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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XI.
CASTOR IA
for Infants and Children.
*‘C aster iais so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.” IT. A. Archer, H. D.,
11l So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
“ The use of ‘ Castoria ’ is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach.”
CARLO3 Martyn, D.T) .
New fork City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
PHILLIPS k PHILLIPS,
Attorneys-at-Law,
LOUISVILLE, - GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts.
Money loaned on bqst possible terras.
Good papers discounted.
. e. CAIN. J. H. POLRn.L.
CAIN & POLHILL,
Attornnys at Law,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
A.H.WOOTT E N .
Attorney at Lav/,
WADLEY. : : : : GEORGIA
Will practice in all the Courts of th<
Middle Circuit.
DR. <£ W. KELLEY,
Physician and Surgeon,
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA.
IW All cabs promptly answered.
DtTrHODES.
Having located permanently at my
residence in Bartow, I offer a continuencc
of my professional services to my friends
nnd the public gene: ally. All calls
promptly attended to.
Verv respectfully,
'W. J. RHODES, M. D.
DfS. T.S. DANIEL,
BURGEON DENTIST.
Wadley, -- -• Georgia.
Teeth Extracted without Pain by use
of Nitrous-oxide Gas.
T loosT investment
Have your House, Gin House
Stables, etc., insured in the LONDON
AND LIVERPOOL AND GLOBE,
or the HIBERNIA, or MACON
Fire Insurance Companies.
All first-class Companies, and will
give you as liberal terms as any com
pany. L. R. FARMER, Agent.
JOB PRINTING.
We fire Prepaied to do all kinds of
Job Work
Willi
N E ATNESS
and
DISPATCH
INSURAK OE.
Insure with
THE GEORGIA
Home Insurance Cos.,
Which has the best standing of any
Company in existence.
Established in 1859.
TOTAL ASSETS $750,000.
Insures in all the Southern States. A
Home Company situated in Georgia.
Loses paid piomptly. Why sit down
ind tee your house destroyed by the
monster. Fire, when you can hare it In
sured SO CHEAP ? One per ceat.foT ona
year. Two per cent for three years.
Three per cent for five years. Come let
me insure your house.
T. F. CAULK, Agent,
isoupyiujt 04, *
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Ston-ach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills 'Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
“ For several years I have recommended
your ‘ Castoria, ’ and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results.”
Edwin F. Pardee, M. D.,
“The Winthrop,” 125th Street and 7th Ave.,
New York City.
Tub Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Report of the Situation for the Past
Week.
The Review of the industrial situation in the
eoutli lor the past week shows a slight revival
in business, and that the signs indicate that
the south is slowly recovering from the effects
of the ri cent critical period. There have been
to failures of importance, the banks are re
suming payments in the larger cities, and the
coming in of tho cotton crop is giving
some animation in business circles. Sev
eral of the larger cotton mills
which either shut down or ran
on reduced time have resumed in full -orce
The cyclone of the last week lias seriously af
fected the production of sea island cotton and
of naval stores, and tho crop wili be much re
duced. Cotton will not come to market in
large quantities unless (lie price advances, as
the farmers are generally in shape to hold it,
and will not sell for the cost of production
alone.
Twenty-eight new industries were established
or incorporated during the week, together with
eight enlargements of manufactories atnl eleven
important new buildings—Tradesman, (Chat
tanooga Term:
COTTON MONEY.
New York Banks Will Furnish What
is Needed.
A special of Tuesday from Mem
phis, Tenn., says: All the banks in
the city have been notified by their
New York banking connections that
they are prepared to ship all the
money necessary to Memphis to move
the cotton crop. This news was re
ceived with joy by the local financiers,
who regard the financial stringency
as a thing of the past. The cotton
crop will begin moving in earnest
about September 15th.
Siam Paying Indemnity.
The Paris Temps received advice
from Saigon Monday that the French
warship, Latin, has arrived there with
2,500,000 francs, to be used in com
pleting the payment of Siam’s indem
nity to France.
A Family of Five Burned.
A family named Wall were burned
to death Monday morning in their
shop in Hammersmith, a suburb of
London. The father, a widower, lived
with four children on the third floor
of a building in which he carried on
his trade.
Trade journals are noting the fact
that the price of wool is the lowest in
its history.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Coffee —Roasted—Arbitclde’s 22.61 19 100 lb.
eases, Lion 22.60 c, Levering’s 22 60c. Green—Ex.
tra choice 20c; choice good 17c; fair 18c; com
mon 16a17c- Sugar—Granulated 6c; off
granulated-; powdered 6%c; cut leaf 6%; whits
extra C New Orleans yellow clarified
yeliow extra C Syrup—New
Orleans choice 450; prime common
20@30c. Molasses—Genuine Cuba 35@33cimi
tation 22@25. Teas—Black 35@55c; green
40@60c. Nutmegs 65(5)852. Cloves 25<®30c.
Cinnamon 10@12%c. Allspice 10@lie. Jamai
ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 12c; Mace
SI.OO. Rice, Head 6c: good 5 %0 ; common
imported Japan Cf<ts%c. Salt—Hawley’s
dairy $1.50; Virginia 75c. Cheese—flats
White fish, half bbls.s4 00; pails 60c;
Soap—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs SS.OOa 3.75.
turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50;
Candles—l’arafine ll%c; star 11c. Matches—
400s $4 00; 300s $3 00a3 75: 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s
sgross $3 75. Soda-Kegs, bulk 4%c; do 1 lb pkg
5%c; cases, 1 lb 5%c, do 1 and Vlbs Bc, do%lb
ti%e. Crackers—XXX soda XXX butter
6%c; XXX pearl oysters Cc: shell and excelsior
7c;lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 7%c; French
mixed 13c. Canned goods—Condensed Milk,
$6 00a8 (X); imitation mackerels3 95a4 00. Sal
mon $6 00a7 50: F. W. oysters $1 80; L W
41 35; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2.10
Ball potash $3 20. Starch—Pearl 4c; Lump
4 >s,r;‘nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $.500.
Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 00al 4t); quarts,
$1 50al 80. Powder—Rifle,, kegs $3.50; %kegs,
$2 00; % kegsfl 15. Shot $1 60 per sack.
Flour. Crain anil Meat.
Flour—First, patent $5 03; second patent.
$1.25; extra fancy $3.3); fancy $3 20; family
$3 00. Corn—No. 1 white 60j. mixed,
58c. Oals. Mixed )0e; white 40c; Texas rust
proof 39c. Seed rye, Georgia 85a90c.
Hav—Choice timothy, large nates, SI.OO
No. 1 timothy, large bales, $1.00; choice
timothy, small bales,sl Q0;No. 1 timothy,small
bales, $1.00; No. 2 timothy, small bales, 95c.
Meal—Plain 58c; bolted 56;. Wheat bran—
Large sacks 85c, small sacks 85c. -Cotton
seed meal—sl 3) per cwt. Steam feed—sl.lo
ner cwt. Stock peas Coa6sc per bu. White, 75
Boston beaus $2.65a2.75 per bushel.
Tennessee, $ 1.75a 2.00. Grits—Pearl $3.25.
Country Produce.
Eggs 16al8c Butter—Western creamery
20a25c choice Tennessee loalSc; other grades
10a12%c. Live poultry—'Turkeys 10@12%c per
lb; liens 25 and 28c. spring chickens
large 18a20c; small spring 104.15 c. Dreised
poultry—Turkeys 15a13c ; ducks 15c; chick
ens 12T£al5. Irish potatoes, new, 2.00(2)2.50 per
bbl. Sweet potatoes 65a750 per bn. Ilouey-
Strained Baloc ; in the comb 10a12%c. Onion;
75c asl 00 per bu.
Provisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed 10c, ice-cured bellies
13c. Sugar-cured hams according
to brand aud average; California, 12%c. break
fast bacon 11>£al5c. Lard, Leaf
Compound B#e. ’ *
Cotton.
Local—Market. Quiet. Middling 6^c,
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Material and Intellectual Advancement of the County.
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1893.
BEES WITH NO STINGS.
BUSY LITTLE HONEY GETTERS OF
HONDURAS.
This Climate Too Cold For Them —
The Pigmies Among Bees—Why
Stingless Bees Arc in Demand
“T ~T~ ONDURAS’ Governor has
written to the Department
j I of Agriculture offering to
(f ' send to this country some of
the stingless bees which are native to
Central America. If it were possible
to domesticate them here, says the
Washington Star, there would be
great advantage in doing so, inas
much as the sting of the bee is the'
chief obstacle to bee culture in the
United States. The idea of producing
bees without stings by selection in
breeding has often been suggested,
but it is not considered practicable by
scientific apiarists. The tropical in
sects referred to are cousins to the
true honey bees, being grouped zoo
logically between the latter and the
bumble bees. They make excellent
honey, which, though less sweet than
that sold in Northern markets, has an
aromatic perfume and a delicious flavor
of its own. Some of it is said to be
poisonous, but it is not so ordinarily.
Of these bees, which are very small,
there are twenty-six species in Central
and South America, where they have
been kept in hives for centuries.
They belong to the genus “Meli
ponae.” Though lacking stings they
possess other means of defence. They
not only bite rather sharply with their
jaws, like ants, but they do their best
to crawl into the ears and nostrils of
anybody who attacks them. Some
species are very spiteful, but others
are comparatively amiable—notably
the “scutellaris,” which is the one
most commonly domesticated in Bra
zil. The hives employed are usually
hung from roofs and verandas. Some
times they are of earthenware, but
more often they are made of hollow
logs two or three feet long, closed at
the ends with circular plugs of woods.
When a hive is judged by its weight
to be full, the plugs are withdrawn
and the honey is removed. These
bees have been kept since prehistoric
times by the natives.
Their honey is contained not in
hexagonal cells, but in wax bags as big
as pigeons’ eggs. These are hung
around the interior walls of the hive
and are usually about half full, hold
ing as much as the strength of the
sacks will hear. On one side of the
tree or log occupied by the bees is a
hole just big enough to admit the mem
bers of the colony one at a time. At
this hole a single bee always stands
Bentinel, drawing back out of the way
every time that a housemate enters or
leaves the domicile. By marking the
sentinel it has been ascertained that
the same individual does sentry duty
for a whole day. The hole in the side
of the hive is the entrance to a long
winding tube, which is built of the bee
glue obtained from the buds of plants.
For any hostile insect or other foe to
make its way through this narrow 7 and
eagerly defended passage is so perilous
an undertaking that even the fierce
tropical ants never attempt it.
Birds and lizards are the greatest
enemies of these bees, the reptilian
robbers more particularly attacking
certain species which build their hives
underground. All that has been said
as to the habits of the “Meliponae”
applies in the main to their near re
latives, the “Trigonae.” The latter
are not peculiar to the New World, as
are their cousins just described, but
are found also in the East Indies and
in Australia. They are much smaller,
being in fact the pigmies among bees.
Their name, which means “three-cor
nered,” comes from the circumstance
that their abdomens are triangular in
shape. They have no stings, but are
strong and very active in gathering
pollen and honey, carrying remarkably
heavy loads. The workers are black,
but the queen is dark yellow and
has a huge abdomen, her wing being
not strong enough to lift her into the
air when she is filled with eggs. The
honey cells, which are as big as good
sized peas, are grouped in bunches.
One thing which the Governor of
Honduras desired to know was whether
there was any duty on bees imported
into the United States. There is none,
because they come in under the head
of “animals for breeding purposes. ”
But the fatal objection to these honev
making tropical insects is that they
will not stand this climate. They can
not live in a temperature below fifty
degrees Fahrenheit. In 1873 Edward
Drory, of Bordeaux, brought to
France forty hives of “Meliponae”
and “Trigonae.” He kept them over
one winter by housing them in a
heated room, but eventually they died.
A few years ago T. F. Bingham shipped
a hive of “Meliponae” to Michigan,
brut he could not winter them. In
short, these little nectar-getters can
not be domesticated in this country.
It has been suggested that they might
be crossed with our own honey bees
advantageously, to get rid of the sting,
but it is almost certain that they
would not breed together, inasmuch as
they belong to different genera.
On the other hand, the true honey
bees have been imported from Europe
into Central and South America,
where they flourish. They are deter
mined and indefatigable immigrants.
As is well known, these valuable in
sects did not exist in the new world
when Columbus landed. They were
brought hither by the white man.
Only one hundred years ago their
hum had never been heard west of the
Allegheny Mountains. A violent hur
ricane having carried several swarms
over that lofty ridge, they found there
a country singularly favorable to their
propogation, where they have multi
plied until the boundless forests and
savannahs are well populated with
them. It is worth mentioning that
the combs which contain the brood,
cells of the stingless tropical bees de
scribed are not built perpendicularly,
like those of the true honey bees, but
horizontally. They are protected,
furthermore, by labyrinthine walls,
through which any small foe would
find difficulty in making its way.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
A diamond for cutting glass lasts
about three months.
The play of color in the opal is due
to minute fissures in the stone.
Bismarck is said to be an expert on
cheese, the age of which he tells al
taste.
Louis XIV., though a “fine gentle
man, ” was noted for his want of clean
liness.
The wine cups of the Assyrians were
shaped like our saucers and were of
agate, other semi-precious stones, gold
and silver.
A curious tree-growth is noted near
Ellenville, N. Y., where a hemlock and
an oak have become firmly joined at a
height of about ten feet.
Men of marked ability in any line
have usually one deep, perpendicular
wrinkle in the middle of the forehead,
with one or two parallel to it on each
side.
Until 1650 the art of making needles
was kept a secret. It was then taught
to the English by Christopher Green
ing, and English needles are now sold
all over the world.
M. Ernest Chantre finds that iron is
found in tombs of Lower Chaldea
which are contemporaneous with the
third and fourth dynasties of Egypt,
or about 2500 B. C.
In the early days of Virginia a law
was made punishing with death the
man who killed a hog, goat or sheep.
This was done to provide for the in
crease of these animals.
The real discoverer of the American
continent is said to be neither Colum
bus nor Lief Ericson, but undoubtedly
Bjarni, a Norwegian. He visited the
coast of Nova Scotia in A. D. 995.
When the French crown jewels were
inventoried in 1791 there were 9547
diamonds, 506 pearls, 230 rubies, 134
sapphires, 150 emeralds, seventy-one
topazes, three amethysts and a number
of unclassified stones.
Scorpions are so numerous in Du
rango, Mexico, that there is a bounty
of sixty cents a hundred for them.
The persons who are legalized to hunt
for them ate authorized to enter and
search private houses.
The telephone was first practically
used in England in 1876 when over 115
miles of wire extended between Lon
don and Norwich, but no telephone ex
change was established until 1879,
when ten offices were connected.
The “Spectre of the Brocken” is a
mirage visible only on the high
est peak of the Hartz Mountains, in
Hungary. Just before sunset a gigan
tic shadow of the spectator is cast upor
a very dense atmosphere in the vallej
east of the mountain.
One of the curious things in the
Catholic educational exhibit at the
World’s Fair is a picture, in hair, of
the landing of Columbus. It is said to
contain some of the hair from the head
of nearly every Catholic Archbishop
and Bishop in this country.
In St, John’s College, Oxford, Eng
land, is preserved a portrait of Charles
1., in which the engraver’s lines, as
they seem to be, are really microscopic
writing, the face alone containing all
the book of Psalms, with the creeds,
and several forms of prayers.
