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The Georgia Enterprise.
VOLUME XXV.
" that $100,000.
Chaunccy Depew says
English cpifl ha* gone into
000 of withm the last
Re Argentine Republic
" amount has a so
r e»rs. A vast
sent into Chili aul Honduras.
been
The new phosphate company recently
nited in Florida propose) to de
Irslop no less thaa thirteen thousand
[teres of phosphate lands. This is au
1 which has been productive of
[iaiustvy |i large revenue in South Carolina
very
fora Ion* term of years.
Both in appearance anl in manner
the emperor of Russia ha; become a
Mu‘C0Y.te of tho old Cossack type.
He is a colost-al figure, being a giant
both in height and in girth, quite bald,
with a flat nose, an immense sweeping
BjousUche, and a stupendous beard,
-whichflow* over his chest.
I The new annual statistical abstract of
|l„l I a. which India has office, just been gives issued interesting by tho
[tables British Estimat
L relating to population.
g the yearly increment since tko last
L„ | 8Ui of 1881 at i per cent., tho popu
lation in March, 1888, was 269,477,728,
of which 60,684,378 belonged to tho
[native states.
[ Arthur L. Thomas, the Governor of
I I Utah Territory, in his annual report to
the Secretary of the Interior estimates
[the IliOO, population of the Territory of nearly at 230,- 86,
which is aa increase
|(U0 [years since 1-80. During population, the last nine
thc foreign- born num
[beringin I860 about 80,841, has been
■increased [ by Mormon immigration by
16,094. _
I Lord Tennyson, Cardinal
[and [were Cardinal supposed Manning, all of to be at
a year ago
ideath’s door, seem to have taken new
■leases oflifc, and are stronger than for
la long time beforo. .Mr. Gladstone is
■1 excellent health, and his voice par
Iticu'arly is better than for the last few
lycars. Bo well dooi he feel that he has
[nointention of going abroa 1 this win
ter.
| [cavating Although English ami American cx
parties in Aisyria have beon
[unu-ually hampered this year by the
authorities, the results of twelve months
are said to be exceedingly valuable.
Almost the whole of Sennacherib’s
jgieat palaeo at ivon j-un jik hus nosv been
[cleared out, including the library and
[chambers, and the result is that some
[1700 new tablets, etc., have been se
jcured [Americans for the British Museum. The
were relatively fortunate so
liar as finding things went, but they got
■into trouble with the Arabs aud were
■ obliged to abandon the work and seek
■refuge in Bagdad.
j The question of uniting the various
I . States of Central America into a feder
jation [according is again attracting attention, and
to reports from that section it
I is probable that the proposition will
| meet with more favor than has been tho
I case in the past. The rivalries of tho
I leaders in the several smalt republics
■ have ao far prevented auy definite ac
■ I c 'mplishment, but there are now hopes
Hist all jealousies will ba healed, and
I that the 'ong talked-of union will
I finally be accompliihel. Thera is
I little chance, however, that this
I great change will be wrought witli
I cut some disturbance or opposition, and
already u e hear of rumored outbreaks in
I t -ntral America. It will be remembered
'In- alien the last attempt made to
’"as
enforce the organization of the Central
American union Gt-oral Barrios, the
celebrated dictator of Guatemala, lost
' c ' u contest that ensued with
SanSavador. In spite of the failures
*' ’ ie the benefits that
,0 aro likely
accrue to the several countries by the
c are too obvious to permit the
proj ,ct to die, and the New Orleans
P,eu yme thinks
| il revived we may expect to see
[ successful. periodically until it is finally
halowing story is told regarding
* tncel f "Well President
“ ,ej Harrison
tho delicate mattor of deciding
' North South Dakota
1 ,he or should
I “fsideat ™ older State: On Saturday the
received from the State D>
f^ent th e two proclamations defi
Cle “ to ”ly to the extent
hire. of his signa
)he question of priority at ouce
(aa e and it w found be
c . as to diffi
f llecllie - It was a grave situation
0 6 Presi,J eut
j to be in, and lie evi
.
■M realized it, but ho steered his
•’ 0 «» without difficulty. The two
cC’" a ok t * at ’ desk wer ° ia!d face
sheet of on a
shuffled P a per, and then they were
until even a three-card monte
«Pert couldn’t tell “tother from which.”
lathis stage of the game had been
reached the proclamations
f,1Ce u pward, were turned
but protected from the
gaze of the President by
paper the sheet ol
The upon which they had been laid.
sheet was
Mask
ture were Z‘:l
irrr"-- "i r
The two nJT J| a I Vl30rou5 Were Kdmi 'y shuffled.
lb ” I'mon of «ted into
them J ," J ’ and “’though one
was \ ° theoth3f
ie “g3, 0{ *; ms - t j'urt
6 U word to, never
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1889.
J I AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
At Christmas time last year
hjj ^ nendS . th,t
j are “ OW g ° ne
j , i And f“ broken. v ‘ nB hea *' t4thattrust «l without
At Christmas . time last year.
