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The GeorOxIa Enterprise.
VOLUME XXV.
IF.
Otfoihto
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ID * Pf an<i T^J»i^T^ 1 T V^Tii y ’ r6
Utheyf rget that i they i! ,ti.l, n
m their vomit Br;™: ■lays beset tun many
lo lit
in ,..., >-n its -kedi**, d£»„t
6* virtue m^Ut appear to 1* J
*aEt to merit mention:
,
my- *» imt 11 '** ,u '^U "
K-r,uiu- :s|.x "'-weigh u «. them carefully
is eontravcntlor, ,
uMoniy lean, to Uet. and
jR-opl- .••aid monkey Is* mcire with orthodox, tho aiw |
jifdrek.-.
arid ea - i. vo aUoa
fitiii ••>• 1 >i •ii--.-»tly. and eve.-, H, .at the !
Mip.'se ..f its planner would defeat,
, the : 1. perhaps, iui#t .th W moi%!
Wl .u • ai'Kobatiun.
souiuehtor fees, and
las ." - were employed on salaries.
and judges always would lit their de
CT66S to circumstance-:
ail-. would t-u fw lies, jui-l vo>
m iu.lgment exercise, ami mer-;
.•harts Mw-sentthrir merchandised ’
cm ..ur fancies- j
i-would «aitau.i.iebiorsi^v j *. i,
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i-are-tjm ie oo or not delay, , •
an ri-.-irts s.an-l by us; i
I "ia re • ■< 1 life could tie foreea#,
»:it !n:vi-.t ait»i»s and honeymoon,
• a 1 if age would not ttpjn-oaeh
''“i - ■ f « t. nor death .My u<;
uM have our ways in everything; it
man could be a little king, aud out of
iyht and mind all tnmole* ding, w.
still would grumble.
« , o„l,| nature’s law, r-verae.
am! ..II ihe fan.-ie I don.Is of lif.. , U
!' it we could Simply l.os, th un!
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Atmosohei’ic AMUwvuoiio Revelation AlCVOlutlUU. I |
11 V JUI. 1 VN HAWTHORN!-:.
Giles Par-doe and f h id spent four
at mining camp on the Gila
near Florence, in southern Ari- !
h had had’ tolerable luck, 1
between us, there may have
i tin- value of six ur .-- vcn thousand
But -the vein I t()
It least We thought*, I’erhans J,.
heat Mid thc monotone ,,f ‘
d™ i ,, KSi .
J -u U ait events, wI mad.
minds to push oa westward to
junction,,f the Gii» and % Colorado '
Yuma ( itv. The railroad had not
put through at 'that time, and til.
was as remote as it was dr-solaU.
that vv- mitided that. Th- romance
was still strong in us; W e were 1
two or three years out of coUc-e.
wanted variety as well as remote
.,nd bc-tievul. as'all men are ant t o
that the true Eldorado * lay ‘‘ beneath
- vo-iad,. St-i-)ers"l>y i-u-ecablc ii-iiotv 1
- tmp, Rick name with
More than with my of the fraternize’ others ;
had f. -und it aoree dth- to
ft- -Mime years our cider and hid I
well educated Li’iglish • knew s-.methino of •
-■ ,-md curickiii- of lBeraftm- %ud !
•'!'-:!<! <-l' his conversation ;
!:i Miiotatioja from -veil aueient -.lid recent I
If, v r -,-onainted with
the plains and ‘
«,ve ir not .,
useful hints Ou the hi-Mas other not*- hand jt
confessed ti»( oar- j :
industrious n !.* , ■ .. i
mmhl. t r * if*
knovriedcre with*- 'Td d WY't w’ J< ■ •.' l> ’ i
gift.-d ' im',' '- U1 'f'~- o '„.,‘ i L | !
to live 'Y ''V ■ 1,111 1 ‘
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11 , pn-sfneo mane , *n_ piacu f
no I't*. C ‘[*^1 '"i 1 ?r u, 1 "-'. , <>! T| l ’ ! i V f; 1
a at Ids = T •
■’ 1 H mi t k or . ™T?" '
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r . 1 m, v.hei ; oy tri mta.altre ! ,
«'i*ewnTnes*. *
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, an Rick proposeii to .tc- :
■ ou our journey. nth- hist
JHraew the route. anti saeondlv. :
’ 1 ‘ ^‘drivtmrve ui thee,imp j
N. W( accepted bim good lus sufcstiou 'hustaug, wuh aat, .
a ;
»» TOd '; form !
" n °“ r ■b | »t'k«- A nui.e car- ;
1 amp equipage, and Gilf-. as Die ^
j ‘ he lorg-T part ol ,mr
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‘-T 1 * “I'- “/ which he carried
U ' md | ih, ,
“ h '" K lri ‘ d ‘
1 ra and i r tvcrc oac.i nrnmd ,
Dick was un
;■ ‘” 1 ‘ m no said ■ “Nolwly -
'bootme,’ aud 1 d|u|f«v aut to
- .ti) . >-«h . '
m'h'--Ivlow the camp there was ,
"j" di 1 we crossed, keeping thence
" i -mthern bank of the stn -.m- !
