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VOLUME XX.
WRIGHT & BECK,
Attorneys at Law.
(OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE.)
,T ACKSON, - _ g-A.
M. M. MILLS,
Counsellor & Attorney at Law.
Will practice in all the courts. Money
loaned on r< al estate at low rate of inter
est. Long time granted with email pay
ments. Money obtained at once witnout
delay.
(office in court house.)
J)r. (). H. Cantrell,
DENTIST.
JACKSON, - - GEORGIA.
Up stairs over J. W. Bun’s Rock
Corner.
J. W. LEE, M. D.
JACKSON, GA.
Will practice medicine in its various
branches.
Office at J. W. Lee '& Son’s drug store.
Residence first house west of Mrs.
Brady’s.
HOTELS.
DEMPSEY HOUSE.
Mrs. A. E. Wilkinson, Proprietor,
Board reasonable and table supplied
with the best the market affords.
(corner public square)
AMI AM) HOUSE
First-Class Hoard at Low
Kates.
MRS. T. B. MOORE, Prop’r.
STOP AT THE
Morrison House.
EVERYTHING NEW AND FIRST
CLASS.
Conveniently Located,
Free Hack to Depot.
MRS. E. MORRISON, Proprietor.
W. B. YANCEY,
SURGEON DENTIST.
JACKSON, tiA.
Respectfully solicits the patronage of
the people of Jackson and Butts county.
Office up stairs iu Watkins Building,
room formerly occupied by Dr. Key.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
I'm.'.', Itnlliiml, I‘erfeol.
Authentic living testimonials from dis
tinguished generals and statesmen in fa
vor of Hawkes’ New Crystalized Lenses
over all others.
Oiir Next IT. S. Senator Says:
Mr. A. K. Hawkes— Dear Sir: The
pnntiscopic glasses you furnished me
some time since give excellent satisfac
tion. 1 have tested them by use and
must say they are untqualed in clearness
and brilliancy by any that I have ever
worn. Respectfully,
John B. Gordon,
Ex-Governor of State of Georgia.
Business Jinn’s Clear Vision.
New V -rk City, April 4, 1888.
Mr. A. K. Hawkes — Dear Sir: Your
patent eye glasses received some tim3
since, and am very much gratified at the
wonderful change that has come over my
eyesight since I have disc irdcd my old
glasses and am no v weariug yours.
Alexander Agar,
Secretary Stationers Board of Trade of
New York City.
All eyes fitttd and the fit gua-anteed by
W. L. CARMICHAEL,
JACKSON. - GEORGIA.
BLAINE’S SORROWS.
His Son Emmons Dies Suddenly at
Chicago*
Emmons Blaine, sou of ex-Secretary of
State James G. Bi line, died at his resi
dence iu Chicago at 11:15 Saturday
morning fiom blood poisoning originat
ing from a disorder of the bowels.
The fact of Mr. Blaine’s death was kept
concealed for some time after he had
pass and away, the object being to reach
the father first with some general inti
mitiou of the sad news. The ex-seefe
tary and his wife were at Bar Harbor,
Me., and efforts to get telegraphic com
munication with them failed, however,
and about 12:15 o’clock the news of the
death leaked out. It was uot until about
a quarter of an hour prior to the fatal
moment that the least intimation that
Blaine was in a dangerous condition be
came known, and then it was only to a
few. When the sid intelligence finally
reached M-. and Mrs. Blaine, they were
prostrated by the terrible blow.
During the convention young Blaine
seem din perfect health, and no one
who h'ard <>f his sudden passing away
was more shocked than those' who paw
him part ciparing in the caucuses, early
and 1 ite, li ght and day, in h s father’s
iutere t It is thought possible by many
that the strain of <x; ii merit at Mineap
oli-; followed - by keen disappointment of
the i utcome, had not a littla to do with
the phjsudil pros'*ration enduing.
The discovery is made that the Alaska
Soil and climate: are peculiarly adopted
to hop-raising* .. .. i
IPillfe
VAN WINKLE
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
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Many gold medals have been awarded to us. Write for
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Van Winkle Gin and Machinery Cos.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WE AGAIN OFFER TO THE TRADE THE CELEBRATED
GULLET MAGNOLIA GINS,
Feeders and Condencers.
