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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
LOVE'S SILENCE.
Of all the words that b.'ar their part.
In all the deeds of day to day
One word is chiefly in my heart.
One little word I must not say.
The hills of truth are straight and steep
They have a smart in every stoii“;
And climbing them I needs must weep
Jo think that love must die unknown.
Night follows day—day chases night.
And brings a lesson strange to teach,
That love is lifeless in the light.
And silence is the fullest sp •e'.i.
Walter //. Pollock, in Longman's.
MR. SPINDLES TRIP WEST,
BY FRANK .1. MARTIN.
Tlie gaunt figure of Major Scentpenny
Nvas familiar to the citizens of Middle-
field. l or reasons best known to hi:n-
relf he had a great antipathy to labor—
either mental or physical, Jlis external
habiliments bothered him little so long
demands. as, internally, there were no unsatisfied
His thoughts were allowed to
wander with the vagrant winds—for Major
Scentpenny was a dreamer. From a
lack of practical engagement his mind—
such as it was—contented itself with all
conceived visions of future wealth. He
was in the habit of making periodical
visits to several houses, so that when he
home, was seen approaching Mrs. Proudman’s
early in the evening of a balmy
May day, no attention was paid to the
fact. The Major, so it was currently
rumored, was entered in the lists as a
wooer of the buxom widow.
His usual tranquility was disturbed by
the prospect of a realization of his fond¬
est hopes. Nor was he alone with the
fantasy of wealth, for, at that particular
time, a score ol worthy citizens of
Middle-field were greatly agitated. The
commotion was caused by a blue-eyed
man of great suavity, who introduced
himself ns the Second Vice-President of
the “Gold Trust Mining Company of
Colorado,” and who intimated that his
shattered health required that he re¬
cuperate in Middieficld, and in no other
locality.
The Second Vice-President,Mr. Sharp-
file, to use his own phrase, had “an easy
picking of it,” when he exhibited, at the
urgent request of ten prominent citizens,
the samples of ore he carried, as he said,
for his own amusement. Soma were bold
enough to express a desire to become
stockholders in the company, ami had
the funds at hand to hack their ambi¬
tions. Others made efforts to realize
money on their possessions so as to be let
in.
Mr. Sharpfile offered no encouragement
at first, but finally, alter a great pressure
bad been brought to bear upon him,com¬
municated with the general office of his
company and inquired if there was any
stock for sale. The answer came that
there were a few shares left at $1.10.
Mr. Shdrpfile secretly informed each
prospective stake-holder that he was the
lucky one and could have a few shares
on condition that he would promise never
to divulge the fact. In the midst of his
secret sales of stock he never forgot, the
fact that Mrs. Proudman had ten thou¬
sand in the hank, and was not at all anx¬
ious to invest it.
! Major Scentpenny became greatly at¬
tached to the mining magnate and in¬
formed him that Mrs. Proudman was he-
ginning to seriously consider the advisa-
bility of asking the Gold Trust Miming
Company to allow her to become a stock-
holder. Mr. Sharpfile readily compre-
bended the situation, and, as a direct re-
suit, of his schemes, the Major was now
on his way to the widow’s home to pre-
vail upon her as a friend, to invest her
money in the company.
Mrs. Proudman and her daughter,
Eliza, had finished their household
duties for the day and were knitting
when the Major applied the polished
brass knocker to the front door. He
found a comfortable chair, an amiable
widow and her sprightly daughter await-
ing him. No sooner were the formali¬
ties at an end and he was ready to speak
upon the subject nearest his heart when
the knocker announced tha arrival of
another caller, who proved to be Adam
Spindle, a pedagogue and rival of the
Major for the hand of Mrs. Proudman.
Men in love, like generals in war, adopt
seemingly curious plans of action. The
Major and Air. Spindle had their ideas
as to bow to win the widow. The
former believed in concentrated effort,
the latter iu confusing advances and re-
treats.
After a few comments on ordinary
topics, the Major found Imnse.t alone
with the widow, Mr. Spindle and Eliza
having gone to take a stroll in the moon-
light. 1 he Alajor approacned the suo-
jeet cautiously, lie resounted the nu-
merous instances where banks had failed,
od <!,»< h*l crop, wore
visitors, enlarge,l upon the child, noCMS.tr ol
making Eliza, the sweet a lady
independent in every respect aud worked
himself up to the highest pitch when he
ornmw.l expressed tlto the hrm- hope time that the tt.e dcolinino- Uittinm,
years of his dear tnend, Hrs. 1 roudmau,
would be b .seed w.tb c cganc. and case
Then he brought on— no Go d T rust
Co.” in regi! stye. The Colorado press,
including t.u .intnh o w/’grr, w iippeiy
Pass *>.p;.-// aiul A: -around i ««<■/«#, had
publishcd columns about the mines and
the'r enormous outputs. The company
was worth millions and, of course, stock
was scarce, lie was nu intimate friend
of Mr. Sharpfile and that
would, ir Mrs. Froudman wished to pro-
cure it, so manage affairs that a four
thousand block would be at her option
in the course of six weeks, but not before.