Goust, the smallest separate and in
dependent territory in the world, is
situate in the lower Pyrenees, about
ten miles from Oleron, between the
boundaries of France and Spain. The
people speak a language of their own,
a cross between French and Spanish.
The ancestors of the Finns, accord
ing to John Abercromby, of Edin
burgh, Scotland, went in for magic
extensively. They lived originally in
Siberia. The first historical mention
of the Finns which the present day
possesses locates them about 1900
years ago as living in Poland.
The Birth of Lake Tahoe.
In geographical times, not long
ago, as speaks the scientist, but very
long ago, as speaks the chronicler of
human follies, there was a deep valley
on the eastern slope of the Sierra
Nevadas at the headwaters of the
Truckee River. About this valley
towered granite mountains. But
earthquakes came, rents were opened
in the rocks, and from the fissures
poured monstrous streams of lava.
One of these fissures crossed the lower
end of the valley, and through it
poured floods of molten rocks. Stream
after stream issued, to cool in solid
sheets and blocks, ttntil a wall was
built across the valley 2000 or 3000
feet in height, and above it was a deep
basin 500 or 600 square miles in area.
The storms that fell on the granite and
volcanic mountains rolled in rivers to
fill the basin and Lake Tahoe was
created. —Chicago Herald.
Use a Straw For Cold Drinks.
“I see, ” said a prominent doctor,
“that lovers of soda water and iced
drinks have at last found a way to
partially overcome the deleterious
effects of such things being suddenly
taken into the stomach on a warm day.
They are using straws to drink soda
water, and it is a good thing. An
overheated person rushing up to a
soda-water fountain and gulping down
the frigid concoctions that they serve
there cannot imagine the harm he is
doing to his systeni. The straw method
is a much slower one, and the liquid
gets heated up to nearer the tempera
ture of the stomach before it reaches
there, aud so does less harm, ’’—Pitts-,
burg Dispatch.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
Condensed from Our Ist liprlani
Telegraphic Advices
And Presented in Pointed and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
The Troy City, N. Y., paper mill,
after two months’ suspension, resumed
work Thursday.
The Peabody mills, at Newburyport,
Mass., started up Thursday morning
with four hundred hands.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, ex-secretary of
state, died at his country residence at
Garrison, N. Y., Thursday.
The Collins mills, of Collinsville,
Mass., started up with all hands at
work, Wednesday, after a four weeks’
shut down.
Pittsburg and Lake Angelina mine,
at Ishpeming, Mich., which has been
working on two-thirds time, has
placed the miners and surface men on
full time again.
The business portion of the town of
White Cottage, Ohio, was almost to
tally destroyed by Fire Wednesday.
The loss will amount to $70,000; in
surance probably one-third.
Seven seamen who shipped at Swan
sea, Wales, on the Bteamship Etna for
Russian ports, have died of the chol
era. The ship had a large number of
Mecca pilgrims. About two hundred
of these died aboard the ship.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the West Point Terminal
Company was held at New York
Thursday. Mr. Lynch, of New York,
was elected chairman. No business
was transacted and the meeting ad
journed to October 19th.
A San Francisco, Cal., dispatch of
Wedneaday says: The bark Colusa,
sugar laden, from Kalm 1 ui, has been
now out forty-nine, and is twenty
days due. The Colusa and cargo are
worth about $200,000. There is con
siderable uneasiness about her non
appearance.
Fire destroyed a seven-story brick
block and part of the adjoining blocks
in New York City Wednesday. The
locality is a densely populated tene
ment district. The buildings burned
were full of “sweat shops.” Nobody
was hurt, but the entire district was in
a panic for several hours. Loss, $150.-
000.
Reports were received at Arkansas
City, Thursday, that the troops sta
tioned in the Cherokee outlet have
driven out the “soone-rs” by firing the
grass. It is claimed that many “soon
er” were burned, only those having
hoxjfs escaping. A great deal of in
dignation is felt in Arkansas City over
the action of the troops.