;>m glared down at us as if it had
1U | I K ’ 1- 111 ‘he solar system to atte nd
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. ‘ 1 :! U souiet-him; were priekittg
' * jest for mishap, aud remedy
,'H. every a
Aud when, after a hard
.journey and innumerable petty con
J'" w- dismounted at length to
1 , 1 bend of the stream, I heard
!l ^ 1 ,. h y™’ ir ‘o himself, as he. kindled
M W«: “ Post tot imufragm
Woo/ so maiiv Shipwrecks, a
“Mut %"-■ he said
-., 45r1 iUatl ?" !mi lh socially ns we
” remains of ,mr meal
W C r - ' This is going to be tough
T , los-.'-ratc’ramr a |JS
to W ' v dot
mas Th
W t aju !t ' " Uo ,ug- of sours
vour sithfc- ' y " iml do to uarrv you and
■C niulc mule Hjirctty is urett . Veil well fiUd tixr , 3
».«**,?* J ut u> :,ad he <h. done ketth-s.* But - some
with that four
t«o ‘ -sight of
< a , ' w dust 1 f vou
dr v : 1 *«’ ou foot in b-lt-ve two
I it- -the fact u?c„, i. Ld | S
' h ui< --
1 niul- remains- -h-- can
»«' -hi UrC? !** atu1 hundred ’ !mf i I believe ! k sh, cuii
, too p U pip: Bu
, 1 :„ , hpr mv
'HI bn that - !ai J;4 k <lim Ih : b'e-.teitfl ,cnt -*U my Ao cruaper
,h ' u,u!t ' •' chance, ^
'hoV. - ,v ' !dk!-U; j*and ,Uk ' c to." aurr-Ai
PU , Jiuailv
pn.de,,. and ex
ryatl ^’“ hfr L
I0 °k‘he alteration in fisaJx lo -A t ‘t
good-humoredly* and Dick th,
tent on his saddle in such a wafthat 0
while < HI "thS^^Thr^^ I brought rear*. J
uni perspirat up the Mon* h<
ion. mon** lrcariuesv of iWh
m,,rt - unquenchable, or rather ffre-pro„f
f aytfy ° n thc l K,r ‘ ” f !«<•’.. When
halted at noon 1 made a discover
rial Through all mj vicissitudes I l ad . a
with m- a .* IPn t iustanfaa lib' ■
photographic camera, not so as n» |
bvTepklUr, v hut-bov and n”w cauahlo ft-ns ni »
a four “r
a stand or had other cumbersome aecout r” '
meats. I Iiroiudit a mi l,,,, J , If ,
pared which putes along’ wjtb m ut
had .Ircdr fceeri decAmvd C V a 11 * *
meh .O, ver-tie ll ni 1 ^ U- c >f.. , rn scenes as
, u *‘ ll % characlei uie
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' I valued f the collection
pmdunously: it was the only journal I
lla «‘- «“<* was lull ol a-oeiatious: and
! I0W ’ Just w!u ‘ u 1 " :ls looking forward
**** speedy return to civilization, di.-
coved that my camera and ldates *wt n
'"'“sing." night’s’ I had left them at our h,st
sleeping-ground.
I at once announced m* determination *
{o -Qback and -ret mv eanteri
Giles shook bTs hiw L.- ‘ .d .
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. ,, , ,' 1 )<RU,( ou ’“ al ,
' ri, Pl>e , hyre
® on any u on
0U , '■''ther tumbled thc
v\, . into
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".'T. 0 ! ,,nrt j* r ’J btwu, (truth
.
“tddett .. its- if the
alter manner of '
things. Again, I should wear otR
*' 1 t ™J c,cd tl f T ^ T
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T th# w ‘ ,f a ,0 ‘ °
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devoted 1 I
on mv mustan-.
“Well.” said Rick, at There's'a lenrth “I'll
you i wliat well do. SiA X nice
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m vnu.-" r itv’ ,
if von are lived “ V “ in in-i
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. for there. It wiU. be good
you a
ace to spend the aignt m, and willgne
a chance for a rest when you come
But tell you frankly, i otter ex- ( i
to sec you again. 1
1 ‘Good-bye, OH*'* faretyrtL old man; And you're with an idiot. 1
that, I
'ehed my heel to the-mustang s flank,
cantered siowlv oil on the return
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Three ' brec hours’ hours rathe- rather Wsim-lv lelsurelt travpH.,„ traveling
me to the sue ol our camp.
was to be seen there of the
! “»era. As all the baggage had been
toghfter m one place, It ought to j
been immediately visihle. Iv.a,
let J l»y this, ami racked my braiu for
solution. While I was debating the
u, ' st ' on - * snake glided out of a hole in
''f jrouu ' 1 ’ and wriggled off toward a
‘gbboriug clump of bushes. Mechanic- ^
I drew my revolver and fired at Turn,
bullet struck him in the thickest pari
the 1,ody ' 1 walked up to put him
of his P ain ’ awl csu * lt 8i * ht ofacor -
of nty camera protruding from be
a neighboring shrub. I picked it
strapped it to my belt, and, after id- ,
Uowe "" hoar ' s resl - 1
' s * d,ilel1 aml remounted and set out
tin* west oucc more. But all the
I get was there!” thinking, It “How twenty did the j
was puces. :
least ot from t!lcre the by camp. aeckiem. It could At last not 1 j I
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to the conclusion that Rick must
hidden R there for fun. and then '
ail about it: and when I had
thw loss, and showed such
at it, he had held his tongue for j
of a row. That was'the best expla-
1 could devise; and it w as not a
| ry ^trsfactoryioue, after all.*
I rode on and ou glad through the broiling 1 j
1 was to hove recovered
1 \ camera, but I wa* not in a very good
and, being flonc, my thoughts
a gloomy turn, and T L>st myself in
memo'rfes and foreliodinas. At I
T roused myself to find that the
Tj j, y a s in was strange to me. I ! j
.Wtainlv not jiass.-d through it with
othprs j looked at mv watch; it
fom hourg ghl( . e j i ia ,l e( .'t out on my
! must, resttng-llace. therefore, have already I
our noon But, ou
other hand, I must be near thc grove
tre(1 , ^jjat Rick had mentioned as our (
ha | t j w i e . ou for nearly an
which W ay had thc others gone; !
1,,-ineli but found no trail. 1 forded the
stream'and searched, on the other side.
n ( . hour’s labor brought me on the
^^rk o£ tho two mustangs and the
mu!e ' ’ To mv surprise, after proceeding
, thn ban k for a mile or two. they
turned off to the rigid, and disappeared
ii)w . iril lh(1 ul)r thwest. right.acK-a the
| t u ' , ka)i )lugert „f Yumn. choice It was but in
Pnm „ r P hendb!e, r but I had no
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eyes. My horse was jaded; I heiran to
feel grave apprehensions. t ou d it no
tbit f had mistaken some othciUail.r
theirs(, I cast, my eyes .m th. gt oumi
Nil trail was visible. I had lost i., •‘“ a
-.vfcs myself lostl ^ . ... I
Bor a moment my W
Then, manning myself, I Neoa W 1 »
rein, and began to rme in a grew < ir U
In twenty minutes I struck a trad »
my still. own. Well, I would try a lay r
circle started mUS ^i Tn ,
Just A* I , my sighed Lv
his head, snorted and ,
| voluntarily I glanced up. What I
j 1 shock of superstitious terror to my
scat Sent a
. heart. above , “gjTj* . ... „
’ Iu the empty ah apRvently to t
distance in front of me o.
