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Georgia Enterprise VOLUME XXV. DID TO REST. Funeral of Ex-Presi dent Davis. iwt flirnnji 11 r *1 p.i'tl einnte * is the Ceremonies at New Orleang. On Wednesday, the city of New Or leans was filled with distinguished visitors and military pageants, Eight envernors were present to do honor to the deal chief of the Confederacy— Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Kea tuekv South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and Arkansas. The procession was the largest ever known in the South, »r!d ike floral design offerings anything surpassed that has in beauty and ever before been teen in the South, kbe prided home of flowers, Ut an early hour the streets were [thronged with soldiers and firemen in uniform; members of various civic organ imtioojsnd representatives of every pro fission, avocation and association, in fa t. the streets were literally packed vith people from all parts of the coun¬ ts. As toon as the doors of the city hall wire opemd a stream of citizens be¬ nn ta pour into the death chamber to ako a farewell view of the remains of be famous confederate leader. It was uot until 11:30 o’clock that the id of the casket closed down for ■ver upon tke features of the dead. Hie remains were then conveyed building, to the fr mt portico of the city hull where the simple but impressive rites of Ihe Episcopal church were performed. Obedient to universal request, Mr. Davis res given a funeral in full accord with lis superior rank as a military rfficer; in ddtion to which numerous civic and ither organizations combined to render he cortege in all respects the most im >osing, not only with reference to num lers hut in the pomp nnd circumstance if its elaborate ceremonial. There were larticipating in the obsequies of the 'ather of the confederacy, besides vete msof the lest rause, many gallant sol lien whose unflinching valor displayed bn numerous hotly contested fields, re Rilted, Ld not unfrequently, in both glory I victory following to “the stars aud stripes.” The gentlemen acted as pall re;s: : General George W. Jones, of lows; lawjer Hon.Chas. E. Fender, Louisiana; thomas Hayward, of Mississippi; Hon. II. Watts, of Alabama, member pf b if President bearers: Davis’s Governor cabinet. Francis Honorary T. Nicb bis, Louisiana; Governor Robert Lowry, Mississippi; Kentucky; Governor S. B. Buckner, Governor John B. Gordon, Beorgia; i Governor J. 8. Richardson, uth Carolina; Governor D. G. Fowlc, Forth k Carolina; Governor F. P. Flem I r Arkaus; , of^’lorida; Governor 8. 1‘. Eagle, [ ;i, About 12:10 the casket wns conveyeu km the meminorial room to an impro B.-ed catafalque in the center of the front Mien, where the massive pillars were ►twined Im with a profusion of crepe. the casket was thrown the soft folds B a silken flag of the lost cause, as also »e Rluier glittering had sabre with which the dead carved fame and honor for ■mself and glory nnd victory for his puntry, on Ihe crimson fields of Chepul Bpcc and Monteray. Immediately sur Bounding the coffin were the clergy and med sentries., they bring the only rsons admitted to a place on the fortico i* during th the service. The obse ICS |' ,' j ch were act 'ording to the tllal °* die Episcopal church were con l Ive officiating c ”. 7 yMshop clergymen Gallagher, assisted by of various de ominations as follows: Father Hubert, ev . At. Thompson, Mr. Davis’s rector Miss -; Rev. Dr. Markham, if . ' 5Ir - “Skewed , and Rev. Mr. Martin, .here were altogether fully twenty sur >i. ministers, besides the attendance numerous clergy of different denomi- 8 r0l I| '.nnous Southern states. A l J , ; , .k° e C !r thirty-six voices, u ‘Tkr-^f . j ac !f. ly an or g“ n Sf >ng the anthem, )wh “ ? ( he > V Uey 0f the Shadow of ..,i„ ’ 8 ter "'Uicii L Bishop . Gallagher n appropriate and pathetic ad N iSS, trvwl''(L° nC Cas ' us k et ' on the by religious athmr-nt f , dlers , was a de ° 60 t° a handsomely f a oa,sso - n, which had Upj.ii wqf-ft )arcd been es wi ^ or ' Is reception, and r fie .? m caisson conveyed to the if IfJL t! mm sT*'?* “r. arose a cat of a unique and beau- 1 eet ; , can opy, ^ur measuring eight “d in width, mid rithmust ? bronze cannons braced rnamf'Pt ifidiSd® \ - 3 ’ T 16 ( * ome with the furlcd canopy Unitcd was be casket rested Upon either side. M ffie caisson on drawn a slight elc\ at on, w as by six black rv i hnmoaa.....caparisoned D< ^ ^ in artil bv d j ^soldier a cnM* Umes,an< eac fr anima l in uniform. _ forming TIIE PROCESSION. aiiis Wffi j° l0US n9 wfieded n v ilitar y into Precision line the iriri pre ent of city police ui turn by the clergy, pall tte’mZ < ? n in respective order un Wt?T , th the Precession !inc of was formed, ■owded ma rch were »l-i mJ. ' aT V ; „„, n “Pcctntcrs and out on the Ue cf the direct road to the «4f , ? 8kl6S ^cd with bi¬ 0 6evero1 , The entry dk,., , mt0t \ beautiful ,e “ ld o s h° U ^ T 161 Met; ‘fi'io nd *=' e tu ' farfrom M thumler !lnd cIalt nnoil n f the busy, « <%cit» re,.™”? rusbing.work- with and e aU the ,Tic Ptocerston tMCe ° f a DlHitar v nnd - the^ **« south "M* 10 Prettiest cemetery ln liMsomeit Within bL of r ; 18 a i * ks grounds in bw >uty of the with world. the C°nfederat« it ii B f* rema of thousands ’ ns of Military r, J anB * anf i * an( the tombs of fawnean Orleans, u vault! u t er th ^ n . assoc i a tions of New Chuf C !v hat < :emeter the ?, Southern in sub test, tain na » i’ own temporarily laid to THE R'chmond terminal. •to* 1 ln 8 he°»t t to t an ua ' repf,rt sub e Mm a g fo ockh ° kh °l m der8 the - polled s t .,„ 1Car f , gross by th,. Tpr i° al1 reads con G000,000, *18,000 and th!^ U, ’ ha ratln '- e becn ovt r 000 cv S cxp-'iises "Plating of 'll? and aU Warnings Terminal the vnriou C9 a,ld , likewise “,£■TV* ’ fcpimt ?60 °, 00 o, Terminal 8 ? 1 *, of give ^market . oTf’’ ove 8 to il8 ' tLe price) f °v Ur per cent Csm t(i mpanj. stock et0Lk Of f tha Terminal - KNIGHTS AND FARMERS. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT AD PTED A'. THUS convention. , ! Union, AlllanV^rFtrr:^ SEES ; and h Knights of Labor, «1 hi pnlwS'i * jl ll,:lr * e ' ii#a,t st - F (U > p******** lnt I important . *> no acreunent. I ! is a formal alliance for joint politics action along certain lines by the two or gantzalions. the most In eworthy the agreement, feature’is peihati i o that which provides for Ihe joint aelion ol the legislative committees of the two organizations for t> act in concert before congress the J urpose of securing the enrctment of laws in harmony with the d.mauds mutually agreed on. The arti c!es are as follows: THE ARTICLES OP A OREF.HF.ST. St. Louis, December 6.—Agreement made this Say between the undersigned committee repre lenting the National Farmers’ Alliance and In¬ dustrial Union on the one part and the under¬ signed committee representing the Knights of Labor on the other part, witnesseth : The undersigned committee reprefienting the Knights of Labor having reads the demands of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union which Indorse are the embodied behalf in this agreement hereby j same on of tiie Knights of Labor, and for the purpose of giving practical effect to the demands herein set forth the legis¬ lative committee of both organizations will act in concert before congress for the purpose of se¬ curing the enactment of laws in harmony with the demands mutually agreed. And it is fur¬ ther lgreed, in order to carry out these objects, that we will support for otlice only such men as can be depended upon to enact these principles Into statute law uninfluenced by party caucus. The demands hereinbefore referred to are as follows: That we demand the abolition of national banks and the substitution of legal tender treas¬ ury notes in lieu of national bank notes; issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on a cash system; regulating the amount needed cn a per capita basis as the business in¬ terests of the country demands, and that all money issued by the government shall be legal tender In payment ol all debts, both public and private. ii. That tvc demand that congress shall pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical pro¬ ductions, pursuing a stringent system of pro¬ cedure in trials as shall secure the prompt ■ wi¬ viction and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with law. i ii. That we demand the free and unlimited coin¬ age of silver. IV. That we demand the passage of taws prohibit tng the alien ownership of land, and that con gre s take early action to devise some plan to obtain by purchase all lauds now owned liy aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all lands now held by railroad and other corporations in excess of such as is actually used by them le purchased by the government and held lor ac tual settlers only. T. Believing in the doctrine of equal right* to all and special favors to none, we demand that tax¬ ation, national or state, shall not lie used to build up one interest or class at the expense of anoth¬ er. M’c believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, aud hence we demand that all rev¬ enues, national, state or county, shall ta limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically end honestly administered V*. That congress issue a sufficient amount of fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange through the medium of the United States mail. VII. That the means of communication and trans¬ portation shall be controlled by and operated in the interest of tne people, through the United States postal system. For the better protection of the interests of two organizations it is hereby agreed that such seals or emblems as the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union may adopt will be recognized and protected in transit or otherwise by the Knights of Labor, and that all seals and labels of the Knights of Labor will In like man¬ ner be recognized by the Farmers’ Alliance and industrial Union. [Signed] S. B. Erwin, Chairman. N. S. Hall, Secretary J. D. Hammond F. M. Blunt, B. H. Clover, M. Page, J. R. Miles, W. H. Barton, N. A. Dunning, 8. M. Adams, J. D. Hatfield, J. B. Alexander, D. K. Norris, Stuart Ashby, R. F. Beck, R. O. Belly, AY. S. Morgan, J. H. Turner, A. S. Mann, Committee on Demands of the National Farm¬ ers' Alliance and Industrial Union. T. V. Fowderly, A. W. Wright, Rolpli Beaumont, Committee Representing tho Knights of Labor. Tho following officers of the Farmers and Laborers’ union of America were elected for the next year: L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, president. B. H. Clover, of Kansas, vice-president. J. H. Turner, of Georgia, secretary. If. XV. Hickman, of Missouri, treasurer. Ben Terrell, of Texas, lecturer. This congress of laborers was one of the most important public meetings that lias ever been held ln the world. It repre¬ sented more laboring men than the early congress of this country represented peo¬ ple. It spoke with tho full voice of 4,000, 000 laborers, and it will doubtless have a tremendous effect in public affairs. The farmers convention adjourned to meet at Jacksonville. Fla., the second Tues¬ day in December, 1890. ANOTHER DEATH TRAP. A PANIC IN THE THEATRE BUILDING IN UNFORTUNATE JOHNSTOWN. During the performance of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” at tho Park opera house at Johnstown, Pa., Tuesday night the cry of fire was raised, resulting in a terrible rush down the narrow stairs. About a score of persons w ere instantly killed nnd many terribly injured. People rushed from the outside up the narrow stairs and were crushed by the crowd forcing its way to the street. -Seventy-five person were injured. When the crowd was driven away, the following persons were found dead upon the stairs: Miss Clara Burns, Mrs. Nes ter, George Herner, Charles Fiant, John