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YOL. XII. NO. 43
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
The Dakota River, withan estimate I
length of 600 mileF, is believed by
many to be the longest unnavigabia
stream in the world.
The ex-rresident ol the Royal Col
lege of Veterinary Surgeons of E
land condemns public drinking trou;
for horses on the ground that the
propagate certain diseases peculiar t
horses.
;hs
Jonathan Hutchinson, to the asion
ishment of the New York Mail and
Express, is devoting the best years of
his life to studying the question, “Do
the sick ever sneeze?” He believes it
to be fully as important as the deter
mination of the problem, “Why aro
black cats black?”
It appears as if the people of the
United States were steadily redueiu
their consumption of quinine ami
other cinchona alkaloids. Year after
year since 1887 the importations of
cinchona bark have been diminished.
In 1893 the amount imported was less
than half that of 1887.
Fine carriages with rubber tires art
said to be coming into use in tlie city
of New York. These tires cost abou
$100 for a set of four, and rarely last
more than one season, but they are
great comfort to those who can uffor
them, making the motion of the car
riage easy and noiseless.
Letters just published, written dur
ing the siege of Paris, show what high
prices were paid lor curious meali-
certain M. Deboos bought up the
Zoological Garden and sold the ani
mals at a profit. The cassowary w.»3
sold lor $40 and the kangaroo for only
$20. Two camels brought $10)0 and
a wild boar $440. Elephants’ flesh
was a luxury, and the two were sold
as steaks for $5400.
A Philadelphia physician think ? that
a great deal of nonsense has been writ
ten about hypnotism. “Any one,” he
says, “may hynotize himself in a few
minutes by closing his eyes, directing'
them inward and downward, and then,
imagining his breath to be vapor,
watching its inhalation and expulsion
from the nostrils. Babies invariably
look cross-eyed before going to sleep,
in this way producing what hypnotist
call ‘transfixion.’ Fishermen often
hynotize themselves watching a cork
on a surface of shining water. An hour
passes by as if it were a few minutes. ”
The Swiss Government has, for the
last twenty years, caused observations
to be made through its forestry sta
tions on the temperature of the air, of
the trees and the soil in the forests.
These observations show that the tem
perature in the forests is always below
the temperature outside. The tem
perature also varies according to the
trees composing the forests. A beech
forest is always cooler than a forest
of larch. As to the trunks of the
trees, they are always colder than the
surrounding air. Regarding the tem
perature of the soil, it is found that
in the forest the temperature is in-
variably below that of the air. Out
side the forest the soil is always warmer
than the air in summer and colder in
winter.
The popular idea of Siberia, accord
ing to the Chicago Record, is that it is
a barren desert-extending from the
frozen ocean of the north to the burn
ing sands of the tropics, but this is a
great mistake. The population of Rus
sia in Asia is nearly 18,030,003. Thvre
are several cities with a population ex
ceeding 50,000. The agricultural pro
ducts reported, which constitute only
a very small portion of the whole, are
valued at an average of $30,000,000 a
year, the output of the mines exported
is valued at upward of $20,000,000
annually, and the furs, fish, skin?
and other products that come into
European Russia from Siberia are
worth $5,000,000 or §6,000,000 more.
But this population is scattered over
an enormous area; it is only partially
civilized; the greater portion of the
country does not expect or aspire to
the production of anything more than
is necessary for local consumption;
the means of communication and trans
portation are lacking, and, as pro
ductive industry is measured in the
European countries aud America, it
may bo said that two-thirds of the
peoplo are habitually idle.
Gigantic Leaves.
What trees bear the largest leaves':
An English botanist tells us that it is
those that belong to the palm family.
First must ho mentioned the Inaja
palm, of the banks of the Amazons,
the leaves of which are no less than
fifty feet in length by ten to twelve in
width. Certain leaves of the Ceylon
palm attain a length of twenty'feet
and the remurkable width of sixteen.
The natives use them for making tents.
Afterward comes the cocoaunt palm,
the usual length of whose leaves is
about thirty feet. The umbrella mag
nolia, of Ceylon, bears leaves that are
so large that a single one may some
times serve as a shelter for fifteen or
twenty persons. One of these leaves
carried to England as a specimen was
nearly thirty-six feet in width. The
plant whose leaves attain the greatest
dimensions in our temperate climate
is the Victoria regia. A specimen of
this truly magnificeut. plant exists in
the-garden of the Royal Botanical So
ciety of Edinburgh. Its leaf, which
is about seven feet in diameter, is
capable of supporting a weight of 395
pounds.—Scientific American
A DREAM OF MOTHER.
bt win, a. r.ics.
Wem ont with toll and glad the day Was don*,
I Bought repos© beneath a sugar tree,
Where oft before, when weary, I had won
That peace and rest known only to the free.
Though warm. It was a lovely Bummer night,
The worlds above shone out in full array,
To deck the skies with their celestial light.
And sparkle in the meadows’ dewy spray.
The moon was fall, and poured its mellow glow
In silent floods, on forest, plain and sea,
And sent the shadows creeping to and fro,
Like phantoms, over the mountain, main
and lea,
Hither, thither, by fltfnl flames pursued,
The lightning-bugs went diving through th#
air.
The fit companions of the solitude
That seemed to reign unbroken everywhere.
I watched the scene, reflecting on its charms,
Forgetting not Ihe changes time had wrought,
Until mV soul, embraced in slumber’s arms,
Was borne beyond the realms of earthly
thought.
On dreamland’s shores, O bliBsful conse*
quence!
My soul beheld a scene surpassing ftit,
A Scene in which I saw full recompense
To one who had surmounted death and care.
