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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOI.l ME XX.
IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS
Tie Scconfl Session el tbe Fifty-secoafl
Congress Convenes.
Daily Routine of Business Transacted
in Hie Interest of the People.
After the opening prayer and the read¬
ing of the journal Thursday morning,
the annual report of the secretary of the
treasury was laid before the house and
referred to the committee on ways and
means. The call of committees for re¬
ports was barren of results. In consider¬
ation of the morning hour the pending
business was the motion made by Mr.
Herbert, of Alabama, to lay on the ta »le
the in tion made by Mr. Holman, of
Indiana, ^ to reconsider the vo’e -by which
the house Wednesday pissed the biil ter¬
minating the reduction in engineering nr.o"’-
corps of the navy. Mr. Herbert's
tion was agreed to. Yeas, 110, nays, 83.
So the bill was passed.
The brief session of the house Fiiday
was devoted to completing the consider
ation of the public printing bill, which
was finally passed with sections < s'ab-
lishing a superintendent of dockets elim¬
inated, Ihe practice which prevailed
last session, filling the record with a
large amount of miscellaneous matter was
somewhat checked when Mr. Kilgore ob¬
jected to the request of Mr. Wise, of
Virginia, that ttie memorial regarding
the Nienragua canal be printed. When
Mr Kilgore finally consented, Mr. Stone,
of Kentucky, received the objection, and
the memorial will not be printed. The
decision of the house not to consider the
private calendar wrs followed by an arg¬
that session *
ument no should be held
Friday night for the consideration of
private pension bills. At 1:40 o’clock
the house adjourned until Monday.
house, Upon Speaker Crisp’s elitering the
Monday morning, there were most
unusual scenes. The democrats arose
and cheered him vociferously, and the
republicans joint d in. The speaker rap¬
ped lor order, but the house refused to
come to order and continued cheering
for some time. It was an ivident reas¬
surance of confidence to offset the inten
tional or supposed sligut given him Sat¬
urday night in New York, by the reform
club’s failure to invite him to speak at
their banquet. The prevalent opinton
is that the speaker’s name was intention¬
ally omitted from the list of orators and
that tiio club meant to discount his po-
sti'in ai an advocate of tariff reform,
his thereby strengthening the opposition to
re-election.
The attendance in the house Tuesday
morning was small, owing in a great
measure to the inclemency of the
weather. The house adopted a resolu¬
tion directing the committee on wavs
nnd means to inquire into and report
upon the present condition of the treas¬
ury and the probable future revenues
under the existing law.
THE SENATE.
The senate, after reading the journal
journed Thursday, agreed that when it ad¬
it be until Monday. Mr. Turpie,
of Indiana, and Mr. Gibson, of Mary
land, who had been on the list of absen¬
tees for the b>st three days, took their
seats. There are now but nine absentees.
Mr. Allison, Mr. Co'quitt, Mr. Gibson, of
Louisiana, Mr. Irby, Mr. Jones, of Ne-
vada, Mr. ivenna, Mr. Stanford and Mr.
Warren. The s-mate then at 12:30, on
ti e motion of Mr. Sherman, proceeded to
executive business. A half hour later the
doors were reopened and a message pre¬
sented from the house. The executive
»'s ion ratified the convention concluded
between Chili and the United States
for a settlement of the long existing
claim* of tho United States
against Chili; confirmed the nom¬
inate n of William M. Stone,
commissioner of general land office; Da¬
vid P. Thompson, of Oregon, minister to
Turkey; William Potter,of Pennsylvania,
minister to Italy; Edward C. Little, of
Kan as,agent and coi sul general at Cairo,
Egypt; Louis A. Dent, of District of
Columbia, consul at Kingston, Jamaica;
Loui- E. McCamar, assistant justice of
Pe supreme court District of Columbia;
J hn II. Gear, of Ohio, assistant secre¬
tary of the treasury, and several others,
including promotions in the revenue,
muiine and marine hospital service.
Upon announcing the death of Represent-
aiive Warrick, of Ohjo, the customary
resolutions of regret were offered by Mr.
Brice and adoj t -d, and then as further
m rk of respect for the memory of the
dead member, the senate, at 1 p. m., ad-
j urned till Monday.
The anti-option bill was laid before the
senate Tuesday but was informally laid
«si>’e to allow discussion on the In¬
dian Territory resolution to be contin-
u >1. Senators Irby ^F. A., S. C.) and
Warren (Rep., Wyoming,) were in their
Ma s for the first time this session, leav¬
ing s<ven senators still absent, viz: Alli¬
son, Colquitt, Gibson of Louisans, Jones
of Nevada, Kenua, Squire and Stanford.
The certificates of election of presiden¬
tial electors were presen tel from New
Jersey, Colorado, Connecticut and Ohio.
la the see ate, Tuesday, certificates of
the electors were presented from Texts,
Ninth Carolina, Alabama, Illinois and
Maine. Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, offered
a resolution calling on the civil service
commissioners for a succinct statement of
the government positions that are inside
and outside of ihe civil service rules, the
methods of application and examination,
the quota of each state filled and
vacant, and what positions are open to
appointment outside of the civil service
rules—the purpose being to procure in a
compact form information for the use of
thosi‘ desiring to enter the government
service. The resolution went over with¬
out action. Mr. Vest’s joint resolution
for a com miss on to make an agreement
with the five civilized tribes of the In¬
dian Territory for taking lands in sever-
a ty was taken up and several speeches
were made. The senate at noon resum¬
ed consideration of tbe anti-option bill,
Mr. George addressing the senate in
favor of his subtreasury measure.
