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The Georgia it\ter prise. VOLUME XXIV. ■ cIM.IIAI. -NEWS. Millb'A Tioy Ob' CURIOUS, ■ i-.sariMi event’s. [|B <I" StnilKKl, lIAI M M.MIS or IMTKBIiBT. H* „ -an falling on Mount W#s-L --s a., Thursday morning. liter have heel) arrested at ■, ,r, K,;,da. mi (he charge of being Hll, !, ;.i |i .* made i's appearance in , thr disease is spreading in Persia. ■ 'll. liniitsii) sugar refinery, in Bor- B v , }',ai re, burin and Tuesday. Loss francs. ■ li.Mr fever is epidemic among sol- B,m tl.i garrison at Cairo, Egypt. ■.* ~: .I. ilis from the disease occur ■ilv. i'll i. uies P. Scott, 0/ West Virginia, B. ii appointed pardon clerk of the Bp-.m: I ill of justice, vice Judge liote resigned, ■ r .11 ..meter registered forty-two ■goes nt St. Paul, Minn., Thursday ■., K A severe frost is reported at Kteyr line, Wyoming. sM.\ I,ratal prize fight occurred nt the Hlooii ef Dailey lirothers at St. Louis v ■ , ~u Tin sda'y, resulting in the ■ one of the principals ■a laiv e iii’.mtiyr yf suits for damages B Non begun nt Antwerp in couuco ■ ji h il e recent disast ou: cxpioftlon ■ (VivilLi u's cartridge factory, Im', ii hull, of Malud, lilaho, has ■ .ii ii,':, to sixteti, three hoys and ,:i. They weigh eight pounds All are bright and hearty, Be promise to live, H]., i..e Sawyer, in the United States Bc.U i,.mi at San Francisco, on Mon ■v r :i decision in the habeas K - , - , f Deputy Marshall Pav^ e, mi 1 dfs-lmrgea Nugl? fr<-$ equ ■ v, iign.ii ''.luck the Ripper,” IB 11 . t ived at the pew* agency in H: :. t liglmid, ill Which the writer |B pH., i, i uta week another nmr |B Wid he add. 1 to the list of White- horrors. at the Bdi dv, Ohio,steel |B ■ ciiiii.' i-, ttniek Thursday of the refusal of three ...nil'll Dewalsuu to join the ■ .■•.oelation. and the mau lefusd to di-charge them. • sod the late l'Ul'S Loomis, of if .w:, ( ..mi., bequeaths the bulk aBjJ- , -t..twhich it va ! ucd nt from B I.- kmuvii as lie “Loomis ff:;nd.“ on 1 I::r ei. u l -m ever made |Bl t • O', lr. hind, on 'Tuesday, F’a uli.iyr wa sentenced to five u . mid 81- vend eom |Br to v lions leims, for offenses |B: i riims apt. After sentence pioroiiiii vd, the prisoueis sang, save Ireland.” 1. T i is heiei appointed su of ingnving lias been a plate ' llurtccn yens, BB ' "i e move men', which ' iitiuuauce of steam . - e i ry of war lias decided to ■Bd'j 'll' :of the Indian Rights’ |B' ■' 1 si lri-e a tract of land in | 'nr i tor ilcioi,imo's hand of §|B'U.s a V alined at Mt. Vernon : e and i ilaisli them there in HB' , ii ~f life. ’ at Omaha, SB' i olu rid Miller, nslc " tdl. V'.; sJe by tlie Union I ' l ts telegraph system Ogden to the West- HB 1 he set a -ole is u fiaud against '>i.is, chief p| police ol |B - M| niing't nvu, tlirep miles from Un.. while on watch for iilv Tuesday morning, feli ■T ,l!1 ' dge nf a p'ntfqrm of the I ''. •• “‘id llmtaun railroad depot at IB'' h l.y I. passing train and iu- killed, ’’ Laughlin, superintendent of |B ' aiul Huron rail ■B' his resignation on Satur ■Bb 1 : " : /h i; the i h iiigo contemplated SB ■ 1 ,n ti e 1 1 etion of unother and III) expose ef liis hooks, glB ; h -'"'l a def lie itiun „f SB,OOO. BB,”'"-' explanation of ids con- B; ■ 'hunting that lie needed §§■' ' O' l '■ "k it, expecting to return it M idiid, Spain, says: •>' mid one passi u . m s cl which was cap- H, "f Rdf, on the const ■K . ■’ 'Mi'l'd into the sell them into B " i; sh govermnei.t will ' the -ultim be r< -itiued UK, ~1 '■' ) l'," t '“iin,ii,i ill vision was , Wedms the common |B ■' i “>e was expelled JIB. l„ , 1 ivnni i railroad iK l ,;| y ten cents extra WM, I efunded Ha Of rcc,;, ( .;:: i ‘l ,i V'y on pteseu flflt '.Ml'., J uil b'a held that Wm I lie buy 1 "- ls "Tong atnl so in- - :| • Rcae obtained a B' , „ V'V” !,ksen, hlcd outside jH'di T. and dct',l iin'lcll "m ' Vc :!" es . dft y B ... , '' the dismissal üß.r- ncv .c*'" 0I ! du riug the strike, * Ih innnd' 1 Wfuscd to grant ■B gi.u: , I 11 ® ®en already at work fi). P'd'ccmeq. The djrec ■ . "irnpamcs h*vc sent* ■" .IVskbf“‘., Manaia s B “ d the Hi c j kln ‘hm to. use their SB. 1,1 ‘he interest of peace. • • idß . h‘is been rebcived at m ; ' f date from Cdnsui Af ■' .■„ c,r,t W*“E tiiaf a B ... ' 1 V av: > kn i:i.ml id Lhi ■■> in, m w-hicli a number of ■ np k "h‘d. Consul Ailed m let fert f„im‘ “t British'vyar ■ : , the scene, ini ■ t'v- Of the lievt's o{ Bifr the its !’ *. Regarded as ■ I ' dM IM, o£ thp' United ‘'" got hil l f Ut . ualu ' practicing with a ■' Vin fhe val 4 |B downward Th* i E Vu mil es with hia H W;m .-h“Ueek “t without “-vs, nut he was msenaibls. TO GEORGIA FARMERS. A JOINT I.ETTEH CONTAININU VALOAULI SLOOKSTIONS TO COTION KAISEItS. Commissioner J. T. Henderson and I resident of the Alliance, L. K. Livbig tone, of (leorgia, are back from New Orleans, and issue the following joint letter to ‘he cotton miters of Ucorgia w inch will he read w ith great interest by those to whom it is addressed, and by thousands of others: “The action taken at New Orleans on tho 11th inst. by the convention composed of delegates from the cotton exchanges of the United States agreeing that all cotton should ho priced and sold net, and fixing the tare at twenty-four pounds on each bale cov ered in jute, and sixteen pounds on each bide covered in cotton standard bagging, three-fourths’ pounds per ynrd, by their action is to become operative on and after tho first day of October, which will avail to every farmer selling cotton on and after