Long had that soul been bound with tnorta'
coil.
Oft had it drank the bitter cup of woe;
Long had it borne the weight of human toil
And still remained pure as the driven snow.
For years and years it straggled on the earth,
Besieged by every phase of grief and pain,
Vet strove through all with that exalted worth
Which proudly sptirns all impulse to com
plain.
The tempter warred upon its humble life,
And rained his shafts against its shield like
hail,
But, true to Christ, it triumphed through the
strife,
Withstanding all who dared its faith assail.
Armed with the truth and duty’s dauntless
might,
It stood unawed against all evil rule,
And proved itself a victor in the fight—
The peer of the saints of the martyr school.
tts warfare o’er, its domicile of clay
Was laid to rest beneath its kindred pod,
While straight abdve the spirit made its way
To ltB happy home in the house Of God.
Now, in mV dream, I saw it reach the gate
Whore chosen saints are ever kept on gu&M ;
But here, thank God, it had not long to wait,
For soon the way in welcome was unbarred.
The poftals passed, ’mid strains Of harp and
fong,
That spirit stood beneath fair heaven’B dome,
Surrounded by a blight seraphic throng,
Who came to gre3b it to its final home.
Embraced and kissed by each and every Oiie
Of all that host, it knelt before the throne
From which the streams of life immortal run.
And where the Lamb receives and crowns Hi*
own.
The 8oraphs praised, when Jefius spoke and
said:
“I find in thee a servant undefiled;
Behold thy crown, receive it on thy head.
And wear it as becomes thy Savior’s child;
"No more 6halt thou strive in that world of woe
Whore thou hast borne the scoffer’d cruel rod,
But thou slialt drink where founts of joy flow,
And feast upon the blessings of thy GdcL”
Now crowned and blest, and robed in spotless
white,
That soul was numbered with the saints abovfc,
And took its place amid the seraphs bright,
To shlno forever like a star of love,
The judgment past, then rang the blended
strains
Of harps and lyres, and tongues of Sacred
mirth.
In praise of Him who waB so rudely Blain,
That all through Him might have immortal
birth.
Such was the drenm that I beheld that night,
And 1 shall hope and pray to see another
Like It, except to never leave my sight,
For 'fcwas a dream of my darling mother.
Lexingtox, Tcnn.
A Story of Early Colo
nial Days.
BY CHARLES C. HAHN.
CnAI’TEK XV {Continued.)
The opinion of such a learned physi
cian as Dr. Lennox had its effect Upon
the court as did also his deductions With
regard to Hillary’s influence.
Passing on to Dorothea’s case* he
troced the growing weakness of Achsah,
intimated that her disposition was none
of the best, and openly stated that he
believed she at. first willfully deceived her
parents in order either to continue to
draw attention to herself or to injure
Dorothea. Tlio scene in his office was
again described and the Doctor,
testified that he believed the girl’s at
tack was a cataleptic fit, that he had so
treated it, and that she recovered under
his treatment. In closing, ho gave as
his opinion that a sudden shock of elec
tricity might for a time, if not perma
nently, effect a euro of such a disease.
This matter-of-fact manner of treating
the case produced a decided effect upon
the magistrates, and one of them seemed
inclined to pass over the first charge
without consideration. In fact, he arose
and began to speak upon the subject,
when ho was Interrupted by Mr. Gran
ville, who at this unexpected turn
seemed to have completely lost his wits.
“Your Excellency,” he cried, address
ing the Governor, who was present, “1
beg of you to remember that even if my
daughter has been ill, physically, the
most damning evidence against the ac
cused has not been answered. I bavt
testified with regard to the letter whict
was so mysteriously taken from my study
table, and my evidence has been corrob
orated by Squire Allan. Who was it
knew that letter was in my pos
session, and how could he know of
it unless he possessed supernatural
power? Again, I call to your mind the
fact that the mysterious visitor who ever
watched over this poor woman has never
been known, and that all questions con
cerning him have been evaded.”
The minister would probably have con
tinued for some time, for he was grow
lng impassioned, had not the Governor
interrupted him and bade the trial pro
ceed.
Dorothea's counsel immediately called:
'Mark Hillary!”
At mention of the name of the man
whom he had for years believed
— the minister turned pale.
He looked wildly about him over the
assembled peoplo and saw a tali man,
who, to all outward appearance was an
Indian, approach the witness stand, and
it required but a glance for them to see
that the man was the same who had led
the file of Indians to Dorothea's home
the evening of her wedding, and who had
been loitering about the prison door in
Salem during the last week.
Hillary's appearance, as would be ex
pected, created a profound sensation in
the court-room. A Tew questions were
put to him by Dorothea's counsel and
then he was bidden to tell his history for
the past six years.
It was but the statement of what the
reader must have already suspected. He
had not been shot by Atlee that morning
when he was making his way to the sea,
but by quickly dtving had concealed him
self for a moment and floated downward
with the current, which was strong at
that place. The leaves and a fallen tree
had aided him in his concealment when
he was obliged to rise to the surface for
air. When he was once free from all
pursuit, he followed out his first inten
tion and joined a friendly Indian tribe.
When so much of his story had been toid
the rest was plain to those present, and
even the most bitter of Dorothea’s perse
cutors felt that they had done wrbng and
regretted it,. If it had not beei^fgr jfiat
tragedy only a little over a week "before,
they would have borne her from the
court-room in triumph.
Hillary went on. It had never been his
intention, he said, to desert his little
girl, and so frequently he made trips to
Sagnauck and waited about the place
until he chanced to meet “his baby,” as
he called her. Once being unable to sea
her, ho wrote a note and left It in
his cabin, knowing that she
frequented the old hut. This note Was
the one the minister found, and sub
sequently Hillary learned that Dorothea
never received it. The night upen
which Mr, Granville had opened the note
and read it, Hillary was waiting in hopes
of seeing his daughter. With bitter
feeling in his heart he Walked by the
minister's house, and, glancing in at the
window, saw the latter open his note.
Burning With rage, he waited until the
piece of birch bark had been laid upon
the desk near the window, and then,
breaking a pane of glass, he seized It
and departed. W'hen Dorothea told him
of her approaching marriage he began
securing furs, and followed by six In*
dians, bore her marriage portion to her.
This simple explanation of all the
mysteries surrdhnding Dorothea turned
the tide of popular feeling against Mr.
Granville, and all at once the fickle mul
titude remembered that he alone had
fostered and brought the charges against
the poor girl.
As Hillary was about to leave the
stand one of the magistrates bade him
stop and asked of him why he had com
pelled his daughter to keep silent con
cerning him, especially when that silence
had been the cause of bringing upon het
the public ignominy, which had resulted
in her insanity and the murder of hei
babe? Hillary anweredj
“I wished to be considered dead bj
every white man, for I was disgusted
With their canting hypocrisy? But 1
hever suspected that my visits would
bring so much cruelty to such a sweet
girl as Dorothea. I did not know of the
Whipping Until it Was over, for yondei
reverend gentleman took great pains to
announce the trial but one day before ii
occurred, and to follow the sentence
with its execution before an hour had
passed. When the deed was once done
I might have led the Indians to burn the
town, but that would have been my only
way of revenge, and I did not care to do
that. ”
Dorothea was then announced to be
clear from the charge of witchcraft, and
was led back to prison to await the sit*
ting Of the inagistrates next day, when
she would be put on trial for her life foi
the inurder Of her babe.
chapter xvt
the Old chest,
it will be remembered that when Dr.
Lennox removed Dorothea’s possessions
from her father’s cabin he found an old
chest Which contained a dumber of
papers, Theso papers the doctor merely
glanced at, and finding them to bo Of a
family nature, laid them back for future
investigation. Biit for several weeks ho
was pressed by professional visits, and
the papers passed entirely from his mind.
When he did think of them, his interest
ih then, ad subsided, and one excuse
after another was made for leaving them
unexamfned. At first he imagined that
they Would prove of importance to Doro
thea, but after a few weeks this idea
faded from his mind and With it ills in
terest in them.
So they lay, neglected, until Dorothea
was married, when they were turned
over to Egbert. To him, also, they
proved Of no interest or importance, until
one day while Dorothea tvas ill and he
had nothing to relieve his long watch
over her. Then the thought came to him
that in the old chest ho might find some
thing to entertain him, and ho opened it:
On raising the lid, Which had been
forced, the doctor having no key to the
Chest, he found a pile of dusty papers
lying on the top of several dresses of fifty
years before. The papers were merely
deeds and leases, which failed in the
slightest degree to interest him, bfit be
fore he had glanced at half the pile he
found that they belonged to a noble fam
ily of England, and he began to look at
them more closely. His attention Was
attracted .post closely to some old
manuscripts, from which he drew out
ope yellow with ago and Written in old
English letters. It was a patent of no
bility granted by James I., by which the
title of lord and the rank of baron was
given to one Richard W .
The next paper which Egbert drew out
Was one dated seventy-five years before,
and was a Warrant raising Sir R. W.,
lord of —to the rank of earl.
Then followed several copies of deeds
and grants of land from the croWn to the
baron and the earl.
Under these was a paper Which bore
less of the marks of time than any of
the others, and, on opening it, Egbert
found it to be a copy of an olden paper
made by one Lady Elinor. The paper
claimed to be a true copy of a patent
granting the honor of dukedom to 1
grandson of the first baron of ——, with
the title Duke of —=—.
The arms of the newly made duke
were here given, and tliq next paper gave
a short sketch of the bearer of them and
his family. It seemed that his grace, the
Duke of Glancy, possessed a large es
tate, and with a larger generosity Gian is
often found among men of his rank,
gave a ruined castie and a tract of land
to a younger son. Here a genealogical
tree was copied, and the descendants oi
this second branch of the family wer«
given minutely. This was traced down
to a date not more than twenty-five years
previous, and the second made wasi
“Dorothea, only child of Alfred Kenelm,
born June 4, 1C—."
Only one paper remained in the chest,
or rather one bundle tied with a white
ribbon. Egbert opened it- and drew
forth first, a statement of the preceding
papers. This traced the line of the two
branches down to the year 16—, and then
stated that the only remaining descend
ants of the great duke were Henry.
Duke of , and Cecil, a country squire,
the last of the descendants of the
younger brother of the first Duke of .
The next paper proved to be a state
ment in a woman's hand, to the effect
that the only daughter of Cecil had beeD
disowned by her rather for marrying one
Mark Hillary, and inclosed in this docu
ment were several letters which bore out
the truth of the statement.
Egbert read the papers with care, and
then replaced them. He learned from
them that his wife was a descendant oi
the younger branch of the Duke of
Glancy's family, and that only one life
stood between her and the peerage.
That night Dorothea murdered hei
babe.
» * * * * *
The next morning after Dorothea was
acquitted of the charge of witchcraft,
which had rested over her during her
whole life, she was brought into the
presence of the Governor and magis
trates to plead why she should not suffer
the penalty of death for murdering her
child. A tide of pity had set in in her
favor, but the Puritan law was strict,
and it was not expected, even by her
counsel, that Dorothea could possibly be
acquitted.
The trial was short.' Dorothea was
placed upon the stand, and when asked
about the tragedy she answered in such a
vague way that she was dismissed. And
it was well, for she could give but an un
satisfactory account of what had oc
curred on that wild, wet night.
Egbert was called, and testified to
what he knew. Ho had been asleep, but
there had been do one in the cabin dur
ing the nigjii save himself and his wife./
A few witnesses were called by the de
fense to prove that Dorothea was insane
at the time she committed the crime, but
even the most hopeful felt that the evi
dence would have no effect upon the
sentence. She had committed murder,
and, no matter whether sane or insane,
whether she or the man who drove her
insane be the guilty one before God—she
had committed the crime, and she alone
could expiate it.
CHAPTER XVIL
“IN THE KINO'S NAME."
On that dark night of tragedy, when
Dorothea Ingram strangled her babe and
the minister’s house was struck by light-
Ding, a man, unknown to any in the vil-'
lage, had arrived in Sagnauk. He ’
emerged from the woods just as the
thunderbolt fell and set the parsonage on
fire, and at the same time he saw, or
imagined he saw, Hillary’s cabin sur
rounded with a rosy light in which dusky
demons danced.
Who this man was, or whence he came,
no one knew, and during the hurry of
the day none thought to inquire. He
himself did not court inquiry, but after a
few questions disappeared without bear
ing the message with which he was
laden to the Squire. And in the excite
ment which followed Dorothea’s arrest
ho one missed him.
Dorothea had been led back to her
prison after the trial, and a night of
suspense was to be passed before the de
cision of the Judges would be given. | “that
They, with the Governor, retired from ; health
the court-room -to a private office and child's strange malady left her, and in
were there consulting upon the verdict, j after years he became a prominent cler-
“There is no doubt but that this woman ' gyman of the colonies. It was even said
hath killed her child,” said one of the . that he preached more of mercy and less
Puritan Judges, “and the morning aftei 1 of justice as he grew older,
she was perfectly sane, as numerous wit- I Long years after the trial in Sagnauck,
nesses testified.” | a white-sailed ship anchored in the bay
“But,” interrupted one of his col- j at Boston. It bore in its bosom the
leagues, “who is to say when that in- Duke and the Duchess of Glancy. They
sanity ended? | stopped for but a night in the city, and
“Did she not appear sane the evening then traveled on to Sagnauck. 'They
possession ot her title and her tanas ne
had given up his Indian life and followed
in the next ship.
He still held to his opinions, but in the
chaplain of Glancy he met a priest who
was at once learned in book lore and
possessed of good sense. Once he said to
Mark:
“Mark my word, Hillary, the trouble
with you is that you never make your
self understood, and you deserve to be
hung. You, with an honest man’s in
stincts, have held what the Catholic
Church has always held. Had you acted
with common sense in England you
would never have gone on that wild-
goose chase of yours, and had you been
less obstinate, and told folks just what
you meant, I believe you would not have
been so badly treated in America ”
“You do not know them,” interrupted
Mark, “I believe they would have done
the sajie had St. Michael and all the
archangels been in my place.”
“Possibly,” said the priest. “Still,” he
continued, “I cannot conceive of intelli
gent men convicting on the charges they
did.”
“But about the poem?”
“That was a work of fantasy. Let the
literature.of the coming age decide where
it shall be placed.
The Rev. Henry Granville never fully
believed that Dorothea was not a witch,
and to the last day of his life was heard
expressing his opinion that it was strange
his daughter should have recovered on
wild, wet night.” His former
however, recovered when his
l \
before?
“Yes,” replied the Judge who had inter
posed in Dorothea’s behalf, “she was.
But this question of woman's sanity is a
difficult one in her case, and I do not
feel quite clear that we should adjudgo
her guilty.”
“The Lord is merciful,” here inter
posed the Governor, who before had said
nothing: “The Lord is merciful although
jiist, and we should strive to imitate him
in mercy as well as justice.*
“But she bears the reputation of a
witch,” urged the first Judge.
“Yea, she bears it. But what may
each of us not bear in God's sight. But,
he continued, “I am surprised to hear
such a remark from you. Has she not
been cleared of that charge?”
“Yea, but Where thero is so muck
Smoko there must be fire. 11
“You, theh, are not willing to judge
this poor woman by the evidence. You
are not Worthy tb occupy the position
you hold, and I shall take steps to have i
you remdved as soon as possible. Now,” .
said the Governor to the Other Judges,
“we must consider this caso ambng our* '
selves, for I Will not allow the gentleman j
who has jiist spoken to join Us. Ho is
prejudiced; This woman was cleared of
the first chargo—Of witchcraft* -and in
the evidence it Was shown that iffie had
Undergone long years of persecution—
Enough to drive any one insane, Butj
on the other hand, we have had cOntim
tial evidence Of the goodness of her
heart, 2ouid sUch a woman as has been
pictured to you to-day kill her own
babe? I say no. The only point Which
is left for us to Consider is whether she
was sane or not when she commit^d the
crime, for crime it was, however done.
She Was sane during the day previous,
and sane the next morning. Couid.she
have been Crazy during the night? Up
on this point the ease rests. This point”
—he added impressively—“could the
Woman of so many virtues murder her
child in cold blood? If the evidence of
her goodness is to be believed, she could
not. If it is false, we may safely accuse
her of murder.”
When the Governor ceased there was
silence for a moment, no ono caring to
express an opinion hastily, and while
they were hesitating an officer knocked
at the door, and, being admitted, stated
that thero was a special messenger from
the Crown who begged to bo admitted
at once.
The words “The Crown” were an open
sesame, and with all haste the Governor
and Judges prepared to receive him.
