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Ill ROUGH GEORGIA.
Interesting notes Gathered From Here
and There Over the State.
On the 10th of August the democratic
Rl 'te convention meets to nominate state
officer*.
The congressional convention from the
sixth district will be held at the Wig¬
wam at Indian Springs ou the 15th iu
s'ant.
Governor Nortben, on being officially
notified by Judge Boy d ton of the death
of Sol eitor Gemrd J. I*. Turner, of the
Fiint circuit, appointed J. J. Hunt to fill
the urn xp red term.
The members > f the Floyd County
Confederate Veterans’association are tak
big a hand in local politics. They want
to know how tho-e who aspire to repre¬
sent Floyd in the legista’ure stand on the
question of the soldicis’ home.
The people’s party of the fifth district
met in Atlanta and nominated S M.
Taliaferro, of the c< unty of Fulton, as
’heir congressional candidate, There
were three other names before the con
venti n — J. L. Chupp, of DuKalb; ex
Sen.it >r Todd, of Clayton, ami Sam
Small.
The Georgia editors who have been
through the west have returned. All
agree that they had a splendid trip, and
* nj »yed it immensely. It was the best
excursion the association has ever had,
»ml all the editors spoke enthusiastically
of th; jaunt. They saw’ much that
profited them.
Recently the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern naked the Georgia road to agree
toasp'cial rate excursion to Atlanta.
I' refused, and tho Georgia, Carolina and
Northern put ou the rate just the same.
As the junior road is not a member of the
Southern Passenger Association no pen¬
alty can be imposed.
The first bate of Georgia cotton wa° re
" 'V.u in Savannah last Monday over the
Sam road. It was raised by M. D.
Councils, on Cherokee plantation, in
Sum er county, and was consigned to
Hunter, Pearce & Battey. It was classed
as fully low middling, and was sold for
10 cents a pound to Esteve & Co., wdio
shipped it to Barcelona via Baltimore.
One hundred Georgia school teachers
me Rock taking a summer course at the old
college, two miles from Athens.
This is Georgia’s first normal school ai d
is the first ntb mpt ever made in Georgia
to train teachers, and appeals to the pa
tri' tism of every citizen interested in a
t horough educational system. The school
is doing great good, and the next legi-la
ture will be asked for a moderate appro¬
priation to continue the normal during
the summer months.
The success of tho direct trade project
rectus assured. Tho first steamer, the
Scottish Prince, sailed from Savannah on
July 24th, and tho Highland Prince sails
August 25:h. Returning, the vessels of
the line will stop at New* York and dis—
gives ^ tr en of~frmtr~EttTr;
them both outward and inward
freights. No passengers will be carried.
Tf business justifies it, steamers will also
be put on to Liverpool and Havre, those
now engaged iu sailing to Italian and
Spanish ports.
* * *
The Confederate Veterans’ Association
of Pulaski county held their first annual
reunion and barbecue at Ilawkinsville
Wednesday. People from all of the ad¬
joining counties were welcome guests
and everything parsed off in tho pleas¬
antest manner. Mr. A. T. Fountain was
elected president of the Sons of Veterans’
Association, Mr. C. R. Warren vice presi¬
dent and Mr. J. M. Burrows secretary.
An executive committee will be appoint¬
ed by the officers of the association and
announced at a later day.
* * *
Atlanta’s merchants are going to make
common cuu-e and get more favorable
freight rates. /All are aware of discrimi¬
nations against Atlanta and in favor of
neighboring cities iu a general way.
Each knows of instances in his own line
of business. Efforts have been made in
the past to have Atlanta placed on a basis
distributing corresponding with the rates to other
efforts points in the south. These
met with small success, but there
is a dett rmination to try once more and
to go at it and keep at it long enough to
bring rates down to a more reasonable
basis.
* * *
The Florida Central and Peninsular
announces that it will build from Savan¬
nah to Hurt’s road on the St. Mary’s
liver. A gentleman who is very close to
Mr. Plant states that the Florida Central
company nas tried to melee Mr Plant
buy them out. They asked more monev
than he could afford to pay and he con¬
cluded that he might as well lose monev
through doing a competing business as to
lose it in buying out a rival line. The
F lor id a Central and Peninsular will work
from Savannah to Columbia over the
Southbound and from Columbia north
over the Richmond & Danville.
Professor John Isham died at his home
in Atlanta a few days ago. No man in
Georgia was better known than Professor
Isham, and no one was more universally
admired as an educator. Fitted by na
lure f r the profession of a teacher
lie followed his calling like a de
v out di'ciple, and his mission—for it
nobly was certainly a mission he had—was
accomp ished. His services to the
the young youth men of o Atlanta, Georgia, and especial!v to
of d.setve the recog
rmon “well done, thou good and
faithfu 1 servant,” Gray bearded men all
over the state, lawyers, doctors, preach
me “ ld ® v « r y employment have
been to school to Prof. Isham.
The State Alliance Exchange.
