Newspaper Page Text
V <>LUMB XX.
CLEARING OFF
Clouds, anil the winds a-cbill.
And the road of so Men clay,
And a mist on the dripping hill.
And a mask on the day.
And the noon was like the nain
Vv hen cheer is cold on the hearth,
And the noises, dulled by the rain.
Hung low to the earth.
Dutnow, as if one came out
f" rom the western seas and waved
Onset, with gcsturean l shout,
Till his fleet was saved,—
Bo came a wind from the sun
And broke the hurrying rack,
And the blest light was won,
And the blue came back.
An ! the rainless clou is in the west
Lay whitelike the griefs we love;
And soft as a sorrow at rest
W as the blue above.
Harrison S. Morris, in Lippincott.
A DOWBY OF HERRING,
T was the 20th of
J) January,1795. The
. 'l French army had
<l W entered and the Amsterdam soldiers
waited iu groups
in the square where
they had stacked
their guns tohavc
their lodgings as¬
.m 1 y signed the Notwithstandi inclemency them. n g
of
the weather the in¬
habitants had left
their houses and
this were liberating collecting in the streets to welcome
army. The greatest en¬
thusiasm reigned in the city, and in the
evening every house was illuminated.
Neai the Admiralty, however, stood
one house whose dark aud silent aspect
coi itrasted strangely with the brilliant
exterior of its neighbors, A narrow
courtyard inclosed in a high wall, with
a poite cochcre intervened between the
street and the house, and all the doors
and blinds were now closely secured.
Ibi s "as the house of Master Woerden.
Master Woerden was a rich Dutch
merchant. Entirely taken up with his
commercial allairs, he was totally indif¬
ferent to the political events which so
interested his countrymen, besides which
he too thoroughly understood domestic
economy to waste candles after the prod¬
igal fashion of his neighbors.
At this moment Master Woerden was
seated in a comfortable armchair in front
of a blazing fire. Ilis fur bordered robe
was folded across his chest, and his wolf
skin cap was pressed down upon liis
brow whose few scattered gray hairs of¬
fered no protection from the sharp cur-
rents of frosty air that found entrance at
every opening of the door.
On a table near him stood a polished
brass lamp, a large pitcher and a clay
pipe. In the chimney corner au old ser¬
vant, whose extreme embonpoint be¬
trayed her Flemish origin, occupied her-
sell with occasionally stirring and feed¬
ing the open fire.
Presently the doorbell rang aud the
servant, rose quickly to answer it. A few
moments later a young man entered, who
threw his cloak on the sofa aud ap-
proached the old man.
“Is it you, William!” exclaimed Mas¬
ter Woerden. “I had not expected you
so early !”
“1 left Block this morning,” he re¬
plied, with a respectable salutation, “but
the roads are so cumbered with soldiers
and fugitives that it has taken me all dav
to get there.”
“Did you see Van Elberg?”
The young man sat down by the fire
before “Yes, answering sir!” this question."
he said slowly. “Master
\ ^ an Elberg consents to the marriage, but
be refuses to give his daughter more than
4000 ducats as her dowry.”
“Ah! cried Master Woerden, frown¬
ing heavily, “then he may keep both his
daughter and her dowry. =
“But, father, let me— s
“Hold your tongue, William. At your
age one would sacrifice everything to
love, but let uie tell you love fades away,
while money remaius.”
“But Master Van Elberg is one of the
richest merchants in Holland, and what
he will not give his daughter in his life¬
time will surely come to her at his death. ”
“What then? Am not I as rich as he?
Listen to me, my son. You will one
day succeed me in my business. Re-
member then these two axioms—never
give more than vou receive, and do noth-
ing for the sole benefit of others. Tnese
are good rules for marriage as well as
commerce.” “
for
“But—”
“Let the matter rest, my son. We
will not speak further of it now.”
William knew the self-willed obstinacy
of his father too well to reply, and sat
still in great sorrow and perplexity,
while the old man calmly smoked his
pipe.
Again the doorbell rang, and the dogs
in the courtyard began to bark furiously.
“Ah!” said Master Woerden, “it must , I
be some stranger. Lookout of tWi,.
dow, William, and see who it is." j
The joung man did so, sajiagtatones !
of sunrise • j
“It is a mounted militiaman, father!” !
Presently the old servant brought in a j
letter, which Master Woerden received i ?
with an air of great disquietude; but on
tearing fingers his open face the assumed envelope its with wonted impatient I j
ex-
pression of serenity as he read the iu- j
closure.
“That is well I” he said, as he handed ;
the letter to his son.
It was a requisition from the Govern-
roent for 400,000 herrings to be deliv-
ered within a month for the use of the
French army.
“William!” exclaimed the old man,
after a moment’s reflection. “I have an
idea! You shall marry Van Elberg’s
daughter, and she shall have a good
dowry, too.”
