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SOUTHERN STATES.
NEWS NOTES CATHERED
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Eutawville railroad scheme is a
Terr fertile theme of conversation and
■peculation in Sumter now.
There is an old ladd seventy-three
years old, living in Union county, who
lost her teeth some fifteen years ago, and
now has a full new set nearly developed.
Captain George P. Anderson, a former
citizen of Greenville, died at Santa Rosa,
California, on the 23rd of February. He
was once well known here, was a stu
dent of Furman university and a nephew
of Judge Pressley.
The large and beautiful residence of
Colonel S. M. Rice, in Union, caught on
fire and was consumed in a short while.
It is supposed that the fire originated by
rats with matches, as it caught in the
garret, where no fire has been used. Very
few of the household effects were saved,
and a large amount of jewelry and silver
was consumed. The insurance is about
$3 ,000, which will not cover the loss by
a great deal.
The court in Chester has been engaged
for some time in the trial of Hay Rob
bins, colored, charged with the murder
of Preston Vaughn, colored. The kill
ing occurred in June, 1885, in a bateau
on Broad river. A jug of whisky belong
ing to Preston Vaughn, and which, in
some way was broken, led to the difficulty
between him and Hay Robbins. The
state's witnesses established a clear case
of murder. The defendant, without any
justifiable provocation, stabbed and after
wards shot his victim, producing almost
instant death. He swore that Vaughn
made threats against him and attempted
to draw a pistol upon him, but his testi
mony was wholly contradicted by other
and disinterested witnesses who were
present. It made its impression, how
ever, upon the jury, as they found him
only guilty of manslaughter.
A case of general interest and consid
erable importance has been tried in Barn
well. Eugene T. McCreary was arraigned
for the homicide on the Bth of November
last, of Thomas J. Rountree, a brother of
Mr. S. Rountree, who represented Barm
well in 1870 in the famous “Wallace”
house. McCreary, the defendant, was
represented by the two famous criminal
lawyers of the second circuit. Colonel
Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, and D. 8.
Henderson, senator from Aiken. The
day was consumed in the trial, and the
courthouse was crowded to its extreme
capacity. Many witnesses were exam
ined and the main defense relied on (self
defense) seemed to be sustained by the
evidence. The gentlemen charged with
the conduct of the prosecution and de
fense made strong arguments, and after
the judge had fairly stated the law ap
plying to the case, it was given to the
jury, who, after ten or fifteen minutes’
deliberation, delivered a verdict of “not
guilty.”
ALABAMA.
There are 1(>47 coke ovens in Alabama.
The toll on the bridge at Tuscaloosa
has been reduced one-half.
It is feared that the recent frosts in
north Alabama have killed the fruit.
Ozark’s subscription to the capital
stock of the Alabama Midland amounts to
about $20,000.
Negro members of the Presbyterian
church iu Greensboro have erected a neat
church in that place.
After January, 1888, no whisky will
be sold between Montgomery and Mobile
on the line of the railroad.
A writer from Larkinsville, Jackson
county, says that the cows in that town
have killed everv shade tree by hooking
them.
Mr. J. F. Pride, of Pride’s, is ninety
six years old, A casual glance would
take him to be about fifty, so sprightly is
his appearance and w r alk.
Lauderdale county contributed six
recruits to the coal mines as the result
of criminal trials at the recent term of
the circuit court.
A piece of gold ore about the size of a
baby’s fist, found near Alexandria City,
was recently sold in New York for $22.
A large amount of this ore has been
found in the Tallapoosa hills and owners
are holding their lands at a high figure.
Mrs. Sallie Potts, wife of Mr. John
Potts, of Gravelly Springs, Lauderdale
county, cut her throat at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. E. G. Chandler, of
Gravelly Springs, using her husband's
razor for the commission of the dread
deed. Grief for the death of a favoiite
child, who died some months ago, is
supposed to have been the cause of her in
sane act.
Avery shocking accident occurred near
Anderson last Monday evening. Mr. John
A. Bates had just returned to the field to
plow when a cold rain and sleet began to
fall, and he stopped by a large tree for
shelter, when another tree fell upon him
and crushed him into the ground. When
he was found one of his hands was still
on the plow handle, though his legs and
arms were badly broken in several places,
and the brains from his shattered skull
were found sticking to the tree by which
he was supposed to have been standing.
He was a good man and leaves a wife and
five little children.
John H. Dent et al., heirs of Mrs.
Eliza Dent, of Newnan, Ga., have filed
complaint in chancery against B. M.
Long and will bring suit for the tract of
land on which Cordova, Walker county,
is situated. This is by far the biggest
suit ever brought in the county, as the
land involved is one of the finest coal
regions in the county. It lies between
the Georgia Pacific and Kansas City
roads, near the crossing, and will be at
the head of navigation when the Warrior
river is opened up. Messrs. Sam Price
and Hewitt, McQueen & Cos. are attor
neys for plaintiffs and Messrs. Gunter &
Cunningham, of Jasper, and David
Smith, of Birmingham, are counsel for
the defense.