NOTES.
Senator Stewart has introduced an
amendment providing absolute free coin¬
age to Senator Hills silver biil.
The president, on Monday, appointed
Charles C. Coles to be associate justice of
the supreme court of the District of Col¬
umbia.
In the next house of representatives
there will be 142 new faces. Of this
Dumber, seventy will be democrats,sixty-
nine republicans and three will be third
party men.
Amos Cummings has introduced a reso¬
lution demanding investigation of the
mailing service, with Mr. Wanunakor as
chief witness. It allege s that laws were
wantonly violated in sending republican
literalure below its legitimate rate.
Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, chairman of
the house committee <>n military ffiirs,
in hi« room t on the next rear’- atmv ar<
propnatioD bill, savs it carries an appro¬
priation of 124,202,739. being
less than the amount appropriated for the
current year and $1,720,215 less than
estimate submitted.
The senate has confirmed the nomina¬
tions of Person C. Cheney, of New
Hampshire, to be minister of Switzer¬
land; Chailes C. Clarke, of Virginia,
l ited States marshal of the eastern dis-
tiict of Virginia: Thomas J. Flanncr, of
Louisiana, to be receiver of public mon
i ys at Natchitoches.
Mr. Bulloch, of Florida, introduced in
the house Tuesday a resolution request¬
ing the secretary of war to ascertain and
reoort to the house the present actual con¬
dition of harbor improvement at Cum¬
berland Soil' d, Fla., and the eutrince to
Fort Fernandina and whether necessity
exist- for any immediate legislation re¬
garding these points.
The result of the recent elections will
have no i fleet on the work of the senate
committee on finance, which has for al¬
most two years been examining into the
<ft ct of the tariff laws upon imports and
exports, the growth, production and
prices of agricultural and manufactured
articles at home and abroad, aud upon
wages, doraest c and foreign. The ap¬
proaching change in the administration
will, howevir, hasten the report and
cnu c it to be submitted in its entirety at
this session instead 1 1 goiug over until
the fifiy-third congress meets.
JAY UOULD’S WIL'..
How the Millionaire's Big Fortune
Will bo Di tided Out.
Jay Gould’s will h s been given to the
public. It was made in December, 1884,
during the lifetime of his wife, making
provision f »r her benefit, which failed
by reason of her death, after which vari¬
ous codicils were attached. Several leg-
aciisareleft to his sisters and others,
but comparatively small amouats. He gives
to his daughter, Helen, until his youngest
child arrives at age, the use of the resi¬
dence at Irvington, commonly called
“Lvnd Hurst,” free of taxes, atfd all the
furniture, books, paintings, household
contents therein, and also $6,000 per
month, stating that this was done is ex-
p ctriion that his minor children, Anna
and Frank, as well as his son Howard,
will, during the period above provided
for, m ike iheir home with Helen. To his
namesake and grandson. Jay Gould, son
of George, he gives $500,000 to be held
in trust by George, with authority to ap¬
ply the same to the support, and educa¬
tion of said grand-on, and | ay one-fourth
of it to bun at the age of twenty-five,
one-fourth at the age of thiity, the re¬
maining half at the age of thirty-five,
with power to pay the same at un earlier
period in the discretion of his father.
George’s salary.
To bis son he makes a bequest sub¬
stantially in the following words: “My
beloveisoD, George J. Gould, having
having eveloped remarkable ousiness ability and
for twelve years devoted himself
entirely to my business, and, during the
pa-t five years taken entire charge of
all my business interests, I hereby
fix the valua of his services
a; $500,000 $5,000,000, payable as follows:
cash, less the amount advanced
i>y me for the purchase of a house for
him on Fifth avenue, New York city;
$500,000 in Missouri Pacific 6 per cent,
mortgage Iron bonds; $500,000 in St. Louis
Mountain and Southern Rail¬
way Company c msolidated 5 per cent,
bonds; $500,000 in Missouri Pacific
railway trust 5 per cent, bonds; 10,000
shares of Manhattan railway stock;
10,000 shares of Western Union stock
and 10,000 shares of Missouri Pacific
stock; alt to be taken and treated as
worth par.” He appoints as executors
and trustees of his will his sons, George,
Edwin and Howard, and his daughter,
Pelen, and most ample provision is made
for the younger children, Frauk and
Annie.
SEVERAL OTHER VROVISIOXS.
There is the usual provision that the
property of his daughters is for their sole
and eeperate use, free from any estate or
control of their husbands and prohibit¬
ing all dispositions or charges by any of
the legatees by way of anticipation or
otherwise.
There is a provision that if any of his
children marry without the consent of a
majority of the executors and trustees,
then the share allotted such child shall
be reduced one-half and the other half of
such share shall be transferred to such
persons as under the laws of New York
could take the same if testator had died
intestate.
A BALTIMORE BLAZE
In Which Nearly 20,000 Bales of Cot¬
ton are Destroyed.