The board of directors of the State
Alliance exchange held a meeting in
lanta last Wednesday. ctn7 t_
all the we're Dir a Everv^ f
over state present.
thing went smoothly cough, the ox
.rn.nst.ons of ,he boohs, the° reports of
of the the president finance and Investigating business msiige, and
.11 being of a most pleasing committee tee ^
showing a auccesaful nature
.fluisof heeiehango manipulation of the
of the alliance and the bus in ess
shortage smoothed gonarally. The Wynn
was over most
factorilv, the securities ooTering all losste
that might have been sustained on this
account. Colonel W. baving^filance
“says the new plan of
committee examine the books everv
quarter of the year, werks like charm 7
and he a
ventures the prediction that the
alliance exchange, as it now operated
THE MONROE ADVERTISER. FORSYTH. GA.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1892.- -EIGHT PAGES.
W i tnivery
respect
Tbe Ifordrn Vt ill <’«««•.
Tlie faui' us iiartlen w t- hasagam
been The brought before the mis at Athens,
case is fami i >r to th-* newspaper
readers of G L’h n effort to break
the will of M -. M irv Harden, of Athens,
the devob d sweetheart of John Howard
Payne, and w th whom it is supposed
thit the original manuscript of “lUrne,
Sweet Home w s buried. When Mss
Harden died she left Mbs Evie Jackson,
of Athens, the exclusive benrfici ry of
her will. This disposition of her prop¬ other
erty was not satisfactory to her
relatives, and Mi3s Inna Harden, W. II.
Harden and other nieces and nephews of
the deceas' d, residing at Quitman, went
into the courts to show tout their aunt
was not of sound mind when the docu¬
dictated ment disposing of her earthly (ff-cts was
and signed, and to pray an
equal division of the property among her
other relatives.
(•eor^in nmi Frciuht Tariff.
A correspondent in the Atlanta Jour¬
nal says: “The discussion of the rates
of fieight charged the people of Georgia
is certainly a matter ( f vital importance
to the pro purity of the state. We can
never reach the full measure of improve
men in and developing the resources of the
state bettering the condition of our
people while we pay such high charges
for the transportation of what we make
and what we buy. The illustrations
given by Col. I. W. Avery in his argu¬
ment for direct trade are both
opportune and forceful. But there is
an easy solution of the problem as to
foreign freights for Atlan a. Let our
people tike hold of the Atlanta and
Florida railroad and extend it to Bruns¬
wick. The investment of a le s amount
lian the Kimball house cost will take the
road out oi the sea, to Brunswick. The
originator of this enterprise. Col. John
I) Nunn, foreseeing the diffi :ulties that
now confront us, proj cted this road,
n< ver doubting its success, and, but for
his untimely de ith, it would have been
completed and enabled Atlanta to main¬
tain her prestige and high place as a
commercial center.
More Counties Heard From.
Seventy-six of the 137 counties have
sent in their t«x returns for the present
year to Comptroller General Wright.
I hese same counties showed an increase
last year over the year before of $7,603,
000. This year’s increase over last is
much less, being only $2,759,000. Last
year’s net increase was $39,000,000. The
seventy six counties thus far heard from
gave one fourth of that increase. If the
same proportion runs on through the
other counties the increase for the state
this year will lie only ten or twelve mill¬
ions. In 1891 only seven of these coun¬
ties showed a decrease. This year twen¬
ty-one of the seventy-six counties show
a decrease.
The returns from tlie following coun¬
ties show the totals, with increase and
(b crease:
Hanks........ $1,043,562 $ 27,092 decrease
Beirien...... 2,371.657 75,937 increase
Dade........ 1,211.053 311,764 deer. ■ase
Dodge........ 1,845.301 18 s .669 increase
Glynn........ 6.509,325 578.269 decrease
Hancock..... 3,329,287 147,759 decrease
McDuffie..... 1,0(6,910 52,205 increase
Pulaski....... 2,190,503 2 343 increase
Union........ 656,049 35 3 6. ’"creasi
Warren..... .TTTTj 61,’d83 dec'. e «so
Bartow . .. 2,369,164 4,234,036 d>
Bulloch....... .. 24,271 incr a-e
Chattahoochee .. 598,(01 80,297 increase
Cobb........ .. 5,177,532 105,110 increase
Early......... .. 1.541,938 76 471 increa e
Effingham .... .. 1,203,726 1,818 increase
Gilmer....... ,.. 786,982 153 deer* ase
Haborsiiam ... .. 1,942,840 270,196 increase
Heard........ .. 1.166,034 72,375 increase
Milton........ .. 1.035.594 58,876 incr ase
Newton......... 2.801.509 116.468 increase
Polk 3 115.991 58,927 decrease
Tatnall......... 2,837.765 167.035 increase
Towns . 410,9.6 27,823 increase
The decrease in Glynn, Dade, Hancock
and Warren are unusually I u’gt. In the
case of Glynn the falling off is a surprise
for that county has shown a steady in
crease heretofore for five years.
Weather micl Crops
The weather conditions have been most
favorable over the entire state during the
past week. Iu some localities no rain
has fallen for ten days, and the tempera¬
ture has remained unusually high.
Farmers are busy attending to their crops
which, from the long neglect occasioned
by the rains of the past few weeks, have
been allowed to become grassy. There
has been a decided deficiency in rainfall
in most of the northern counties, and in
some sections crops would be benefi ed
if a few moderate showers could be had.
Reports from several correspondents in¬
dicate that some damage will result
should the weather continue dry and hot
during the coming week, as upland crops
are beginning to need rain in many
places. In these northern counties cotton
is in only fair condition, being
better iu many places on the
low wet lands than on the uplands.
There is some shedding on ligh% sandy
soil, and a few predict that this will be
greatly increase t if rain d es not come
soon. Corn is still in tine condition, and
in most counties th * laying by of the
crop continues. Where i is newly plow¬
ed it is very much in need of rain. Mel
ons are plentiful, and large quantities are
being marketed. The condition of fruit
is rather irregular. Fro n s me counties
there are complaints thu’ it has been
scorched by the hot sun, while iu other
localities there is a large crop which is in
fine condition. The general state of to
bacco is only fair. Iu nearly all sections
of the middle tier of counties very warm
and comparatively dry wea her has pre¬
vailed. There is a marked improvement
in nearly all crops, though on light,
sandy suil they have net, as yet, recover¬
ed from the effects of the heavy rains
of previous weeks. Still, correspond¬
ents in some localities state that up
land crops are somewhat in need of more
moisture, as they have had no rain in
ten days. Although cotton is still shed¬
ding to some extent, there is a great
improvement in its condition. There is
much compla nt of rust on tight sandy
soil, and a large. portion of the or pis
still troubled with grass, although the
very favorable weather of the past week
or ten days has afforded opportunities
for removing it, aud farmers are hard at
work. Fodder pulling is in progress,
and corn continuos to lead all other crops,
although it is hardly as good as was ex¬
pected. Hay, field and groundp as, to¬
bacco and cane are looking well. Gardens
are flourishing and peaches are still plen
ti ul. There has been more rainfall iu the
sou hern portion of the state than iu unv
other, but it has fallen in showers, wh ch
have been irregularly distribu ed. This
has been particularly tru; in the south¬
western section. The past week has
been more favorable lor the growth and
cultivation of cotton than any for some
time past. The plant is still shedding
some, and there are indications ol bud
worms in some portions of the south sec¬
tion, but there is a noticehble improve¬
ment in its condition. R ports as to the
corn crop in these counties are, as usual,
▼*rj favorable, and the yield will prob-
ab’y t>e above the average. The cuTting
of tobacco is being p ished forward very
rapidly during the present period of com
paratively drv weather. All small crops,
S u C hpotatoes, peas, etc., are in fi.
condition
ALARAMA ELECTION
The Stale is Claimed for Jones by &
Majority of 20,000.
-
captain kolb ALSO claims that he
HAS CARRIED THE STATE BY NOT
LESS THAN THIRTY THOUSAND.
A special of Wednesday from Mont
V merv says: The returns coming in to
i igh’ from the election of Monday tend
to place the majority for Governor Jones
at 20.000 or below, though the state ex
• cuiive c< mmittee still claims that there
id ro reason r ^ to oTi,? show that tba L the tbe,na mninrife J ont Y
.v,!l ... (ah , , below . 80,000. A Offi-.al and
u»
Il,c:al returns teceived up to 8 o’clock
Wedi esday night show that twenty-six
counties give Jones majorities aggregat
lug 33,734; twenty six other counties
give Kolb majo.itks in aggregating 18,
<34; having apparent net ma
joriyof 15.700 for Jones. These fig-
8ub , • eot . . to 8s,ble ii. chan
U res are J P° f 8 ?“
. he official count f of f which will
returns
take place next Saturday in every couutv
in "port, the state itt Twelve iS counties ZS are vet to
but
najorities will not affect the result one
vav or the other more than 5.000. The
egislature is claimed by the state execu
'ive committee, and Ko b’s people also
claim it, and contend that many mem
bt rs elected in Jones counties are Kolb’s
fiiends and alliancemen while they
claim every man in counties which they
in.ve c irried. It will take a close can
va-s to sett e this matter.
CAPTAIN KOLB TALKS.
Captain Reuben F. Kolb, alliance can
idatc for governor, said to a newspaper
correspondent Wednesday night: “lam
confident of my election and that I have
carried the white vote of the state by not
ess than 30,000 majority. I hold that
the small majority which my opponent
and bis followers claim is based on a
fraudulent and stuffed vote in the black
belt counties of the state. I claim that on
a fuir aud honest count of the vote as it
was really cast in the black belt counties
of Montgomery, Dallas, Wilcox, Marengo,
P"Try. Lowndes, Macon, Bullock aud Bar¬
ic ur these counties would give me a ma¬
jority of over 20,000, and with a fair and
honest count in the whole state my ma¬
jority would be 40,000. The democratic
party of the state of Alabama is essen¬
tially the party of the white men of the
state. The returns show that I have
carried a vast majority of the w’hite vote
of the state. I do not propose to sub¬
mit to a fraudulent count, nor do my'
lriends propose to submit to it. My white
lollow’ers represent two-thirds of the
democracy of the state of Alabama. I
cannot believe that the minority of the
democratic party of the state represent¬
ed by Governor Jones and his followers
can afford to longer antagonize us.”
A TELEGRAM TO GEORGIA.
Captain Kolb has received a number of
telegrams lro rn Georg ia—telegrams con
inquiry—
leply iu one of theseTrbm t
Southern Alliance Farmer, at Atlanta,
Captain Kolb sent the following :
Montgomery, Ala., August 3, 1892.— South
<rn All ance Farmer, Atlanta, Ga. : My ma¬
jority of the white vote in the state will exceed
thirty thousand. The 15,000 majority claimed
by G vernor Jon s is based on a fraudulent
count in the black counties. With an hon st
count of the votes as cast in Montgom>‘ry. Bul¬
lock. Macon, Lowndes, Dallas, Wi cox, Perry
and other black counties, ray majority will not
be less than 40.000. R. F. Kolb.
FRICK ARRESTED
As Were Also Several Other [Carnegie
Officials and Pinkerton men.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: The
threatened suits against the Carnegie
officials and the Pinkertons charging
them with murder were begun Wednes
day morning and warrants issued for the
arrest of the defendants. At 11 o’clock
Brennan Cox and Hugh Ross, prosecu¬
ting witnesses, went to Alderman Kb g’s
office on the south side and made infor¬
mation and the warrants were issued for
Robert and William Pinkerton, heads of
the Pinkerton agency, J. A. Potter and
G. A. Corey, i-uperintendents at the
works, and Frick, l.ovejoy, Leishman
aud Curry, rfficia's of the company, and
several Pinkerton iueD.
During the afternoon Secretary Love
joy, Vice President Leishman and Treas¬
urer Curry, of the Carnegie company,
appeared before Jud^e Ewing, in the
criminal court, and said they desirt d to
surrender themselves on the charge of
murder preferred by Hugh Ross. Judge
Ewing refused to 1 l ar an applica¬
tion for bait until the accused
surrendeied to Alderman King. The
magistrate was sent for, and after he
ha<t pie ented his docket a hearing was
held. Leishman, Curry and Lovejoy
waived the hearing, as did II. C. Frick,
N. McConnell, James S. Dovey and Su¬
perintendent Potter,who were absent but
r presented by their at'orney. Frick,
Lov*jo\, Leishman and Curry were then
teleasedon $10,000 nail each and R. B.
and A. W. Mellon went on their bond.
Hearings on he applications of the oth¬
ers were postponed until Thursday morn¬
ing. _
COLUMBUS DAY.
Great Interest Taken in the Approach¬
ing Celebration.
The approaching celebration of Colum¬
bus Day by the 13,000,000 pupils in
American public schools, is attracting
general attention. From prominent ed¬
ucators, from eminent: statesmen in high
places and from the hu nblest citizens
come words of commendation. It appeals
to all classes and conditions becau e it
touches the institution which is closest to
the people, must representative of the
people aud fullest of hop • for the fu'ure.
Several thousand American newspapers
have championed the movement. A
bill recently passed congre-s authorizing
and instructing President Harrison to s
sue a proclamation making ColurabusDay,
October 21st, a general holiday, and rec¬
ommending to the people a fitting ob¬
servance of this 400th anniversary of
America’s discovery,in all their localities;
in their school houses and other plac< asked s
of assembly. Speaker Crip, when think of
a few days ago, “what do you
the movement for a national celebration
of Columbus Day,” replied: “The idea
of giving the general celebration of Co¬
lumbus Dsy into the hands of the public
schools impresses me very favorably. The
public school is certainly the most char¬
acteristic product of the 400 years of
American life. The public school stands
for the spirit of enlightenment which has
been the mark of life in this country.
The public school may have its defects,
but take it all in all, it is a superb
thing.
THE
Tlie News of Her Progress Portriyel in
° *
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AXD A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAT
TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS.
The first bale of Georgia cotton crop
was received at Savannah Monday from
Sumter county. It was ctas-sed 'as 1 w
middling and sold at 1 0 cents per pound.
The National Bit mills machinery at
j Paris T.s .s, was i urned Thursday. The
total loss is $250,000. The mill had not
been operated for several years. Bv hard
work ti c fire was prevented from reach
iog the compre-s. •
Labor 7 dav will he rplehruted hv the
L lt or or<mniz*tinsof ^-^lzati >ns of Atlanta, Ga. It It is
I throughout i , legal holiday, and is generally observed
th- Unit, d Slates. It occurs
,be first Honda, in September, and is
t day set nside bv the 1 l..m Ut„reit c honn.
° ‘
>f organized * 7. labor ‘
At a at f a !f nnah , M° AI nda , y* °. {
,, h e stockholders of the Middle ; Georgia
: n d A lant, c rail ™ ad a plan for the
formation of . syndicate read The
r a was
syndicate is to 8 o be form* d of gentlemen "
l! A J, „ ■ < sC< ln ,b ® road and will
m I )le ’ e tbe tX rnad fr-»m Macon to Eaton
™"ouce P ” ^ ^
It is reported from Knoxville, Tenn.,
hat as soon as the Knoxville Southern
rai.road 1 ridge is completed across the
uver at that place that the L uisville and
Nashville would run through trains over
t from Cincinnati to Atlanta. This will
mein the purchase of the Southern and
Knoxvi le, Cumberland Gap and Louis¬
ville roads.
Savannah is to have direct trade with
Europe before Brunswick or any other
southern port. On August 15th the steam¬
ship flighl nd Prince, of the Prince line
of steamships, will sail for Barcelona,
Genoa and Tireste, and will be followed
y the Roman Prince and other steam¬
ships of the same line at regular dates.
A New Orleans dispatch of Monday
says: The failure is annou"ced of the
well-known cotton factorage firm of
Bickham & Moore. No statement has
been made as to assets or liabilities, but
the firm’s business was large, Tlie
house has always b rne an excellent repu
tation, and the active partner, J hn V.
Moore, is one of the best-known and
most popular men in the cotton trade.
A special from Austin, T»x., says:
Lightni"g striking the wires leading
from the plant which lights the state in¬
sane asylum to the building, set fire to
the west wing of the structure at au
early hour Monday tm rniDg, and that
nortion devoted t<> females was destroy¬
ed. The remainder of the building was
saved. The female patients, some two
hundred in number, were removed in
safety, none escaping from the attend¬
ants. The loss is $25,000, with no insur¬
ance.
One of the most extensive planters in
Texas exhibited at the co’ton exchange
in Houston, Tuesday, a number of
plants, every boll on which had been
destroyed by the Loll worm. The plants
were cut from a field of 150 acres in Fort
tBittiU eoitti-y, ’vvhiefrga. UpromioU * short
while ago of a bale to the acre, but now
the entire crop has been destroyed. On
thousands of acres of bottom lands in
Fcrt Bend, Harrison and other counties
the plant has been attacked by the de¬
stroyers. This is the first appearance of
ihe boll worm in that section of Texas.
Judge Swayne, of the United States
district court, sitting as circuit judge in
place of Judge Pardee on Thursday set
aside the appointment by the latter of R.
B. Cable as receiver of the Jacksonville.
Tampa and Key West-railway system and
made Mason Young, of New York, re¬
ceiver. Mr. Young is ooe of the officers
of the American Construction Company,
of Cbica.o, and represents the minority
stockholders of the road. He was for¬
merly vice president and general mana¬
ger. receiver, Other interests Judge suggest'd another
but Swayne said he re¬
garded Mr. Y'oung as the best man to
carry out the decrees of the court.
TRADE REVIEW.
Dun & CWs Report of Business for the
Past Week.
R G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: The extreme hot weather
for the entire week lias checked many
kinds of business, l ut h; s not prevented
considerable excess in the volume of
trade over that of last year. At the same
time the wea her has been extremely fa
voratffe for growing crops, except in the
limbed districts where damage has been
done by violent storms, and the crop
out ook is decidedly improving.
The great interruption of the iron and
steel manufactures at the w^ st continues,
but there are distinct signs of a favorable
settlement. Fi ished pmducts of iron
and steel are stronger—$3 to $5 higher,
but great demora izatir n is expected in
pig iron unless m >re of the consuming
works start speedily. Bar and sheet irou
are very active, and the manufacturers of
plde they a d stiuctural iron handle, have more orde im s
t iau can well but no
jirovt mi nt is seen in rai s.
Boot and shoe shops are running full
of busines-i, and shipments exceed last
year’s every w-ek; being for the ye r,
thus far, 2,056.000 cases, against 1.967,
000 to date last year. l he shipments of
hides from Chicago have been 110,000,
000, against 97,000,000 p mnds last ytar.
At Baltimore the bot weather retards
much trade, though in dr» goods and
boots and shoes and furntshmg g ois it
exceeds last year’s. At P ttsburg the
products of steel and iron grow Memphis stronger
A littie improvement appears at
and Little Rock.
Irade is dull at New Orleans, though
the prospects are bri/ht there, and at
Savannah ti.e receipts of cotton are light
and tue txports aie slightly more than
last year, out the sales of plantation
stock for the we^k exceeds the sales of
tangible and visible cottnn about ten to
one, aggregating 7,000.000 Irales.
The busine s iai ures occurring
thr ughout the country during the last
week, as reported to R G Dun & Co.,
number for the United Stat.s 171.
Third Party in Michigan.
Five nuudred delegates were present
at the people's party convention which
assembled at J .cks< n Mici igan,Tuesday.
The platform of the Omaha convention
w.ts adopted and a motion to made incorporate
a prohibition plank was amid
great disorder. The following ticket
was nominated: Governor, John W.
Ewing, a farmer of Grand Lodge; lieu¬
tenant governor, Louis (M:ch.) I de
ten lent; treasurer, Joseph state, Frrnk
M. Vauckrcock, editor, of S'. Louis
(M ch ) Independent; treasurer, Joseph
\V. Welton, o: Kentucky, country eud
i or general,C:int Peek, of Laoer eountv.
THE DEADLY HEAT.
Tlie Highest Death Rate Known ii
_ Twenty Years.
TWO HVN'DRED AND EIGHTY SIX DEiTM
IX XEW YORK CITY IX ONE DAY —
MORTALITY IX PHILADELPHIA.
