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VOLUME XX.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R.
Atlanta and Charlotte AJr-Llne Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Nov. 18th. 1891.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12.
EASTERN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lr. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 8 50 pm 10 10 am
Chamblee..... ....... 9 27 pm 10 48 am
Norcroea....... ....... 9 39 pm it 01 am
Duluth........ ....... 9 51 pm 1115 am
Sawanee....... ....... 10 03 pm il 26 am
Buford........ .......10 17 pm 11 40 am
Flow ry Branch .......jlOSlpm 11 53 am
Gainewville..... 2 59 pm! 10 51 pm 12 14 pm
Lula.......... .......11 18 pm 13 42 pm
Bellton........ .......1121 pm lz 44 am
Cornelia....... .......11 45 pm 110 pm
Toccoa......... Mt. Airy....... .......11 60 pm 115 pm
....... 12 20 am 1 47 pm
Westminster ... ....... 12 58 am 2 35 pm
Seneca........ ....... 1 17 am 2 54 pm
Central........ ....... 1 60 am 3 40 pm
Easleys........ ....... 2 18 am 4 11 pm
Greenville ..... 6 05 pm 2 44 am 4 40 pm
Greers......... ....... 3 14 am 5 09 pm
Wollford....... ....... 3 33 am 6 27 pm
Spartanburg... 6 57 pm 3 54 am 5 52 pm
Clifton........ 4 13 am 6 10 pm
Cowpens...... 4 18 am 6 15 pm
Black Gaffney sb 5 4 0] 40 am 6 7 00 *Dpm
Grover., urg am 1 pm
5 11 am 12 pm
King’* Mount’n 5 28 am 7 SO pm
Gastonia....... 5 54 am 7 59 pm
Lowell........ 6 07 am 8 12 pm
Bellemont..... 6 14 am 8 23 pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40 am 8 50 pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9,
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am liSiiiiiiiliiEigiiiiiiSiiiiiiiS
Bellemont.....
L Well.........
Gastonia.......
Grow King’s Mount’n
r.........
Blacksburg ....
Gaffney.......
Cowpens...... Clifton........
W Bpartanbnrg... Ilford........ 11 43 am
Greers......... >m
Greenville...... 12 36 pm
Easleys.........
Central........
Seneca......... >m
Westminster....
Toccoa........
Cornelia....... Mt. Airy.......
Bellton.. „ ..
Lula..........
Gainesville..... 3 41 pm
Flowery Branch
Buford........
Suwanee.......
Duluth........ 11
Norcross......
Chamblee......
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.)
Additional trams Nos. 17 an l 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lnla 8 12 pm. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 8 80 p
m, and 11 50 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and
1 30 pm. Returning leave Athens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 15 p m
and 6 45 a in, arrive Lula 8 00 p m and 8 80
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Snndav, leave Toccoa 2 00 pm
arrive Elberton 4 40 p m. Returning, No. 60
daily, except '•nnday, leave f Ell erton 5 00 a m
and arrives Toccoa 8 30 a m.
Nos. 11 an t 12 carrv Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Washington and Kansas City and via Birming¬
ham aud Memphi-i, and Nos. 9 10 Pullman
Sleep, r between Atlanta and New York.
On No. 11 no change in day coaches from
New York to A lanta.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washingt ton and South west-
evn Yestibuled Limited, betwoen Atlanta and
Washington. On this train an extra fare is
charged on first-ca-s tickets only. local
For detailed information as to and
through time tallies, rates and Pullman local Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with agents,
or address,
JAS. Gen’l L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK, Ag’t.
Pass. Ag’t. Div. Pjibb.
Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. O.
C. P. Superintendent. HAMMOND, Atlanta, Ga.
W. n. GREEN. SOL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
xAtlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frankl n and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wiL’
be given to all business eutrasted*to him.
The collection of debts will have spec
ia! attention.
A TRUST IN TROUBLE.
Whisky Men Arrested for Violation of
the Law.
Treasurer William H. Hobart and Di¬
rector L R. Greene, of the cattle feeding
and dist lling company were nominally
arre-ted at Cincinnati Monday, Commissioner by being
requ st« d to appear before
Hooper. The warrant requires their ap¬
pearance at Boston forthwith. Hobart
says some dealers in Boston who handled
some of the rebate have also been in¬
dicted. The indictment is of an omni¬
bus character, making its charges against
the officers and directors in a body.’
District Attorney Allen stated that in¬
dictments had been found charging offi¬
cers of the trust with violation of the
Sherman anti-trust law. Mr. Allen also
added h : s belief that never in the history
of the courts had there been a case pre-
seutel where so much pressure was
brought to bear upon a district attorney
not to prosecute, as in this particular ia*
stance.
