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The Georgia » Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIV.
is estimated that Uncle Samue l wi»
1 , $1,500,000 in urtiliei*
1 t’J tout at least
L,, ? and arms in 1890.
William Nye, the humorist and philooo
* agely and wittily remarks that
er, baldhcaded
re two kinds of men.
I,;,Id oil the outside and some
The railroad companies of the United
Bates owe $ 4 .600,000,000. Last year the
Lount of interest paid by the railroads
bf the United States was $207,1X10,000,
[ad the amount in dividends $80,000 i
Boo If the amount of freight hauled
eve all reduced to one mile, it would
Lnount to $70,000,000,000 tons of
freight.
I Joaquin Miller, who, after he went into
K ail street and lost his little pile, used
L rail at the rich and revile leading New
I ,rk capitalists, has become a capitalist
kiinself. 8"me years ago he bought 200
L res of land near San Francisco, and now
L v have become valuable for town lots,
rh. poet says that he shall spend the re
Linder of his days on the Pacific
lope. __
j The whole trade of Calcutta waf
(most paralyzed recently by a general
trike of native bullock-carters, 30,000
b number. They are forced to pay a
Livy municipal license. A local firm
bdeavored to levy a further fee for
Irivate registration, and the carters
nought that this was an endeavor to
npose au increase of taxation. The
lisundcrstanding was removed.
It is said that the common cowcatcher
ttachment to locomotives is about the
bly article of universal use that was
ever patented. Its inventor was D. B.
lavies, of Columbus, who found his
odel in thc plow’. Ited lights on the
:ar car of trains, it is further said, wera
Bopted at the suggestion of the late Mrs.
kisshdm, after a railway accident in
ftidi she had a narrow escape.
Treasury statistics show that tho ex
DrUtions of Mexico for the first half ol
| 16.996, e thcal year indicating 1888-0 amounted to $26,
a total exportation
ir the year of $53,000,000, the largest
ter known in the history of the country*
L exportation of precious metals in
futsed in the half year, as compared
fth the previous half year, $1,999,809,
[<■ merchandise These exports increased $570,
facts bear out the statements
Igmling |d the prosperity of the country,
what railways are giving to the de
lopment of Mexico.
■ j
liev. J. Crossett, an independent
biericau missionary recently died In
ina, where he had been devoting him
h to labor among the benighted. He
r 1 c ^ ar g e of a winter refuge for the
lor , at Pejiing during several winters,
M made it his business to Beek out the
fk and unfortunate for the purpose ol
lording them relief rather than to
page their faith, ip, went about ic
tinese cottunie, and accepted
[ration no remu
for his laborsiexoept his enter
foment. He was everywhere- welcomed
“Mg the Chinese and was called by
N “theChristian Buddha.”
-r
The inquiry t s not infrequently ad
■essed to a millionaire, “Why do
11 Continue business? you
ealth You have
enough, you need not work auy
nger"—and the , answer almost invaria-
7 13 . “What shall I do with idle
)urs if I have my
, no empluiymcnt?” This
as the answer that that*emlnent Chica
Dan 1 'rams am! wealth,
Mr. Philip D.
k w b- en an English syndicate
F j ' him booms
1 46 a of $5,000,000 In ad
Lrk L esfimated value of Ms great
8111 j §reab beef-packing
fnnour doubted plant. Mr.
if he would find peace
f omd ia “•plethoric aud
purse no busl
[si" far, am to 0 * A' Sttc «-Lorraine, «- frj
,v . ^ 7
W ° r k Tribune beliovsi
■at represent ft ^Peror’e
Yuenomenal visit was s
Wance success. After making
a for official
be Province zeal in stirring
to ^thusiasm, the Emper
lroJ* ,,, Ptl ° imIicat
a « the remarkabl.
11 Lf, nn ? the “ last decade. the prov- '
cfa Strasburg The jour
?oal to Met z was a trium
Ihttions Progress. tho intermediate ,
kith ' Wty decorated land crowded
^S e in !j°a 10 'bfficult C i eeTed .and th ° Em tempting P eror ’
tbcumst ^ nceswasremarkalde. HemaS
>rief *****
but Vurious toasts,, etc.,
:ould be offended."' 1 “ ^ ^ * VttCh
1
Nte Chinese sure wd! Ghie We should ~ I>e ' nocPnt '‘rejbico C® no!
w at
^ugu ,'2 0 r Ethevast ° r regretrit MongHisn - for the
■ten ^ r ipitation ' masses
^ A Ar ° f an.overplus
v rt , yaa world that* wet do not
0 is to deal with. Ifcwever,
ctrta 'n that China
Fteticall y a twill. soon be
Native riemeni° ’ 18 Crn effettui Statt ‘ %«>vercome Tho,con ser-’
raibr a a J , construction
^ on as a national has; been en
once to b 1K)Ucy . Peking lg
^P-in Strict s hf Em" m t dt0 ^ Tien *rsln by a
of the mosU populous
te,0 5aiCh ^»e a S P .' re CUtlre - ^ ^ he triumphant, radicals or
^ will afi,
,el °Poe n , 'I 1 e '’«rmeans for de
« 11 will be impossible
st ot > the to
a 9atM P'-anet tmder
®utuai ex cU»ion,” ' a system
GENERAL NEWS. I
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITING EVENTS
.
MEWS FE03 etebywhebi—accidents, stimksi,
Fines, AKD HAPPEIS1X08 OP INIEBB8T.
The Swiss government has adopted the
smokeless powder for her army.
The recent fire in the temple of heaven,
China, was of incendiary origin. Sev¬
arrests have been mado.
The schooner Erie capsized on Monday
near Port Rowan, Onk, and eight
were drowned.
A number of branches of tho National
in the counties of Waterford and
Tipperary, Ireland, have boon suppressed.
It is rumorod that the German govern¬
will usk a credit for 300,000,000
for broDzo guns for the new smoke¬
powder.
- uc large- ill four-story morocco shop of
t & Sons, on Grove street, Sa¬
Hass., burned Friday. Loss $1,000
partially insured.