Of course he was interested iu her welfare
as a friend, nothing more.
Mrs. Proudman had ambitions and list-
ened attentively to all he said, liis sin-
cerity could not be doubted, and the in-
vestment, to all appearances, seemed to
le a safe one. In truth, let it be stated
that the Major was fully convinced of the
absolute truth of all he uttered.
Mrs. Proudman. behalf, after thanking him for
his efforts in her said that she
would take the matter under consider.!-
tion and, . in • a.l it -..rr-tiviirtiif,vn„! prob..i .nt\. v ou.d l o.r e.i-
deavor to secure the stock at tne' expira-
tion of the six weeks-
This information so elated the Major
that he could scarcely contain himself for
joy, and uttering a few unintelligible
words made his departure. He already
fancied himself the husband of Mrs.
Proudman, rolling in riches, four meals
per day, and a spanking team of road-
sters to engage his leisure moments.
Shortly after he left tho widow’s home,
Mr. Spindle and Eliza returned from their
stroll. Eliza scampered away to her
room and Mr. Spindle had the field to
himself. Mrs. Proudman had great faith
in Ijim and took him into her confidence.
Mr. Spindle was, to say the least, con-
servative and held mining companies in
much the same light as lie did Satan;
but he listened attentively.
“Mrs. Proudman,” said he after a long
pause, during which he was forking out
a distance table in his mind, “I would
advise yo» to go slow in the matter. Our
friend, the Major, is visionary. I am
going away in the morning, ’and will be
absent at least live weeks. Do not pur-
chase any stock in the Gold Trust Min-
ing Company until you have heard from
me.”
“Where are you going?” inquired Mrs.
Proudman anxiously.
“Do not press me now for an answer;
simply await advice from me.”
Mrs. Proudman agreed to this and
early the next morning Mr. Spindle ap¬
peared at the railway station, and tak¬
ing the ticket agent, an old friend, into
his confidence, purchased a ticket to
--(not even the agent could tell)
aud was miles from Mictdlefield before
the gallant Major Scentpenny was astir.
* H» * * * *
The Gold Trust Mining Company’s
plant was located not many miles from
Silvertou, Col., away up a mountain
above the timber line. A half dozen
men, under tho direction of the Superin¬
tendent, Mr. Poss, were engaged in dig¬
ging into the mountain side. Vague ru¬
mors of rich finds in this mine were cir¬
culating in neighboring camps, and the
statements of the men working the
mine, as well as the elaborate articles
that appeared from time to time in the
mining journals created a great interest.
Bright and early one morning Mr.
Poss noticed a man climbing the mount¬
ain. The stranger stopped when half
way up, and seating himself on a bowl¬
der, lighted a cigar and began to read a
book that he carried under his arm. Mr.
Poss paid no heed to this until the fol¬
lowing morning, when tho stranger ap¬
peared at about the same time and re¬
peated the ceremony. Morning after
morning this individual climbed the
mountain, each succeeding twenty-four
hours finding him nearer the mine, until
at last he found himself within a short
distance of where Mr. Poss and his men
were working.
The “visitor,” as the men termed
him, had a bad cough and evidently re¬
alized that his days were numbered. He
excused himself for intruding and passed
fragrant cigars around among the men,
which act made him a welcome guest at
the cabin where he took lunch with the
miners.
One morning Mr. Poss ventured into a
conversation with him, and learned that
he was an invalid w ho had been ordered
to spend the season among the mountains
of Colorado. He was wealthy, disinter¬
ested in mining, and claimed the State
of Maine as his home. Mr. Poss took
kindly to him and gave him a complete
history of the “Gold Trust Company,”
as an agumeut that any man with a small
capital,' some pluck aud hardened con-
science, could grow rich rapidly iu the
mining business.
j u substance the history was this. The
company had been organized by one Mr.
Sharpfile and himself. Mr. Sharpfile was
in the East selling stock on the strength
Q f ;i i u t of fine samples from the big
m inos of the State. He, Mr. Poss, worked
the other end—the mines. They had
located several mines, but were working
one only. The ore was poor, but they
] ia d the mine “salted” incase anv inves-
tors desird to inspect it. Iu the event
of such an occurrence, rich ore would
be found at every turn. Mr. Sharpfile
was meeting with great success in dis¬
posing of his artisticallly designed stock
certificates, aud both would retire from
the company in the course of a few
weeks.
The stranger took a fit of coughing and
excused himself for the balance of the
day. lie was missed on the following
morning, and when a week elapsed and
Rg did not appear. Air. Poss concluded
that the cough had finished him.
The following copies of telegrams re-
ceived and answered by Airs. Proudman
and clipped from the Aliddlefield Banner,
cover subsequent events quite fully:
Silverton, Juno21, 18—.