“Can it be possible?”
“Leave it to me. As the canals are
•U closed by the ice, be ready with two
THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
saddle horses at daylight to-raorwnr.
Ahl my son! if you only inherit your
father’s genius!”
The next morning the nging sun saw
the two travelers on their way to Broek.
They arrived about midday, but where
obliged to leave their horse* at an inn
outside the village, as neither horses nor
carriages were permitted to enter its
streets. Broek enjoys in Holland an en-
traordinary reputation for neatness. The
streets are paved with polished stones in
different colors, which are arranged in
Mosaic designs. In front of each house
is a space reserved for the use of its in¬
habitants, which is inclosed by an iron
railing with bright ornaments of brass
and furnished with settees of carved
wood. So great is the mania for cleanli-
ness that a withered leaf cannot fall in
one of those elegant parquets without
the family's rushing out in the utmost
haste to remove it.
When Master Woerden and his son
arrived with snowladen shoes, manv
covert glances of indignation followed
their progress towards Master Van El-
berg’s house; but as they were at once
well known and greatly respected, no
open remonstrance was made. On reach-
ing their destination, however, the ser-
vant met them at the door with slippers
in hand that they might leave their heavy
shoes outside.
When the travelers entered the parlor,
not only Master Van Elberg but his
charming daughter also received them
with much cordiality.
Clotilda wore the costume of her coun¬
try. The short, full skirt, richly deco¬
rated with embroidery, the velvet bodice
and the dainty cap with its border of
lace, the gold band across her dark hair,
and the heavy gold earrings thickly set
with jewels, made a picturesque garb
that daintily set off her fair, placid feat¬
ures.
“Good morning, Master Woerden!”
cried Van Elberg, as he held out his
hand cheerily to his visitor, “You are
welcome. Have the French scared you
aw¬ ay from Amsterdam?”
They have not troubled me in the
least,” replied Woerden. “You know I
care as little for the French as for the
Prince of Orange. Politics never inter¬
est me. I come to propose a good specu¬
lation."
“That is welll What is it?” returned
Van Elberg.
“I have engaged to deliver 400,000
herrings in a month. Can you furnish
them to me in three weeks?”
“At what price?”
“Ten florins a thousand,”
“Ten florins? Yes! I will undertake
to supply them.”
“Good!” returned Woerden, rubbing
his hands together contentedly, as the
dining-room door was now open, display¬
ing the plentiful breakfast which awaited
them.
After partaking liberally of the good
things before him, for the long ride had
sharpened his appetite, Master Woerden
glanced significantly at the yonng girl,
who shyly turned her eyes away from
him as tie began to discuss the question
of the young folks’ marriage. Finding
his host firmly insisting on giving his
daughter only the dowry he had before
fixed, Master Woerden made but a
feigned remonstrance to these terms,
and In the end conceded the disputed
point. It was then decided that the
marriage should take place in eight
days.
As they returned to Amsterdira the
next day, William ventured to ask his
father why he had thus agreed to Master
Van Elberg’s terms.
“My son,” replied Marter Woerden
gravely, “do not disturb me about tri¬
fles. This contract for herrings is a
serious matter and requires all mv
thoughts.”
Once more in his own house, Master
Woerden shut himself up for hours in
his own room, and when he at length
came forth he gave bis servant a large
package of letters to mail.
Three days later the old nun. with his
wrinkled lace alight with triumph,
whispered to his son:
“Ah, William, I have your dowry all
ready for you.”
On the appointed day for the wed ling
Master Woerden and his son returned to
Broek. This time they were received
with great ceremouy. The wide fold¬
ing doors that are only opened for chris¬
tenings, weddings and funerals were
drawn apart and a large party of friends
and relatives were assembled. Tne mas-
ter cf the house, however, cams to meet
them with so pale and troubled .i coun-
, f enanCe that ... WlU,a m feared , , he , , ,
bad TT l ° “ ake know , “* Master Woer¬
dld “ ot share b,s , soa s alarm ’ for he
^ host , n< T s ° distress. nI - v to ° SUrel ^ tha 051136 of hii
“What troubles yoti, dear friend?”
he said, with a hypocritical smile. “You
look anxious and worried.”
“Ah? I am cruelly embarrassed! 1
must speak with you at once.”
“Can it be this marriage that dis-
pleases you? Do you wish to retract
your consent?
’ no ;
“Well, then, let us go on with the
ceremony; when that is over and voir
friends . - , are amuimt- . thaouelru , wo can
t?* f °* er
would M “ te gladly f '*? have put all ^tated else . aside . till „ He
h *».of also mind was explained; lfc uld but bs
see,a ? no T taUC:i WlSer "°
to take tae ad ™ e tr ! us - ,ve . :1 bl ' n > he
tae Slsnal . for the . to
" ave marria = e go
OD ’
^ tew moments later the wedded pair
were keeling at the altar to receive the
church’s blessing on their union, and irn-
mediately on the return of the party to
tb e house, Master Van Elberg hurried
^is " u ®st into his private room.
“My fr.end,” he said anxiously, as
soon ^ ke bad closed the door, “I h&va
engaged to deliver 400,000 herrings to
you m fifteen days, and I have not yet
succeeded ra getting a single one. They
are all sold.
“Of course they are!” cried Master
Woerden, with a burst of laughter; “I
have myself bought them!”
“Ah!” cried Van Elberg,after staring
a moment at bis companion m utter
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 1892.
amazement. “What then do you ex.
pect—”
“That you will fulfill your engage-
ment. Listen to me, my friend. You
will one day leave your daughter a large
fortune, and I shall do as much for my
son. That is all very well for the future,
but for to-day they are not on equal
terms. I shall give my son a share in
ray business, but you give your daughter
only 4000 ducats. I have not wished to
disappoint our children’s hopes, but I
have planned to compel you to be more
just in your arrangements.”
While Master Woerden thus spoke his
com bewildered. paniou was becoming more aud more
“This is what I have done,” continued
the merchant of Amsterdan; “you have
engaged to sell ms these herrings at ten
florins a thousand, but I already have
them. You can only retrieve your honor
by buying them from me. I will sell
them to you for fifty florins a thousand,
Thus,you will pay me 16,01)0 florins,and
we are quits. ”
“It is well,” replied Van Elberg, who
had now regained control of his scattered
w * t ' 3, “You are a skilful merchant and
h» ve caught me finely.”
H e bowed ceremoniously to his cora-
P aQ ion, turned to his desk and drew up
a check for the required sum. which he
handed to Master Woerden with another
bow.
The two fathers then returned to the
parlor to take part in the wedding festivi¬
ties.
Eight days later the merchant of Broek
came to visit his daughter, who now
lived with her husband at Amsterdam.
He found Master Woerden in great tribu¬
lation.
“Ah, friend Van Elberg!” he cried in
despair, “What shall I do? The fis’ner-
men are bringing in my herrings, and I
cannot find a single cask to pack them in.
They will all be spoiled .*»
“Ah,” returned Van Elberg coldly.
“You bought up all the herring and I
have bought all the casks. I could sell
them to you at au exhorbitant price,
but as I wish to keep ray word about
giving my daughter her dowery of 4009
ducat3. I will only charge you the
amount you so skilfully made out of me
in the other matter. You are very cun¬
ning, you merchants of Amsterdam, but
we of Broek have positive genius, you
see.”
“But you got the idea from me!” re¬
sponded Master Woerden proudly.—
Translated from the French for Romance.
The Dynograph Car.
The dynograph car has started from
the Grand Central Station on is annual
inspection trip over the New York Cen¬
tral Road. This car is the invention
and property of P. H. Dudley, and it
makes semi-annual trips over three or
four Eastern railroads to ascertain and
record on paper the exact condition of
the rails and roadbed. The car, which
is forty feet long, was built expressly for
Mr. Dudley, and it is the home of him¬
self and wife, as well as his workshop.
It represents, in its present state of effi¬
ciency, the study and devolment of twen¬
ty years.
Mr. Dudley has perfected an ingenious
electrical instrument which by a system
of little glass tubes filled with ink and
tapering to tine penlike points will trace
on paper as the car moves along at any
rate of speed everything that it is desir¬
able to know about the condition of the
roadbed. The paper used i3 about
tweuty-feur inches wide and it passes
from one roller to another, both the
rollers moving in connection with the
wheels of the car. A strip of this paper
eight feet long is used to each mile trav¬
ersed, and the points of the little glass
tubes mark on the paper the alignment
of each rail, the degree of curvature as
well as the elevation of each curve, the
speed at which the car is moving, and
the condition of the surface of the rail.
Every variation of onesixteenth of an inch
and over is recorded.
Connected with the registering and
tracing instrument in the car is a con¬
trivance which automatically ejects a
drop of blue paint upon each joint in the
track, where the end of one rail is one-
sixteenth of an inch or more out of gear.
At the end of a trip the exact number of
such faulty spots is found recorded on a
slip of paper. Trackmen are sent out on
the various sections after the car has
passed and the loose joints marked by
the blue paint are properly adjusted.
Mr. Dudley has fitted up very com¬
fortable quarters in his car for his wife
and himself, including a well-equipped
kitchen, library, and sitting room, in
which Mrs. Dudley ha3 her piano. Mr.
Dudley is an Ohio man, but is well
known here and elsewhere as a scientific
student. He is a member of the Acai-
emy of Sciences and is Vice-President of
the American Microscopical Society.
