient and per
manent, were accorded the privilege of
firing their revolvers at his dangling
body. That was a great day for Golden
Eagle. One shot accidentally went
through the head of a waiter, and the
entertainment far exceeded the pro
prietor’s most sanguine expectations.”
Karaaehatkans and Their Homes.
The aboriginals of Kamschatka and
Kamschatdalcs and Koriaks; but little is
known of their origin, and both have
decreased in numbers since the Russian
occupation. The country is now chiefly
peopled by Siberian-Russinns, and by a
race the product of inter-marriage be
tween them and the aboriginal Kam
sehatdalcs. This new race it is usual to
distinguish as Kamschatdales; and a
greedy, disagreeable kind of people they
seem to be. They are of a low order,
and live in summer either in wretched
huts by the river banks, or in lofts
above the sheds in which they hang their
fish. In winter they have semi-subter
ranean dwellings. Their habits and diet
are alike filthy; and their notions of
honesty meagre. The pure Kamschat
dales, on the other hand, appear to be a
kindly and a hospitable people.
The houses of the better class
of natives of Russian blood arc usually
log built, unpainted, containing usually
two, and sometimes, but rarely, four
rooms, in wliieh will be found a few
chairs, a rough deal table, a tawdry gilt
cikon of the Russian church, and any
number of cockroaches and unmentiona
hie insects. The houses arc in many
places raised above the ground, cither
upon stones, like- haystacks, or upon low
wooden pillars. The floors are boarded,
and the house is warmed by means of a
huge brick stove built in between the
rooms, which devqjops immense heat.
The diet of these “upper classes” is—be
sides fish—milk, sour cream, rye bread
and bilberries. The bilberry seems to be
the only fruit in Kamschatka.—Cham
bers's Journal.
The Big Prizes of Literature.
The Philadelphia Press gives some in
teresting information about the prices
paid to writers of books. Stanley is to
get $50,000 for the account of the trip he
is now undertaking. This is one of the
largest sums ever paid for a single volume.
Thackeray’s largest income from any on
book was not over $25,000: Wilkie Col
lins got $26,000 for “Armadale” George
Eliot $40,000 for “Middlemarch,”
Scott $40,000 for “ Woodstock,” and
Macauley SIOO,OOO for his history. The
$494,000 received by Mrs. Grant for the
memoirs of the General stands unique
in literature. The earnings of the late
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., who wrote those re
markable tales for the New York Ledger,
were about SIO,OOO a year. These are the
big prizes of literature, but they illus
trate the general fact that literary work
was never so lucrative -as to-day. The
market value of brains gets higher as the
world becomes more civilized.
One of the big redwood-trees of Cali
fornia furnished 24,000 feet of lumber