To Mrs. Proudman, Middletield, Vt.:
I havo just obtained an admission from
it i, a hninbn*. I will not re-
turn to Middle.ield unless my presence there
is required. Srixonu.
„ Midm.EFif.ld. June - 22,18—. 00
p 0 jjr. Spmdle, Silvertan, Col..
Come at once. No mining stock for me.
Tour presence ,s desired
_Mas. Fioccmax.
Silvertox. June 23, IS—.
To yj rs Proudman, Middletield. A t.:
What disposition, if any, has been mads of
our mutual friend, Major fecentpeuny,
" ‘ '
_
Middlefielp June " 24. IS—.
yj r _ Spindle. Silverton, Col. .
The Major's name has been entered in the
IJack book directly under that of Mr. Sharp-
file * Come ' Mrs. t roldmax.
_ Extract ^ from die “bocie „ . . y „ \e\:ew . ., m .
t..e Middletield banner o . u 3 Ul >
li5 :
of nation are out for the wed-
Proudman, both^well-known society leaders in
this town. The happy couple will take up
their residence at ‘Knotty Knot,’ the old
ho “- ot tb - L ' ride -
In an obscure corner of tae same issue
appeared the following-
operations xh/cild T&t to-day. Mining’C^mpCnv^SLnded Investigation that
h proves
Poss, "’a* » big swindle. Messrs. Sharpfile and
the projectors of the scheme have fled
tbe coumrv ’ -. Warrants are out for their
ari-Rst.
—Detroit Free Press.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, MAY 30, 1891
Some Strange Fires.
On the night of March 21, 1676,about
three hours after sunset, a monster
bright light arose out of the Adriatic
g ea an( j passed from east northeast to
the west of southwest, crossing over
Italy i a a vertical line about half-way
hetwpen Rimini and T eo-hnrn "size Various
estimates as to the height and of the
body were made. One scientist, with
amusing exactness, declares that- it was
thirty-eight i miles high at Calmers. At
p acc s near its course a hissing noise
like that of a skv-rocket was nlainlv
heard. At Leghorn the sound is said to
have been “like that of a large cannon
quickly dving away until it sounded
much like a cart running over cobble-
gtones.” Estimates of its size seem to
have been as wild as those respecting it 3
height. Some accounts say it was as
“large as a house;” Le Cat savs that “it
was a good half mile in circumference.”
Bohn, who has written a very readable
account of “the great meteor or strange
fi re 0 f March 21, MDCLXXVI.,” esti-
mates that it was “about one-half mile
by the smaller diameter,” which w r ould
surely make it a terrifying object to be¬
hold,
On Thursday, March 19, 1719, there
appeared at London, about eighth
o’clock at night, a “sudden great light
moving after the manner but more slow¬
ly than a falling star. It started from a
point below Orion’s Belt, then lying in
the southwest, and went upwards in¬
stead of downwards like a falling star.
Its size, according to the testimony of
numerous observers in Spain, France,
Ireland, Holland and some parts of Ger¬
many, as well as those who saw it in
London and al\ over England, was about
that of the full moon. It was of whit¬
ish color with an eye in the centre as
blue as the most azure portion of a June
sky after a thunder-storm. It went
straight upwards in its course until out
of sight, lcaviug a track of fiery red
sparks in its wake.
A tiro of a strange nature appeared in
Wales in 1693. According to the most
intelligible account concerning it now in
existence, it came up from the sea neat
Harlech. At several places near that
place and all over Merionethshire it did
much damage, burning hay, houses,
barns, etc. A person writing of it said:
“The grass over which it moves kills all
manner of cattle that feed upon it. iBut
what is most remarkable is that any
great noise, such as the beating of a
drum or sounding a horn, effectually re¬
pels it from any house.”— tit. Louis lie-
public.
Barnum’s “Brick Man.”
As an illustration of one of Barnum’s
ingenious methods of attracting atten¬
tion to his museum may bo mentioned
the incident of the “brick man.” Ona
day a man applied for alms to Baruum,
who was sitting in the ticket office. To
the inquiry as to why he did not go to
work, the mendicant replied that he
■would gladly do so at a dollqr a day, if
he could find employment. Barnum gave
him twenty-five cents to get his break¬
fast, and told him to return and he
would give him a dollar and a half a
day and easy work. When the man re¬
turned, Barnum gave him five bricks,
and told him to place one in front of the
museum, another on the corner of Yesey
street, a third at the corner of Fulton—
on the St. Paul’s Church side—and the
foutth on the east corner of Fulton. Re¬
turning then to the museum, he was to
take up the first brick and replace it
with the fifth, and then continue his
rounds, putting down one brick and
taking up the other each time. He was
enjoined to answer no questions, and to
seem not to hear, and that at the end of
each three-quarters of an hour he was
to pass into the museum, look around at
Jffriosities for fifteen minutes, aud then
resume his rounds with the brick. Bar¬
num says that the man played his part to
perfection, aud his eccentric conduct
caused a great crowd to gather about
the museum. Many of these, of course,
went into the museum to seek some ex¬
planation as to the purpose of the
“brick man.” This was kept up for
several days, until the police requested
his withdrawal, because such crowds
lingered about the museum that traffic
was interrupted.— Harper's Weekly.