His dynograph car is of much service to
the railroads on which he operates it.~-
Xew York Times.
Heroic Treatment,
When we were in one of the canal
locks, one I remember served by a boy
and an idiot, I was told that these places
are sometimes called “Doctor Lock,”
and for this reason: Boat horses not
unseldom dislocate their shoulders; and
no wonder, such light shoulders as one
sees towing such heavy ioads! In such
cases some boatmen take the poor beast
to the side of the lock and unceremoni¬
ously tumbles him in. Tne water being
deep, he, of course, swims for his life,
and the motion often restores the shoul¬
der to place.
“But if it does Rot?” I asked.
“Cnuck him in again,” was the an¬
swer.—The Cbautauquan.
A Japanese Professor.
One of the most successful students of
p ro f. Koch, of bacilli fame, is Dr. Ki-
tasako, a Japanese. The latter has late-
j y been appointed doctor of a institution
f or infectious diseases at Tokio, Japan,
Before his departure from Berlin th$
p russ j an Government recognized hia
great merits in his science by conferring
him the title of professor, which is
highest distinction known in the
learned professions iu Germany.—Cnica-
go Herald.
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Culled from Off
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUK
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER¬
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
ry- ihere were seventeen fatal case* of
sunstroke in Chicago Thursday.
Crane Chemical C ‘i, Works ^ ' at Snrinsfield »P nn 8“ eia *
v V :V t i b , ew U P Thursday night . and ten
r '
build ngs, composing t s the plant, t , were de-
s’.roved
rr", 1 he deputy , and ... acting comptroller . „ of
tirVdiviT7d ViTe* 7 de0la / ed th
d of^the of t hln? r
Coe cmHtora prorS;
of P,latk, FI. , ™ cWra
amounting to 1261,550
u ui n oi triennial elections held in
bers f i Mnces of of France Monday for mem-
councils general have been re-
■p', v< at * ai ' s Dorn 1,132 districts.
1 hev show a republican gain of 110
f 1 *
A New York ^ dispatch says: In accord-
arc* with the resolution passed at a re-
cel t meeting of the Rtchrnond Terminal
. j\ ory committee, default was made on
the interest of 6 per cent bonds
w c . was due Monday.
Tx-L nit eel States Senator Anthony
Kennedy, r aged eighty-two years, died at
Annapolis. Md., Sunday morning. Sena-
tor Kennedy has been in feeble health
for a long time, but the superinducing
cause was the excessive heat of the late
tl rri(1 s P eIL
The thirty-third or upper union mills
in Pittsburg started up non union at 4
o’clock Monday morning. The plate mill
is running, and the other departments
appear to be in operation. A guard of
police is about the property and no
trouble has occurred.
A dispatch of Thursday committed from Bay
City, Mich., says: The relief
finds that the extent of suffering among
the victims of Monday’s fire is so great
that outside assistance will have to be
ns-ked for. Two hundred and sixty
families lost everything and are in very
destitute circumstances.
Informations were made at Pittsburg,
Monday afternoon before Aldmerman
Reilly by ex-Private lams against Colo-
nel Hawkins, Lieutenant Colonel Streater
and Assistant Surgeon Grim,of the Tenth
regiment, for aggravated assault and bat-
tery. Warrants were issued. The charge
of aggravated assault was for tying
lams up by the thumbs and the assault
and battery for ihaving his head.
The usual monthly statement Tuesday” preoared
by the treasury was issued The
figures arc as follows: Aggregate cash in
the treasury. $783,979,286; net cash bal-
ance, $27.050 286; increase during the
month, $35 _^^ decr ® a8 ® °J intere8t
and non gt
$398,905; decrease of certificates and
total frea-ury notes outstanding, $569,051;
certificates and treasury notes out-
standing, $619,675,803, offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury * ; net
debts, $967,378,935. ’ ’
r 1 _ elegrams , of Monday from , Spokane,
Wash., state that Indians on the Colville
reservation threaten an outbreak. The
Indians are greatly incensed at the fail-
tire of the authorities to eject prospect-
tors, and even those who have heretofore
have been peaceably disposed, seem to
have caught the infection from others
and all are armed. The removal of all
intruders would settle the trouble, and
Indian Agent Cole has received official
notification that troops will be placed at
his disposal for this purpose.
Advices of Friday from Madison,
Wis., state that the constitutionality of
the recent democratic reapportionment
will be tested in the supreme court in
August. The paper, which is to be served
on Attorney-General O’Connor will be in
the form of a petition, signed by some
private citizens asking the attorney-gen¬
eral to institute action, and of course, if
the attorney-general refuses, action can
be brought in the name of the private
citiz n himself. No steps have been
taken as yet in regard to unseating the
hold over senators.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES,
Executive and Campaign, as Announced
by Chairman Harrity.