At Christmas time this year
So many of ns find the world so drear
And barren desert wherein blooms no rose,
w W ith u mountain peaks surrounding
it,
snows
Have chilled our hearts, and turned
foliage sere
At Christmas time this year.
At Christmas time next year
Who knows what changing fortunes may
near?
Take courage, then! For nigh* shall turn
day,
From brightening skies the clouds must
away,
And faith and hope and love shall all he
At Christmas time next year!
—Helen M. Winslow.
A CHRISTMAS FAN.
j. ELL! it is finished
'Pp--X Kita last - Isn't it a beauty
J. The speaker,
J VAX pretty and
l looking girl of
een, pushed away
palette, rose from her seat, and
in the midst of the room, held up
a graceful pose a fan of silk ami
of-pearl, exquisitely painted.
“Indeed, Eva, it is your master,),’ace
said an elderly girl, tall and handsome
as she took the fan and examined it.
A pleased smile lit the pale face of
lady who reclined in a
engaged in the certainly not artistic
of darning linen—fine old linen
told plainly enough that the owners
known “better times.”
“I will take it at once to
Fouquerein,” Eva said, turning to a
ror, and beginning to adjust the
gold-brown curls above her smooth
head. “It wants only three days t
Christmas. and he was anxious to get
my work in time. The rest I can
to-morrew.”
And enveloped in a thick veil and
tie, she left the house iu which they
lodgings, and tripped lightly dow‘„
street to the store of a dealer in
and artistic work,” in a fashionable
ness quarto, of the city
* « * '* ■ * 4
fi- It was /iu Christmas • a Eve, »s and , the
avis was tailing fwllimr without, , as Mrs. ,, Belton t. ,
in her cozy dressing-room, looking
a quantity of dainty articles, useful 1,1
ornamental, which stewed the table
fore her.
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Opposite her sat a handsome
, lady, , with a magazine . lying in
open
lap, idly looking ou, and
making , . rather , sarcastic
a remark,
seemed not at all to disturb the
lady—her aunt.
“A terrible bore, this business of l ,re
smiting Christinas gifts," Mrs. Belton said,
as she selected and laid aside se\-eral
cles. “Such a strain upon one's purse,
where one must gh-e; and one
ivell avoid it without an appearance
being mean or stingy.”
“Fortunately, you luivi- a way of
ing both alternatives,” said tho
lady, laughing-. ..... “You give what
you nothing, and , so save both , , purse
reputation ”
“I do as oihers do; and consider it
very commendable course to give
wliat you don’t care to keep, and
unnecessary expense. Now, here is
lovely handkerchief, in an expensive
useless fancy box—a Christmas
from Mrs. Jerrold. I happen to
that it was purchased for .Mrs. Jerrold
herself, who, having more handkerchiefs
than she knows what to do with,
kindly bestowed this upon me. YVell,
shall go further. I will give it to
pretty Marie Lessing, who sends me
ers, and who, being probably not so
provided with costly gifts, will
how to value it. r ’
“What will you give Mis.
She has been very assiduous iu
you out in that elegant new carriage
hers, when you were so ill. She will
pect some acknowledgment.”
“That is true. I have been
of it, but cau find nothing here
suitable,” glancing over the table.
for her kindness, the obligation is really
not on my side. She is pushing her
up, mid it was to her advantage my
ing seen in her carriage. Nevertheless,
must send her a Christmas token.”
At this moment a servant entered
a small parcel iu her hand, which
handed the young lady.
The latter received it eageriv,but
glaucino at the address, passed it.
a disappointed air, to her aunt.
“Forme? and in the Major's
ing,” said Mrs. Belton, with «
flutij on her rather faded cheek.
She had been a hand*0Kt wetasn,
“Jfr COUNTRY: HAY SUB EVER EE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MT COUNTRY r-^Jzmsatj*
was still so when “ gotten up ft) l>e seen; ’ J
and thc gallant Major,to whom her hand ;
'**’ pledgcd ’ was twen ‘y years her j
the parcel and drew forth an elegant fan,
“ r 111 ust say that the Major displays a
great taste in his selection of presents,
IV hat a lovely design, and how exquis
itely painted! And yet I am disappointed,
| for I had hoped it wag something for
you, Eulalie, from Neil. My dear,” with
a solemn shake of the head, “I begin to
fear that you w'ill never succeed there f”
“But I will succeed!” the girl replied,
with a sudden, sharp decision of voice
and expression. “You will sec!”
m a
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“I hope so; for,as you know,my heart
is set upon this match. Neil Gordon is
not rich, but between you there will be
enough; and in other respects he is the
safest match that I know of—and that is
what you most need, Eulalie. If you
**“ bC ‘ httl * less °l’ un ln > our encour
m ° nt ° f hlm ’ a " d WC Can ke ?P him out
‘‘ I d ° n ’ t believe thcre was an vthin g in
-
. . ‘f rupted Eul3,ic
n’ m > hsstil J; “ r
• * 1 cared ^ ^ l "b°
' ol lcr 8 §* r
m i " * * lc r **) painting and music.