The GULLET GIN produc.es the Finest Sample shown in the
market, and will generally bring from 1-8 to 1-4 cent per pound
more thanany other cotton.
tHe ©lark Hardware ©O.
Atlanta Ga.,
JACKSON
Real Estate and Renting Apncy.
D. J. THAXTON, Manager.
SUCCESSOR TO
H. O. Benton & Cos.
Farm Lands, Business Lots and
Residence Lots For Sale.
FREE OF CHARGE.
We Advertise Property in
the MIDDLE GEORGIA AR
GUS without cost to the
owner.
We are the only Real Estate Agents in Jackson, and have in our hands quite a
number of valuable and desirable farms in Butts and other counties for sale on the
best of terms.
Also City Property, Residence and
Business Lots.
If you have land te sell, put it into our hands and we will find you a buyer. If
you have houses to rent we will find you a renter. If you wish to buy a home call
on us and we will furnish team and driver.
WE ASK ONLY A TRIAL.
Jackson, Ga., June 6, 1893*
JACKSON, GA,. FRIDAY. JUNE 24. 1892.
CYPRESS TANKS,
WIND MILLS,
PUMPS, ETC.
COkTTON GINS,
FEEDERS,
CONDENSERS
AND PRESSES.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
What is Being Done in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD —BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Thursday.— The house went into com
mittee of the whole—Mr. Blount, of
Georgia ,in the chair—upon the tin plate
bill. The bill engrossed the time of the
house during almost its entire session.
Notwithstanding the importance of the
bill, little attention was paid to the de
bate. The exodus to Chicago had begun,
and the return from Minneapolis was
slow. The hall was practically dt serted
throughout the session. Mr. Bunting, of
New ork, spoke for over an hour in
favor of the bill. Messrs. E. B. Taylor,
of Ohio, and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
each occupied nea:ly as much time in
opposing it. Messrs. Atkinson, O’Neill
and Huff, of Pennsylvania, each spoke
briefly against the bill, and Mr. Hemp
hill, of South Carolina, addressed him
self to the financial question, and urged
congress to enact legislation which would
relieve the people of the south from bur
densome legislation, under which they
were now suffering. Without action on
the bill the house adjourned.
Friday. —The conferees of the river
and harbor bill reported a disagreement.
The house adopted a resolution to insist
on the disagreement, and the bill was
again sent to the conference. The pri
vate claim bill, known as the Sibley bill,
was then taken up. After a short time
spent in filibustering upon it, the house
came to the point, when no quorum
voted, and, in order t escape from the
stifling atmosphere of the chamber, took
a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening ses
sion to be for the consideration of pri
vate pension bills. The house failed to
break its usual Friday night’s record.
Various efforts were made by the champ
ions of private pension bills to bring
their measures before the house, but each
effort was unavailing, and the house ad
journed.
Saturday.— The house appropriation
committee on Saturday completed the
last of the appropriation bills. Just be
fore adjournment the general deficiency
was reported. The amount appropri
ated by the bill is $4,780,535, of which
amount $910,000 is for the census bureau
during the next fiscal year. During the
present session of congress appropriations
have been made to supply deficiencies in
appropriations for the support of the gov
ernment during the current and prior fiscal
years as follows: Act of March 8, 1892,
census, Indians, etc, $428,664; act of
March 13,1892, urgent deficiency,sl,22B,
636; act of March 18, 1892, department
of agriculture, $160,000; act of March,
1892, public printer, etc., $479,641; act
of June, 1892, pensions, $768,832; mak
ing a total of $9,985,273. The census
act of March, 1889, limited the cost of
taking the census to $6,400,000, exclu
sive of the cost of printing. There has
been already appropriated toward the
work, exclusive of printing, $7 825,000,
and the Bum appropriated in the bill re
ported is $660,000.
THE SENATE.