After several days’ deliberation and
conference with Calvin S. Brice, William
C. Whitney and Gov. James E. Camp¬
bell, Chairman Harrity, of the demo¬
cratic national committee, announced,
Friday afternoon, the national executive
and campaign commiitees. They are as
follows:
Executive Committee—M. F. Tarpey,
California; Charles S. Thomas, Colorada;
Carles French, Connecticut; Samuel Pas-
J. eoe, Florida; - Clark Howell, Georgia; J.
Kansas; Richardson, Iowa; Charles W. Blair,
Thomas W. Sherley, Kentucky;
James Jeffries, Louisiana; Arthur Sew-
ali, Maine; Arthur P. Gormau, Mary¬
land; Daniel J. Campas, Michigan;
Michael Dore, Minnesota; Charles B.
Howry, Mississippi; John G. Pra¬
ther, Missouri; Alvah W. Sullowav, New
Hampshire; Miles Ross, New Jersey;
William F. Sheehan, New York; M.
W. Ransom, North Carolina; Calvin S.
Brice, Ohio; Samuel R. Hovey, Rhode
I*land; Holmes Cummings, Tennessee;
C. T. H".;, Texas; Bradley B. Smalley,
William Vermont; Basil B. Gordon, Virginia;
F. Harrity, of Pennsylvania,
chamnsn ex officio; S. P. Sheerin, sec-
retary ex-officio.
The following compose the campaign
committee: Calvin S. Brice, Ohio; A.
P. GormaD, Maryland; William F. Shee¬
han, New York; B. B. Smallev,
mont; M. W. Ransom, North Carolina;
B. T. Cable, Illinois; E. C. Wall, Wis-
cousin; Josiah Quincy, Massachusetts; j
W. F. Harrity, Pennsylvania.
~~
After John Chinaman.
A dispatch of Thursday from Bois
City, Idaho, savs: The police have or-
?„t d tar
Chinese were ordered to ;«ave, a*d they
departed on the fir*t train. A number
but they were soon seA out of town,
Much uneasiness ia felt th it the smallpox
will spread to the city.
THE MAFIA AGAIN.
A Strange Letter Received by the Chief
of Police of New Orleans.
Chief of Police Garter of New Orlears,
received a letter Saturday from what is
supposed the letter to be the Mafi i. Following is
i
New Orleans, July 29.—To Chief of Police
Ga< ter: We have in our possession Judge Harr.
Will deliver him in your bands for $500, or will
liberate him for $1,000. We will send you his
old clothes, etc., such as we found on his per-
son, but b ar in mind, by one bad br ak au-
thorized by yo i. hri body will be riddled with
«*<*; then sent >ou fo a present. Thi-money
raU8t reach us before twenty davs. unless vou
willhavehia right ear. For further inform*-
tion address general delivery, po-toflice, Chi-
cago, St. Loui* or New Orleans
Respectfully. P. J. Muxnbz.
Tt will be remembered that Tud^eMarr
of the criminal district court in New
0rleans > mysteriously disappeared last
*»«• iS.Souof He-a. old Si. and feeblo. ».d -as
hi wmSS’ he Lad
fallen into the rivtr and was drowned,
and that impression still prevails.
_
j..-, II JO UUV. ClXT J TrWTF’O UiN llO.
---
Alabama ,i nUn ^ n > n s r Gubernatorial i « vote ± of , „ Mon-
daV SO DCCMeS.
-
the end of the bitterest political
struggle ever known in the
state’s mwnuv *
The bitterest political struggle ever
known in Alabama closed Monday and
\ he returos received so far coming from
the towns and cities indicate the election
Governor Jones by a majority ranging
from sixty thousand to seventy thousand,
l vo *h s strength is expected from the
country beats which are out of the way
in( r hard to reach. W hen thev report
^ 3S generally believed that Governor
^° nes 8 W ‘ reduced and
doWa t0 be *
’ ’
passed off quietly.
No serious trouble is reported from any
section of the state, and the only inci-
dent which threatened trouble occurred
in Selma. A prominent Kolb man named
Mcllwain took up a position at a box to
keep a private tally sheet during the day.
persisted in the effort all day, and
w h en the polls were closed a number of
J° nes men surrounded Mcllwain and
t 00 ^ away from him the tally sheet he
kat * ^ ei n keeping. At first, it seemed
tkere W0U Jd be trouble; but the
ri3!lt(er was quieted down without any
violence.
