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Newspaper Page TextSOUTHERN NEWS. [items of interest from va rious points in THE SOUTH. U CONDENSED ACCOUNT OP WHAT IS 001X0 ON OP IKPOBTANCK IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. The courthouse at Warren ton, Va., was ’burned Friday night. A Confederate monument was unveiled : in Suffolk, Va., Thursday. The Detnopolis, Ala., oil mill burned Friday; loss $125,000, insuiauce $75,- 000. 1 Chief Justice W. N. II. Smith, of North Carolina supreme court, died at Raleigh, Thursday. ' Colonel L. F. Livingston addressed ;the Richmond count!', Ga., alliance, Snt- |urday, on the general condition of the farmer. The Early county, Ga., alliance ha- ■determined to establish a cotton seed oil taiill and fertilizer factory in Blakely tc be in operation by September, 1890. William Nathan Larrell Smith, ckiet justice of the supreme court of North ‘Carolina, and one of the ablest men in the state, died at his home in Ilaleigh on Friday. Joseph Plummer, aged 88, died neat Sanford, Kv., Thursday.. Two mouths ago he had ^ stroke of paralysis, and it is said went without food fpr forty days, his weight declining. .fcpm' 225.to 186 pounds. James T. Gill’s livery stable an Clarks ville, Tenn., was destroyed by fire Fri day, and in jt fifteen fine horses were burned, among them the famous trotter, Single Wood, valued at $7,000.*, jTba total loss will be $40,000, with !no_insur- ance. , * v ' A number of gentlemen arrived at Denver, Col., on Saturday-from Reno county, Kan., to locate government lands in South Santa Fe for a colony of 200 Mcnnonites, Who propose settling on the lino of the Atchison,' 'l opcka anil Santa Fee road. It is the first , colony of the kind to locate in the territory. Dispatches of Thursday from Vernon, Ala., say tbat Summers, the merchant who was robbed there Tuesday night, declares that the robber was not Burrow. Summers has known Rube all his life, and although the men wore masks, he’ could tell nis visitors were not the fa mous outlaw and his pal. , At a meeting in New Orleans, of the chamber of commerce and industry of Louisiana, Thursday night, there was a spirited contest over the question of preference as between New York and Chicago for the site of the world’s expo sition of 1892. A resolution was finally, adopted favoring Chicago. Fire in New Orleans, Friday night, destroyed all the buildings on the square bounded by St. Andrew, Franklin, Lib erty and Josephine streets, except one, the German Lutheran church. This same square suffered a similar fate ten jre.arsago, when the only building left standing was the same little church. News was received from Reidsvillo, N. C.. Thursday, that the grand jury had returned a true bill against Mrs. Cora May Harris, for the murder of her hus band, a merchant of that place, by poi soning him. The woman is of one of the best families in the state, a relative of ex-Governor Seales, and the case premises to be a celebrated one. The United State3 grand jury, after a two weeks’ session at Jackson, Mist., were finally discharged Saturday. They returned forty-one indictments, divided as follows: _ Timber depredations, nine teen; postoffice robberies, five; passing counterfeit money, one; unlawful retail ing, five; illicit distilliug,' eight; per jury, two; intimidating witness, one. The third bi-enuial session of the Uni ted Syod of the Evangelist Lutheran church, South, convened in Wilmington, N. C., Thursday. This body embraces eight district synods, and has a commu nicant membership of about forty thou- .sand. One of the important matters to be considered by the synod is the estab lishment of a Southern theological sem inary. A Jackson, Miss., special says: A spe cial train on the Illinois Central branch from Aberdeen, .Miss., collided north ol Canton with a switch engine Thursday, resulting iu the death of Patrick Red mond, engineer of tlie switch engine; Tom Loftin, fireman of the switch en gine. Jim Smith, D. Iialsey and V. Thomas, and several other persons were injured. The annual meetings of tho following roads, composing the Atlantic coast line, will be held at Richmond, Va., next Monday: Richmond and Petersburg; Petersburg, Wilmington and Weldon: Northeastern, Cheraw and Salisbury; Cheraw and Danville; Wilmington, Co lumbia and Augusta; Central of the South Carolina, and Albermarle and Raleigh. Tho alliance men of Franklin, Haber