Up to had the recess Tuesday night 627
been excused in the Cronin
and at four Chicago, four accepted and sworn
temporarily passed.
The Rotterdam, Holland, dock labor¬
strike was brought to an end on
Thc modified terms of the
were accepted by the men.
Eleven men were killed by-an upheaval
the Thursday. earth in a quarry near L’ima, O.,
The upheaval was fol¬
by the spoutiDg of a subterranean
of water 200 teot into the air.
ordered August Belmont, of Now York, has
$500,000 in gold for export.
1 he assay office doc3 not know where
the gold is to be shipped. Belmont <&
Co. also refuse any information about it.
A construction train on the Macky
railroad left the track at a point about:
eighteen milts west of Bedford, Ind.,
Thursday afternoon. Tqn of twenty
men on tho train were seriously in¬
Six Were dangerously hurt, while
will die.
Shipping disturbed circles at Baltimore were
fever flag displayed on Monday, British at a
On the
Recta, Captain Lowe, which ar¬
in ballast from St. Lueia, West
to load for London. She is at
quarantine with three soamen sick.
Action has been commenced by Attor¬
ney General Tabor against the assembly
contractor, John Scnith, in tho
supreme court of Oneida county, New
York, to recover $250,508. Thu Albany
county sheriff on Monday arrested
Snaith, who gave bail in $50,000.
At a mectiog of the creditois of Gib¬
son, Parish & Co., ol Chicago, Parish
stated that Clifford, the absconding
book-keener of the fjrm lisd carried off
between $40,000 aud $100,000 of the
firm’s assets, and ho was inclined to think
the latter figure nearer the correct cne
thau the former.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says:
The boom in steel and iron rivals thc
memorable advance of 1884. Steel rails
to-day cannot be bought for less than
$38 per ton, and manufacturers are quite
on these figures, for it is
believed the price will reach
Liverpool’s cotton statement for the
past week is as follows: Total sales of the
week 38,000; American, 27,000. Trade
leakings, including forwarded from ship-
34,000; actual export, 3,000; total
32,000; American, 22,000; total
363,000; American, 202,000; total
184,000; American, 120,000.
Leon Leonardi, Italian private banker,
at 41 Park street, New York, disap¬
on Monday, leaving his clients In
the lurch. The^ were principally of the
class. Nothing was left in the
except the safe and all the furni¬
oi Leonardi’s residence was sold.
depositors number 800 or 900.
J. K. Tallier, leader of the gaug who
the train on the Sonora railroad,
Nogales, filled Aria., Conductor a year AtkiAon ago last May, and
who
Fireman Forbes, and who was subse¬
convicted of the crime and sen¬
to death, wsb shot early Monday
by Mexican authorities at Gu
The suicide ivom of a whole family is re¬
Odessa, Russia. A school
teacher named Sauso committed suicide,
Ui» widow became insane
She first threw three of hex children tak¬ out
a third-story window, and then,
ing the other two in her arms, jumped
out with them. AU were killed.
On ex-Quceo Natalie’s visit to Bel¬
grade,her presence was totally ignored by
government officials, but she was crowds re
ceived most enthusiastically by which
that passed. thronged the private streets residences through and
she On
places of business throughout the city
flags were displayed in her honor.
The twcnty-fiftli annual meeting of
thc National Association of Wool Man¬
ufacturers was held at New York on
Wednesday. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing Boston; year: Vice
President, Wm. Whitman, Hartford,
Presidents, John L. Houston,
Conn.; A. C. Mi ler, Utica, N. Y., and
Thomas Dolan, Philadelphia; and treasurer,
Ueniamm Phinps Boston, secretary,
S. N. D. North, Boston,
Tho tin plate and sheet iron workers of
Boston, JIass., and vicinity, have de¬
cided to leave the Knights of Labor and
organize an independent union. The
immediate cause of withdrawal is said to
be tlie support given by district assembly
30 and general offices to the eigaroiakers’ be
local assembly. A mass meeting will
held Tuesday ts act upon the question of
applying for membership iu the amalga¬
mated building trades council.
A frightful wreck occurred on the
Youngstown & Ashtabula division of the
Pennsylvania company’s lines at Haz e
ton, OUb, early Thursday morning, by
which Flagman John Fitzgerald was in¬
stantly killed nnd Conductor Ben Milner
badly injured. A freight train grade, going
west broke in two going up n steep
and the detached part ran back to en¬
gine 231 going iu thc same direction.
The engine was wrecked and several
freight cars were smashed to kindling
wood.
BANK STATEMENT.
Foliowing is a statement o< thc a® 6 ®"
ciatod bauks at New York for the week
ending Saturday 28th:
Iteeorre decrease,..............
Loans doaxme............. - - - • ....
Specie doorcase................ .....
Deposits Legal tenders decrease.... ...
decrease............... .....
Circulation decrease.,......... .....
The banks now hold $988,709 in ex
cess of the 25 pel cent. rule.
“MY COUNTRY: MAY SHE EVER EE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY 1”— J*fhuu»o«i.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1880.
DISCUSSING THE TARE.
SOME RESOLUTIONS OK VAST IMPORTANCE
TO COTTON GROWERS.