Thursday.— Nearly all the senators
who attended the Minneapolis convention
were in their places in the senate Thurs
day morning, but the first action of the
body was to provide for adjounment till
Monday. Mr. Morrill addressed the sen
ate in opposition to the bill for the free
coinage of gold and silver. Mr. Sfewart
took the floor as soon as Mr. Morrill left
it. Taking up and replying to some of
Mr. Morrell’s statements he said that the
utterance of such nonesense would be
come, he should think, “damnable iter
ation,’’ after a time. The press in com
mercial cities was,he declared, subsidized
and spoke only the language of the gold
power, which was itself an “arrogant
moloch.” The bill went over without
action. The house’bill defining options in
futures and imposing special taxes
on dealers therein was laid be
fore the senate, and Mr. Wash
burn moved its reference to the judiciary
committee. It had been expected that
the reference of this bill would provoke
a somewhat bitter controversy, but that
expectation was not realized. After a
short discussion it was referred to the
judiciary committee. Conference report
on the river and harbor bill was made by
Mr. Frye, who stated that an agreement
had been reached on all but two amend
ments—which were for a boat railway
around the dalles of Columbia river and
fora canal in the state of Washington, to
connect the waters of Lake Washington
with those of Puget sound. After a long
discussion the senate insisted on its
amendments and agreed to a further con
ference, and then the senate
till Monday. Messrs. Frve, Dolph and'
Ransom were appointed conferees on the
river and harbor bill.
Monday.— The senate was in session
for four and a quarter hours Monday.
Although the attendance was very small,,
part of the time was given to the consid
eration of bills on the calendar, a part to
executive business and the chief portion
to a speech by Mr. Call in support of the
resolution heretofore offered by him for
an investigation of railroad corporations
and their interference in politics and elec
tions. Senators Chandler and Gal
linger expressed their gratification, that
the investigation if authorized at all, as
they hoped it would be. would take in the
state of New' Hampshire, the former as
serting that it would prove that Florida
was not the only state where the evil ex
isted, and the latter expressing the con
viction that it would only prove the
falsity of representations made by certrin
persons in that regard. No action was
takeD on the resolution and the senate
adjourned to Wednesday. In the busi
ness transacted that was of general inter
est was the concurrence in the house
amendment to the senate joint resolution
authorizing the president to proclaim a
general holiday commemorating the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery
of America. It was to substitute the 21 t
for the 12th of October.
NOTES.
The senate judiciary committee, to
which the anti-option bill was referred
last Thursday, held its first session for
weeks Monday, and after considering the
measure for two hours, adjourned until
n< xt Thu sday, when its consideration is
to be taken up again and pushed to co re
pletion. It is expected now that the bill
will be certainly reported next week.
In the senate, Thursday, Washburn, of
Minnesota, who has a bill similar to the
Hatch anti-opt : on measure, moved that
the Hatch bill be taken from the ttble
ana seut to the judiciary committee.
Th : s was done. Washburn is oonfident
his bill will pass. Other senators, equally
well informed, say that it will not pass.
A poll of the senate will be necessary to
decide this question.
The Appropriation BUI.
The history of the first session of the
fifty second congress is practically made,
and it is probable that from now on to
the end o: the session the eff >rts of both
branches will he confined principally to
the yettlement of disputed points in the
appropriation bills. These measures
are really much farther advanced than
the simple statement ©f their parlia
mentary status would indicate to the un
, practiced eye. By an extraordinary dis
play of energy the house has succeeded
in pass’ng every one of these bills ex
cept the general deficiency bill, and is
transferring them to the senate with such
rapidity as to tax severely the working
capacity of the committee on appropria
tions of that body, conseqeutly it appears
from the record that the senate is far be
hind the house in passing upon these im
portant measures.
No Reciprocity With Canada.
In a state paper sent to the senate
Monday an answer to the resolution of
Februrry 24th last calling for informa
tion relative to reciprocity negotiations
with Canada, the president sounds the
death knell of that project and plants a
mile post in American history by delib
erately in effect recommending that con
gress proceed to retaliate upon the do
minion for its persistent denials of the
tights of American citizens, guaranteed
by the treaty of Washington in con
nection with the navigation of
Canadian canals. The failure of the
reciprocity negotiations is due to
the position taken by the Canadian rep
resentatives at their recent conference in
Washington with Secretary Blaine and
John W. Foster, which, in effect, was
that it would be “impossible for the Can
adian government, in view of its present
political relations and obligations, to ex
tend to American goo is preferential
treatment over those of other countries.
As Canada was part of the British em
pire they did not consider it competent
for the dominion government to enter
into any commercial arrangement with
the United States from the benefits of
which Great Britain and its colonies
should be excluded.”
THE TITUSVILLE SUFFERERS
Arc Being Well Cared for—lncidents
of the Disaster.
