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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.”