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VOLUME XX.
BUDGET OE EUN.
HUMOROUS SKKTCHE3 PROM
VAIiIOUS SOURCES.
A Parody on Riley—A Church Scene
—A Roy—Ho Has the Symp
toms— Not a Sitfu ot
Promise, ■ • Etc.
I3e very careful of your health; ft’s worth
-■ your while to.try;
Anti eatraud drink with caution and to keep
yftur EtccUngiuirj;
Jor tliouci ttlft-m u healthy-town diseases
lurk about, ' • ;. •-
Arid the awTtil grip.’ll get you if vou don’t
watch hut.
‘ —Chicago Mail.
A CRUNCH ■'SCENE*.
“Why :do those • two young ladies
look so-sad, papa?”--* * •
■ “.Because each one has, anew bonnet,,
rny son, and each one thinks that the
other has the prettier Judge.
APPEARANCES OFTEN DECEIVE.
Mrs. Gobbs—“l thfbkit Very strange
that yoyr friend Dobbj; never married.”
Mr. Gobbs—“Oh, you don’t kuow
Dobbs. He isn’t half such a fool as he
looks.”—New York'Weekly.
CAME AWAY WITHOUT HER.
Bunker—“. How did you come to leave
your wife in Paris?”.
Hill—>“f?he couldn’t mak_e up her mind
whether she wanted .ayard or u yard and
a half, and I got tired waiting.”—
Cloak Review. '•;*.}
! a boy. -
“They tell me you are a happy
father.”
“Yes.”
| “Are you setting up the cigars?”
“No. I’m sitting up nights,”—Kate
Field’s Washington.'
rUQVINQ A PARADOX.
‘ ‘lt is a fallacy to say that a man can
not be in two places at the same time.”
“I don’t understand how he can.”
“Pshaw I Haven’t you seen more than
one angry man beside himself?”—Kate
Field’s Washington.
HE HAS THE SYMPTOMS.
’ “How lavish old Sol is with his light, ”
said the exuberant lover one happy, sun
shiny day.
“Yes,” returned the loved one face
tiously. “I think Sol must be a sort of
prodigal sun.”—Judge.
NOT A SIGN OB’ PROMISE.
| “Is Miss Wiuterblootn in?”
“No, sir. She told me to say that
she waited for you until half past four.”
“But I told her expressly I wouldn’t
be here until five!”
“Yes, sir. So I heard her say.”
Life.
SnOT TO TIIE POINT.
“I was duwncing all night, doneber
kuow,” said Cholly to Miss Keene, on
whom he was making a call, “but, I’m
not a bit tired; on the contrary I think
I look pwptty fwesh after it.”
“You’re always lresh,” she said.—
New York Press,
CAUGHT IX IIIS OWN Tit A™.
ITaudsomc Young Sheriff (with an or
der from the court) —“I beg pardon,Miss
McPalljhut I have au attachment for you,
which—”
Miss McFhll (thirty-two,if she’s a day)
“This is so sudden, Mr, Nippers! But,
yes, dear.”—Puck.
THE ONLY WAY.
“Cynthia,” said Colonel Calliper,
“isn't there some way of keeping
Clarence from sliding dovn stairs? It
disturbs me greatly.”
“There is just one way, Cyrus,” said
Mrs. Calliper, “and that is to move into
a one story house.”—New York Herald.
A COUGH BUT NO COFFIN,
-Blinks—“How about the girl with
SIOO,OOO and the cough that you were
engaged to last summer.” ,
"Winks—“l married her.”
Blinks—“Ah! Is the SIOO,OOO gone?”
Winks (sadly)—“Yes. So is the
cough.”—KateJfield’s Washington.
ITS BEAUTY DEPARTED...
"Wife (rushing toward shop window) —
“Oh, look here!”
Husband —“Well, I declare. There
is one of the tete-a-tete lamps you were
admiring at Mrs. De Style's.”
Wife (suddenly stopping)—“Horrors!
It’s marked ‘Only Two Dollars.’”—
New York Weekly.
VERY STRICT.
Little Girl —“My mamma is awful
strict. Is yours?”
Little Boy—“Orful!”
“But sue lets you go anywhere you
want to, and—”
“Oh, she ain’t strict with me.”
‘‘Then who is-she strict with?”
“Pap.”—Good News.
COMPARATIVE ANTIQUITY.
Mrs. Quizzer —“Flossie, how old are
you?”