The wanderer of the forest entered
“Your Excellency, Governor of the
Commonweath of Massachusetts, and
ye, honorable Judges of the State,
I come to you with a safe conduct from
King George III., by whom I was sent
upon a special but secret mission. The
affair is important and I beg you to hear
me at once.’*
The messenger from the King was
seated With all courtesy, and after mu
tual salutations was invited to make
known his mission.
“To explain what my work in the new
world is, ” he began, “allow me to give
you a bit of history. Twenty-five years
ago the only daughter of the Lord of
Glancy married a man far below her,
and together they emigrated to America.
She was at once disowned by her family.
Recently the old Lord of Glancy died,
and his title and estate is left entail to
this daughter: The man she married
was not a bad man, but one, if I may say
it, a little too rough in speech to suit his
elders. His name wa3 Hillary, and we
have traced him to Boston and then to a
little settlement called Sagnauck. I fol
lowed my trail to that place and then
found Hillary dead, his wife, Lady
Glancy dead, and her daughter, Dorothea
Ingram, accused of the murder of her
own babe. That woman I am in search
of is now in your jail. I have in my
possession papers from the King de
manding the speedy return of Sir<
Glancy’s heirs to England. Innocent or?
guilty, I demand her in the King's name.
Here are my papers.”
could not remain in the new world, be
cause greater claims held them to old
England. But when they returned to
their castle they left a son in the new
world, and from him has descended the
family of New England Glaneys.
[the end.]
LATEST DISPATCHES
PITHY PARAGRAPHS OF DAILY
HAPPENINGS
Throughout Our Own Country and in
Foreign Lands.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONCLUSION.
When the next English ship sailed,
Egbert and Dorothea and the King's
messenger were on board. The King's
name opened all doors and drew back all
bars. The Judges, however, before they
left the council chamber returned a ver
dict of not guilty, so that Dorothea was
not troubled with the charge when she
reached old England.
The village of Sagnauck grew and
spread farther Into the woods around it.
-Witches were found in other places, but
none there. After a few months Hil
lary’s cabin again had an occupant and
Ingram’s land was cultivated. But of
either Hillary or Ingram the villagers
never heard, Such silence was to be
expected, but it gave an air of dreami
ness to the story which the Sagnauck
people told to their children of their
first and for that matters only witch.
Some of the more dreamy young Puri
tans would sometimes go out into the
meadow, and, looking over the cloud-
specked field and out into the clouds in
the sky, • think of Dorothea. But the
number of these was few.
In a castle in England a happy family
dwelt. The head of it was Lord Oswald,
or the Duke of Glancy, which title he re
ceived with his wife's accession of for
tune. On state occasions his wife was
“the Duchess, ” but to her wide circle of
friends she was “Lady Dorothea,” for
that less pretentious title suited the New
England girl the better.
With them an old mau dwelt—a man
skilled in woodcraft—a man who was
looked up to by his companions because
of his honesty and—his relations. It was
Mrs, Mary Lease, the populist lead
er, is dangerously ill with typhoid
fever at Kansas City.
The eonnty of Hamilton, Tenn., has
beetl enjoined by citizens from issuing
$150,000 of bridge bonds.
Thursday’s dispatches ctate that the
6itnation in the mining district of Ala
bama is one of quietness.
Mayor Sloan, of Columbia, S. C.,
has issued a proclamation ordering all
barrooms to be closed and instructing
the police to enforce the law against
the sale of intoxicants.
S, M. A, Johnson, a crippled negro
about fifty three years of age, was con
victed in the United States court at
Pensacola, Fla,, of defrauding the gov
ernment by sec’uring a pension in the
name of another negro, Ben Gilbert,
and and was sentenced to pay a fine of
$1,000 and be imprisoned in the peni
tentiary at Columbus for eighteen
months.
Rev. O, E. Watson, grand chief of
the order of Good Templars in South
Carolina has issued an address to the
members of his order and all prohibi
tionists to unite to secure an enforce
ment of prohibition laws. He calls for
the organization of Working leaugues
in all parts of the state to report viola
tion of the law to grand juries and trial
justices.
Cablegrams received at New York
from San Salvador announce that the
government has suppressed the insur
rection there. The rebels are retreat
ing from Santa Anna, and, it is re
ported; intend to take refuge in Hon
duras. President Ezeta has issued a
proclamation congratulating the
troops under his brother (General An
tonio Ezeta, the vice-president) upon
their victories.
The hoard of trade of Jacksonville,
Fla., has resolved to give the Cotton
States and International exposition to
he held in Atlanta, Ga., hearty back
ing. Resolutions have been adopted
endorsing the exposition and request
ing the State of Florida to send ex
hibits, and endorsing the request that
the general government take official
cogiiizance of the exposition and ar
range for a government exhibit.
The eastbonnd passenger train on
the Kansas City, Memphis and Birm
ingham railroad was fired into Wenes-
day night near Horse Creek, Ala.,
where the miners’ riot occurred Sun
day night. The engineer stopped the
train, when two men tried to climb
upon the tender. The express mes
senger, seeing them, opened fire from
his car and they fled to the woods,
the men did not return the fire. It is
thought to have been an attempt to
rob the train.
Ostrich Farming in Texas.
The idea of establishing an ostrich
farm on St. Joseph's Island is receiv
ing a good deal of attention, and
many prominent men are interesting
themselves in the subject. Prof.
Attwater lias investigated, and be
lieves it quite feasible. The country
has a climate very similar to that
part of California where it is follow
ed, and where it has proved wonder
fully profitable.