sham and Rabun counties, Ga., have formed a joint stock company for the purpose of buying goods and selling pro duce for the members of the alliance. Share* arc placed 1 at $5 each, and the capital stock, is to be at least $15,000. Only members of the alliance can be shareholders. This stock company is tc be worked through the alliance exchange of Georgia. Dr. R. A. Gerrard was jailed at Chat tanooga, Tenn., on Friday, charged with bigamy, having ten wives living, accord ing to tho statement of wife No. 10, whom he married in that city. Several of his numerous wives are expected to arrive from different points of the com pass in a few days. He admits that he has several wives living, but claims that he does not know .how many he has, his memory on thisjpoint befog defective. MO VEMENTS OF THE PRESIDEN1 AND HIS ADVISERS. ANOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHEB MATTES® OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The state department of agriculture W \ QTTT'Vf/NTA\f r\ n of Alabama has completed its November ** AOIIlli vXHJiVj U» report, based on reports from all sections of the state. The report is lull of inter est. particularly as it shows but eighty- six per cent of the cotton crop has been made in the state. The average has been reduced by the almost total failure of the crop in some cotton-producing counties of north Alabama. The corn crops is above a full one, Uie report showing ar average of 105. The board of directors of the prisou congress met'at Nashville, Tenn., Satur. day, and attended to the routine busi ness, nearly every member of this board was present. f Rev. Frances Waylaud, D. D., LL. D., of Yale college, is presi dent of the board of directors. In the board are Rufus B. Bu.lock, of Atlanta, Ga.; B. H.‘ Dawson, of Montgomery, Ala.; Ben E. McCulloch, of Huntsvlle, Texas, and William J. Hicks, of Ra leigh, N. C. The Virginia Methodist conference mot at Richmond Va., Monday and elec ted the following delegates to a genera! conference to bo held at St. Louis in May, 1890: Clerical delegates—Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, Dr. R. ill. Sledd, P. A. Peterson, Paul Whitehead, J. J. Laff _rfy, A. G. Brown, Rev. J. Lowell Garland. Lay Delegates—Governor E. E. Jackson, Maryland; Prof. W. W. Smith, Ran dolph, Macon collego; Mo'-srs. J. Pet tyjohn, Lynchburg; Capt. E. V. White, Norfolk, and Major R. W. Peatross, -Dan ville, Va. Thc-Southern Surgical and Gynecolog ical association, which has been in ses sion at Nashville the past week, lias adjourned, after selecting., the following officers: President, George J. Etigle- uiann, of St. Louis; first vice-president, Hfldra, of Galveston,Texas; second vice-president, Dr. Duncan Eve, of Nashville. Judicial council—Dr. Hitn- • ter McGuire, of Richmond, Va., for five ., fears; Dr. Bedford Brown,of Alexandria, Va., for one year; secretary, W. E. B.'' Davis, M. D„ Birmingham, Ala.; treas urer, Hardin P. Cochrane, M. D., Birm ingham, Ala. The next meeting will be held jn Atlanta, Ga. A GENERAL FIGHT- SEVERAL MEN KILLED IN THE FRENCH- KVEItSOI.E FUED IN KENTUCKY. A Courier- Journal special from Hazard. Kv., says: The circuit court convened here last Monday. Judge Lillcy, tho rsgulnr judge, not be’mg present, the bar elected Captain W. L. Huelst, of Wolf county, to preside. Everything started off serenely, with apparently no danger of trouble between the warring factions. George Eversole, leader of tho Eversole faction, came in to town Monday evening before the court with fifteen armed men. But as most of them were under bond to appear at this term of court, nothing was thought of it. The Eversole party kept increasing in numbers until it reached thirty well-armed men. There were only a few of the French party in town. It soon became apparent, that there would be trouble. French was aw r arc of the war-like preparations and placed himself with a strong force in easy reach of the town so as to be able to relieve his friends in the event of trouble. Thurs day evening Wesley Whittaker, of the Eversole faction, fired upon Henry Dav idson, one of the French party. ' Whit taker had barricaded himself iu a small log house on the opposite side of the street. Davidson was soon joined by others. Whittaker, in the meantime, had also been joined by several of his friends, and a lively fight took place between four men of the French party and the