a mite, I saw Giles. std« Th I
%Swere i'm-dng siowlv distinct along suit perfectly by >•
nfzablc. 1 and saennd to reG>g_
! and^ as ah say Ipassc^v tod
1 %- in- on J the empty
iud looked again. «
j mistake. eves But thi- assurance htuj
no
j the effected restoring my #
-hat I saw was not a tm re u
H only # oHnd
nf mv brain, there was f«aordI
thing it could be. It wa- »n
; u arv perfect mirage. The Ogm I’y
! Irans that I saw were the magmhed
“Jf7 COHXTRT: MAT SHE EVER RE RIQBT; RIGHT OR WROXG, MT COUlffRT
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20.1890.
H ' tot* l ™{ the li ' bearing* t:,aee th#n and ‘""“J rodi !
i
: 0Tertak ' ,bclu ia »> mc
r ‘ J^Uxel, was so wonderful, how- j
^ ^ * pl)ant!0U ^ r ~' and f awaited ^ * a | !
iV ,’ n ° ment to pull the catch, j
u « , St J birth i aT i rf ' a “ ’1 d
kern « 1,udde “ t , y ^ek n t rose erect
1T ,nt 'ST , '! ,eve,ed * revo1
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iT h ?;® i ,le# ' h 7 ^ ^
1Ult kll from his horse. At the
,,l< l ,m 'Jnvf>luutarih* ] Bashed
1 t
^ W ? C "' ’f, Uke wW the Vanis ’ ct 1 "'»-' ™*
disappeared, and I was alone t T the.
in
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At half-uaat sev«i I came unou ^u iSiles s
Luckily there was life „i.l. it- the
had stmelr his lie»d ‘ iml ’
evtiliined d ^.o.l ! i . L , nftetw.wl .e rhTf n'ieV u 7
” * i me ?. .**, ?
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>w „ hi: divert , they would strike
ies li'x . be f. had , foretold. mythical Later “Clump he had of
>orrow **l bis revolver to shoot at a rab
and had kept it. Evidently he had
from the beginning to murder
or both of us, and to get od with
gold.
Two pieces of rare good luck befell
and me at this moment of our need.
horse came quietly up out of the
sunt allowed himself to be
bejm, probably too much dis
to travel by’himself lathe
pl&-e, we succeeded that night in
a small stream, with some rim
growing beside it. It undoubtedly
*" d »8^V>?? «ie stream, we stum-
1 U P° U [ lrk s trail, and followed it
, h 'l^-f by "I st “, r tl ' lrt v r ’ lllcs, °
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f •♦?»«> the p Colorado Here we
'ommumeated with the Sheriff, Tom
' ' whl> artested Rick just as he was
town, with five thousand dollars
g ret . n bscksym his person. He denied
but when confronted by
whom he supposed to be dead, lie
a little, aud when I produced
photograph (which I had meanwhile
he was overcome by sheer
azemeiit, and confessed his guilt.—
rhe IM (r.
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Wrong Whentlie Baby Cries
ttoter - , Irene, , who , has - charge - of , thc
Ne% York Infant Asylum, and who
ra j<,e S an average of a thousand found
every year, vrill not tolerate a bad
baby. Something is wrong when the
Why qph*. Tin ; ws. U diic tcl to ex
the clothing and if the cause is
not. found a doelar is summoned. If on
examination the little one is pronounced
j„ good health and the howling still con
tiuues baby is sent to the reformatory,
where he is put on his back iu a crib
like room andleft alone until his temper
improves. It is only the new babies
who cry, but the peace of thc house is
never sacrificed. Meal, bath and bed
time are observed to tho minute, and
every clnld is trained to sleep all night
long and a part of theday. Promiscuous
feeding is not permitted at any time in
the child’s life"and before child culture
comes the physical condition of the
nurse in charge. You can’t make Sister
Irene or any of her assistants believe that
strong coffee or tea is good material to
nurse a young child on. The result must
he some form of nervous trouble. No
child'is allowed to eat solid animal food
until it has twenty teeth aud then in
almost infinitesimal portions and but once
a day. The child's food is never
allowed to he cooled by blowing the
breath upon it, as disease is too fre
quently communicated it is thought in
this way. As *11 the children have to be
disposed of in some way before the age
of seven a close study is made of beauty
p, order to tempt foster parents. The
hair of the-girl babies is n evvt cut,
lashes and lids are carefully trimmed,
-bang mouths” arc coaxed to grow to
--ether bv means of a support for the
chin, and’noses that are inclined to turn
aro oentlv persuaded not to. Heads
are not’smothered in sleeping; nurses
. iro directed to turn their fares away so
not to breathe into the nostrils of their
charges, aud such irregularities as snor
i U g and thumb sucking are corrected.
chair iu thc whole asylum, and pillows
shoulders to rouud upon.—-Jftif I ork
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(Yooke.lest hmu In All ... Crea ,, .. .on
The
The most wonderful piece of railroad
engineering I have seen, writes a corre
spondenf, is on the Hue of the Piedmont
Air Line in Western North Carolina. The
railway leaves Asheville, that noted saoi
tarium. and proceeds as best it can to get
over the Blue Ridge Mountains. First
there is the Swaunanoa tunnel, which is
about a third of a mile long. After that
^ viods ani£ re , v i n itself ds, and such twists aud
ovw Mll un der in a way
. ^ j ierfect iy hpwildering what to the
traveler wh<> wishes to know in par
;cB ,., r ^ bf the mountain he- is. From
St. Bernard, a peak that is above
the Round Knob Valley the railway can
^ in seventeen different places^,
npri ; n g up?n d down the mountain, aud
n0 fWi| gec ti 0 n* of the track are«a the
j s;n!(!iClcvat | oa The train runs down
.