One of she largest ami m st destruc¬
tive fires tha’ eier visited the water front
of Baltimore. Md.. stirted sb rtly after
S o'clock Tuesday morning in Alexander Cm mas¬
sive Ci tton warehouse of
Browu, at the corner of Bond and 1 hom-
as streets, and quickly spread throughout
the adjoining five buildings. stocked
The six large buildings were
with 17,202 bales -.f cotton b-longing and to
the leading cotton firms in Balt more
valued at about $850.000. With the ex¬
ception of the countless bales fl *ating in
the harbor the entire lot will be a total
loss. The warehouses are a complete leach
wreck. The entire damage will
$750,000 and ihe loss is covered by iu-
sut anee.
Inaugural Ceremouies.
A Washington special of Tuesday says:
National Chairman Hsrrity has appoint
cd a committee of fifty, with James G.
B srreit as chairman, to lake charge of
the in ugurat on cir> mionies.thusset:l ug
the iiiffetences between the democratic
central committee aud the national com
mittee tor the District of Columbia.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1892
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity
Briefly Epitomizes
And Important Happeniugs from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
The First National bank, Mount Airy,
N. C., has filed an application for au¬
thority to organize.
A Louisville dispatch of Friday says:
The whisky tru t has advanced the price
of whiskey five cents a gallon. By way
of explanation the trust says in a circular
that their step is necessary owing to
speculation in the market.
A north bound passenger train on the
Mobile and Birmingham road struck a
box car nedr Whatley, Ala., Monday
night. The locomotive made a complete
somersault. Engineer Peter Rison was
buried in the wreck. He escaped with
slight injuries.
Huntsville, Ala., has secured the loca¬
tion in her midst of a Rightmore knit¬
ting factory, which will operate about
ihirty hands and fmty machines and
have a capacity of several hundred pairs
of hose per day. There will be dye \Vorks.
Operations will begin in two weeks.
Ceremonies incident to the unveiling
of a monument to the memory of the
dead members of the old Richmond How¬
itzer battalion of ariillery took place at
Richmond, Ya., theater Tuesday after¬
noon. The building was crowded from
pit to dome, despite tke pouring of the
iain.
Captain George N. Wood bridge, cashier
of the savings bank of Richmond, Va.,
one of the best known club men in the
city, committed suicide Monday morn¬
ing. The cause for the deed is not kuowD,
although for several days previous he
acted at times in a manner indicative of
mental depression.
The civil service commission has ar¬
ranged for examinations to be held in
Georgia for applicants for positions in
the railway postal service on the follow¬
ing dates next year: Savannah, Febru¬
ary 9th; Atlanta, September, 27th; Ma¬
con, February 11th; Savannah, October
l(Rh; Macon, October 14th.
A bill was introduced in the Alabama
legislature Thursday making it a misde¬
meanor for any person to go upon the
land of another with n pistol, whether
concealed or not, without having obtain
ed permission of the owner of the prop¬
erty, if unoccupied, or the permission of
the servant or occupant if occupied.
City, A special of Saturday from Johnson
Tenn., says: The shooting of
Henry Green, who was found in the road
with a pistol bullet in his brain, is re¬
garded as a signal fo^the reopening of
the Green-Jones war Ju IIancock county,
As a consi quence <rf \ the feud between
these families twenty people have been
killed, more are in the penitentiary and
others have left the country.
A bill was introduced in the Alabama
house of representatives, Friday, fixing
the tax rate at five mills, which is one
mill in advance of the present rate. The
bill makes this rate for the two approach¬
ing tax years, but the governor is au¬
thorized to suspend ns much of the col¬
lection as he may deem necessary should
he find that the rate yielded more reve¬
nue than the government need*.
In the South Carolina house of repre¬
sentative 1 , Monday, a bill was introduc¬
ed to repeal the act incorporating the
town of Hamburg, known as North Au
gusta. This is in line with the recom¬
mendation in the governor’s message,
the reason being the numerous disorders
that frequently occur there on Sundays.
The town was chartered in 1827 and be¬
fore the war it did an immense business.
A bill was introduced in the general
assembly of South Carolina, Tuesday,
making it a misdemeanor for any person
to prevent an employe from belonging to
any labor organization or political club,
or to threaten to discharge him because
of his connection with such organization.
The penalty is $100 fine or six months’
imprisonment. It is hinted that this is
the outgrowth of the charge by the ad¬
ministration that the corporations during
the recent state campaign discharged
employes because they were Tillmanites.
A report reached Charleston, S. C.,
Tue-day that four Itallian miners work¬
ing in the Horse Shoe phosphate mine,
near Jacksonboro, were shot and killed
by a padrone named Andrins, Jack¬
sonboro is eighteen miles from Charles¬
ton but has no telegraphic communica¬
tion. Quite a number of Italian labor¬
ers from New York are engaged at work
in the minis-and murders are of frequent
recurrence. The latest report from Jack¬
sonboro is that an armed band of Ital¬
ians headed by a trial justice, are in pur¬
suit of the slayer.
It is predic ed by reliable and conser¬
vative cotton brokers at San Antonio who
have received reports from all sections of
tue slate during the past weeu the Texas
output this season will not fall short of
2,000,000 bales. That of 1891 was
2,200,000 bales. The weather has been
exceedingly favorable throughout the
state for picking and the high price
has caused planters former to pick There much
closer than in years.
are still a great many fields which have
not yet been touched and the indications
are that the cotton movement will con¬
tinue heavy in Texas for six weeks yet.