Cashier M. J. Bofferding, of the
Bank of Minneapolis, committed sui
cide Thursday morning by shooting
himself. It is supposed he took his
life because of sensitiveness over the
recent absconding of Paying Teller
Phil M. Scheig with $15,000 of the
bank’s money. President Kirby, of
the bank, declares that Bofferding’s
accounts are perfectly straight.
The statement of personal affairs of
Hon. Charles Foster, twice governor
of Ohio and ex-secretary of the treas
ury was filed by the assignee, J. B.
Gormley, at Bucyrus, 0., Wednesday.
The report shows total net assets of
total appraisements of $414,-
258. The liabilities are: Bills payable
$75,800; and overdrafts on Foster &
Co.’s bank $135,000.
The national World’s fair commis
sion at Chicago, Wednesday, received
the report of the special investigating
committee exonerating Commissioner
Mercer, of Wyoming, from the
charges of dishonorable conduct and
finding Commissioner Beesone, of
Oklahoma, guilty of dishonorable acts.
The report was adopted with only one
dissenting voice.
A cable dispatch of Thursday from
Berlin states that the Bhine has been
proclaimed officially to be infected
with cholera, and bathing in it is for
bidden. All the public baths along its
banks have been ordered closed and
the authorities of all the towns in the
Rhine valley have been instructed to
adopt stringent measures to prevent
the use of the river water for domestic
purposes.
A New York dispatch of Thursday
says: The Commercial Cable com
pany and the South American Tele
graph, 37 and 39 Wall street, posted
a notice that the Brazilian government
has suspended all telegraphic com
munication to and from Brazil for the
present. This order however will not
interfere with telegrams passing
through Brazil for points beyond. No
explanation for the order is given.
A London cable dispatch of Thurs
day says: The Manchester and Shef
field Railway Company has given no
tice that on account of the scarcity of
fuel, caused by the miners’ strike, they
have suspended the services of fifty
five trains. The Midland Railway
Company has taken off fourteen trains
for the same reason. Each company
had already curtailed its train service
in consequence of the coal famine.
A head-end collision between a milk
train on the Chicago, Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne railroad and an eastbound
passenger train on the Pa,n Handle or
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis railroad, Thursday, killed
twelve persons and injured as many
more. The baggage and smoking car
of the eastbound passenger train was
ground to pieces aud from this most of
the killed,, and injured were taken.
The Slaughter family, of Texas, nra
said to be the mast extensive land
owners in America, their combined
ownings amownting 1 9 500 ; 0(>Q acres.
BRUNSWICK REJOICES.
Many Cities in Georgia Raise Their
Quarantine Against Her.
A Brunswick, Ga., special says:
Aroused by the action of Brunswick’s
council Thursday the government of
ficials realized the mistake they were
making and the extreme injustice done
to the city in waiting to consult the
Savannah authorities Friday they
atoned for their mistake by wiring Sur
geon General Wyman to order the
quarantine against Brunswick raised as
all danger was over. The cities and
towns of Georgia with the exception
of Savannah promptly raised their
quarantine, releasing Brunswick from
her barriers and once more giving her
people a fighting chance for life and
business.
The majority of the 4,000 people in
Brunswick now are laborers and many
of their families are receiving help
from the relief committee. In a few
weeks their work will be resumed and
the battle for bread will be more equal
ized. Help, however, will be needed
for them for several weeks yet and
contributions will be gratefully re
ceived.
SAVANNAH YIELDS.
A Savannah special says: The peo
ple of Brunswick, Tampa, Port Tampa,
Ybor City and other points recently
infected with yellow fever, can visit
Savannah now if they desire. The
sanitary board at its session Saturday
raised the quarantine on these places
and all restriction is to be removed im
mediately. Mayor McDonough has
notified Mayor Lamb, of Brunswick,
and Mayor Knight, of Waycross, by
telegram as to the action of the sani
tary officials and Health Officer Brun
ner was instructed to wire Surgeon
General Wyman and notify the rail
roads.