The factory at Anniston employs 320
operatives in the various departments of
the factory. The pay roll for one week
amounts to $1,500, which money is verv
largely spent weekly inside of Anniston.
The amount of cloth turned out each day
is 15,000 yards, which would cover in
length over eight miles of ground. The
mills are now running on full time, and
are doing a fine business. In operation
some six years these mills have only been
6hut down six months,which speaks well
when we view the fact that nearly all the
cotton mills in the United States have
beeu forced frequently to close their
doors. Anniston during this season has
received 15,000 and Oxford 7,000 bales
Of cotton.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH. GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 5,188 T.-EIGHT PAGES.
GEORGIA.
Washington county claim* to have the
tallest man in the State, Mr. James; he
is 20 vears old, weighs 200 pounds, and
is G feet 7j inches high.
Mr. 11. C. Walker, formerly of Twiggs
countv, but now of Laurens, has just in
herited SIO,OOO, left him by his uncle,
John Walker, of Louisiana.
The mineral excitement around Tunnel
Hill is at fever heat. Nearly evety man
in that neighborhood has discovered iron
and manganese on his place.
The Dalton cotton mill stock is selling
at 115. when offered, but is held at 120.
The Cherokee factory stock will go to
110 before a wheel is turned.
Temple is about as good chicken mar
ket as any town of its size in Georgia.
The merchants of that place buy from
1,000 to 1,500 chickens a week.
The Spring Place Times has been
shown this week a recent assay of the
Legal Tender mine which shows four
ounces of silver and twenty-one pounds
of tin to the ton.
Avery fine specimen of iron ore has
beeu taken from T. C. Napier's place
near Rock Spring, in Walker county.
The ore is brown hematite, and the indi
cations are that it exists in large quanti
ties.
Mr. Charles F. Durr, formerly of the
Rome and Decatur railroad, has discov
ered a silver mine about eight miles from
Rome. The ore contains fifty per cent
of silver. He. will sink a shaft in a few
days.
Major Cross, who is working a gold
mine near Tallapoosa, has a beautiful
nugget worth eighty-five dollars just
taken from his mine. He now has a
stamp mill iu operation, and will proceed
to sink shafts.
Last Monday morning the colored peo
ple's church and academy, in Rockmart,
were consumed by fire, the origin of
which is unknown. Loss $1,200; no in
surance.
John Swinson, a young man living
about four miles north of Dublin, re
cently through mistake swallotved strych
nine for a dose of calomel. He discov
ered his mistake as soon as be took the
poison and at once swallowed an emetic
which saved his life.
On the lOtband 11th of May a conven
tion of all the counties on the Flint,
Chattahooche and Apalachicola rivers
will meet in Columbus for the purpose of
securing ample appropriations for this
work, and greater activity in prosecuting
it. The counties of Lee, Worth, Dooly,
Macon. Taylor and Crawford are entitled
to two delegates each.
Last Thursday night a man named
Davis, for some years a resident of Tat
nall county, but formerly of Goldsboro,
N. C., was taken to Reidsville and com
mitted to jail. He is from the Perry
Mills neighborhood, and is charged with
bigamy and the murder of his first wife
(married iu N. C.). The body of the
unfortunate woman has not yet been
found.
Mr. John 11. Williamson, an industri
ous farmer living about four miles south
west of Butler, lost his dwelling and its
entire contents by fire Saturday morning.
Mrs. Williamson was engaged at ironing
when the fire occurred, and the house
was cirveldp&d in flames before if was
discovered, consequently it was too late
to save any of the household effects,
there being no assistance present, except
Mrs. Williamson and, perhaps, a few
small children.
The fire at Bowman was not attended
with altogether as much loss as was at
first stated, as all the merchants saved
something, and some of them enough to
move into other houses and continue bus
iness, though the loss is heavy as it is.
The iron safes stood the test. The
Messrs. Gloer bad six hundred dollars in
money in their safe, besides notes, books
and accounts, and when the safe could be
examined they were found intact.
FLORIDA.
The question of paving the principal
streets of Tampa is being urged in that
city.
.Arrangements are being perfected to
start a citizens’ bank at Dayton iu a
shert time with a capital of about $50.-
000.
The laying of iron on the Silver
Springs, Ocala and Gulf railroad is pro
gressing rapidly. Another caigo is ex
pected soon.
The orange growers of western Hills
borough are just now* shipping the bulk
of their oranges, and are receiving satis
factory prices.
The Tallahassee railroad fund has
reached $36,000 thousand thus far.
Monticello has subscribed $16,000, and
the enterprise, it is believed, will be a
success.
MeMcckin is one of the largest orange
shipping stations on the Florida South
ern. The crop of this season will reach
about twenty thousand boxes.
The proposition to change the name of
Gainesville to Alachua, has been voted
down by tne city council. The propo
sition is unpopular with nearly every cit
izen.