During twenty four hours, ending at
noon Sa unlay,_ 280 deaths were reported
D New Vorkcity. ihis is t ie heaviest
dcatb rato for 8 single day for twenty
ve,rs - The number of dea'hs for the
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?• A 8 70 ““ " !; b ™ 4M ; ‘t 581 it! d^ihs were ••"<* reported J »'t
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tlie . wt ek ending that day. 1 lostra
ry^f, frot f eHt among W(,,kt “ e “ ut t - ie
e ’ *'k i.’ 8 exceeded "!' >U T L \, 000 ^ Only buerus two for of the
j ! ‘ r S e bU rf r houses are m fud operation.
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* establ.shmen employs mar
ly one thous md four hundred men. Of
the s.* more than four hundred or nearlv
83 weik percent were car,led ” out dorio ; . the
The urooK Brook jn sugar rennery tm- cm
1’ , °3 S ou men. Ot the-e between
j seven
j >J and one hundred wete compelled to
work at,d bava b V en r ^P la ?^ d b v uew
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m. n, as were those in the Havemeyer
j augar house.
GREAT MORTALITY Iif PHILADELPHIA.
1 he effect of the terrible heat of the
pas' week in the city of Philadelphia
whs startlingly shown by the weekly re¬
port made Saturday by the board of
heal ill During the wee< ended at 10
o'clock Saturday, Health Officer Veale
, issued 870 death certificates. This is a
j g,cater mortality than has ever been re
; corded by the officers before. This death
\ rat e is even greater than when epidemics
of grippe or even cholera, smallpox of
diphtheria scourged the city.
COOLER IN BALTIM IRE.
The weather at Baltimore Saturday, was
about eiuht degrees cooler on an average
thin that of Friday, but deaths and pros
trat.ons from heat during the day wers
nearly ns num< rms as those ou any other
of the protracied hot spell. The report
of the city liealih commissioner for the
w T eek giv'gthe following facts: Total
number of heaths for the week, 457;
under five year-, 224; from sunstroke,
51; cholera infantum, 89; convulsions,
18. The numb r of detths for the cor
respon ting week of 1891 was 207, or 250
less than for the week jus . ended, aud
the excess ; n mortality is attributed by
the health commissioner to be unparal¬
leled heat here. Never before in the
history of the city have tuere be n so
mmy deaths during the same period «f
time.
SHE IS INSANE.
So Say the Jury in the Alice Mitchell
Murder Case.
A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch says: A
large crowd was in att ndance at the
criminal court Saturday, it being an¬
nounced that Judge Du Hose would de¬
liver the charge to the jury in the famous
Alice Mitchell case, murderess of Freda
Ward. The defendant appearc i calm
and collected during the reading of the
charge, the time occupied in its delivery
sanity beipg fifteen insanity minutes; of the the prisoner question of
or at the
time of the trial being the only question
considered. The juiy retired at 9:30
usd at- 9:-5Q~Q.!6lgek fi'ed into the court¬
room with the following verdict:
“We, the juiy, find the d> fendant.,
Alice Mitchell, insane, aud believe it
would endanger the safety of the com¬
munity to set her at Lib rty.”
Alice Mitchell was then remanded to
the custody of the sheriff, and will be
ordered placed in an insane asylum.
Should .-he be released as sane at any
time she can then be placed upon trial on
the charge of murder, as she was only
tried as to her mental soundness or un
soundne>i8 at the time of her trial, the
question as to her mental condition at the
time < f the commission of tlie homicide
not being touched upon during her trial,
now concluded.
When the verdict was rend by the clerk
a faint smile spread over the defendants’
featu-es as if she had be n confident of
the jury’s verdict throughout the entire
irial. She was 'aken to jail, gayly chat¬
ting as she went, and will be s< nt thence
to one of the state insane asylums.
POOR ALICE MITCHELL
While on Her Way to the 4sylam
Tears Over Freda Ward’s GraYe.
The last scene in tire famous
Mitchell case was enacted Monday when
the insane murderess was conveyed
the .insane asylum at Bolivar, Tenn.
Before leaving the city, a carriage con¬
taining the prisoner baited at the Mitch¬
ell residence, where Alice toyed a mo¬
ment with a coup e of cats, then throw¬
ing them away p tulently with “Ob, you
can go, I don’t love you any more.”
Reaching Freda Ward’s grave in Elm¬
wood cemetery, Alice and her father and
mother alighted from the carriage. Alice
aid nothing, but evidently was under
strong emotion. Her medi ation was not
interruptid by the otht-r members of the
party. She moved around the little
mound and < yed it wdth eyes wide open,
au occasional tear dropping on her
cheeks. Sue stooped ov r and plucked
'ome flowers, which she placed tastefully,
and then she announced she was ready
to return.
THE MAFIA AGAIN.
A Strange Letter Received by the thief
of Police of >ew Orleans.
Chief of Police Garter of New Orlears,
reC'ived a letter Saturday frum what is
supposed to be the Mafia Following is
th- letter:
New Orleans, July 29.—To Chief of Police
Ga ter: We have in our rx'S-e sion Judge Marr.
Will deliver him i• i your hands for $500, or will
liberat • him f r $1,000. We will send you his
old clothes, etc., such as we found on tin per
son, bn - b ar in mind, by one bad fir" ak an
thor zed by yo j hi? body wil be riddled with
shot; then sen:'Ou fo a pr-senr. Tni- money
must reach u* bef re twenty davs. unless y.ni
will have his rittht ear. For furth-r informa¬
tion ad Ires? gen ral delivery, po toffice, Chi
cag , St. Loui- or New Orleans.