MILEAGE TICKETS
May Probably be Withdrawn from
Southern Territory.
A Sr. Augustine, Fla., dispatch says:
The application of the travelers’ assoeia-
tion for a two cent rate has been referred
to Assistant Commissioner Slaughter for
reply. The following resolution was
adopted by the S >uthem Passenger As¬
sociation rate committe at its meeting
Friday:
Whereas, Wc censidtr mile ge tickets
to be unprofitable iu view of the reduc¬
tion from the 1 cd tariff rates at which
they are said, in connection with the
abuse to which they are subject by rea
son for lower of fraudu ent their use aud mtinued the agitation
rates c sale in¬
vites; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we submit to our re-
sp -c ive managements the advisability of
their early withdrawal from sale, and the
commissioners be instructed to take this
matter up with them at once.
THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FJF&OM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Pretty Heap Year Prop oral—De¬
pendent George—One of the
Thorns—Daylight Ahead
—A Crazy Fad, Etc.
She said, while blushing like a rose
“This And is laughing merrily, and 1
That leap year, me.” propose
you propose to
—New York Press.
VICTORY IN DEATH.
“Old Rowley was a stingy man.”
“Yes; they say he died so not to.have
to pay his doctor’s bill.”—Judge.
DEPENDENT GEORGE.
Ethel—“Do say yes, papa, George
can’t live without me.”
Closefist—“I doubt if he could with¬
out me.”
ONE OF THE THORNS.
“What do you know about American
institutions, anyway?”
“American institutions?” retorted the
anarchist orator. “I’m one of ’em.”—
Indianapolis Journal.
AN INNUENDO.
She—“I had a lovely photograph
taken to-day.”
He—“Of whom?”
She—“Oh myself, of course.”
He—“Oh!”—Detroit Free Press.
CAUGHT.
“This squirrel must be quite old,” said
Maude.
• ‘ Why, no; he’s not more than a year
old.”
“How does it happen he is so gray.”
—Judge.
A CRAZY FAD.
Bagley—“Your tailor was here after
you an hour ago; he said he was out
bill collecting.”
Brace—“Just like him; always taking
up some such crazy fad.”—St. Louis
Star-Sayings.
REDUCING HIS WEIGHT.
“I don’t believe you are quite as
heavy as you were,” said the barber to
Cumso, during the process of shaviug.
“No, that was really a big slice you
took out of my chin just then,” replied
Cumsj.—Epoch.
A LIBERAL OFFER.
The*Judge—“I fine you fifteen dollars
for fast driving.”
The Prisoner—“Fast driving! that
nagl I say, jedge, will you take the hoss
and ten dollars iu payment for the
tine?”—Yankee Blade.
DAYLIGHT AHEAD.
Bingo—“Wasn’t the servant girl un¬
usually pleasant thi3 morning?”
Mrs. Bingo—“Yes. Her beau called
last night. ’
Bingo—“See if you can’t get him to
come here and live.”—Life.
AN EYE-OFENER.
Anxious Parent—“Doctor, my daugh-
ter appears to be going blind, and she
is about to be married.”
Doctor—“Let her go right on with
the wedding, if anything can open her
eyes, marriage will.”—Yankee Blade.
THE SCAPEGOAT.
Hojack—“The bosr scolded the book¬
keeper a while ago.”
Tomdik—“Did you hear him?”
Hojak—“No.”
Tomdik—“Then how do you known?”
Hojack—“Reddink is giving the
office boy fits.”—Judge.
A SOLID MAN.
She—“Who is that little man over
yonder?”
He—“That is stock-broker Smith.
One of our solid man.”
She—“Solid men! Why, he doesn’t
look as if he weighed a hundred
pounds.”—Yankee Blade.
THAT WAS HIS LAY.
“Can you beat a carpet?” said the lady
of the house to the tramp who asked for
something to eat.
“Don’t know, mum,” he replied
frankly. “1 never tried. But I guess
inebbe I can, fer I’ve beat most every •
thing else in this town.”—Detroit Free
Press.
what to say.
He—“Can I say nothing to prove my
love for you?”
She—“Yes, you can.”
He (with hope)—“Tell me, Oh, tell
me what.”
She—“bay ‘good by’ and say it
quick.”—Detroit Free Press.
LOVE’S SACRIFICE.
First Chappie—“I proposed to Miss
Somerset last night.”
Second Chappie—“Deah me! aud did
the deah girl accept you?”