The large saw mill of George W. Rob
inson. at Millview, valued at $60,000,
and three million feet of lumber was de
stroyed by fire last Thursday. The loss
is partially covered by insurance.
Over eight hundred water oak trees
have been set out along the streets of
Green Cove during the last thirty days,
prompted by a resolution of the town
council giving 25 cents for setting out,
and 25 cents additional, twelve months
hence, for all that are alive at that time.
A convention of the people living in
West Orange county has been called on
to decide on the creation of anew coun
ty, composing a part of Marion. Sumter
and Orange. The call issued calls for a
representation of five delegates from the
east of the Ocklawaha river to meet in
convention at Fort Mason, on Saturday,
March 27. The new county will be called
West Orange, 3nd probably will select
Eustis as the county site.
The neighborhood of Peuiel embraces
many fine groves, and its people are cul
tivated and refined. One of the hand
somest places in this hamlet, about five
miles from Palatka, is that known as the
Taylor grove, until lately owned by Milo
Patterson. No one suspected that the
place was for sale, and many were
amazed to learn that the deed was exe
cuted and the purchase consummated.
The consideration was $5,000. but the
form in which the cash was tendered con
stituted the novel feature of the transac
tion. The $5,000 will be paid in the
shape of vinegar, at twelve and a half
cents per quart.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Near Cunningham's store, in Person
county, Saturday, Mr. John Hendricks
and his nephew were killed by a runaway
horse.
It is reported that a block of mica was
recently found in Jackson county which j
measured 26 by 36 inches, and was 18
inches thick, weighing about 1,000
pounds.
The old Stewart mansion, located on
the banks of the Catawba river at the
point where Sugar creek flows into that
stream, was totally destroyed by fire last
Thursday evening about dark.
The poor-house of Wilson county, sit
uated about one mile from Wilson, was
destroyed by fire Friday evening about
four o'clock. Insured in German Ameri
can insurance companv of New York for
$1,500.
The freight office of the Carolina Cen
tral railroad company at Monroe, was
broken open Friday night, and a small
amount of change and a bunch of keys
stolen. It was known that on Friday an j
amount of gold bullion was placed in the
office for shipment, and it is believed ;
that the thieves were after this.
On last Tuesday Mrs. Murray, the wife
Mr. W. J. Murray, of Frogsboro, was
burned to death. Mrs. Murray has been
in feeble health and confined to the house
for some time. On that day there was
no one at the house with her but a little
girl, and she went out for some purpose
and on her return found her mother lying
out iu the yard dead. It is thought her
clothes caught fire and she ran out of the
house and was unable to extinguish the
flames.
Jlrs. Nancy Byrd, who lives near Liles
vilie was taken, during the early part of
the year with what she deemed her last
illness. On Saturday, the 26th ult., she
sent to the store for goods out of which
to make her burial garments. When the
goods arrived she examined them care
fully, gave minute directions for their
cutting and making, and superintended
the work during its progress. When fin
ished she dismissed the subject from her
mind and composedly awaited the end.
On Wednesday night, she said to a friend
who had just arrived, after having trav
eled many miles to see her, “James, 1
want to turn over.” She was carefully
placed in the desired position, and in less
than five minutes passed away without a
struggle.
POST-OFFICE BURGLARIZED.
The Albany, Ga., Post-office Robbed of
Money and Stumps,
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
from Albany, Ga., Tuesday says: Our
city was considerably excited this morn
ing when it was reported that a bold j.nd
daring burglary had been perpetrated at
the post-office some time during the
night. An investigation soon revealed
the truth of the rumor and led to a dis
covery of the amount lost. The safe was
bored into, the drill being placed in such
a position as to break the combination,
and the drawers were rifled of their con
tents. The vault containing the money
was carried away with the stamps and
registered letters. Six hundred or S7OO
in money and SSOO or SI,OOO in stamps
were taken by the thieves.
Besides these, about thirty registered
letters, the exact value ,of which is not'
known at present, were stolen. An en
trance into the post-office was effected
through the back door, which was locked
and barred securely when tbe office was
closed for the night. Early this morning
tbe broken vault and the papers were
found on the banks of the river, where
they had been left by the thieves after
rifling them of their contents. The work
is evidently that of professionals, who go
prepared for their work, and strenu
ous efforts will be made to bring them to
justice and retribution. Captain Y. G.
Rust, the clever and efficient postmaster,
telegraphed immediately to the authori
ties at Washington and to Inspector
Booth, of Atlanta, notifying them of the
robbery.
A HAIL STORM.
Hops Much Dnninge to Property at Ac
worth. Ua.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution,
dated Monday, says: A terrible hail
storm, accompanied with a terrific and
destructive wind, struck Acworth, Ga.,
last night, about 8:30 o'clock, and lasted
about three-quarters of a minute. In this
short time the whole scene was covered
with the icy drops and drifted in many
places a foot deep,
The wind lifted the tin roofing off of
two storerooms, and the rain which fol
lowed c mpletelv wet their entire con
tents. The owner places the damage at
$2,000.