The following is given out officially to
the public by the relief committee of
Titusville, Pa., and speaks for itself:
“The prompt and generous assistance
given to our afflicted citizens in their re
cent calamity by the people in all parts
of the country is most gratifying. It is
due to the public that we make a state
ment of our condition as exactly and
correctly as is possible. S‘x days after
the calamity we have our relief commit
tee* thoroughly organized and the distri
bution of lood, clothing, bedding and
other supplies progressing with system,
and perfect order prevails. A large force
of laborers are employed in removing the
wrecks from the streets and in clearing
up the remains of houses. Fifty-nine
bodits have been buried, and there are
several persons still missing. We do not
need clothing, food or other supplies. Our
need will be for money to relieve these
who have lost by the fire and flood and
to repair the enormous destruction of
property. The district devastated by fire
bnd flood extends through the entire
length of the city, for übout a mile and a
half. Its breadth is from one-eighth to
one-quarter of a mile. The estimated
loss of property exceeds $1,000,009. The
losses fall chiefly upon the poor and the
laboring people. Within the bounds
named there were more than 150 dwell
ings, as well as many shops, manufacto
ries and oil refineries, where the labor
was employed. The loss of personal
property in homes of the people was al
most the total loss, while very many lost
not only their houses and contents, but
the ground on which they stood. The
streets are, many of them, destroyed, and
the loss in this particular and in bridges
is very large. Everything possible is be
ing done to alleviate the distressed, and
our people are recovering hope and spirit.
BIG WARRANTS
Issued by Governor Northcn for School
and Pension Funds.
Georgia’s state treasurer, on Saturday,
received from Governor Northen two
warrants covering disbursements of over
half the state’s revenue for the year. One
for #910,564.10 covers the school drafts
for the past year, and another for $400,-
003 covers the amount paid out on wid
ows’ pensions. A third for $22,415 cov
ers amounts pai l out recently to redeem
past due bonis which had not been pres
ented to the treasurer until a short time
ago.
It should be said in this connection
that the $910,564 is not all the school
fund. The $200,000 poll tax, which
goes into the school fund is paid by
county tax collectors to the county school
boards and does not pass through the
state treasury. The school fund for the
year just closed was over one million,one
hundred thousand dollar*.
England at Chicago.
A London cablegram says: On the
supplementary vote in the house of com
mons Tuesday, granting £IO,OOO to the
royal world’s fair commission, A. C.
Morton (liberal), member for Peter
borough, asked if intending exhib
itors were satisfied with the arrange
ments made by the commission. fir
John Gorst, financial secretary to the
treasury, replied that the vote was in
creased to £60,000, in order to give free
space and render the exhibit worthy the
United Kingdom. Mr. Morton said he
hoped the government would do its utter
most to make the British section a great
success, The vote was agreed to by the
bouse. _ 'w
NEWS IN GENERAL
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WIT AT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUR
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
The committee appointed at the Minne
apolis convention to notify President
Harrison of his nomination, met in Wash
ington Monday at noon and discharged
that duty.
On Thursday the republicans of 'he
seventh Kansas district nominated Chester
I. Long for congress. The seventh is
Jerry Simpson’s district and Long is from
Medicine Lodge, Simpson’s home.
11. M. Loucks, of Huron, South Dako
ta, vice-president of the National Alli
ance, has gone to Washington to take
charge of the affairs of the organization,
the death of L. L. Polk having vacated
the office of president.
A dispatch from Portland, Ore., is to
the effect that in the municipal election
Monday the fusion ticket, composed of
derm crats and republicans was success
cessful in defeating the straight republi
can ticket with the exception of two
couucilmen.
A dispatch from New York says: Gold
coin aggregating $3,760,000 was on Fri
day ordered from the subtreasHry for ship
ment 1 1 Europe at once, making the total
to go $3,350,000, and the total for the
week $7,100,000. It all goes to Bremen
by the steamship A Her.
Di.-patches of Friday from Mankato,
Minn., state that the latest developments
realize the gravest fears as to the cyclone.
The death loss will amount to at least
thirty, and seventeen bodies have beeu
recovered thus far, with laige territory to
hear from. The cyclone was one of the
worst that has ever visited the north
west. The gieatest loss was about Wells
and Minnesota Lake.
A dispatch from Galesburg, 111., says:
Four men were killed and twenty-five
more or less injured in an accident on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad Sunday morning. A construc
tion train on the Keitbsburg branch ran
into a drove of cattle three miles north
of Gladcs’on, and was ditched. The
engineer was killed and his body buried
under the wreck. The other victims
were Italian laborers.