that date, covered in cotton bag ging, fourteen pounds per bale over the present tare allowed, imd this, at ten ci nts per pound, makes a net gain ol $1.40 per bale. Also, cottoi* covered with jute, n gain of six pounds per hale, at 10 Cents, or a gain of GO cents pel bale. This, on a crop of 7,800,000 hales, estimated crop fcj 1889, is $0,100,000, ora gaic, of $2,800,000 on 3,(00,000 bales covered in cotton, and $0,800,000 on 5,500,000 bales covered in jute. Now, will uot all cottou producers fall into line at quco, and back up this liberal and just action on the part of the cotton ex changes} From October Ist, no man need complain of hsi on cottou covered iu cotton, mid all using jute can thank this noble ho ly of men lor the gain of 00 cents per bale on cotton thus cov ered. J. T. Hekdekson, Comnii siouer of Agiiculturc. L. F. Livingston, President Georgia Farmer’s Alliance.” HpßfUilS, IF TRUE. mm-Vl'wS OF NASHVILLE CITY UOSIMTAI CLAIM THAT THEY AltE STARVING. A dispatch, of Saturday, from Nash ville, Tenn., says: Investigations made by an livening Herald reporter, show a horrible state af sjfairs at the city hospi tal here, The complaints started from the neighbors, who were subjected to piteous appeals daily from the inmates, “for God’s sake to send them something to k' cp them from starving to death.” Two patients have died the past week, and another, who is now dying, and who e eaped from the hospital, tells a terrible •ale of suffering and neglect, and says that the inmates are starving to death, and that the way the hospital is man aged is a shame. Not only the neigh bors, but putients and visitors corrobate the story, and considerable excitement exist*, COLO WEATHER. FHOST AND SNOW REPORTED FROM POINTS IN THE NORTH AND WEST. Reports of the temperature to the sig nal service bureau indicated that frost fell Wednesday night over a large arei of tho states and portions of states. In eluded in the frost belts were northern Kansas, northern Missouri, Illinois, In diana, lowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and points further north. A dispatch from Iron Mountain, Mich., says: “The first snow of the year for this Section of the upper peninsulas, fell here' Wednesday afternoon. 1 It was only sprinkling, but was followed! by a bitterly cold wave. At DubuqUe, lowa, a heavy frost is re poited, abd alf along the line of the Illi nois 1 Central,' west,'Wednesday ujght- At'Ensf Taw as, Michigan, there was ; heavy frost first this "all. Considerable damage was dpne to vines. FALLING IGE, A DOZEN PEOPLE CRCSDKD Tp DEATH AJ(D IjCyERAL INJURED. At Quebec, Canada, several thons: and tons of fock slid from Cap Diamond, at the end of Pufferin terrace, to Chaplain strict 800 feet below, actnolUhmg in its course seven dwell ings. Eleven bodies have been taken bom the ruins. About twonty-flve per. song have hem removed from the debris badly injured. Some have broken arms and legs, nnd others are badly crushed and mutilated. It is supposed that nt least fifty persons are yet under ruins, and it will take s vcral days to reeovet all the lrodn s. The damage will ex cet and $100,040. The houses in that lo cality were built of stone and luick,: ami inhabited by ship laborers. '< m FRAUD IN LOUISIANA. f t+- V — i ’ STATE OFFICIALS- INVESTIGATE THE ■i FRAUDULENT ISSUE OF BONDS. 1 v . . i , .1 ■ Investigation bystaTe officials nt New’ Qiltnns, and p. plies laigely interested in nfntc securities, continue to develop uew case's of fraud eviry day. It np'v np piiirs that forgi vy tins bear added tp the (r.o dll lent ffoafiiig of bpmij of fire state tlirpugh the criminal carelessness °‘ ‘* lp state’s §ifvapts. spoff,Qoo of con solidated bonds, upon which in tenst payments have just been stopped, have been surreptitiously put upon the market, instead of being cancelled. How the blank forms got outof the possession of their pioper custodian, who filled them and affixed the signatures of the gover nor nnd slate truisuicr, may only Ce dis closed through die ciiminalcourts. A LAUNCH BLOWS UP. SAD FATE OF A YACHTING PARTY OF NINE PEOPLE ON THE LAKES. It is believed, at Cleveland, Ohio, that the steam launch “Leo,” which left Lo raino, twenty-six miles west ef there Sunday alternoon, was blown up about three o’clock Monday rnornii g. Three bi dies have been rccoveied, 'and several hundred men and boys are (turning for the other six. Thursday’ mdining the body of Fred PeloW was discovered flout ing in a private break-wafer, a few miles west of Cleveland. Ilis face was burned and bnriaed, and bjs viqtcT. had at 8,18. ' The watches on {be other 1 fw o boditiPhad also stopped afapout that hour. There were forty gallons of naptha in the hold of the LeO| W'bicn was Iff be used as fqef, Poup ltuss'tvu oflleepa hayp maffe wngi.r tlrat they ‘.‘can ridp front at. Felprsbprg fp Fopis, °l> horse baek, in forty fiye days. " As tiro dialairoe IS qnly l t sffQ milps, tffey pertpinly tieed not take their spurs’along. A Toias ranger, avers Dr. Oswald in Drakes Magazine, would undertake to make tLo tr ijj in less than a month, and a Mexi can vagniro probably iu two weeks. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF IH TRUEST FROM VA RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH. A COXDKNHED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS OOINO ON OF IMPORTANCE IN TUB SOUTHERN STATES. Macon, Ga., had a SIOO,OOO fire on Wednesday night. Governor Lee has appointed delegates from Virginia to the National Farmers’ congress to bo held ut Montgomery, Ala., November 18th. J. 6. Dillenger, a printer, twenty-four years old und unmarried, committed sui cide at Birmingham, Ala., on Wednes day afternoon by taking morphine. Governor Buckner, on Monday, issued a proclamation to the people of Harlan county, calling upon them to aid the state troops in enforcing the law in that part of Kontucky. Great preparations arc being made nt Atlanta, Ga., for holding the Piedmont Exposition, which opens October 7thend closes November 2d. The railroads ha.e made a gouoral rate of one fare for the round trip, and one cent a mile for spe cial days. Thursday, near Purcellville, Vn., a party of five persons were fording a swollen stream in a wagon when two young ladies, Miss Susie Cator, of Georgetown, a’nd Miss Ella Atwell, of Alexandria, became freightened nnd jumped from the wagon into the stream and both drowned. One of the largest charters ever granted to any corporation in the south, whs grauted by the superior court of Georgia, by which the Southern Home Building and Loan association, of Atlanta, Ga., was incorporated, with authority to do busmens in Georgia or any other state. The authorized capital stock is $20,000,- 000. A freight train on the Central Rail road of Georgia, wa wrecked on Mon day night, u<ar Atlanta Ga. The en gineer and fireman and a young man named Parker, were crushed and scalded to death. The engine and train was completely demolished. The wreck was caused by some miscreant placing a cross-tie on the rails. The merchants and cotton exchanges of Memphis, are receiving daily protests against tffr adoption of the rec ommendation of the cotton convention recently held in New Orleans to tare cotton wrapped in jute twenty-four pounds, and that in bagging sixteen pounds. Indications are that the rule will not be adopted by the Memphis ex change. President Harrison, on Tuesday, granted a pardon to Edward L. Fontain, of the southern district of Mississippi, sentenced to one year’s imprisonment lor breaking into the post-office at Brook haveu. -Alec, to Thomas Hale, of Ten nessee, sentenced April Uth, 1888, to three years’ imprisonment for obstruct ing a deputy United States marshal and deputy United States collector. The Southern Freight association, which includes all prominent Southern lines, went to pieces at St. Louis, Mo., on Thursday, and will probably pever meet again as an association. The Cairo Short Line gave notice of withdrawal, and other lines showed no desire to keep up the organization. The association filled Southern freight rate-, and from tDip on a go as-you-pleas? policy will probably b,e pursued by all Tines. At Sun Francisop, op Tuesday, M;s. Annie Gaba wa§ sitting at a {able in b&r house with per baby jn her arms and two otliirsuull ilfflffreii rear her, the bahv suddenly upset a coal oil lamp, which exploded in the mother’s lap, and all four persons were soon enveloped jn flames. The mother ad baby died in n ih rt time. The other two children were fearfully bur r cd, and are expected to die. Governor Lee, of Virginia, has received nn official communication from 11. 11. Hart, third iluditor of the treasury de partment, Washington, informing him of the recent decision of accounting officers of the trensuiv, “respecting certain mon eys advanced by the United States gov ernment to Francis 8. Pierreponr, gover nor of Virginia in 18U5,” and demands payment. The total amount is $16,928. The new dry dock just completed nt the Norfolk, Vn., navy yard, was for mal. y opened Thursday morning, in the presence of a large gathering, among the number being ] romiueut represeutativi s of the army, navy, and business men of New York and other cities. Among the i navnl officers present, were Rhar Admit ral Joueit ard Cominbdord White, thief of the bureau of yards ar.ei Socks, faavy department. 1 ? !■— T’ ——————— AN EXCITING SqEDJE. A SMALL UJ CHICAGO'S EXPOSITION BUILDING CAUSES A FA.'lp. On Saturday flight, between 8,000 and 10,000 people rushed pell mll out of the ex: aitjon building at Chicago, (11., falling over each Other ffown stairs ant) jumping through windows in their hurry to p-pape an un 'ginary holooaust. Fire hud started in one of the big booths near the centre of the huge structure nnd the glare of the flames and the crush of plate glass caused n panic. Men, wo men and childrtu joined in tho mad scramble for exits, regular and impro vised, which fortunately were numerous enough to prevent any fatal crushing. Within five minutes the excited thous ands were safe outside, the flames ex tinguished and one fourth of the expo sition interior in ruins. The damage to the building itself was alight and the gallery wholly escaped. Probably $7,500 will cover the loss.i SAYS IT IS NONSENSE. X ' 5 ' * * - V N AN ENGLISH SLECTKICIAN CONDEMNS EX v ■ ECtJTIOS’BV eLhCTri'city. In a ducussion DiToie (he Bj-itiab asso elation, at Londop, tnghffid, on {bp sub ject of electricity, W. IT. Pieipc, duel electrician of tffc ppst-i fhce di p irl mi nt, said that tfie act ucppty passed by the New York legislature, providing foy the execution of pondeipncff prmnpulj bj electricity, would Uv P to bp reseeded Hp claimed that it was impossible to gel a current of sufficient tn'enstty to kill ft man with cfgtaipty. lie had expen mentpii With ftp enormous current, and tried with a spark twenty inches long to kill a pig, but could not. He knew ol sevelaH. stances .of persons taking •hocks and at the time supposed to hav bean kilted, but were afterwards quits well He said that the sensational re ports published in newspapers about peo- L being killed by sparks from cle trie wires had, P” n been found W be nonsense. "MY COUNTRY: MAY SHE EVER HE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY Jefferson. COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEITEMBEK 2(i. 188!). A LIVELY CHASE. citizens or a Kansas town pursdinu TUB COUNTY TREASURER. Bitter feeling between citizens of Ita vcunnaiHlEminei.ee, Kansu, over tbt unsettled county seat question, was re newed Saturday by the removal by W. T. Williams, treasurer of the county, of tho records of his office from Ravenna to Eminence. The guard of Uaveuuu citizens who had been detailed to watch the treasurer to prevent tliil removal, were at the time in attendance upon the judicial distriit convention, and Williams loaded the records of his office into a wagon and was about to drive off, when the ularm was given. The guards hur ried from the convention and, arming themselves, they stnrted in pursuit. Gn the way they mistook another wagon for the treasurer’s and followed the wrong trail. They fired several shots at the supposed fugitive, who finally escaped. In tbo meantime Williams hail reached Eminence and put the records in a place of safety. The citizens of Eminence have armed themselves iu anticipation of nn attempt by the Ravenna people to capture the records and return them to their citv. CROP BULLETIN. issued from tiie signal service bu reau AT WASHINGTON. Tho weather bulletin for the week end ing September 14th, says: It has been i warmer than usual over the corn and cot ton regions und genera ly on the Atlantic coast, the daily excess of t mperature in centrul valleys hanging from three de grees to nine degrees, while on the At lantic coast about the normal tempera ture prevailed. It was colder than usual fiotn Dakota westward to the Pacific coast. There has been less than the usual amouut of rain during the week gener ally throughout the piincipal agricultu ral districts, including the corn and cot ton regions. An excess of rainfall oc culted on the Atlantic coast, from Mas sachusetts southward to North Carolina, imd excessive rains also occurred over limited areas in the northwest, including northern Missouri, eastern Kansas, east ern Dakota, western Minnesota and south-eastern lowa. In the remaining states of the upper M ssissippi and Mis souri vaUeys well distributed showers i.re reported, while no rain occurred in tho lower region of the Ohio valley, western Pennsylvania, lower Michigan, nnd over the greater portion of Tennes see end Mississippi. Only light showers aie reported over the east anil west por tion of the cottou region. CHATTANOOGA'S WELCOME TO THE VETERANS At THE ARMY OF THR CUMHERLANP —A 041.A DAY. The veterans of (he army of the Cum berland met in Chattanooga, Tenn-, on Wednesday. The exercises of the day xverp ushered in with a grand parade. Old confederate and federal soldiers marched in line, headed by brass bands, and a magnificent display of fire works greeted tfiem on ull streets. Aftei tffe parade, the old soldiers were ad dressed at a mammoth [ avillian, with a capacity off ff.tUO, by Major Henry Mc- Miiliail, off Philadelphia, who spoke mast eloquently of the great re-union of hearts of both the north and the south, and dwelling in glorious terms on the changes wrought in Chattanooga and the historic battlefields around, since the gloomy days of 1863-5. The address was full of patriotic sentiments, and was responded to by 1,(00 voices in hearty accord. Never before has there been su h a hearty reunion of old sol diers of both armies. DISASTROUS FLOODS. THIRTY THOUSAND PEOrLE LOSE TUEIK LIVES IN JAPAN. A dispatch from San Francisco, Cal., on Wednesday, says: The steamship Gaelic places the total number of per sons drowned iu the floods in August ia the city of Wakuiaimi and in the districts of Minami-Muro, lligushi-Muro, Nishi- Muro aid Hidaki, Japan, at 10,000, and the number receiving relief at 20,046. The liver lvlnokun swelled from 12 to 18 feet above its normal and the embankment's at the village pf |wah asM wero wtUHc’d riwiPy.' immediately tile village an'd 'uboqt forty-eight other i liamNts' wefe' ‘cov.red by the raging : wafirs 1 . On tRc morning of August 19th |an enormous mass of earth fell "from a | mountain near the villago off Tennoko | wai, stopping the pourse of flip river of the suma qame, which, Ueiitg already swollen gyeatly, submerged the village nnd drawupd nearly all the inhabitants. A number of villagers took refuge in their tents when the river began ruing, but when the landslide occurred aboil' fifty peiWM* wo re buried “live. TROUBLE AHEAD. EXCITEMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA OVER TAE LYNCHING OF AN INNOCENT MAN. The excitement in Burke county, N. C., on account of the lynching there Tuesday night of Frank St- ck, a highly respected and popular Uniou county fanner, who was suspected of murdering a man named Parker, and who is now believed to be innocent, grows more in tense each day, nnd indications plainly po nt to serious trouble ahead. The citizens of Union county have called s mass mectiifg nnd' proposal to 'express their indignatioiV and; orbßnizi) a plan to have the 'lynchers ’ btoubhf io justice, although they realize (hey will have a rough'time df il| as it appears to be the policy of the lynchers to swing up every man' who undertakes to interfere with (hem. " spreading rails CAUSE THE wreck ftF