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The Georgia Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
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By Obstetrics, Gynecology, Diseases
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tice. FRANK!,IN B WRIGHT, M. D
FARM LOANS,
By W. SCOTT,
/ Covington, Georgia.
Ip WILL Negotiate Loans on Farms in
Newton. Walton and Rockdale counties
{ cm Five Years’ Time.
Farming with Cush, and see how
A you like it. Interest will cost you less
waalCredit. W. SCOTT.
HER MISTAKE;
—on, —
Howard Thorndike’s
Loves.
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nv ntlltT ARNOI.D.
CHAPTEIt V.
CMOISELLE DUSIOND SHOWS IfKB TSETH.
Winter wuned nud spring approached.
Mr. Thorndike's investment through
Sandy hail proved a good one in more way!
than one. The store was self-sustaining,
anil Sandy had already rondo several reduc
tions in tim amount loaned him by his em
ploye. Although ho was enthusiistio over
the venture, he never neglected h a rogulaf
duties as valet, nnd but few persons Uaow
that Hownrd’s Sandy and Alexander Mc-
Pherson, florist, were one and the same
person.
The b, erutv of Marie Insley, at the cool,
calculating head of Sandy had predicted,
had been the means of in Cleaning tp trade,
and it was by far larger and more extended
than when in the bands of the old pro
prietor. SCarie held full charge and em
ployed two assistants. The jk ,sirou hac
beon a great blessing to her, for her moth
er's sickness had continued through th*
winter, and she was now gr- /wing ra idly
worse.
Each day since the purely „„ 0 f the stor,
Bundy had sent the little laudladv a small
bouquet by Marie, and or, Sundays ho had
brought a larger one j u j, e r ‘ himself
Throughout the time Ef had remained in
New York Howard hi at night!v sent her s
bouquet or a basket < ,f flowers, and wlicb
she started on a sta* tour he wrote hei
manager a letter re posting that he should
see she bad rece .1, ,1 a floral tribute each
night, and to ch the expense to him.
Thus the flow /r store had been of mutual
benefit to all y rj-ties concerned.
It was now a |jy; t , over six months sino.
Howard lia q received any message direct
from limr and, somehow, he found sht
did not occupy such a large share in hi.
though 4 a as formerly.
1“ f Act, he scarcely thought of her at all,
save when he received a bill through the
ma .! from her manager, and that came nr
r ' jgularly as the week roiled by.
There were, to be sure, other times
■ when he would think of her. lie could
i not pass by the Casino without a vivid
recollection of the thorough surprise h<
j experienced there the first tune he saw he.
; on the stage.
Another place which recalled her was
Sandy’s store, and for a time he nevei
; passed it without ©peering and purchasing
j a knot of flowers. What he did with them
was a question. He never wore them; tha
was certain.
All of a sudden he ceased to patronizt
the place. He could not se<; Marie lus’ey
without her bringing to his mind an im
j pleasant truin of recolj e( .tioiis about F.ffie.
He had never yet l_, 6eu a bleto dispel from
his mind the that ho had met Merit
somewhere P’ e vious to the night at th
°P®, house-, where, he could not tliiDk,
anand he
C//P. rv -00-w i.- oa„ nf her. which,
“ aehow of late, hud come to be qui*
r often —too often, he began to imagine him
self.
let frequently he found him.elf wander,
ing in the vicinity of the store, when noth
ing had, apparently, guided his footstepi
there.
Ohe night he resolved he would solve
the problem of the familiarity of fier feat
ures to him oa (he first night he had met
her.
Going into the store at a time wheu he
knew Bandy would be there, he requested
Bandy to give him nn introduction to her—
a proposition which made Bandy’s gray eyei
open wide. However, Sandy did as he wae
requested, and in a few weeks Howard was
on very pleasant social terms with Mise
Insley, so much so that he neglected his
club and various other matters in which he
had formerly taken quite an interest.
His actions were a source of intense sur
prise to Sandy, who con’d not fsthom theii
import. Sandy would shake his bead nnd
look over the receipts to see if they had de
creased any, as he thought they might il
the girl oentered her thoughts on anything
bnt business, or, as he called it, "got a bet
in her bonnet.”
But everything went on apparently as be
fore.
One evening Howard invited Marie tc
accompany him to the theater. He though!
she looked ns though she needed relaxation
from business, and ho was too thoroughly
Independent to care what any of his ac
quaintances might think, should she bt
seen in his box.
The same day he received a note from
Efflo, stating that she would arrive in the
city in the afternoon, nnd would be pleased
to have him call in the evening.
He sent her a note by Bandy pleading ac
engagement, nnd in the evening, as he sal
in his box, he noticed EiHo herself among
the audience.
But somehow he felt that she did not in
terest him as she once eou’d have, thougl
he fell into a reverie nnd made comparisoui
between ncr anil me girl by ms side, toward
whom Eftie had noted in such a selfish and
heartless manner only u few short inonthi
previous.