WRECKED BY A CYCLONE
A Louisiana Town Demolished—Five
Persons Lose Their Lives.
A severe cyclone struck the pretty
little town of Lockport, La,,on Bayou
Lafourche, at about 9 o’clock Thurs
day morning and left a mass of ruins
and desolution. Strong winds had
been raging the whole nightlong, ac
: companied by rain. No serious results
were apprehended until the wind shift
ed suddenly to the southwest and blew
at a terrible rate, carrying everything
in its path.
A number of residences and stores
were demolished and many other build
ings were badly damaged. Besides the
five people killed, a large number were
more or less seriously wounded.
On the Southern Pacific railroad be
tween Bayou Sale and Franklin, 100
miles west of New Orleans, half a mile
of telephone poles were blown down,
destroying telegraphic communication
with Texas by that route. Between
New Orleans and Mobile twelve of the
fifteen wires along the Louisville and
Nashville road have gone down and
along the Illinois Central railroad the
wires are badly wrecked. High winds
are reported from Baton Rouge and
Amite City, La. L and Mississippi City,
on the eulf coast.
HOME RULE REJECTED.
The House of Lords Divided and Yoted
Adversely to the Bill.
A London cable dispatch says: The
house of lords divided Friday night at
midnight and the result was the rejec
tion of the motion by a vote of 419 to
41. All the bishops went with the
majority. The announcement of the
result was received with laughter and
some cheering. The house was then
cleared of spectators and adjourned
immediately.
Outside of the building the police
had kept a free circulation during the
the evening. At midnight a distinct
ive unionist demonstration was held,
consisting in the flourishing of the
union jack, the singing of patriotic
songs and cheering for Lord Salis
bury, the duke of Argyle and Joseph
Chamberlain. Skyrockets were sent
up from the precincts of the house
and the answer greeted with ringing
cheers.
THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT.
Secretary Gresham Takes Prompt Ac
tion in tlie Matter.
A Washington special says: Secre
tary Gresham decided Friday morning
not to wait longer for official notifica
tion that a revolution had broken out
in Brazil and he accordingly sent a
cablegram to Minister Thompson, who
is supposed to have reached Rio de
Janeiro by this time, instructing him
to concur in a general diplomatic re
monstrance against the burdensome
interference with the Soreign commerce
of Brazil through the suspension of
telegraohic communication.
This dispatch was sent in accordance
with a partial promise made by Secre
tary Gresham Thursday to the New
York coffee exchange which intimated
that Brazil was discriminating against
American trade.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
Secretary Hester’s First Report of tlie
New Commercial Year.
According to Secretary Hester’s
New Orleans Cotton Exchange report,
issued at New Orleans Friday, the new
commercial year of 1893-94 opens with
a much smaller movement of cotton
than has been shown in either last
year or year before.
The statement covers the past week
and the first eight days of the season,
making the amount of the American
cotton crop brought into sight for the
week 43,661, against 63,804 in Sep
tember, 1892, and 106,860 the same
time in 1801. For the eight days of
September the movement into sight
has been 48,820 against 70,801 and
111,873, showing a falling off of 31 pes
cent from last year, and 69 from
year befow,
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Affairs of Government aM P,online of
(lie House ani Ssnale Discusses.
: Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
!
pie and Their General Welfare.
When the senate adjourned Satur
day afternoon it was a week nearer
the repeal of the Shermau law. But
I nothing happened during the week to
indicate when a vote will be taken,
i The chief talk outside of the speeches
I on the floor has been with reference to
the compromise.
Senator Peffer has presented a peti
tion in the senate from citizens of
Kansas in the form of a resolution pro
j viding for the issue of treasury notes
to be loaned the different states ac
cording to demand at interest, not ex
ceeding one per cent to be distributed
among the people of the states and to
be legal tender for all public and pri
vate debts.