A gASSENGEII TRAIN EU-VINO SEVERAL PEOPLE. An past hound SB. hmiis nd gun Fran ciepo passenger tmin was derailed neai been, Butler countv, Kim,, on Thursday, b.v the spreading or mils. Three passen ger coaches rolled down a (iftren-foot embankmen'. It. M. Bends was instantly killed; Isaac Dean nnd Mrs. Matseka. both uf Wichita, were fatally cru-hed by the weight of the car. Mrs. John Mitch ell, of Fort Smith, Ark., hid one arm and one leg broken. Mrs. It A. Hodges, of Arkansas City, had nn arm and seve ral libs broken, and may tiie. It. L I.athrop, of Kansas City, had his right log broken in two places an 1 received in ternal injuries. About teu more wer? slightly injured. THE LEGISLATURE. HI 1.1.8 rAHHED IIY TIIE SENATE AND HOUSE OK REPKESBNTATIV ES. A hill to abolish the county court of Jefferson county; to amend the act en larging the jurisdiction of the city court nf Savannah so as to permit the judge to pnetioe luw us u conveyancer tinder cer lain circumstan e>; to incorporate the Southbound Its ilroad company; to incur |>orato the town of Mineral Bluff; to mneud the charter of Macon so us to pro vide for the improvement of the streets md seweia An act to repeal an ai t fix ing tho salaries of the treasurers of Sum ter and Randolph counties at S2OO, so fur as Humter is concerned. A bill to incor (Kiiate the Georgia Equitable Insurance company; to piovidc compensation at the rate of $2 per day for managers nnd clerks of elections in McDuffie county; to Incorporate the Carrollton Street railway company; to renew tho charter of the Turtle liver and Buffalo Canal company; to abolish ull exemptions from jury duty so far as felons uials are concerned, eicept physios anil apothecaries, stateliouse clerks, grist millers, telegraph operatois, railroad engineers, conductors and station agents, employees of the lunatic usyluui, pilots and men over sixty and minors—amended to ex cept firemen nnd train hands; to order an election on the question of free schools iu I’erry ; a hill to prohibit tho sale of li quor within the 788th district of Heard county, lyiug east of Chattahoochee riv.r; to amend an net incorporating tiie Wuycross Air-Line; to prohibit the ule of liquor in three milts of the Baptist church at the fork of Broad river, in Madison couuty; to incorporate the Bei tou, Homer and Carnesville railroad; to incorporate the Washington and Lin colnton railroad ; to author.ze the town of Madison to establish a system of pub lic schools; to amend the charter of Elli jay, in Gilmer county; to amend the Charter ot the Underwriter’s Mutual In mr.ince company; to establish a system of public schools in Diwson; to incorpo rate the Germania Savings bank; to in corporate the Georgia Fidelity insurance :ompany. A bill to make a “no fence” law in certain porlions of the county of Thom as; to pr- hil.it the sale of liquors in cer tain portions of Walker county; to pro vide for the registration of voters in Clarke county; to empower the city council of Athens to pave certain streets of laid city; to incorporate the Brooks Alliance Bunking company; to amend the charter of the Macon Savings Bank; to prohibit the sale of liquors within five miles of a church in Decatur county; to prohibit persons from selling, providing or giving to minors cigarettes, tobacco or cigarette papers; to establish asyatem of sewerage ia the town of Wny ero's; to incorporate the Georgia Sure.y and Investment company; to establish a board of commissioners of roads nnd revenue for Bryan county—al so, a bill to provide for the registration of voters in Brvan county; a bill to re duce the corporate limits of the town of Shellman. in Randolph county, from a mile to a half mile radius; to repeal, the act repealing the act creating a hoard of commissioners of roads and revenue for the county of Cluy; s hill to empower the mayor and aldermen of Hawkinsville to grant the Empire and Dublin railroad the right to pass through ihe town, and to change the time of electing the mayor and aldermen ;to amend the charter of theThomasvilleStreet Railroad eom| any, increasing the stock from SIO,OIO to 125,000; to amend the act creating a board of commissioners of ronds and levenue for Carroll county; a bill to re incorporate the town of ’lhomasville un der the name of the City of Thomasville. BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. Ihe following bills have been signed by Governor Gordon, and are now laws: An act to create a board of commission ers of roads nnd revenues for the county of Hancock, approved October 5. 1886. An act to encourage and authorize the construction of lelegrnph lines in the state of Georgia, and conferring certain privileges and powers on the owners. An act to amend section 10 of an act in corporating the town of Eastman. An act to amend sections 10 and 18 off the set inc irpoiating the ( iwu off Chimney. An act to amend a^aft incorporating the town of Chaunffy. A,n act to extend the eorpo;a'tc Iffinits off tiie town of Enstinnn, in the county of Dodge. An net to in vist MiltCn ilitch, n minor of the county of Brooks, with ull the righffs ngd privi lege of r.n adult. An np.c to establish a system of public schools in the city of Conyers. An act to authorize the estab lishment of a system off public schools in the town of IXcatnr, An act to require the owners of horses, mules, cows, hog-', sheep, goats and cattle of all kinds, to prevent the same from running at large, whether inclosed or uuinclosed, iu the 901 G. JL, Schley county. An uct to incorporate tho Melon Belt Railroad comprtnv f Bro ke comity. An not to preveii' <.e sale or manufacture of spir ituous or malt liquors within three miles of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in Banks county An not to provide for the transfer of misdemeanor cases, which ate now pending, or which may hereafter arise, iu the superior court of Stewart county to the county court of said county. An act to amend section VII of an act approved December Bth, 1888, en titled an act, to create a board of com missiencis of roads and revenues in the county of Stewart, so as to i.ncijftasf the pay of the e'erk of'saffeff An act to provide the iff (lap insolvent crimim * ib the clerk and sheriff r f the superior court pf the county ot Co lumbia. when there i no fund, or suffi cient fund, arising from fines usff for feitures. An act to requue the owners ot norscs, tp,u;e<, cows, sneep, nogs tfna other stock off all kinds from running at large upon the lands of another in the tii st ditJiLt. and a portion of the second and ninii district* of Dooly county. DECREASING, A GRISA' FALLING OFF IN TIIE MANUFAC TURE OF CIGARS AND CHEROOTS. At a siss'on of the National Cigar makers' union, nt New York, on Tues day, a paper was read ir which it was stated that the li.croase in the number of cigars and cheroots produced during the year 1888 and 1889 was much smnller than during the years 1880 nnd 1887. It was a noticeable fact that the increase in production was in districts where the lowest wages were paid. Iu distrie(s where high wages are paid therp was a decrease in production. (u Jifftw York city, during the yenv ending June, 1889. tbcrii vj'gg a decrease of 1,263,788 ciggr, and cheroots. The decrease iu other puts of New York slate was 8,- 948.003, IN TROUBLE. CITY OFFICIALS OK SPOKANE FALLS, AR IIIiSTKU FOR GRAND LARCENY. An unpleasant seaudal has come to light in the city government of Spokane Falls, W. T. City C. uucilmen W. D. Waters and Peter Dueber and Policeman Willi .m Gillespie ure under bond to an swer to the charge of appropriating to their own U‘C money and supplies con tributed to the relief of those who suf fered l.y the recent great fire. Bitter feeling prevails over the exposure. A meeting of citizens was held, and it waf re.olved to prosecute to the full extent of the law, all who are suspected of com plicity in the disgraceful proceedings. Warrants wero sworn out by A. M. Can. non, chairman of the relief committee, for the arrest of Waters, Dueber and Gillespie on the charge of grand larceny, and they were arrested. It is Under stood that other warrants will be -awors out. SETTLED AT LAST. TIIE STRIKERS AT LONDON. ENGLAND, AGREE TO RESUME WORK. 'I lie master lightermen conceded tha terms demanded by their men, and thus the lust obstacle to a full resumption of of work by the strikers at London, England, is removed. The men re sumed work Monday. Burns, ut a meeting of the strikers, proposed a voto gratitude for colonial assistance that had enabled the men to achieve victory. The action of the colouiul workmen, he said, was the tiret step toward the form )'■ ion of the laborers’ universal federa tion. The motion was carried unani mously. Burns and Tillete, represent atives of the strikers, Saturday, on behulf of the men, signed the agreement entered into between themselves and the diieotorsof the dock companies for a settlement of the strike. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. THE RICHMOND TERMINAL WILL CONTROL TIIE EAST TENNESSEE RAILROAD. The New York Tribune siys: Tho Richmond Terminal company, on Wednesday, gave formal notice to the stock exchange of an increase in its common stock of $6,500,000. The stock had ulreudy been sold, and the proceeds are invested in various stuck issues of the East. Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway, in order to secure control ol that route to the Richmond Terminal company. The control would have been endangered by provision of the reorgnu zition plan on payment of two consecu tive dividends on preferred stock, one of which has been paid, while another is expected soon. The recent transaction assures control to the Iticbmonfl Termi rial WORK OF THE STORM. CREWS OF ABANDONED VESSELS BEING PICKED Ur AT SEA. A dispatch from Lewis, Del., says: The bark Sorrideiin, previously reported as having lost her second mstc and stew ard nvei board during the storm oo the lltliinstnnt, picked up twelve of the crew of the Norwegian bark Freya,2so miles off Cape Henry. They hiul been twenty hours in an open boat. On the 12th, she took five men off the water-logged schoon er, Carrie Hall Luster, Captain Howland. Monday night, iu the same vicinity, the Sorriderin passed a vessel bottom up. Those on board were U' able to distin guish the name of the wricked vessel. An abandoned four-masted schooner was also passed. THE WEST WANTS IT. CITIZENS OF ST. JOSEPH, MO., WANT TUI WORLD’S FAIR HELD IN THE WEST. A mass meeting composed of board ol trade men and citizens was held nt St. Joseph, Mo,, Tuesday night, to take ac tion fvy (fie purpose of calling a conven tion off the representatives at St. Joseph to five public expression to the demand of the West to secure the w orld’s fair foi one of tiie Western trade centers ns against the East. A lengthy resolution was adopted and arrangements made to have them printed and distributed. The call for the convention presents argu ments in (avur of holding the world’s fair at someone of the trade ccnteis “'•■st of the Alleirlieuv mountains. ROBBING UNCLE SAM. Montana’s ex secretary arrested CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. William Webb was arrested at Helena, Mont., on Tuesday, charged with em bezzling the funds of the United titutes while acting as secretary of the territory. Webb was appointed secretary of Mon tana in 1885 by President Cleveland, and held the office until removed by Presi dent Harrison last April. An examina tion of ilia books show a deficit off over 24.000. FOtffRTEtN CENTB. A QQQd TIAIK FOR FARMER* TO HOLE Til KIR COTTON. The London Timtt (Oirespondcnt nt Preston says; “There is u prospect that American cotton may yet touch seven pence a pound, ami that a fortnight’s stoppage in October will be secured to punish the Liverpool ring. One hundred tbousnud spindles and many thousand looms are stopped in North and Lust Lancashire, amt notices have been given of more extensive stoppages.” The irrepressible statistician has been once more ot his congenial work. Tak ing a man who buttons on his collar every morning, this statistician has found out tlmt by tbo time the man has reached the ago of sixty he has devoted no loss than two years, ten months, threo weeks and three and three-quarter days to tiie operation, or to actions di rectly arising out of tho process. The most versatile American has been discovered ut Mosherville, Hillsdale County, Affich. Ho is a regularly or (luiiieri preacher, but also practises med icine and surgery, has proved his ability to gain a living ut cabinet-making, and is a skillful draughtsman, surveyor and fruit gardener. A “Belgian” exhibitieiF will he held in London next spring. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS BKKTCHRB FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Tuneful Tragedy—Of Gentle l>ls jiositiou—A Loiik, Luiiff, Weary Day—A Clone Shave—Silence is Golden, Etc., Ktc. Jrery noted, 1 * * Stary-eyed and golden-h&irod, (-harming Anna. The soprano, All the ginger's hearts ensnared. Long the tenor Sought to win her. Sought to win her for his bride. And the basso, With love’s lasso. Oft to snare the maiden tried. The demeanor Of the tenor To the basso frigid grew. And the basso As he was so Idueh in love grew frigid too. Anna smiled on Both, which piled on To tho mutual hatred fuel, So to win her Bass and tenor Swore they’d tight a vocal duel. Shrieked the tenor. Like a Vennor Cyclone howling o’er the pluin, •Sung so high he To outvie the Bass, he split his head in twala. Growled the basso Till he was so Low to hear him was a treat, Lower still he Went until he Split the soles of both his feet. Charming Anna, The soprano. Mourned a week for both her fellows, 'Hien wed tho Man who fed the W ind into the organ bellows. —Boston CouiHer. OF OENTLE DISPOSITION. Lady (to tramp)—“Poor man! You must have broken off many dear ties in your past life.” Tramp—“No, marm, I stepped on ’em tenderly.”— Epoch. A LONG, LONG, WEAKT DAY. Gus— “What's the matter, Jack? You look all worn out.” Jack—“l've been visiting a young couple with their first baby.” —New York Weekly. A CLOSE SUAVE. Customer (in barber shop)—“ls the boss in?” Apprentice—“No, sir. He is at home sick.” Customer—“ Anything serious I” Apprentice—“ Well, I shaved him yes terday and the doctor says he is very weak from loss of blood.” —Lowell Citi zen- SILENCE IS GOLDEN. “Yes,” said Fenderson, “my new book has received golden opinions from all sorts of people.” Fogg—“Why, I thought the press of the countrv had been entirely silent about it.” Fenderson—“That’s what I said. Si lence is golden, you know.” —Boston Transerijit. TnE AVERAGE MAN. Wife—“ You missed the baby greatly while we were away, didn't you?” Husband—“ Yes; couldn’t sleep ut all for a while, till I put a saw horse and wheelbarrow in the bed, and hired a man to play an accordion in the room nights.” —Memphis Avalanche. A CHEAP CURE FOR HUNGER. “I wish you would help me a little,” said the tramp. “I haven’t eaten any thing for two days.” “H’m!” returned old Grinder. “I’m opposed to giving money promiscuously on the street, but if you take this string and tie it round you tightly you won’t feel so empty.” ’’ • CAUTIOUS. “Ted—“ Are you going to call on that heiress this evening?” Ned—“No; not with this terrible coldJ* Ted—“ What difference does that make?” Ned—“ Why, my boy, in these days an heiress isn’t to be sneezed nt.”— Harper's Bazar, A CRUEL GIRL. ' Mistress (a very kind-hearted one) — “Did you drown the kittens as I di rected, Marie?” Marie—“Oui, madame.” “Did you warm the water?” “Non, madame.” “What? Ih> you mean to tell me that drowned those poor little kittens in leo-col:l water? You cruel girl!” PINK OF POLITENESS. Polite Gentleman (to lady in front, nt the concert) —“I beg your pardon, mad am, but won’t you be kind enough to press that flower on top of your hat, just a little?” Lady—“ Certainly. There. Will that do?” “Yes, thank you. Now I can see the leading lady’s bangs very nicely. I was wondering what color her hair was. ” New York Weekly. AN ACTIVE SENSE. i Teachei—“How do we tell if anything is sweet or sour?” Pupil—“By the sense of taste.” Teacher—“Aud how do you distin guish colors?” Pupil—“By the sense of touch.”. Teacher—“ You can’t feel colors, can you?” Pupil—“ Yes; don’t you sometimes feel blue ?’ ’ — Omaha Wi rid-Herald. ABLE TO PROTECT HIMSELF. There stood in the dock a big, burly artisan, a regula.' Hercules iu point of stature, brought up on a charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. “Prisoner,” said the Judge, “have you engaged any one to defend you?” “What’s that? I don’t want any one. Come on, any half-dozen of you!” —Der Amsterdammer. pride’s fall. ) Tramp—“ Please, mum, I ain't had no NUMBER 49. food fer three day*. Can you Eire me something to eat?" Mrs. Rlimdiet (haughtily)—“My terms for hoard are $7 a week." Trump (straightening up)—“Beg pord ing fer troublin' ye, I didn’t know thii was a boardin’-house. I ain’t hungry ’nough ter eat bosrdin’-house vittlcs. Good-day, mum.”— New York Weekly. A BETTER SCHEME. “May I have the pleasure of accom panying you on the straw ride, Miss Greens,” said the young man, hopefully; “your mother is going to chaperone the party.” She hesitated a minute before answer ing. “Don’t you think,” she replied at length, “that if mamma is goingas chap erone it would lie much nicer to sit on the front piazza while mamma is away?”— Button Beacon. INTERESTED IN HIS JOURNEY. “So, Mr. Hankinson, you arc going on a tour of the world?” “Yes, Miss Whitesmith.” “And will you promise to write to me from every country you may visit.” “Promise? Ah, you know not how I will value the privilege. And you will really care to hear from me?" “Yes. I am collecting the postage stamps of all countries.”— London Tid lilt. WESTERN RAILROADING. “Speedwell!” yelled the Western rail way superintendent to his assistant. ‘‘l see by these dispatches that the overland fiycr No. 2 is snow-bound at North Fork.” “Y'es, sir,” was the brisk reply. “I’ve ordered out the snow-plows.” “Very good. Telegraph the crew that as soon as they open the road I want them to carry a train load of snow to South Pass and dump it on the track. The rails there are melting with the heat.” —New York Weekly. nE WAS ENGAGED. Fond Lover—“ls your pa in, Addie?” Gentle Maiden—“ Yes, but you may come in.” F. L.—“l don’t think he likes me, and he might ” G. M.—“ There's no need of being afraid; he is engaged.” F. L.—“ Engaged is he?” G. M.—“ Yes. He stayed out till after 1? last night and went off this morning without giving ma a chance to talk to him. She is talking to him now, and he won’t be in this part of the house for the next three hours. Come right in.”— I Bouton Courier. VINDICATION OF HIS HONOR. A couple of good uatured Frenchmen got into a quarrel and challenged each other to fight. On the morning of the duel they and their second* tramped through the woods to the fatal spot, when one of the duellists, the challenging party, tripped and fell. His second helped him to his feet. “I hops you arc not hurt?” said the other duellist. “I’m not much hurt; I only bumped my nose on the ground.” “Does it bleed?" “Yes, a little.” “Heaven be praised! Blood flows, ano my honor is vindicated. Give me your hand, old boy?" —ljondon Tid-Bits. A GENTLE HINT. George was a bashful lover. He scarcely dared to touch his lady’s hand. He loved her well and she was worthy of his affection, for she was modest, in telligent, sweet and loveable; but, like all good women, she yearned for the re spectful caresses that are the evidences of a pure affection. She however yearned in vain. George worshipped her. Ht might kiss the hem of her garmet, but to kiss her lips or cheek, the very audacity of the thought made him tremble. They sat together by the sea looking | out upon the track of the moon’s light which white winged yachts were crossing now and then: “ It was a witching hour, a scene For love und calm delight.” Suddenly she moved slightly away from him. “Please, George, don't do that,” sh said. “What?” he asked in genuine surprise. “Oh! you needn’t tell me,” she re plied. “Y'ou were just going to put your arm around my waist, and were go ing to try and kiss me.” “Dear Arabella ” “Oh! you needn’t tell me no; yot were goiug to do it. Well, after all, 1 suppose you are not to blame. It is just what a lover would do to his sweetheart, aud I suppose I must not be offended it you do it.” And George grasped the situation anc did exactly what Arabella supposed hi would do, and tho moon grinned and thi : stars winked and the wavelets laughed I and a mosquito that was about to Rligh: J ou the maiden’s cheek flew away and set ! tied on the nose of a widow who wa sitting near the band stand.— Bostot Courier. Alaska Seal Breeding Grounds. The breeding grounds of the Alaska fur seal includes the seal islands of St. Paul and St. Georges, tho Alutian islands and that portion of Alaska west and north of Kudiah. Here, iu the “rook eries,” as they ure called, the seals swarm from May to December to the number of about Bix millions every year, of which at least one-third are new born. It has been found that the killing of one hun dred thousand a year of the “bachelor” seals makes no apparent impression upon the whole mass, and it can thus be seen what a fertile source df revenue the in dustry might be made under judicious governmental supervision. —New York Herald. The Robber Crab. A crustacean curiosity of much inter est V:as just been added to the State Mu seum of California. “Its scientific name,” says the Alta Californian, “is Birgo Latis, the robber crab. It is a land crab and lives by climbing cocoanut, trees, from which it gathers the fruit,cracking the same and eating its-fruit. It is very handsome in appearance, with strong claws, and looks like a cross between a crab and a lobster. This specimen was brought from the Fanning Islauds, on the other side of the equator. Two r. them were brought, but one has since died.”