First Chappie—“Yaas; but I bwoke
the cw'ease in rav twousers, and I*feel so
badlv about it.”—Clothier and- Fur-
nistier.
DID YOU EVER?
He was yery humble and asked the
cook for a bite to eat.
“Well, did you ever?” she exclaimed
in apparent astonishment.
“Ever what, ma’am?” he replied with
a faint attempt to be flip and familiar.
“Work? she said with a snap, and
shut the door iu his face. Detroit Free
” ress
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SHE WAS NOT THE RIGHT ONE.
“Never fear, my dear,” remarked a
wife to her impecunious husband; “never
fear, I still love you.”
“I know that,” he replied, “but that
doesn’t help matters much.”
“I’ll trust you always,” she ex-
claimed.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1892.
“Ye?, my dear,” he replied, and a
sight came from his heart, “that is all
very fine, but unfortunately you are not
the grocer.”—Bloomington Eye.
RAISING THE WIND.
“Now,” said ont of the projectors, “to
float this scheme we’ll issue one million
dollars’ worth of five-per-cent, ten-year
bonds.”
“Yes,” replied the other projector,
“but how shall we meet the interest?”
“I hadn’t thought of that. What will
it amount to?”
“For the ten years it will be five hun¬
dred thousand dollars.”
“Then we’d better make our bond
issue one of a million and a halfi”—
Judge.
WHY HE WANTED TO READ.
Tramp (with an old schoolbook)—
“Say, mister, will you kindly tell me
what letter this is?”
Can’t Pedestrian—“Certainly. That is ‘L.’
you read?”
“No, sir; but I’m try in’ ter learn, an’
I shan’t rest till I do, nuther.”
“I am delighted to find so laudable a *
ambition in one of your class. You hav<»
taken the right course at last.”
“Yes, sir. It’s mighty rough on a
traveler like me not ter be able to tell
whether a sign says ‘Beware o’ the Dog,’
or ‘Free Dinners Provided.’ ”—Spare
Moments.
THE APPEAL TO SINGLE COMBAT.
A certain Lord had a board put up on
some land belonging to him, with an in¬
scription thereon to the effect that tres¬
passes would be prosecuted. Od taking
a walk, early one morning, lie came
across some newly made footmarks,
which he followed up, and eventually
overtook the tresspasser, who turned out
to be a navvy, whereupon the following
conversation took place:
“My man, do you know you are tres¬
passing on my land?” said the Lord.
“Oh,” said the navvy, “is this your
land?”
“Yes.”
“Ah! And where did you get il
from?”
“My father left it me.”
“And where did your father get it
from?”
“My grandfather left it him.”
“And where did your grandfather get
it from?”
“Confound your impertinence!” said
the Lord. ‘My ancestors fought for it.”
“Oh, did they,” answered the navvy,
pulling off his coat and rolling up his
sleeves; “well, I don’t mind fighting you
for it.”
The noble Lord suddenly remembered
he had another engagement.—Spare
Moments.
AN OLD STORY RETOLD.
“When I wa3 a young man,” said the
irrepressible B., “I was employed iu a
large house in the city, and, as usu.il with
persons of my age, I fell in love with a
young lady, and in due course of time
was engaged. About two months be-
f ore jur marriage was to take place I was
suddenly sent to Australia on veryim-
portant business, occasioned by the death
of one of the firm in that country. I
took a hasty and affectionate leave of my
intended, with the promise to write tc
each other often. I was detained some¬
what longer than I expected, but just
before I sailed lor home I bought a
handsome and valuable ring, intending
it as a ‘coming home’ present for my
sweetheart.
“As I was nearing the shore and read¬
ing the paper which the pilot had
brought on board, curiously enough
my eye fell on the ‘marriages,’ and there
I saw an announcement of her marriage
Wlth aaother » a fellow I knew very well,
too > whlch so eara ? ed me that in my
passion I threw the ring overboard.
“A few days afterward I was dining
at this very hotel; fish was served up,and
in eating it I bit on something hard, and
what do you suppose it was?”
“The diamond ring!” exclaimed
several.
“No,” said the merry Bodkins, pre¬
serving the same gravity, “it was a fish¬
bone.”—Toronto Star.
Homing Pigeons for Marine Service.
Homing pigeons are more largely
carried for messenger service by the mer-
chant marine than is generally known,
and those using them report them in-
valuable for saving time and labol
from those bordering other vessels, from
boats when away from the ship and from
shore. It is said they can be depended
upon alike whether the ship is in port or
midocean; that they recognize the ship
and are not disturbed by changed sur-
roundings, and the most extraordinary
stories are told in proof of the wonderful
sight and memory which permit the
birds to go to land when far distant from
it and to return hours after with evi-
deuces of it, the vessel meantime kcep-
ing on its course.
Those experienced in the use of pigeons
Io y sea serv i ce assert that if young but
fully fledged birds that have never been
ou ‘.' ^ properly housed on the
Ohio can in a month s time be used from
rift v mile9 about, ano in a week more
-
tl;aa a hundred miles, that if when
the J the ’ r tirst hberty they return
au< * £° into *h e coo P that is their home
they can be depended upon to do so al-
ways, and it will only be necessary to
teach them what is expected of them as
message bearers.
Gave Up His Own Life.
At t he time of the Dunbar (Penn.)
disaster a hero showed his mettle, and
Ja jjj s act bravery gave up his life,
Young David Hayes was near the point
where the first warning of disaster man¬
ifested itself. Giving a cry of caution to
his comrades he shouted: “Run! Run!
I’ll warn the boys in the left drift,
They ran; but as young Hayes turned
into the “left drift” a flood of water
and a terrific explosion came Bimultan-
eously. He did not warn “the boys,’*
but he lost his life by trying.—NeV
York Press.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What Is Being Dane in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD — BIRRS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Thursday. —In the house Thursday
morning, Mr. Watson, of Georgia, rising
t<> a question of personal privilege, sent
to the c erk’s desk and had read a special
dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution from
Craig-Stewart Washing:on, criticising his vote on the
contested election case.
1 he dispatch stated as a fact that Mr.
Watson had been a democrat, a third
partyite, and now plays in the role of a
republican; that he voted tquarely with
the republicans against seating the dem¬
ocratic contestant, who was fairly
elected. That he was playing into the
hands of ihe republicans iu order that he
might secure financial aid from them in
his next campaign for congress. It fur-
th> r stated, as an opinion based on the
fact and expressions of members, that
democrats could place but one construc¬
tion upon Mr. Watson’s vote, and that was
he was playing to tire republican party.
These accimtions Mr. Watson de¬
nounced as base and infamous falsehoods.
On the other hand the Constitution’s
coirespondent reiterates his previous
statem nts, and thus the matter stands.
After th s little breeze the house dis¬
cussed the district appropriation bill.
After the expiration of the morning hour,
a proposition to allow railroad companies
elers to grant special rates to commercial trav¬
was discussed until adjournment.
Friday. —Mr. Mitchler, of Pennsyl¬
vania, from the committee on appropria¬
tions, reported the invalid pension appro¬
priation bill, and it was referred to the
committee of the whole. The house then
went into the committee of the whole
(Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair) on
the private calendar.
Saturday. —The urgent deficiency ap-
propriation bill was taken up in the house
Saturday. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, called
up the bill appropriating (as a deficiency)
$150,000 for carrying on the work of the
the burea of annual industry and $10,000 for
production cf sugar. Mr, Hollman
op-osed the bill on the ground that the
committee on agriculture Dad no juris¬
diction over the matter and that it prop¬
erly came under the jurisdiction of the
committee on appropriations. This led
to a spirited debate between Hatch and
Holman. The tilt occasioned much mer¬
riment for the house. The bill was then
passed without amendment.
Monday —Before the reading of the jour¬
nal on Monday Mr. Catchings, of Missis¬
sippi, called up the resolution for the
consideration of the silver bill, and the
clerk proceeded to read, and upon its
adoption Mr. Catchings demanded the
previous qu stion. Mr. Tracy, of New
York, call d attention to the fact that
ihe journal had not been read. The
speaker decided that is was in order for
the gentleman from Mississippi to call up
the resolution. The reading of the reso¬
lution was concluded. Mr. Tracy
appealed from the deeission of the
chair. The debate which followed
was animated. Mr. Ca'ching closed the
debate on the behalf of the committee on
iuie j , concluding by movi- g to lav the
appeal of the gentleman fr m New York
manded (i racy) upon the table. Mr. Tracy de¬
the yeas and nays, and
his demand was supported by 55 oth¬
ers. The roll was then called aud
resulted, yeas, 194; navs, 73. So Mr.
Tracy’s appeal was tabled. Mr. Tracy
then raised the question of consideration.
