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The Georgia Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
GENEIiAL NEWS.
m'ONDMKSATIOS OF CURIOUS,
■ aM> exciting everts.
I VKKVWHKBK -ACCIDENTS, STRIIKS,
■ „■ aud mawwiwm or intmmt.
■ A hurricane raged at the port of Bue
■ s Av „. s Srturduy, which did great
lainage to shipping.
■ A grand iicuriion U being arrunged
lor the Central and South American
■(‘legate! to the international American
BongrrM.
1 The English, Scotch and American
lolleees in Hmue have united in Rending
E, the Catlmlie university at Waahmg-
Knu, I)- C'., a marble buat of St. Thomaa
■Aquinas.
■ The ship John A. Brill*, Bio Janeiro
L„ Philadelphia, is detained at quaran
tine at Lewaa, Del., on account of hav
ing had yellow lever on board during
Brassage.
■ The tine passenger ateamer, Common
■wealth, was burned to the water’s edge
|jn less than three quarters of an hour at
■Cincinnati, Ohio, Sunday night. ’lhe
Boss is about $30,000.
(| The striking dock laborers held a
■meting at Hyde Park, London, on Sun-
I] a y. {Speeches were made from several
■ilatfnrus Roolutiona in favor of con
tinuing the strike were chosen.
I A cyclone passed ovi r Winthrop, Mo.,
Irueaday afternoon. The rain fell in tor
ments, and the wind blew a gale, accom-
Branied by a heavy thunder. Corn and
Ether crops wire seriously injuried.
I•• Jimmy ’ Hope, the bank burglar, was
Eel eased from Auburn, N. Y-, prison
I’ridiy, having solved a term, and was
Inmediateiy arrested for alleged com-
Kieityinlhe Manhattan bank burglary
Ki October, 1878.
1 ,'Jirnum and Bailey’s circus was
Bricked Thursday night near Potsdam,
K. V., while m route to Montreal over
Be Watertown and Ogdensburgrailroad.
Hverai line horses were ki.led. 'lhe loss
Hi the circus is about $40,000.
9 An investigation of tho .accounts of \V.
H Jlenny, assistant postmaster at Boone-
Hle, Jnd", who is chaiged wilh embez
zlement in his office, shows that the
K.iiage air,mints to SO,OOO, and may
H;v Ii Denny has not yet been up
H’i .>i>4..; ■ ’.ening a bomb, ten centime-
in diameter, was thrown from the
tin- i lnunber of deputies into the
C’olcna, in Spain, during the
if a concert. The bomb ex
■. led, wounding seriously six gen-
and a child.
■ .!> -; iti lies from Egy( t say that famine
s at Khurtoom, Kussala, Tokar
H<i other river towns. The survivors
sdd to be feeding upon the bodies of
Hi dead. About twenty deaths from
daily arc reported at Tokar.
■
formed at Loudon, England, with
of 11110,000,000 francs to com
plete the Simplon tunnel. The company
acquired two Swiss railroads from
I to possi-- uni: end of the tunnel.
Hp 1- reported from St. Louis thut the
mail tia'n which arrived in that city
■>' : “ night over the Vnndalia Boad,
mbbio at Tcrie Haute, Indiana,
the mail clerks ami train hands
at supper. It is said tiiflt one
K.iitsiuiug registered letters, was
The pouch was supposed to
ab. yt SIO,OOO.
A gasoline engine at the oil refinery
A. I). Miller, in Alleghany, Pa., ex
)ued early Wednesday morning. The
mt took fire immediately and was
)id!y dtsiroyed. The engineer is
feting, and the watchman was blown
ny leet and badly burned and bruised.
*s at least $225,000.
special reports to the New England
mestead from all of the seed leaf to
growing districts of the United
ites, indicate a fair yield of good aver
i quality. The farmers have generally
and out their old crops, and the pros
:ts for reasonably good prices is excel-
Ihe great strike of dock laborers in
iidon, England, is spreading. One
uisaml men, employed on commercial
(ks, joined the strikers on Wednes
y. '1 he socialists arc trying to lead
' movement, and the red flag is being
played. Thirty thousand dock men
rched through the city, but made no
toward demonstrations,
rely,” and “Unworthy of belief, w
ctively. Both articles couse Mrs.
?p of being guilty of perjury.
1 dispatch from. Helena, Montana,
8 ; Heavy rains, general throughout
I erritory, fell all Sunday night, and
foreat fires which have been ragiDg
the last week are checked in most
:ts and put out in oiheis. The fires
[mated from two causes, lightning
camp fires, and millions of feet of
l n * ost valuable lumber iu the Terri
las been deployed as well as val
m ranges hur.it over,
sensation was created at Hastings,
ntoosv t ‘""' a , Ul y> ,j y tlle report of
,, 1 T y •'“ late Congressman
sin a.,.; ;' S c *“ m ' ln,lt ' lon brought out
,i .. ,acl ; that Laird was a
and ii' " as getting
nh■ w? n y a r l ucatioD of time
IJ ,r d j Uve ljecu restored to
lie to hi 1 r ?" th is "ttributed di
bm-Lhm and P° zoning resulting from
EhhdX ormed j,,,t B ,ew d “y*
il'l’ino''pa t "wh : , IhUrn£Co. 1 h Urn£Co . Co "P an y- at
„ ,1. ’ operates two largo
s oar J Cr , c,wltlla ca pacity of 440
bencin e on t r dC ,r agßi 6 Lllent for
the coinn. 8 creditois. The assets
j nod i" y consis t °f two furnaces
rmhir*aorro aml ir r,robablywor,h
u*.i q • Mortgages are re-
Ilßn (iiio nSt ®° m P an y amountigg
lich am ’ <* u floating obligations,
1,000 nt t 0 between $60,000 nud
rs’ C and r Tf° n , 0 ° f ,ho In dlana Bol
"rsdav f .v ° r ’ mom >ment was laid
th imLT n,nß Bt Lidinnnpolis, lud.,
ice of ,i ceremonies, in the pre
ites Mm P reßldent of the United
Prominence in the United
U s dlors b U ' ands of veteran soldiers
gan with? P re, l nt ' The exercises
andlocaiowic
n No"? co? l'b B ion of fire damp
t'idson Canal f L ° f ,he Dol#w are and
Pbursdav • mpany ’ at Scranton, Pa.