Innumerable dispatches received at
Washington indicate that a general re
sumption of business in the manufact
uring plants in the north and west has
begun or is in preparation. This is
particularly marked in the cotton fac
tory section of New England and iron
working plants in Pennsylvania and
Ohio, also in the miscellaneous indus
tries of Philadelphia and New Y"ork.
By direction of the secretary of war,
three hundred hospital tents have
been sent from quartermaster’s depart
ment at St. Louis, to tho people left
homeless through the ravages of the
great hurricane on the South Carolina
coast. Secretary Lamont was anxious
to send subsistence as well, but found
there was neither money nor stores
available for this purpose.
A Washington dispatch says: The
state of South Carolina, by its attor
neys, filed with the commissioner of
patents Wednesday a motion for a re-
T|iew of his recent decision declining
to register the word “Palmetto” on a
trade mark in connection with the
manufacture and sale of whisky in
South Carolina. The commissioner
read the brief filed in the case, and at
once rendered his decision, declining
to reopen the case.
Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, has
resigned the office of assistant secretary
of state to which he was appointed by
President Cleveland. This action has
for som'e time been anticipated, Mr.
Quincy having accepted the position
with the expectation of relinquishing
it after a short service. Since the
Massachusetts state democratic con
vention -was held, it has been apparent
that there would be an imperative de
mand for Mr. Quincy to assume charge
of the approaching campaign. His
resignation, as a consequence, creates
no surprise.
Secretary Carlisle has decided to
meet the treasury deficit by issuing
silver certificates against the seignor
age of the bullion purchased under
the Sherman law. He estimates that
the deficit for the year will be fifty
millions, which would be covered by
the coinage of the seignorage and the
issue of certificates on the silver pur
chased to September Ist. The need
for money, especially paper currency,
is so pressing that the secretary will
recommend the issue of certificates in
advance of the actual coinage, which
would enable the treasury to meet its
obligations without making further
inroads on the gold reserve.
Certificates Not to He Taxed.
Commissioner Miller sent out a cir
cular recently to the internal revenue
collectors which is causing a good deal
of speculation. It lias been under
stood to mean in some quarters that
the circular merely intended to im
pose alO per cent, tax on clearing
house certificates for local circulation.
Commissioner Miller stated Friday
that there was nothing at all of that
nature intended. The circular was is
sued merely for the purpose of pre
venting the banks from issuing the
small bank notes that have been put
in circulation lately. That is all there
is to it. The circular does apply,
however, to certified cheeks payable to
bearer and issued for circulation in
the place of money.
A Batch of Nominations.
The president sent to the senate,
Friday, the following noniidations:
Theodore Runyon, of New Jersey,
ambassador extraordinary and pleni
potentiary of the United States "to
Germany; Albert S. Willis, of Ken
tucky, envoy extraordinary and mi n
ister plenipotentiary of the United
States to the Havaiiau islands; Henry
M. Smith, of Virginia, to be minister
resident and counsel general of the
United States to Hayli; Ellis Mills,
of Virginia, to be consul general at
Honolulu ;M. S. Carroll, of Maryland,
to be consul general at Dresden, Ger
many. United States Consuls—George
J. Willis, of Georgia, at Port Stanley
and St. Thomas, Canada; John R.
Mobley, of Texas, at Acapulco, Mexico;
Henry R. D. Mac Ever, of New York,
at Denia, Spain; George Keenan, of
Wisconsin, at Kehl, Germany; Henry
C. C. Atwood, of New 7 York, at Calais,
France; Leopold Moore, of New York,
at St. Christopher, W. I. Also nine
teen postmasters, a collector of reve
nue and appraiser—all recess appoint
ments,
Express Office Robbed.
The office of the Adams Express
company at Akron, 0., was eutei'eo
Thursday night during the absence of
Agent Elliott and the safe stripped oi
its contents. The sale had been
left with the day lock only, and con
tained $5,000 sent by the city to pay
bonds, and the receipts of the day,
amounting to about SI,OOO. Several
persona were arrested suspected of th
prime,