The chair decided that under the rules
he could not entertain a question of con¬
sideration. Mr. Tracy again appealed
an 1 was again defeated hy a motion to
table his appeal, which was carried, 176
to 81. Mr. Tracy the reupon moved to
rec< mmit the resolution with instructions
to the committee on rules to report it
back with an amendment, changing the
date for consideration of the silver bill
from March 22d to December
12:h. 'Ihe motion was defeated
—yeas, 70; nays, 202. The
previous question was then ordered
upon the resolution without further ob¬
jections being made. Brief debates fol¬
lowed, in which the resolution was ad¬
vocated by Messrs. McKeighan of Ne¬
braska, Townsend of Col rado, Pierce of
Tennessee and Bland, and opposed by
Mr. Williams, of Massachusetts; while
sarcastic speeches, directed against the
spectacle afforded by the controversy
among democrats were intetjected by
Messrs. Reed and Boutelle. The yeas
and nays were ordered and resulted in
the adoption of the resolution—yeas,
190; nays, 84. The speaker annonneed
the result and immediately added, “The
clerk will read the journal of yesterday’s
proceedings.” [Laughter.]
TEE SENATE.
Thursday. —In the senate Thursday
the right of Dubois to retain his seat was
affitmed by a vote of 55 to 5. Senator
Hill voted on the d fferent propositions
in favor of Dubois. Mr. Call gave no¬
tice that although he had intended to
addrtss the senate during the day upon
a resolution introduced by him relative
to the interference of railways in the
Florida senatorial elections, in deference
to the pending order, he would postpone
the delivery of his speech until next
Monday. The Paddock pure-food bill
consumed the rest of the day.
Friday. —Among the bills reported
from committees and placed on the sen¬
ate calender Friday were the following:
To authorize the Norfolk and Western
Railroad company, of Virginia, to extend
its line of road into the District of Co¬
lumbia; to authorize the sale of the site of
8t. Francis barracks, Florida, and to pro¬
vide for a new site and construction of
suitable buildings thereon; to establish
lineal promotion through several lines of
artillery, cavalry and infantry of the
army. Mr. Stanford introduced a bill
directing the purchase of silver bullion
and coinage thereof. Referred to the
finance committee. Mr. Walthalfroffered
a resolution, which was agreed to, di¬
recting the committee on privileges and
elections to inquire and consider whether
further legislation is not necessary
to put at rest such questions as
have from time to time arisen out of the
construction of the existing law regulat-
ing the time and manner of holding elec¬
tions for United Stu es set ators. The
pure food bill wa« then taken up and Mr.
Vest, s ated at som ■ length his position
in regard to it and to such legislation in
general. He y elded for a moment to
■•ave the house District of Columbia np-
propri tion bill presi nted and reierred to
the committee on appropriations.
Monday — Tee pure food bill was the
>r> • tnjye before tb cpnrro Motidav.
a rote on tne motion to sttiKe out sec¬
tion 7 and 8 disc osed the absence of
a quorum, and the senate adjourned.
Tuesday.— In the sen tte, Tuesday,
Mr. Squire oresented a pe ition r rom the
chimber of eomm-rce of Port Townsend,
Washington, praying that the Behring
sea fisheries be thrown open. The peti¬
tion was referred to the committee on for¬
eign relations.
Tuesday. —In his prayer Tuesday
morning the chaplain of the house feel¬
ingly referred to the death of Represen¬
tative Kendall, of Kentucky. After Mr.
McMillin, of Tennessee, had given notice
that he would on Wednesday call up for
consideration the free wool bill. Mr.
McCreary, of Kentucky, announced to
the house the death of his colleague, Mr.
Kendall, and as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, the house ad¬
journed. The speaker appointed the
following committee to take order re¬
specting the funeral oeiemonics: Pay ti¬
ter, Manson, Amerman, Bailey, Owens,
Wilson, (Kv ,) and Belknap.
NOTES.
The president Tuesday afternoon seat
to the senate the Behring sea arbitration
treaty.
A hearing will be had next Monday on
a movement to allow pensions to soldiers
who fought in the Indian war. Most of
the men live in the south.
The silver men have won handsomely
on the first fight, which took place Mon¬
day, and the silver bill will now bo
launched fairly before the house.
In the senate, Friday, Gen. Gordon
offered a resolution for the payment to
the estate of Alexander H. Stephens, of
Georgia, of the expenses incurred by him
in prosecuting his claim to a seat in the
senate (in the reconstruction period).
The third party platform has been
printed for circulation. The copies sent
to southern men in Washington have the
i plank about paying pensions stricken
out. The third party leaders know that
plank could never be endorsed by south¬
ern men, but they think it will go in the
west.
The third party members of the house
have shown themselves in favor of in¬
creasing the pensions, notwithstanding
the heavy burden of taxes upon the peo¬
ple now. For this purpose all of the
third party men, except Mr. Clover and
Mr. Watson, voted on Tuesday to in¬
crease the pension bill about twelve mill¬
ion dollars.