, h i* crooked iron pathway with all steam
^ut off and the brakes turned on. It i
i experience for a traveler, but the
Jj arJ . perfect and has all been rock
rn with heaviest steel
and laid
rails, aud no accident has ever yet taken
place on that portion of the line, so ta
a re that, startling as the ride is
to a traveler accustomed to level raff ways
lha , ^ port ion of the track is safer than
many th ., „n« that have But less grade
and crooks upon them. anyhow it
^ something, if it wany mk.
t0 enjo y thc wonderful nde wrnding
^ ^ mo untains and descending into
the valhv of the varan b .
, - ,- s lH5thiaV receipts from the «le of
^ wfem »and honey last yea.
' amounted to **',<KK>,0 •
AI THKCAPITAL
WHAr THE riFTT.FIRST DOIXG. cos -j
GRES8 IS
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AprorsTHKcrs sssSsssnssH bt Mesidkst harmson
o^nuS V Jil ^de S 1
,atc on the nror Mr* mU* was
ontlnne< coiiee j a' Morse of Massachusetts ? j
» «*!<•• '>’«* of defense' of the proposed the
mid: “The business men of
s ion. , uMrv and arc demanding “do nothing business policy" legisla- of
that the
loagrass for the last, ten years shall
-hange, an d how shall you. chance it
% ith.>ut ^nd amending the rules that bind the
*>%, and foot?'
In the senate, on Wadncday, Mr. Sher
nan called up the concurrent resolution
heretofore reported by him from the com
nittee. on foreign relations, eongiatulating Brazil
Ihe people of the United States of
in their adoption of a republican form of
fovcrnment. The resolution is in these
voids: ‘“That the United States of Amer
congratulates the ,-oople of Brazil on
by'if just and peaceful assumption of the
rowers, duties and responsibilities free of self- of
^vernment, based on the consent
he goremtsl. and on their recent adoption
>f a republican form of unanimously. government.”
J3p- Between resolution was passed
1,800 and 1.500 persons as
tc-mliled-in the house galleries Wednesday
tvening.to listen to arguments upon thc
proposed code of rules, aud had about the
pleasure of looking down upon
hirty representatives: Messrs. Minseui
)f Missouri, Lane of Illinois, Rogers ol
hrkansas. Springer of.Illinois, Brookshin
d Indiana, Shively of Indiana, Wikc of
Illinois and Pierce of Tennes-ee, de
oouced the rulings of the speaker, while
they were defended bv Messrs. Moore ol
,°!' k ° f ****** Uun, and “j' 1 J °‘ JX MuincMit^ Ta vl,,r 01
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Dbjcct(<l to ro41-e:tlf U „. appr0 val needed; of the journal usual,
»s usual, a w? as
the Remoerats refrained from voting, anc
,. usual, the speaker counted a quorum,
and declared the journal Consideration approved, by i |
vote yeas 141, nays 1. ol
the code of rules was then proceeded
with.
The fight on the rules was ended fri .
day. Speaker Reed's code has been
adopted, and certain features of it are ,
claimed by the democrats as uuconstitu
tional. and they acknowledge that under
them Speaker Reed can‘count a quorum,’
and that he can refuse to entertain any
motion, simply by announcing he deems
it dila.orv-it might 1«- a motion to ad
journ, but m no case is he kill required to en
tertain desires; an appeal-he ran speak or pass with- any
bill he no man can
OI ,t his permission, neither can anything
be done without, he agrees, to it.
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sum.
The new rules were adopted by a strtc:
party vote of yeas 101. nays 145.
John J. Bell, Jr., of Georgia, clerkshij was oi:
Saturday appointed department. to a $1,000
in the war
Tho senate was not in session Satur
urday, and Mat postofliee Davis’ appointment did not in. U
the Athens, Ga., go
The sfIiatp on Thursday confirmed the
nomination of Blanche K. Bruce- ta be re
corder of deeds for the District of Co
i um bia.
The senate committee on privileges the investi- and
elections began on Saturday
g a ti 0 n of the credentials of sevt-ra.
claimants for seats in the senate from
Montana.
j It is undoubtedly this the republican either inten the
t on to p^. ftt session,
Wickham or the Hoar bill, electionsto providing beheld fot
the next congressional districts the last.
from the same as
The first assistant jiostmaster following general fourth on
Saturday appointed the Georgia: At Good
class postmasters for
win, Franklin county, E. I.. Cawthron:
at Round Oak, Jones county, J. W. Turk.
Chairman Rowell said on Saturday,
that he had promised thc advocates of
the world’s fair bill next week to ron
eider that matter in the house. C'onse
queutlv he would not call up any more
contested election cases until Monday
week.
The superintendent of the census dis
triets in Alabama have Been appointed as
follows; First district, A. J. Engle;
second district, T. P. Ivy; third district,
.1. L. Watkins; fifth district, Willis
Brightman. The superintendent for the
fourth district lias not yet been ap¬
pointed.
Representative Grimes, of Georgia, and has
received a great many scurrilous
threatening letters since he abandoned
tho Riggs house so summarily the other
day. they all bear the local postmark
and are all anonymous, of course, but
some of them go so far as to threaten Mr.
Grimes’ life.
The secretary of the treasury, ou
Wednesday, issued a second call on the
national bank depositories for a reduction
of public balances held by them, to be
paid on or before March 1, 1890. Tlie
call is for about the same amount ir~ the
first call, except that banks having but
small amounts to transfer have been asked
for the full amount in order to close out
the transaction.
The house committee on patents Thurs
day, by unanimous vote, instructed Mr.
bimonds, chairman of the sul>committee,
to make a favorable report on the
bill, 3914, known as th$ international
copyright bill The bill allows forci'-n
authors to take out a copyright in the
United Stater upon the same footing as is
allowed American authors, provided tie
type-setting, printing aud binding is done
wholly in the United States.
Thc house committee ou elections at its
meeting Friday morningdis;<os<-dof thne
of the contested election cases before it,
deciding the to republican recommend the seating and of
two of contestants
to allow the democratic member tc
retain his seat in the third contest. By a
strict party vote, the committee in
strutted Representative Houk to make a
report recommending the seating of
Featherstone. republican contestant for
the seat of Cate in thc first Arkansas dis
trict, and Mudd, republican contestant
for tlie seat of Barnes Compton in the
fifth Maryland district. By a unanimous
vote it was derided to recommend that
('lark, (he democratic sitting
from the first Alabama district, be
lowed to keep his scat.