He wondered if she would have boet
guilty of such petty jealousy as Eftie hac
exhibited if she had beon placed nndci
similar circumstances, lie could not bo
tteve it. She was of too frank and linen-
Tunis a disposition. A girl who was as lova,
lo hor sick mother ns Marie; a girl whe
worked hard all day and stood on her feel
from morning until night to earn the money
to puy the living expenses of that uiotliei
nud invalid sister, and then came home at
night and cared for them, would never haw
been envious of the amount of flowers re
eeived by another ocoupylng an Inferior
position.
His comparisons were unfavorable to
| Eftie.
Marie at first refused his invitation that
I evening, and had only accepted it at her
mother's urgent request for her to go and
enjoy herself as long as she had the oppor
tunity, and had not been auywhere for so
long. This she had told to Howard while
they wefe being driven to the theater.
It was a pleasure to Howard to observe
the changes of her countenance as she
watched the play. Her face was all nnima
| tion, and the warm air of the auditorium
bloomed roses in her cheek which far out
rivaled those in her hair.
Howard was rapidly acquiring the same
opinion that Bandy had formed on his first
interview with her—that she was by far tho
most beautiful young lady he bad ever
met.
Her short experience behind the scenes
enabled her quick eye to detect anything
which was not as it should be; and her ob
servance of it was betrayed by a sight
pursing of her pretty mouth, or a little oou -
traction of tho eyebrow —barely sufficient
for one to see that she was annoyed by it.
Snddeniy, between tho acta, she drew
back in the box, after looking through the
audience.
Howard noticed tho act, an(l cast a quick
glance in the direction where Eftie was sit
ting. Bhe was looking at the box with a
curl on her lip. . , . ~
Evidently she had recognized them both;
but, for some reason, it failed to disturb
the equanimity of Mr. Thorndike s spirits
as it ono© might have.
In short, he cared nothing at all about it,
nor did he even think anything of it until
he had lea hod his hotel that evening.
Then he did think that perhaps a person of
Eflie’s disposition might be inelined ty
make much out of little.
He was now thoroughly satisfied that
Title did apt love him. and also he bad
“JTF COUNTRY: MAY SHE EVER RE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY /”— Jefferson.
slowly awakened to the fact That be never
could have been at tmilly in love with her.
Ills valet could probably have given him a
reason for this conclusion; yet Howard
himself did not dream of (ho construc
tion which Bandy put to his attentions to
Marie.
lie con jectured how lie could gracefully
withdraw from his engagement with lithe.
Apparently it was an uncongenial one to
both. He ducided he would call and talk
tho matter over wiih her in the morning.
Wiion morning came he called at ElUe’i
address, and she was absent. He then
strolled around to the flower store, her,
Bandy told him that Mrs. Insley was
worse, anil Marie had been snddeniy called
home.
Ho sauntered aimlessly down Tonrteentl
street to Eighth avenue, then leisurely
walked np town until he reached tones
dry-goods emporium, on the corner ol
Nineteenth street and Niutli avenue.
A coinage passed by, and he thought he
recognized Ellin’s fac■< within it.
Watching the Vihiclo, lie saw it stop is
front of tho hon e where Mario resided,
when a lady got out and ascended tht
steps.
It was almost too far for him to sec: but
he thought it could not very well be Eftie,
as she wns probably unacquainted there, ol
eveu in the vic.mty.
He crossed the street, intending to con
tinue his walk up Eighth avenue, but h<
changed his mind by the time he reached
the other side, and retracing his steps ht
walked rapidly down Nineteenth street
He was soon near enough to recognizi
Eftie's coachman, who sat on tho box with
eyes shut, awaiting the return of his mis
tress.
He hesitated a moment, then ascended
the steps, rang the bell, and inquired foi
Marie.
Mrs. Campbell conducted him into the
‘‘little back parlor," which she reserved for
herself, nnd told liim that Miss Insley wai
engaged for a few momenta, but would see
him soon, lie laid Ins hat, cane, nnd glovei
on the center table, and inhaled a sweet
draft from the bou met which occupied its
center. He was well aware of Bandy’s in
terest in the little Scotch Widow; also ol
his peculiar and systematic mode of pro
cedure while laying siege to her heart, and
therefore readily recognized tho bouquet
as one of Sandy’s daily mute reminders
that she was his preference.
As he sat upon a sofa that was placed
against the folding door which divided the
front and back parlors, he began to con
jecture ns to whether Marie’s being "en
gaged” meant in attendance on her mother
or with a caller, who. in the latter case,
might be Eftie. He had never heard eithet
of them speak of the other, and he ques
tioned if they had ever met save on tht
boards or at rehearsals.
He hardly understood why he had called
on Marie, although ho had Fpasmodicallt
made up his iind to attempt to aid her, il
she could be induced to accept his well
meant kindness, nnd ho was trying to tbiul
of some reasonable excuse for profferint
his assistance. What he had thought ol
doing, for several weeks past, was to gel
her consent for him to pay the family's ex-
11
AU
She was looking at the box with a curl or
her lip.
penses during a sojourn iu the South, at
tended by a physician, for otherwise hi
could see no relief for the poor naothe;
save death.
He could hear voices in the front parlor
and he tin.illy recognized, as the voices be
came louder aud more animated, the voice l
of both Effio and Marie.
He heard Eflie, in sneering tones, maki
Insulting insinuations to Marie about he
association with himself, and was horror
struck to think that such a constructioi
could be placed on his motives in seeking
the young girl's acquaintance.
As Eilie grew more and more excited sh<
told the girl that she was “welcome t(
him," for she (Effiel had “made a bettei
market elsewhere,” and wound up her vin
dictive raillery by throwing the engagemen
ring, given her by Howard, at the feet o 1
the completely astonished girl, who wat
then perfectly Epeechlesß with indignation
“You had better put it on, for it is quite
unlikely you will ever get a wedding ring
from him." "he heard Eflie say, as a parting
Insult, when she opened the parlor aoor to
go opt.
He quickly stepped to the door himself,
uid called:
“Miss Desmond''’
Eflie turned, anti as their eyes met they
positively glared at each other.
“Miss Desmond, this is not the time nor
the place which I would have chosen to say
what I shall say to you now,” he said. You
have cruelty wronged that poor, innocent
girl ever sinco you first met her I over
heard the conversation between you for th
last few minutes, and will only refer to i
I
Your venom has failed to 'do its l work.
by saying I hope you can meet your God
with the consc.ousnoss of being as pure
and innooent of oontainiuatiou in this
world as can the poor girl inside that room,
whose tender feelings you have outraged by
your unworthy insinuations. I
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1889.
called at your address lips morning for tho
purpose of severing the uncongenial agree
ment existing between us; but you have
severed it yourself, and I aocept my free
dom. That I loved Miss Insley 1 waa not
aware myself until 1 heard the iufamous
construction you placed upon tho friend
ship existing between ns; but you have
awakened me to renli/o tbnt 1 do
lore lier with ail my heart and
soul. And 1 now know that I
have never loved a woman before. I w.ll do
the best I oau, ami make all possible hon
orable endeavors to win lier regard for my
self, and if luco sstui 1 will mnko iier my
wife. And now, .Miss Desmond, your
venom has failed to do its work. I trust
oua faoo again. Good-day."
Howard turned to enter the front pnilor
as Mrs. Campbell came downstairs to show
Miss Desmond to the door.
Effie passed out, entered her carriage, and
wns driven away.
The sound of a heavy fall greeted the
ears of Howard on opening the parlor door,
tnd both he and Mrs. Cumphell entered ut
once.
The previonsiv alarmed expression in her
countenance increased.
Marie had swooned away and lay uncon
scious on the floor, with the diamond ring
firmly clinched in her right hand,
(TO HE CONTINUED 1
An Eqfline Curiosity.
A genuine (liiuese horse has been dis
severed by a New York W orld reportet
in a small stable near Abingdon Square.
This curious animal is the only oue ol
its species in the United States, and has
certain peculiarities whi h make it an
interesting curiosity. This remarkable
animal has the head, neck and body of
a full-sized and rather large horse. His
legs, however, although corre.-q'ondingly
st out and strong, are very short and every
one of them double-join ted. llis coat
is very sleek and black. The only spot
of white upon him is a pretty diamond
upon his forehead. His tail is long and
silky, but strange to say his main refuses
to grow longer than two inches. Hers
it stops and remains as coarse and stub
by as a scrubbing brush.
A CHINESE HORSE.
“Old Tony,” the keeper of this re
markable horse, has christened his
charge “Yum Y’um.” At the reporter's
request Tony brought the horse from the
stall and trotted him around the stable
yard. The gait of the horse is very pe
culiar and cannot be compared with
that of anv other animal. Bern?
joiuted, when he turns a corner his legs
swing around like pivots, giving the
appearance of being hung ou hinges.
The double joints of Yum Yum’s
knees are so large that the reporter laid
his forefinger almost out of sight between
them. So peculiarly are they formed
that they do not figure as a deformity.
The horse is very strong and makes a
beautiful saddle horse, a ihough it is a
very funny sight to see a tall man upon
his back. The reporter then asked Tony
to measure the different parts of the
horse.
Yum Yurn's head is 28 inches long. It
is very full and well formed. The neck
is 11 inches long and 1(1 inches thick.
His height is 10 inches. liis front legs
measure just 29 inches, while the hind
legs are one inch higher. His body is
ju-t feet, or 00 inches long. This con
cludes a set of measurements which, for
being in direct opposition to the laws of
nature, have never yet been equaled.
The head, according to the measure
ments, is that of a perfectly developed
horse. His body is just a little behind,
while the legs ore the length of those of a
'mall pony. His feet arc in keeping with
his legs, as he wears a very dainty shoe.
Mr. Taggert, Y um Yum’s owner,gave the
porter a very interesting history of the
lior-e. He said that Yum 5 uni was born
in Hong Kong in 1883. About a year
and a half latera sea captain bought him
and took him to Boston, where he was
sold.
After a short stay at the “Hub” he
wa3 transferred to New Y ork, where the
late General I.ee I u I)oo fell in love with
him and bought him at a big price. The
General had him kept in Orango, N .1.,
and used to go out once or twice a week
and spend a day in horseback riding.
The General also took a liking to the
farmer that kept Y um Y’uinforhim, aud
said that if lie ever died the farmer
should have the horse. The man was
p eased at the offer and prevailed upon
the General to put the nature of his gift
upon paper. When the General died,
therefore, an effort was made by his
friends to get possession of tho Chinese
horse, but the farmer held Y’utn Yum
under the General's signature.
Finally Mr. Taggert, who resides in
Orange, saw the horse oue day aud
bought him from the farmer at a con
siderable sum.
He brought him to New Y'ork, and
wheu occasion requires it, uses him on
one of his wagons. Mr. Taggert hat
also had a light sulkey made for his
curious horse aud affirms that on a good
country Yum Yum has frequently made
n mile in 2.40 or less. His double joints
allow his legs a very wide strttch and
his speed is surprising.
DEFRAUDING FARMERS,
A corps of surveyors that went into
Boone, lowa, with their plausible scheme
for a railroad from Minneapolis to Kan
sas City, via Booue, are in durance vile.
They had a row among themselves, and
one of the party gave the scheme away.
The fellows are out ou their own hi ok
running this survey and demanding do
nations for locating depots, etc. They
had a ricli harvest, getting considerable
money from towns through which they
passed.
A FIGHTING EDITOR
The Honolulu Bulletin, reaching Bid
Francisco, Cal., by steamer, prints what
puroorts to be a circular just sent out by
German officers at Samoa regarding the
late disturbances there. In general the
circular denies that the Germans of the
island have oppressed or mistreated the
natives, and reaffirms the statement that
the late battle in wh ch twenty two G r
mans were killed was led bv nn Atneri
i an newspaper man named Klciu.
Ttr* numbvr of hidos Imported into Eng
land for home consumption is estimated at
000,000 pci- annum, whiah, together with
the diomsetie hides, brings the totol numbvr
to about 80,000,000.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
HAPPENINGS BRIEFED AND
STRUNG TOGETHER.
MOVEMENT* Or ALLIANCE St Rtf—RAIL
ROAD CASUALTIES—THE LAB OK KILLD.
ACCIDENTS—CROP RETURNS.
ALABAMA.
William Dickerson was arrested at
Collinsvillo for pa-sing counterfeit silver
dollars. He is supposed to beloDg to a
gang whose headquuriers are ut the
Round Mountain Furnace.
A special from Mchanicvillc, says a
seventcen-j ear-old daughter of Joel
Weeks, colored, forced four of her
younget sisters to eat Hough on Rats.
Two of them have died arid tho others
suffered terribly. The. girl admits her
crime.
Wl at is believed to be the craicr of a i
extinct volcano lias been discovered in
Red Mountain, two miles from Birming
ham. The opening is about 15 by 50
feet, and huge pieces of stone thrown
into this hollow, disappear and eunnot
be heard to strike any bottom.
While resisting arrest near Holcombs
ic Pratt’s sawmill nt Uaicru, about three
miles from town, Joe Bowman was sh it
and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff
Janus Handley. Bowman was charged
with wife beating in the warrant issued
for liis arrest.
George A. Pearce, secretary of tin
Planters’ & Merchants’ Insurance C ■..
left Mobile ostensibly for Birmingham,
and dropped a uote to tho pr sident,
postmarked Nashville, saying liiut tht
company’s hooks were not all right. An
examination on Monday draws that
Pearce is $20,000 or more short.
News reached Montgomery of a fright
ful murder which occurred near <>j rk.
William Williams and A. B.dclkfor,
white men, and respectable farmers,were
neighbors. Williams cut down a tree
and it fell on Batchelor’s garden fence.
Williams promptly offered to pay the
damages and compromise; but Batchelor
flew iuto a rage, picked up his double
barrelled shotgun and shot Williams
kiliiug him dead on the spot.
FLORIDA.
As Dr. J. Y. Porter, surgeon in
charge of the government relief meas
ures, announced that all disinfection was
over, and that he intended leaving Jack
sonville, a large meeting of citizens and
members of the Auxiliary Banitary A-so
elation was held in the board of trade
rooms. Dr. Porter wss presented with
a list of resolutions eulogizing his work
there and a magnificent gold repeater and
chain costing SI,OOO.
BivrtYtAN'n.
Hon. Jacob Tome, a narivo of Fort
Deposit, but for borne years a resident of
Washington, D. G., has given $500,000
to n. Ia froc non-sectarian seminary, in
which the industrial training of children
will be made a feature. Mr. Tome, who
commenced life a poor boy, has made a
large fortune in the lumber and banking
business, and is the father-in-law of ex-
Postmastcr General J. A. Creewell.
MISSISSIPPI.
Fred Hopkins and Jenkins of Vicks
burg, colored labor agents, were caught
in North Louisiana aud lynched. No
particulars have been received but the
report is believed, as it is as much as a
m in’s life is worth to try to get hands
away from pi inters just now.
Governor Lowry is in receipt of a let
ter from the sheriff of Noxuoee couuty,
Siiytug that he has three white men in
jsil who hid been arrested fore mplicity
in tire late troubles. After their arrest,
warrants were sworn out against them
and they will tie turned over to the
sheriff of Kemper county. The govern
• ir’s a surance to these sheriffs of liis
earnest and unstinted support in their
■ ffort to suppress Cl ime unit restore order
in their respective counties, lias induced
confidence, and the sheriffs are working
earnestly to apprehend t lie law-breukers.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Delegates from nearly all the counties
in the state, cx-t’oufrderate pensioners,
met in Raleigh Tuesday. It was the first
convention of this character ever held in
North Carolina, and the interest in it
was unusually great. Several hundred
veterans were present, nearly all with an
arm or leg missing, while some were
mere physical wrecks. Ad weie guests
of tho city of Raleigh. They paraded
and called on Governor Fowle, at the
executive department, where they were
given a special reception, the govnnoi
and staff and all state officers being
present. Governor Daniel G. Fowle was
loudly cheered when lie rose to speak.
Like the other speakers, lie urged the
claims of tho disabled soldiers for more
liberal pensions, and also urged the es
tablishment of a soldiers’ home and ill
maintenance by the state. ’1 he gover
nor was eloquent, and his eyes were fit 1
of tears. The Legislature will certainly
increase the pensions, which are now
only a little over $8 per annum.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A rail! was made by the revenue orti
cers in the neighborhood of Glass;
Mountain, the famous “moonshiner
district of South Carolina. While the
officers were stealing upon the still, they
w ere fired at, from w ithin thirty or foity
shots being fired, one striking Frauk
Hightower in the knee, inflicting a pain
ful wound.
A distinctive feature of the com in j in
auguration of President Harrison will he
furnished from Charleston. Arrange
ments are making to send to Washing
ton a picked company of colored militia
of that city, under the command of Gen.
S. T. Lee, who commands the first
brigade National Guards of South Caro
lina, and who is the only colored briga
dier in the United States.
1 here is almudant promise of troub'e
in the upper aod middle parts of til,
state nt au early date, und the railroad
agents promise to get the worst of it.
The u ual exodus of colored laborers has
commenced and tho landowners are get
ting mad. Under the peculiar laws of
the state a negro who contracts with a
farmer is, to put it mildly, held to a very
etrict account. If lie breaks his contract
he is taken before the criminal, not the
civil court. For some time past emi
grant agents have been at work in the
counties of Kershaw, Lancaster, York,
Chester and other counties in the upper
part of the state, and it is said that large
number of negroes have left the state
since Chii-tnns. Soliciting agents
and emigrant agents are scat
ter! and in various pats of the
state, and they aiu exerting all their ef
forts to entice the bands away. The
negro population of the state is esti
mated at 600,000.
TKNNKHMt k.
A fire at Athens, destroyed the Ath
ens t ank building and two it- res. The
town is without a tire department, and
it was very difficult to get the tire tinder
control.
Robert Day, a highly r speeded and
prominent young man, of ltm kwood,
was fatally shot about a mile from that
place on Wedne-day. Ho was at tin
lioine of John Martin, when an unknown
pnrty knocked at the door. When Day
weut to the door ho was shot in the right
eye nnd face.
The Tennessee river convention met in
Knoxville Tuesday, delegates being pres
ent from all East Tennessee eountiis.
Tomlinson Fort, of Hamilton county,
was elected president. 'ilie object oi
the couvention is to memorialize Con
gress to make an appropriation of liulf a
million dollars to remove ulisiructions in
the Tennessee river between Knoxville
nnd Mussel Blioa s, Ala.
A terrible explosion occurred at the
residence of G. E. Broyles, in Chnttanoo
na, which resulted in tearing down the
walls of the kitchen, the blowing out of
two windows nnd sirious injuriis to a
servant girl named Lydia Hunt. A rat
had appeared in the kitchen, which Mbs
Hunt tried to kill. It escaped iuto it
box, which proved to have a lot of gun
powder in it. but the girl wss not aware
of the fact, In order to g t the rat out
of the box. she lighted a paper aud put
it into the box, which caused ttic powder
to explode with terrible force.
Bill Hum went from Memphis to
Nashville with a little money he hud
saved, and shortly after his arrival here
received a letter from William Hassett,
of New York, offering to sell him some
railroad bonds at their face value, $lO7,
which lie assured would, when due in
1893, be worth S3OO. Il is-elt agreed to
send the bonds C. O. D. Huru said the
proposit on seemed to him a very good
one, and, having this amount of money
uncmiiloyed, he wrote to Hassett to send
the bonds. Tuesday, llurn received a
postal card announcing that there was a
package of bonds, upon whiefi was due
$lO7, in the express office subject to his
call. Hum was sick, and so delegated a
friend to pay the charges and get the
package. When th - friend returned aud
Huru opened the package he found it
contained, instead of bond-, slips of old
newspapers.
VIRGINIA.
The British steamship Lizzard, f’apt.
Byrnes, arrived at Newport News and
lauded Capt. Hughes ami the crew of
the British steamship Erin, which sailed
from Baltimore last Friday for Kingston,
Jamaica. Capt. Hughes states flint he
struck the storm of Bunday about thirty
miles north of Cape Ilatteras. A terri
ble heavy sea was running, and the Erin,
being in ballast, rolled badly. The
storm continued to rage, and Monday
morning the shaft of the steamer broke
and a large hole was made in the tunnel
through which immense quantities of
water poured into her after hold. The
pumps were worked full force, in spite
of which, the vessel seitled rapidly, but
managed to keep afloat until about noon,
when in latitude 5:20, longitude 74:17.
the Lizzard hove in sight and took off
her crew and four passengers, and, the
sinking steamer was abandoned.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Atlanta is moving for a United States
prison to be located within her borders.
( apt, John A. McCool, a well-known
railroad conductor, died at Atlanta on
Wednesday.
About a week ago, in arresting a young
man, Pat Davis, Police Sergent Powers,
of Augusta, clubbed him with his stick
covering his head and face with blood.
Davis filed charges of cruelty ogams',
the officer, and the matter will be inves
tigated by the police commissioners.
The towns of West Point aud Eastman
have had the benefit, of the burglarizing
era that 13 now all over the state. Three
hundred dollais were secured in goods at
the store of S. Hermann & Ilro. at East
man, and at West Point the railroad
office was broken into snd two rai l
pouches were ripped open; many letters
containing money ware rifled of theii
contents.
John L. Conley of Eastpoint, was con
victed on Wednesday in Atlanta, of sell
ing mortgaged property to the Plowboy
Cos. The court is allowed no discretion
in such cases, but must impose a fine
double the amount for which the mort
gage was giveu, which will be $0,200, or
sentence the defendant to impiisoumeut
for not more than one yiar or less than
one month.
Governor Gordon addressed a fitter to
tho ordinary of YV’orth county directing
him to procure and forward to the exec
utive department full particulars of tlie
outrage on colored people committed
near l’y Ty recently, and to ascertain tht
name of the perpetrators in i rder that
rewards may be offered for their appre
hension aud delivery to the sheriff *4
Worth county with proof to convict.
The western half of the gu tno shed of
the Central Road wharves, just irarlh of
the Philadelphia slip, in Savannah,caved
in Thursday yfternoon. The schooner
11. P. Simmons was discharging guano
und across tho slip was the steamship Dcs
song. As the guano wns unloaded it was
piled upon the wharf. Su Idcn'y there was
a terrible crashing of timbeis, an I in a
twinkling a section of the w-liarl, 50x150,
disappeared in tlie river w i li 2,440 tons
of guano. Tho longshon men were taken
tiy surprise and had no time to escape.
A few sprang for the schooner. As the
wharf went down she careened nnd
struck the Dessong, knocking off two of
the hatch covers. (ha lcs Williams nnd
Dennis Lloyd were 1 u ied under the gu
ano. The total loss will reach SBO,OOO.
AN IRON TRUST.
George H. Hull, of Louisville, Ky.,
Yas been ut work several wonihs arraug
ng a combination among manufacturers
if pig iron, for what purpose is not
dearly known. Hull is an iron commis
lion mi rehant. Howard Tracy, mana
ger of the company, and Hull’s associate
n the plan, stated that he did not feel at
!ib.rty to say much about th - combina
tion, but he assarted po-it.vely that the
thief object was to benefit the iron in
lustry of the South by btiuging it to a
jreat increase.
Agricultural education is receiving
no small attention iu India, tho English
government having recently placed the
College of Agriculture at Downtown
under its patronag i aud decreed that its
diplomas should be considered as of
equal value with those of the Royal
Agricultural College at Cirenomder,
England.
THE WOULD OVER.
ITEMS BOILED DOWN IN A
READABLE BTYLE.
THE FIELD OT LABOR— SKKTIfINO CAUL
DRON OF EUROPEAN INTIUOUF. —FIRES,
SUICIDES, ETC. —NOTED DEAD.
An earthquake, accompanied by a vio
lent gale, occurred at Athens, Megars
snd Arachova, Greece.
The strike of brakemen on the Lake
Erie & Wi stern Railroad, at laiFnyette,
bid., lias been compromised.
The Austrian semi-official press fully
approves the projected restriction of im
migration into the United Btatca.
There is no truth in the report that
Germany had come to an agreement with
the United States in regard to the d.ffi
culties in Samoa.
Several firms in New York having as
sented to the demands of the striking
Cuban eigarmakers, about 100 of the lat
ter returned to work.
A cruiser belonging to the British
Australian squadron has been dispatched
in hHste to Samoa, where she will arrive
at the end of the current week.
David Sheely, M. P., who was arrested
at Glasgow on an Irish warrant for a
violation of the crimes act, was lodged in
I-uiu-rick jail. Bail was refused.