A Greenville, Miss., dispatch says:
Over 100 attachments were made Thurs¬
day on the property of L. & N. Wisin-
ski, bankers, merchants and planters,
who failed on Tuesday. Creditors who
are not included in the preferred list are
indignant, and are determined to have
the assignment set aside by court. It is
now thought the liabilities may reach
$1,000,000. The assets are about the
same, but near>y all are in real estate or
mortgages and plantations. creditors W. R. Profit
A Co., who were large of the
Wisinskis, have assigned; liabilities,
$100,000.
Typhoid Fever in Mexico.
Typhoid fever of the most malignant
type m raging in the vicinity of San Luis
Potosi, Mexico, and throughout the state
in wall towns. There fcave been sever¬
al hundred deaths in the last three weeks.
Tbe epidemic is attributed to the severe
drouffth of four year*.
BRADSTREET’S REPORT
Of the Condition of Trade Throughout
the Country.
Bradstreet’s report of business for the
past week says: The features of the
week in the business world include a
moderate reduction in the distribution
of staples, as is customary this season;
an unusual activity in holiday goods, rel¬
atively greater strength of pig iron west
than in the east, news of the financial
recuperation of southern merchants this
year, an unprecedent ed movement west
of eastern manufactured products, heavy
bank clearings, fewer failures and easy
money.
Nashville adds to the list a good crop
raised at minimum expense, and says
bills are being discussed more than usual
and that some farmers are holding cotton
for higher prices, borrowing money on it
and paying their debts. At Birmingham
trade is gaining in value. At Richmond,
Charleston aud Atlanta increased orders
for holiday goods are the features. Sa¬
vannah says staple goods have advanced
10 to 15 per cent. New’ Orleans, with
colder weather, higher prices for cotton,
and active sales of sugar and rice, and
reports of a good volume of business.
The volume of business at Memphis,
Augusta, Little Rock and some other
centers, has Dot equalled the record in
former years, but has resulted more fa¬
vorably. Galveston’s jobbers report that
country dealers owe them from 50 to 75
less than a year ago. Dallas says Texas
farmers have made good crops, and Fort
Worth says that general trade is fair.
The eastern centers present few changes.
Holiday specialties are moving freely at
all the large cities, jobbers finding it
difficult to meet the demands in some
lines.
Staple cottons continue to advance with
well sustained demands. Prints are firm
st an advance of 1-4 to 12 cent, and
prospects favor a further rise. Cott m
has recorded a not gain of 1-8 of a cent
within a week, due to the growth of the
belief in a short crop and delayed action
on the anti-option bill.
THE LEDGER BURNED OUT.
Disastrous Blaze in George W. Childs’
Big Newspaper Office.
The Public Ledger building, a mas¬
sive six-story, brown stone front struc¬
ture on the southwest corner of Sixth
and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, was
damaged by fire Tuesday night to the
amount of $200,000, of which $150,000
was sustained by The Ledger and $50,-
000 by the tenants. The Ledger insu¬
rance ihe aggregates $240,000—$160,000 on
building and $80,000 on the con¬
tents. The other occupants are be¬
lieved to be fully insured. The collec¬
tion of curios and plate in the office of
Mr. Childs, The Ledger’s owner and
publisher, inestimable in value, was saved.
Damage to building $100,000. About
half the building was gutted by fire and
wate r. The flames were confiaed to the
fourth floor and all above and portions
below were flooded. The fire was twice
extinguished but broke out a third time
aud gained fearful headway.
FLIGHT OF THE PRINTER*.
The flames soon enveloped the compos¬
ing room. The compositors, to the num¬
ber of 140, hurriedly retreated down
stairs and escaped safely. Soon aftet’
the fire started there was a sharp explo¬
sion, the cause of which is unknown^
and Business Manager Joel Cook and a
number of the clerks were forced to the
street, by the concussion. The facilities
of every printing office in the city were
offered to Mr. Childs, and after William
M. Singerly, president of The Record
tendered Publishing Company, had personally
the use of his plant, the offer
was accepted, and, till further arrange¬
ments, The Ledger will be issued from
the Record office.
Mr. Childs and A. J. Drexel were wit¬
nesses of the fire and personally noted
the efficiency of the fire department.
They expressed their appreciation by
telling Director Butler, of the depart¬
ment of public safety, that a cheek for
$5,000 would be sent him to be used at
his discretion for the benefit of the fire¬
men.
POISONED THE FOOD.
Reported Attempt to Exterminate Non-
Union Workmen at Homestead.
The Pittsburg, Pa., Sunday papers
published a startling story of a conspira¬
cy to poison the non-union men at Car¬
negie's steel plant, at Homestead, and as
a result it is alleged several persons lost
their lives, while scores are suffering from
the effect of some poisonous drug. The
developments so far made, it is said, im¬
plicate the members of the advisory com¬
mittee, the Amalgated Association and
officers of other labor organizations.
Nine or more persons are under ar¬
rest, ostensibly on less serious
but really for the purpose of averting
suspicion until the others in the alleged
conspiracy could be apprehended. the It is
stated the chief cook inside Home¬
stead mills confessed to having placed
poison in the food prepared for non¬
union men; that he did so at tbe insti¬
gation of the strikers’ committees, and
that he was also under pay from them as
well as from the Caroegie company. If
he caused death and sickness sufficient
to frighten the non-union men from the
mill and compel the closing of the mill
he said he was to receive $5,000.
DISCUSSING COTTON.
Report of the Statistician of Agricul¬
ture for December.
A Washington special of Saturday says:
Returns of the price of cotton on the
plantations on the first of December ac¬
cording to report of the statistician of tbe
agricultural department indicates returns
to be merely farm values under stimulus
of short crop, the result largely of re¬
duced acreage.
In New Orleans the price of middling
in the first week of March, when the
planters were earnestly urged by the de-
parmtment to reduce the acreage, was
6 7-16 cents, in the first week of Decem¬
ber it was 9 7-16 cents. In the average
of plantation prices is 84 cents, that of
Virginia 80 cents, North Carolina 86,
South Carolina 86, Georgia 85, Florida
upland 82. Alabama 85, Mississippi 85,
Louisiana So, Texus 81, Arkansas 85,
Tennessee 85.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tie News of the WorlS Coiimsed Into
Pitfly ami Pointed Paragraptis.
Interesting and Instructive to A11
( lasses of Readers.
Pro r . John Strong Newberry, one of
the mqst eminent geologists of the coun¬
try, died in New Haven, Conn., Thurs-
d ty.
The Loudon Morning Po-t says the
teport of Emin Pasha’s death has
been received in London. Accoiding to
the report Emin was killed last March
uear Ituti river by Manyemaen.
Jacob B. Crowell, an aged and wealthy
citizen of Greencastle, Pa., lost $5,-
000 by a three card monte man Thursday.
It was the usual game of a stranger want¬
ing to buy his farm.
A Cincinnati special of Friday says:
An expert accountant who has been in¬
vestigating tlie books of the local freight
department of the Louisville and Nash¬
ville railroad, hfs discovered a shortage
of $45,000.
An Albany, N. Y. dispatch says: Miss
Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, the
well known woman suffrage advocate,
was, on Monday, industrial appointed manager of
the state school by Governor
Flower.
The Lackawaua Iron and Steel Com¬
pany, at Scranton, Pa., on Saturday,shut
down its north steel mill owing to a de¬
pression in the steel rail market, Ovt r
one thousand employes are thrown out
of employment.
A Loudon cablgram of Tuesday says:
A pauper, named Sheridan, au inmate of
the Lambert workhouse, has come into a
fortune of £300,000 by the death of an
aunt, Mrs. Blake. Sheridan has two
sons, both of whom emigrated to Amer¬
ica years ago.
There is a movement on foot in Indi¬
anapolis to abolish Sunday funerals,
which bids fair to accomplish its purpose.
The undertakers hold that there is no
good reason why Sunday should be re¬
garded as a funeral day, aud the minis¬
ters expiess the same opinion.
The National Brotherhood of Soldiers
was incorporated at Indianapolis Mon¬
day. It takes in both ex union and ex-
confederate soldiers of democratic faith.
Three of the incorporators are ex-union
and two ex-confederate soldiers. Its
motto is “The War Is Over.”
At the convention of the American
Federation of Labor in session at Phila¬
delphia Tuesday, a sensational resolution
was presented by Delegate Morgan, of
Chicago, that the convention join in the
plea of the governor of the state of Illi¬
nois for the pardon of Oscar Neele, Sam¬
uel Fielding and Michael Schwab.
Henry C. Powers, the chairman of
the civil service committee of the Na¬
tional Association of Letter Carriers, had
an audience with President Harrison
Monday morning and presented peti¬
tions signed by 5,000 citizens, praying
thatbe extend civil service so as to em¬
brace the entire free delivery postal ser¬
vice of the country.
William Ramsey, a pioneer farmer of
Sunman, Ind., eighty years old, met
with a m< st horrible death Thursday
night. Ramsey had made ready to kill
some hogs and went into the pen to
drive them out. A large and vicious
boar attacked Ramsey, threw him down
and began tearing his flesh Irom the
bones. He was rescued but died in a
short time.
A Brussels cablegram of Friday says:
The bimetidist delegates are irritated at
the indefinite and double dealing course
of the British delegation, a majority of
whom seem anxious to prevent any re¬
sult, except failure, of the deliberations
of the conference, while at the sam'
time endeavoring to hoodwink India and
the strong bimetalist sentiment in great
Britain, by a pretense of sincerity.
A telegram of Mouday from Harris¬
burg, Pa., is to the iff ct that Deputy
Sheriff Ferrell has applied for a requisi¬
tion on the governor of Kentucky for the
delivery of Robeit E Beatty to the Al’e-
ghany county, Pa., authorities. Beatty,
is uuder arr< st in Louisville for assault.
There is strong evidence at hand to show
thht he is concerned in poisoning non-
unionists at the Carnegie works at Ilome-
rtead.
A cable dispatch from Yal pa raise, Chile,
states that the news of the ratification by
the states of the protocol wDh relating to
claim was received pleasure in
Santiago. It is hoped by the govern¬
ment that the appointment of arbitrators
will be left to Mr. Cleveland. The press
of Valparaiso and Santiago contain bitter
comments on Mr Eagan’s return. They
hope the government will show him
scant courtesy.
A Chicago special of Tuesday says:
Grand Chief Ramsay is more confident
than ever that the Rock Island telegraph¬
ers will win their strike. handling According to
his advices the road is not per¬
ishable freight and most all of its trains
are from one to twelve hours late. Gen¬
ual Manager St. John says the road is
taking everything from perishable freight
to passengers and claims to be more
pleased than ever over the outlook.
A New York dispatch of Friday states
that the Florida Central and Peninsula
road has succeeded m placing its bonds
to build the extension to Savannah with
a syndicate headed by Yermillye & Co.,
at about 92£. These bonds will be a
cancel mortgage on the whole property at
the rate $1Q,000 per mile, enough being
reserved to take up the underlying bonds
and first preferred cumulative stock.
They will probably be offered to
public in the early nart of the y ear.
WILMINGTON TO LIVERPOOL.
A Line of Steamships to Be Engage*
for Direct Trade.
W. G. Hi ton, HgeDt for Barber A Co.,
of New York, is in Augusta, Ga., to ar¬
range with the cotton shippers to put oa
a line from WilmiDgtoo, N. C., to Liver¬
pool and Bremen. Arrangements have
been made with tbe Seaboard Air-Line
for freight rates to Wilmington, the same
as the rates to ihe ports of Charleston
and Savannah, thus giving Augusta five
comp tiiive p >rta—Savannah,Charleston,
Port Royal, Wilmington and Norfolk.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Developoment iu the
Past week.
The industrial situation in the South for the
past week was very gratifying. The change for
the better whi h began with the rise in the
price of cotton has been felt in all branches of
business, and is showu by increased sales,
prompt payments an t many inquiries as to fu¬
ture transactions. Coal, iron and ateel con¬
tinue steady, and Ye shortage in many grades
of lumber is not fully supplied. A consider¬
able increase iu woodworking machinery is
shown, twenty-seven Laving been established
during the week. A coal and iron mining com¬
pany with $11X1,009 capital, $50,000 electrical
company, knitting a $50,000 lumber company, cotton
and mills and tobacco factories have
also been established.
Fifty-three new industries {were established
during the week, together with eight enlarge¬
ments of minufactories, aud thirteen import¬
ant new building*. Among the new industries
reported are a plow factory at Suffolk, Va., a
brewery at Fort Smith, Ark., brick works at
Richmond, Va.. and canning factories at Wa¬
Chemical ter Valley, Mis--., Clarksville and Paris, Tenn.
works Will be built at Houston, Tex¬
as, a $50,000 electric lighting plant at Cald¬
well, Texas, and others at Georgeiown, Ky.,
and Marble Fall, Texas; evaporating works at
Glasgow Junction. Ky.; flouring mill* at
harness Huntsville, Ala., and Columbia, Tenn.' Ky., and a
factory at Nashville. Ice fac¬
tories will be established at Madison, Ga.,
Comanche, Va., Texas, Newport and Newport News,
Birmingham. a $101,000 coal aud iron mining plant at
at Louisville, Ala., a $50,000 timber company
burg, Ky.. and a paper mill at Wells-
West Va., a knitting mill at Huntsville,
Ala., a cotton mill at Americus, Ga., a tobacco
factory at Bristol, Tenn. Tiventy-four wood¬
working plants are reported, among them being
saw aud plauing mills at Mobile, Ala., Helena,
Ark., Louisville, Chieamauga and Cartersville.
Ga., Dillon, Kv., Hotts Camp. Miss., and Ed-
iston, 8. C.
Waterworks are to be built at DeLand, Fla.,
Milledgeville, Ga , Newbern, Tenn., and Mar¬
ble Falls, Tex. The enlargement, for the week
include a cannery at Millford, Ky., electrical
(llant at Henderson, N. C., a cotton mill at
Gibbsonville, N. C., and tile works at Coaldale,
Ala. The new buildings include business
house8 at Pensacola, Fla., Augusta, Ga.. Fort
Worth, Alvin and Grapeland, Texas, a $12,000
church, mingham, at Gadsden, Ala., a compress at Bir¬
Ala., a $20,000 court house at Con-
wav, Ark., a $35,000 one at Carrollton, Ga.,
and a school building atHackett, Ark.—Trades¬
man (Clint anooga, Tenn.)
ROBBED THE PASSENGERS.
Two Toughs Take Possession of *
Train—A Passenger Killed.
An at.empt was made at Huntington,
W. Va., Monday night to rob the east-
bound Chesapeake and Ohio passenger
train. Two men boarded tbe train at
mid light. Both wore belts heavily bur¬
dened with weapons. Just after the
train left the d' pot they put on masks,
drew large Colt’s revolvers and entered
the coach immediately ahead of the
sleeper. They ordered all hands up and
proceeded to search all the passengers.
A PASSENGER KILLED.
One of the first was a Mr. Eiser, or
Tuck, as other reports say, walking in
the aisle. He said he had no money and
resisted. Instantly one of the men fired
two shots into his brain and he fell dy¬
ing. A panic eusued during which
trainmen reached the scene and a general pulled
fight began. One of the robbers
the bell cord and the train stopped at
Tweutie h stieet, where he and his com¬
panion escaped. A passenger named
Flunnegan received a bullet in the foot
during the fight. There is no clue ex¬
cept a mask and overcoat dropped by the
robbers.
A SHOT IN THE DARK.
Shortly afterwards Burrell Forgey, who
lived near the sc n“, heard noises on his
pr. mises and going to the door was as¬
sailed with revolver shots, one bullet
striking him iu the right shoulder,break¬
ing his aim. No attempt was made to
rob him and it is supposed the despera¬
does, trying to escape in tho dark, were
determined to prevent pursuit.
FORGET THE ROBBER.
An hour later detectives arrested Bur¬
rell Forgey for the train robbery. He is
the man who said he was shot in the
right shoulder after the robbery by
prowlers around bis house. Forgey cor¬
responds exactly to the description identi¬ of
one of the robbers and has been
fied by one < f the passengers.
IMPORTANT COURT DECISION
Which Will Tarn Much Money Into
North Carolina’s Treasury.
A Raleigh special of Thuisday says:
The supreme court of the United States
has filed a decision of great importance
to North Carolina. It affirms the deci¬
sion of the state supreme court that
twenty miles of the main line of tbe
Wilmington and Weldon railway are lia-
b’e to taxation as are also 280 miles of a
branch. This road has never paid
any under tax, claiming exemption
a charter from the state.
The supreme court has intimated
that if the case is prosecuted it will de
cide that the remaining 150 miles of the
main line are liable also. The decision,
it is stated, carried with it back taxes.
Thefe are due for fifty years on a division
of the main line and from five to thirty
years on branches. The aggregate of
these back Uxes is at least a quarter of a
million dollars, and it may amount to a
half million
GOLD IN ARIZONA
Causes Great Excitement and a
Rush to the Mines.
A special dispatch of Monday from
Phoenix, Ariz-ma, says: The greatest
gold fever ever known is on in Arizona
Men are quitting their work on the rail¬
roads and telegraphers are leaving their
ffices for a grand rush to the new placer
grounds on San Juan river. Every team
has been taken and fabulous
are being offered for horses or
other means of transportation to
nine9, which ire 175 miles from
he Atlantic and Pacific rai road. Prom¬
inent officials of the road caught the fe¬
ver and a party of ten .J them left
tbe scene. Oa Friday morning one man
washed cut $700. and in a day and a
mother man washed out $2,800.
•xcitemrnt is so intense that it is inter¬
fering with business in adjoining towns.
Our Income and Expenditure.
A Washington special of Wednesday
says: The secretary of the treasury’s re*
port estimates the revenues for the pres¬
ent fiscal year at $463,336,350, and the
expendinm», at the same per estimates cent, at
$461,336,350. Tbe secretary
that the total amount available at the
close of the present year is over $181,-
NUMBER 50.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE B. B.
K. \V. Muidt'koprr atnl Itrubra Foster.
Krrrivrrs.
Atlanta & Charlotte Air-Cine Division.
Condensed Schedule of l’uwiiKer Trains ia
Effect November 20.1892.
NORTHBOUND, i No. 88. (No. !0. , No. 1*T
Easteru Time. Daily. Daily. Daily.
I.t Atlanta Ch.niblee (E.T.V 12 45pm 920um IIi!
.... . ....... y 52 pm 8 40
Norer- >38......'. .......! lft 08 pm 8 52
Duluth........ .......'1018 pm 9 04
Suwauee....... .......110 23 pm 9 l5 illlsiiliiiillTli5ii1111!si
Buford........ .......' !0 37 pm 9 28
Flowery Gainesville Branch . .......10 51 pm 9 42
. . 2 13 pm 11 10 pm 10(8
Lula......... 2 32 pm 11 88 pin 10 27
Belltou...... .........,1138pm 1030
Cornelia.... .1........112 05 am 10 51
Toccoa.'..... Mt. Airy.... . .!........112 j ........ 1 12 09 37am am 10 U 55 19
Westminster .|........ 1 17 am 11 56
Central..... Seneca..... . I........ ........ 1 86amj 12 15
Easleys..... • 210 am j 1 55 20
......... .! 2 42 am
Greenville. . 5 08 pm 3 07 am i, I 26
Greers..... I ....... 8 35 am Cc 00
Well ford . .. ....... 8 50 am' w 20
Spartanburg... Clifton........ 6 .......j 00pnr 4 09am ifi 48
.......I 4 26 am; 08
Gaffneys....... Cowpens....... .......i 4 30 am am! 4- 11
4 52 eto 42
Blacksburg ... 6 48 pm 5 09 am CJt 03
Grover......... ....... 518 am' in 15
King's Mo’nt’n . .......! ....... 5 54 am V' 85
Gastonia....... 5 57 am T. 05
Lowell........ 6 08 am; C- 20
Bellemont..... .......I 6 17 am Ci 32
Ar Charlotte..... 8 05pm| 6 40am! -J 00
SOUTHWARD. No. 37. No. II, No. 9,
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 35 am 1 00 pm 11 20 pm
Bellemont..... 1 25 pm 1* 42 pm
Lowell......... 1 33 46pmU2 pml H 52 pm
Gastonia....... 1 02ani
King’s Mount'n 2 11 pm 12 28 am
Grover......... 2 28 pm!12 12 54 44 am
Blacksburg.... 10 48 am 2 37 pm am
Gaffney....... 2 55 pin j j 1 111 36 am
Cowpens...... 3 20 pm am
Clifton 3 23 pm 1 39 am
.. ...... 156
Spartanburg... 11 37 am 3 36 pm am
Weilford........ 4 00 pm! 2 18 am
Greers......... 1 15pnii 2 35 am
Greenville...... 12 28 pm 4 42 pm; 3 07 am
Easleys......... 5 14 pm [ 3 85 am
Central........ 6 05 pm! 4 10 am
Seneca......... 6 6 30 48 pm j 4 4 38 58 am am
Westminster.... pm pmj 40
Tocooa........ 7 28 5 am
Mt. Airy....... 8 00 pm 6 15 am
Cornelia....... 8 03 pmj j 6 41 18 am
Bellton........ 8 26 pm 6 am
Lula.......... 3 15 pm 8 28 pm 6 43 am
Gainesville..... 3 33 pm 8 53 pmj pmj 7 7 07 26 am
Flowery Branch 9 12 am
Buford........ 9 24 pm 7 38 am
Suwanee....... 9 38 pm 7 52 am
Duluth'........ 9 50 pm 8 C3 am
Norcross...... 10 03 pm 8 14 am
Chamblee...... 10 19 pm 8 25 am
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 4 55 pm 11 00 pm 9 00 am
Additional trains Nos. 17 and 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, daily except Sunday, loaves At¬
lanta 5 35 p m, arrives Lula 8 20 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a in, arrives Atlanta 8 50
am. daily,
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 and 9
leave Lula 8 30 p m and 10 85 a m, arrive Ath¬
ens 10 15 p m and 12 20 p m. Returning leave
Athens, Nos. 10 and 12 daily. 6 30 p m and 8 07
a m, arrive Lula 815 p m aud 9 50 a m.
Between Toccoa and Elt>erton—Nos. 63 and 9
daily, except Sunday, leave Toccoa 7 45 a m
and 11 25 am, arrive Elbevton 11 85 a m and
220 p m. Returning, No. 62 and 12daily, excep
Sunday, leave Elberton 3 00 p m and 7 30a m
and arrive Toccoa 7 00 p m aud 10 25 a m.
Nos. 9aDd 10Pullman sleeper between Atlau-
fa eti/1 Vnur VApL*
Nos. 37 and 28 Washington and Southwest¬
ern Veatibuled Limited, between New York and
Atlanta. Through Pullman sleepers between
New York and New Orleans and l>e'ween New
York and Augusta, also between Washington
and Memphis, via At Ian 1 1 and Birmingham, with
uniting between Atlanta and B rmingham
Pullman sleepers to and from Shreveport, La.,
via Meridian and Vicksburg. No. 33 connects
at Spartanburg with Pullman Sleep, r for
Asheville. be¬
Nos- II and 12—Pullman Buffet Sleeper
tween Washington and Atlanta.uniting between
Danville and Greensboro with Pullman sleeper
to and from Portsmouth aud Norfolk-
For detailed information as to local and
through timetables, rates and Pullman sleeping ad¬
car reservations; confer with local agents or
dress HARDWICK,
W. A. TURK, S. II.
Gen’1 Pass. Ag'r. Ass’t.C nl. l’ass. Ag’R
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
J. A. DODSON, Superintendent Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN, SOL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.
LEWIS DAVIS,
iTTOBNEY AT LA W
TOCCOA CITY, 6A..
Will practice in the oounties of Huber-
sham and Rabun of tha Northwesters
Circuit, and Franklm and Banka of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wll’
be given to all business entrusted^ him.
The collection of debts will have spec¬
ial attention.
Curiosities About Cattle.
The first cattle that were brought into
the American colonies were landed at the
James River Plantation, in Virginia, in
the year 1607. They came from the
West Indies and were the descendants of
the cattle taken to those islands by
Columbus on his second voyage, in the
year 1493. In 1610 several cows were
landed, and again in 1611 about 100
head more were brought to the planta¬
tion. This, therefore, was the genesis
of the cattle business in America. In
order to encourage the industry to the
fullest passed possible forbidding extent an order was
the slaughter of any
animal of the bovine kind under penalty
of death. Under this restriction the
number of cattle increased to 30,000 In
Virginia alone before the end of the year
1619. The first cattle brought into New
England colonies arrived at Plymouth in
1624, and were imported from England
by Governor Winslow. Three heifers
and a bull made up the cargo; “in color.*’
the old record says, “they were black,
black and white and brindle.” In 1626
twelve cows were sent to Cape Ann, and
In 1629, thirty more. In 1630 a*bout 100
were imported “for the exclusive use of
the colony of Massachusetts Bay.” Dur¬
ing the same year 103 were sent from
Holland to New York, so that by the
year 1630 there were a good many head
of “horned cattle” in the different colo¬
nies. The reader naturally thinks of
these animals as superb specimens of the
bovine race, but they were not. History
—that is, the curious and interesting
part of history—tells us that the average
weight of fat cattle in the Liverpool
market as late as 1710 was only 370
years!—ISt. pounds. What an evolution in 182
Louis Republic.