Eversoles. The court which was in ses sion, stampeded. The fight lasted about fifteen miuute3. When the smoko cleared away, it was found that Camp bell, of tho Eversole party, had been killed. This fight took place about four o’clock in the after noon. The parties rested on their arms till dark, when the fight was re newed witli increased fierceness. Tho French party had been reinforced by the Davidson boys, Jessie Morgan, brother of E. C. Morgan, who was killed by the Eversoles, and others. B. F. Frencli himself came into town about 12 o’clock with reinforcements to the relief of his beleaguered friends. At daybreak the fight raged with new fmy. The Ever sole party was stationed in the court house and J. C. Eversole’s old fort. The battle lasted about an hour and when the Eversole party retreated, leaving their dead, Ed Campbell and John McKniglit, killed. Several were wounded on tire Eversole side. The court broke up with out ceremony, the judge leaviug for home as quickly as-possible. THE NATIONAL GRANGE. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND GRAND RALLY AT SACRAMENTO, CAL. The National Grange, in session at Sacramento, Cal., devoted most of Sat urday’s session to the election of officers and routine business. J. II. Brigham, of Ohio, was elected master; Ilirain Haw kins, of Alabama, overseer; Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey, lecturer; A. J. Ross, of Texas, chaplain; E. W. Dav is, of California, steward; O. E. llall, of Nebraska, assistant steward; F. N. Mc Dowell, of New York, treasurer; John Trimble, of Washington,D. C. secretary; Ava E. Page, of Missouri, gate-keeper; Mrs. Edna Brigham,of Ohio, ceres; Mrs. M. J. Thompson, of Illinois, pomana; Mrs. Joe Bailey, of Mississippi, flora; Mrs. Laura C. Douglass, of Massachu setts,ladies’assistant steward; L. Rhone, of Pennsylvania, holdover; J. J. Wood man, of Michigan; X. X. Chartlers, of Virginia; J. H. Brigham, of Ohio; ex- officio executive committee. The statement is out that congress will investigate the civil service commission, add preparations for the investigation are now being made. Surgeqn Posey has reported to Sur geon-General Hamilton, of the marine hospital service, that two new cases of yellow fever have been developed at Kev West, Fla. A letter received at Washington from Caracas, dated November 5th, states that on October 26th, the statues of Guzman Blanco, in that city, were pulled down And dragged through the streets in pieoes. Similar statues in other cities met a like fate. The president Monday afternoon gave a special reception to a number of gen tlemen, representing the various business interests of tho country, who requested that ho incorporate in his message to con gress a recommendation for the enact ment of an equitable national bankruptcy law. _ First Comptroller Matthews has de cided that a United States marshal who undertakes to serve a government sub poena upon a witness at a distant point nnd fails to find him, is not entitled to the actual expenses of the trip, notwith standing .they ■ were incurred only iu going to tlie place indicated in the writ* also, that he is not entitled to the actual expenses for travel to another place to arrpst a person whom he fails to find; also, that he is not entitled to mileage for his return after conveying a criminal to a place designated for his confinement. John W. Mason, commissioner of in ternal revenue, has submitted to the sec retary of the treasury reports of opera tions of the internal revenue service for the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1889. Ag gregate receipts for last fiscal year $130,- 394,434, <Xr $6,567,953 more than the re ceipts tho previous year. The receipts for the first three months of the fi-cal year aggregated $34,634,520, an increase of $3,470,80(7 as compared with the re ceipts for tho corresponding period of the last fiscal year. Toe com missioner saya if this ratio of increase is maintained tlie receipts of tho present fiscal year will amount to over $112,000,- 000. He dors not, however, think such to be the case, and estimates collections for thq current year at 35,000,000. As a result of several conferences of Attorney General Miller, Secretary Win- dam and Solicitor Hepburn in regard to the Case of the twenty-five English glass- bio werq, employed at the works of Chambers,' McKee & Co., of Jeannette, Pa.j the first named on Saturday referred