[ndrew Nichols 8, th wblch . five mt >b
iohard Mason fn ‘ e BU P er iatendent,
r ". SamuelWtm an ’ and John Lav’
'* Sus'v In? and v Joha Jones
hrned, y and P er haps fatally
The J. 11. Mahler company, of St.
Paul, Minn., one of the largest carriage
ami wagon houses in the West, made a
voluntary assignment Saturday. The
statement of assets ami liabilities has noi
yet been died, hut from the magnitude
of the company’s operations, the liabili
ties will probably not fall short of SSOO,
ObO.
The Sterne Chittenden building, at
Columbus, (>., Vvas burned Sunday.
The principal losers are Candy Bros.,
restauranteura, $15,000; A. N. Hill A
Cos, clothing, $0,000; Patterson Merrill
Wall Paper Cos., $15,000; Tlieo. Faul
liaber, hatter, SB,OOO, building, $45,000;
Sterne Ch'iteudm’a heirs $15,000, and
several others $4,000 or less.
Abraham Browning, one of the oldest
lawyers at the bar of New Jersey, died at
his home in Camden, N.■)., Thursday
morning, aged eighty-two. He was one
of the foremost authorities on constitu
tional law, which made him a formidable
opponent in many if the most celebrated
railroad suits in New' Jersey. lie ac
quired especial eminence as u national
lawyer.
The spring lake reservoir, near Fi-k
villc, in the southwest corni r of Crans
ton, about tifieen miles from Providence,
B. I , which supplies the whole row of
mill villages along Pawtucket lliver
Innst Sunday afternoon. Three persons
were drowned, nnd some damage done to
property. The reservoir cov.reil eigh
teen acres and contained about 35,000,
000 gallons of water.
The immense packing house of Saif
&Cos . at Kai sis City, was almost do
stroyed by fire in Sunday. Puling th
fire Master Mechanic Tate fell from th
roof of the building while attempting :
descend by a rope, and was inslaiill
killed. The total loss on the building
machinery and stock is placed at $l5O
000, with SIOO,OOO insurance, place,
with forty-two companies
Margaret W. Tapp, of White Bear,
Minn., brought suit in the ilisirict court
at St. Paul, on Saturday, against the St.
Paul Globe for SIO,OOO damages for libel,
The alleged libelous articl s arc two tcl
e rams printed iu the Globe on August
10 and 19, headed ‘‘Mrs. Tapp swore
ANOTHER SMASH-UP.
A TRAIN GOES OVER A CLIFF, DEALING
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
A terrible collision occurred Friday
morning on the Baltimore ifc Ohio Rail
road, between Petroleum and Silvey Run
tunnel, about twenty-three miles east of
Parkersburg, W. Va., in which three men
were instantly killed and many
wounded. The accommodation train
coming west, due at Parkersburg at 12
o’clock, crashed into a special train oc
cupied by railroad magnates on a tour of
inspection. The trains came together
with a crash at a curve east of Petroleum
and between that point and Silver Run.
Both trains were running at a rapid
speed, and when they collided, the spe
cial train nnd engine, tender and baggage
car of the accommodation went over the
cliff. James Layman, engineer of the
accommodation, one of the oldest engi
neers in the employ of the Baltimore &
Ohio Road, was crushed to death. Alex.
Bailey, fireman for Layman, on the ac
commodation, was also crushed. Cephas
Rowland, also one of the oldest engi
neers, was caught under the wreck and
had one leg broken and received internal
injuries from which he cannot recover.
John Fletcher, Sicilian on the special,
was also killed. Fletcher stuck to his
engine and preferred death to the deser
tion of his post, and went over the liauk
in the wreck. He was cut and crushed
to death. The special car occupied by
officials on inspecting tom, was smashed.
Rjgtdmaster J. A. Hunter was badly in
jured. In the accommodation train were
many passengers, fifteen or twenty of
whom were more or less injured.
FOUR MURDERERS SWING.
ALL OF THEM SUFFER DEATH FOR MUR
]>*s ING WOMEN.
The four murdeiers of women—Pat
rick Packenham, Jack Lewis, colored,
James Nolan ami Ferdinand Carotin,
were hanged in tho yard of ihe Tombs
prison, New 4 ork, Friday morning.
There were two scaffolds, and two men
were hanged on each. Packenham and
Nolan were first executed on the scaffold
which had been erected on the Franklin
street side of the prison. The drop fell
at 6:55 o’clock. Eight minutes later
Lewis and Carolin were hanging from
the'scaffold on the Leonard street side.
The crimes for which the men were hung,
briefly told, are as follows: Patrick
Packenham, the patiian h of the rnur.h r
ers, cut his wife’s throat with a razor,
killing her instantly. Jack Lewis shot,
and killed a woman named Alice Jack
son. James Nolan murdered a woman,
whom he induced to leave her husband
and share her fortunes with him. They
soon quarrelled, however, and while un
der the influence of liqnor he shot her
dead. Ferdinand Carolin murdered a
woman named Bridget Quinn, who
passed ns his wife. He butchered her
with a hatchet.
A PHILANTHROPIST DEAD.
nENHY SHAW, THE GREAT PHILANTHROP
IST OF ST. LOUIS, DIES.
Henry Shaw, the venerable philan
thropist and the greatest friend St. Louis
ever had, died Saturday morning in that
city. Willi his death, the now world
famous botanical gardens become the
property of the state of Missouri. An
other, and perhaps more valuable gift,
wag presenting to the city of Tower
Grove park, a resort of peculiar beauty.