David Leak's and John Green’s dwell
ings were both completely demolished.
No piece of timber was left in place, and
yet, strange as it may seem, no ODe was
hurt, notwithstanding there were six in
each family. Some of the children were
in their beds. The furniture w r as badly
damaged.
Another house was also made a com
plete wreck, but the inmates were all
away from the house at church at the
time. Another was almost set up on one
end.
The colored folks' schoolbouse and
II bertsou’s giuhouse and cotton press
were also blown down.
MILLS BURNED DOWN.
A 5260.000 fire Takes Place in West Poinl
—To be Rebuilt.
A special from West Point, Ga., dated
Monday, says: A tire broke out to-night
at 7 o'clock in the West Point Monufac
turing company's mills, four and a half
miles below town. The fire originated in
the wheel house, cause unknown. The
building was totally consumed. It was
insured for only one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. The owners, Messrs.
Lanier, say they will rebuild at once.
The losses will be borne by about fifteen
insurance companies. About two hun
dred operatives are thrown out of work.
Superintendent Long's residence is in
great danger of burning. The winds are
blowing strongly in that direction. It is
favorable to the warehouses, and they
may not be lost.
INTEKNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS
Washington D. C..—Collections of in
ternal revenue during the first eight
months of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1887. were $74,248,868, being $917,607
less than the collections during the cor
responding period of the last fiscal year.
There was a decrease of $3,735,596 in
receipts from spirits, an increase of $989,-
270 on tobacco, an increase of $1,873,-
798 on fermented liquors, an increase of
$14,903 on miscellaneous objects and a
decrease of $54,794 on penalties. Re
ceipts for February. 1887, were $80,063
less than receipts for the same month of
1838. i
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
THE IMPROVEMENTSIN VARIOUS
SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH.
Manufacturing and Other Itnalnrsa Impr
ests Booming-New Kailronds. Ktc.
Marks & Laird will develop an iron ore
mine at Laird.
A canning factory is to be established
a t Lexington, Ivy.
John J. Wolf has erected a saw mill
at Rogersville.Tenn.
An SB,OOO school building will be er
ected at Calvert, Tex.
Jacob Bear will develop a mangauese
mine at Greenville. Ya.
A wheel-barrow and tool factory are to
be built at Decatur, Ala
Troutwine & Semones have built a
foundry at Union City, Tenn.
A company ha 9 been formed to build a
creamery at Natchitoches, La.
The Catholics of Birmingham, Ala.,
c ontemplate building a fine church.
A company has beeu formed at Mary
ville, Tenn.,to manufacture churns.
Machinery will be erected to develop a
silver and lead mine at Mason, Tex.
A company is being organized to build
a cotton compress at Bayou Sara, La.
James Hare is erecting five buildings
at Manchester, Ya., to cost SIO,OOO each.
A horse shoe factory is to be erected
at West Nashville, near Nashville, Tenn.
A company has been formed to develop
magnetic iron ore mines in Ashe county.
N. C.
Negotiations are being made for tbe
erection of a cotton compress at Summit,
Miss.
A gold mine is being developed at
Abbeville, S. C., and machinery will soon
be erected.
The Nashville Iron company will put
in their works puddling machinery and
16 furnaces.
It is reported that the money to build
a paper mill at Lynchburg, Va., has been
subscribed.
A $25,000 stock company has been or
ganized at Gainesville, Tex., to build a
grain elevator.
A Fire-Arm company has been char
tered at Little Rock, Ark. The capital
stock is $3,000.
It is reported that a company is being
organized to build a large marble yard at
Knoxville, Tenn.
The Tyler Lumber company will build
a planing mill at Tyler, Tex., and have
purchased machinery.
The United States navy department
will build a large dry dock at Norfolk,
Ya., to cost $600,000.
A. S. Emerson will erect a shirt and
underwear factory at Charleston, S. C.,
two stories, 56x160 feet.
Negotiations are being made for the
establishment of a sewing machine fac
tory at Little Rock, Ark.
D. G. Palmer, Geneva, Ohio, has pur
chased 200 acres of mica land at Canton,
Ga., and will develop it.
I. N. Biggerstaff, Forest City,N.C., has
purchased machinery to erect a saw and
corn gin.
The Rolling Mill company
capital stock SIOO,OOO has been incorpo
rated at Birmingham, Ala.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
company will extend their Mineral Rail
road, in Ala., to Huntsville.
It is stated that a company lias been
organized at Selma, Ala., to build a
rolling mill and a nail factory.
The Sylph Mining company recently
organized, have commenced developing
gold mines at Booneville, Ark.
Samuel R. Bullock & Cos., of New
York, have contracted to build five miles
of street railroad at Paducah, Ky.
A company has been formed to build
gas works at Decatur, Ala., and will also
build a similar works at Hartselle.
A bill has been passed in the legisla
ture to allow Winchester, Va., to issue
$20,000 of bonds to build a city hall.
A bill will be introduced in the legis
lature to authorize Gallatin, Tenn., to is
sue $40,000 of bonds to build water works.