all the papers iu the case to United States District Attorney Lyons, at Pitts burg, with instructions to proceed against the firm named, and those officers of the local assembly of glassblowers, who were instrumental in bringing the English laborers to this country, provi ded he is satisfied that suits can be main tained against them under the provisions of the alien contract labor law. Solicitor Hepburn has given an opinion to {h« secretary of the treasury that the depart ment has ample authority to send the imported glassblowers back to England. On Monday Secretary Windom’s at tention was called to the report that lie had decided to withdraw $47,000,000 of publio funds, now on deposit with na tional banks. The secretary said that it certainly was not his purpose to mako any euch wholesale witudrawal, but that the question of a withdrawal of a’pnrtion of tiie fund in depository banks lias been under consideration for some time, and he fully recognized the necessity of call ing in such a portion as could be with drawn from the banks without serious inconvenience to the trade and commer cial interests as early as practicable. He said also, in answer to a direct in quiry on the subject, that tho govern ment for many years past has had on deposit with bauks through which its cut rent business is transacted, from ten to twenty million dollars, and that he saw no good reason why this policy should be changed. WILL CONSOLIDATE. ONE OF- THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST CORPORATIONS IN AMERICA. It i3 reported at Birmingham, Ala., on good authority that the Tcnnejsee’Co il, Iron and Railroad company and tlie De- bardeleben Coal and Iron company of Alabama, will soon consolidate. The consolidated coinpauy would be probably the richest coal and iron corporation iu America. Thu combined property of the two companies will consist of fifteen blast furnaces in Tennessee and Alabama; about one hundred miles of railroad; coal mines with a total daily output of eight thousand tons; coke ovens and ore mines enough to supply all the furnaces; and about one hundred thousand acres of the best mineral lands in the south. BANK. STATEMENT. The following is a statement of lh« associated banks fpr the week ending Saturday: Jiesorvt) Increase $1,810,723 Loans decrease., 1,614,000 Hpecie Increase 1,670,000 Legal tenders decrease 160,800 Deposits decrease 2,108 900 Circulation increase l'>,900 The banks now hold $549,450 in ex cess of 25 per cent. rule. The skeletons of three miners who went into the Wolf Mountains to prospact for the Lost Cabin gold mines in 1886, have been found in Carbon County, Wyoming. f . THE WEEK’S BUSINESS A8 SST FORTIt BY R. G. DUN * CO., OI* NEW YORK. According to R. G. Dunn & Co. busi ness continues healthy, confident and un precedented in volume. Long ago il was held that a year’s results would turn upon the crops, and it is now certain that the yield has been on tho whole about the largest ever known. The question whether the wheat yield is twenty 01 thirty million bushels below the maxi mum is not important. The cotton crop will much exceed auy previous one, il the latest official figures are correct. Tin corn crop will exceed any preceding bj one hundred to two huudred million bushels. The oat crop is also the largesl ever known, and the shortage in potatoei and fruit is, immensely ovci shadowed bj the gain in meats. Exports of provis ions and cattle in October were $12,604,, 857 in value.against $0,535,277 last year- a gain of 60J per emt, and while the breadstuffs movement was $145,000 shori of last year’s, the increase in cotton has been immense. The capacity of iron furnaces in blast November 1st was much the greatest ever recorced, no less than than 105, 765 tons weekly, against 151,- 059 October 1st, a gain of nearly 10 pot cent Ijpr the month; and against 141,064 November 1st, 1888, a gain of 17.5 pet cent for ttio year. It appears, too, that several other furnaces of large capacity are about to begin woric. Weekly pro duction is now greater than that of Great Britain, and clos.e to the greatest ever re corded in that couutry, being at the rate of about 8,300,000 tons yearly, after ths allowance for difference between capac ity and actual output. Yet no excess ol production has been perceived, and prices are firm at the recent advance, an actual but small sale of rails at $3.1 being reported, bar iron being