1 “ rhe Maynards arc of K ood f:lniil .V,
t ' 1011 "' 1 P°° r ’ and t,le se gills are well
i cduta * ed and ffidylike. Neil thinks it
Eoldtl t * lcm to P ref( ‘ r n 0 *- t0 l Je de
pendent upon their relatives. Eva in
deed, let me assure you, is a rival not to
lit despised, and if I had auy idea of
how things might turn out, I would
never have engaged her to paint those
•water-color sketches last summer. To
i think of Neil going with her always to
select views and act as escort and pro
^ ™ “ T ‘° town ’ l ,ur P 1 osel ' ,eli<!Ve y to
!,• the ™ 1 ™ in Ms said
v®’ °' ^ ^ ari,lj ^ ' t0 ° pr ° ud f ° f that; but
T 1 , lmVe take “ care to >’ ut him on an
en
t,rel v false tniiL And he is not likely
-
j ronow hi« eotM-oh. oiuy« i iiitonnGd Aim
ot . "hilt , . I T , heard , from ,■ Wilkins—that . , .
Miss Maynard is shortly to marry that
clever young country parson, Mr. Boyd.
Of course, I did not consider it necessary
i to mention that the prospective bride is
[ Laura, and not Eva.”
I Tlie loquacious lady paused in her dis
| course to renew her examination of the
j fan—the Christmas offering of the gal¬
lant Major.
“What a pity that his judgment did
not equal his taste, and prompt him to
select something more appropriate to my
age. This is too light and youthful for
me: and it strikes me now that it would
be thc very thing for Mrs. Herrick.”
“But if the Major should see her with
lit.”
‘ ‘Nonsense! He could only see it on a
J close scrutiny, and then would not rec
I ognize it. Really it has come just at the
! n 'gbt ti m e >”
j “Certainly. How Providence does
! provide !” laughed Eulalie, satircally,
And before au hour had passed, the
fan, Avith an elegant little note from Mrs.
Belton, Avas in the hands of Mrs. Her
j , rick.
1 “It’s perfectly lovely!” said that lady,
I admiringly. “But ivhat am I to do with
I so many tans? I have already a scoro of
them for which I have no use. This one,
I knoAv, is from Fouquerein’s, for I saw it
j yesterday, and noticed these tiny initials,
! ‘E.L. M.,’ among the heartsease. I will
| ! take it there, and exchange it for that
lovely , , bonbomere . , . to . .?.... to Mrs. Do
* giA’e
Lancey. if _ ,, Mrs. Belton , it .e
ever sees
ag ^ m ’ she wlU 1, ^ me 2t * duplicate.
Later on that Christmas Eve a hand
some young man entered the fashionable
emporium of M.Fouquerein,and inquhed
for something appropriate as a Christmas
j gilt for a My.
Several articles were placed before
him, one of which seemed instantly to
take his fancy. Ir was a fan of silk aud
mother-of-pearl, painted in water-colors;
and tected, as he half-hidden closely examined amid blue it, his forget-me- eye de- j
nots, the tiny initials, E. L. M.
At ouce before his vision rose a sweet, j
^ ^ with brown eyeg) and golden .
brown hair shading a pure, white fore¬
head.
■ How often, in the summer past, they !
i had walked together amid fields and
woods, and on the bank of that lovely
river whose beauties she had so skillfully
! sketched!
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Then, when he went back to visit her
.
disapP in her e4rc rural ^”^ home sw ®^flowed she and up her iu family the had big j
city to wh.'.h they had gone aud not to ;
be found 01 h«wd of, until tiers oanieto ;
him, from bra un«iea widow, tin imllp 1
gence of her approac hing marriage with
the young clergyman, of whom he had
been somewhat jealous, even though he
derstood and reciprocated by the fair
girl who. indeed, had never ceased to
think of him, despite his apparent for
getfulness of her,
‘■Do you know who painted this fan!'’
Mr. Neil Gordon asked of thc polite pro¬
prietor, Mons. Fouquerein.
Certainly monsieur knew; but he was
unfortunately under obligations not to
reveal the name or address of the artist.
“Could the lady paint another such as
this—say in time for a New Year's gift: ri
“I presume so, monsieur, if monsieur
desire, I can at once send ah order for a
duplicate.”
And he obsequiously took the gentle¬
man's address
“How soon can you send it?” the lat¬
ter inquired.
“At once; iu fifteen minutes; so soon
as my office boy returns, if that will suit
monsieur.”
The gentleman left the shop, and se¬
cured the first messenger boy he chanced
to meet.
For a pecuniary consideration this
youth agreed to follow SI. Fouquerein’a
j office boy, take the address of the house
t3 which he #hou!d g0j and immediately
inform Mr. Neil Gordon thereof, at the
latter’s residence.