The President, on Wednesday, norni
uated to be census supervisors:
giuia—Frank W. Winston, third district.
Alabama—Jack R. Wilson, fourih dis
trict. Mouth Carolina—Samuel J.
first district; Deb-van Yates, second dis
trict; F. W. Macusker. fourth
Mississippi-- Udwai-d Aldrich, first dis
».tl«^^ lu dltri“
I*nc Becket *fth district; William A.
Httris, sixth district.
SffsrS&l Hie senate has confirmed K O Bush, i
ts
John j
Aubama; C. Slocum, surveyor-gen
end of Florida. Postmaster*—Alabama
~; L -. fmi*. Dcmopolis; C W. Childs,
Marion; 11. Perdue. Greeuvffle. blonds
-J. H Harden, Bartow; O. K Oakes,
F-enandiniL feipervisorsC«MU»-l(hws
’h 1 W. Chandler, second dffitnet..
! ld *r J ' Tompkins second d is
n . Tennessee*—W. 0. Hunt, firs
COTTON 8TAT1STIC8.
NHfE-TRNTH OF THE COTTON HAS LEFT THE
PLANTATIONS.
Cotton returns of the department ol
agiiculturo n*tes of the for February gives local usti
proportion of the crop which
hth left the plantation. The consolida
tion make 90.4 per cent, leaving 9.6 pel
rent, to still go forward. About nine
tehdis of the crop has, therefore, been
reported ported in in the sight, hands or in small stocks units
of country merchants,
or ia transit. The state averages areal
follows: Virginia 87, North Carolina 89,
South Carolina 60, Georgia 90, Floridi
93, Alabama 80, Mississippi 91, Louisiani
9|, Texas 93, Arkansas 90, Tennessee 87.
Tie average date of the close of picking
is about thc same as last year in Georgia,
is Mississippi. Ixtuisiaua and Tennessee, Florida and
earlier in the Carolina*, aud
Arkansas and later in Ahtlmma and Texas,
The average of county dates is December
The 12, fsnging from November sohl to January, oil
proportion of seed to mill.
baa been found difficult to est.mate.but »
’
^ md l.oop,900 tons. The largest pro
portion Georgia, reported is in Louisiana, Mississippi, followed
l,y Arkansas, Texas,
Alabama and the Carolina*. The average
state Ow^hJas prices, and as Georgia, consolidated, ate: perbush- The
18 cents
el; Tennessee, 17; Florida, 16; Alabama
aad Mississippi, 15: Louisiana, 14; Texoi
and Arkansas. Lt. Returns of quality are
very high, except hi Virginia and North
Oaroliim, and in Teonassee ami Arkansas,
Itisstiperior in all states of the gulf coast.
The per centage of lint from seed eotton
i, as follows: Virginia, SO; North Caro
li D a, gl. 5; South Carolina, 82.7; Georgia,
32.il; Florida, 32.8; Alabama, 32.5; Mis
sissippi 32.3; Louisiana, 32.5; Texas,
32 . 4 ; Arkansas, 82.2; \vas Tennessee, 32.
The ArkwZ damage bv nseeU J. the greatest Alal.“ li
and Tex In Florida aud'
rnK Mississippi Tennessee North
Carolina it was general. Imt less severe.
«aA tUmtk Pwli*. suffered Ims.
The loss from tho boll worm was in Geor
^ Alabama, Lousiana and Texas greatei
than that from tne caterpillar,
THE MORMONS DEFEATED,
•ALT LAKE UfTV IS NOW UNDER CONTBOI
OF OENTII-ES.
A dispatch from Salt Lake City, Utah,
concerning thc election there, says: Ev¬
erything is now quiet. Business has re¬
sumed its normal condition, and were it
not for the decorations upon the house*
of the Gentiles, there would he no iiuV
cation of thc great, political battle which
closed Tuesday night. Official returns
give George A.' Scott, Gentile, for mayor,
a majority of 809; Louis II. Yams, Gen¬
tile, for recorder, 589; J. B. Walton,
Gentile, for treasurer, 059; E. H. (’lute,
Gentile, for assessor. 466 ; -T. M. Y’oting,
Gentile, for marshal, 778. The remainder
of the general ticket, including fifteen
councilmen was elected by majorities
rauging from 300 to 400. This gives
them control of the municipal council
for the first time in the history of tlie
city. Mormon organs while they concede
their defeat, specifically charge that it
was accomplished by frauds of the most
flagrant character, and these they dc
scrilte in detail. of anything There but is submission. no suggestion,
however,
THREATENED TROUBLE.
A GREAT STRIKE EMINENT IN THE ALA'
RAMA MINING REGIONS.
Dispatches to the Tradesman, of Cliat
tauooga, Tenn., from tho Alabama min¬
.
ing regions indicate that a general strike
is threatened throughout the state, in¬
volving thousands of coal miners and
causing fifteen or twenty bla-t furnace*
to close down. Tradesman representa¬
tives have closely investigated the aitua
tiod, and state that the strike
a fen- days ago, when 500 miners of
Debardeiebcn company qut work
ens to be the commencement of a
eral strike. The Debardelebeu
quit work because the
declined to accede to tehir
First, that they be furnished posts ,
aud raiis. Second, that no boy
seventeen years of age Third, be permitted
work in thu mines. that a
mittee be permitted to regulate have
hours in each mine. Miners
(he matter committee of the „ . .
to a
of Labor, and await their decision.
j THE TICKET AGENTS.
MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
TION IN JACKSONVILLE, FI.A.
The International Association of Rail
road Ticket agents held its second
session in , acksonvilie, Fia., on
day. Two hundred and sixty
were present, with about 100 ladies
accompany them. They come from
state in the union and from Canada
Mexico. The officers of the
sri : Mr. Brown, ticket agent
Ga., president; M. G. Carroll,
passenrer station, Cleveland, Ohio,
tary, a..d T. W. Yrnneroan, union
Evansville, Ind., treasurer. The
tion decided to hold its next annual
ing at Denver.
| ’ COLLAP6E OF A TRUST.