The National Cotton committee and
the Tare committee of the National Al¬
liance held a secret stssion at Atlanta,
Ga., Monday night. It is rumored that
the joint eouimitteos are preparing some
instructions which will be wide-reaching
in their effect. These are instructions to
til the primaries, wheels aud unions, ad¬
vising und instructing them to lio'-d
meetings and petition the governors of
each of tho coltou states to call the leg¬
islatures in extra sea-ion to suspend the
processes of the courts for the collection
of debts for six months, The object of
this action, they say, is “to thwart and
prevent the rolfficry planned and deter¬
mined against them.” The tare question
was discussed by the committee, und af¬
ter a careful consideration the following
resolutions were adopted: “Whereas,
The association of the American Cotton
exchange met in New Orleans on the 11th
instant, and in conjunction with the va¬
rious commissioner , of agriculture and
representatives of the farming interests,
did recommend that cotton be sold by
net weight as a solution ol the tare
question; And Whereas, The action
taken by the Now Orlcaus Cotton ex¬
change in favor of assisting the farmers to
get paid for the 8 pounds more cotton that
each cotton-wrapped bale contains than
the jute-covered committee, bale is aud highly the determi¬ appreci¬
ated by the
nation of said exchange to continue to
contend for the couse, in spite of the fact
that many leading exchanges had de¬
serted it, is espcc ally commendable, and
will be co-operated Whereas, in by the The interests justice we
represent; and,
and equity of the farmer’s claim on tho
tare question is h.sed on the one fact,
which stands boldly out undisputed and
indisputable, contains that every eight cotton-wrapped pounds
bale actually more
of lint cotton than it would if covered
with jute; therefore, it is hereby Re¬
solved, That the action had by the
Shreveport Cotton exchange be adopted
In the present emergency, and every far¬
mer is hereby instructed when
offering for sale cotton wiapped in cot¬
ton bagging, to demand payment for
eight pounds more of cotton such bale. than Resolved the act¬
ual gross weight
second; That this action is intended to
supercede and take the place of all pre¬
vious actiou and instructions in regard
to the tare question. In no case shall a
bale of cotton be sold subject to a dock
of sixteen pounds for cotton bagging, or
twenty-four pounds for jute bagging as
agreed upon in New Orleans, unless the
eotton be sold at a half cent per pound
in advance of the current price Chairman, at that
time and place. R. J. Sledge,
Texas; M. L. Donaldson, South Carolina;
W. J. Northen, Georgia; It. F. Kolb,
Alabama; W. L. Lacey, Oswald Mississippi; A.
T. llateher, Louisiana; Wilson,
Florida; 8. B. Alexander, North Caro
lina; B. M. Herd, Tennessee; L. P.
Featlierst ona, Arkansas._
A GOOD SHOWING.
ADVANTAGES OF TIIK SOUTH IN TUB COT¬
TON MILL INDUSTRY SET FORTH.
Tuc Tradesman, of Chattanooga, bus
instituted uu exhaustive inquiry South, into thc
cotton mill industry of the and
baa received reports from all leading
mills of the soutliern states. The actual
number of mills in operation Is 830,
against 142, in 1880, an increase of 282
per cent, since the census year. The in¬
crease in mill consumption of raw cotton
in the same period has been 253 percent.
South Carolina is the banner state;
132,319 bales were consumed in that
state last year, " against 120,989 bales In
Georgia. The consumption of increased raw cot¬
ton in South Carolina has
83 per cent, in two years, The
ooncensus of opinions of leading
manufacturers of the South in their
written reports to the Tradesman, is that
the South possesses advantages over any
other portion of America for cotton man¬
ufacture in: 1. Proximity to ra Cheaper v mate¬
rial. 8. Superior climate. 8.
power. 4. Lower oost of renting and
liviug. 5. Lower wage scale. 6. L"«i
liability to strikes. 8. L?es expense for
heating mills. 9. Saving on freight. The
Tradesman has rirxdved returns
of dividends from twenty-five lending differ¬
mills in the South, located in six
ent statos. These dividends run between
extremes of four and twenty-eight per
per cent, and average of twenty-five is
11$ por cent, per snmim. These twenty
five fairly represent the whole.
WORK OF THE FLAME8.
IBB RESIDENCE PORTION OF GRAND
HAVER, MICHIGAN, BURNCD OUT.
A large part, and thc best part, of the
residence portion of Grand naveu,
Mich., was wiped out by a great firo
Tuesday morning. Among the buildings
burned arc thc following: The Cutler
hou e, one of thc best hotels in Michi¬
gan ; the residence of Dwight Butler, a
beautiful place, filled with exquisite fur¬
niture, valuable pictures nnd works of
art. The residences of Mrs. Slayton, T.
A. D. Parris, George D. Sanford, Capt.
McCullom, A. b. Kcuaie. Three
ehurcbcs wore burned—thc First Re¬
formed, Unitariou and Methodist. Be¬
sides these there were thirty residences.
No Lives were lost The sweep of fire
Included both sides of Main street from
Blayton’s grocery, where the fire origi
nated, to Aokely institute, and everything
in its path was wiped out. Tho total
loss is about $500,000, with a fair
amount of insurance.
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
VISITED BY TERRIBLE STORMS—CHOPS
RUINED—MUOII SUFFERING.
A dispatch from Mexico says: The
main force of the storm that visited Ba
jio country within the past few days has
abated, although in its track desolatian
is apparent on all sides. Thc second crop
of corn, which was very large, suffering is a par¬
tial loss. This will entail great
among the laboring classes. Trains oil
the Mexican railroad arc again running still
regular*. The town of Uclaya re¬
mains inundated. Inhabitants living in
the lower streets hove been removed to
the old San Franciscan convent for safe
tv Fields in the vicinity of Leon are
all under water. It is estimated that the
loss of crops in Bajio country will bo
over $ 500 , 000 .
ON A BOOM
T*c new city directory, of DalK
gfi&aasVi&S TeTO. ju*t eoisptotedi shows J^t***!
fias gMncd more than *8,000.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PROM VA¬
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A COKDMBXn ACCOUNT or WHAT IS OOU» OH <>»
lMPOftTASOE IX TBS SOBTHSSM STATsA
Thc Florenoe, Ala., bank has bean au¬
thorized to begiu business with a capital
of $50,000.
Thc property of the North Alabama
Lumber company of Bridgeport, Ala.,
was attached by creditors Thursday.
The Atlantic and Danville railroad was
forinaly opened Monday between Dan¬
ville, Va., and Milton, *N. C., by an
excursion of business men.
The directors of the Ladies’ Hermitage
association of Nashville, on Tuesday sent
an invitation to the delegates of the in¬
ternational congress to visit the home of
Andrew Jacksoa.
The Hamilton county, Term., five per
cent, twenty year bridge bonds on Tues¬
day sold to Forster, Leech & Co,, of
Chicago, garded for 104 plus. The sale is re¬
as most satisfactory.