It was a simple plot, but, as it proved,
effective.
It was barely 8 o’clock when Eva May
nard came m from a walk—one of thc
\ on „ aud lonely walks to which she was
accustomed when her day’s work was
over- She found the little tea table laid
and a s ,nall parcels for herself, with a
no te, lying upon the table.
u It is my mo tner-of-pearl fan,” she
said> after g i ancing over the note .
‘-yjons. Fouquerein has a customer who
wants both this and a duplicate, to be
rea( iy for New Year’s. I was sure it
would be liked, and now I think I shall
j soon get plenty of custom.”
An hour after, when her mother had
retired, and she sat reading aloud, while
Laura sewed on what looked like a piece
of bridal trousseau, there came a ring at
the front door bell.
The girl whose business it was to wait
on Mrs. Sutton’s lodgers, hastened to
answer the summons, and immediately
appeared in Mrs. Maynard’s rooms.
“A p:- ist~i„iiin t-„ r-so roil,
and here’s his card, mum.”
Laura glanced at the card in Eva's hand,
and then at the blushing face of her
sister; and well posted in such delicate
matters, slipped out of the room as the
visitor entered.
“It- is Air. Gordon, mamma,” she
answered, to her mother’s inquiry. “I
knew he would come some day, though
Eva doubted it. ”
And when, an hour later, Eva came,
radiant yet subdued, it needed but one
glance at her face to know what kind of
an interview she had had with the lover
she had deemed so forgetful.
| Mrs. Belton learned in time, to her
j great vexation, that had she been more
appreciative of the Major’s Christmas
j present, her late husband’s nephew had
| probably never married “that Maynard
I girl,” who, Mrs. Neil Gordon,
as was
! now so much admired in society.
8hc still owns the Christmas fan, but
has never painted its duplicate.
Bound to Attract Santa Claus’s At¬
tention.
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PPxA "---
SIP* ! ’
Having iio stockings to hang up, they
str |p e th e ir legs—
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^e2>. .
m '1 <
I iB&SSZDHAs
m '.. i; v Pij if t
L -
Ill
And leave the lamp burning, so Santa
Claus can see them. YVe hope he will!
The Traveler’s Christmas.
“The drummer's life is not wliat it’s
cracked up to be,” remarked Saniple
case. “YY’hat do you suppose I made
my Christmas dinner on this year?”
“Couldn't guess,” replied his friend
“On wheels.”
Christmas Comes.
“Christmas comes! he comes, he comes,
raliened with a rain of plums.
Hollies in the windows greet him;
Schools come driving home to meet him;
E very mouth delights to name him;
^
N ■—Irtish Hunt.
■Don't try to me,” cried the gob
Mw, indignantly,
CIKRENT KEWS.
1
CONDENSED FROM THE TELE¬
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM DAT TO DAY
THROUGHOUT THE WOKI.D, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
In consequence of riotous conduct of
students at Odessa, the university of that
city has been closed.
France, acting in accordance with Eng¬
land, President is about to recognize Hypolite r.s
of Havti.
The latest figures show that there are
250,000 Indians in the United States,
living upon 116,636,103 acres—or 466
acres apiece.
J SSSSSfrtSStt
c..... ... ...............
he well-known Joanna furnace, at Jo
am a. Pa., and the Jones Iron Ore Com
pauy, near by, liave closed down for the
wilder. Too much pig iron on baud is
the cause.
of During the past ten mouths in theimjHiris value
woolen goods amounted to
fl', 167,423, against 144,010,890 during
the same months of 1889,
On the 29th of this month Giadstom
wiil be eighty years old. He is still more
youthful than the majority of the tired
young men of the present generation.
A prominent physician of Boston, Mass.,
reported on Wednesday that there were and a
dozen cases of influenza in Boston,
that there is good reason to believe the
aiflietion will become general in that city.
The Herr Xeilnng, of Bremen, says
that another plot against the czar has
been discovered, and that a number of
military officers in 8t. Petersburg have
In on arrested on the charge of being con¬
cerned in it.
A committee sent from Sioux City to
inquire into the reported destitution iu
Dakota, returned a few days ago and re¬
ported that in Milner, Jerauld, Kingsbury,
M Cook, .land and Hyde comities then
arc at least 5,500 families who need relief.
A company has been formed at Middle
town, N. Y., to transport milk from that
place to New' York City by the pipe line,
as oil is carried iu Pennsylvania. It i>
estimated tliat milk can in this way bt
transported gallon. 100 miles at a (tailorone cent
per
The Morning Pott of London, England,
o "if lamenting oRAhe.Cronin iu verdict, thorough says:
the case shall remit a
«■ likening of public opinion in of the the
l lited States to the real character
C u-na-Gael, then Cronin’s life was not
siorificed wholly in vain.”