His estate is valued at $250,000, and it is
thought the greater part will be left to
the city of St. Louis in various bequests,
and it is understood the charitable in
stitutions of tire Episcopal Church will
be favored iu his will. Ihe only relative
in this country besides his sister is a
cousin, Frank B. Bradbury.
SURPRISING DISCOVERY.
NATURAL GAS FOUND IN A NORTH GEOR
GIA TOWN.
On Friday, while the Dalton, Ga., gas
company were making an excavation lor
their gas holder, they struck natural gas
at the depth of ten feet. One of the di
rectors, wishing to test the matter, ap
plied a lighted match to a hole in the
rock from which the gas seemed to come,
and very much to his surprise it ignited,
the blaze shooting up ten feet high, and
burning off his beard, eyebrows, etc.
The strangest part of the affair is, that
instead of preparing a place to make gas,
the company has probably found it al
ready prepared. The discovery has at
tracted considerable attention, as natu
ral gas was not thought to exist in that
locality.
"MY COUNTRY: MAY SHK EVER UK RIGHT; RIGHT OH WRONG, MY COUNTRY /”—Jefferson
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CONDENSED ACCOUNT Or WHAT IS lIOINO ON Of
IMniKTANCX IN TUK SOUTHERN STATES.
The cigarmukers at Jacksonville, Fla.,
are on strike.
The first trip of the new electric oars
in Atlanta, Ua., took place Thursday.
Theodore Curant, the distinguished
violinist, dropped dead Saturday in New
Orleans.
Florida’s delegation of Orand Army of
the ltepublic left Friday for the Milwau
kee eucurnpment.
A large foundry will be erected in
Athens,Ga,, in a few weeks The industry
will be a large one, and will be a great
addition to the city.
During a thunderstorm in Richmond,
Va., Thursday night, a sixteen-year old
daughter of W. K. Whitman was struck
by lightning and instantly killed.
Alphonse V- Phillips, a prominent
lawyer and notary public, of New Or
leans, weut to Colorado about two
months ago. It has been ascertained
that be has squandered SIOO,OOO of other
people's money.
The Southern Dental association, after
being in session at Galveston, Texas,
since Tuesday, concluded its labors on
Friday. The association will meet next
year in Atlanta, Ua., on the third Tues
day in July.
Col. Adolph Brandt, a prominent at
torney of Atlanta, Ga., and a distin
guished member of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, and grand chancel
lor of the Knights of Georgia, died sud
denly of apoplexy at Rom?, Gn., on
Wednesday.
Considerable interest has been aroused
in Nashville, 'J'enu., by the near ap
proach of the t me for leasing the four
teen hundred convicts ip the state prison,
especially as there is a dearth of bidders
in prospect. The minimum piice it
SIOO,OOO per annum.
Tho Farmers’ Alliance exchange of
Florida,on Wednesday,took the first itep
toward making Jacksonville a home
market for Florida-raised cotton. Foi
many years Florida’s product has been
sent to Savannah, Brunswick and other
points, but Jacksonville will now handle
the crop.
The largest sale of tobacco ever made
at auction in one day in the United
States, and probably in the world, was
made at Louisville. Ivy., on Thursday.
The total number of hogsheads sold was
1,002. This Htnoun’S to about a million
and a half pognds, worth in the hogs
head over SIOO,OOO.
Tfie petition for federal aid in opening
theOciqulgee river from Abbeville, Ga.,
to Macon, has about eighty names
of business men in and about Abbeville,
and others, among them the name of
Nat Statham, wuo was pilot on the
steamer North Carolina when she ran up
to Macon about the year 1830.
A joint stock company is beiDg formed
at Taliulah, Ga., to build a SIOO,OOO
hotel, to bo located near the grand
chasm, north of the Blue Ridge and
Atlantic railroad,and an elevator will he
put down to the falls from the Grand
view patk, thence a cable line narrow
gauge road will reach all the grand
points at Tallulah.
Little Mamie Parker, fourteen years
old, died Sunday afternoon at Nashville,
Tenn., from the effects of medicine ad
ministered to her by her little cousin,
Bessie Woods. They were playing doc
tor with each other, with Bessie pretend
ing to be the physician. She made her
little cousin take ten pills, which resulted
in her death in a short time.
A heavy hailstorm visited Columbus,
Ga., Thursday afiernoon. The stones
were as large as partridge eggs. Trees
were blown down in various parts of the
city, aud considerable damage was done
to a number of new buildings in course
of erectiop. No serious carnalities are
reported. The sun was shining bright
ly during the storm.
A special from Charleston, W. Va.,
says: Frank Morris, John Ileil, James
O’Brien and Brodic Morris, miners, were
caught beneath a fall of slate in the
mines of the Cannelton Coal Company,
in Fayette county, W. Va., Wednesday
night and instantly killed. Several
others were wounded and others had
narrow escapes.
The annual statement of the shipments
of watermelons from the melon region of
South Carolina is out. The area planted
is 8,000 acres and the shipments 1,880
car loads, or about three million melons
against 785 car loads last year, and 759
in 1887. ■ Of these New York took 522;
Philadelphia 298; Baltimore 267, and
Boston 68 car loads.
At a meeting of district assembly 105,
Knights of Labor, held in Atlanta, Ga.,
on Wednesday, it was resolved “that
the Knights of Labor express to our
representatives in the State Legislature
the earnest desire of the Knights of La
bor that the bill known as the Childs In
lay bid and the arbitration bill, and Ihe
bill known as tho ten hour bill, all do
pass, and to that end request our repre
sentatives to support, vote for and do all
in their power to have the bills passed.”
advising farmers
to HURRY THEIR COTTON TO MARKET IN
ORDER TO OUT GOOD TRICES.