Flossie—“l’m —l’m—I’m four.”
Mrs. Quizzer —“Oh, no! You're much
older than that.”
Flossie—“No, I ain’t. If Aunt Mat
tic ain’t mor 4 n twenty-one, lain t inor n
four.”—ThC Conglomerate.
WANTED TO SEE A WHALE RLUBBER.
* -But why are you so very .anxious tcr
sec.a whale, Mrs. Trotter?” ' the ,
Captain, after - the lady had. asked
for the twentieth Aims. if one was in
sight.. .
“I want sb - much to- seer-one blubber,
Captain 1 It must b 4 very impressive to
see sueh a large-creature Gty.’-e-Harper s
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***>% A REBUKE. | s .
T Hot—“ Your trfc k.quite,
iplilte Iwiii
Miss Lucy—“lt wiil not be so long it
you take two feet off of it.”
He had intended to conduct her to
the supper table, but he had to get off
the train very suddenly so that some
other young man undertook to
conduct her to the banquet hall.
NO SALE MADE.
“Knowitall met his. match in’ a book
agent the other day.”
“He did?”
“Yes. You know he thinks he knows
everything, and when the book agent
asked him to buy an encyclopedia on in
stallments he broke out angrily with*
“Do you know me, man?”
“The book agent said he didn’t.”
“ ‘lf you did,’ said Knowitall, ‘you
wouldn’t want to sell me an encyclo
pedia.’
“ ‘Oh,’ said the book agent, looking
hard at him, ‘I ought to have known
thAt an. cncylopedia would be rather be
yoad you. Well, what do you say to
our new and elegantly illustrated
primer,’ New York Press.
WIIAT MAKES A CAT TREAD SOFTLY.
“Grandpa, what makes a cat tread
softly?” asked little Flandout’ of hi3
aged relative as the pair sat down to
improve their minds when the evening
lamps were lighted.
“It is a faculty provided by an all
wise Creator, rpy son, which enables the
cat to walksoftly,” replied the old mail
as he. laid down his paper and beamed
on the youthful seeker after knowledge.
“All members of the cat tribe are en
dowed with a noiseless tread, which
greatly facilitates their capturing their
prey. You have doubtless noticed that
the pedal extremities of the feline aro
furnished with soft,. velvety balls or
coverings instead of hoofs. These’balls
extend btlow the claws, which are drawn
up when not in use, enabling the cat to
walk across a board floor without the
slightest noise.”
“Oli, that isn’t what makes a eat tread
softly,” said Tommy, when the old man
had finished.
“No? What is it, then?” asked grand
pa.
“Rats,” replied the boy, while a
happy, happy smile lit up his ingenuous
face.—New York Mercury.
Memory and Age.
Memory is a good test of age, declares
Dr. B. W. Richardson. Failurp of mem
ory of recent work and revival of past
recollections and sympathies afford cer
tain evidence that the mind is ageing.
There probably is a physiological reason
for these phenomena. In early life cer
tain centres of the brain are filled with
impressions and images which have ba
come fixed and for a time quiescent.
They sleep. Ocher parts of the brain
are charged with new impressions, pro
voking the physical body into hew and
continued actions, and constituting the
current of life of the- individual. But
as time goe3 on these ne.w centres wear
out, ftud the activity of those receiving
the earlier impressions revives. The
point, to be made is practical and medi
cal. Whenever a patient who lias passed
the fifties or is well into them reports
that current memory is fading and past
mefriory- is reviving, and, when he re
ports also that his sympathies are run
ning with his memories, -bis current
sympathies declining,, old ones re
awakening, lie is in an indifferent con
dition.. He. requires immediate mental
rest of.those faculties that are becom
ing irapared, and is in want of pursuits
and scenes that will bring new faculties
into pTay. fortunately we never use up
a tithe *bf our bta’in surface. There is
always ample uncharged surface to work.,
upon even late? in life, and if the brain,
be not : p,hysicaUy diseased, new menior-;,,
ies may beealled forth, which open 'up
uejv activities and cover in the old.
William fiaryey, iq his Litter days, took’
to mathematics, and for the first., tune
followed them with ease, much, to his
quiet. I knew an aged inan, who took,
under the same circumstance, to music,
and became quite a fair violinist; from
all of which comes a lesson—
“ln second childishness child life revive;
Learn something new each day, and so re
live.”
Flour by Electricity.