Smokeless Powder is Powerful.
The AYetteren smokeless powder from
Belgium has just been tested at the
Springfield (Alass.) armory. Preliminary
tests showed a velocity of nearly 1900
feet, with an initial pressure of 47,000
pounds, the charge, according to the ca-
pacity of the new rifle, being but thirty-
six grains. The shell now in use in the
United States army rifles permits of a
charge of fifty-five grains of ordinary
i Tr= birrbosr premie volooit^ ;,i4no 3^000
with * of bit
pounds. The increase oi velocity ob-
rained by the AYetteren powder laro-elv in-
crea =e 3 the dan-ersoace The hardened
lead icau and ami copper cupper covering coin m 0 of uivut the new new ball oau
.alsoincreaesits penetration,the shot being
effective at a distance of two aud one-
hull miles. Tests with the magazine gun.
wi „ , ako j, lacc earIj uest
tm TramcrifU
-- o -
A llo.ne-Made Weather Weather GIVss BUS..
Two articles only are required to con-
struct this simple weather propaet. First
clean oil flask (such as olive oil comes
in), and secondly a wide-mouthed fruit
j ar . Fill the jar to within two or three
i nc hes of the brim with soft water.
Place the neck of the oil flask within the
fru ; t j ar> j :i fa ; r we ather the water in
the neck of the flask will remain about
half an inch above the bowl, but in
s tormy weather the water will rise grad-
uall v ia tne nec ’ K ' and raia or sriow ma 7
.
then be looked for. If the atmosphere
’ oe very heavy it will rise at times to the
height of two or three inches in a few
Lours. The water needs no changing,
nor does it matter if the weather glass be
kept out of doors or in, save that in
ireezing weather, of course, the glass
would break .—Detroit Free Press.
__- __
Coachmen for Berlin doctois are to
wear white hats,
GEORGIA BRIEFS.
Newsy Paragraphs From Over
the State.
*ke “t a te Rank of Bainbridge has
bou g ht the b:ink < f Bainbl b! ge.
An alliance picnic, to be hold at
CutUming. higgest July 4lh, promises to be the
thing of the kind ever known in
no ^ th Georgia. Messrs. Livingston, Peek,
8 otber P r °nnnent aliiaucemen will be
h . nc1 aud crowd of
° u * ’ a 7 000 t0 10,000
>
P co b le are expected,
R • R- Singleton & Co., one of the old-
and largest Loot and shoe houses in
J] Lug ac on ? nc hsu: c Leonard made an who assignment has been to in Mr. the
-
employment of the firm a long while, and
^ tbe hrm '® indcbted for 13,280,
,
f f * * * lo5 ’ 9 ~°’ and
h "" t ’
The prizes for the Knights of Pythias
prize drill, wbrch took place in Bruns¬
wick a few days ago have been announced,
and will be distributed as follows: First
prize of $200 was awarded to Oglethorpe
division, No. 4, of Brunswick. The
second prize of $100, to Tc-utouian divis¬
ion, of Savannah. The individual priz*,
consisting W. of a handsome medal, to J.
Willis, of the Macon division, and
the prize for the best drilled captain to
Captain J. L. Hardemau, of Macon.
The dry goods firm of Julius Cohen
& Co., at Athens has been placed iu the
hands of a temporary receiver. This is
done at the instance of the Bank of the
University, which holds a first mortgage "of
on the atcck for $10,000. The assets
the firm amount to $45,000. The lia¬
bilities are about the same. It is believed
they can pay dollar for dollar. There is
not than a more respected citizen in Athens
either of the members of Julius
Cohen & Co., and their failure is re¬
gretted by all.
Twenty-six years ago Charley Edwards
was killed in Cherokee county. George
Pierce who did the killing was arrested a
few days ago iu Texas, and will be
brought back to Georgia for trial. In
1865 Pierce and Edwards were two of
the best known aud most prominent
young men in Chtrokee. dhey were
warm friends and both had a promising
future. One day they quarreled over a
trivial matter, and in the heat of passion
Pierce struck Edwards with a stave, kill¬
ing him instantly. Pierce then skipped
out aud has been in Texas ever since.
The Blue Ridge Marble Company at
Nelson, is just finishing one of the best
monuments ever made by it. It is to be
erected at Dahlonega, Ga., on the cam¬
pus of the North Georgia Agricultural
college, to the memory of Colonel David
W. Lewis, the first president of that col¬
lege. It will be unveiled with appropri¬
ate ceremonies on June 29th. Governor
Northeu will make an address upon that
occasion and will be followed by Mr.