Carr, Sirs, Lester, John Miller, A. Weiss, John Wayman, Richard Worthington, Isiac Tolar, an unknown woman. Among the seriously injured were Charles Yaugh, Albert Owens, aud a man named Wieraer. There are about thirty others injured, but their names cannot be ascer¬ tained. Tho alarm was false and there are many threats against the unknown man who started it. STRIKING MINERS. TH^Y CLAIM THAT THEY WERE NOT TREATED RIGHT. The miners at the Pratt mines of the Tennessee Coal. Iron aud Railroad CO m pally went out on strike Thursday morn ing. They claim that last year the Ten¬ nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company agreed to advance wages whenever the price of iron went up. The advance promised was two and one-half cents a ton. Iron has gone up and the company has failed to stick up to its agreement, so the miners claim, aud this, coupled led with the strike of the railroad men, them to refuse to go to work, The num ber of men who are sent out is 1,000 or 2,000, and they say they can hold out as Jong as the company can. “MY COUNTRY: MAT SHE EVER RE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MT COUNTRY!”— Jeffers. as. COVINGTON. GEORGIA; THURSDAY, DECEMBER l 19 1889 . . Washington, d. c. MOVEMENTS of the president A * D UIS ADVI&ERS - Awdkrwmn* ufcisions, momssATras 01 lntcrest mon tue xitiox.vl capital v - T ln furtllt fifty-first CONRRBss. ‘ r execution of the urrangc “ cnt as to committees on Thursday, Mr. W oolcott was excused from service on “ie committee on Indian affairs. Pet;* ! Ions ^ rom various parishes of Louisiana ln favor of national election laws were P’^onted Evarts by Senators Amongthe Ingalls, bills introduced Sherman - ® Bd , referred, were the following! By of lieutenant-general Sherman, to revive the grade of the army. By Mr. Butler, for the emigration of persons of color from the southern states, A joint resolution of the Florida legisla ture in favor of the national ship canal across the Florida peninsular, and of the improvement of St. John’s river was pre sented by Mr. Call, read in full and re ferredtothe committee on commerce, Mr. Gibson offered a resolution, which was referred to the committee on foreign relations (instructing that committee to inquire into the expediency and practicability of acquiring or setting apart territory for the occupation of the negroes or colored citizens of the United States, and also to inquire how far, and in what manner, the government of the United States can and ought equitably to aid the freedmen of the United States, their families and descendants to emi grate thereto, and to settle thereon and to establish a system of common school education. Mr. Ingalls offered a concur rent resolution (which went over with out action) for a holiday recess of the two houses from Thursday, December 19th to Monday, January 0th. The recent defalcation in the ser geant-at-arms’ office, and the consequent loss or inconvenience to many congress men, have been engrossing questions of interest around the house of represents tives during the past few days, aud little business thought has been given to the course of in the coming week. The com mittee on rules has not yet held a meet iug. In former years it was the custom lo permit the representatives to introduce bills before the committors were ap pointed, but this led to such confusion in the docketing of measures that in the fiftieth congress the practice was dis continued, it and it is hardly probably that will be re-established. Speaker Heed, on Tuesday, named six house committees, some of them are important ones. Wednesday, at the capitol, was devoted to a programme of [exercises commemor¬ ative of the centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington. The Senate and House of Representa¬ tives was assembled together in the hall of the house and had music, prayer by Rev. J. G. Butler, chaplain of the sen¬ ate, an address by Chief Justice Fuller,, and benediction by Rev. W. H. Nil burn, chaplain of the house. These exercises attended by the president and his cabinet, the supreme conrt, the dele¬ gates to the Pan American and interna¬ tional maritime conferences, now iu session in Washington, and alt the prin¬ cipal officers of the government. IN THE SENATE. The senate ou Thursday confirmed the nomination of Green B. Raum to be commissioner of pensions. In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Morrill, from the finance committee, reported back, adversely, the bill to provide for the organization of national banks with less capital than f i0,OOO, Among the bills introduced and referred was one by Mr. Chandler to amend the laws relative to the elective franchise. A bill for cel¬ ebrating discovery the 400th anniversary holding of the of America by an in¬ ternational exposition in the city of New York was introduced by Mr. Ev «rts, and read for the first and second times. CAPITOL NOTES. lina, Congressman reconsidered Cothran, his of determination South Caro¬ lias to resign his seat iu congress. He does this at the solicitation of his democratic coleagues. The death of Jeffersen Davis has aroused curiosity respecting relics asso¬ ciated with his captute at the close of the war and now deposited in have tho been war department. Many requests days permission made in the past few for to sec them, but all such requests have beeu denied. A delegation of twenty-seven gentle¬ men from Boston, were in Washington Thursday, ou their way to the Georgia mar¬ ble qusrreis. They go to examine the qual¬ ity of the marble, and if satisfactory will use it in the construction on an addition to the Masschusetts state ca[itol. They will also take a lotk at Ihe mineral sections of north Georgia. At the adjourned meeting of the gov¬ ernors of the thirteen original states, held in Washington on Tuesday, a bill was read by the committee appointed at the previous meeting recommending the building of a memorial structure in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, which shall be commemorative of events in the nation’s history. The bill will be pre¬ sented to congress. The first session of the ways and means committee was held Thursday morning, when an organization was tffected. Tuesdays and Thursdays were selected as regular v.ays of meeting. The usual order.in regard to the distribution of the president's message was made, and the present tariff law was ordered printed iu the shape of a bill to serve as a basis for the preparation of a new tariff measure. A BIG SUIT. THE TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON COMPANY SUE JOHN H. INMAN. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, of which Thomas C. Piatt is president, has begun an action in the United States circuit court against John H. Inman, of New York, accounting. to recover $100,000 and for an In the allegations it is set forth that it arranged between representatives of was Coal and Iron company and the Pratt and others assuming to rep Mr Inman complainants’ that tbc resent company, latter should purchase all the property nni franchise of the Pratt company for $ 4 000,000 bonds of the Tennesso , company, and $1,500,000 nf the capital stock which was to be increased from $3,000,000 claimed to 410 O00 000. It » fuithcr that fbl" Mr Inman and others secretly procured 5 notion for a purchase of a majority the shares of the capital stock of the Pratt company, at a price not exceeding ihe par value of ihe etoeje. PLAN OF RELIEF. THE CIRCULAR T3 BE SENT TO THE COY BRXOBS OF SOUTHS :ik STATES. The following plan has been formu , nA? ”! ief of i,r Jeffers0B ’' .... ‘Honorable " Governor /' of the State cl -—^t Dear Sir:—At the request of Governor Gordon, of Georgia, c >m mander of the Unite! Confederate Yet erans’ association, Governor F. T. Nich ols, of Louisiana, has appointed the un dersigned in Louisiana, as a committee to raise funds anl to receive such funds as may be raised elsewhere for the pur pose of appropriate relief to the family of Jefferson Davis. Our desire is to unify and direct into a common channel the J j spontaneous which movements in this direction have started iu different sections of the country. It would be an act of sa preme delicacy on the pait of the south ern which people, and would avoid scruples, to our knowledge are not less strong they in the mind of Mrs. Davis, than were in that of her distinguished husband, if these contributions instead of be assuming the form of a donation, should of 5,700 appropriated to the purchase of a body acres of valuable land in Arkan sas belonging to his estate. This would be carrying out a project which had been Davis, promulgated and before the death sanction! of Mr. had received his A corporation had been organized by prominent citizens of Mississippi entitled the “Davis Land Company,” having no other purpose than to raise funds by subscription dollar to the stock, and to pay every so raised without the reduction of a dollar for any purpose whatever, to Mr. Davis at the price of this land. The capital is fixed at $ 100,000, in shares of $10 each, but if the subscriptions IV - ceed that amount, the capital may be enlarged to the extent necessary. The people of the south will honor them selves and testify their respect aud ad miration for the invincible spirit of in dependence which characterized their departed hero and his noble spouse, if they shall unite iu giving this gracious an d delicate form to their beauty. NVe invite all interested to co-operate in this movement, and request the governor of .each southern state to appoint a com mittee to take such other steps as may He necessary to receive subscriptions of his people to appropriate them in the tie manner proposed.” words After future eulogis remarks and of condolence, the names of the comrmtte is UDnended. GENERAL NEWS. CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS, AND EXCITING EVENTS. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKES, EIRFS, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST. Robert Browning, poet, is ill nt Ve¬ nice, writh an alarming attack of bron chitis. . t-. The „ influenza, . » which , . , , has ,___ been quite general in St. Petersburg, has appeared 011 on ’ Colonel J. H. Rathbonc, founder of iho order of Knights of Pythias, died at Lima, O., Monday. President Harrison witnessed the ded¬ ication of the auditorium in Chicago Monday night. Dr. Parke sends a bulletin from Bagu the moyo that there is some improvement in condition of Emin Pasha. The cotton spinners of Fall River, Mass., are making another attempt to form a federation of cotton operators. Spanish newspapers hoot at the idea of Spain treating with the United States with the view of making Cuba a repub lie. The new viceroy of Ireland, Law rence Duudas, the third earl of Zetland, will enter upon his duties at Dublin on Sat¬ urday next. “Cooney, the Fox,” one of the men wanted for the Cronin murder, is in jail in Dodgcville, Wis. An officer is on the way from Chicago after him. Five Montana democratic senators have announced their determination to present themselves nt the senate cham¬ ber ‘■heir uot later than next Monday or resign seats. the The great sugar swindle, planned Kan¬ by American Sugar company, of sas, has entirely collapsed, and town¬ ships which voted bonds to foster the industry will lose nothin '. The work of refining sugar was com¬ menced Monday in Claus Spreckle’s new sugar refinery in Philadelphia. The ca¬ pacity of of the refinery tweuty-four is 2,000,000 hours. pounds sugar every Nows from St. Petersburg, Russia, says: be The epidemic of influenza somewhat. seems to changing its nature malignant Seiz¬ ures are becoming of a more type than they were at first, but there are not no many eases. The general assignment of James W. Whitney, Joseph goods B. Whitney commission and James A. Knapp, dry mer¬ chants at 7(i Worth street, New