* An'-event of the” greatest -interest to
manufacturers arid is soon to
occur at St. Paul, Minn!, t.he erection
of a great flour mill to be operated enj -
tiroly by electricity. .Thea.sstcuctqra is
to be erected oh . the site of the St.
Paul Roller Mill, burned two years ago,
and the revolution is to be brought
about by Kingsland Smith, of St. Paul.
If the experiment proves a success all
the great milis of St. Paul and Minne
apolis, including those of the Washburns
and the Pi llsbury-English syndicate,
will use electricity as motive power, the
water of the falls of the Mississippi be
ing used only for the generation of elec
tricity. Kingsland Smith is a man who,
some years ago, invented the roller
process, which then created a revolution
in dour making. Mr. Smith has been
experimenting with electricity applied
to a mill model for the past year and
announces that he has solved the prob
lem of manufacturing dour with “har
nessed lightning.” He says: “I" have
become thoroughly convinced of its
cheapness and its entire practicability-in
running even the heaviest dour mill ma
chinery. Moreover*! think it will revo
lutionize the whole question of motive
power and that in the next two years all
great manufacturing concerns will be run
by electricity.”—Sr. Louis Republic.
Perjt’st Chief Citj. ' „
A "late ;n#us of the city of Lima,
Mtt. sfieiuw |JP have a population of
49,350 are males and
-54,106
habit’anfe** and 32,995 can
- y
versa! .relative proportion in nuih
bef tdbof the sexes is shown by compari
son* 5 with * previous enumerations. *ln
1866'the census. to have
45|2 more males than femilte, "while the
present census shows that the females
outnumber the males by 4756. - 1
JACKSON, GA„ TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1892
ALLIANCE TALKS.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND
ITS MEMBERS
Reform Press Commnt and Items of
General luteret.
The abolition of the national banking
system and the subitituti >n of an im
proved sys'em of finances h s Le.oraean
absolute necessity. Grovoton (Tex .&)
Vigilant.
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It is predicted that 90 per cent, of the
Alliance will abide by the action of th •
St. Louis convention, whatever that may
be. Let us tand solid ui.t.l that confer
ence acts.
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In California, as well as in Kansas and
the East, the ques in c nfron's our
people: Shall we own the railroads, or
are the. railroais to own us!—Boston
New Nation.
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The Farmers’ Alliance his never re
ce led from any proposition. It is not
built that way. It never hts been nor
never will be a political party.—Gaines
ville (Texas) Signal.
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The people need relief and we should
not care from what source it comes, just
so We get it. Don’t let us fight over
which road, bu‘ let the Alliance keep in
the middle of the road and stand solid
until the victory is won.—Ex. *
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The Alliance has not come to destroy
the primitive principles of the govern*,
ment, but to. correct abuses, puY.fy the
government, and re estab ish justice; and
this, too, without becoming a partisan
organization or political parry. —South
ern Mercury,
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If the alliance would scrutinize those
who apply for membership, and r-novate
or relegate those disturbing elements
within the order that will sooner or later
bring disgrace and dis .ster to the order,
they will have both the sympathy and
aid of all good men.
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The alliance senators and representa
tives in congiess have been introducing
bills which differ very materially from
the usual character that have filled the
calendar of late. The greater portion of
these bills strike square at the root of the
difficulty, a discussion of which will open
the eyes of the people.
The Alliance Herald (Montgomery,
Ala.) says; The progress made by the
Alliance in forcing its demands upon the
couutry, has been most gratifying, and
the success so far achieved is as great as
could have been reasonably expected.
The work goes bravely on, well systema
tized and abiy pressed, with the opposi
tion weakening in every quarter.
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Timm are thirty-nine Alliance mem
bers in Congress, of these four are Sena
tors. The only Republican Allianceman
in the House is Pickier, of Dakota.
There are thirty or forty Democrats in
the House, who, though not actual Alli
anccmen, are in sympathy with the Alli
ance and can 'be counted on by this or
ganization.
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The Southern Alliance (-Talladega, Ala.)
says: The Alliance is gaining ground
in every State iu the Union. As the peo
pfe read and become acquainted with the
plutocratic methods which are in vogue
for the purpose of robbing labor of that
which it produces, they denounce the cor
ruptiou and join with the Alliance in the
great work of reform.
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The Rector Star (Rector, Ark.) says;
The advice to raise less corn,- cotton,
wheat, etc,, would not relieve the coun
try if followed. There are not any more
victuals, clothes and shelter in the world
than the people of the world actua ly
to keep them comfortably. There
are more products than there is money to
handle, but the remedy is not in.produc
ing the bulk of the products, but in
increasing the bulk of the money to
handle them.
