The Fayetteville news. (Fayetteville, Ga.) 18??-????, December 20, 1889, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. 2. FAYETTEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1889 NO. 21. CURRENT NEWS. CONDENSED FROM THE TELE GRAPH AND CABLE. ♦THINGS THAT HAl'FEN FUCM DAY TO DAY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED FBOM VARIOUS SOURCES. Marquis rte Oau.v, fornlerly lfetsband of Adelina Patti, is dead. A pay car was wrecked near ‘Covingt on, Ind., Monday, and two railroad officials were killed. C. L. J. Mycr, Sons Co., dealers in mantels,a rates, etc., in Chicago, Ill., have made an assignment. Three thousand miners employed in eolleries at Oldbury, England, have given notice that they will strike unless they are granted »n increase of ten per cent- in their wages. Patrick Sullivan, employed by the Manhattan Electric Light Company, was instantly killed Saturday morning by an electric shock, while at work in the com pany’s building. W. F. Camp, the most extensive mer- ■chuftt in Polkton, X. Y., made an align ment Baton-clay. His liabilities and assets are not yet known, but both are. said te lie heavy, and near the same. A passenger train on the Missouri Pacific railroad collided with a freight train near- Pleasant- Hill, Missouri, Friday night, and two tramps stealing a ride be tween the tender and mail ears were crushed Jo pul p. One 'hundred awl thirty printers from Berlin have been engaged to take the places of flic strikers in Berne. The Bvwi and three, other journals have con solidate^ and will be issued under the title, of the Normal Gazette. Warren Lelanfl, fir., hotel proprietor at Long Branch, N. J., on Friday made an assignment, of all his property, including the Ocean hotel, Ocean theater. Ocean club house, etc., fojr.'the benefit of his creditors. His liwb^tiei; arc $235, fbriieid SP'Wilftesbarre. P«., on Siitur- day, a resolution was passed to the effect that a-demand -of 20 per cent, advance in wages be made February 1st. The, mooting was largely attended and com posed -of miners and laborers only. JoIm.lt. Rauch, Jr., who lias for some time-past conducted a savings bank at. ^ Baltimore, was on Saturday reported to ▼ have disappeared with all his depositors’ money. The-depositors in the bank were composed mainly of poor persons, and V the average amounts were from #3 to $20. Warehouse :14, ,at- Baltimore, Md., f owned -by the find tier estate, was dain- - . ugeel by,'fire Saturday morning to the ex- Li ieut of $15,000. Martinez & Co., cigar L manufacturers,. John It. Kerb & .Co., L jewel lews,, agd George It. Willig S^Co., dealers in musical instruments, occupied HIP the building. Monday afternoon, at New York, two hundred and fifty -white men, employed as 'longshoremen at the National Line pier stopped work suddenly because ne groes were .being employed by the same company. A week ago throe negro bands and one white,man were burned to death in the big fire at-this pier. The DoKt-DUpatrh .of St, Louis on Monday morning, printed, under flaming headlines, a five-column expose of alleged legislative corruption at Jefferson City, Mo. It claims J hut- the live stock inspec tion hill, introduced by the St. Louis Butchers’ union in the last-legislature, was defeated iky the .absolute purchase of state senators. In a Winding tmeuv storm at Little Ferry, N. I., Saturday, a heavy coal train plunged info the Hackensack river, through an open <drawbridge. The en gine went out of sight, carry,hjg with it Ahc engineer, fireman-and one brakenian. The snow prevented the engineer from seeing the danger signals, uni! -nothing could be done to stop him. At New York Saturday morning the 1 , commissioner of public works, Gilroy, seut ont four gangs of men to cut -dew# the poles and wines -of the electric light companies. Ins]R>etors of the board of electric control accompanied them t-o point out the poles on which the dangerous wires were strung. The oompanies aw* Actively seeking another injunction. The Exchange elevators at Buffalo, N, » Y-, with a storage capacity of 350,000 bushels, the property of Greene & Bloom* f er, together with 250,000 bushels of bar ley, were totally destroyed by fire Monday ■- morning. The elevator was most olligibly located find the best equipped of any in Buffalo. The barley was valued at $125,- ' 000 and the elevator at $100,000. Delegates representing the mule spin ners of New Jersey and the New England states held a convention at Fall ltiver, Mass., on Sunday, and formed a confed eration to be cnlled the National Mule Spinners’ Association of America. An endeavor is to be made to obtain uniform standard wages throughout the United Blatcs. us the organization believe thut to be the fairest plan for both manufactur- | <jrs and operators. Three separate glycerine magazines blew up Monday morning at North Clar endon, Pa. The amount of glycerine ex ploded was over ten tons. Tho maga zines were owned by the Rock Glycerine company, John Iviinu and a Mr. McKay. No one, so far as can be learned, was in jured. Nearly every window in Claren don was broken, and much damage done to _ surrounding property. Tho loss is estimated at $100,000. Oil men claim it to be the largest