Lady Salisbury and Lady Roseberry
railed at the residence of Mr. Phelps,
United States minister, in Loudon, Eng
land, and informally presented Mrs.
Phelps with a superb Iracclet.
Two thousand miners in W. L. Scott’s
mines at Spring Valley, Pa., who struck
Saturday, went to return to work, but
are locked out by the company. In case
of cold weather, extreme suffering is
feared.
A duel was fought on Thursday by M.
Cnrnudct, member of the Chamber of
Deputies for the department of Creuse,
France, nud M. Charbronilland, editor
of a newspaper. The latter was wounded.
The duel was the result of a quarrel,
growing out of the candidacy of Bou
langer.
A Catholic colou-zation society, with
a capital stock of SIOO,OOO, divided into
four thousand shares, has been formed at
Pittsburg, Pa. The objects of the so
ciety are to establish Catholic colonies in
the South, engage in manufacturing,
mining, lumbering, stock raising and bo
forth.
There is a deficiency in Barnes county
(Kan.) treasury of over $14,000. Some
of Treasurer Benson’s creditors crowded
him hard at the close of the year, and
having assurances that he could replace
it when the time for settlement wi h the
county arrived, he used some of the pub
lic funds to meet bis private obligations.
Passed Assistant Burgeon W. G. G.
Wilson, U. 8. N., was found dead in his
bed on the recruiting ship St. Louis, at
the League Island, l’a., navy yard. Dr.
Wilson’s body was found by a servant
who went to wake him. On the drees,
ing case there was a bottle labeled
“chlora'.” lie was not known to have
been in the habit of taking the drug, and
whether he took it to quiet his nerves or
with suicidal intent is not clear.
TH j BOLDEST YET.
As audacious t nd successful a robbery
as was ever committed in Atlanta was
committed in broad daylight ou Wed
nesday, in the alhy just in the rear of
the opera house, and within fifty feet of
Broad street. About 12 o’clock two
young white men, one of them a son of
Patrolman Jim Buchanan, saw two ne
groes and an old white man scuffling in
the alley. The old man, apparently a
farmer, was on the ground. The two
young men ttopped at the mouth of the
alley a moment and then ran towards the
negroes. The negroes ran. The young
men followed them for a hundred yards
or so, but gave up the chnse finally. The
old man stated to them that the negroes
had taken his watch and some money,
lie appeared to be drinking, but not
drunk, nnd preferred losing his money
to saying anything about it.
PLEASANT OUTLOOK.
The Charleston S. C. Niwsand Courier
says, that day by day the cotton crop
of 1888-1889 assumes more generoui
proportions, nnd there are few who now
dispute the fact that it will he the lar
gest crop ever innde. Conditions have
been unusually favorable for maturing
tho crop, and in many of the most fruit
ful sections pickers arc still actively at
work in the field. Ttie re-ult of the pro
longation of picking season over the vast
area of the cotton belt must be an addi
tion to the yield, which is as gratifying
as it was uu"pected. It seems not ex
travagant to hope, with the present out
look, the crop will approximate, if it
does not reach, the magnificent total of
7,800,000 bales.
A BIG THIEF.
It has just been discovered that the
financial correspondent of the Connecti
cut Mutual Life Insurance Cos., at In
dianapolis, Ind., after sixteen years ol
service, during which he has had the
unlimited confidence of all the directors
and officers and of their predecessors,
is a defaulter. His accounts have been
under investigation, ana a defalcation
has been found. The extreme amount
imp ved is about $500,000. Ho has re
stored to the company property which
may reduce the actual loss to $400,000.
The ageut is Joseph A. Moore, a leading
citizen of Indianapolis, about 45 years
old, who has hitherto held a high posi
tion in that community. He bad been
speculating.
HARRISON’S VISITORS.
The colored people of Virginia, South
Caroliua, Georgia, nnd other Southern
States, are arranging to lend a delega
tion to visit Gen. Harrison to preseu!
their views of the Southern question.
The delegation is to be headed by Hon.
John M. Langston, of Virginia, at one
time minister lo Ilayti. It will be ic
Indianapolis hy the first of February. Ii
it said the delegation will be composed
of no e but representatives of the race
in the South.
HIS IDEA.
The secret societies disavow all com
plicity in the White Cap letters sent
Rev. Geo. R. Milton of Elgin, IU. That
divine, preach- and a strong
sermon against them. He compared
Masons to the Church of Pcrgnmas, and
sni 1 that too many church members are
worshipping God at cliuich on Sunday
and tho devil in the lodge during the
week.
NUMBER Ixs.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WHAT THE OFFICIALS ARE
BAYINQ ANO DOING.
UONORKAH.
In the Benate on Thursday, after sev
eral bills had been reported from com
mittees, a message came from ihe House of
Representatives anu turning the death of
Representative Burnes. H< solutions
were agre< and to, and as a mark of reaped
to the memory of the decanted, the sen
ate adjourned.... The entire delegation
in Congre-ia from Miasouri, together with
Speaker Carlisle, Mr. Randall, and the
other membeis of the appropriations
committee, met in the room uf the House
committee on appropriation! at 11
o’clock and took > uitable action
upon the death of Representative Jam s
N. Burnes. The funeral it to take place
at Bt. Joseph, Mo., the residence of tho
deceased. Mr. Dockery then offered the
resolutions framed at a meeting of tho
Mi-souri delegation. Accordingly at
12:10 the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr.