The greatest .political revolution and
public upheaval .ever .known to thi9 na
tion.will be witnessed during: the year,
1893. What its results will be, this de
ponent say eth not, but we do say the very
existence of . 6ar government and the
freedom'of <niF people from degraded
servitude * depends upon the patriotic
action of the honest masses at the ba I>t
box. Ri ader, you are one of the people
and must bear your part of the responsi
bility.—The Toiler.
***
Tom Watson’s bill to investigate the
power of the Pinkertons is meeting a re
sponsive feeling from one end of the
country to the other. A private concern
with a standing army equal to Uncle
Sam’s is a menace to the liberties of the
working people of America. This tre
mendous power is used every day by com
bined capital to oppress the people and
carry out the bidding of the money
power. It is high time some step was
taken to cut off the power of such an in
stitution as the Pinkertons in a free re
public.—Ex.
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The following resolutions were passed
by Erath county Texas, Farmers’ Alli
ance at a recent meeting: Resolved, That
the alliance in regular session assembled
recommedd that onr membership vote for
no. one for the Unit id States Senate who
does not favor the alliance demahd. ;
Iteiolved, That we recognize an effici
ent and perfect alien land law thaUsbslf
protect the homes of .our people frptbjtf e!
soulless corp rations and avaricious greed,
of foreign capital as beifg indespensably
neces-ary for the. raaintainance ancT.per*
petuation of. American freedom, -V
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The following, terse warning from Che
Southern Alliance'. Farmer Jerald' be
hedfiffi ~by the people for whose benefit
' our great order was brought" into exis
tence:‘This is the last struggle the
i working people of America will make.
If they fail in this effort they will be
staves. It is no time to strike for home
and fireside when our homes are eone.
Now is time to stiike the blow. It
is no time to be fightiug ovt-r me i or
means, but stand for m asures and put
the men on record. We-can accomp! sh
nothing when divided, but if we will
stand united wo can obtain rilief.”
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The following bill, which has attracted
c'nsidLrable attention, his been iutro
4uccd in the senate;
. beciion 1. 1 hat all past and present
issues of gold, silver and paper moony
made, and all money of coinages autkor
zed to be made by authority of congresa
’hall be legal tender in uavment of all
debts, public and private, of futu-e c >.i
tract, all stipulations or specifications of
oin, coinages, or money to the contrary
notwithstanding; tender of subsidiary
Giver coin to be limited to twenty dol
ars, and of minor coins to live dollars.
If this should become a law, gold
aioitgages and gold interest wouldlose
heir power to trouble and oppress.
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The Georgia congressman in Washing
ton, who are members of the alliancet
are indignant at the charges which h ,ve
been made against tin m, to the effect
’ iat Colonel Livi gston simply intro
duced t e subtreasury bill as a blind. In
speaking of the matter Mr. Moses said
rnat me delegation had selected Colonel
Livingston as the man to in'roduce the
bill, but in doing so they had decided
not to advrea'e its adoption as it is until
the alliance members of congress had
met in caucus and decided upo t the best
thing to be pushed. He says all the alli
ancemen are in favor of the subtreasury
plan in a general way, but as to the best
direct measure to be pushed they have
Dot agreed.
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Add two more States to the National
Farmer’s Alliance and Industrial Union’s
column. At their recent State meetings
the open Alliance of the States of Minne
sota and Nebraska voted* unanimously
to consolidate with the National Farm.rs’
Alliance and Industrial Union. Such
action demonstrates the wisdom and
power of conservative methods, and is
conclusive proof that the great north
west is not afraid of the so-called
“Southern invasion.” The order in these
two States have carefully considered the
matter, and, in spite of political trickery
and falsehool, have joined their fortunes
with the National Farmers’ Alliance and
Industrial Union. This will do great
good, since it brings it all lie power
and prestige that waits upon a unite !
effort under one central management.
Doubtless during the year all reform
agricultural organizations will be con
solidated Into one.—National Economist.
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ALLIANCE PROSPERITY.