York, to David A. Boody, was filed Monday. Liabilities will aggregatac bout $500,000, assets expected to make a good showing. By the premature explosion of a can dou used in tiring a salute, at Columbia, S. C., on Wednesday, J. W. Foucho was badly burned and blown up. He will probably lose his eyesight. Ii. W. B anton had a hand shattered, Its arm lacerated, and was oiherwise injured. Several others were slightly injured. The cannon was that used iu firing ihe Salute when South Carolina seceded from the Union. The ex-empress of Brazil, now at Lis¬ bon, has received a telegram from Rio de Janeiro informing her that all her jewels laid been stolen, and tbit the po¬ collection lice are investigating the case. In the of jewels were comprised tho finest Brazilian diamonds there are in the world. If the Brazilian republic should decline to continue Pedro's income, the loss of these treasures will be severely felt, as they were looked upon as the chief immediate resources of the family. The influenza, or grippe, is extending widely througout Paris. One hundred and thirty employes of the Central Tele¬ graph office are now ill with it. There is a great deal of public alarm about it, much inquiry aud even some small de¬ gree of panic due to its possibly being the forerunner of great evil. An official medical report touches esjieeially the case of a large number of employes of the Magasin du Lourve, who have been taken (about 400) and say that none of the cases ore severe. Messrs. Miller k en ilev, of Franklin, Penn., declined a cash offer of jtiii 000 for the yearling their eolt stallion Electric Bell, full brother to noted St. Bel. This is the fc highest price ever offered for an untried J o tar. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OE INTEREST FROM VA¬ RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH. A CONDENSED ACCOCNT OF WHAT IS OOINO OS OF USPORTASCI IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. Southern students of John Hopkins university, resolutions Baltimore, on Monday, passed on the death of Jefferson Davis. One Sdilosky, a gunsmith, who for¬ merly livid iu Fernandina, Fla., wa® arrested Monday in Bruuswick, Ga., sus¬ pected of counterfeiting. Richmond, Ya., chamber of commerce on Thursday, adopted a memorial to be presented to the legislature urging the repeal of the compulsory pilot laws of the state. Three hundred ’longshoremen struck A\ cduesday morning at Savannah, Ga., and except on one ship, the Natalie, not a bale of cotton was stored during the day. Non-union men are being em¬ ployed, but union men are attempting to get them away. Trouble is feared. A letter received at Raleigh, N. C., Thursday, by the department of agricul¬ ture and mining, states that a North Carolinian, now in Central America, has discovered extensive and valuable depos¬ its of mica, and is now looking for an available market for it. ihe Judge John R. Dillon, chairman of Tennessee Republican State cxecu five committee, died in Nashville, Tues¬ day morning, of heart disease. Judge Dillon was United States attorney for the middle Tennessee district, under President Arthur’s administration. The final meeting of the committee of arrangements for the Jefferson Davis memorial service was held at Charleston, S. C.. Tuesday. The whole city was draped iu mourning and there was an abundant display’ of Confederate flags which have not sien the light of day in a quarter of a century. A considerable stir was created iu South Curolina financial circles Thurs¬ day by the appearance before the com¬ mittee on ways and means, at Columbia, c< Russell Wise, of New York, as attor¬ ney in behalf of petitioners for the re¬ cognition and payment of bonds issued under the act of March 23, 1809. It is probable that there will be no extra session of the North Carolina leg¬ islature to take measures for the relief of the counties in the east, which are iu a bad condition, by reason of the crop failure. Acting Governor Iloltr says tha the counties affected must provide rcli f, and that the law gave them ample power to extend it to their distressed pec Me. ‘he board of public works at Nash vilTenn., sent a report to the city Co cil on Thursday, declaring the wires o: U.hu -Nashville Lightning anil Power 1 C v.U' v y !« to bo extremely aieV’erjjffimenUm" , t that their ciis.ur revok ^ ttn( , a ne v charter granted, au thonz ing them to put up wires acceptable to the New York underwriters’ associa¬ tion. At Anniston, Ala., on Thursday, Fred Willis nnd Curtis Woodman, two paint¬ ers, while employed in painting a build¬ ing, met instantaneous and terrible deaths. They were at the third story on a rope platform, when the ropes broke and they were both thrown to the pave¬ ment below aud they were literally crushed to jelly. Nearly every bone in their bodies were broken. The grand lodge A. F. A. M. of South Carolina, has elected the following offi¬ cers for the ensuing year: R. F. Divver, Islar, Anderson, grand master; S. T. Blacville, deputy grand master; A. W. Doly, Charleston, senior grand warden; T. Branch, Abbeville, inner grand warden; Z. Davis, Charleston, grand treasurer; C. Inglesby, Charleston, grand secretary; 8. M. Ilitot, Honeapath, grand chaplain. The boundary dispute between Mary¬ land and Virginia over the Hog Island oyster beds was settled on Wednesday at a conference between the governors and ait iney generals of the two states. The legal representatives came to the conclusion that the chances were over¬ whelmingly in favor of the decision by the courts that Hog Island fiats are in open waters, and they, therefore, agreed that it would be unwise in Virginia to contend for possession. THE ATTOKNEY-GENERAL, He Suggests the Establishment of a Prison Bureau. The annual report of Attorney-General Miller has been made public. It says that at the present time there is uot a single institu¬ tion in the country which will receive United States penitentiaries prisoners free of cost. The number of which will receive such prisoners limited, from outside and in the State at the all transfer is be¬ coming Government convicts some cases penitentiary of from one to another becomes necessary in view of the vascillating enactments of the Legisla¬ tures in tne several States. When all the States in which suitable penitentiaries are located enact laws to the above effect, the Government will be compelled to hire quar¬ ters for its criminals cr to designate institu¬ tions which are in no way proper places for their confinement. It therefore recom¬ mends that provision be made for a United reformatory, Htates penitentiary the latter and a being United intended States for the confinement of the milder class of criminals. It is also urged that in the Department a prison of bureau Justice be where established could be gathered, collated, and recorded in a per¬ manent form the criminal statistics of the United States. The Attorney-General urges the impor¬ tance of some change in the judicial system of tho United States which will enable the courts, and especially the Supreme Court, to accumulated, dispose of the large decide number of cases now and current cases as they shall come upon the dockets. He says that the docket of the increase Supreme Court at the end of 1887 showed an of sixty-seven cases during the year, and for 1888 an increase of 133 cases, and that the present state of the business indicates that the proportionate increase of the business will be still greater in the current year. He calls special attention to the recommendations upon this subject of his predecessor in each one of his annual reports, and especially to the re¬ port of 1885, where he set out in full what was known as the Davis bill. The report contains a number of other recommendations, For including the following: an Assistant Attorney-General for the Department of Agriculture, for an additional Assistant Attorney-General for the Department Justice, * of for an ap¬ propriation tion to l>e used in the collec¬ of old judgments due the United States, that the United States statutes be amended so as to recognize more than one i degree of murder, that authority be given to a receiver appointed in one district to bring j suits for assets in the Federal courts of any other district, that j United States courts be given ju* j I risdiction to investigate and punish any crime perpetrated in and as a part of the commission of any offence against the laws of the United States, and that a clear and definite fee bill be enacted for proceedings before Ujuted.St&tes Commissioners, BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES PROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Sufficient For Him-Anotber Broken Friendship—Lived i in a Glass House—Hardly Satisfactory— Repartee, Etc Etc. The hop and Ihe German, The mad soda! whirl, »\ 111 SO<v 'll entertain Thesoci V girl. Bu ‘fcf Juvenile brother " ith natural vim, renounces Sufficient for tile him. snow-ball —Merchant Traveler . ANOTHER BROKEN FRIENDSHIP. Miss Effie Auer 5 U «« emra “What do you think Kdwin said , lust night? Th i! if he had to choose either me or a million dollars, he wouldn't even look at the million.” Miss Mav Tour (still waiting)— “Dear, loyal fellow! I suppose he didn't like to risk the temptation,” Time. I IM.D IN A GRASS HOUSE. Mrs. Badger—“Yon must have a nice kind of a mother if she lets you tight in the street like this and get a black eye." Little Johnny— “I was lighting with your boy, ma'am, and he's got two black eye*.”— New Tort Sue. Hardly satisfactory. Guest (angrily)—“Confound your awkwardness! You’ve spilt half that soup down my back.” Waiter at restaurant (heartily)— “Don’t mind it, sir. I'll bring....... ' some more. Bless you, there's plenty of soup.” — Chicago Triune. REPARTEE. “My!” quaU Mr. Jones. “Paris when i . full ,, acOTSmodates four millions people.” of four “Humph!" tiie ki Mrs. Jones, 1 ‘That’s million s more accommodating than you arc) ulicu full,”— Munsey's Weekly. A STRONG REfEMBLANC Milkman—"I u.ffit*omi cream paper.” Stationer —“litre, sir, is what you want, I think. ,t looks very much like the cream you’ve him furnishing me_ very thin and ver/|white ."—Put IT > i ■ouoii. “What’s the iiatlfcr Jmjlladv. with the beef steak?” asked the boarder; “1 don't “but kuow/j J. replied the new I 1 ,, horrible suspi cion that the cow waJaffcctcd with gen eral ossification.'’ A SURE ?IG3f, uuk.” fisid 8m 7 as. Im watchei] a couple strolling nlir, “that is a first love affair.” “How do you kn® ” “I just heard hi make him promise not to smoke or dri i. — Time, I a rROFEssnlAL shiner. Gazzam(imitatingpasser-byi- . shines . - “That young man Hood deal in soci- ■ ety.” Dolly—“Ah! MU is hi'?” Gazzam—“Don't How his name; but ; he's a bootblack. '— 'funsey's Weekly. ItKSTI TED. Her Husband—“ re you going to Smith's garden pan . dear?’ Ilis Wife—“No; never accept tations from people ho don't know “And you neve receive them persons who do l.oiv you Folks. EX MIGRATION. “I think Cora Fi fry is awful, She exaggerates so.” “That’s so. Ar you going down town now?” “No, my head ms as though teu million knives wer i mining through it, I’ll stay and finish s novel. ’— Time. FOUND IT THE PARK. Landlord—“Wef sir, how did you find your bed last rhtr Surly Guest—‘tnd tn’t it! Just like anybody else that know where the matches were, shins.! j roped around and barked my Drat a hotel where the halls aren’t /ghted!”—.j Burlington Free Press. — SURE TO VKE A .SALE, Miss Pas see d forty) “I wish to see a bonnet.” Milliner ‘F-i mr.-ulve, miss?” Miss Passer—‘ is.” Milliner "Mat run down stairs and get me ze hats zeo ladies between eighteen and tive -.five years.”