The G. A. R. of the State of New
York is moving in the matter ol
electing the Grant monument. The esti¬
mates luive been on a descending scale,
first ♦1,900,000, then $500,000, and now
$500,000. The amount on hand is onlv
* 000,
Tin* wont ti remoMiig no- pulek ,.nd
wires of various electric light Companies
in New York city, erected in violation ol
the rules and regulations of the board of
electrical control, was continued Wednes¬
day. Nearly 65,000 feet of wire and
eighty-five poles were taken down.
Liverpool's weekly cotton statement is
as follows: Total sales for week, 52,000
bales; American 41,000; trade takings,
including that forwarded from ship’s side,
79,000; actual export 9,000; total im¬
ports, 131,000; American 118,000; total
stock, 798,000; American, 606,000; total
afloat; 281,000; American, 258,000.
Charles Herald Seiner, proprietor of indicted the Sun¬ by
day and Timet, grand was jury Toledo,
the Lucas county at
Ohio, Tuesday, for forgery, and arrested.
The indictment contains several counts
for forgery of notes and orders, thc prin¬
cipal one of which is Bates, said to the have New been York of
n bill of exchange on
advertising agent,
City Marshal Solomon, County Recor¬
der iiatnpton, Canhon, Selectmen Weilef, Brig and
all Mormon Lake, Tuesday officials, were ar¬
rested at Salt afternoon.
There alb six indictments against Solo¬
mon, charging misappropriation indictment against of public
funds, and one each
of the others charging them with con¬
spiracy.
Under a resolution Typographical passed union at a special
meeting of No. 2.
at Philadelphia, thc union Wednesday notices night,officers the proprie¬
of sent to
tors of morning and Sunday newspapers
affected that a demand for an advance in
price thousand of setting type would from 40 take to effect 45 cents
per and Christmas ems, Pape on
after eve. s con¬
cerned include all the English week day
and Sunday papers now paying thc union
rate of Ledger 40 cents which per thousand, except the
Public , has been paying 45
cents per thousand for many years, and
several papers not recognized as union
papers.
MORE INFLUENZA.
THE RUSSIAN PLAGUE HAS APPEARED IN
DETROIT AND KANSAS CITY.
The influenza has reached Detroit, and
curiously enough so far only bank em¬
ployes arc afflicted. This is attributed,
however, to the report that microbes
travel in paper money and when conta¬
gious paper has been freely circulated in
n city the disease will become epidemic. the
At the Peninsular bank, nine of em¬
ployes were sick at one time.
In thc Preston National there arc
four cases. The entire staff of tin
First National has it, and there are two
cases iu the Merchants’ A Manufacturers’
bank. The symptoms are different in
nearly every case. In some it produces
“an all goue, tired feeling,” lining as one ex¬
pressed it. while in others to nose,
mouth and throat is affected; still others
have a cough. Lameness is one of the
general points in Which it shows up
strong. Kansas City Star A number
The says:
of cases of influenza, distinct enough in
type to be readily recognizable, physicians have at¬
tracted the observation of local
in this city, Interviews with several
physicians are presented, and the number
of cases are placed at about one hundred.
An Old Slave’s Return.
John Hardin (colored), of Ottawa,
Canada, who ran awav a slave from
Flemingsbrn-g, Ky., iu 1840, went back
the other day to gather up his family.
He has prospered since lus flight. He
found one son whom he left a
oliild, a grandfather. The rest of tho
family were dispersed in tone slave
stie, and ail troee is lost.—[Oiaeinnati
Enquirer.
/»r'".kii
by all mesne.
NUMBER 12.
SOUTHERN growth. I
ESTIMATES MIOWINi; INCREASE OP POPULA¬
TION OF niK MIITIIF.RX STATES.
The Trade «f Chattanooga, Tena.,
has reports ami estimates from the Gov¬
ernors and State Comptrollers of thc
Southern states. giving their estimate of
the timates population based of each state, These CS
quiry instituted are by largely the on careful in
oil behalf of the Tradesman. s !.ite Comptrollers
The esti
mates increase are as followsAlabama, rent in last 1,65”,4.5a,
per ten years. 31 • Ar¬
kansas. 1,247,lil. inerr-aae 65; Florida,
424,396,increase 5,x ; lie,.rgia.2.1(15,541.in
cieew 33; lsiuisiana 47.; Kentucky 2.200,000. increase
Mississippi 1,24(1, 1,2.71,340, increase 33;
increase 36J;
j££ sriK. =S 2 i SSSJBi
against 14..i:i*!i3fi in 4g-o, being an in
crease in tin Siutl, of over oh j xr cent.
The Govern r the whit** and
blacks as follow Whites 12,128,430,
lAacks 7.270,(20. It is estimated
that then are to-day in the
Southern Stat< ?s 304,930 whites
from Nort hern States, against 244,885 in
1880. The foreign born whites in the
fwidji to-day are estiniated by the gover¬
nors, in their reports to the Tvodtunuih.
at 043,043, again'.' !>o s;i in 1880. The
white imputation of tin* South, according
to these estimates, has increased a little
over 3,200,000, while the colored popula¬
tion shows on mc.*wc in ten years of
about 1,600,000.
SOUTHERN NOTES.
INTERESTING news from all
POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
GENERAL FlioaSESs AND OCCURRENCE*
WHICH ARE HAPPENING BELOW MA¬
SON’S and dixon's line.
In the Birmingham iron market a fur¬
ther advance of tw enty-five cents a ton is
announced.
Citizens of Anniston, Ala., have sub¬
scribed $82,470 for the establishment of
a rolling mill in that city.
A fire in holing, Texas, on Hurnlav
joining night, destroyed a cotton mill and ad¬
property. boss, $60,000.
Thc effect of the Government work in
Galveston, Texas, harbor will be to in¬
crease the depth fifteen to twenty-one
inches.
Great excitement prevails around Mid¬
way, Ala., on the question of rabies. A
large number of fine dogs have been
killed.
The Timet-Democrut pronounces tlij.
and gravel roads of Neiv Orleans a success, which
far preferable to the shell roads
were first tried. [
A syndicate of eastern capitalists.
•■•■mind hr General Clinton B. Fisk, liar
defn DUM5IA Ridge, 1-----..._____________ x ■ '— a— nr.i
East Tennessee, for $10 an
acre.
About five hundred New England expected cap¬
italists and business men ate at
Anniston. Ala., about the middle of Jan¬
uary, They have been invited by the
Anniston City Land company.
The supreme court of Alabama lias
decided that the in local prohibition is null law and of
Calhoun county, that state,
void, beeaiiNo it was not published in all
the papers of the county as required.
YVednesdav, The Y^rginia reconsidered house of the delegate^ action on ol
Tuesday directing the elork to inform
Mrs. Jefferson Davis of the desire to have
the remains of her husband buried in
Richmond, and adopted a resolution ap¬
pointing a committee to wait upon her
aud make the request.
A dispatch from San Angelo, Texas,
says: Five men fobbed thc express of¬
fice at Brownwood of $7,000 Tuesday
morning. They entered the office just
after thc west bound passenger train
pulled out. Walter Jones, the agent,
Avas beaten into insensibility with a sand¬
bag, and the safe opened and robbed.
The men were not disguised. A posse is
after them.
News conies from Nashville that there
is more horse stealing going on noA\' in
Davidson county, adjoining counties and
middle Tcmio“» than at any period
since the war. No less than ten eases
have been reported to detectives during
the past few days. No trace of any of
the animals lias been found, and they
have probably been taken some distance
from that section of the State.
more influenza.
THE RUS8D X PLAGUE HAS APPEARED IN
Detroit and Kansas city.
The influenza lias reached Detroit, and
curiously enough so far only bank em¬
ployes are afflicted. This is attributed,
however, 10 the report that microbes
travel in paper money and when . conta¬
gious paper lias been freely cm-ulated in
a city the disease become epidemic. the
At the Peninsular bank, nine of em¬
ployes were sick at one time.
I U the Preston National there are
four eases. ’Hie entire staff of the
First National has it, and there are two
cases in the Merchants’ & Manufacturers
bank. The -vmptoms are different in
nearly every ease. In feeing,” some it produces
••an all gone, tire' 1 as one ex¬
pressed it while in others affected; lining to nose,
mouth and threat is Still others
have a cough. Lameness is one of the
general points in whieh it shows up
strong. City Star imp: A number
The Kansas distinct enough
of cases of influenza, recognizable, have in
type to be readily at¬
tracted the observation Interviews of local physicians several
in this city, with
physicians arc presented, ami the number
of cases are placed at about one hundred.
SHUT down.
PAPER MII.I.S AT SAUGERTIES, S. Y.
CI.OSEO FOB AN INDEFINITE TIME.
The paper mills of J. B. hheffield Y
Son the ‘•’•■'Kv and of the the Saugerties envelope factory Blank
Kook- eoii'ivinv. plebl" Co., constituting the
of1 ° O manufacturing interests
"V”'. J ' ; ort-iut y.. have been shut
. x
. it i-said, for an indefinite
“ ' ’ j ' concerns are owned
’.'pd tbre e individuals, and
t"- 1 bv tinsame
' ■ tain the names
' ,, ' ,,, u
ut ar , j om . thousand persons,
. .; , a;“0.000 to 825,000
r “ '" of the mills
• r -losing
' There is scarcely
'
^ . : .. ’village rrt5 *.
that is not,
malntenai^’"
AT Till: CAPITAL
WHAT THE FIFTY FIRST CON¬
GRESS IS DOING.
APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL JMPOBTASCK
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The Comptroller of Currency has au¬
thorized the Farley National Bank ol
Montgomery, Ala., to begin business with
a capital of $100,000.
The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed
the nomination of Judge David J. Brew
er. of Kansas, to be Associate Justice ol
the Supreme Court, There was eleven
negative votes.
Senators Colquitt, Vouchees and Eustis
have been selected by the Democratic
auv u* ■> mi mis in of thc Senate cam. ,it
tee on the world's fair, to lx- held some¬
where and sometime in 1892.
The Secretary of State has sent thc
ley, following cable Zanzibar: message to Explorer directed Stan¬
now at -*T am
by tin President of the United Slates to
tender his congratulations to you upon
the success which lias attended your long
tour of discovery through Africa, ami
upon the advantages whieh may accrue
therefrom t> the civilized world.
The President sent the following nom
matings to the Senate on Wednesday:
Postmasters—Samuel Gilbert. Decatur,
Ala.: Mrs. Jennie R Tyler, Brookhaven,
Miss.; Edward L. Kagan. High 1’oint.
X. C.; William Miller, Tuscaloosa. Ala.:
Benjamin V'. Brimberry, Albauy, Gil. :
Walter Ackerman, Carters villc, Ga.; A.
J. Frazer, Greenville, Teuu.; Tenn. Joseph T.
B. Wilson, Murfreesboro,
The House was in session but half an
hour Tuesday. A few bills were intro¬
duced and referred, and at 12.30 p. m.
the House adjourned. reported I11 the committees, Senate se\
eral bills were from
and placed ou the calemhtr. Mr. Hale,
from the committee and the on appropriations, passed the re¬
ported deficiency back, bill ($150,000 senate for public
small
printing and binding, and $250,000 for
preliminary printing of the eleventh ecu
mis.)
One thousand introduced mid sixty-four public
bills were in the House on
Wednesday, and fully four times that
many private bills and petitions. In fact,
there were so many that the pigeon holes
in the bill room would not bold them,
and they were dumped ou >.he floor by the
basket ul. More public building bills
were introduced than there are should public
buildings in this country,uud would be if all surplu
become laws, there no
left in the treasury.
President Harrison on Tuesday trans¬
mitted to the Senate the extraditior
treaty with England referred to in liis an¬
nual’ message, negotiated bv Seeretiirx British
Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefore,
minister. Bv its terms the number ol
extraditable offenses is largely increased,
the most imjairtaiit addition being that ol
embezzlement, so that if the treaty 1)<
ratified (V.nnria and the t oiled S.O.A-W.U
cease to exchange the class ot undesirable
residents who have hitherto secured im¬
munity from punishment.
SWIFT JUSTICE.
a vigilance committee swing four
MURDERERS.
Saturday evening, visited Henry Big Wriglit,
a well-to-do farmer, Maumel
lo, in Maumello home, township, four masked Ark,, and
while on the route men
stopped his teu.ni, drew their pistols, and
demanded his money or his life. Wright
was unarmed, but made a desperate fight.
He was knocked out of the rear of his
wagon, falling to the gro und insensible.
Sunday morning Wright was found by
neighbors who J^ad gone in search of him,
anti, although totally injured, rallied
sufficiently to deftribe his assailants. A
vigilance committee wa« at once organ¬
ized, and the murderers were caug rt and
lynched.
A BOYS CRIME.
A YOUNG Tn.AlN-WREAKF.il CAUGHT AND
CONFESSES.
A dispatch from YVabasli, Ind., says:
William Hi Marquis, aged 17, was arrested
at school in Miami county Tuesday by a
Wabash railroad detective, on thc charge
of wrecking an east-bound express at
Keller's, on October 24. The accident,
p frightful one, was caused by
» misplaced switch. The boy
confessed. He had started from Y\ abash
to Peni on foot that morning. He tried
to obtain a ticket for a silk handkerchief,
and failing, broke the lock, threw the
switch and disappeared.
BANK ROBBERS
GET IN TIIEIK WORK ON A RHODE ISLAND
BANK.
YVednesday noon, when only the teller
and book keeper were present in the 81a
ter National bank, at I’owtucket, R. 1.,
three men entered and while two of them
engrossed the attention of the bank offi¬
ciate at the wicketa, the third jumped
over the gate and grabbed another a package containing con¬
taining $1,900 and
$1,490. Teller Gardner heard the man
and turned in time to see what he was
doing. In his haste the thief dropped other. the
$1,900 package, but carried off the
All three men escaped.
STORM IN CALIFORNIA.
GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY- MANY BRIDGES
SWEPT AWAY.
A pispateli of Tuesday from San Diego,
Cal., says: The loss of property herea¬
bouts, caused bv thc recent storm, will be
between $190,000 and $200,000. Six
bridges on the California Southern rail¬
road were washed out near the Sclidad
Canyon, and the road suffered heavily
otherwise from the storm. Washouts also
occurred in many places on the Pacific
Beach road, 1,009 feet of the road bed at
Rose canyon having been destroyed. No
trains wil l run fur « ,•-
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Both Hands Were Engaged.