Senator Stanford, of California, has
put an end to the talk of his being
the third pr-ty nominee for the presi¬
dency. A Washington dispatch of Sat¬
urday quotes him as saying, in response
to an inquiry regarding the matter: “I
am a republican. I would not decline a
nomination from the republican party,
but I would not affiliate with any other.
There has been a great deal of objection
raised in recent years by coastwise vessel
owners to P a y if, g compulsory pilotage to
state P ,!ots whenever their vessels enter
? r lVe an y °f the ports along the At¬
lantic coast, for the reason that in almost
every instance the vessel’s pilot is thor¬
oughly capable of piloting his own ship.
To remedy this and make the law general
a bill has been introduced in congress to
abolish compulsory pilotage fees.
Id the senate the pure food bill is the
pending order. There are signs that the
measu'e is about to encounter a consider-
able degree of opposition in addition to
the attacks already made upon it, and
this may take the shape of an interjection
into the regular course of business of long
speeches and debates on other matter- in
the expectation that some <>f the regular
appropriation bills will finally be brought
forward to displace the pure food bid.
A cabinet meeting was held Tuesday
which was devoted almost entirely to
the consideration of the Behring sea
question, with a view to deciding on a
plan of action in case Gre^t Britain ad¬
here to its refusal to renew the present
season the pending arbitration modus
vivendi of last year. There was a smaller
attendance than usual, owing to the ill¬
ness of Secretary Blaine and the absence
from the city of Secretaries Foster and
Noble. While the matter was thoroughly
discussed it is understood that no definite
plan of action was determined upon.
The business of this congress is ahead
of that of any congress for several years.
Speaker Crisp at the opening, stated that
it should be a congress of busines?, and
he is making it such already. Three reg¬
ular appropriation bills have been passed
and a fourth is ready for adoption. The
bills adopted and sent to the senate are
the military academy, and the Indian
appropriation, and the District of Co¬
lumbia, while the pension appropriation
bill has been p issed upon and will be
finally adopted. Besides these, three
urgency deficiency appropriation bills
have been passed. Several other regular
appropriation bills have been reported,
and will be pushed through very soon.
In the fiftieth and fifty-first congress not
more than one appropriation bill had been
passed at this time. In the tariff and
other important legislation this congress
is even further ahead than all previous
ones. The tariff bills have been reported
and will be taken up for debate at once,
and before the end of this month cer¬
tainly they and perhaps several others
will have been passed and sent to the
senate.
The Longest Coal Train.
A train of 225 loaded four-wheel coal
ears passed over the Lehigh Valley
Railroad a few days ago. It wag the
longest and heaviest train ever carried
over any road in this country, and that
means in the world. Naturally, this train
suggests a comparison with the trains of
Conestoga teams which sixty years ago
toiled between Eastern Pennsylvania of
and Pittsburg. The teamster that
period never, in his wildest conceptions,
imagined such an event as the one re¬
lated above.~-[Scranton (Penn.) Truth.
HIE SOUTH IN BRIEF
1 he News of Her Progress Portryed in
Pi hy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAT WITHIN IIER BORDERS.
Mrs. Annie E. Semrae 3 , widow of the
late Admiral Raphael Sernmes, com¬
mander of the confedente cruiser Ala-
b m>, died at her home in Mobile, Ala.,
Monday, in her seveuty-fourth year.
The A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Cherokee land company went into
the hands of a nceiver Tuesday with
assets of $600,000 and liabilities less
than forty thousand. The c >mpany owns
000 acres of land immediately across the
Tennessee river from Knoxville.
A Savannah dispatch says: The Ocean
house, the Beach house and nearly all of
the cottages on the north end of Tybeo
Eland were burned Sunday night. The
fire broke out iu the Beacli house, which
several attempts have been made to burn
within the last few weeks.
Fire Tuesday morning at Birmingham,
Al l., in Turner Bros, trunk factory caused
a loss of about eight thousand dollars on
the stock, which was insured for $5,000.
The Levy. Commission Company, in the
same building, lost $2,000 on stock, in¬
surance, $1 500. The loss on the build¬
ing was $5,000, covered by insurance.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
The first friction growing out of the 10
per cent cut in furnace wages occurred
Tuesday when tho Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company put the cut into effect.
Their employes struck, but their places
were soon supplied, the number of labor¬
ers wanting work being unprecedented.