North Carolina will pay the principal—
$147,000 -on an old claim of the United
States government, but will leave the
question of interest to thc United State*
supreme court.
The Baltimore American announces
that the Maryland White Lead compauy
has been absorbed by the national lead
trust, and that the stock of the company
was turned over to the trust Thursday.
The village of Cambria, Cal., was al¬
most entirely destroyed by fire Tuesday.
The post-office, telegraph and express
offices were totally destroyed. The total
loss is about $125,000; insurance about
$ 12 , 000 .
One of the largest charters ever granted
to any corporation in the south, waa
granted by the superior court of Georgia,
by which the Southern Home Building
and Loan association, of Atlanta, Ga.,
was incorporated, with authority to do
business in Georgia or any other state.
The authorized capital Stock is $20,000,
000 .
A war among thc boats on the Chatta¬
hoochee was inaugurated and at Columbus, will
Ga., on Tuesday, the half rate
prevail hereafter. Cotton will be trans¬
ported to Brunswick for fifty-five cents a
bale instead of per hundred pounds as
heretofore. The tight promises to be a
lively one.
The grand jury of the parish of Or¬
leans, La., met Tuesday and investigated the
the state bond fraud. The session of
grand jury lasted four hours, and niue
indictments were found against some
person or persons charged with fraud
and embezzlement. No names arc given,
but it seems to be well understood that
ex-treasurer E. A. Burks is a party in
each case.
A letter received at Greensboro, N. O.,
on Wednesday, from Russell A. Alger,
the Michigan millionaire, says that he
intends to visit North Carolina in the
near future with a view of investing It
some of his vast accumulated wealth.
is not known just what liue of business
lie will interest himself in, but it is be¬
lieved he will place a good deal of money
in thc state.
A dispatoh from Birmingham, Coal- Ala.,
says: “Six hundred miners at the
berg coal mines of the Sioss Iron and
Steel Company went out on a strike Tues¬
day morning. The company has been
paying fifty cents per ton for mining
nnd fifty cents at slopes where the vein
was thin. Last week they notified the
men of a reduction to fifty cents at some
of the slopes, where they had been pay¬
ing fifty-five, and at a meeting of the
miners a strike against the reduction was
ordered.
The Peabody Normal college at Nash¬
ville, lean., opened Wednesday morning
for thc session of 1889-90. There were
202 enrolled students from the following
states: Alabama 24, Arkansas 9, Flori¬
da, 2, Georgia 10, Louisiana 7 l Missis¬
sippi 1, Missouri 1, North Caroliou 15,
Ohio 1, 8outh Carolina 12, Tennessee
142, Texas 12, West Virginia 12 and
Virginia 12. This Is the largest number
ever present at the college. Kentucky
is the only Southern state not repre¬
sented.
The board of trade, on Friday, took
final steps toward making Jacksonville,
Fla., a cotton market. Warehouse fa¬
cilities have been secured temporarily formed
and a stock company has been
to build a new warehouse. All Farm¬
ers Alliance growers will snip tnelr cot¬
ton to Jacksonville, aud a Brunswick,
Ga., firm has agreed to open an office at
Jacksonville, aud ship largely through
that port. It is expected that at least
eighty thousand bales will be handled
there this year.
A Pensacola, Fla., special to the meeting Jack¬
sonville 2Y tries- Union says: At a
of the city commissioners held Thursday,
Mayor Chipley "as instructed to com¬
municate with the mayors of Montgom¬
ery, Birmingham, Nashville. New Or¬
leans, Mobile, Savanna’ll, Charleston and
other cities to induce a joint effort del¬ to
have the present route of the foreign
egates to the International American
Congress so changed as to include all
import#lit cities of the South and Gulf
ports. ”
The town of Trenton, Tenn., eighteen the
miles south of Chattanooga, on
Alabama Great Southern Road, is on a
boom, occasioned by the reported dos¬
ing of a big deal by a Northen syndicate
involving tho purchase of large tracts ol
mineral and town lands, and pledging im¬
the syndicate to spend $600,000 in
provements. Hundreds of people art
there from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, and otheT States laying off
old cornfields, etc., into town lots. The
people are fairly wild, and large amounts
of property are changing hands every
Jay.
ROUTING THE MORMONS.
THE WHITS GAPS DRIVING MORMON BLD
BH8 FROM T0KNB88EE.
News came from Wilson county,
Tron., Thursday, that tho Mormon elders
hsvo lioeu driven out of that county by
the White Caps. The ciders disap¬
peared some time ago, when thc agitatiou
was hot against them, but a few days ago
returned, believing the storm to have
Mown over. Their incendiary utterances
were not forgotten, however, and the
People who warned them proposed fifty to
moke their threats good. Forty or
men, masked and robed in white, on
Wednesday night visited thc house of
William Barrett, Thomas Smith and Lee
Barrett, where the elders had been,
had searching for them. Some one, however,
bo given warning, and not an cautioned elder was
to found. These men wore
against their allowing the elders to ever darken the
doors again, sod the eldeis left
Oounty.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
THE BOILERS OK A STEAMER EJUT.ODI
WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS.
1 he steamer C»rona. of the Ouachita
consolidated line, left New Orleans,
Thursday night for Ouachita river, with
a full cargo of freight and a good l : st of
passengers. She exploded her boilers at
False river, nearly opposite Port Hudson,
at 11.45 Thursday morning, causing the
loss of the steamer and about forty lives,
Tke Anchor line steamer City of St.
Li/iiis, Captain James O’neil/ w as neat
by, and with his crew and boats saved
many lives. The surviving passengers
an i crew weie taken on board
G .f a P ta ^ and w e re Very
kindly cared for by him aud . his , . crew.
ravedt g tt r e he %£?
f a r as knowm k*
J. W. Blanks, captain ; J. V. Gordon,
flsat clerk; Charles C. Ellos,secoudclerk;
Swimp liana, third clerk; Fred Dinkle,
barkeeper; Fred Verman, barkeeper; Pat
Uyan, Stewart; Dick Curtis, fireman;Toni
Hook, engineer; Hcury Doyle, porter;
Jctnes Swipe, porter;-Tate, barber;
Henry Davis, deck hand; Tom Cook,
sailorman; Billy Young, second of mate; thc
Sam Steel, a boy; both captains
deckwatch; fifteen rousters, names uu
known.. The passengers lost were:
Dr. Atwell, corn doctor; four negro mu
sidaus; Mr. Scott, Southland, La.; Mr.