A cablegram of Tuesday from St.
Petersburg, Russia, states that drought
prevails in Poltava, government of south
Russia, and crops are blighting. A
daily spectacle is that of priests carrying
sacred icons, followed by throngs of
peasants pro< ceding to the fields. Here
the icons are elevated aud surrounded
by kneeling groups of peasants. Pray
ers are then offered for rain. Sheep and
cattle are perishing for want of fodder.
A New York dispatch of Thursday
says: Several of the committee of union
printers who w T ent to Minneapolis in re
gard to the matter of transforming the
Tribune composing room from a “rat” to
a union office, returned to the city
Wednesday. They say the matters in
dispute between Reid and the printers
have been satisfactorily adjusted, and
that a union fort man and union composi
tors will be put at work in the Tribune
office.
A New York dispatch of Tuesday
says: The City bank has demanded pay
ment from the Danville and Terminal
compan’es of the time loan of SIOO,OOO,
now' ovt r due, and has notified the re
ceiver that if it is not paid the securities
as collateral will be sold at auction im
mediately. Receiver Ilmdekoper says he
has no authority from the court to pay
the loan, and it is expected that the se
curities will have to be sold. This action
by the City bank is expected to force a
receivership for the Terminal company,
which is endorser of the Danville loans.
A London special says: “Complaints
are made of the delay in the distribution
of the new Virginia bonds, and it is as
serted that there has been a quarrel among
the Olcott committee.” In regard to the
above it was stated in New York Tues
day by George Ellis, 8 cretary of the
Olcott committ' e, that the delay in the
distribution of the new Virginia bonds
was due to the fact that they were not
yet engraved. The old ones were being
sent out, it is said, just as fast as they
could be verified. There were $23,0 0,-
000 to be sent and not more than half a
million could be forwarded daily. It
was emphatically denied that there was
any quarrel among the Oicott committee.
A STEAMBOAT HORROR.
Her Boiler Explodes, Instantly Killing
Fifteen People.
A cablegram from Brest says: A terri
bl3 accident occurred Monday on board
the new French cruiser, Dupuy de Lomo.
Orders had been given for a trial of the
machinery. While the trial was in pro
gress the end of one boiler was blown
out. The fireroom immediately became
filled with steam and sulphurous suffo
cating smoke, caused by the water reach
ing and extinguishing the fire under the
boiler. When the door was broken open
the men were found lying on deck delir
ious from the agony caused by the
terrible injuries they have received,
some writhing in their convul
sions, their blackened and distorted
and fearfully blistered bodies, arm
and legs presenting a.sickening and hearts
rending sight. Several had bitten them
selves on their arms and hands and at
tacked their equally unfortunate compan
ions and bitten them Efforts were im
mediately taken to get the men out, but
the task was difficult, through the fact
that they were ab-olutely crazy with
panic and attacked their would-be re u
er.s’ hands, feet and teetb. When
dragged out fifteen were dying and a
number of others will undoubtedly die in
a short time.
The Census Count.
The census bureau on Thursday finished
its last count of the population of the
country, according to the returns of the
eleventh census. The population, in
cluding Alaska and the Indians on reser
vations, is 62,979,766. These figures are
absolutely final, and not subject to
change.
DUMBER 25.
IN OHIO
The Democracy Hold Their Slate Con*
rention.