Respectfully, P. J. Muxxzs*
It wil! be remembered that Judge Marr,
of the criminal district court in New
Orleans, mystenouslv disappeared last
April. He was o d and feeble, and was
last seen walking along tlv: ieve *. The
impression of his friends was that he had
fallen into the riv- r and war drowned,
and that imDretsi n s'iil prevails.
Warrants for Five Hundred.
A -i-patch of Wednesday from War
d ns, Idaho, states that General Carlin
and .daj r Rmdall have returned from
Fort S ierman. f he troops will be at
Warden- for an indefinite period, as the
United States commissioner has warrants
for the arrest of 500 m< n, some two hun¬
dred of which are yet to be served. It
has been represented in petition* to both
the governor and the p e-ident that the
men have been designated for the assas¬
sin’s knife or bu let and that existing
evidence proves the assertion.
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for Infants and Children-
• ‘ Castorl a Li so well atiapted to children t hat
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.” H. A. Archer, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
w of ‘Oaatoria’ fa so universal and
Its merits so well known that it seems ft work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few aw the
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Ne w York Church, City,
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed
The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York.
Schofield’s Iron *
3k<ra,n.'a.fa,ct*a.rers ex:n.cL J"oTo-foers of
Steam Eiiis, Boilers, SAW MILLS, Sollon Prasses,
General Machinery and all kinds Castings.
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-To Pack by Hand, Horse, Water or Steam-
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MACON, GEORGIA.
CONDEMNING THE PINKERTONS
Railroad Men Pass Resolutions Against
Their Employment.
Sunday, seven of the ordemof railroad
employes of New Ym k, Nevr Jersey, Pi nn
syivania and Delaware met at Wilkes
btrre, 1 a., iu general convention to dis¬
cuss the benefit and advisability of c >m
ing under one head. The societies are
the R ilroad Conductors, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Switchers’ Mu¬
tual Aid Society, Brotherhood of Rail¬
road Trainmen, Order of Railroad Te¬
legraphers aud ladies’ auxiliary. In the
afternoon a mass meeting was held at¬
tended by 5,000 non-brotherhond men.
Address' a were made by prominent mem¬
bers of the vari ms branches.
Gr-nd Master Workman of the Knights
of Labor T. V. Powderly spoke vigor¬
ously of the outrages of the Pink rtons
at Ilomest.-ad and submitted the follow¬
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we regard the interfer¬
ence of the Pinkertons in the labor trou
bl s as unpatriotic and un-American. Wo
have confidence in the power of the law
to keep the peace and, therefore, demand
the abolith n by law of the practice of
throwing s'andingarmies of irresponsible
men aiound mills and faciories and upon
our railroads in times of labor disputes.
TRAIN ROBBERS
Use Dynamite and Make a Successful
Haul.
A dispatch from Fresno, Cal., says:
P.i^senge train No. 17, s uthb und, was
held up bv train robbers six m h-s east of
Collis, robbers Wednesday night. Two of the
crawled over the tmk to the en¬
gine cab and ordered the engineer and
fireman to stop the train. The made the
engineer wtlk ahead a quarter of a mile
md compelled the Uremia to stay wit i
’hem. Then they went to the express
c r and ordered the messenger, to
open it. He refused, and the
robbers threw six or seven
dynamite bombs at the doors, complet • y
demolishing them. They then fore d
open the s »fe an 1 took out the money,
[hie amounr is not known. They mule
the fireman help them carry the treasure
a distance and then galloped away on
horseback. The robbers’ faces were
ma-ked with light cloth.
END OF A FAMILY FEUD
In Which Forty-one Men Have Lost
Their Lives.
A dispatch from Phenix, Arizona,
8ta'e3 that Tom Graham was shot arid
killed Tu sday by Ed Tewksberry. Tho
snooting was the re-ult of a family feud
of five years standing, during which time
twenty-seven men have been killed on
the Graham side and fourteen on the
Tewksberry. Graham was the last Oue
of four brothers, all kil.ed, and Tewks
be ry was the last of the six. A posse of
■ fficers and citizens are in pursuit of
Tewksberry, wuo will be lynched if
caught.
Cholera Closes the Schools.
A St Petersburg dispute i of Wednes
dav states that in consequence of the
chulpra in Russia the ministry of educa
tion has issued an order that all schools
in the country sha 1 remain closed until
September 1st. The course of medical
lectu’ts in St. Petersburg will be sus
pende • until November 1st in order that
he students may be enabled >o assist in
combatting the scourge in the infected
districts.
“Gum.”
There are several words in common use i
it in from the English the Egyptian—from language that the came time into of j
the dynasties long j
centuries before our
era. One of these is gum. So far as the
dictionaries tell, the w ord takes back to
the Latin gummi, or the Greek Kommi.
A curious Egyptian heiroglyph of the j
time of Queen Hatasou gives kemi-ent- j
anta—gum of incen«. This Egyptian
word carried into the Greek *
and Latin
took on slight changes. It is the gum
of the present day; the same as Isadora,
a well-known feminine name, is from
Isis—an Egyptian virgin goddess, mother
of Horus—the whole w*ord, meaning the
“gift of Isis.” With such tenacitv do
the earliest words cling to life—so 'that
the words used before the flood are on
our the tongues to-day coming "ages.— down through
all nations,reigns,and [Daven¬
port (Iowa) Democrat.