James J. Gaillard, an alumnus of the col¬
lege. r I he monument is of medium cloud
creole marble throughout, and is said to
be of the finest stone ever taken from the
quarries of the company.
The county commissioners of Bibb
county have decided to appropriate
$42,000 for public schools next year.
The board of education asked for
$43,000, but the commissioners thought
$12,000 would be sufficient. The schools
of Bibb are in a flourishing condition.
They are growing rapidly. The board of
education regret that the commissioners
did not allow the full amount asked for.
It is not improbable that an effoi t will be
made to change the present law, which
allows the commissioners to name the sum
for the public schools, and to require the
commissioners to levy a tax for any
amount the board of education may see
fit to ask for.
The eighth annual session of the State
Bar Asssciation was held recently at
Columbus. The election of officers of
the association resulted as follows: Pres¬
ident, John Peabody, Columbus; first
vice-president, A. O. Bacon, Macon; sec¬
ond vice-president, John D. Hall, Grif¬
fin; third vice-president, Allen Fort,
Americas; fourth vice-president John W.
Harp, William Greenville; fifth vice-president,
II. Flemming, Augusta; secre-
retary, John W. Aiken, Cartersville;
treasurer, Z. D. Harrison, Atlanta; ex¬
ecutive committee—Walter B. Hill, Ma¬
rion Erwin, AYashington D. ssau, Macon;
H. A. Matthews, Fort Valley, and E. AY.
Martin, Atlanta. Macon w\ s selected as
the next place of meeting.
The Central’s Lease.
General Alexander reports that the
Central’s lease to the Georgia Pacific has
not been signed yet, but is being per-
feeted in form. It will be signed, tbe
president says, and the interest will be 7
per cent. AYith the bank earnings added
to the dividend, if the bank earns $75,•
000 a year, the stockholders will get 7
per cent from the Georgia Pacific and 1
l ier cent from the bank. This is pre-
cisely similar to the lease of the Georgia
“«<<» »”«,
!S ^ t ^ bc r ' or lxmsht S aniZed “ b a,)Cl - v "* P bo ut » dh In » ld good “» !
^standing 'tirfd and 6 per issue cent of
rt a new
4^ vnll be made. This issue will ami unt
to somethin** like 200 000 It mmu
be bo„S large iSe enough to refund the OoT present
ines. of « 400 ro!,din pav
al, past due coupons and put the
good ships.
Lewis ffonnmcnt Committee.
Governor Northern sometime ago ap-
pointed the Pillowing Agricultural committees from
the Georgia State Society to
secure subscriptions to the Lewis nvmu-
ment from the members of the society in
their respective congressional districts:
First district, S. D.^Biadwell. Atlanta;
D. R. Johnson, Blackshear. Second dis-
triet, A. Q. Moody, Boston; A. O. Burry
Cuthbert. Third district, J. C. Clements’
Towns; R. AY. Anderson, Hawkinsville!
Fourth district, G. E. Thomas, Colum-
bus; J. M. Mobley. Hamilton. Fifth dis-
^ • <T ‘. " Hidbv, Atlanta; R. J. Red-
ding, x-xpenment. bixth district, M. J.
Hatcher, Macon; Robert E. Park, Ma¬
^ on - Seventh district, T. I. Lyon, Car-
^. rs ^ be j d -J- L ^ m P^ on . Cedartown.
•C f I ^nth *y B .istrict ; P | J. L Eberhait, ^ Carlton;
G * i n i lb j
U.- u p TV»ntV> dictrir>*- \\ t h, u’
Berzelia, Mark G . V Ntwman, ' ^ Sanoersville.
1 he governer has heard from very few oi
the committees up to date, and it ir
highly important that they should all re-
port in fhc course f the next ten or
fifteen days. The monument will be un-
veiled on the 29th of June, and as fully
$300 mu-t yit be raised to complete the
fund, the committees will greatly help
the cause by securing subscriptions as
rapidly as possible.
Sale of the Covington and yiaeon.
Receiver J. C. Key sold at public Ollt-
cry at Macon, Ga., the Covington and
Macon road for $1,000,000 to Lawyer
Skipworth A\ ilmer, of Baltimore, chair¬
man of the committee of bondholders.
He bought the road for the bondholders
and paid the minimum amount allowed
by the court in the terms of the sale.
There was no other bid or bidder. Presi¬
dent John M. Robinson, of the Seaboard
and Roanoke, was not on the scene.
There was a large crowd of citizens pre¬
sent as mere spectators. The only out of-
town men preseut, who were partieu'arlv
interested in the sale, besides Mr. Wil¬
der, were Alexander Brown, the well-
known banker, of Baltimore, and the
principal owner of the bonds, also, Mr.
Jack Spalding, of Atlanta, representing
the Central and the Richmond and Dan¬
ville railroads. Notification was given
before the bidding of a cla’m of William
Leverett, of Machen, of $1,400.05 against
tho road for crossties furnished; also
notices by M. J, Ilatcher and Miss
Carro Davis were using rights of ways
to land in East Macon to which (lie
road had no title and that payment
would bo demanded by suit or otherwise.
The road will be renamed and reorgan¬
ized and will be leased to tho Central and
Richmond and Danville for perhaps,
ninety-nine years. The roadbed will be
put iu first-class condition. In Macon’s
Instory three railroads have been sold at
public outcry in front of the courthouse
door. The first sale was in 1845, of the
old Macon and Monroe road, from Macon
to Forsyth, now known as the Macon and
Western, which runs from Macon to
Atlanta. The next sale was the Macon
aud Brunswick division of the present
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, which was sold by order of the
state. The sale of the Covington and
Macon today makes the third. Perhaps
there may be a fourth, fifth and sixth sale
at Southern, a near date, namely, the Georgia
Macon and Atlantic, and Ma¬
con and Birmingham.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming’ an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
A Raleigh telegram, of Saturday, says:
The standing committee ot the diocese of
North Carolina has consented to the con¬
secration of Phillips Brooks, of Boston,
as bishop.
rn The , Episcopal i. . , council, ... in session . at
Petersburg, Saturday, reconsidered its
former action dividing the present dio-
cese, into tivo dioceses, and referred the
whole matter to a committee to report
next year.
facturing The building of the Southern Manu¬
Company, of Richmond, Va ,
was destroyed by lire Friday. The com¬
pany were manufacturers of ground cof¬
fee, hominy, spices, etc. Loss $35,000;
fully insured.
The Nashville and Chattanooga Rail¬
road Company has notified the secretary
of the treasury that it is prepared to re¬
deem June 1st $500,000 of its bonds
held by the government, toge her with
interest amounting to $10,000.
A singular result of the recent fire in
the Mohawk block iu Jacksonville, Fla.,
is the embarrassment under which it
places the United States court for the
northern district of Florida. The fire
made a clean sweep of all papers and
records of this court.
A Tallahassee dispatch.of Friday, says:
The bill to repeal the railroad commission
has passed the house by a vote of 35 to
17, and it is thought it will also pass the
senate. There is widespread dissatisfac¬
tion with the past administration and as
a rebuke the institution meets with a sud¬
den death. This is a surprise to the rail¬
road people.
A telegram of Saturday from Shreve¬
port, La., says: AYilliam and John An¬
derson, colored, who held a girl, Jane
AYare, on the railroad track in Bosrier
parish until the train ran over and killed
her, were pursued by a posse of negroes,
captured and hanged. They offered no
explanation for their deed. The Ander-
sous were bad characters.
The Cumberland Prisbyteriau general
assembly began the business of its sixty-
second session at Louisville, Ky., Friday
morning with the newly elected modera¬
tor. An overture was presented asking
that the doctrine of the church regarding
sanctification be interpreted. A memo¬
rial asking for a brief, clear creed upon
which all Presbyterians may agree was
presented.
A New Orleans dispatch says: The
attorney for O’Malley, in the jury bribery
case, on Monday, gave notice that he
would apply for a change of venue on the
ground that defendant cannot have a fair
and impartial trial in the parish of New
Orleans, where the indictment is pending.
The attorney for McCristoi, another of
the jury bribers, gave notice that when
the case came up for trial he would make
similar motion.
TERRELL TALKS.
Regarding Southern Alliance-
men and the Third Party.
Hon. Ben Terrell, organizer and lectu¬
rer of the National Farmers’ Alliance, in
an interview at Charleston, S. C.,
AYednesday, expressed himself as being
against the third party unless the alli-
ancemen of the south are forced to such
a desperate step by th* democratic party
willfully ignoring their demands, which
he does not think will be done.
Gen. Taft Dead.
Alfonso Taft, at one time United States
minister to Russia, and who served in
Grant’s cabinet as secretary of war and
attorney general, efied at San Diego,
Oal., Thursday.
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Peebless Mnoihib,
BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION
Geiser Senarators & Shingle Mills
Farmers and others in want of either Engines or separators, will
SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. 1 am also prepared
to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated
«iestey organs.^
Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Corn and Saw Mills, Syrup
Mills and Evaporators. Will have in by early Spring a Full Stock of
White Sewing Machines.
McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be-
ore you buy. Duplicate parts of machinery constantly on hand. .
CYCLONE RIVEN
Death and Disaster from the
Wind’s Fury.