A fact to be noted is a decided ten
dency of some papers that have been bit
terly opposing the alliance to get a little
closer to it now. This evidences that this
organization is being recognized as an
order of strength and that it is a fixed
and solid body that will hereafter b; felt
and seen in national government and will
be no longer a cipoer in the political,
commercial and financial world, but the
harvest is already ripening when the alli
ance will be a factor known and felt at the
gleanings from each of these fields and
will gather in sheaves that will warrant
the assumption, that the Farmers’ Alliance
is a power in the nation. Iflis like learen
hid in the three measures of meal that
will keep on till the whole is letvened.
A small beginning we have had, but we
are growing ami increasing, and ere loug
the much despised and long abused Al
liance will step out in the full armor ot
juct’.ce and standing upon its chosoo
piaMorm, win proudly lloa's its banner
to ibe breeze with its legi< ns of followers
fully enlistend under its broad protect
ing folds' and its general proclamation
“Equal Rights to All.”— * * * Southern
Alliance Farmer.
THE QUESTION SOLVED.
The recent conference of State presi
dents at Washington did not he-itate to
put themselve- squarely on record as to
what should be done at the coming con
vention to be held in St. Louis February
22. The following ri solution was passed
without a dissenting \ote:
Resolvtd, That it is the sentiment and
desire of ihis conference of the presidents
of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial
Union that the delegates for the Farmers’
Allianoe and Industrial Union who attend
the industrial conference to be held in
St. Louis February 22, 1892, use their in
fluence and votes to establish aid perfect
fraternal relations with all the labor or
ganizations represented in said meeting,
with the Ocala demands as a basis for a
platform of principles,and that such plat
form be presented to the national con
ventions of the Democratic party, the Re
publican party, the People’s party this
year, with an earnest request th it the
principles involved be engrafted into
their platforms for the coming national
elections of 1892. But that they care
fully refrain from committing our Order
as such to affiliation with any political
party or parties.
This is a fair, just, and practical solu
tion of the whole question.—Economist.
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NEW ALLIANCE DEGREE.
Pursuant to instructions from the Su
preme Council at its last session, the ex
ecutive board have been preparing the
plans for a co-operative degree, and have
them so far completed as to be prepared
to announce the name, plan, object -end
general scope of the work of this degree.
The instituting of this degree was a most
important step in the direction of
putting ißto practical operation one
of the grandest aims of the order, viz:
rnutud. assistance in times of dis
tress, 'which, if generally adopted
by the membership, as it should be, can
not fail to prove a source of strength and
assist au ce in building up and perpetua
ting* the Alliance. Briefly stated, the
degree i9 to be known .as thf . “Alliance
Aid degree,” which may be'iastifuted, in
every sub-Alliance where" seven or-more
• members wish to join. The object of the
‘degree is:
T. To provide on the assessment plan
aimilar to that of the Knights
of flonor, and other benevolent orders, a
fund out .of which maybe paid a sum not
exceed iug $2,000 to the family of de
ceased members; *-• :
2. To establish permanent relief com
mittees to look after and care for the
sick and unfortunate of the Order.
8. To Inaugurate a reliable bureau
of information and xebange, where
memb rs can apply for employment or
employers can obtain competent help, and
assistance cau be rendered in securing
raiiable information regarding different
sections of the country by those contem
plating a change of location.
The national headquarters will be at
Washington, and the work carried on
through the State Alliance officers as far
as possible. A charter has been granted
instituting the degree by the pfficers of
the National Farmers’ Alliance and In
dustrial Uni n, under aud by virtue of
the r own charter from 'hr United States,
wnich provides for a life insurance and
relief department.
NO MORE LOTTERY
THE GREAT L. S. L. GIVES UP
THE FIGHT.
And will Retire from Business*—The
Announcement a Surprise.
A New Orleans dispatch of Thursday
says: The state is convulsed by the sen
sation produced by the card issued by
John A. Morris, announcing that the
Louisiana Lottery company will go out
of bu-iness. The most bitter feelings
were aroused through the lottery’s fight
for a renewal of its charter. Both polit
ical par Lies split, and the moral question,
like that involved in liquor prohibition
campaign, has entered even the families,
which are divided everywhere. Those
not on the scene can hardly begin to
appreciate the bitterness of passion which
has existed. Happily, this will now
subside, the cause being removed.