Cast or la cures Colic, Constipation, ion,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Eructat
Kills Worms, gives sleep, ami promotes olt
Without pest ion, injurious medication.
“ For several rears I have recommended
your * Castoria, ’ ami shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results.”
Eowin F. Taudek. M. D.,
“Tho Winthrop,” l.'Stli Street and 7th Am,
N ew Y ork City.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
CofTee—Roasted—Aibuelde’s 19.00 100 Th.
cases, Lion 19-60c; Levering’s 19.60o. Green—Ex¬
tra ohoioa A)e; choice good 19c; fair 18c;com¬
mon IGXc- ■Sugar—Gratiamed 5c; oil granu¬
lated —c; powdered 5%c; cut loaf 5’^c; white
extra C New Orleans yellow clartieil
4 VjO; yehow oxtra G 4o. Syrup—New
O' loans choice 48@50; prime 35@40c; co union
30@35c. Molasses—Genuine Cuba 35@38climi¬
tation 22(rt>25. Teas—Black 35@55c; green
40@f>0e. Nutmegs 65(aYV. Cl vex 25@30c.
Cinnamon 10@12%c. Allspice 10@llc. Jamai¬
ca ginger 18c. fair Singapore pepper 14c; Mace
$1.00. Uice 7%c; good 0%c; common
Salt—Hawley’s 6%@6c; imported dairy Japan 6 @7e
$1 50; Virginia 70e.
Cheese—Full cream, Cheddars -. 0 ; Hats
12o; While fish, hilf bbl-.fl 00; pails 60c*
Soaps—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs *3 OO.i 3 75;
turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $225 a 2 50 ;
Candles—Parafine 12c; star luj-ifc. $2 Matches—
400s $4 00; 300x $3 00,vH 75; 200s 00a 1 75; 60.x,
5gross if3 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk 5c; do 1 Hi pkgs
6%o; cases, 1 1!) 5% \ lo ! and %H>s 8c, <!o%lb
6/fc. Crackers—XXX soda 6J£c; XXX butter
6%c; XXX pearl oysters XXX 6c; shell and excels or
7c: Lemon cream 9c; ginger snaps 9c; corn
lulls 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6%C; French
mixed 12%c. Canned g >ods—Comb used milk
$6 00a8 00; imit 't on mack wel ®3 95a4 00; sal¬
mon $6 00a,7 50: F. W. oysters ®l 75a-----; L W.
f 1 25; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes .il 60.
Bull ootash $3 20. Starch—Pearl 4J^c; lump
5o; nickel packages mixed, $3 50; celluloid $5 00.
Pickles, pi dn Powder—IMle, or pints $1 uOal 40; quarts
$1 50al 80. kegs $5 50; 34 kegs
$3 00; 34 kegs $1 65. Shot $1 70 per sack.
Flour, Grain and .Heal.
Flour—First patent $5 50; second patent
$5.00 ; extra fancy $4.50 ; fancy $4 2 5; family
$3 50@$4 00. Com—No. 1 white 03s;.
No 2 white 68-, mixed 65c. Oats-
Mixed 44a—c; white 44o; Kansas rust
proof 51c. Kay—Choice timothy, large bales,
$1.00; No. 1 limotliy, large bases, 95c; ch ice
timothy, small bales, 95c;No. 1 timothy, small
bales. 90c: N > 2 limothv, small bales, 85c.
Meal—Plain 67c ; bolted 58c. Wheat bran—
Lame sacks 85c, small sacks 87c Cotton
seed meal—$1 Iu per cwt. Steam feed—$1,35
per cwt. Grits—Pearl $3.50.
Country Produce.
Eggs OalOc. Butter—Western creamery
20i22|4 c t clinic* Tennessee 16al8c; »ther grade*
10al2%c. Live poultry—Turkeys 10(®12%c per
lb; liens 80o, young chickens
largo 2Ca25c ; small spring 10al53. Drosxed
poultry—Turkeys 15al6. Irish 18a20c; ducks 15;tl8e; chick¬ bbl.
ens p eatoes, 1.5 >@2.0 > per
swwt potatoes new—$2.<)0a2.50 per bu. Honey
Strain d 8al0c;m the comb 10al2c. Onions
5.J per bbl. Cabbage—Green Florida 1 Y^Cailo.
per ib. Louisiana ]J4.
I’rovisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed SJ^c; ice-cured bel"
lies 10c. Sugar-cured bams 18%a15%,according
to brand and average; California 9 j;
breakfast bacon 11% •. Lard—Pure leaf —c;
leaf 8%; refined none.
Cotton.
Market quiet.—Middling 7c.
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mother has been cured of Scrofula by the usa
of four bottles of after having had
much other treat- ment, and being
reduced to quite a low condition of health, as it
was though t she c ouiq not live .
I | Cured scrofula^^gffC^ my little boy ofheredi
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f his up
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use
>0 ttles cured him, and no jgyjgJKBi
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