— Man- I sey's Weekly. the MOfcp m vn. Crcesus hot t proprietor)—“Can • , . (to ' * , , accommodate ; cashing • • check , you , , i >y a for *10 000 ?” Hotel ProprietorFen r thousand , dol- , , • tars! , Why, I net<aw so much . money * m mv life! Hover, my porter is around *, somewnere nd he will doubt less • , be glad , 3 to . anmmodatc a . . & you. — 2 'j me Mother—“JohnuH \ don t want you to play with that litfi Brownjones boy my longer; do jou •Johnny—‘A esm. let “Xow, don t m<v>ar of you dis- ■ )beving me. I hgujiiii, \ ‘•Ao but may f, t m, mayn t if I want tor —Puam. \ i hkakii him o Bilks—“Conn up and sir <‘Ur new minister to-day. / Nobbs—-“No, thanks: heard him encc anil have always rcgi#ecl it» . Bilks—“Why, I guessrou ate mis taken.” Nobbs—“Not h bit ot; he is the minister who married us. Kearney E/t terprise. I ■rat: final uotk “There, darling, the Iasi c ,” said he, i as he started down the stej He had nearly reached gate when 4 ?hc called' him back. “I’ve just been count up,” she “and that lasf kiss weYfc was the thirteenth, and that know.” is nnV.fuHy UE . lucky minibcr. } ‘ m t ^ lien be finally got away the score w; is thirty seven. 7 Haute Express. A LONG ENGAGEMENT. She—“I haven’t anytbiug new to sing to you to nigkt, George.” II-—“Well, give me something of old then.” She broke into a refrain that was “a song of the day” i iveuteeu years before. He (at the close )—“That's very, very old. Clara.” Sb “ 1 Geori I sang that to you ! the night we b< ime engaged.” Judge. THE PROPER PERSON. “Bub, how far U it to the daypo?’ he asked of a lad oa Jefferson avenue j yesterday. “I)aypo is French, isn’t it?” queried the boy in reply. ! “Yes.” “Thi n you'd better ask some French ®*n. Von couldn't find it in English ” i —-Detroit Free Press. ! ! THE WORM TURNED. I Mr. Bully Ragg—“Now, sir, you have stated under oath, that this man had the appearance of a gentleman. Will you be good enough to tell the jury how a gen Goman looks, in your estimation?” Down-trodden Witness—“Well, er—a gentleman looks—er—like—er—” ^ r - Bully Ragg—“I don’t want any of J ollr <rs > sir i and remember that you I tv \ on oath. Can you sec anybody in this court room who looks like a gentle¬ man?” Witness (with sudden asperity)_“I can if you'll stand out of the' way. You're not transparent.”— Puck. FELT NO FAIN HIMSELF. l’atieut—“I thought—ouch! I thought your sign said gee whiz! be careful— that you ‘extracted teeth without pain. »ii Dentist—“Certaiuly, Patient—-“But—wowl my friend.” what do you call this?” Dentist—“I am extracting the teeth and I assure you that I feel no pain whatever. '— America. HIS NARROW ESCAPE. Emma “No, George, it cannot be. We must part. (Bitterly.) .V v purse l'fond father will not accept a poor rnau for his son-in-law.” George (frantically)—“Say not so. I cannot give thee up. My heart will break. I (Purse proud father enters the room without observing them. Throws him If!/ “Bankruptcy! a . cl | air Ruin! Rnd groans Every aloud)— dollar aw,y / (»w«P»g . .. '‘.mself away ut . 'vords)-“FarewelI, ‘ then Emma, since you discard me. (But he says to himself)—Mighty uarrow escape, that.” -Terns Siftings. SO Til EKE was* “Do you mean to say, lie protested to the young St. Thomas man who had just ot bi * ck ’ “ that >’ ou were in New York - whole week nnd a didn't get fhat s w hat I say. “Diuii t get T, confidence!!?” Kj( “Didn’t lose your watch? “No, sir.” “Didn’t get buncoed?” “Aud got out all right?” “I did.” “Well, there’s something way hack of it somewhere.” “Ho there is. I hadn't a watch nor d cent to be robbed of, and I got on the last ear of a long freight .”—New York Sun. Sound Shadows. Still more interesting than the experi¬ ments of Colladon were those made in the Bay of San Francisco in 1874 by Pro fessor John Le Conte and his son, Mr. Julian Le Conte. The source of sound was not such as would give a definite pitch, like a bell, but the quick, violent, single impulse due to the explosion cf dynamite employed iu the blasting of rocks which obstructed the channels. The i intensity of the shock thus propagated was such as to be felt as a blow on the feet of a person seated in a boat three hundred feet;or morefrom the detonating cartridge, and to kill hundreds of fish, Several vertical posts or piles, each about a foot in diameter, projected from the ground out of the water in the neighbor¬ hood . A stout glass bottle was suspended in the water about a foot in the rear of one of these piles, within the geometric shadow determined by lines supposed to be drawn from tho cartridge forty feet horizontally away. The borrfe was per¬ fectly protected from the shock of the ex¬ plosion. It was then put in front of the pile bund reds The first shock shivered it into of fragments. Other bottles, some filled with air and some with water, were similarly exposed iu various direc tions around the pile, and with the same result—destruction, except L. when within the protecting * 4 • C5 shadow. * A The experiments / . • , , - st glass , were variec * immersing °ut t tubes, incased in thick paper, horizontally across the direction of thesound-ravs j m • water, . . between . two . piles which , were 1 aligned r , with the dynamite , .. cartridge, r rhese r , ” piles were twelve , feet , apart, , f, the 1 nearer one , being . f forty . feet e . £ from the car¬ tridge. Its shadow, therefore, just cov the second pile, and included the in termed;ate water, with the middle part of each tube. After an explosion these protected parts were found to be un broken, while the ends which projected on the two sides beyond the shadow were completely shattered. The boundary be tween the regions of shadow and noise was sharply defined on the tubes, even at a distance of twelve feet behind the pro¬ tecting pile .—Popular Science Monthly . A Frol!table Hole. An old fanner in the Granite State one Sunday morning started to wind up his great silver watch, and found that the key was filled with dirt. Being unable to dig the latter out with a pin the farmer drilled a hole in the key, and with a siugle breath blew all the dust out. Then he sat down tt> think, and within a month had patented that hole. To-day in Le¬ banon. N. H., there is a large factory running by electric power wherein are in anufactured daily thousands and thou¬ sands of watch-keys of every possible size, sha[>e and design. Each one of these keys contains the hole which has beta patented by the farmer. The latter has already made a fortune .