The West End Rolling Mill company
will be incorporated at Birmingham, Ala.
to build a rolling mill of 150 tons ca
pacity.
The Tuscaloosa .Northern Railway Cos.,
has been organized at Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama. Their road is now being ar
ranged.
Middlebrook Bros, are building a saw
mill and a planing mill at Plano, Texas.
The capacity of the planing mill is 40 M
feet daily.
A $25,000 company has been formed
to start a stove foundry at Morristown,
Tenn., by C. R. Johnson, of Girard, 0.,
and others.
A New York company has bought a
site at Paducah,Ky., and will erect a hotel
to co9t SBO,OOO. It is to be completed by
January, 1888.
The Ripley Cigar Manufacturing com
pany has been organized at Maysvilie.Ky.,
and*will at once start a factory to employ
about 50 hands.
The Montgomery Furnace & Chemica.
Works, has been organized at Mont
gomery, Ala., to build a charcoal furnace
and chemical plant.
The Bridgeport Brewing company,
Bridgeport, Conn., will build a large
brewery at Houston, Tex. Work will he
commenced at once.
A. Chance, of Loudon, and Mess s.
Craig and McMullen,of Knoxville, Tenn.,
have purchased 125 acres of marble land
and will open quarries.
The Columbia Bridge company, Day
ton, Ohio, have received the contract to
build an iron bridge across the Duck
river near Centreville, Tenn.
The English syndicate have completed
the purchase of the gold mines in Whi'e
county, Ga., and will, it is said, begin to
develop the property at once.
Boston parties are negotiating for
about 12,000 acres of land at Mammoth
Spring, Ark., with a view to erecting a
large cotton factory and flouring mills.
The Cotton Seed company, capital
stock $500,000, has been organized at
Vicksburg, Miss. The company has four
machines erected for cleaning cotton seed
and will soon erect four more. Each
has a capacity of ten tons. They will
erect more machinery this summer; also
an oil mill.
Smith & Sharp, Nashville, Tenn., have
received the plans for a $70,000 stone
church to be built by the Episcopalians.
The Tulip street Methodist church, same
place, will erect anew building to cost
about S3O,0 jO. Plans for a SIO,OOO
Baptist church to be built same place are
being prepared.
The Enterprising Manufacturing com
pany, Augusta, Ga.. have decided to
utilize the surplus power of their cotton
mill bv putting in 10.000 spindles and
800 looms.
The North Alabama Oil it Asphalt j
companv capital stock $1,200,000, has
been organized at Birmingham, Ala. The
company owns about 2.000 acres of oil
and asphalt lands.
The Atlanta & Alabama Railway com
pany to build a railroad from Atlanta,
Ga.! to Selma. Ala. 175 miles, will sur
vey their road at once and expect to be
gin building it at an early day.
Walter W. Davin, Birmingham, Ala
bama has purchased the light to manu
facture terracotta lumber by a patent
piocess. and will erect a plant at Bes
semer and probably at Sheffield also.
The Farmers' Alliances held a meeting
at Temple, Tex., recently to consider the
erection of a cotton factory. A oh.irttr
for a company to build one to cost about
SIOO,OOO was drawn and officers elected.
The Banana & ludian River Inlet C'o..
has been formed in Florida to build a
canal to connect the Atlantic ocean with
the Banana and Indian rivers. A com
pany to build a canal. 1.800 feet long,
from Lake Ola to Lake Carleton has also
been organized.
The Bear Mountain Telegraph & Tele
phone company has been chartered at
Bear, Arkansas, and will build a line
from Hot Springs to Fort Smith, via
Bear.
The Standard Charcoal, Iron and
Chemical company, Nashville. Tenn.,
have licensed a company to build one of
their charcoal and chemical plants at New
Orleans.
The Roanoke Manufacturing company
has been organized at Roanoke,Va.,to sell
lumber,coal, etc., and manufacture meal,
flour, lime, plaster, etc, Tbe capital
stock Is to be not less than $5,000 nor
more than $50,000.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Letter to Aclinic Secretary of llie Treasury
—Bond toll—Other Iteiue.
The acting secretary of the treasury
has received a letter from Deputy Collec
tor Spencer, at Tampa, Florida, saying
that for weeks past several persons, prom
inently identified with the former filibus
tering expedition to Cuba, have been
congregated at Ybor city, adjoining
Tampa, some of whom, he says, came
from New York and others from New
Orleans aud Cuba. Acting upon stand
ing instructions from the department,
aud with a belief that the men meant to
send an expedition from Punto Gorda,
arrangements were made with the collec
tor at Key West, and with the com
mander of a revenue cutter at that port
to prevent their doing so. The suspected
men made themselves very offensive to
the cigar manufacturers at Ybor city, in
terfering with tbe employes, and threat
ening bodily harm to Martinez, Ybor &
Cos., if they did not pay them a certain
sum of money. The manufacturers at
once appealed to the citizens of Tampa
for protection, and a committee of citi
zens waited on the filibusters and ordered
them to leave the town. All left quietly
except two of the party who are confined
in jail at Tampa, Fla., for a murder com
mitted at Ybor some time previous. This
action on the part of the citizeas had a
good effect.