The company takes high ground for
giving up the fight. Asa matter of
tact, a continuance of it would be costly
to the lottery corporation, and could not
help it any. Since the lottery was ex
cluded from the mail, the revenues have
dwindled to a point where there is little
profit left. Mr. Morris, who is the
principal holder of the lottery company
and stock, says in his card to the people
of the state:
“Realizing th roughly, my associates
and I, that we have been incorrect in our
opinion of public sentiment on this ques
tion of anew charter, and not desiring
to see the people of the state of Louisi°
ana involved in strife over this question,
I hereby declare upon my part and upon
the part of my associates that v wc would
not accept or qualify under the proposed
amendment to the constitution, even were
it to bo adopted by the people at the
general election of April next. As
the supreme court of the United
States has decided the anti-lot‘ery postal
law to be constitutional, it is my purpose
and that of my associates to respect that
law and abstain from violating it in any
manuer. Our offer was prompted as
much by the desire to benefit the people
of Louisiana as by the prospect of profit
to our-elves from the grant as a business
proposition. My associates ’ and I are
closely identified with the interests of
the people of Lousiana, as we own much
property within the borders of the state.
Convinced that the granting of another
lottery charter in the state would be the
cause of continued agitation and discon
tent upon the part of a number of citi
zens of Louisiana for the entire period
for which the charter might be granted,
we would be unwilling to accept such a
charter even though it was given to us
without the payment of $1 of license
tax.”
THE LETTER A SURPRISE.
Mr. Morris’s letter was a surprise to
the great majority of the people, al
though it had practically been decided
on some two weeks ago. After gomg
over the matter, Mr. Morris had come to
the conclusion that, in view of the strong
opposition that had been aroused to the
company, and especially the passage of
the anti-lottery postal law, it would be
impossible, if the law was declared consti
tutional by the United States supreme
court, to pay Louisiana $1,250,000 a year
and carry on the business with profit. The
net earnings of the company were about
four million a year. Since it has been shut
out of the mails it has shrunk
to barely one-third what it was
before, having earnings of about
one million three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars or one million four hun
dred thousand dollars. If the state of
Louisiana received $1,250,000 of
this, there would be nothing left for
the stockholders. These facts were laid
before the company, and it was decided
to abandon the application for a re
newal of the charter in case the
court decided the anti-lottery postal
law constitutional. When the decision
came the paper was drawn up and given
so the press.
THE QUESTION SETTLED.
This disposes of the question of the ex
tension of the charter. All the tickets
at the coming election will be against the
lottery amendments, and the vote
will be practically unanimous against
it. The charter of the company has still
two years to run, until January 1895.
The company will serve out its charter,
as it can well do, as it now pays the
state a bonus of only $40,000 a year. At
the end of the term it will wind up its
affairs and Tetire from business.
TO SUE THE SOCIETY
For Failure to Hold its Fairs as Per
Contract.
A telegram from Macon, Ga., states
that the indications at present are that
the state agricultural society will figure,
at no di-tant day, as the defendant in a
case in court. The plaintiff will be the
city of Macon, which will file within the
next few days a suit for SIO,OOO damage
against the society. The failure of the
society to hold its fairs there as it had
contracted to do, will be the ground of
action on which the city’s claim for dam
ages will be based. The contract was
that the city should furnish and keep in
repair the grounds and buildings for
twenty years, in return for which the
society should hold a fair every year.
The imperial Russian ukase prohibiting
the exportation of wheat from Russia has
thrown 25,000 men out of employment in
and near Odessa, and has driven a large
amount of shipping from the Black Sea.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming an Epitome of Dally
Happenings Here and There.
An anti-Pinkerton bill was passed in
the New York assembly Thursday.
According to a dispatch of Wedneday
a rice-mill trust hits been formed in
Louisian t.
George Sharp, one of Berry Turner’s
gang of outlawss near Pineville, Ky.,
was killed Wednesday.
A David Hill club was organized at
Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday eight, with
Dr. B. J. Baldwin president.
Two men were ki led and six injured
in an tccident at the Sloss furuac?, near
Birmingham, Ala., Thursday.
The first term of the United States cir
cuit court of appeals, fourth district, be
gan at Richmond, Va., Tuesday.
Fitzsimmons, the Pittsburg thief and
murderer, committed suicide Thursday
at the parish prison, New Orleans.
The steamer Charles Lao, bn the Neelies
river, Tex., sank tw'elve miles below
Wright’s landing Tuesday, loaded with
cotton.
11. B. Laskey, a jeweler of Roanoke,
Va., was arrested Wednesday charged
with attempting to swindle an insurance
company by firing his store.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Messrs. Pound & Hart, of the Chatta
nooga News, on Tuesday closed a trade
for the material of the old Sentinel office
and will take charge of the new Sentinel
and continue its publication as an after
noon paper.