—New York Still $ NUMBER 11. WINTER APPLES. What cheer is there that is half so g:od, In the snowy waste of a winter night, As a dancing fire of hickory wood, And an easy-chair in its mellow light, And a pearmain apple, ruddy and sleek Or » a jenneting with a freckled cheek ? A russet apple is fair to view, With a tawny tint like an autumn leaf, The warmth of a ripened corn-field's hue. Or golden hint of a harvest sheaf; And the wholesome breath of a finished year Is help in a winesap's blooming sphere. They bring you a thought of the orchard trees, In blossomy April and leafy June, And the sleepy droning of bumble-bees, In the lazy light of the afternoon, And tangled clover and boltolinks, Tiger-lilies and garden pinks. If you’ve somewhere left, with its gables wide, A farm house set in an orchard old. You’ll see it all in the winter-tide At sight of a pippin’s green and gold. Or a pearmain apple, ruddy and sleek, Or a jenneting with a freckled cheek —Hattie Whitney, in St. Nicholas . PITH AND POINT. High protection.—A sealskin overcoat. The man who eats oleomargarine feeds on the fat of the land. Arithmetic is the sum of many a small boys trouble .—Merchant Traveler. Some men can get along on their indi¬ vidual merits, but the oarsman must al¬ ways be “a man with a pull.” A man doesn’t look at a salary as he does at a wheelbarrow. He thinks it ought to be drawn in advance. She—“What,do you suppose support* the vast arch of the heavens? He A » The moonbeams, I guess .”—Lowell Citi - ten. The head that wears a crown is too frequently mentioned. Was there ever ahead that didn’t wear a crown?— Judge. The sentence “Ten dollars or thirty days” is another proof of the truth of the adago that time is money .—Pittiburgh Chronicle. Blobson offers to bet $5 that there is more bark on his dog than on one of the big redwood tree of California .—Burlington Free Press. “You don’t mean to say he is the lion of the season!” “Yes. Why not? “I judged from his manners he was more of a bear.”— Puck. Mr. Doleful—“O, I feel all used up, and sick of life. I don’t know where to go- 11 Mrs. D__“Why not go into the blue room for awhile, dear?” Ha, wickwl girl, you broke my heart. How could you act so liail a |mrt? But that, alas! is not the worst; You broke my heart, but broke me first. — Time. “What? Is the Widow Brown going to be led to the altar fer the third time?" “No. I guess mW She ought to be able to find her way there herself by this time. ”—Fliegende Elaetter. “If I were an oyster,” sighed the crab, “I wouldn’t know what to do, For they're most always being embroiled, Or getting into a stew.” —New York Herald. The blacksmith, however much he may feel disposed at times to become weary of his arduous and grimy employment, can always find some consolatiou in the fact that in it he has a shoer thing.— Boston Budget. Floating Gardens. The floating vegetable gardens of Chiim are prepared in April on bamboo rafts ten or twelve feet long by half as wide, the poles being lashed together with in¬ terstices of an inch. Each raft is covered with an inch of straw, then with two inches of adhesive mud, which receives the seed. The rafts are moored to the bank in still water, and require no fur¬ ther attention. The straw and soil soon give way, the roots drawing support from the water aloue. In about twenty days the rafts become covered with the creeper spomoeo reptans, whose stems and roots are gathered for cooking, and whose blossoms present a pretty appearance iu autumn. In some places marshy land is profitably cultivated iu this manner. Floating rice fields are similarly con¬ structed, the mud being held by a layer of weeds. They furnish the ripened crop in from sixty to seventy instead of the usual one hundred days, and may be de¬ pended on when the neighboring land fails either from drought or flood. Crows Attack an Eagle. A gray eagle which had its nest in the Fislikili Mountains, N. Y., has been seen to alight several times in the asylum grounds, Fiahkill, presumably in search of prey. A great flock of crows had chosen that locality as a feeding ground and resting place, and they evidently looked upon the advent of the eagle as an intrusion. The crows apparently de¬ cided to give the majestic bird to un¬ derstand that it was poaching. At any rate it is a fact that a dozen or more of the crows attacked the eagle while it was soaring over Rogers’s fields aud put it to flight. hour The battle lasted half an or more. The crows which did not participate kept circling around and around the com¬ batants and cawing incessantly. The fight was witnessed by several persons who picked up many blood-stained feathers from the ground .—New York Herald. People Judged by Their Looks. .; Four people out of five,” remarked a gentleman to the Washington Post talking-machine, “carry some distin¬ guishing mark of occupation or habit. Now see. That man is a jeweler. Do you see the peculiar wrinkles around his right eye and eyebrow. Those come from habitually carrying his jeweler's glass there. Half those passers-by are desk-worker:. Their shoulders droop. See that young lady? her When she is at home she sits with left limb drawn up under her—sits on it in fact. The knee is forced out. See where it hits her skirts? Her walk is one-sided in consequence. Those young men are bicyclc-riders. They walk on their toe? like a mincing school-girl. Now, can you tell me why dry-goods clerks always have an affected walk? They do.” The Rothschilds are worth something over $500,000,000, and there is a family compact iu existence by which they are bound to stand by oue another,