Latcr ^ turn8 ° arr * ® u £. i ndica '
V°h rheoou “ tie9 of Mobdo > Calhoun, ,
£ ? J ffer “ se f°5 w* Montgomery, n^’ bu mtei j’ Bu Dale lock Dallas, lalla
’ > ‘
?ega Walker, majority Lauderdale, r ttm’democr^ Perry,
nearly 35,000 for
' 1C tlcket - Indications are that not over
11 t ^ CD ^ tlie sixty six countiea in the
8tute I™ S ,7 ° K ?, tb a
° De ° f ‘hern will exceed 1,000. The
l6 » , ? Iidur ® wlU be overwhelmingly
Haight democratic. .. Negroes w voted in
givat numbers the open democratic tick-
ets. Ig many cases they were actual
workers at the polls. This was especi-
cully the case in Birmingham. The ex-
pectation was that the opposition 'Vote
would be the largest in years, but the re-
subs do not show that this expectation
s realized. A conservative estimate
places Governor Jone’s majority at not
| (3SS tin 50,000.
TRADE REVIEW.
Dun k Co.*s Report of Business for the
Past Week.
R G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: The extreme hot weather
for the entire week has checked many
kinds of business, but has not prevented
considerable excess in the volume of
trade over that of last year. At the same
time the weather has been extremely fa¬
vorable for growing crops, except in the
limited districts where damage has been
done by violent storms, and the crop
outlook is decidedly improving. of the iron
The great interruption and
steel manufactures at the west continues,
but there are distinct signs of a favorable
settlement. Finished products of iron
and steel are stronger—$3 to $5 higher,
but great demora izaticn is expected in
pig iron unless more of the consuming
works start speedily. Bar and sheet iron
are very active, and the manufacturers of
plate and structural iron have more orders
t ran they can well handle, but no im¬
provement is seen in rails.
Boot aud shoe shops are running full
of business, and shipments exceed last
year's every week; being for the year,
thus far, 2,056,000 cases, against 1,967,-
000 to date last year. The shipments of
hides from Chicago have been 110,000,-
000, against 97,000,000 pounds last year.
At Baltimore the hot weather retards
much trade though in dr, goods and
boots and shoes and furnishing goods it
exceeds la,t 7 e.rV At P.ttsburg the
products of steel and iron grow stronger.
A little improvement appears at Memphis
an fr 1 TTii
Trade J is • dull at 4 . XT New Orleans, n I though
the prospects are bngnt there, and at
Savannah the receipts of cotton are light
and the exports are slightly more than
iast year but the sales of plantation
stock for the week exceeds the sales of
tangible and v.sible cotton about ten to
0D ~’, a ®° r Tf atln ^ a eS ‘
Tike bustne-s failures •
occurring
throughout the country during the las.
week as Reported to KG. Dun & Co.,
number for the United States 171.
OIL ON FIRE.
Lightning Set* Fire to Tanka in the
Pennsylvania Oil Field*.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch of Thurs¬
day says: During the prevalence of the
thunder storm which swept over the
southwestern oil field Wednesday after-
noon, lightning struck tank No. 17 of
the Sourhwest Pennsvlvania Pipe Line
xsss
and when it burst the burning fln;d
spread to twenty Unka in the vicinity
within an eighth of a mde of the scene.
p be i ogs is not known, but it ia thought
to be very heavy.
THE SOUTH IN BRIEF
The Ms ef Her Progress Portrayel iu
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAY WITHIN UEU BORDERS.
Twenty-two L horses were lost hv 7. the
burnrng k nrn m„ of Mack \r i Bruce’s n . 1.very stable . at .
Stanford, Ky., Thursday.
A dispatch of Sunday from Memphis
TVnn Tenn., says: The Tt Memphis \r' ; • Passenger r>
Association is on the verge of disruption.
The loDg threatened rate war between
th ® railroads centering here has broken
J® 1 at last and as a consequence east-
bound p« s .„ g „r rate, have goae ,11 to
At a meeting at Savannah, Mood,,, of
the stockholders of the Middle Georgia
an( i Atlantic railroad a plan for the
formation of a syndicate was read. The
syndicate is to so be formed of gentlemen
already interested in the road and will
complete the road LvmMacontoEaton-
ton * Subscription books will be ooened
at once.
It is reported from Knoxville, Tenn.,
that as soon as the Knoxville Southern
railroad bridge is completed across the
river at that place that the L uisville and
Nashville would run through trains over
il frora Cincinnati to Atlanta. This will
mean the purchase of the Southern and
Knoxvi le, Cumberland Gap and Louis-
vilie roads.
A special from Austin Tex says-
Lightning from striking the wires leading
the plant which lights the state in-
sane asylum to the building, set fire to
the west wing of the structure at an
early hour Monday morning, and that
portion devoted to females was destroy-
e d. The remainder of the building was
saved The female patients, some two
hundred in number, were removed in
safety, none escaping from the attend-
ants. The loss is $25,000, with no insur—
ance.