A Nashville dispatch of Thursday
says: The Cincinnati division of the
Adams Express Company has dropped
twelve men found to be members of the
Brotherhood of Express Messengers. It
is understood that a number of other dis
missals will follow.
A dispatch of Thursday from Pine
ville, Ky., says: The Turner and Par
ton factions have had another clash, and
this time one of the Turner gang was
killed. The man killed was George
Sharp, son of old Kirk Sharp, at whose
house Turner and his gang have been
making headquarters.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ga., says:
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Eagle and Phenix mills was held
Wednesday and largely attended. Nearly
ten thousand shares were represented.
Contrary to expectation, there was no
sensational action, and the meeting was
marked with earnestness aud zeal. The
president’s report was a very able docu
ment, end reviewed the operations of the
factory, showing a satisfactory condition
of affairs.
The North Carolina republican state
executive committee met at Raleigh,
Wednesday. There was much discussion
as to whether the convention could nom
inate candidates for state officers, or elect
delegates to the national convention. It
was, by a large majority, decided that it
should only elect delegates, and that the
nominating convention should be held
later. April 14th is the date, and Ra
leigh the place.
A telegram from Rome, Ga., says:
The postponed exercises celebrating the
birthday of General Robert E. Lee, were
held Tuesday afternoon. It was a gen
eral holiday. In the procession were
many hundred veterans, citizens, military
and school children. The exercises were
very impressive. Colonel John Locke
Martin, and Captain A. B. S. Moseley
were the orators of the occasion,and their
speeches were able ones, and are receiv
ing much comment.
A Charlotte dispatch of Thursday says:
In his confessions, Boyd, the wrecker,
told of having been employed last June
on the Carolina Central road, and of hav
ing tried to wreck a train on that road
during that mouth. This wis not re
lated in hi confessions, because it had
not then been confirmed. An investiga
tion made by the Carolina Central au
thorities shows that Boyd’s story of his
connection with that road and the at
tempted wreck is true.
A Louisville dispatch says: Judge John
Ritter, cashier of the deposit bank ol
Glasgow, Ky., which failed a few days
ago, is a defaulter and insane. He was
found to be in debt to the bank $25,000.
Judge Ritter, besides being one of thq
representative citizens of Barren county,
Is one of tlie most widely known men in
that section of the state. When thq
failure of the deposit bank was announced!
as imminent, Judge Ritter took prompt
measures to turn over to the bank all of
his property.
The directors of the Eigle and Phenix
mills of Co’.umbus, Ga., met Tuesday.
The annual meetiug of the stockholders
was held Wednesday. Ex-President
Young recently issued a circular to the
stockholders, in which he severely criti
cized the present management, and inti
mated that the interests of the stock
holders were not as fully protected as
they should be, and that there was ex
travagance and bad judgment in the con
duct of the affairs. It is expected that
this circular will figure in the proceed
ings and a very lively time is expected.
CONGRATULATIONS
Promulgated by Mississippi’s Legisla
ture On tlie Downfall of the Lottery.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says: As
soon as Speaker Street had rapped for or
der in the house of representatives Thurs
day afternoon Representative Peyton of
fered the following, which was adopted
by a rising vote, and amid great ap
plause :
Whereas, The house of representatives
of the state of Mi; shsippi has just learned
that the Louisiana Lottery company,
which has been fighting for a recharter
in view of the recent decision of the su
preme court shutting it out of the mail,
has announced its unconditional with
drawal from the contest; therefore be it
Resolved, That this house, speaking
for the moral people of this great com
monwealth, send greetings to the oppo
nents of the lottery in Louisiana and con
gratulates the country that the days of
the lottery are numbered.
NUMBER 6.
EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Passes Through Atlanta on His Way
Home*—A Royal Reception.
Ex-Pre>ident Cleveland passed through
Atlanta Tuesday on his way home from a
pleasure jaunt in Louisiana. At New
Orleans a grand ovation was tendered
him, and at Atlanta he was given a second
royal reception. Through courtesy of
the railroads official the train which boro
the ex-prisident was detained for thirty
minutes. During that l>ii* f interval he
held a handshaking reception. Thous
ands of his cu’husiastic Atlanta friends
pressed forward to grasp the hand of the
only Democratic president they had had
since the war. B ing overwhelmed with
requests by the immense crowd for a
speech the ex-president, said: ,
Fellow Citizens—l have refused a hun
dred invitations to speak. I refused
your governor h< re wi en he came to me
a few minutes ago, but it would t ike more
backbone than lam said to possess lor
me to withstand your demands. I take
this opportunity to heartily thank you for
your cordial greeting and hospitable wel
ci me.