Lehman, Durr & Cos., cotton factors,
at Montgomery, Ala., have issued a cir
cular in which they say: “Thegencral
ootton crop of the country the present
year, 1889, promises to be the largest
ever produced in the United States, but
on account of there being of the stocks
now carried by spinners so much poor
cotton, they (the spinners) will be com
pelled to buy of the first picking this
year in order to get a better grade with
which to work off their old stock, so
that for a time at least, there will be a
good demand tor new crop and at high
prices. It looks reasonable to us that
cotton will bring higher prices from now
until the first of October than at any
other time during the season, and if this
be crue then it behooves the producers
to pick’and to get to market every bale
they can between this and the fiist of
October in order to avail themselves of
the high prices likely to prevail.”
In Canton, China, with its 1,.'500,000
inhabitants, are fifteen Christian
chapels where mis nonanes and the
native Ministers preach the gospel, not
on Sundays only, but daily, and from
two to four hours each day, to audiences
varying from fifty to several hundred.
After the sermon these evangelists eon*
tiuue the services.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2!!. \m.
REVIEW OF TRADE
FOB WEEK ENDING AUGUST 24T11, XI
COUPILED UT DUN A 00.
Following is B. G. Dun & Co.’s re
view of trade for the week ending Aus
gust 21. Tho monetary pressure of
which so many warnings have been
operated during the week to modify th#
improvement in the general trade duo to I
excellent crop prospects. Tho suspen-;
sion of important bills, resulting lrorn
the recent failures of commission houses
comes just when there were brighter
prospects for manufacturers than at
previous times in mild woatherand over-
I roduction last Winter. With orders in
a ght, if the milts could go on, it is said,
all liabilities could soon he met, but if
this be fact. It shows the extent of pres
sure in commercial money markets.
From all quarters improvement in busi
ness is repoited with fine prospects for
tho Full trado consequent upon largo
rops. At Chicago the actual transac
tions are about equal to last year’s in
clothing, u little larger in boots aud shoes,
and 18 per cent, larger in dry goods.
The groiery trade improves at most
points, excepting as to sugar, for which
lie demand has born much affected by
he operations of the trust, and raw is
Jc lowi r. Coffee is in better demand und
jc higher, aud the a rious injury to tho.
eastern potato crop by wet weather has
caused a sharp advance. Butter aud
eggs arc also higher, and cotton 316 c
for spoo', notwithstanding a decline of
Jc in print cloths. Splendid crop pros
pects begin to have tlieir legitimate ef
fect upon pricea of breadstuffs and pro
visions. Hogs have declined this week
20 cents per 100 pounds, lard 12 cents
and pork half dollar per barrel. Oats
and corn J cent each, latter with sales of
9,000,000 bushels, and wheat has de
clined 1J cents, with sales only 7J mil
lion bushels here. The speculative
movement in wheat has been defeated
by liberal receipts from the farmer, and
when the farmers market freely early in
the aeason, the prospect for the Fall
trafie is excellent, and monetary pressure
is not usually of long duration. The
iron aud steel business appears still more
encouraging to most producers and deal
ers, aud some furnaces have this week
been added to producing force. Happily
the foreign trade at present threatens no
decline, aud while imports have
been 28 per cent, larger than in August
last year there has also been an increase
of 22 per cent, in exports from New
York. Business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun &
Cos. Mercantile agency, by telegraph,
number for the United Stales 190, and
for Canada 16, or total of 206 as com
pared with total of 211 last week and 213
week previous to last. For the corre
sponding week pf last year figures were
214, made up of 187 in the United States
and 27 in Canada.
A RAILROAD HORROR.
A TRAIN WRECKED—SEVERAL PEOPLE
KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
A terrible wreck occured on the
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louis
ville railroad at Flat Gap creek, twenty
two miles from Knoxville, Tenn., Thurs
day morning. The train was the first to
go over the new road, and carried a
select excursion of the city council,
board of public works, representatives
of the chamber of commerce and the very
flower of the business and professional
men of Knoxville. Two cars left the
track at the crossing, and the rear car
went down the trestle. Only one man
in the car was uninjured. It was im
possible to secure medical aid for a long
time, and when the train reached Knox
ville, scanty attention was rendered.
Many had to be brought back ou flat
cars, and the last part of the journey
was made in a driving rain. Three men
died from injuries, and others cannot
live. The dead are: Judge George
Andrews, the most prominent lawyer in
East Tennessee; 8. T. Powers, leading
merchant and former president of the
Hast Tennessee Fire Insurance company;
Alexander Reeder, a leading politician.
The injured are: Alex A. Arthur, pres
ident chamber of commerce, Isliam
Young, president, and Peter Kern,
member of the board of public works,
John T. Herd, editor of the Sentinel. W.
W. Woodruff, leading wholesale mer
chant, Charles Seymour, attorney, and
Alexander Wilson, assistant chief en
gineer of the Knoxville, Cumberland
Gap and Louisville road, County
Judge Maloney, Aldermen Harry
and Bookings, General 11. Schubert,
of the governor’s stall; A. J. Alberti,
wholosule merchant ; Rev. R.
J. Cook, professor U- S. Graut Univer
sity; City physician West, Judge H. 11.
Ingersoll, 11. B. Witsell, W. B. Samuels,
C. Abbie, Cant. 11. If. Taylor, S. Mc-
Kelden, Ed. Barker, J. F. Kinsell, John
B. Hall, Phillip Samuels, aged ten; R.
Schmidt, W. A. Parker, and one of the
train crew. Out of fifty-six persons ou
the train forty-one were injured.
There was a great dearth of doctors al
Knoxville, and many of the injured had
to wait several hours for attendance. It
is feared that this fact, together with the
drenching rain, will render the nftei
effects very serious, it is believed that
the wreck can be attributed to the con
dition of the road. Two years ago
Knoxville sul scribed $225,000 toward
the construction of the road, and the
contract proper expired on Friday. II
was to show the city authorities that the
road was completed that the excursion
was given.