A terrific tornado passed three miles
northwest of Mexico, Missouri, Wednes¬
day afternoon in the vicinity of Bean
creek. So far as heard from, fifteen
houses in the vicinity of that place were
destroyed, some ten or twelve persons
killed, an equal number fatally injured
and a large number badly. At the house
of a farmer named Duffy, John Darger
and family weie living. James Darger,
aged six, was killed outright, and Lizzie
Darger v as fatally hurt and died in a few
minutes. Mrs. D arger was crushed to
death by falling timbers, and Mr. Dar¬
ger entirely was fatally injured. The house was
heard swept nway. Nothing lias been
of Mr. Duffy, and it is supposed
that his body was carried away by tho cy¬
clone. The Duffy barn was blown down
and two horses were killed. At the houses of
William Staraberry, William Yostranger
and family were visiting. The bouse whs
swept away. William Yostrapger was
pnied, i&tle fii s wife was badly injured and
j-,} s girl was fatally hurt. William
Staraberry was also fatally injure;!. At the
fi ouse 0 f B. Norris, Gertrude Flatohcr,
a daughter of li. S. Norris Flatcher, was
instantly killed. E. B. was fa¬
tally injured; Caleb Norris was badly
hurt, and liis vtffe seriously so. Willie
stafttlyTcilled FJ^pher an(l his their sister, bdQics Kite, were in-
and were hor¬
ribly mangled. At the same place, Mr3.
Emily Seal, a wido*-, aged 60, was fa¬
tally hurt, and Mrs. Norris, the mother
of E. B. Norris, was killed. T. S. Nor¬
ris wa§ badly hurt. The house of Boston
KunMl was swept away and Kunkel in¬
stantly kijlpd. killed A farmer named Rogers
was also at that place; also a farm¬
er named Crane. Several farm hands in
the vicinity believed of Kunkel and Rogers’ farms
are also to have been kfiled.
The cyclone passed on, pa : sing Ru-h Hill,
one evejywherc. iriile north, earning destruction
Great trees were taken up
by the roots and blown off. The s^pne
was horrible in the extreme. The width
of the cy.qlone Heard was from, about 300 yards, miles and
as far as about twelve
long.
LATER DI8PATCIIES.
A St. Louis, Mo., dispatch of Thurs¬
day says: The cyclone which wrought
such terrible destruction to life and
property near Mexico, Mo., passed one
mile porth of Centralia. A number of
dwellings were totally destroj’ed and
many persons injured, some fatally.
Barns and fences were swept away, and
cjiickens, hogs and stock killed in la^ge
numbers. John F. Harrison and family,
wife and eight children, were all more or
less injured. One child, ten years of
age, was carried half a mile, and when
found, a stick had beejp driven through
its left arm. Attending surgeons re¬
turning from the scene of disiister, report
many persons d tngerously injured.
Chickens, geese and turkeys were found
. half picked i and j stre-wn . along i the path of ,
the storm. Hailstones fell in some places
as large as ben eggs.
DESTRUCTION AT MOBERLY.
A special from Moberly, Mo., says: A
most destructive wind, rain and hail
storm Hail passed over that place Thursday,
stones as large as eggs fell, com-
pletely demolishing crops of every de-
scription. The wind b ew a perfect
torn; lo Rain fell in such quantities as
to completely inundate the fields, drown-
ing small stock. During the storm,
which lasted about an hour, the dark-
ness Fvas appalling. It is believed tbe
damage in that vicinity will reach $300,-
000. Fortunately no lives were lost.
All telegraph wires were torn down.
GENTILES IN CONTROL
Of the Leading Mormon News¬
paper in Salt Lake City.
A dispatch of Monday controlling from Salt interest Lake
City, Uiahsays: A
in the Silt Lake Herald has passed into
Gentile hands. The Herald has been a
leading exponent of the Alormon church,
and this practically breaks the back of
the church of the latter day saints as a
factor in Utah politics. The Herald will
be made a strong democratic paper, ad¬
vocating the admission of Utah into the
union. The old parties are broken up
in this political revolution, and hence¬
forth all issues will be on the national
party lines.__
All merchants who want to bund up
their business should advertise in tliir
paper, as it will pay them to do so.
NUMBER 21.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE. R R.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect May lOth, 183!.