The reform association of Charleston,
S. (J., got in its work Monday by closing
the barrooms. The orders of the chief
of police were generally obeyed, but five
barkeepers were fined for violating the
law. The Epsten Brothers, two cheap
clothing storekeepers, were also fined for
refusing to close up. There was no per¬
ceptible diminution, however, in the
number of drunk and disorderly cases on
the police court docket.
A Middlesboro, Ky., dispatch of Sat¬
urday says: Because of the high tariff
rates Virginia charged and by the East Tennessee,
Georgia railway the Ralls-
tou mines have been forced to shut down.
The suspension is only temporary, as ne¬
gotiations are now pending, and will
soon be consummated, giving right of
way to the mines over the Knoxville
Southern. Several hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
The Cochran cotton seed oil mill and
fertilizer works at R-ck Hill, S. C., were
detroyed by fire Sunday night. The
plant is valued at $60,000. The Rock
Hi 1 Cotton Seed Oil Company, from
whom the Cochran company leased the
plant, lose $35,000 of the above value,
besides machinery. The Cochran com¬
pany lose the st< ck on hand, valued at
$13,000. This litter loss includes 150
barrels of oi1,000 tons of seed, thirty
bales of lint cotton, 1,000 bales of fibre,
twenty-five tons of cike and ten tons of
meal. Insurance $52,000.
A Rileigh di patch of Friday says:
The aggregate value of the real and per-
s mal property in North Carolina at this
date i* sh> wn to be, as listed fur taxation,
$262,797,600. This is divid'd as follows:
Listed by white citizens, $234,109 000;
by colored citizens, $8 018,000. Value
of bink stock, $1,950,000; value of rail¬
way property as a-sessed by the railway
commission, $18,729,000. This is the
first time that separa e statements have
been prepared showing th^ property
owned by the blacks and whit -s. This
is done in accordance with an act of the
last legislature.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: The en¬
tire property of the Chattanooga, Rome
and Columbus in Tennessee was levied on
Monday night by Deputy Sheriff chancery Bates,
under the attachment out of the
court of Hamilton county, in the case of
II. Clay Evans vs. that road. The com¬
plainant claims that the road has no char¬
ter in Tennessee and, therefore, no right
to do business there. Everything in the
state belonging to the road was attached,
even to a tin lantern. The road has no
charter in Tennessee, but has been doing
business in the state for some time. The
affair has caused a sensation in railroad
circles. The Chattanooga, Rome and Co¬
lumbus is operated by the Richmond and
Danville.
A Richmond, Va., dispatch says:
Under authority granted at a recent
meeting of the stockholders of the Ches¬
apeake and Ohio Railroad Company, a
general mortgage deed on all its property
was on Monday rec rded in the city of
Lynchburg, from said company
to the Central Trust Company, of
New York, and Henry T. Wickham,
of Hanover county, Virginia, trustees.
It is to secure the payment of $70,000,-
000 4^ per cent gold mortgage bonds for
the general uses of the corporation, re¬
demption of bonds formerly made, etc.,
and additional bonds not to average over
twenty-five thousand dollars a mile for
the purpose of double tracking the
Chesapeake and Ohio system, etc.
BLAINE IS VERY ILL,
Aud it is Impossible for His Friends
to Longer Conceal the Fact.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday
says: Secretary Blaine is in an extremely
critical c mdition. It is impossible for
his friends to longer conceal this fact.
I)r. Hyatt, bis physician, puts the best pos¬
sible construction on his c lse when he says:
“There is rto change, but he hopes for a
change to-morrow.” The servant at the
hou?e replies to all inquiries, “Mr. Blaine
is no better.” All day long Mr. Blaine’s
tomperature has been high with fever,
and occasional periods of delirium. There
is no douofc that his vitality is at a low
ebb, and that in his enfeebled condition,
the anx ety attending the Nevins con¬
troversy has had a depressing effect on
him. His family is greatly alarmed, and
those who know his true condition are
apprehensive that there maybe a collapse
af anv timf\_
A wonderful development aterproof has been
that of the ugiy w to the stylish
ac kintosh. M
NUMBER 10
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of tin Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUB
OWN COUNTRY. AND NOTES OF INTER¬
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A hurrieme which passed over tho
Portuguese coast Sunday did much dam¬
age to property.
A succession of earthquakes were felt
at Messina and in Lyari island, Italy,
Monday. No damage was done.
Experts who have examined the books
of ex-Auditor Laville, of Washington,
Ind., find him short in his accounts over
$1,800.
The graud jury iu London has found a
true bill against 3Irs. Florence Osborne,
charged Hargreaves. with stealing jewelry from Mrs.
Manager Todd and the Capital City oil
works, of Jackson, Miss., denied the re¬
port that the cotton seed oil mills of Mis¬
sissippi have combined.