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Man in th» Moon—“Pull down yout
TMtl"
CTclldoInr.
Think the'good,
And not the clever {
Thoughts are seeds
That grow forever
Bearing richest fruit in life.
Such alone can make
The thinker
Strong to conquer in the strife.
Love the good,
And not the clever;
Noble men!
The world can never
Cease to praise the good they’ve done.
They alone the true
Who gather
Harvests which their deeds have won.
Do the good,
And not the clever;
Fill thy life z V
’Vi” (-.!<■ e'jdeaver:
Strive to be the noblest man,
Not vrhat others do;
Bat rather
Do the best you can.
HUMOROUS.
A comfortable winter resort—Thick
clothes.
Jlirth wakes the man; tho want of
wit. the fellow.
An agricultural association—Wheat,
barley and oats.
The only thing that beats a good wife
is a bad husband.
Could a Chinese ship yard be proper¬
ly called a junk shop?
A sugar manufacturer need not neces¬
sarily have sandy hair.
The reason the hatter got so mad was
probably because bis nap was disturbed. -
Tho spanked child soon finds who
has thc upper hand in domestic govern¬
ment.
First Clock—How are you rretting
along? Second Clock—Oh, I’m NtM:
living on tick.
Squcers—1) > you live on pleasant
terms with your land Indy? Niekleby—
No; on cash terms.
Old Lady—Sir, you’ve stolen my
daughter’s love. Unabashed Culprit—
Well, didn't I return it?
Thc absent-minded professor to tho
night watchmaR. “Good night. J
hope you will sleep well.”
“Come off the perch,’ ’ said the fisher¬
man, a’ he removed tho scales from a
specimen of thc tinny tribe.
“Slow and sure,” the wise heads claim,
Is by far the b tterpian;
The alow man gets there all the same—
Jut*, behhid the other riuu.
Scholastic Item—Tommy—“I wish
the school-room was round.” Mother
— “Why?” “So the teacher couldn t
make me Btand in the corner.”
.Jackson: Airs, llenpeck tells mo she
gained six pounds while she was iu the
mnuutaini. llenpeck: That’s nothing;
I gained twelve while she Avar aAvay.
Dentist, to patient: Bitter a sound
false tooth than a rotten real one.
Patient (testily): Then why didn’t you
say so beloro you commenced to plug
it?
Teacher—“Now, suppose you had 15
cents and spent five for a school book,
liow would you ascertain the amount
you had remainiugl Head Boy—Count
it, sir.
A speaker at a public meeting talked
and talked and talked, 1 TIow full he
is of his subject!” said a friend. “Yes,”
said au enemy; “but how slow he is to
empty himself!”
Mr. Graball (at railway station)—1
want a ticket to Lincoln. Ticket
Seller—Yes, sir. Lincoln in Illinois or
Lincoln in Nebraska? Mr. Graball (on
the lookout for a bargain)—YYhich will
you sell mo the cheapest?
SatiTied Old Maid (fishing for a com¬
pliment)—Tell, me, darling, why you
prefer me to auy of tlieie other girls for
a bride. Sensitive Old Bach.—On my
wedding tour l don’t want people to
think I'm a newly married man.
“I’m tired of trouble without end—
I think I’ll end this life;
Please pass the pie;” so said the man
To his discouraged wife.
IVorbl’s Tel (‘graph-Telephone Lines.
The total length of the telegraph
lines of the world amounts to 557,064
miles. Europe, 216,490; America,
163,642; Asia, 46.850; Australia, 24,-
2)4, and Africa, 12,060 miles. Thero
have to be added 950 submarine cables,
774 of which are laid m European seas,
and have a total length of 3200 miles,
while the remaining 176, with a length
of cable of 85,850 miles, belong to
companies. The service of thesa line3
is carried out by 160,000 offices.
Telephonic statistics are as follows:
The United States, 739 exchanges and
158,712 subscribers; Germany, 164 ex¬
changes and 31,325 subscribers; Eng¬
land, 122 exchanges and 20 420 sub¬
scribers; Sweden, 137 exchanges and
12,864 subscribers; France, 28 ex¬
changes and 9847 subscribers; Switzer¬
land, 71 exchanges and 7626 sub¬
scribers ; Russia, 36 exchanges and
75S9 subscribers; Italy, 2S exchanges
and 6183 subscribers; Bslgiu n, 4674
subscribers; Austro-Hungary, 4255 sub¬
scribers; Norway, 21 exchanges and
3930 subscribers; Holland, 9 exchanges
and 2376 subscribers; Spain, 2218 ;ub
scribers; Denmark, 1837 subscribers;
Por.ugal, 2 exekauges and 895 sub.
scr;bers. The town ivith tho largest
number of sub enbors is Berlin, having
upward of 10.000. and followed by
New York, 69)0; i’ar s, with ovat
5.;00, and Lofidoo ab 'Ut that aia-unt.