Hale, from the census committee, re
ported back, with sundry amendments,
the House bill to provide for taking the
eleventh and subsequent censuses and
gave notice that he would, at an early
day, ask the Senate to proceed to its
consideration. On motion of Mr. Hoar,
the concurrent resolution for counting
electoral votes was taken up and passed.
It provides that the two houses of Con
gress shall assemble and count the votes
in the hall of the House of Representa
tives on Wednesday, the 13th day of
February, 1889. The bill to declare
unlawful trusts and combinations in re
straint of trade and production, was
taken up for consideration, and was
amended by striking out of the first
section the words, “that competes with
any similar article upon which duty is
levied by the Uuited States,” and in
serting in lieu thereof the words, “in
due course of trade.”... .Immediately
after the reading of the journal, the
House went into committee of the whole
(Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, in the chair)
on the civil appropriation bill. Pending
a vote on any amendment, the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.
NOTES.
Representative Burnes, of Miseouri,
was stricken with paralysis while oo the
floor of the House on Wednesday, end
died at midnight.
The National Woman’s Suffrage Asso
ciation began its twenty-first annual ses
sion on Monday, Susan B. Anthony in
the chair, in the absence of Mrs. Stanton.
Nearly all the ladies prominent in the
movement were present.
The President approved the findings
of the army retiring board, which ex
amined Judge-Advocate Gen. Swaim.
The board reported that he is not inca
pacitated for active service, and, conse
quently, is not eligible for retirement
on that ground.
The War ship Ossipee, has been or
dered to proceed without delay to
Aspiuwall for the protection of American
interests on the Isthmus. The vessel is
now at Kingston, Jamaica. She towed
the steamer iiaytien Republic from
Port-au-Prince to that poit.
The Secretary of State received a cabl 8
message from Acting Consul Blucklocki
at Apia, Samoa, by way of Aucklaudi
New Zealand, s yiug that a large the re
cently occurred on tuc is and, and that
the German consulate was among the
buildings destroyed.
A delegation of tobacco manufacturers
and other citizeus of Petersburg, Va.,
headed by Representative-elect Venable,
telegraphed Representative-elect Cowles,
of North Carolina, that they will arrive
in Washington on Thuisday. Theii
mission is to urge upon the appropria
tions committee a speedy report of Mr.
Cowles’ internal revenue bill, and to
work up sentiment among Southern
members in favor of the early passage of
the bill when reported.
Senator Sherman, from the committer
of foreign relations, reported an amend
ment to the diplomatic and consular ap
propriation bill, designed to protect the
interests of the United States and appro
priating for the execution of obligation!
and protection to the interests of the
United States existing under the treaty
between the United States and the gov
ernment of the Samoan Islands $500,000,
or so much thereof as may he necessary
to be expended under direction of the
President, this appropriation to be im
mediately available.
It is rumored that Congressman Wil
liam Warner, of Missouri, commander ol
the Grand Army of the Republic, is out
ns a candidate for the secretaryship of
the interior. His friemls have pre
sented tiim to Gen. Harrison for that
portfolio, aud they say the president
elect is inclined to look with favor upon
the euggeation. Warner considers him
self a Southern man, and by his appoint
ment, Gen. Harrison would have a
Southerner in bis cabinet and would be
relieved of the embarrassment of having
to choose between tho many Southerners
who are applicants.
Senator Edmunds, when made ac
quainted with the unfriendly utterances
of the licrlin press, said: “I suppose if
Bismarck wants to express his opinion
upon uuy subject, he feels at perfect
liberty to do so; but I also suppose that
the expression of such opinion will not
serve to deter the American people from
carrying out any policy they may adopt
ns desirable or necessary. The Samoan
Islands are on the highway of commerce
across the Pacific ocean aud are of great
importance with relation to the develop
ment of trade via proji cted canals across
the Isthmus of Panama and across Nica
ragua. To a power hose ships are sent
on long cruises, the establishment of
coaling stations is a necessity, and ihe
location ol one on llie central island of
the Samoan group, as provided for iu
the proposed amendment to the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill,
reported by the committee on foreign
relations, is looked upon as of the great
est importance to us."
SOUTHERN MILLERS.
A meeting of the mt.lers of Southern
Indiana, .Kentucky, Tennessee, and
states south of Tennessee, was held at
Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday. The
ittendance was large, a daily output of
13,000 barre s being represented. The
rganization will bo known as the
“Southern Millers’ Association.” The
principal object of the association is to
idopt a uniform method of sale, manner
of payments aud length of time upon
which flour is to be sold, and to rectify
the abuses to which Southern mills have
long been subjected. The meeting ud
joumed to reconvene at Indianapolis,
Ind., on the first Tuesday in June.