Deputy Collector Spencer says the at
tempt has evidently been abandoned and
that it is not likely that any more efforts
will be made to sturt a similar expedition
from that neighborhood for some time to
come.
THE BOND CALL.
Another call for three per cent bonds
for redemption, tbe 148th, has been is
sued. It matures on May Ist. Follow
ing is a description of tbe bonds:
SSO original No. 17 to original No. 28,
both inclusive.
SIOO original No. 157 to original No.
351, both inclusive.
SSOO original No. 66 to original No.
148. both inclusive.
SI,OOO original No. 767 to original No.
1,221, both inclusive.
SIO,OOO original No. 1,912 to original
No. 2,885, both inclusive.
' Original No. 23,778 to original No.
23,797, both inclusive.
Total $10,000,000.
Three months interest due May 1, 1887,
on tbe above described bonds will not be
paid by the checks forwarded to holders
of bonds, but will be paid by checks for
warded to holders at the time of presen
tation. Parties holding bonds called by
the circular can obtain immediate pay
ment with interest to date of presenta
tion by requesting the same in a letter
forwarding the bonds for redemption.
FOR OUR DEFENSE.
Bids were opened at noon Tuesday in
the office of the secretary of tbe navy for
1,310 tons steel gun forging and 4,500
tons steel armor plate for the completion
of vessels now under construction by the
department. The bid for 1,300 tons gun
forging were as follows: Cambria Iron
company, $851,513.90; Midvale Steel
company, $1,397,240; Bethlehem Iron
company, $902,230.79. For steel armor
plate about 4,500 tons, there were but
bids as follows: Bethlehem Iron com
pany, $3,610,707.50; Cleveland Rolling
Mill company, $4,021,560. The propo
sals of the Bethlehem company were ac
companied with a memorandum stating
that the prices named wer: based on the
condition set out in the advertisement
of their bids to cover both armor plate
and gun forging and should therefore re
ceive preference, all things being equal.
HOW THE MONEY MUST BE FAJD.
The first comptroller of the treasury
has decided an interesting question in
regard to the execution of the act p issed
at the last session of congress, providing
for the redemption and sale of school
farm lands, now held in the Beaufort, S.
C., by the United States. One of the
provisions of the act is that “before such
redemption shall be awarded and title
restored on any such application and
proof, such applicant shall pay into the
treasury of the United States the amount
of the tax. penalty, interest and costs
properly chargeable against the lauds
described in such application, together
with the cost of advertising the sale of
taid lands,” etc. A question aiose as to
whether it will be in compliance with
law, if the money is paid or deposited to
the credit of the secretary of the treasury
until invested in United States bonds:
and also whether if the money is paid
into the treasury it can be invested in
United States bonds without a special
appropriation. The first comptroller has
decided that as the act specifies that the
money shall be paid into the treasury, it I
would not be in compliance with the law
to deposit it to the credit of the secre- ]
tary, and that after the money has been
deposited in the treasury it cannot be
drawn therefrom, but in consequence of
appropriations made by law.
SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.
4 Hotel Man of Gallatin. Tenn., Elope*
with Me Wife’* Sister.
Gallatin, the county seat of Sumner
county, Tenn., was thrown into a state of
excitement Tuesday when it became
known that Charles Moseley, proprietor
of the Sindle house, and Miss Alollie
Phillips, his wife’s sister, had disap
peared. They left town iu a hack, but
the direction they took was not known.
The police authorities of Nashville were
notified, but not having any authority for
the arrest of the couple did not endeavor
to find their whereabouts. Moseley t re
ated a ripple of surprise by appearing at
his desk in the Sindle house Wednesday
morning, but the youug lady, Miss Phil
lips did not return, and no one in Galla
tin except Moseley knows what became
of her. Miss Phillips is a daughter of the
former keeper of a toll gate near Gallatin,
but for several months has been living at
the Sindle house with her father and his
family.
There are many rumors afloat about
Gallatin as to the elopement, but when a
reporter sought information regarding
the case, the informant was very reluct
ant about giving it. lie said they had
been seen in a room together. Reporter
went diligently to work end; avoriug to
find the young lady, llis efforts were
successful, and she was located at the
boarding house of Mrs. Pitts, on Xoith
Cherry street, Nashville. Late at night
Dr. W. F. Glenn was called to the board
ing house to see a young lady with a
broken limb and was ushered into the
room where were Miss Phillips and Mose
ley. Miss Phillips was lying on a bed
suffering intense pain. They were both
very much excited. Moseley said that
she had jumped from a window in the
Sindle house because her father threat
ened to kill her, and came to Nashville
with him. He told several different sto
ries about the escape, but all his state
ments conflicted very much.