Near Winchester, Ivy., Sunday, six
boys were drowned in the Kentucky
river by the overturning of a skiff,
Their names are Kelley Farney, aged fif-
teen; Claude, aged thirteen; Walter,
aged eleven; Charles, aged nine, all sons
of James II. Farney; Algin Brock, aged
sixteen; Willi im Br. ck, aged twelve,
sons of Rev. Henry Brock. The boys
were bathing in the river climbing in and
out of the boat and were thrown into a
panic by the boat overturning with some
of the small boys,
SHE IS INSANE.
So S*y the Jury in the Alice Mitchell
Murder Case.
A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch says: A
large crowd was in attendance at the
criminal court Saturday, it being an¬
nounced that Judge Du Bose would de¬
liver the charge to the jury in the famous
Alice Mitchell case, murderess of Freda
Ward. The defendant appearc i calm
and collected during the reading of th*
charge, the time occupied in its delivery
being fifteen minutes; the question of
sanity or insanity of the prisoner at the
time of the trial being the only question
considered. The jury retired at 9:30
and at 9:50 o’clock filed into the court¬
room with the following verdict:
“We, the jury, find the defendant,
Alice Mitchell, insane, aud believe it
would endanger the safety of the com¬
munity to set her at Liberty.”
Alice Mitchell was then remanded to
the custody of the sheriff, ami will he
ordered placed in an insane asylum.
Should she be released as sane at any
time she can then be placed upon trial on
the charge of murder, as she was only
tried as to her mental soundness or un¬
soundness at the time of her trial, the
question as to her mental condition at the
time of the commission of the homicide
not being touched upon during her trial,
now concluded.
When the verdict was read by the clerk
a faint smile spread over the defendants’
features as if she had been confident of
the jury’s verdict throughout the entire
trial. She was iaken to jail, gayly chat¬
ting as she went, and will be sent thenoe
to one of the state insane asylums.
COLUMBUS DAY.
Great Interest Taken in the Approach¬
ing Celebration.
The approaching celebration of Colum
bus Day by the 13,000,000 pupils in
American public schools, is attracting
general attention. From prominent ed¬
ucators, from eminent statesmen in high
places and from the humblest citizens
come words of commendation. It appeals
to all classes and conditions becau-e it
touches the institution which is closest to
the people, most representative of the
K £ , a
. thousand American newsnaners
bm recen tly /J passed congress £ authorizing
an(J instru g Pre8ide t Harrison to
sue a & proclamation making * ColumbusDay, £.
0cto r 21st a £ al h olid and rc
ommendin f to t e people i)0th a fitting ob-
gerTanCe 0 this 4 anniversary of
Am „ ica , s diecovery housU , in al j the5r localities;
in their^hooi and other places
Q{ „ sembl / Speaker Crip, F when asked
f@w day df) you thhjk of
the movement for a national celebration
of Columbns Dav,” replied: c^ebration “The idea
o{ gi » vin>? the > g( / Deral of Co¬
lut bus D J to the hands of the oublic
gcho?ls public school imp re8Se3 is certainly me very the favorably .
most
acteristic product of the 400 years
American life. The pub ic school
for the spirit of enlightenment which
been the mark of life in this country.
The public school may have its defects,
but take it all in all, it is a
thing.
T. B. Ballextive. the millionaire “truck”
#*rmer SS&sSJrsH of Norfolk, Va., has purchased an
the remainder of the trac will be l&ii out ia
lawns and gardens. Mr. BaUentma is witn-
. G f Currituck county, N. C., and began
5 truck tarming in the vicinity of Norfolk
Wlta * few hundred dollar*.
NUMBER 31.
RIOT ON A TRAIN.
Workmen Bound for Homestead Uuder
Guard Rebel.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: A riot oc¬
curred Thursday morning on the Balti¬
more and Oh o train, on which a party of
fifty-six non-union men were being trans-
p rtt-d from Cincinnati to Pittsburg to
work in the Carnegie Steel Works at
Homestead. One man was stabbed ia
the forehead With a bayonet in the hands
of an armed guard. Another had his
thumb chewed off and newly a score of
others were badlv bruised in an attempt
to regain their liberty. When the train
r< ached Pittsburg only twenty-one men
were aboard in addition to the armed
guard, the other thirty-live having
escaped from the car between Whitehall
station and the depot in Pittsburg. When
they left Cincinnati the men did not
k'ow they were being taken to the
Homest.ad mills, and when they found
it out they rebelled, That is how the
riot had inception.
COLD IN IOWA.
In Strange Contrast with Her Swelter¬
ing Sister Stales'.
A dip itch from Ottumwa, It., ►ays: days
The excessive heat of the past few
was broken Thursday by a heavy thunder
storm with a terrific ruin. The mercury
fell twenty degrees iu as many minutes.
The night was very cold.
dropped twenty degrees.
Another dispatch from Dubuque states
that a htavy rain Thursday afternoon
caused a drop of twenty degrees iu the
temperature.
