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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. 3d. I s . SIMPSOKT 5 TOCCOA, CEORCIA And Machinory Supplies, Also, Repairs All Kinds of Machinery, 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.