NORTHBOUND. EASTERN TIME. Daily, No. 38. j j NO, Daily. 10. I j No. Daily. 12.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 125 pm 7 00 pm! 8 10a:u
Noreross....... Chamblee..... ........ 7 33 pm 8 43 am
........ 7 45 pm 8 55 am
Duluth........ ........ 7 57pmj 906am
Buford........ Suwanee....... ........ 8 08 pm j | 9 9 33 1* am
........ 8 22 pm am
Flowery Branch ........ 8 36 pm 9 48 am
Gainesville..... 3 01 pm 8 55 pm 10 11 am
Lula .......... 3 23 pm «J 28 pm 110 40 a m
Belltou........ ........ 9 26 pm 1 10 43 am
Cornelia....... ........ 9 52 pm 11 09 am
Toccoa......... Mt. Airy....... ........ 9 56 pm| 11 11 14 am
........ 10 26 pm 45 am
'Westminster ... ........j 10 07 pm 12 35 pm
Seneca ........ ........11 30 pm 12 55 pm
Ceutval........ ........I2 10ami 1 45 pm
Easleys........ ........ 12 39 aim 2 15 pm
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 1 04 ami 2 40 pm
Greers......... ........ 130 am 3 11pm,
Weil ford....... ........ 146 am 3 28 pm
Spartanburg... Clifton........ 6 57 pm 2 07 am 3 50 pm
........ 2 26 am 4 08 pm
Cowpens ...... ....... 2 30 am 4 13 pm
Gaffneys....... Blacksburg..... ..... 3 00 am 4 39 pm
....... 3 20 am 4 57 pm
Grover......... ....... 3 32 am 5 08 pm
King’s Mouni’n ....... 3 53 am 5 26 pm
Gastonia....... ....... 4 20 am 5 51 pm
L< well........ ....... 4 33 am 6 04 pm
Beliemont..... ....... 4 44 am G14pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 20 pm 5 10 am 6 40 pm
SOUTHWARD. No. 37. No. :i. No. 9.
Dtii'y. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 7 55 am 1 40 pm 2 30 am
BelLmont..... 2 02 pm 2 57 am
L )Wi11......... 2 11 pm! 3 08 am
Gastonia....... 2 22 pm 3 22 am
King’s Mount’n 2 41 pm; 3 53 am
Gvov. r......... 2 59 pm 4 13 am
Gaffneys....... Blacksburg.... 3 08 pm 4 24 am
3 25 pm 4 43 am
Cowpens Clifton........ ...... 3 48 pm 5 10 am
3 51 pm 5 15 am
Spartanburg... Wdlforrl........ 9 55 am 4 12 pm 5 32 am
4 39 pm 5 57 am
Greers......... 5 00 pm 6 16 am
Greenville...... 10 50 am 5 33 pin 6 47 am
Easleys......... 6 07 pm 7 16 am
Central........ 6 55 pm 8 10 am
Seneca......... 7 22 pm 8 38 am
Westminster.... 7 42 pm I 8 58 am
Toccoa ........ 8 20 pm! pm 9 35 am
Mt. Airy....... 8 55 10 10 am
Cornelia....... ....... 9 00 pm 10 15 am
Bellton........ ....... 9 26 pm 10 43 am
Lula.......... i 32 pm 9 30 pm j 10 46 am
Gainesville..... 1 50 pm 9 52 pm 11 It am
Flowery Branch .......10 15 pin 11 31 am
Buford........ .......110 30 pm 11 46 am
Duluth........ Suwanee....... ....... 10 10 44 56 pm 111 12 59 12 am
...... pm pm
Norcross ...... .......11 08 pm 12 24 pm
Chamblee...... .......11 22 pm 12 37 pm
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 3 25 pm 11 59 pm 1 15 pm
Additional tra in Nos. 17 an 1 18—Lula ac-
comm dation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Adauta 8 o5
a m.
Between Lula and Ath-ns—No. 11 dailv, ex¬
cept Sun dp,”, and No. 9 daiy, leave Lu’a 9 35 p
m, and 1050 a m, ar«ivj Athens 11 35 p m and
12 50 pm. Returning have Athcn-*, No. 10
dailv. except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 7 00 ,> m
and'8 30 a m, arr.ve Lula 9 00 pm ar.d 10 3'J
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No*. 61 end
63 and 4 20 a txce m, P arrive t S . and vTi Elberton ir?,Tn 3 ■faraTn, d> p m and and 915 y a m io
am Returning, Nos.GO and 62 daily, except
Sunday, leave Elberton 2 45 p m and 5 45 am,
arrive Toccoa7 10 pm an I 9 15 a m.
Nos. 11 ant 12 cairy Pullman 8 eep rs 1 k-
tween Washington and Atlanta, and Nos. 9 and
10Pullman Sleeper between Atlanta and New
York. frnrn
"
* rl- to Southw-.Ft-
>, 0 s. S 7 and 38 Washington and
Limited, , between Atlanta and
em A'cstihuled
AVashington. On this train an extra fare is
to local and
through time ta i,i e *, rates and Pullman Sleep¬
m g ear reservations, confer with local agents,
* r address, L „
JAS L l ’ \c’t.
a ° wiahinzton! ’ Atlanta'
D. C. G a.
jj GREEN. C. P. IIAMMOND,
Gen’l Manager. Superintendent.
QEWTS DAVIS,
ATJTOPNEY AT LAW.
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the epunties of H iber-
<ham and Rabun of the Northwea’-ern
Circuit, and Frankl n and Bank* of tha
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
be given to all business entrusted to him.
The collection of debts will have spec¬
ial attention.
THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE.
Airs. Tippleton (at the dead hour of
night;—John, I’m sure that there's a
burglar down stairs!
Air. Tippleton—Thatsh ali right. He’ll
never be able to find zhe keyhole at thisb
hour.—[Judge.