The democratic state convention of
Ohio was called to order in Columbus,
W ednesday. Allen W. Thurman was
defeated for delegate at large. On a
second test vote Frank Hurd was sent
under. In the platform adopted, it is
declared that “the federal government,
under the last democratic administration,
was so wisely, economically end patriot
ically administered, as to commend the
party to the confidence and support of
ihe American people, and to entitle it, in
the interests of good government to a
return to power. An effort was
made in the convention to have
the election of delegates precede
the adoption of the pbtform, which
would make the policy of the convention
subservient to the men. This was defcat
< and and the platform was first adopted,
rhe section relating to the Chicago con
vention declared “that confiding in the
careful judgment of the natioual demo
cratic convention about to assemble in
‘'hicago, we hereby pledge our earnest
and cordial support to its nominees for
president and vice president, hoping to
see a glorious and lasting victory as the
result of its intelligent action.” As to
the tariff and silver, the platform
declared: “We are opposed to all
class legislation, and believe in
\ tar.ff levied for the solo purpose
<f producing revci ue sufficient to defray
the legitimate expenses of the govern
ment economically administered, and we
protest against the policy of so-called
protection, illustrated by the McKinley
‘>ill, as championed by the republican
party, and in the interest of agriculture
and labor, we demand reform of the
present tariff and reduction of unneces
sary burdensome taxation. The demo
cratic party has always favored the use
>f both go and and silver as money, and
restored to the people the silver dollar
of our lathers, which the republican con
gress demonetized in 1873. Denouncing
the Sherman act of 1890 as false in prin
ciple and dangerous in practice, and be
lieving that both gold and silver should
circulate as money with a parity main
tained and with equal rights and equal
value, we submit to the wisdom of the
democratic party about to assemble in
national convention, to declare a method
by which that end may be reached.
The selection of delegates at large was
reached, and was au interesting feature
•f the convention. The speakers were
cheered as well as the names whom they
presented as follows: A. W. Thurman,
Franklin county; L. T. Neal, Ross;
Calvin 8. Brice, Allen; Robert Blec,
Cuyahoga; John A. McMahon, Mont
gomery, and James E. Campbell, Butler.
Brice, Campbell, Neal and Blee were de
clared nominated.
STATUS OF TRADE.
Dun & Co’s Report on Business for
the Past Week.
The review of trade for the week
June 17th, published by R. G. Dun &
Cos., says: Hot weather and hot politics
together have affected business at many
points, but there is, nevertheless, an im
provement both in actual trade and in
prospect. One obvious cause is the swift
improvement of the crop outlook. After
weeks of soaking, grain has now just the
weather for most rapid growth. Floods
still make some trouble in the lower Mis
sissippi valley, but elsewhere throughout
the west and northwest excellent farm
prospects stimulate trade.
At the east the demand for manufact
ured products is large for the seison, and
the settlement of many labor controver
sies, especially in the building trades,
while the fear of the long strike in west
ern iron works also stimulates purchases
of iron and steel products.
The political movements have much
encouraged conservative men with re
gard to the monetary future. The iron
output June Ist was 175,174 tons weekly,
only 2,712 tons less than May Ist, while
the unsold stock has decreased 26,427
tons. In spite of some increase at the
south, the output is now 18,728 tons less
than the greatest ever attained on March
Ist, or about 9 per cent, but it is 28,000
tons greater than a year ago. At Pitts
burg the demand for finished iron is good,
the prospects of wage difficulties stimu
lating, workers demanding last year’s
scale, and maufacturers are reducing.
Hardware is very active.
IMPROVED TRADE AT THE SOUTH.
Improved trade is noted at Louisville
and Nashville, and business holds on well
for the season at Savannah, a decrease in
the production of naval stores being con
templated. High water mark makes
business dull at New Orleans, but sugar
is quiet and steady and money plenty,
with little demand. Better weather and
a decreaso of only 12 per cent in cotton
acreage, according to the most reliable
report, have caused a fall of five-six
teenths in that price, with sales of 813,-
000 bale#, receipts and exports being
larger than last year. Cotton spinners
are taking more cotton than a year ago,
and unsold stocks of goods are compara
tively small. Exports of products con
tinue heavy for the half of June, 23£ per
cent larger from New York than last
year, with a moderate increase in im
ports. Money is everywhere abundant
and unusually cheap, and complaints of
collections fewer than usual. Business
failures occurring throughout the country
during last week number, for the United
States. 153; Canada, 26; total. 179.
AN EX-CONGRESSMAN KILLED
While on His way to the Chicago Con
vention.
A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch says: Ex-
Congressman Morgan was shot and killed
in a crowded train Saturday morning by
Henry Forster, an attorney of Memphis.
Morgan beat Forster with his cane some
time ago. Saturday they met for the first
time since that occasion. B >th at once
pulled pistols and began firing, with the
result that Morgan was killed. P.*nde
monium reigned in the car. Many of the
passengers were ladies, and they were
terribly frightened.
Joseph Bkrtajtd, a half breed Indian of
the Pokagon tribe of Pottawattomies, died
at South Bend, Ind., a few days since, at
the age of 110. He ia positively known to
have been 105 years eld.