TO MEET IN CHATTANOOGA
THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OK THE Ct'M
BERLAND FAVORED RY THE RAILROADS.
It is reported from Chattanooga,
Tenn., that the Merchants’ and Miners’
line of boats have announced a round
trip fure of $30.07 from Boston and
Providence, via Norf< lk and Fast Ten
nessee Road to Chattanooga and return,
on the occasion of the meeting of the
society of the Array of the Cumberland,
in Chattnnooga, September 18, 19 and 20.
This has been met by the Louisville and
Nashvil c, with a rate of one cent a mile
to all biigadeß in Illinois and Indiana,
and it was announced Saturday that the
Queen and Crescent made the same rate.
This has created great consternation in
railroad circles, and it is probable that
all roads leading into Chattanooga will
make the same rate on the occasion of
the meeting of the society of the Army
of the Cumberland, one of the principal
features of which will be the forming of
a society of veterans of both arm es.
Word was received at Chattanooga that
the brigade which was commanded by
President Harrison will attend the reun
ion in a body, and that the president has
consented to accompany them, though
this has not been officially announced.
WASHINGTON, I). C.
MO VEM ENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS ADVISERS.
AriDIXl MKNTS. DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS
or INTEREST FBOK THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The chief of the secret service of the
treasury department is informed that a
$2 U nlted S n'es silver certificate, act of
August 4-h, 1886, department aeries,
1880, iheck letter C, has just made its
appearance in the West.
The President has approved tho
amendment to the civil service rules
governing the railway mail service ex
cepting from examination clerks em
ployed in that service exclusively as
porters iu handling mail matter in bulks,
in sacks or pouches, and not otherwise.
The acting secretary of war has sus
pended the order transferring Surgeon
Porter from Jacksonville, Fla., to Jack
son Barracks, La. It is probable thut ho
will be permitted to remain in the pres
ent station indefinitely iu conformity
with the desire of the people of Florida.
The treasurer of the United States has
issued instructions, subject to the con
venience of the treasury, to the assistant
treasurer of Ihe United States at New
York, to supply notes and silver certifi
cates of small denominations tu bauks
ordering them in sums not less than
SI,OOO.
Secretary Windoin has decided to
make a change in the present method of
appointment of special agents of the
treasury department. Hereafter they
will be designated for appointment at a
stated compensation, and must Ihcu ap
pear before the board of examiners for
the purpose of testing their fitness. The
examination will be non-competitive and
not technical.
The following storekeepers and
guagers have been appointed: Wm.
T. Barclay, in the sth Tennessee;
John Lingie, Will A. Wright, Jas. B.
Templeton, T. A. Stewart, John D. Lof
tem, W. A. Randall, Wm. P. Blackwell,
A. 11. Hollins, Samuel S. Marks, Robert
L. McHary, John Justice, 11. 11. Har
well, 11. K. Winslow and Marcus D.
Stafford, all in the sth North Carolina
district.
THE WORLD’S EXPOSITION.
GREAT PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR
THE FORTHCOMING WORLD’S FAIR.
New York has certainly entered heart
and soul into ilie pre iminltry arrange
ments for our great international exposi
tion of 1892, and when this mighty city
commits herself unrc-i rvcdly to any en
terprise, the ultimate accomplishment of
the undertaking is prac iciilly guaran
teed. Therefore, the history of Ameri
ca’s forthcoming world’s fair may be
epitomized in one word of reliable pro
phecy —success. Mayor Grant is being
congratulated by everybody upon the
excellent judgment he has di’played in
appointing the various committees. Ilis
wisdom in the discharge of that duty
reached its climax in his selection of the
finance, committee. There probably
never was such a galaxy of millionaires
associated together on any one board of
management. The combined wealth of
the twenty-five men composing that
finance commit'ee amounis to over
$500,000,000 or an average of $20,000,-
000 apiece. The follow ing is extracted
from a report of the first meeting which
wn9 held in the governor's room iu the
city hall on Saturday: The committee
consists of twenty-five members, ap
pointed by the mayor, with the mayor
and the secretary of the general com
mittee members ex-officio. Of the
twenty-seven membeis, only seven were
absent. Sir. Havemeyer, Sir. O’Dono
hue, Sir. Pierpont Morgan and Sir.
Huntington aie in Europe. Sir. Mills,
Sir. Jesup, Sir. shepherd and Sir. Van
derbilt wer. out ol town, and could not
return in time for the meeting. Those
present were: William L. Bull, Presi
dent of the Stock Exchange; Calvin 8.
Brice, August Belmont, Samuel D. Bab
cock, Robert Dunlap, Jay Gou'd, Henry
B. Hyde, John 11, Inman, Eugene Kelly,
Frederick A. Kurshoedt, John SlcKes
son, Herman Oalrichs, Oswald Otten
norfer, William Rockafellcr, Charles
Stewart Smith, William Steinway, J.
Edward Simmons, Jesse Seligman, the
mayor and the secretary.
HEAVY FAILURE.
A COTTON GOODS COMPANY OF RHODE
ISLAND SUSPENDS.
Tlie Wauregan cotton goods company,
of Providence, R. 1., on Wednesday, de
cided to suspend payment and allow
their goods to go to protest. The com
pany has two mills at present in opera
tion—one at Wauregan, near Plainfield,
Conn., capitalized at $600,000, with 1,-
400 looms, employing 1,000 hands; the
other, the Nottingham mills, in Provi
denco, capitalized nt $300,000, with 23,-
000 spindles, 556 looms, and employs
600 hands. Treasurer Taft is also secre
tary and treasurer of Ponemah mills, in
Connecticut, that has n capital of $1,500,-
000. The company’s liabilities are placed
at one million. Assets, according to the
company’s figures, are two million. The
failure is directly due to that cf Lewis
Bros. The Nottingham mill will also
suspend. The Thorutou worsted mills
went under Wednesday. Their trouble
is caused by the failure of Brown, Steese
& Clark, wool dealers, of Dedham,
Mass.
THEIR NAME IS LEGION.
NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS FOR A COLLEGE
PROFESSORSHIP.
An election is to be held by the trus
tees of the College of Charleston, S. C.,
on September 10, for a professor of mod
ern languages and an assistant professoi
of mathematics, the salary being SI,OOO
each, without board or lodging. The
fact was advertised, and ns strange as it
may seem, there are not less than
one hundred and fifty-eight applicants
foi the two positions. Still stranger,
they hail from nearly all over the world.
New York heads the list with one
hundred and twenty-six candidates.
South Carolina furnishes six, New Jersey
nnd Mn-sachusetts three each, Germany
two, Biitish Columbia two, France one,
Washington Territory one. The college
is over a century old and is supported by
endowments and not by state or munici
pal aid. Its roll of students rarely runs
over thirty, and it is entirely a day col
lege.
Binge August 3, 1887, this Govern
ment has purchased bonds to the amount
of $163,382,850, and thereby savod
$34,413,802 to the people.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHKS FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
The Commercial Traveler—A Neigh
bor Hem Him—Cleaned tlicChick
en With Soap- His Favorite
Speech is “Hello," Etc.
His language is artless and free,
And ills fund of goisl jokes U immense,
Hu lmiuGliakc u ) 4 <?Mi’tv uml warm,
Aud his manners jwlito to intense.
His clothe* tit him snugly aud trim,
His necktie way up in the style,
His hat is the latest thing out,
And his face wears a genial smile.
He has the time tables by heart,
He is “chummy” at all the hotels;
I He calls his trade by their first name,
A ad leaves copies of all goods he sells.
j His trunk is Just packed with “big jobs,”
He throws out his pet little “baits;”
; He s determined to sell Ids new man,
Ho he’s offered him all sort* of “dates.”
Tho trade never want any goods.
He’s accustomed to slights aud rebuff—
But get a man started and then
He can scarce wait a day for his “stuff.”
Oh, a jolly bright fellow is he,
This tourist of ooumierce and trade.
Don’t eal| him a “drummer,” forsooth
He’s a full band complete on parade.
—Philadelphia North American.
A NEIGHBOR RENT HIM.
He—“l'm the piano tuner, mum.’’
She—“l haven't sent for my piano
tuner.”
He—“ Yes mum, 1 know mum; it were
the gentlemau uext door sent mo here,
WUin.” — Siftings.
CLEANED THE CHICKEN WlTn SOAr.
Mistress (entering the kitchen) —
“Bridget, have you cleaned the chicken
ret?”
New Cook (with an injured air) —
“As well as I could, mum, with nothing
but yellow soap to clane it with.”—
Chicago Tribune.
HIS FAMOUS SPEECH IS “HELLO,” ETC.
Crimsonbeak—“You remember our
old friend, Bell?”
Yeast—“ Certainly.”
“He has developed into a public
speaker.”
“Youdon't say?”
“Yes; he's a clerk in a telephone
office.”— Statesman.
THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE.
He—“ Will you marry me?”
She (coldly)—“No; nor I won't boa
sister either. You’re too young."
He—“ Will you be a grandmother to
me, then?”— Tribune.
THE DOCTORS AGREED.
Skeptic—“ Did you ever know two doc
tors to agree?”
Medical Student (after reflection) —
“Y-e-s; once.”
“Where was it?”
“At a post mortem. New York Wed -
wouldn’t suit the furniture.
Doctor—“No wonder you are sick.
Open the blinds and let the sunshine into
your room.”
Fair Patient—“ Merc y! It wouldn’t
harmonize with this expensive furniture.
Sunshine is disgustingly cheap.” —New
York Weekly. >
\ *
PEDESTIfIANISM. •
Hotel Clerk—“Do you wish walk
to the railroad station, or shall I call a
hack? It is only a block distant.”
Fat Man—“ Get me a carriage. If
Providence had intended me to walk I
would have been provided with more
legs.”— Siftings.
A CORRECTED SENTENCE.
Teacher—“Johunie, is it proper to say
‘Peachesis better than watermelons!’ ”
Johnnie (who evidently has his likes
and dislikes) —“No, ma’am.”
Teacher—“ Well, you may correct the
sentence.”
Johnnie—“ Watermelons is better than
peaches. ” — Judge.
A. GREAT TRAVELER.
Mr. Plaintalk—“Have you traveled
much, Miss Elderly?”
Miss Elderly— “lndeed I have. Every
summer since my sixteenth year dear papa
has taken me off for atrip abroad.”
“Is that so? Well, I don't suppose
that there is any country tha4 you have not
visited. ” — Siftings.
CIVILITIES BETWEEN DEAR FRIENDS.
Miss Garlinghouse (dining with her
friend, sweetly)—“What perfectly lovely
coffee you make, Laura! I don’t think
I ever tasted any that was just—-just ex
actly like it, you know ”
Miss Kajones (still more sweetly)—“l
always use genuine coffee. So glad you
like it, Irene, dear!”— Chicago Tribune.
SHE WOULD BE AN AUNT TO HIM.
Edith—“No, Herbert, I can never be
your wife, but I will be”
“Herbert “Don't say a sister to me.
So many girls have said that.
Edith—“l wasn't going to say that. I
was going to say that I shall be delighted
to be your aunt. I accepted your Uncle
George last night.”— Once a Week.
A DESERVED FATE.
Editor—“l’m sorry, Squaggs, but
you’ll have to go.”
Foreman—“l’d like to know what I’ve
done.”
Editor—“ Well I wrote about that gal
lant old war horse Colonel Billinger, and
you set it up that gallous old saw horse.
It’s your place or my life, aud I want to
live.”— Harper's Bazar.
THE oriATES WERE FOR HER.
Mrs. Gabb— “What is the matter with
mv husband?”
Doctor— “Nothing, except that he
needs change. I prescribe opiates nnd
rest.” ...
Mrs. Gabb— “Shall I give him the opi
ates at once?”
Doctor—“Oh, the opiates arc not for
him; they arc for you.’ —Once a liffL
BREAKING OFF GRADUALLY.
Father— “ Eleanor, now that you have
given up young Hopkins, I wish he would
stop coming to the house.
Daughter—“ He's been here only seven
times this week, pa.
Father—“ Only seven times? How
many times do you wunt. him to come?”
Daughter—“ Don't he harsh, father.
George is trying to break off gradually.”
— Epoch.
WHAT TIIK MUCILAGE WAS Poll.
“Mr. Affihle I have looked over your
expense account,” said the head of tho
house, peering over his glasses at his
traveling salesman, “nnd there is one
item here I do not understand. It is mu
cilage sllß. What does this mean?”
“It means,” said the salesman, who
had had a good week’s business, and waa
correspondingly reckless, “it means that
is where you get stuck.”— Peek's Sun.
JOHNNIE SUGGESTS A TOPIC.
Little Johnnie approached his mother
as she was laying away a pan of fresh
laid doughnuts. *
“Mother, Isay, mother!”
“What is it, myson?”
“Why don’t you talk some, mother?”
“What do you want, me to say, John
nie?”
“Well, you might say ‘Johnnie, don't
you want a doughnut?”’ —Philadeljibia
Press.
FIGURES LIE SOMETIMES.
Boliby—“Papa, how many feet are
there iu one yard?”
Papa—“A linear yard contains three,
a square yard nine, and a cubic yard
twenty-seven square feet.”
Bobby—“ Can’t there be more than
twenty-seven feet in any yard?”
Papa—“ No.”
Bobby—“ That’s where you’re off. Our
barnyard has got ten cows in it, and each
cow has got four feet, which makes forty
feet.” —Binghamton Republican.
A SUDDEN FALL IN VALUE.
Stranger—“ Have you any choice lots
on hand?”
Landowner—“ Yea, sir; yes, sir, some
thing tine 1 The nicest lots that ever laid
outdoors! There are two; all improve
ments, convenient to ears, clear title, etc.
They are choice, but I will make them
fifteen hundred for cash.”
Stranger—“ Well, I’m not buying; I'm
making assessment*—did you say fifteen
hundred each for these lots?”
Landowner (hastily)—‘ ‘No, oh, no, for
the two!”
Stranger—“ Any more choice lots?”
Landowner—“ That's all; just about
sold out.”— Epoch.
IT HAD TO COME OCT.
“Were you ever engaged in a train
robbery?” asked the prosecuting attorney,
looking at him keenly.
“I was never indicted for train
robbing,” answered the witness evasively.
“That is not the question,” said the
lawyer. “I will ask you again. Were
you ever a triun-robber?”
“Judge,” slid the witness, turning im
ploringly to the diguity on the bench,
“must I answer that question?”
“You must,” answered the Judge.
“And remember you are under oath.”
The witness turned pale aDd his knees
knocked together.
‘‘l suppose it’s got to come out. I sold
books and bananas on the cars for a whole
year when I was a young fellow,” faltered
the miserable man.” —Chicago Tribune.
FATEIt ET FILIUS.
Vcrisopht, Sr.—“lt pains me to know
I have a son who is treated with derision
by his comrades.”
Vcrisopht, Jr.—“Aw! I—aw! beg
pawdon, Paw; but I aw! don’t uudaw
stand yaw.”
Verisopht, Sr.—“l presume not. loan
well believe a man who murders Euglish
as you do cannot understand it when it is
spoken properly; but perhaps you may
comprehend the meaning of this paper I
found pinned to your coat when your
roystcriug companions placed you on the
front steps this morning.”
Verisopht, Jr.—“Aw! iudeedl Aw!
will yaw please —aw! wead it taw meh?
I—aw! left maw monocle awp sta-aws,
yaw knaw.”
Verisopht, Sr.—
“Here lies a thing without a brain,
A form to hang some clothes on;
It’s head well soaked, but not with rain,
So gently turn the hose on.”
— Life.
Blind Fish.
Professor Ray Lankester accounts fortlio
absence of eyes in the fishes in the famous
underground Kentucky caves in the fol
lowing way: A great flood carries to the
Kentucky caves, some thirty miles below
the surface, a number of fish, among
whose numerous offspring will be some
defective in sight, as some babies arc born
blind, or without eyes at all. The fish
who can see some faint glimmerings of
light will swim away toward that light,
while those will remain that cannot per
ceive the gleams. This with every suc
ceeding generation would occur, the
stronger in sight swimming away and the
weaker remaining, aud as the breeding
would therefore occur between those of
the worst sight, fish would be born with
weaker eyes and weaker until bora blind.
The Professor also accounted for the
white patch on rabbits’ tails. He ex
plained that as rabbits are gregarious
animals, signaling is of great advantage
to them, and that the white patch so con
spicuous against the darker fur of the rest
of the body is of use as a signal. Hares,
on the other hand, being solitary animals,
do not stand in need of a signal. Hence,
the tail of the hare is not conspicuous in
its color. —Scientific American.
A Persian Solomon.
The Shah of Persia has a numerous
family. His firstborn is Massoud Mirza,
whose official title is Zil-es-Snltan
(“Shadow of the Kiug”). He has been
Governor of Ispahan for many years, aud
lias amassed enormous wealth, if all re
ports be true, by means the most despic
able. He lacks, it is said, the “humanity”
of his father, and of the many “practical
jokes” told about him, the following is a
specimen: During the melon season a
soldier had picked a melon and devoured
it without paying the peasant for it the
stipulated price. The peasant went to
complain to Massoud Mirza, whose ear is
always open to the lowest. After listen
ing to his plaint he said: “Well, you
shall have justice. I will test this mat
ter to the core. Bring in the soldier.”
The gormandizing soldier was brought iu.
“Cut this mau open,” he said to his exe
cutioner. “If there is a melon inside,”
he added to the peasant, “you will get
your money; if not, off goes your head.”
The soldier was cut open, the melon
found, and the peasant paid— New York
Observer.
M M HER 4.5.
AN OVERSIGHT OF MAKE-UP.
A sweet little baby brother
Had oomo to live with Flo.
And she wanted it. brought to the table,
That It might sal anil grow.
“It must wait for a while,” said grandma,
In answer to her plea;
“Fora little thing that hasn't teeth
Can’t eat like you and me.”
**Wby hasn't it got teeth, grandma!"
Asked Flo, in great surprise.
“Oh, my; but isn’t it funny!' ?
No teeth, but noee all' eyes.
I guess,” after thinking gravely,
"They must have been forgot.
Can’t we buy him some like grandpa’s?
I’d like to know why not."
That afternoon to the corner.
With paper and pen and Ink.
Went Flo, saying: “Don’t talk to me.
If you do it'll ’sturb me liunk.
I’m writing a letter, grandma.
To send away to-night,
An' 'cause it’s very 'portent
I want to get it right.”
At last the letter was finished,
A wonderful think to see,
And directed to “God in heaven."
1 ‘Please read it over to me.”
Said little Flo to her grandma,
“To see if it’s right, you know.”
And here is the letter written
To God by little Flo:
“Dear God : The baby you brought us
Is awful nice and sweet.
But ’cause you forgot his toofies
The poor little thing can’t eat.
That’s why I’m writing this letter,
A purpose to let you know;
Please come and finish the baby.
That's all. From Little Flo.”
—Pittslnirg Poet.
PITH AND POINT.
Navy Plugs—Old sea horses.
Cut rates —The surgeon's fee.
Very few persons can hold their own
on their first sea voyage. —Boiton Courier.
The march of righteousness should be
played on an upright piano. —Baltimore
American.
“All thing* will come to him who
waits.” The dry rot, for one thing.—
Philadelphia Frees.
Wrestling is by no means confined to
animate things, as everyone knows who
has ever seen a ship's spar, sea fight or a
ballot box. —Baltimore American.
We observe that a young man who was
arrested for attempted suicide by jump
ing into the river has been “baled out
by his friends.”— Munsey's Weekly.
They sat within the parlor dim
And fretfully she said to him:
‘ ‘I wish,dear John, that you’d behave.
If not, I wish that you would shave.”
— Boston Courier.
“What shall I call my play?” asked
the man who had stolen one from the
French; and hie friend advised him to
call it Elijah, because it was translated.—
Siftings.
I wonder no more you retain your bloom
And grow so sleek and fat,
When you ask as much for my hall bedroom.
At your landlord asks for the flat.
—New York Sun.
Bridget—“ Enjoy slape, is it? The
minute I lay down I’m aslape, and the
minute I’m awake I have to get up.
Where’s the time for enjoying slape to
come in I’d like yez to tell me?”— Life.
The burglar sneaked silently into the room,
The housewife awoke with a cry;
She didn’t assault him with pistol or broom —
She conducted him to the mince pie.
Washington Critic.
Visitor—“l presume it was because
you were sadly tried by adversity that you
are confined here.” Prisoner—“No; it
was because I was tried by a granger
jury that couldn’t be bought.” —Omaha
World.
When you go to the. circus,
Take care what you di ink;
Look not on the lemonade
When it is pink.
—Lawrence American.
“Where’s your pa, sonny?” “He’s
out.” “Ma in?” “No; she’s out.”
“Brotherin?” “No; he’s out.” “Then
you’re the only one in?” “Naw; I ain’t
in; three out, side out; I’m just left on
bases.”— Brooklyn Eagle.
A youth who resided iu Leicester,
Blew into a patent lung teicester,
But he stopped with a sneeze,
For with Limburgei- cheese,
The machine had been stuffed by some
jeicester.
—Washington Critic.
Murder iu China.
According to Chinese law a person
who commits a murder should be put to
death, “a life for a life,” being the sine
qua non. This law is not always en
forced owing to the disinclination of
relatives to take the matter before the
officials, and accuse the murderer. The
reason of this reticence is explained as
follows: When a person dies, his spirit
goes into the world of shades, and, ac
cording to the deserts of the deceased,
it is either rewarded or punished. Now
the relatives expect the spirit will have
trouble enough without their adding to
the infliction, and that if the death of
their murdered relative is reported to the
officials, the spirit will suffer in the un
seen world, for it will be mentioned that
it had been in a court, which is con
sidered as carrying a certain degree of
obloquy with it, even though the mur
dered person was entirely iuuoeent. They
say that the spirit, being annoyed at this,
will wreak its vengeance upon the liv
ing and bring them ill luck, so that none
of the members will ever meet with suc
cess or obtain official employment.
Under these circumstances the latter
sometimes prefer to bury their murdered
relatives quietly and without reference to
the mandarins.— London Figaro.
Great Britain’s Largest Tree.
Great Britain’s largest tree is the Cow
thorpe oak, in Yorkshire, believed to be
some 1500 years old. In the seventeenth
century, before some of its projections
were covered by a heaping up of the
earth, it was seventy-eight feet in circum
ference at the ground, and its branches
overshadowed half an acre. It is now a
ruin, with a hollow in its trunk in which
at least forty people may stand.— Trenton
(N. J.) American.
Opium for Virtue and Vice.
The opium of the drug store and the
opium of the Chinese joint are two dif
ferent substances. The crude gum is
“cooked” before it reaches the joint.
There are seven cookeries of opium in
the United States, There it) a duty of,
§lO a pound on the imported article.
The druggist buys his opium in New
York, tire Chinese in San Francisco.