I have been on a trip given up entirely
to pleasure, and conducted in a manner
as private H 9 possible, but everywhere the
sou hern people have been very kind.
Such expressions of cordiality surprised
me, for I know that they are sincere. I
shall go to my northern home more than
ever impressed with the assurance that
the people appreciate that servant whose
duty is well done.
Were I to speak further I should touch
on public questions, and that would be
out of place here. So I bid you good
bye.
These brief remarks were received
with hearty cheers as the traiu moved off.
BRAVE FIREMEN
Rescue Twenty Little Girls from a
Terrible Death.
A fire was discovered shortly after 9
o’clock Tuesday morning in the Trinity
church mission house, a six-story build
ing, at 211 Fulton street, Now York.
On the second and third floors there were
twenty children, all girls, in charge of
several sisters. The fire broke out in the
basement, and was caused by a defective
Hue. Before its presence was known the
smoke and flames filled the
lower portion of the building,
seemingly cutting off from escape
the children and sisters. A panic
seized the children and they ran to the
windows, screaming for help. Hook and
ladder company No. 1 and engine com
pany No. 10 are only a few doors distant.
Firemen were promptly on hand. Fire
man Argue covered his head with his
coat aud rushing up stairs through the
smoke, returned with five little girls. He
went back again and brought out five
more children. Other firemen followed
him and all the othej children and the
sisters were taken out in safety,
THEIR POSITION DEFINED.
The Third Party and Alliance are Sepa
rate Organizations.
A dispatch of Wednesday from Topeka,
Kan., says: The official organ of the
Farmers’ Alliance iu this state, published
by the executive committee of the order,
this week contains statements authorized
by the executive committee, showing the
distinction between the people’s party
and the Alliance. The two organizations
are, the committee states, entirely sepa
rate, the people’s party being outside
of and independent of tne Alliance. The
statement continues:
“We now officially declare that there
is no such things as an alliance ticket.
Neither can the alliance hold a party po
litical caucus, | arty primary election
or adopt direct party measures as
such within alliance meetings proper,
without the liability of forfeiting
th ir charter. We have not the
shadow of right to u-e the fund* of
the treasury for strict party purposes, yet
we have the right to advocate any prin
ciple or platform adopted by state or
national organization.
HALL’S WARNING
To Alliancemen Regarding the St. Louis
Convention.
A Jackson, Mbs., dispatch of Wednes
day says: Wm. S. McAllister, chairman
of the national anti-sub-treasury alliance,
has promulgated the following paper from
U. S. Hall, a member of his committee to
the members in Missouri, and makes it
general:
Hubbard, Randolph Mo., Feb. 1, 1892.
To the Members of the Farmers' and La
borers' Union of Missouri:
Brothers—Be on yoar guard. Do not
allow yourselves to be committed, or
compromised or entangled politically.
The meeting that is to be held in St.
Louis, Mo., on the 22nd of this month,
under the so-called authority of the
Farmers’ National alliance, is for that
sole purpose.
We did not allow that body to dictate
to us how we should vote nor to commit
or bind us by recommendation or other
wise to any political party, and any at
tempt to do so is without authority, and
is a violation of every principle of our
order.
(Signed.) U. S, Hall
A PRINCELY OFFER
Mftde by Louisville, Ivy., for the State
Capitol.
A Louisville, Ky., dispatch of Tuesday
says: A strong effort b being made to
secure the removal of the state capitol
from Frankfort to Louisville. A bill to
that (fleet has been adversely reported in
the legislature, but it will be again con
sidered by the committee. Senator Alex
a der, the mover of the bill, pledges a
million dollars and a site from Louisville.
He is confident that these inducements
will win the day, as the people are dis
satisfied with the present out-of-the-way
location of ♦ it 1
A COSTLY STORY.
Newspaper men Fined S6OO Each and
Six Months in Jail.
A dispatch from Beaver, Pa., says:
John H. Motion proprietor, and William
H. Porter, editor of The Beaver Star, re
cently convicted of criminal libel upon
Senator Quay, were on Monday sentenced
to six months in jail and pay S6OO fine
each aud cost of prosecution.