Stockman, Texas; Mr. Kocnch; Mrs.
Huff, of Ope louses, sister of Captain
Banks;Mr. Wilson, <•* Red RiverLanding.
The Corona was on her first trip of the
season, and had but recently come out of
the drydock, where she received repairs
amounting to nearly $12,000. She was
buiit at Wheeling, W. Va., seven years
ago, and has a carrying capacity of 2,700
bales of cotton. At thc time of tho acci¬
dent she was valued at $20,000.
CHICAGO’S PLUCK.
HER BUSIN ESS MEN DONATING LIBER ALLT
TO THE WORLD’S FAIR PROJECT.
Friday was a red-letter day in the sub¬
scription department of the Cbtcago,
III., world's fair project. F, J. LebmaD,
drew a check tor $50,000; John V. Far
well followed suit to thc extent of $25,
000, and James II. Walker,'Carson Pierie,
Scott & Co., and Mundel Bros, each,
put themselves down for a similar
amount. Seigel, Cooper & Co., Morgan
than, Labold & Co.. C. W. & E. Par
dridge, and Sclilcssingcr & Muycr, be¬
tween them, put up $50,000. This,
with tho subscription of $100,000 by
Marshall Field, makes a total of $800,
000 subscribed by the dry-goods $100,000 mer
ebates. It is expected that
additional will be secured from other
houses in the’same line within a day or
two.
BIRMINGH AM’S REPORT.
EUUt MEN KILLED -TWO BV ACCIMNI
AND TWO MURDERED.
A dispatch reaped from Birmingham, Jefferson AU.,
says: Death a harvest in
county Friday. During in thc morning
George Estes got caught the fly-wheel and
of the rolling-mill at Gate Oity,
beatcu to peices. W. Benton, an em¬
ploye of the Pullman Car company, in
walking backwards behind a car
Georgia Pacific yard. The car was dis¬
connected and moving slowly, and he
was trying to stop it with a crow-bar.
He fell across the track and his body waa
cut in twain. Deputy Sheriff King Vann
was shot and instantly killed by John
Steele, a negro, aud four hours later his
murderer was overtaken by a posse and
his body riddled with bullets. The mur¬
dered deputy was one of the most popu¬
lar officers in the county.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A COLLISION IN WnlCII FOUR PEOPLE ABH
KILLED AND TWENTY BADLY INJURED.
The St. Louis express which left Al
bauy, N. Y., Friday nigbt, met with a
bad accident about two miles east
Palatine Bridge at about midnight.
first section broke down and stopped
repairs. The rear brakeman was
back to signal the second section, but
some reason failed to perform his
As a consequence, the second
telescoped into the first section, mail,
was made up of the baggage,
press nnd tlireo passenger cars,
packed with people, and a
sleeper on the end. Four dead
have been taken cut of tho
er, and twenty others who were In
sleeper were seriously injured.
THE SAME OLD STORY
THE BOOKKEEPER OF A CONNECTICUT FIRM
ARRESTED FOR KMBEZZLEMENT.
Charles S. Pratt, confidential book
■to per, secretary nnd cashier of the H.
Wales Ltnen Compsny, of Meriden,
Ooun., was arrested on Thursday for om
bezzlemont. Pratt’s embezzlement
amounts perlodg to over $10,000, covering accomplished various
since 1882, apd was
by false entries mainly on pay rolls. * The
affair has caused a profound sensation, as
Pratt w«s an officer in several local or¬
ganizations, treasurer of the First Con¬
gregational He Society nnd a city alderman.
confessed his guilt to his employ¬
ers, living saying: “It is the sumo old story of
bevond one’s means. I am a
thjef.”
A HUGE COMBINE.
A SCHEME TO CONSOLIDATE ALT, THE BAG¬
GING P ACTOR IDS OF THE COUNTRY,
A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., says:
Thc Missouri anti-trust law has precipi¬
tated the formation of another great na¬
tional combination. AU the bagging in¬
terests of the United States will shortly
consolidate, under the name of the
American Manufacturing Ootnpeuy, of
New York. Warren, Jones & Grate, of
St. Louis, head of the jute bagging trout,
are the prime movers in the new organi¬
zation. It wns stated Tlmrsdav that
about twenty different factories, at vari¬
ous points, were to be absorbed into the
American Manufacturing company, in
carrying out the present schemo.
DISSATISFIED ITALIANS.
SUB PEA8A3TS SAID TO BE OVERTAXED
AKD BADLY TREATED.
Ireland, Archbishop Loguc, Catholic primate ol
has referred in the strongest
terms He to Italy’s treatment Italian of the Pope.
declared that the peasantry
wore overtaxed and in n worse condition
than Donegal or Connemara peasants;
that Italians were immigrating faster
than tho Irish; that the Italian govern¬
ment had encircled the Vatican with
troops, knowing that if the Pope de¬
parted, grass would soon grow in tho
streets of Rome.
\\ A SHIM) ION, D. 0.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS ADVISERS I
affoiktmsxts, decisions, ah n other maitkjls
or INTEREST FfiOM THE HETlOXXL CAKTAU.
Tsui Two Viu, the newly appointed
Chinese minister to the United States,
was on Thursday prese nted to the presi
dint.
Thc comptroller of the currency has au
thorized the First National bank of Tal
lahassee, Fla., to begin with a capital
of |5<) is’ 000
It estimated at the treasury ue depart- l
. , . . , ,
‘
Hlaekheari l Hand, Sapelo sound, las
bee “ transferred by the nary department
to the treuBurey department for quaran
tine purposes, the right The navy department timber
reserves to rut and use
1 hereon.
Bid* were opened at the treasury dc
partnient house on and Wednesday, for the Court- hax
lotto, N. C., pottofnee at ( that
the lowest being
of J. E. Tinsley, of Staunton,
Va., at $05,811.
The streets of Washington are begin
ningto be arwitness to the approach of the
j conclave of Knight Templars of thc
: decorated, United States. and Leading hotels are houses lieing
many business
and private dwellings are assuming a
holiday attire of banners, flags, aud in
sigmas of the order of templars. Work- the
men are also engaged in decorating
treasury building,
The newly appointed minister to Hay
ti, Frederick Donglae, and party sailed
for the West Indian Islands on the Uni*
ted States steamer Kearsargc from
Brooklyn navy yard Tuesday morning.
The customary salute of seventy-five
guns was fired in honor of the minister.
Secretory Monday evening, Tracy, relieved rather Captain unexpectedly Sheph¬
ard from command of the Kearsargc,
and replaced him by Commander furnished W. H.
Whiting. thc No explanation is change.
at nauy department for the
A protest has been made to thc tretis
ury department against the action of
collector of customs of New York in re¬
fusing to accept preliminary entries for
exportation with the benefit of drawback
of certain jute bagging shipped as the
covering ot cotton in bales. Thc col¬
lector reported that entries wore conforpi rejected
for the reason that they did not
to the rule laid down in section 065,
merchandise paragraph 1, which, he says, requires
covered by preliminary en¬
tries should he fully described therein by
marks and numbers.
The debt statement issued Tuesday
shows the decrease of the national debt
during September to have been $13,085,
004.25; decrease since June 30th, 1880,
$0,501,000.40; total cash in thc treas¬
ury, $037,640,580.01; total interest bear
ing debt, $872,502,201.81; total debts of
all kinds, $1,030,774,808.82; debts less
available credits,$1 070,055,530,06; legal
tender notes outstanding, $340,081,010;
certificates of deposit outstanding, outstanding, $15,-
275.000; gold certificatis
$110,075,340; silver certificates outstand¬
ing, $270,616,715; fractional currency,
$0,015,000.47.
A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
IN WHICH THREE MEN ARE KILLED AND
ABOUT TWENTY INJURED.
Two men were instantly killed, an¬
other fatally injured, and about twenty,
more or less, hurt, at the bottom of the
Culement and Hccla perpendicular shaft
at Houghton, Mich., Friday. I be us¬
ual blasts of dynamite were fired Thurs¬
day evening, but one failed to accidently explode.
On Friday one of the miners
struck the charge with his pick. A deaf¬
ening crash followed, the dynamite shattered ex
ploding and sending masses of
r- ck in deadly showers all around the
spot. Otto Flink and Alfred Erickson,
were killed instantly, their bodies flylog being
fiightfully torn and scarred by the
pieces of rock, Nelson Boone was fatally
injured. John Cameron had his right
: i I II. broken in two places by pieces of
stone,both legs being cut in many places.
Twenty-six miners, who were at work in
the vicinity,were all more or leas injured. under
The accident took place 1,000 feet
the ground.
BRIDE AND GROOM KILLED.
ANOTHER BLOODY CHAPTER IN THE IIAT
FIEI.D-MCCOY VENDETTA.
A dispatch from Jamboree, Pike
county, Ky., savs: The old Hathold
McCoy fued has' broken out again, and at
least three more Uvea have been sacrificed
in the bloody vendetta which has lasted
over seven years. The shooting occurred
at a ma:riage at the farmhouse of Peter
McCov. His daughter was to become
the wife of John Handy, a relative of the
Hatfield gang, and members of both
factious hud sworn to prevent the union.
Handy had never been connected with
the dispute with the frictions and refused
to recognize the leaders. Tuesday night
the bridal party assembled in McCoy’s
house, and justnsvoung Handy and Miss
McCoy stood before the minister a vol
Icy was poured through a window which
killed both of them and fatally wound¬
ing the clergyman. _
THE L. Sl N.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS—’
ELECTION OK OLD OFFICERS.
The annual meeting of tho Louisville
nnd Nashville Railroad stockholders, wns
held at St. Louis, Mo., on Thursday. D.
President Norton aud Directors J.
Probst, Wm. Mertens, August Belmont,
Jr., J. M. Horsey and A. Marcus, of New
York, were pre-ent ns stockholders, rep¬
resenting. through proxy, other directors
and London and Now York stockholders.
The issue of thirteen million dollars of
new stock was confirmed, only fifty-four one
stockholder, a woman, owning of the
shares, objecting. The directors
road met and re-elected the old officers.
The bonded indebtedness is $65,720,000,
an increase of $1,680,000; gross earning!
#10,600.396: net earnings $‘1,273,310.
A FATAL PLUNGE.
An engine and threshing machine,
while JoSe being moved across a small stream
nea utor r joncsvun^^M Ind., on Friday, j. broke
through a bridge and landed in tho wa¬
ter, thirty feet below. Five men were
buried under the engine. John beneath Sparks
and Henry wright were pinioned
the boiler, and before they could be res¬
cued had been scalded to (bath by es¬
caping steam. Three others were so#
v ends but not fatally injured.
THE LEGISLATURE. I
,A "“ ** tbi sbnatb and hours
°® Mrm * 8I *TNTiVE«.
A bill to incorporate the Montezuma A I
River Steamboat company; to uu
Fairburn to issue bonds to build
school house; a stock law for Sumter
to incorporate the Hank of
to incorporate the Atlanta
Seaboard Railway company; a bill
give waier works companies or muni
corporations the right to condemn
right of way for mains; to give tho
commusioners of McDuffie two
a day each while in session ; to
the Commercial Bank of Ce
Ga.; to inc irporate the Bitrilo !
company; to provide for
pivment of the insolvent criminal
of the justices cf the peace, notn
public and constables of Hancock j
to provide for the creation of a 1
of commissioners of roads and rev- ,
in Telfair county; to amend the
of the Albany and Bainbridge I
company; to amend the charter Lnal ,
the North and South Short
company; to amend thc charter ;
the city of Greensboro: to authorize I
ordinaries of the counties of Ware ,
Clinch to have tho line between the
counties plainly marked; to incorpo- !
rate the town of Jcnkinsburg, in Butts
County; to authorize anl require H the I
registration of all voters in the county of
Jasper; to prohibit stock drovers or j
from allowing their cattle to tres¬
pass upon the lands of another in Jack- ■ !
son County; to amend the act incot po- ,
rating the Cherokee Wesleyan Institute,
located at Cave Soring*: to incorporate ;
pany; to incorporate the town of Still- j
more and for other purposes; to amend
an act prohibiting the saleof intoxiciting I
liquors within one mile of Midway
Church, in Gwinnett County; to spiritoui prohibit i I
tho sale or manufacture of
liquors within three miles of Nazareth
Protestant Methodist Church in Gwin- ;
nett County; to repeal tho act reducing i
the work on roads in Johnson County;
to Incorporate the town of Hilton in
Early County; to prevent the running at 1
large upon the land of another, whether
enclosed or unenclosed, in. the 098 din
trict, G. M., in Randolph County, of all
Ulhjay . -v Street —. Railway • • Company; _ -- w
provide compensation for the clerk of
the Superior Court of Bibb County for
expendituro* made by him m sending
certain records to the Supreme Court;
to amend the charter of the city of al- |
ton—another bill to amend the same I
charter; , for , the , protection of . ^ame m . ,
the county of Glynn; to amend the char
tcr of Adairsvillc, Bartow county, to
incorpotate the Metropolitan Savings and ,
Loan company; to amend an act loin j
corporate the Atlanta Mutual IitMii.incc
company; to amiind the charter o the
town of Goyton, Eflingaam county, insolvent to
Provide for the payment of
turnkey fees of the sheriff of B-rke
county; to amend an net to consolidate
aud amend the several acts concerning
the incorporation of Brunswick; to au
thorizo the mayor and council of the city
of Forsyte to issue certain bonds; to
prohibit the manufacture or sale of spir
ituou*, malt, or intoxicating liquors
witlihi three miles of feummerous Chapel
Methodist church, in Murray county; to
provide for the fauding of the bonded
debt of Clarke county; to authorize and
require the mayor and council of Cuth
bert, Ga., to levy and collect a tax for
educational purposes; to prohibit malt the
manufacture or sale of spirituous, miles or
intoxicating liquors within three of
Union Cumberland Presbyterian church fudge
in Murray county; to prohibit the
of ta" county court of Putnam county
from practicing law in the trial of dw
demeanor cases; to provide a system of
public schools for the town of Social
Circle,!!! , . Walton „ county; , catching to , prohibit fi«h with any
person or persons from
seins and nets in the waters of Gum
swainp and Sugar creek in the counties
of Telfair and Mon gorncry o 1
he road laws of this state so far as re
latcs to Emanuel county; to amend the
charter of tlie town o ar ’
thonzo D. Whtlchel and A. W. Pass to
erect gates across a certain road in Ha l
county; to authorize the mayor and at
dermen of Savannah to establish harbor
linoe on the Savannah river from the
cross tides above to the sea.
HILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
The Governor has fixed his signature
to the following bills originating in the
House: An act to amend un act to incor
porate thc town of Jifferson, in the
county of Jackson; approved August
14, 1872. An act to amend sections
2783 and 2788 (a) of the code so as t<j
include ninong the public holidays the
19tU of January and for other purposes,
An act to amend the charter of the city
of Macon so ai to provide for the im
provement of its streets. An act to
amend the charter of the city of Macon,
and tho several acts amendatory thereof,
so far as to authorize the mayor and
council of the city of Macon to issue
bonds in the amount of two hundred
thousand Hollars, for tho purpose of
packing, pavrng aud seweraging the
streets of said city of Macon/ An act
to incorporate the Piedmont Loan and
Banking Company at Gainesville. An
g °Jk
us?
cows, nogs, sheep, sale gouts, of eic.
An act to prohibit the within spirituous, two
maU or intoxicating uquors
miles of Brawelle Academy in Morgan
oounty, Ga. Au act to prohibit the
killing and of Colquitt. destroying An of act game to amend in the
Oounty charter of the town
and change the
Hawkinsville. ‘ An act to
the Ocean, Pond & St. Mary’s Short Line
Railroad company. An act to bettor
protect the lands and farming interests Schley
of thc 786th district, G. M. in
county, Ga. Au act to incorporate Railroad Co. the
Dahlonega & Duwsonville
An act to provide when transfers and
liens shall take effect as against third
parties. Also these bills originating in
t^e senate : An act to .amend and Air an act, Line to
incorporate the Waycross all
railroad. An act to declare escapes
from tho penitentiary negligent, and to
require the governor to proceed immedi¬
ately to collect the damage now fixed by
law for each escape and for other pur¬
poses. An act to prohibit the sale of
spirituous malt or vinous liquors by the
gallon or large quantities in the count,
of Harris, unless the seller shall pay a
ta x of twenty-five dollars to the county,
and obtain the written consent of two
thirds of the bona fide citizens, freehold¬
ers within three miles of the locality
where the fame is sold. An act to amend
an act entitled an act to establish a board
of commissioners for the county of Bibb,
to define their duties, and for other pur-
NUMBER 51.
ws - An act to incorporate the town
Richmond in the county of Stewart.
act to authorize aud require tb*
yor and aldermen of the city of Mil
to elect three freeholders a.
assessor*, to prescribe and defin*
duties, and for other purposes.
—- bill the Merchants ,
to incorporate Hrunswick, with
*T traders bank, of u
of $100,000 to $.“0,000; to au
the commissioners of the town of
to purchase from the Louis
^ e academy a tract of land for sanitary
for a puce not to exceed
OO; to incorporate the Kansas City,
and Port Royal Railroad
to amend the act establishing a
county commissioners of Miller
to amend the act regulating the
of fertilizers in Covington; a res
olution to authorize the purchase of four
copies of the \ an Epps and digesr, offi
^ or and for distribution, *J*® hbrary the price not
exceed $5 a volume; a three mile pro
.... bill for the . _■ Baptist .. . church, . - .
m
town of Homer, in Banks county;
bill to amend the road law of Carlton
,, bill to amend the . charter , . of ,
a
Merchants’ Bank of Macon, so as to
each stockholder liable to an
double their subscriptions, __ not ... to
f h the lUl _ ck , t he
wnk a 0D i’ 1 e 1 ;,* * 1 eB incorporate ca ' 8t0 the , °„ Bain- .
’ Suburban
budge, Lake Douglass and
$30,000 I *?‘ lroad to $100,000; .«°®P? D y* *}& bill to * capita amend
a
the act establishing an academy in Louis
ville by increasing tho number of trustees
twelve; a bill to amend the charter
the Rome railroad, so that
xtcud , li9t J° tk , „ South . Car- _
l,m >' 1 L ' ®
west to the Alabama line:
a bill to incorporate the Rome, Subligna
and Northern Railroad company, oi
dummy line, with a capital stock of
$100,000. A resolution authorizing the
governor to appoint a commission of
three to investigate the oyster industry
and report what legislation is new ssary
*'» « 8 advancement; a bill to incorporate
Banking and 1 rust company of Mil
cdgeyille; a four-mile prohibition bill
for iVildwood llaptist Church and Mor
gnnviJe Methodist Church m Dade
^uuty ; a bill to incorporate the South
Loan and Banking company with a
ca P lt "l «’f $190,000 to $500,000; a one
nwle prohibition bill for Unity Baptist
Church and Union Methodist Church in
0ord o n county; a bill to repeal that see¬
tlon 0 f the I.oganvillo charter which re
quilcs * $1,000 license for the sale of in
t )xicuti , Uqnor; a hill to amend tho
c | iar t Br 0 { Midway meeting house, so as
to chance the time of the termination of
olficca of thc selectmen; to amend
, h0 RC . t eslll i, Iis |, in „ ,),« city court of Co
limdius in regard tosolicitor’s fees; to Ic
lize tlle lease or condi
ti()nal Sllc (lf , tock lo railroad
C om,.anli.s; a hill to require assignees of
failinir or insolvent debtors to give bond,
amoun j i )0 fixed and the bond
a > ,. a by lhc ordinary. If the «s
! faj!s „, „ ive the i, oa( i „ nmjority
(jf th(J cmlitors sho || Jiavo power to
( .| lougc an ass igncc who shall give bond,
Jf the aBB i,,„ec shall not qualify within
t0n , ln th( . (>xt . cttaon of the deed
of aS9l} , nment ,]ie sheriff shall take
c i lnr „ e 0 f t bu property in the interim and
a t the end of the ten days turn over the
p ro p er ty to the original assignee; n bill
prohibit the sale or barter, or exchange
()f s(jed cotton Muscogee between the
15th of Au mist and the 15th of December
withollt , Ue written consent of the
owner of the land whereon it was grown.
____________
ORDERED TO STRIKE*
foolish proceddinqs of a jjiuklayers 1
uniOaN—trouble expected.
Betwcen three Lffiteu; hundred men
were h , employment at b ,
gtrike st /‘ Ke or(i < r J. ,. reJ bv I,y the tsncaiayers Bricklavers’union union,
at New York, , ’ on Monday. / Some of the
contractors h ave bcea u in( , brick aad
t made b f, Peck , Martin & Co.
p eck Martin & P t ' 8 t their
works _ f , mr non . unioa en (colored
teamsters,) and it was to compel the di»
chn Qf thpse meQ th „. , he wfl£
gome o{ tha contrac tors are
placed ^ ^ in a bad J position, and as they Y are un
cmtr L aho und er eoa _
tract8 t0 U9C bric of Peck, Martin *
make . Xhe workmen all side with
^ contr actor8 and are loud in their de
nuncia(ion of the union and walking
delegates. There is a prospect of a long
lockout.
He Got It.
Among the passengers on a Western
train yesterday, says the Boston Jour
na p was a woman very much over
lressed, accompanied self-willed, by a bright-look- tyranni
nurse girl and a
. a [ boy 0 f a bout 3 years.
j the The boy aroused by his the continual indignation shrieks of
| passengers and his vicious
md kicks and screams
aess toward his patient nurse. He tore
: her bonnet, scratched her hands, aud
I finally spat in her face without a word
j jf Whenever remonstrance the from the manifested mother, any
muse
! firmness the mother chided h r sharply,
Finally the mother composed herself
for a nap, aud about the time the boy
hod slapped the nurse for the fifth time a
wasp came sailing m and flew on the
window of the nurse s seat. The boy at
i -ssissSft. -*
\ 3S—
Harry screamed savagelv nnd began
kickaDd J und the mu -so.
The mot!l rwitho „t opening her eyes
Qr ber bead cr i e d out sharply: child
“Whv do von tease that so,
; jjary ?" Let him have what he wants at
! ., lloe •>
“But, ma’am, it’s a——”
“ Let him have it, I say.” SB
Thus encouraged, Harry clutched at
’
the wasp and caught it. Tho scream
that followed brought teal’s of joy tj
the passengers’ awoke eyes, again.
The mother
“Mary, ” she cried, “let him have ill”
Mary turned in her seat and said con
fusedy: ma’am!”
“He’s got it,
The Use and Abuse of Eyeglasses.
‘ * Tlie tendency in eyeglasses at pres¬
ent is toward the use of a ridiculously
large lens by people with small faces,”
said a New York optician to a Star
reporter the other day. “For a long
time the sizes of lenses for eyeglasses
have been increasing untjl now it is at
its height. People do not seem to un¬
derstand that for one style of a face a
large glass is becoming, and for a small
face aud small eyes the proper propor¬
tions should he observed. ”
“ Do people now want better glasses
than they called for a few years ago?”
“No ; the general trade wants some¬
thing cheap, with the idea that a glass is
a glass.”