Mrs. Phillips arrived this afternoon to
attend the bedside of her daughter. Miss
Phillips, in an interview, claims that she
went into Moseley’s room to play with
the children. The children went out and
she heard a chambermaid telling her sis
ter she was in the room. Her father came
up, and for fear of him she ran and jumped
from the window, and Moseley then
brought her to Nashville.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Wlio I* to bo Secretary nml Treasurer is the
Absorbing Theme.
Washington, D.C. — It is now regarded
as settled that Assistant Secretary Fair
child will succeed Air. Manning as secre
tary of the treasury, and that his appoint
ment will be announced the latter part of
next week. Solicitor McCue and Comp
troller Maynard are spoken of as possible
successors of Mr. Fairchild as assistant
secretary. The former, however, is said
to prefer the new r circuit judgship in
New York city, and the latter is said to
prefer his present position. Third au
ditor \V illiams and Chief Clerk Youmans
are also said to be aspirants to the assist
ant secretaryship.
Nothing has yet been settled in regard
to the treasutyship. Air, Jordan’s resig
nation has not yet been accepted, and,
while he requested the president to re
lieve him of the duties and responsibili
ties of the office about the 3d of April,
it is thought he would consent to retain
the position a while longer if the presi
dent so desired. The chances are, how
ever, that the president will be able to
select his successor before the date speci
fied by Air. Jordan. It is said that the
president desires to select anew treasurer
j from the west.
There was considerable comment at the
treasury department over the failure of
congress to make any provision for pav
ing tire salary of the new circuit judge of
New A ork. The act creating the office
fixed the compensation, SO,OOO per an
i nuin, but no provision for its payment
I was made in any of the regular appropri
ation Dills. The new appointee will,
therefore, have to look to congress to
supply the omission in the next deficiency
appropriation bill. It is not likely that
the office will be declined for this
reason.
THE CHICAGO BOODLERS.
I Tbe Grand Jury I’incl* Oyer Thirty True
Bill*.
| The grand jury of Chicago has found
f something over thirty true bills against
! the county boodlers. Said a gen Reman
j on the inside Thursday: “Solong as they
are not presented to the court the jury’
j of course, has power to change its mind,
i It is evident that there is some delay in
! proceedings, but the jury is unanimous
in its opinion. T know this to be true.
The official corruption was barefaced
enough for the jury to make its present
| ments almost at the very outset of this
j investigation.
“Some of the merchants and contract
ors who have been subjected to shaq
questioning before this body of twenty
three staunch citizens have exhibited
themselves in a most pitiable light,
j While these men have confessed th< ir
1 guilt, it is probable that in consideration
of their services, some of them will es
cape punishment, excepting perhaps the
I disgrace attaching to au indictment. The
authorities are after the arcli thieves.
The evidence has been overwhelming
against the boodlers of high and low de
gree.”
A CHURCH DEMOLISHED.
Before daylight Thursday morning
members °f the Nanticoke school hoard
near \Vilkesbarre, Pa., with the aid or a
i force of workmen, broke op< the
' „ Congregational church, threw out
ail the furniture and lore down the
building. They claimed the right to do
this under the will of the late John
Alills, who left the lot for school as well
as church purposes, and it is claimeu fur
ther that the church society never ob
tained legal posession. The action of the
school board has ereated intense excite
ment. The church trustees declare that
tney intend having every member of the
board arrested on criminal charges and
that they will also sue the school board
for heavy damages.
A LARGE COTTON SALE.
The largest single transaction in spot
cotton in the history of the trade of
Texas, if not of the entire south, occurred
at Galveston \V ednesday afternoon after
business hours, in the sale of 6,300 bales
by Willis & Bro., to Kauffman & Runge
for export. Total spot sales in the
ket aggregated 8,118 bales, representing
over $4(10,000. The total stock of Galves°-
ton was 13,556 bales, but the above heavy
purchase reduced the amount of cotton
remaining for sale in first hands to about
5.000 bales, whioh is less than the stock
n any previous year of this season.
THE COMMISSIONERS
APPOINTED UNDER THE IST FU
ST ATE COMMERCE BILL.
Th* Names of the Men Appointed anil ihe
Terms Which They are to Serve-short
Sketches of Their Lires
The president lias appointed the fol
lowing interstate commerce commission
ers: Thomas AI. Cooley, of Michigan, for
a term of 6ix years; William R. Alorri- o,
of Illinois, five years; Augustus Scliot n
maker, of New Y'ork, four years; Aldacc
F. Walker, of Vermont, three years;
Walter L. Bragg,of Alabama, two year-.
SKETCHES OF THE COMMISSION.
The fact that Air. Cooley's name heads
the list does not necessarily indicate ti nt
he will be chairman of the commission,
as it must elect its own chairman. The
following is a sketch of the public care, r
of the men composing the commbsu :,
excepting Mr. Alorrison, whose public
services are so generally known a? • .
need no description.
Thomas AI. Cooley was born at
N. Y., in 1824, studied law in that state
and removed to Michigan in 1843, where
he has since resided. In 1857 he was
: elected compiler of the state laws and in
1850 reporter of the supreme court. In
185f he was chosen by the regents ns
commissioner to organize tlia law depart
ment of the university of Alichigan. and
he has ever since been connected with it.