A ciblegram of Tuesday says: The po¬
lice of Vienna have issued orders forbid-
bing the further distribution of free bread
to persons who are out of employment
and are in needy circumstances.
The Antwerp Handelsbad (newspaper)
says that the United States recently made
an offer to the king of Belgium to pur¬
chase Congo Free State, and to defray all
expenses incurred by Belgium in connec¬
tion with that country.
The steamship Itos-i. which arrived at
New York Tuesday morning from Santos,
Brazil, was detained at quarantine. Yel¬
low fever broke out among the crew
while at Santos, and the first mate, engi¬
neer aud one seaman died.
A cablegram of Sunday from Paris is
to the effect that Etienne Arago, tho
French writer, dramatist and statesman,
is dead. Ilf was born in 1802 and was
the last surviving brother of the illustri¬
ous Francis Arago, the astronomer.
A London cablegram of Mondav says:
Charles Foster, secretary of the United
States treasury, and George J. Goschen.
chancellor of the exchequer, have had
two interviews, but nothing has been
settled concerning the holding of a mone¬
tary conference. This matter depends
entirely upon future negotiations.
A dispatch of Sunday discloses the fact
that the board of health of New York
City is much agitated over the typhus
fever situation in the city. A case which
was diagnosed as probably typhus was
found in a crowded ward of Bellevue
ioned hospital. Much excitement was occas¬
on the discovery that it was a gen¬
uine case. E even deaths have so far
occurred as a result of the typhus infec¬
tion in the city.
A New York telegram states that Jay
Gould has given $25,000 to the univer¬
sity of the state of New York. The gift
was made a few days afier he gave his
check for $10,000 to the Presbyterian
Church Extension committee. It was
Mr. Gould’s desire that the gift should
be kept secret, but the R>-v. Dr. Proctor,
pastor of the church which Mr. Gould
and family attended, let out the facts
unintentionally to a reporter.
Mrs. Varina J< fferson D »vi- commenced
suit in the United > tates court in New
Yo’k City Monday agiinst Robert Bel-
ford and the Belford Company. Mrs.
Davis, wh > is the widow of the ex-presi¬
dent of the confederacy, alleges a br.-ach
of contract on the defendants’ part. On
March 4 1890, she contracted wi h Rob¬
ert Be ford for the sale of her memoirs cf
her husband. Royalties to the amount
of. $4,000 were due her in September
la9t, but were not pai i.
A dispatch from Helena, Ark., says:
The exodus of colored people from this
part of the state to Oklahoma still con¬
tinues. Already the negr > population of
this country has been v sibly decreased
by emigration. Thirty families left
Wednesday for the “land of promise,”
while others will follow as soon a3 they
get money to defray expenses. Poor
crops and hard times are the causes for
the move. Oklahoma seems to be the
destination of the emigrants.
A BIG COMBINE
A Plan to Absorb All tlic Coke Furnaces
in Alabama and Tennessee.
A New York dispatch Monday says: It that was an¬
nounced on Wall street the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com¬
pany would probably absorb the Sloss
Iron and Steel Company and the Debar
deleben Coal and Iron Company, caused of Ala¬
bama. The announcement a
sharp advance in the stock of the Ten¬
nessee Coni and Iron Company.
The details of the consolidation of the
three big companies have not all been ar¬
ranged, but the name of the consolidated
company will probably be the Tennessee
and Alabama Coal and Iron company,
and the capital stock will be not less than
twenty-five million dollars. The three
companies own a majority of the coke
furnaces in Alabama and Tennessee, and
the best and largest of the coal and iron
mines.
It was said on Wall street that the low
price of iron brought about tho consoli¬
dation, which is expected to materially
reduce the cost of production. will It absorb is ex¬
acted the big company in Alabama soon and
all the coke furnaces
Tennessee.
SPRINGER IS IMPROVING,
But His Doctor Says He will Hare to
Take a Rest.
A Washington dispatch says: Mr.
Springer was reported to be better Tues¬
day morning aud improving slowrly.
Dr. Vincent, his physician, begiu says
that even should Mr. Springer im-
to rally at once and continue to
prove from this time on, it wr-uld bti
impossible for him to attend to any busi¬
ness for the next two months. The doctor
declares that under the most favorable
circumstances Mr. Springer could not
leave his house within ihe next tbreo
weeks. After that the doctor will insist
that Mr. Springer go to Fortress Monroe
for four or five weeks. According to this
progr im, therefore, Mr. Springer has
practically concluded his services as chair-
ijjin of the wavs and meaos committee,