UNJOINED FROM 4F.I-I.ING OR
OF ANY OF TUE STOCK.
Judge Laeombe. in the United
circuit court at Xevv Y'ork. on
granted an injunction restraining the cot
ton oil trust from selling or disposing
any of their property, and
them to show cause before him why
receiver should not be appointed. the
hill which was filed shows that
was organised September 10. 1884,
the profits up to May 81, 1887, were
$2,000,000. The profits for the year
| wore over $2,000,00(1, aud the amount
-utstanding certificates were $42,000.
SOUTHERN NOTES.
IXTERES TLXO JTEWS FROM ALL
POLXTS IX THE SOUTH.
ojlwiui. progress and occurrescks
WHICH AIIE HAPPEXIXO 11ELOW MA
BOtl'8 AND DIXON’S LINK.
A general strike is threatened in the
Alabama mining region.
’Ihe twenty-sixth Buudes Baengcrfcst at
New Orleans. La., was opened with great
eclat Thursday night.
Ed Johnson and Jim Butts, murderers
of Captain Mi’ler, who was killed last
October, were hanged at Perry, Ga.. on
Thursday.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is in
Charlotte, X. C. He is there to examine
the mineral lands of that section, and says
he may invest in some mine.
Benjamin.F. Lendhart, a general mer¬
chant doing business at I.owell. Gaston
county, N. C\, made an assignment Wed¬
nesday to Allred Andrews, Liabilities
about $3,000; assets #2,000.
A bill has la-en introduced in the Vir¬
ginia Legislature to incorporate the Pitts¬
burg, West Virginia and Potts Valley
Railroad with a capital stock of f 10,000, -
000.
A special from Thomssviite. Ga., says:
The discovery of phosphate* on the lands
of Mr. Mallet, south of Boston, Thomas
county, is reported, and causes consider¬
able excitement in tjuit locality.
A dispatch from Richmond,. Ya,, says
that tlie bill to incorporate the Pan
American Railway and Navigation Com¬
pany passed t lie legislature Wednesday,
and went to the governor without amend¬
ment.
, Tlie Atlanta, Ga,, Chamber of Com¬
merce lu-ld its first animal banquet on
Thursday night. Among the guests were
many prominent northern men. Speeches South’s
w ere made in the discussion of the
interests and progress.
A meeting of some of the capitalist* of
Greenville and Charleston, S. mis held
al the latter city on Saturday, aud steps
were taken for the organization of a
con pKny to build a $100,000 acid cham¬
ber and fertilizer works.
Citizens of Mobile, Ala,, on Wi-dnos
dny, completed a quarter million dol¬
lar\ u!iscri prion to the preferred stock of
thc Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
railroad, the amount needed to secure the
buildihg of the road from Mobile to
Jackson, Miss., in one year from date.
Wednesday night all the prisoners in
Durham county, N. 0., jail made tl e r
escape. During the night a rear window
was broken, and a key was handed in tied
to a long poie. The key fitted the door
of thc cells. The combination lock was
unlocked and the prisoners released them¬
selves.
A dispatch of Wednesday, from Pied¬
mont. Ala., says: A great crowd is here
from many states. The sales of bos cume
to $125,000. In addition to the works
heretofore announced, a hundred ton
furnace is secured. Main street lots were
sold up to $125 a front foot.
A grand reunion and supper was tend¬
ered the.visiting singers at New Orleans,
on Saturday, 1,(100 covers being laid fur
this royal feast. Nearly all the singers
have decided to remain until after inardi
gras, in order that they may witness the
pageuuts.
The trustees of the State Baptist Fe¬
male university, on Wednesday, decided
by ballot to locate it at Raleigh. N. O.
Durham had offered $50,000 and a site
for the college; Oxford offered $30,000
and a site; Raleigh offered $25,000 and
a site; Greensboro offered $10,000 aud a
site.
The Willingham Lumber company, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., was, on Thursday,
served with liabilities processes praying exceed for $100,- a re¬
ceiver. Thc will
000. Thc assets are not yet known. The
company became embarrassed bv endors¬
ing for the elevator company which failed
1 some months ago.
A yard engine and hind car collided
Saturday morning in tlie suburbs ol
Staunton, Ya., on thc Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad, resulting in the killing of Ed¬
ward Slater and Thomas Kidd, both ol
Charlottesville, Virginia, and seriously
injuring Thomas Williams, of Louisa
Courthouse, Peter Tyler, Taylor Johnson,
Thomas Bragg, and two others names not
known, all employed on the road.
A convention of southern ice manufac¬
turers. representing three million dollars
of invested capital, was held at Chatta¬
nooga on Thursday, and an ice manufac¬
turers’exchange was formed. Officers—
president, W. J. Rush ton, Birmingham,
Ala.; vice-president, C. W. Beiz, Chatta¬
nooga; secretary. Abe Ellis. Macon, Ga.;
treasurer. Louis 1*. Hart, New Orleans.
A shipping rate of tfljpvas fixed.
A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala.,
says: All efforts to settle the strike at
the Birmingham rolling mill have failed.
Association, President Weil),' returned of the to Amalgamated Pittsburg
Wednesday, his mission having been
fruitier--. The company refuses to rec¬
ognize tin- association in any way, and
the men refuse to give up their fight plan to
organize a local be lodge. and Thc bitter now
promises to a long one.
A south bound special train, ou the
Alabama Great Southern railroad, colli¬
ded with a north bound passenger train,
.in Wednesday, forty miles south of Bir
tniugham. Via. Engineer Ed Doolittle,
of thc passenger train, was killed in
stantly. Several passengers were severely
bruised, hut none seriously injured. The
s|>ecial was composed of sleepers tilled
with German Chicago ringing aud Cincinnati societies en route tlie
from to
sangorfest at New Orleans.
PREPARING THE GALLOW8
ON WHICH H.VWF.S WILL HANG ON THE 28TH
OF THIS MONTH.
Work was commenced Friday ou the
gallows the on which Dick Hawes will hang
on 26th. Ed Griffith, the carpentei
who is building the scaffold,' was one ol
th jurors who convicted Hawes. The
gallows Gilbert will be used first next Friday tc
hang Lowe, a negro convicted oi
the murder of J. 5V. Meadows, a white
man.
