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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.