The fittingup of a farm, purchase
of the land and birds, would cost a
considerable sum, but there is, it
seems, no reason why it should not
return handsome profits by the in
vestment. Correspondence with a
number of wealthy Californians is
now going on and a company will
likely be formed and a farm establish
ed in the near future. R. H. Wood,
the principal land owner of the is
land, offers every inducement and
will aid in every way he can. It is
more than probable that in a few
years ostrich farming will be added
to our other industries.—[Arkansas
Pass Beacon.
Kelly and His Fleet.
A Des Moines, la., dispatch says:
Commander Kelly sailed for Washing
ton shortly after noon Wednesday.
His flotilla consists of 150 flat boats.
About'1,350 men sailed, and ten boats
are filled with provisions.
GEORGIA EDITORS
HOLD THEIR ANNUAL CONVEN
TION AT ATLANTA.
Officers Elected and the Cotton States
Exposition Endorsed.
The Columbian postage stamps may
not be the greatest works of art, but
Mark Hillary. After Dorothea had taken they are pretty hard to lick.
The Georgia Press Association held
its annual meeting in Atlanta, elected
officers, endorsed the Cotton States
and International Exposition, and
transacted the regular routine business
of the organization.
When President Cabaniss called the
convention to order at 10 o’clock,
both of the parlors of the Kimball
House were well-filled with delegates,
all of whom seemed to manifest a live
ly interest in the proceedings. The
report of the committee on the nomi
nation of officers for the ensuing year
was as follows: H. H. Cabaniss, pres
ident; John Triplett, vice-president;
C. R, Pendleton, second vice-president;
J. W. Anderson, treasurer; Ben. F.
Perry, recording secretary; E. S.
Steadman, corresponding secrerarv; B.
W. Grubb, W. A. Hemphill, S. B.
3urr, C. I. Groover, J. W. Chapman,
S. H. Christopher, and W. S. Cole
man, executive committee. The re
port was adopted by a unanimous and
enthusiastic vote.
ENDORSED THE EXPOSITION.
The president had named a special
committee, of which Mr. John Triplett
was made chairman, to frame resolu
tions endorsing the Cotton States and
International Exposition. The co u-
mittee reported the following resolu
tions, which were unanimously adopted
by a rising vote:
Whereas, The Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition, to be held at
Atlanta, Georgia, in 1895, will be the
best opportunity ever presented for the
state of Georgia to show to the world
the extent and variety of her resources
and her natural advantages for the in
vestment of capital, and as the choice
location of intelligent and industrious
homeseekers, and
Whereas, Said Exposition will fur
nish equal opportunity for all the
Southern states, and attract to it the
best products from all the states, and
Whereas, The certainty that Mexico
and the Central American countries
will find it to their "advantage to be
represented, and to make the enter
prise International as well as national,
and
Whereas, the citizens of Atlanta
have provided a liberal fund for the
inauguration of the enterprise, and
have asked for aid from the congress
of the United States; therefore be it
Resolved, By the Georgia Press Asso
ciation, here assembled:
1. That we endorse most heartily the
proposed exposition and its manage
ment as worthy of the enthusiastic
support of the entire press and people
of this country.
2. That we respectfully request the
congress of "the United States to make
a liberal appropriation for a govern
ment buildiDg and exhibit.
3. That we urge upon the press of
the entire country the importance of
bringing to the attention of each rep
resentative, the desire of the commer
cial bodies of all our leading cities and
the people everywhere, that national
aid shall be given this enterprise.
H. H. Cabaniss, President.
Ben F. Perry, Secretary.
OFF FOR MEXICO.
After the convention was adjoiirned,
the [party—fifty-one in all—left for
Mexico in two special sleepers. The
itenerary as mapped out, is as follow:
Atlanta to Montgomery, via the At
lanta and West Point railroad; thence
to New Orleans over the Louisville and
Nashville; thence through the sugnr
planting district over the Texas Pacific
to Longview, Texas; thence over the
International and Great Northern to
San Antonio, and on to Laredo; thence
over Captain Raodl’sroad, the Mexican
National, to the City of Mexico.
* * *
Immigration Delegates.
Governor Northen has appointed the
following delegates to the Interstnt:
Immigration convention u hich meets
in AugU6ta on the 20th of May:
From tho state at large—James
Brown, Canton ; J. D. Frederick, Mar-
shallville; and J. R. Lamar, Augusta.
1st district—James Lachlison Dar
ien.
2nd district—J. L. Hand, Pelham.
3rd district—J. P. Brown, Hawkins-
-ille,
4th district—T. H. Kimbrough, P»-
tailla.
5th district—H. E. W. Palmer, At
lanta,
6th district—Henry Horn, Macon.
7th district—Samuel M. Carter, Mur
ray county.
8th district—John T. Dennis, Eaton-
ton.
9th district—J. W. Robertson, Cor
nelia.
10th district—R. B. Baxter, Sparta.
11th district—A P. Brantley, Black-
shear.
To each one of the gentlemen he
sent the following letter:
Dear Sir : By authority conferred
upon me by Hon. M. T. Bryan, presi
dent of the Interstate Immigration
convention, I hereby appoint you a
delegate to this convention, which
meets at Augusta May 30th instant tc
represent your congressional district.
As the interests to be considered by
this convention are of very great con
cern to Georgia, I hope that you will
be able to attend; but if you are not
please appoint some one to represent
your district in your stead. It is hoped
that a large and representative assem
bly can be convened on this occasion.
Very truly, etc.,
W. J. Northen, Governor.
The convention promises to be oi
great benefit to Georgia and the
South, for its business will be to con
sider the best means for attracting im
migration to the south.
President Brylin, of Tennessee, has
also requested Governor Northern to
invite the governors of the southern
states to be present, which he has ac
cordingly done. He also invited them
to appoint three delegates from the
state at large and one from each con
gressional district, to attend the con
vention.
It is a movement in which the rail
roads are largely interested, and it is
understood that a special car, when
well furnished with every necessary
comfort, will be sent to each of the
capitols to be used by the governor of
the state and his party, and that every
thing will be furnished at the rail
road’s expense.
* * *
Mr. W. H. Young, who died at his
home in Beallwood, two miles from
Columbus, was one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of that city
and also well known throughout the
south. He was the father of cotton
manufacturing in the south, and was
for years the president of the Eagle
and Phenix Manufacturing Company,
the largest cotton manufactory in the
south, and one of the largest in the
whole country. Mr. Young established
the mills. He was eightv-seven years
of age, and is survived by four sons.
m * *
An Atlanta citizen has been appoint
ed to a very honorable and important
position by President Cleveland. Mr.
Charles H. Wilcox has received his
commission from the president as a
member of the board of visitors of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. Mr.
Wilcox is one of Atlanta’s most highly
esteemed citizens, and the appoint
ment, while being a most excellent one
in every respect, will give great pleas
ure to Mr. Wilcox’s large circle of
friends.
* * *
The southern senators and represen
tatives seem to be taking the right sort
of interest in the Cotton States and
International exposition, and advices
from Washington indicate that they
will act with the senators and repre
sentatives from Georgia and will do all
they can to secure substantial govern
ment aid for the enterprise.
From a table recently compiled by
the Stockholder, a paper published in
New York, showing the earnings of
leading railroads of the south for the
first quarter of the year, it is learned
that during this period the Georgia
Southern and Florida is the only line
whose earnings have increased over
the first quarter of last year.
* * *
The German Guards, of Augusta,
have been admitted to the state mili
tary forces as company F of the 6th
regiment and have been orderd to be
in camp at Griffin from May 21st to
May 30th.
* * *
An election will be held in Forsyth
to determine whether or not $7,000 in
bonds will be issued for an electric
light plant and $18,000 in bonds for a
system of waterworks.
WASHINGTON NOTES
WIIAT IS GOING ON AT UNCLE
SAM’S HEADQUARTERS.
Comment Concerning Transactions in
the Various Departments.
With the tariff amendments all in
print and submitted to the senate,
there is nothing now to impede the
progress toward a vote on the tariff
bill.
The president, Tuesday, sent to the
senate the nomination of H. H. D.
Piecre, of Massachusetts, to be secre
tary of legation at St. Petersburg,
Russia.
The house committee on public
buildings and grounds have authorized
a favorable report on the bills for pub
lic buildings at Newport News, Va.,
Winslow-Salem, N. C.,and Brunswick,
Ga.
The senate spent upwards of an hour
and a half in executive session Tues
day during which time they discussed
the nomination of C. H. J. Taylor, of
Kansas, nominated to be recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia,
without coming to any final conclu
sion.
From dispatches received at the
navy department from Captain Wat
son, commanding the San Francisco,
now at Bluefields, it appears that he
lias found it necessary to adopt a vig
orous course toward the Nicaraguans
in the Mosquito country in order to
insure the protection of American sub
jects.
During the executive session Monday
Senator Jones presented the amend
ments to the tariff bill which have
been considered and-agread to by the
democratic senators, known as the
compromise committee. There are
over 400 of them and it makes, a hew
bill, or a measure greatly differing
from the Wilson bill and from the sen
ate bill in any form in which it has
been presented. The amendments here
tofore presented by Senator Yest and re
ported from the finance committee are
endorsed by the committee on compro
mise. There is a general increase in the_
bill, and in some schedules the in
creases are very marked. Many of
the changes are unimportant and con
sist of a restoration of the house du
ties, which the senate had decreased.
A number of articles have been taken
from the free list, chief among these
being agricultural products.
COXEY ORDERED TO MOVE.
The Sanitary Authorities Condemn
His Camping Ground.
A Washington dispatch says: The
district commissioners spent several
hours Wednesday considering the re
port of the health department which
pronounced the Coxey camp a menace
to the health of the city and recom
mended, in the strongest language,
that it be vacated. Dr. Hammett,
health officer, declared that it was
utterly impossible to make the
camp habitable. It is very likely
that a warrant will be sworn out
charging Coxey with maintaining
a nuisance. Coxey is getting ready to
meet such a proceeding. He had a
number of men at work improving the
ground during the morning, but ill
ness in the army is steadily increasing.
Coxey was served with a notice to
comply with the health regulations in
regard to this camp within forty-eight
hours, otherwise he will be prosecuted
under a statute which imposes a fine
of frrm $5 to $25 for each offense.
AGAINST THE UNION.
a ~ -
The Methodist Conference Polled on
Consolidation.
A poll of the delegates to the South
ern Methodist Conference by the
Memphis Commercial on the proposed
plan to reunite the northern and south
ern Methodist charehes shows that
two-thirds of the members of the con
ference are opposed to the union.
COXEY CONVICTED
OF TRAMPLING THE GRASS IN
THE CAPITOL GROUNDS.
Browne and Jones Will Also Share in
the Penalty.
A Washington special says: The
three leaders of the commonweal—
General Jacob Slecher Coxey, Marshal
Carl Browne and Christopher Colum
bus Jones—have been found guilty of
violating the laws by a jury of their
peers, and will have to submit to a
sentence hereafter to be imposed by
the court for their recent demonstra
tion on the capitol grounds.
All three of the accused were con
victed on the first count of the indict
ment, which charged them with dis
playing on the capitol grounds the
banner of the Coxey Good Roads As
sociation. Jones, of Philadelphia, was
acquitted of the second count, which
accused him of treading on the grass,
but Coxey and Browne were convicted.
The jury retired at five minutes be
fore 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, after
hearing a long charge from Judge
Miller, which left them little alterna
tive but to convict if they followed his
leadings. About half past 3 o’clock
the jurors sent for the instructions
given for the defense, but the govern
ment objected, and they filed into the
courtroom, while the judge read the
instructions.
Young Attorney Hyman endeavored,
excitedly, to have the fact that the ob
jection came from the prosecution laid
before the jury, but he was suppressed.
Judge Miller stated that he would not
have handed over the written instruc
tions under any circumstances, as that
would have been irregular.
Only five minutes after this episode
the jury returned with the verdict.
General Coxey had been visiting with
his wife and his daughter—the goddess
of peace of the May-day procession—
but took his seat within the bar, and
all of the party received the result
smilingly, except Mr. Hyman, who
was on his feet with objection to the
form in which the verdict was pre
sented, but who was sat upon by his
colleagues.
Motion for a New Trial.
Attorney Lipscomb immediately en
tered a motion for a new trial and an
other in arrest of judgment. Judge
Miller gave him four days to file the
formal paper. Then the judge made
inquiries about bail, and Frank Hume,
a well-known wholesale grocer, who
several times has been a candidate for
the democratic nomination to congress
from the Virginia district across the
Potomac river* signed a bond in $500
for each of the threo convicted oom-
monwealers.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The review of tlje industrial situation in the
south for the past wetlc develops the fret that
tli • strike among the coSl miners is causing a
decrease in the output of iron in the Birming
ham district, where two furnaces have blown
out fir tire want of fuel. The coal supply is
rosing I ss and the number of striker: is in
creasing. As the miners in many places in the
southern fi Id s'ruck from sympathy and ss
their means of support or.: almost exhausted,
it is believed that they will soon make a propo
sition to retn'-n to labor. The iron market is
stronger as tlie i-apply diminishes. In some
sec ions of the south business is growing
. liter in consequenc: of labor troubles. Fa
vorable weather has greatly improved crop
conditions, and prospects are gcod excepting
for peaches, wbi b have been destroyed for this
year.
') hirty-f even new industries were established
or incorporated during t lie week, among which
are the Texarkana Furniture Co. of Texarka-
Texas, capital $100,000; the ijourliern
Rock Is aud Plow Co, of Dallas, Texas, with
the same capital; tho Contract LitmberjCo., of
Parson:, tV. Va.. capita! $100,000. and a cotton
mill with theeatnecapital at Diuglasville, Ga.;
a cotton mill at Hall’s Mills, S. brickwoiks
at Aetnavillc, Kv.. and E kins. W. Va., a brew-
cry at Mobi e, Ala., and a canning factory at.
Bessemer. Va. Elec rical plants are reported
at Bati sville, Ai k , Glasgow, Ky., and Raleigh,
M. C.; flour and grist mills at Shellman, Ga.,
London, Ky., Letolia'chee; La., Tyro Shops,
N. C., aud Beil’s Depot, Tenn., and iron bridge
works at Chattanooga, Tenn. An iron mining
company Ins been organized at Knoxville,
It tin., a piper mill is to be bu It at Liitlo
Rock, Ark., and woodworking plants are to be
istabished at Fayetteville, Ark., Ebren and
Cirr belle, Fla., Sn-dlnnn and Waycross, Ga.,
Lexington. Ky., Baton Rouge, La., Glen A!-
pin , N C., Jrckson, Tenn., aud Emporia and
Jlirshall, Tex.
Waterworks are to be built at Morganfield,
Ky. The enlargements for the wiek include
eo ton mills at Columbus and Griffin, Ga., and
Enterpr se, Miss-; an oil mill at Kyle, Texas,
nd siw and planing mills at Baton Rouge and
Robertsvillc, La.
The new buildings of tire week, rs reported,
include business ium -es at Jacksonville and
Tampa, Fit., Knoxville. Term., and Richmond,
Va-; a chinch at Corinth, Miss., and a hotel at
Fort Worth. Texas.--Tradesman (Chattanooga,
lenn.)
Delivcrihg the Goods.
A Nasliville dispatch says: The
state funding board and the secretary
of state, Morgan, left for New York
Tuesday night with $1,000,000 of re
demption bonds that have been sold to
Blair & Co. at 98 cents, which is the
same price paid for tho $600,000 of
penitentiary bonds. The bonds bear
4| per cent interest. The proceeds
will be utilized in redeeming $500,000
of 6s and $500,000 of 5s and the differ
ence will save the state $10,000 per
annum.
Earthquakes in Venezuela.
The text of a cable message in re
gard to an earthquake in Venezuela
received at Washington from Mr. Dar-
tleman, the charge d’affairs of the
United States legation at Caracas, is
as follows: “Earthquake on the 24th
of April destroyed the cities of Egido
and Merida and several villages. The
loss of life is said to be very heavy.
Assistance would be appreciated. ”
Congressman Bratton Dead,
Representative Robert F. Brattou,
of the first Maryland district, died
Thursday morning at Princess Anne,
Maryland.
A magistrate of a Liverpool court
recently had the odd experience of
trying himself for an offence against
the law. and inflicting on himself a
heavy penalty. A number of names
of persons charged with allowing
their chimneys to be afire, through
neglect of cleaning, came before him,
and among them was his own name.
He was the only magistrate present,
and the clerk said that he could fine
himself, and suggested that if he in
flicted double the usual penalty jus
tice would be met. The magis
trate promptly fined himself to this
extent, and caused a smile in court
by lecturing another offender of the
same batch for his carelessness and
warning him to be more careful ir
future
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