strong at $1.96, nails in fair demand at $2.1C and plate, structural and sheet mills full of orders. Ohe point of doubt is whethei the warrants system may not operate fot the time, to conceal an excess output over real consumption, and thus prepart for a disastrous reaction, later. The coal business is still (foil, with individual sel lers cutting prices as before. Copper has risen to 12 j bid for lake, though the pro duction'is large. Lead is dull, and tin wenker at 21J cents. The cotton branch of the dry goods trade is active. Receipti of raw cotton again exceed last years,but the excess of exports for the week has been over 50,000 bales, and tlie price is unchanged, with speculative sales ol 600,0fl0 bales. Woolen goods arc now moving fairly, and at concessions in price. Speculation in products has been more active, with some advance in prices. Operators who were buying at Chicago were selling at New York, and sales were over ten million bushels Friday. Corn is but a quarter stronger, pork un changed, with but slight advance in lard, petroleum only a shade higher, and oats one cent higher. Coffee has been ad vanced again five-eighth of a cent, witih speculative sales of 250,000 bags, but distribution is dull. There are more than the usual uniformity in accounts from all parts of the country. Reports are nil favorable as to the volume of business, and in the main as to collections. Busi ness failures occurring throughout the country during tho la3t week, number for the United States 225; Canada, 20. Total 265, against 267 last week. SUSTAINED THE SHERIFF IN THE KILLING OF TIIE HAWES RIOTERS, AT BIRMINGHAM, ALA. The legality of the killing of the ten men who fell at the attack on the jail, at Birmingham, Ala., during the Hawes riot last December, was finally settled Saturday. The suit of D. C. Juskins against Sheriff J. S. Smith, which has been on trial for two weeks, was decided in favor of the sheriff. Jus- kins sued for $100,000 damages for tlie death of lvis son, who was in the mob and was killed during the attack on the jail. A number of similar suits were brought, and it was agreed to make tho Juskins" suit a test ease. The best legal talent in the state was employed, nnd the trial lasted eleven days nnd a half. The remaining suits against the sheriff will be lismissed. A NEW ORDER TO BF. FOUNDED BV MISS KATE DKEXEI — AN AMERICAN SI6TERHOOD. It has been authoritatively stated at Pittsburg tbat Miss Kate Drexel, known in religion ns Sister Catherine, will not remain in the Order of Mercy. She is merely making her novitiate in that or der so that she may become a nun and found a new order. The sisterhood she will institute, it is stated, will be dis tinctly American, and it will have for its object missionary work and charitable work among the Indians. The members of the now order will be expected to do all kinds of domestic work, in addition to educating Indians. The name has not yet been decided upon. TO SAIL SUNDAY. A SQUADRON OF FOUR AMERICAN SHIES THAT WILL SAIL FOR KCROCK. Amid the booming of cannon, dipping of flags, waving of hundreds of hats and handkerchiefs, and cheers from as many throats, Admiral John G. Walker and his squadron, comprising the ships Chi cago, Boston, Atlanta and Yorktown, with bunting flying and in all the gay panoply of war, sailed majestic illy down North river, Nsvr York, shortly before noon Monday. Admiral Walker’s orders direct him to temuin in Boston not later than the end of the week, and it is ex pected that next Sunday morning the fleefl-wiff sail for Europe. G, 1 Has opened a Branch Store at No. 97 S. BROAD ST. Where lie keeps a full line of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS All orders received here or at the old Store/ 167 WEST PETERS STREET Shall have prompt attention. I make Corn Whisky, Peach and Apple Brandy a Specialty, * My Prices of Corn Whiskies arc: Spring goods of 1885—4 yrs. old. $2 05 “ , “ 1886—3 “ '• " 1887-2 “ “ “ 1888—1 Sour Mash....* j Gallon Jugs, 10 cts. All others at lp conts per gallon, - . 1 85 . 1 75. . 1 65 . 1 45 I have Corn Whiskies & Bran dies made in the mountains of N, Georgia-not made by steam, but in old : fashioned cop per stills. Give me a sample order or call and examine my goods. Mr. J. M. Wilson, who is and old cit izen of Fayette, will be glad to v^ait on you at No. 97 S. Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA. BJ. STEWART.