In 1864 he was elected justice of the su
preme court and was re-elected in 186'.*
and in 1877; he was nominated by tl
republicans for re-election in 1885. and
was defeated. He is author of a number
of a andard legal works. He was re .‘in
ly appointed by United States Judge
Gresham receiver of the Wabash railroad
| company.
Aldace F. Walker is a Vermont lawyer,
• about forty-four years old, a republican
lin politics, who studied law with Sena
tor Edmuds. He served as colonel in the
union army and has since been practicing
! law at Rutland. In the Vermont senatu
he has taken a leading part in framing
legislation to solve the railway problem,
and has given much study to the ques
tion.
Augustus Shoemaker, of Kingston, X,
Y., was born in Ulster county, N. Y.,
Alarch 2, 1828, and is a lawyer in active
I practice. He has always been a demo rat
|in politics. He has been judge of his
! county, and candidate of his party for
j supreme court judge. He was a state
| senator during Governor Tilden’s term us
! governor, and was one of the leaders in
the legislature. He was always a cl<>- •
, personal and political friend of Air. Til
den. Air. Shoemaker was attorney get!-
| eral of New York state in 1878 and ’73,
succeeding Air. Fairchild, the present
acting secretary of the treasury. In 1886
he was presented by the anti-Tammany
j delegation from New York, in the demo
cratic state convention in 1875 and in
1880, and also the Chicago convention in
1884. Air. Shoemaker is now a member
of the civil service commission of New
York state, having been appointed by
Governor Cleveland and retained in oflh e
by Governor Hill.
Walter L. Bragg was born in Alabama
in 1838, but resided in Arkansas from
1848 to 1801. He was educated at Har
vard university and the Cambridge law
school, and practiced law in Arkansas for
some years. At the close of the war he
settled in Alabama, and was for some
years the law partner of Senator Alorgan.
He has been a leading democrat in that
state for some years, and has served as
national delegate, presidential elector
and a member of the democratic national
committee. In 1884 he was made presi
dent of the Alabama state railroad com
mission, and served in that position f air
years, during which time many impor
tant questions arising between the -lil
roads and their customers were patio.ac
torily adjusted.
STEALING COTTON.
i wcnly-flvo Bale* Dianppt'nr nnd Are
Snbarqacntljr Found.
A case somewhat startling was heard
before a justice of Columbia, S. (’.,
\\ ednesday morning. Several days pre
vious a freight car of the Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta railroad,on a siding,
was found emptied of twenty five babs
of cotton. After a consultation with
railroad officials suspicion fell upon Ben
jamin F. Turner, vardmaster of the com
pany. He was accordingly arrested. Ho
stoutly declared his innocence. Sixteen
bales of the cotton have been found in
the ginhouse of Joseph Taylor, a colored
man living in the southern portion of the
city. The marks on these bales have
been obliterated. Taylor says he hauled
this cotton to the ginhouse at the request
of Turner. A car lock and a railroad
lantern were traced to Taylor’s possession.
It also came out by Taylor’s statement
that lie had three bales in his carriage
house. He claims to have put them there
by Turner’s o.der.
T urner is about 38 years old, mar: 1.
and he has hitherto borne an excel, it
character. He has been employe 1 by
the railroad about three years. Tayl r
was prominent in the heydey of radical
ism in South Carolina. lie was never
bitter. He is now an extensive dealer in
wood and coal, making money. The
present indications point to Turner’s and--
charge, and to Taylor’s commitment f r
trial. The case has excited unusual in
terest, and the result is awaited with
some eagerness. Both defendants aie
out on bail.
DISASTROUS HURRICANE.
\\ f*t Virginia Visited and Mach l)nni;igfl
Hone to Property,
A terrific hurricane early Saturday
morning did a large amount of damage
in the vicinity of Wheeling. W.Ya., al
though the city itself escaped, owing to
sheltered position. At Aloundsville the
large barn of Charles Jasper was wrecked.
Near Cameron Mr. Ott’s dwelling house
was destroyed. At Littleton three barns
and a saw mill were wrecked. The Cath
olic church at Broad Tree station, on the
Baltimore road, was twisted at right an
gles to its former position. Six miles
above Wheeling the large stock barn of
Edward Miller was blown a quarter of
a mile and reduced to splinters. At Bur
ton a large amount of lumber was widely
scattered. Reports of other damages are
constantly coming in.
NORTH CAROLINA FRUIT.
A heavy frost Wednesday morning did
much' damage to truck in many sections
of North Carolina. Report from the
Xewberne section show much damage,
particularly peas. In the Wilmington
sect:on the cold weather has set back the
crops Horn two to four weeks and has
injured the fruit, particularly peaches.
Ihe latter fruit is also hurt badly in the
Xewberne and Goldsboro sections. West
of the Blue Ridge it is reported as not
injured.