COLD IN MONTANA.
A very slight frost was preceptible at
Gnat Falls, Mont , Friday morning. The
signal service office r ports the mercury
t«> have alien twenty degrees iu five miu-
ut s about midnight.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R-R-
Atlanta and Cbarlotte Air-Use Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect May 15th. 1892.
N OR THBOUND. No. 88. No. 10. No. 12
hASTON TIKE. Daily. Daily. Daily
LT. Chamblee..... Atlanta (E.T.) 1 40 pm 8 50 pin 8 8 o'j.im
....... 9 24 pm 40ain
Norcroas....... ....... 935 pm 8 52am
Duluth ........ ....... 9 47 pm 9 04am
Suwanee....... ....... 957 pm 9 15am
Buford........ .......10 10 pm 9 ‘J8ani
Flowery Gainesville..... Branch .......’0 24 pm 9 42am
3 08 pm t() 45 pm 10 ( 3am
Lula.......... ,.......il13 pm 10 27am
Bellton........ ........1 15 pm 10 30am
Comefia....... Mt. Airy....... ........]l .......J1 42 46 pm 10 10 51am 55an>
Tocooa......... pm 11 lOam
Westminster ........ ........*2 .2 20 am 11 66am
... 57 am
Seneca ........ ........*1 17 am 12 15pm
Central........ ........ 1 50 am 1 20pm
Easleys........ Greenville..... ........ 2 18 am 1 46pm
6 08 pm 2 44 am 2 11pm
Greers......... ........ 8 14 am 2 42pm
Wellford....... ........ 8 33 am 8 OOi.m
Spartanburg... Clifton........ 7 04 pm 3 54 18 am 8 8 40pm i;3pm
........ 4 am
Oowpens ...... ........ 4 18 am; am* 3 44pm
Blacksb Gaffney ........ 4 5 0] 40 4 4 09pm 27pra
urg ........ am
Grover., ...... 5 11am 4 37pm
King’* Mount’n ........ 5 28 am 4 55pm
Gastonia....... ........ 5 52 am. 5 20pm
Lowell........ ........ 6 05 am 5 31pm
Bellamont..... 6 16 am 5 3'jpm
Ar. Cbarlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40 am 6 00pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11, No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lt. “Westminster............ Lowell......... Gaffney...... Greenville...... Bellemont..... Gastonia,...... Sing’s Grover........ Clifton....... Spartanburg.. Easleys................. Blacksburg Oowpens..... Greers_________________ Wt-llford....... Toccoa........ Central................ Seneca................. Mt. Bellton........ Cornelia....... Lula.......... Gaine<ville..... Flowery Charlotte...... Airy....... Mount’n Branch ... . 11 12 9 3 45 86 43 41 am pm am pm JIaOOOOOCO<OCO«OODOOOO«Q-*30050fCft^»^^^COCOCOCOlOfcO^C»-a 1111111111111 1 11111111 ^11111111 OOOt0*O<OOOOO<O<lC5SaC^CtC»»l>>.*k»*.COO5COCCIOK,ISD lliBliSSBiSSBSiSiSSS&giSSIieliSa
Buford........ U*
Suwanee....... S
Duluth........ HZ
Norcross...... S
Chsmblee......
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 05 pm E
Additional trams Noe. 17 an i 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, dailv except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 6 15 p m, arrives Lula 9 00 p m. Return-
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m. daily,
Between Lula and Ath ni--No. 11 ex-
oept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Luia 8 15 p
id, and 985 a m, arrive Athens 10 00 p m and
1120 am. Returning leave Athens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. I2daily, and 8JB 8 p 5G m
and 7 07 a m, arrive Lula 7 55 p m
am. dai¬
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61
ly; except Sunday, leave Toccoa 1140 am
arrive Elberton 8 20 p m. Returning, No. 60
dally, except Sunday, leave a Elberton 5 00 a n
and arrives Toccoa 8 30 am.
Nos. 9 and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Atlanta and New York.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Vestibnled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington. Through Pul man Sle pers be¬
tween New York and New Orleans, al-o between
Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and
Birmingham. Observation car between Wash¬
ington and New Orleans.
Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Buffet Sleeper be-
tween Washington and Atlanta. local and
For detailed information as to
through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with local agents,
or address. TURK,
JAS. L. TAYLOR, W. A.
Gen’i Pass. Ag’t. Ass’!. Genl. Pass. Ag’t.
Atlanta. Ga. Charlotte N. 0.
C. P. HAMMOND, Ga.
Superintendent Atlanta,
W. H. GREEN. -OL. HASS,
Gen’i Manager. Traffic Manager,
Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
LEWTS DAVIS,
VTTOFNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the oounties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and FrankIn and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil'
be given to ali business entrustecPto him.
The collection of debts will have speo
ia'. attention.