explosion of the kind in the history of the oil regions. THE JURY’S VERDICT. THE CRONIN CASE BROUGHT TO A CLOSE— THE VERDICT “GUILTY.” One of the most memorable trials in the criminal history of America, closed at Chicago Monday afternoon, when the jury impanelled three months ago rendered it's verdict in the Cronin ease. That the re turn of this jury is a verdict, and not a disagreement, is a source of much con gratulation in the public mind, and, although.there is naturally much division of sentiment on the question of approval of the verdict, the sense of relief which is experienced at the final eohninntion of the ease is unanimous. On last Friday the ease was given to the jury aud up to Monday morning no verdict had been agreed upon. Rumors of all kinds had been afloat Monday. How ever erroneous it may be, the public ap peared to have hastily arrived at the Conclusion that there was to be a disa greement. As the court convened at 2 p. m. to re ceive the verdict of the jury, there was u momentary .silence as the vast audience breatUrssTy awaited the first words ol Judge McConnell as he mounted the ros trum. The verdict was us follows: •‘We, the jury, find the defendant, John F. Boggs, not guilty. We, the jury, find the defendant, John Iviinzo, guilty of manslaughter^!* Charged in the indictment, and fix his puiiishinent- at im prisonment in the penitentiary for the teem oj.lhvoe years. We, the jury, find dH-igWuy Patrick SWT Mifitin Burke, guilty ol murder in the manner and form as charged in the indictment, and fix the penalty at imprisonment in the penitentiary for'the form of their natural lives,” Simulta neous with the announcement- of the ver dict, Coughlin, O’Sullivan and Burke turned deathly pale, while Iumze started suddenly from his seat, and a moment later dropped liis head upon Ins breast and burst-into tears. OVATION TO COL. FOLK. HE IS‘.GIVEN A GRAND RECEPTION BY THE FARMERS OF NORTH CAROLINA. The Farmer’s Alliance had a demonstra tion at Raleigh, N. on Friday, upon the arrival of the president of the .Na tional .Farmers and Laborers’ Union, Col. Polk, from St. Louis. Colonel Polk was escorted to the city hall by a procession hi which were many public men and offi cers of ifche State and county Alliances, and a mounted -escort of members of Oak- ridge Alliance, of which he is a charter member. A. (’. Green, president of the ’Wake County Alliance, presided, and Col. Polk was greeted with great applause when he entered, accompanied by Acting Governor Holt. President- Green wel comed him, .asdlclalso Governor Holt and Mayor Thompson. Addresses were made by State Labor Commissioner Scarboro, Pres ident Tonnoffskie, of the Knights of La bor, Trustees Broughton and W. H. S. Burg\vy-i) T of the Stole Agricultural and Mechanical college., .and other prominent men. In response Col. Polk delivered a forcible and eloquent address, among other things saying, this demonstration of approval bv his neighbors was more gratifying to him than his election to tan high position. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. RAILROAD WATCHMAN CAUSES FOUR MEN TO LOBE TIIEIR LIVES. When one of the fast New York and Washington express trains on tho Balti more and Potomoe arrived at Washing ton Saturday night, the dead body of a man was found on the cow-catcher of the engine. It was subsequently learned that the train had run into a wagon tilled with countrymen on the outskirts of the city. Four men were killed—two white and two colored—and one colored man was badly injured. The men were in a cov ered wagon aud drove across the track without concern, as the guard gates were open. The watchman at the crossing, whose duty it was to close the gate at the approatjh of a train, was arrested on the charge of manslaughter. MOVEMENT OF SPECIE. Exports of specie from the port of New York last week amounted to $299,035, of which $49,235 was gold, aud $247,800 silver. Of the total export $1,200 in gold and $225,850 in silver went to Europe and $49,035 in gold and $23,220 in silver to South America. Imports of specie amounted to $29,028, of which $11,861 was in gold aud $17,167 silver. AT THE CAPITAL WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON GRESS IS DOING. APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON— MEASURES OV NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND ITEMS OK GENERAL IN77.REST. All of Monday’s nominations, several hundred in number, were of persons ap pointed to office during the tec-ess of con gress. The House joint resolution for print ing agricultural report for 1889 was passed in the Senate Monday with amend ments fixing the number, of copied at 400,000, and appropriating $200,000 for expenses. Tlie deficiencies sub-committee of the appropriations committee began to work Friday by preparing an urgent deficiency bill to meet a diticiene.y of about $150,000 in the government printing office, and of $350,000 for the printing needed by the census office. The Pan-American .conference, on Fri day, completed the w6rk of formulating rules and appointing committees, and ad journed until January 2. Meantime the delegates will visit, New York and other points. It is said that several or the com mittees expert to report upqn the subjects assigned to them at flu-n-assembling of the conference January 2. The house committee on elections held its first meeting and effected organization Friday morning. A sub committee on rules was selected, consist ing of the chairman, Messrs. Ilonk, (feop- er, Chrisp and O'Fcrrall. 