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
During the of third Castile" act of the opera ol
The Rose at the Acaaemv of
Music in Richmond, singing Vs., while Emma
Abbott was a solo, an alarm of
fire was raised in the crowded house,
caused by the fumes of burning paper.
Miss Abbott continued her song, however,
during the consternation that ensued,
fhe alarm soon subsided and the opera
proceeded
ALLIANCE NOTES.
Probably #40,000 has been paid by
Houston county, Ga., farmers for Ken¬
mulc-s and horses within the iast
days.
The State Echanges of Mississippi, ,Yr
and Tennessee are to be consoli
under one management and its ct-n
tral agency will lu; in Memphis for tht
Florida Allianremeu don’t want politi
in our national council. They
the following resolution at then
state meeting; -That no official
the supreme council, sandy presi¬
vie#-pre*ident. secretary, treasurer,
'manager or members of direc¬
shall solicit hold any nomination politic:,I for office or polit¬ ac¬
or a any
office in the state or nation ns long as
holds office in the supreme council.
*
The attention of all Alliancemen ii
to tjje fact that the National Al¬
has adopted cotton weight bagging the 44
wide aud of 3-4 lb. as
They found that the loose
wove bagging of 12 ounces These weight an¬
the purpose. facta were
published to the world over and over
yet pertain Mil,- Alliances have
recommended themaniifuctureof banging j,
44 inches wide and weighing 1j, 1 lj
2 pounds per yard, happen as the opinion This of
certain lodges may to run.
is all useless, as the weight aud width of
cotton bagging is settled for this year..
T. H. Martin, of tlie Pleasant Hill,
county, Ga., Alliance, writes:
“We intend to get every member to take
State Organ, as it is one of the great¬
levers in lifting the farmers to inde¬
pendence, in teaching thc Alliancemen
their duty and iu bringing benefit. them The together reading
for their mutual
aud thinking members will be of great
to the order, and by their in¬
formation and fealty to the cause,
the weaker brother until all
banded together iu every bn-asure
their interest, and then trusts and
and class legislation will be a
thing of the (Mist. Tlie fanner cannot
now reach tlie bank and borrow money
except through the warehouseman or
commission merchant, paying unjust anil
unnecessary fees, If the lands of the
farmer are not above the merchants’ cred¬
it, this government is a fraud.
We do not make war upon any legitimate
business, but we do contend for|‘equal
rights to all and special privileges nothing but to
none.’ The farmer asks for
a fair deal, aud when the financial world
depends only upon his him product, receive it is his certainly loans
fair for to at
first hands. Subscribing for and ami reading the
such papers ss rntr state organ
National Economist will soon teach the
farmers the way to secure their just
rights. —Southern AM*net Farmer.
A FATAL COLLISION.
SMABH-l PUS THE MONON ROUTE, IN WHICH
SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST.
A north bound passenger train on the
Monou route collided with a freight train
two miles north of Mitchell, Jnd.. Friday
morning. W. Ii. Dillard, of Louisville,
engineer, and James Gadinger, of New
Albany, instantly.killed.unu fireman of the passenger Charles Wright, engine,
were
mail agent, dying of New short (Means, time. was fatally in¬
injured, in a The
jured are: \v. li. Green, news agent, ol
Louisville; R. M. Smith, of Louisville;
John Bills, conductor; Morton, mail
sgent; F. K. Railsback, Bedford: H. T.
Beasley, of Legioner. Five other passen¬
gers were hurt. The wreck was caused
by wrong orders from the train dispatch¬
er, Who ordered the freight train south on
the time of the nortii bound passenger.
WORK OF THE FLAMES
TORONTO UNIVERSITY, AT TORONTO, CAN¬
ADA, DESTROYED RY F1KE.
Toronto university was totally de¬
stroyed by fire Friday. Preparations had
been made for the annual “conversazione,’
at be which 2,000 persons it were expected before th* tc
present, and was just
guests commenced to arrive at 7 o'clock,
that, the fire broke out. It is estimated
that the total loss will be one million dol¬
lars. This includes a library valued at
$100,000. aud all equipments modern which Loss was
generally of the most style.
of records and historical and other docu¬
ments and most valuable paper* belonging
to the be president, estimated by Sir dollars Daniel and Wilson, can¬ for
not cents,
they cannot be replaced. The lire origi¬
nated by the careless handling of lumps.
SEFFERING IN DAKOTA.
AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE
DROUGHT-STRICKEN COUNTIES.
Hon. di. Thelgeson, state commissioner
of agriculture for North Dakota, has just
issued ing the an situation address in to the tlie drought-stricken public, explain¬
counties, at some length, aud making an
appeal for assistance. He says the suf¬
fering for the want of provisions, cloth
ing, fuel and feed for stock in
several counties is unprecedented,
and needs some authoritative explana¬ that
tion. This explanation hare is. prevented in brief,
unfavorable seasons set¬
tlers in newer portions of the state from
becoming at once self-sustaining, or them the
accumulation of any reserve to tide
over such misfortunes.
BIG BLAZE IN CHICAGO.
FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS I-OSS.
The large brick and stone building at
the corner of Addins and Market streets,
owned bv the city dry goods house of ,1.
V. Farwcll & Co.' at Chicago, caught fire
early Thursday morning, and before
the flames could be subdued the
southern half of it was gutted.
A careful estimate of the loss, made aftei
the fire was under control, places the tota!
damages at $475,000, of which Mr. Work
loses $325,000, Tavior Bros. $50,000, and
Farwell & Co., on buildings, $100,000.
Oue life will probably be lost, aud several
firemen were seriously injured.
BANK STATEMENT.
The following is the weekly
of the associated hacks for the wee*
irg Saturday, February loth:
es.-rre ............................*7 77 a
lttcrea*©...... 2 813
f.-gal tendei* inc ease..............
Deprwits inoreaan...................
Circulation iiiereA*e. . ............
Banks now hold $.,497,100 in
the 25 per cent, rule
NUMBER 19.
CURRENT NEWS.
C0XVEX8ED FROM THE TELE
(!RAPE AMD CABLE.
THIKGS THAT HAPPEX FBOM DAT TO DA5
THJtOUOHOl'T THE WORLD, CELL EC
KROXC VARIOUS SOURCES.
Another ballot for speaker was taken it
the Iowa legislature Monday without re¬
sult.
The t I'Neill, Neb., roller mills were de
stn $50,000 -ycl by fire Thursday night. #24,000. The loss
is and insurance
The urst session of the fourth annua!
meeting of opened American in New newspaper Y'ork Wednesday. publish¬
ers, was
Negotiations between the two purtiet
in the Iowa legislature are all off and the
deadlock has become a game of free/*
out.
The men indicted, for attempting tc
bribe the Cronin jurors pleaded guilty on
Wednesday. Sentence has not vft been
passed.
Thc Salem National bank, at, Salem,
Ill., was robbed Friday night of #100,
O0O, besides some securities. Theft- is no
clue to the perpetrators. -a
The Dayton Manufacturing Company'»
Works at North Muskegon, Mich., with
its contents ami lumber, were burned to
the ground Friday night. The loss ii
about $18,000.
At Baltimore, on Saturday, George T.
Brown, .Tames Dorsey Brown and Thom¬
as 11. Brown, trading ss Brown Bros. &
Co., perfumery, have filed a deed to
Frauk Gosnell, trustee, for the benefit of
creditors. The bond is $106,000:
Thc jury in tho ease of the U nited
States versus II. M. Mason et al. accused
of ballot box fraud at the late congres¬
sional election in Memphis, returned Tcun., dis¬
trict, on Bat urday, a verdict of
not guilty.
Emperor William, of Germany, has
caused an order to lie issued prohibiting
the exhibition of portraits his of himnelf, his
ancestors, or aDy of family without
his sanction first losing obtained. His
pictures were being put up with cigarettes.
A dispatch morning from Pitsburg, Pa., says;
Thursday thc boiler of a locomo¬
tive exploded on the Pittsburg. McKees¬
port and Youghiogln-ny killing railroad, thirty
miles south of there, one man and
injuring four others, one of whom has
since died. A
A big combine is reported from New
York, which is alleged to include the .
Dayton, Union and Indianapolis, arid th*
Cincinnati, Hamilton mid Dayton lines,
with other connecting railroads mileage iu Indiana
and Ohio, having a total 6f * nearly
2,000 miles,
The New Y'ork executive committee on
tlic world's fair general coumtilp-e, on
Bat urday, decided to call a mass meeting
of the citizens of New York and It rook
Ivn to show the strong sentiment of tho
citizens in favor of thc passage of thc or¬
iginal world’s fair bill.
The Western Cut Nail Association, at a
recent meeting ia Pittsburg, Pa., rtsolyed
to advance the price of nails, the advance
ranging from 5 cents on some sizes to 15
cents ou others. The base price was fixed
at $2.25 per car load lots, with ten cents
advance for less than ear lots. Tho
meeting was unanimous in this action.
A cablegram from Paris. Francfc says;
A sad accident happened to a wedding
party at Pontivy Thursday. The vehicle
conveying the bride and bridegrootn and
a number of their friends was upiet and
the whole party bride was and precipitated bridegroom into the
river. The aud
ten others of the party were drowned.
and Cincinnati collided Southern Melville, freight sJPbnteea trains 11
15 at
miles night. from Engineer Chattanooga, Henry Crow, Tenn., of Sunday- train
13, and Brakemau Wilt Gray, of train 11,
were killed. Fireman Andy Moore, ot
No. 15, was badly hurt, and it is feared
he will die. About twenty cars, loaded
with merchandise, of their were destroyed. teiescopRl and
most contents
A committee of the Canton Oyster ex¬
change, committee of of Baltimore, the legislature was ljuloje the
Chesapeake Wednesday, ami
having care of the two,
its tributaries. The oyster men favor the
passage of a law which will stop the
catching of oysters, Baltimore for any purflftse. after
April 1st. and neighboring
towns are becoming alarmed about tin
possible loss of their oyster crop and
’
trade.
At a session of thc American News
paper Publishers’ Association ia New
Y'ork, Thursday, the following resolution
was introduced: “That the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association is in
hearty- sympathy with the effort-- now
being made by American fuller authors to ob¬
tain from congress security for lit¬
erary property, aud we believe the pro¬
posed international copyright hill to be in
the interest of the national honor and wel¬
fare.”
Dispatches Ed. Woodfork from Baltimore say - James
Tasker, and X. Webster,
three of the Navasse rioters, plead guilty
Saturday to manslaughter. This dis¬
poses of the wholn batch, with this re
suit, that three are convicted ofViurde:
in the first degree, fourteen of manslaugh
ter and twenty-three of riot. The whole
business, after ail, it is expected, will go
to the United States supreme court, the
question iteing raised of the jurisdiction
of the United States over the island of
Navasse.
WOMEN ON THE WAR-PATH.
A rlCK.ARDSVILLE, MO., SALOON DEMOL¬
ISHED BY THEM.
A Special from Pickardsville, Mo., ot
Saturday, says; A number of women,
armed with rocks, hatchets and axes,
proceeded to the saloon of Dury Davis,
and smashed the windows, possessed and chopped
down the door. They them
selves of kegs of beer and barrels ol
whisky. Their contents were emptied
in the gutter. The fixtures were also de¬
molished. Hamilton Brady, owner ol
the building, says he will prosecute the
women for destroying his property. Da¬
vis has nothing to say.
4.
INDIGN ANT FRENCHMEN.
THE MANITOBA LEGISLATURE AfOUSHES
OFFICIAL USE OF FRENCH LAN'ftLAGE.
A special from Winuepeg. Manitoba,
savs ' the Manitoba abolish legislature the official oujfhursday of tht
j de cided w ih the couutrv'by use
language 10T French apeakklg a people vote
of 26 to The
are very indignant over this particularly action and
I serious' trouble is feared, if
Premier Greenway carries out hte propo
I *»tion to abolish Roman Catholics separate
l jehools. The Catholics are loud in their
, tbjta , s a iiwt the government. *» -
<a