1 Thisysub- qpmmittee will be charged w ith the ar rangement of the seventeen contested election cases now awaiting settlement. The committee will meet again subject to call, when the sub-committee is ready to report. Mr. Platt offered resolutions making changes and additions in th-.-personnel of committees, agreed to. in caucus, and ivliipb hhv'e been published-. All' ngm d' to. Mr. Call offered a resolution ( which was referred to the judiciary committee’) an to the constitutional right of Charles Swayne, appointed district judge of the northern district of Florida, to exercise the duties of that office, with out confirmatory action by the Senate. The senate then proceeded to the consid eration of executive, business. Hie con current resolution offered by Mr. Ingalls last week for a holiday recess from Thurs day, December 19. to Monday, January 5, was taken up for action. Mr. Edmunds demanded the yeas and nays upon it, ex pressing his own opposition to it. The resolution was agreed to—yeas. 47 : uavs. 12. The annual report of the commissioner af internal revenue shows that the num ber of saloon-keepers in the country is much less than it was three years ago. More than that, it shows that exports of liquor are also reduced fully twenty per cent as compared with five or six years ago. The number of persons dealing in malt liquors exclusively lias also fallen off within the past two or three years, the reduction of these being fully forty per cL'ut. The reduction in the number of dealers in liquors has been especially marked in the south. In every one of the southern states excepting Maryland, there has been a decrease, in Georgia then: has been a reduction of nearly forty per cent, and in Tennessee about twenty-live per cent. The number of liquor dealers in the United Btatcs. wholesale and retail, is about 180,00a Three years ago they numbered about 263,000. THE INFLUENZA. THE DREADED DISEASE 11 AS ATEARIU IN THIS COUNTRY. The influenza has appeared in New York city. It is stated that the disease is the same as that which has spread over Europe. Thus far eight eases have been reported to the health department, and they are all in one family. In all eases the symptoms are said to be identical. Health officers say they are not surprised at its appearance here. It is not danger ous, but if it tends to become epidemic all cases will be quarantined. The treat ment is the spraying of the affected mem brane freely and frequently with a solu tion of quinine and internal administra tion of quinine, belladonna and camphor. One of the youngest monarchs in the world is King Tliantai, potentate ol Annam. Ho is nine years of age, very precocious and fully conscious of the importance of his position. He is solemn and thoughtful, disdains child ish sports, and spends all his time in tho seclusion of his palace, studying, conversing with aged counsellors and poring over books and manuscripts. He is loarning Chinese and French, aud shows remarkable aptitude in the acqui sition of foreign tongues. He is verj arbitary and exa ting, and Lis tvoeben stand in greet awe of him. D. M’LUCAS & SON. INMAN - GEORGIA. —DEALER IN— JJQCTSU SHOES, TIN-WARE, HARD WARE, NOTIONS, an* FANCY GOODS. LARD, CLOTHING, MEAT, CALICOS, RICE, LINDSEYS, LARD, JEANS, and CLOV ES, COFFEE, All Qualities. GRITS. SUGAR of Dry Goods. FLOUR, SPICE and DRESS GOO US. MEAL, GINGER. TOBAecO and CIGARS We sell as cheap as the cheapest. We compete with any. man or any town; deal fair, make shoit profits, and handle Ine best goods We thank our costomers for their past liberal patronage, and solicit a continuance of the same. Prices on all goods GUARANI EED, QUICK SALES! SHORT PROFITS! FAIR WEIGHTS. D, McLusas I Sod. S. S. SELIG, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Wines, Whiskies, Brandies, Tobacco and Cigars* *• Carries in stock a full line of Imported an 1 Domestic Go ids. Leading brands of Rye, Corn and Bourbon Whiskies. jfirstHjlass Corn Whi-J/v from $1 59 to $3.00 per gallon. Rye from $1 50 to $2.00, $3.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 to $6.00 per gallon. AH kinds of Gin for $2.00 per gallon up. If you want samples lead for quart iu cartoon boxes. No chaige for jugs. ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. We ask the people of Fayette. Clayton and Campbell counties to irw our goods for family or medicinal use, as we don’t keep any 9 * “ BAR-ROOM LIQUOR.” Ouw^eads are recommended by doctors, preachers and the best citiieua of Atlanta- S. S. S E LI C, 35 Mitchell St., cor. Forsyth., ATLANTA, - - GEORGIA. Manufactory .Baltimore, Md., 213 W. German Street j Washington, D. C., | Cok. 7th & E. Sts. EISEMAN BROS. ONE PRICE Clothiers. Tailors, Hatters, FURNISHERS ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. E i se m a n 0 r a t fi fra. 17 & ^WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA.