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Ibe iaiHjc founts Joufnul VOLUME IV. In the last six years the cotton mills of the South have increased in number from 161 to 310, and in productions eighty eight per cent. They have secured new markets, and are now largely exporting goods. Rutherford B Hayes Is now the only living ex-President, and Hannibal Ham lin and William A. Wheeler the only living ex-Vice-Presidents. Fremontand Blaine are tire only livnt-cx Presidential candidates of great partie., and I'cndlc ton, V-o® English and Logan * the only living .. .. . .. . 11 lft CiU ’ ( u a 0,1 10 ,aM s of * t these . prominent gentlemen have thinned greatly by tho death within eightcen months of Grant, McClellan, Hancock, Tilden, Seymour and Arthur. A more noted group has hardly ever be fore passed oil the stage of life so nearly togethcr. " Some idea of the value of water in Southern California may b • gained from the opening * of the C age Irrigating ^ Canal »nai, ^ near Riverside. . I hreo years ago land sold above Riverside for $5 an acre. It was without water and was counted valuable only for grazing. Mr. Gage made a contract with a large number of owners of land to furni-h them abundant water at #100 per acre. Then he dug an eleven-mile canal, sup/died with water partly from Santa Ana River, but mainly from artesian wells. Recently water was turned into the canal, and land which sold for #5 now sells readily for $::()() an acre. A rock which the Sioux Indians near Fort Yates, Dakota, have worshiped for generations as the petrified form of a young squaw was formally unveiled tho other day and dedicated to peace and plenty. It appears that the white settlers in the vicinity have long supposed that this strange specimen of nature's art work exerted a restraining influence on the Indians, but of late the rock has been removed from its original resting place, and it was feared that with its removal its charm had disappeared. So the sug gestion was made to Sitting Bull that the statue be placed upon a permanent pedestal and unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. This pleased the chieftain, and 5,000 Indians assembled to take part in the strange medley of Christian and Pagan rites by which the unveiling was accompanied. Now the superstition of the whites is satisfied.and the scepticism of the savages—the first sign of civiliza¬ tion —is cheeked. A drove of a hundred hogs that were being driven through Allegheny, Penn., became frightened and stampeded. About a dozen ran into a drug store bleeding and covered with mud. Two ladies who were waiting for prescriptions screamed with fear. One of them sprang on the counter and the other clambered upon tho soda fountain. After upsetting every article of furniture in thn store, the fattest of the nlTritrhted hogs tried to get behind the prescription counter and overturned the stove. The stove was heated by natural gas, and when it was upset tho pipe was broken and a sheet, of flame shot up almost to the ceiling, A disastrous conflagration would hive been the result but for the prompt action of tho proprietor, who turned off the gas. Two of tho ho its were badly burned. The owner, of the .wine were compelled 1 to carry them out. A Boston man tells how few in Eng¬ land understand American English, “I had not been in Liverpool an hour,” he says, “when 1 became convinced that I had much to learn about the English lan¬ guage. When I entered my hotel I a^ked the young woman who received me: ‘What are your terms V ami had I spoken Choctawshe could not have understood me less. ‘What do you charge a day?' I next ventured. ‘Charge!’ she replied, vaguely, aud 1 tried again. ‘Ah! you want the tariff ?’ she said at last,and suro enough I did Now, if 1 had used tho word ‘tariff’ in that senee in Boston it would have been considered slang. I tried in vain to get a pair of suspenders, >8 they ; would chow me now but thow for , stockings, , . . but v succeeded ...... hnally ,a buying some braces. 1 might prolong tho list ad infinitum, but enough is shown to warrant the publication of an English American dictionary of -ynonyms for the use of travelers. ” Professor Charles A. Ashburner, geol¬ ogist in charge of the Pentisvlvania^Sur vey, according to the Pitt-burg Ctniumr riitl-fiiiuttr, is of th«* opinion that the practical application of natural gas has opened up a new era in fuel economy, and the development ot heat and me¬ chanical power. “There is no doubt in my mind,” says lie, “but that the greatest advance to be made ii) the practical arts and sciences during the next two de¬ cades is to result from a practical consid¬ eration of the qu-. stion of the manufac turc and utilization of gaseous fuels and the adaptation of plant and ma hincry w> the new fuel relations that I believe we are bound for economy’s sake to estab¬ lish.” As to the IprobubVe duration of the «—* r, region, the Professor ventures the belief •that, although two-thirds of the product h« been going to w.rie "very little alarm should l>© entertained as to the ex haustion of thu gas sands of Pennsyl I* * vauia and the prostration * of the manu facturing interest- .... that become depen- , 1 4i»t upon its use. EASTMAN. DODGE COUNTY. GA., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26, 1887. THE NEW SOUTH. NEW8 NOTES GATHERED _ . _ FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. worth cutomtv .... A . horse was bought for two dollars in '»»> * ,eW yC '' rS T Mr i A A t "■“ tso "’ of SSSUi „ ,! f ‘a , y ’ ?° US n " F " Cn ,n “ ^ for ,U11K k ai a miiKing. In Newberne work on Hotel Albert is for progressing. Steam pipes for heat in in’ ** ; water and for gas, have been put , aud the plastering will soon be com menced. Iu Durham the large factories of R.T. datcd \ Tuesday ant \ Po under K«® & the Cameron name and consoli- style !! I ,e I’ au<ett Durham ,h lobacco aud W ‘ “ Cap,tRl stockof ® U ,UUU ' Mr Adolphus Ilopson lives six miles east of Durham. Last Saturday mornim? , his two little daughters were plaviim in the fire with a piece of paper, when the dress of the elder girl caught fire and she j w as so badl y burned that she died before . bt ni ^ ' Miss Parker attended divine service at Juniper Primitive church, iu Kmithfield, last Sunday morning, and, with other young ladies, was sitting around afire built in the church grove, when her clothes caught lire, and she was fatally burned before her clothes could he ex tinguished. A number of petitions are being circti luted, one petitioning the legislature to allow the county of Buncombe to vote on thc liquor question, including Asheville in the county vote; another petitioning the legislature to urge congress to pass the Blair education bill; and still another to establish a reform school or a school of correction in Asheville. sot tii OAitoUNA. The legislature has pnwd a law to pro hibit the stealing of fruit and melons, I he AVinnsboro .... national . . bank . . has <U- , elared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per About one hundred and fifty nog r«»es have left Strother’s aud the vicinity t f , seek their fortunes in the West. In Greenville there wore 2* tires for the year 1SHI5, just double the number during 1885. The tire losses were ss*,»{>, 220 and the insurance on the building and property #80,*20. A former citizen of Wiunsboro, writ* ing from Mississipi, wants to exchange liis Mississippi property for property near his old home. He claims that South Car olitin is the best State in which to live. A letter from Rossville, Chester emm tv, states that the whites and blacks are iu a destitute condition. A meeting of noth races has been cant'd and resolutions passed asking the government for help Abbeville has a postmistress who car¬ ries off the palm as si pnictit sil sirnl ener¬ getic woman. She recently slaughtered three hogs, whose combined weight was eight hundred and sev* nty-t’our pounds General M. L. Bonham, Jr., has sold Out his interest in the Abbeville Messon ger to J. S. Perrin, who will .hereaficr conduct it himself, General Bonham tice ";iU of hereafter law, and devote the discharge himself to of the his prac¬ du¬ ties as adjutant general. The Aiken Recorder thinks that the refusal of the lust legislature to allow an appropriation for the Columbia canal a great mistake. The canal having been begun aud the sum of #200,00<) having been already expended, the Recorder 1 >o ,ievc T> which •»?. the Mate «»». realize *-»'? the way in can on investment is to complete the work. Mr. J. w. Creech, of Elko, has a cane patch fourth of 7,400 have square feet. It costs him one to the syrup made, leav in him 77 gallons net, which would make the value per acre three hundred dollars at sixty-five cents a gallon. The cane was manured with broadcast compost and acid phosphate and cotton seed in the drill, at the rate of 20 bushels of seed and 200 pounds of acid to the acre. MISSISSIPPI. There was quite a number of private dwellings in Gloster burglarized last week. It seems that there is an organ ized band of night thieves of this elmrae ter traveling from stntion to station on the railtoad. ! William Bochiner, a German, aged about fifty years, und in the employ of Dr. Thurber on hi» pl».e at Back Day, was found dead in tbe yard by a ladv ncighbor who ira modiately gave the jury alarm. they Upon investigation verdict by death a coroner s found a of from appoplexy. lie leaves no family. supposed From 1 the condition of the body lie K to have been dead about thirty-six hours. A meeting of tho members of the Mori dan bar was held at the courthouse, which adopted resolutions bill asking for the introduction of a in the house of rep¬ resentatives United providing for the establish ment of a States court at Meri dian, to lie known as the eastern division of the .southern district, and Hon. John W. Fewell was appointed as a delegate to proceed and * at once to Washington bill. to urge assist in the. passage of the 1,01 1 st \ N A , Captain Marstou's ginhou-e East at Point, on Bed River, was destroyed by fire. Loss, #8.o;)0 to #4 <»•(»; no irisur | ance. • Through error, the Reveille, of tit. Martinvilh*. state l that tin* operations of od factory would be suspended iu a few days. Such is not the case i petition for the pardon of Dr. > cireuiated j u Shreveport, it has received but a few signatures. , h e affidavit of June. W. Knox before Judge Burgess, C. W. bumrali ‘ arrested by Deputy Sheriff T. S. was Alexander and committed to Baton Rouge ^ tail on the charge of assault with a kuife threatening to kill affiant. Both parties are white. “ Justice to All, Malice for None.” ALABAMA. Oscar Bard, formerly employed in the office of the Alabama and Great Southern , railroad at Birmingham, attempted sui tide Wednesday by taking morphine, but ! his Physicians life. reached him in time to save The right of way for a double track . railway granted the East was Birmingham b, Laud company jinn Wednesday thncity council. The hill run thZom c0 ' np u aZ‘ ‘ n3 '' 0 " l ' P0 ' ‘ ° 0/ Tisdale * R ■ livery and sale stables, which large oc curred > at Selma Wednesday, is one of the most disastrous tires that ever oc curred in that city. The lire was iucendi a, Y; The fire companies were quick to action, but owing to the rapid burning of l^iue^ort^iHo^ the building and its contents, l he whole bli i c cremation of eighty head of Inux-* and mules wms a sight beyond description. As the flames would strike the lu-nst,, and cat great chunks of flesh from their bodies, they would plunge with suffering fury and utter groans most horrible, mid then fall dead, A DISTILLERY BURNED. The Building and Machinery Kntlrely De¬ stroyed at Terra llante. At 3 o’clock Saturday morning an alarm of fire called the department to the Terra Haute distillery, where the fire was found raging in the* upper floor of the main building, in which were the wine and beer rooms and wine vats, It was found impossible to reach the fire with a stream, and for a time thu rfTort of the f» rc ’^en ?' c ™ turnc l (l t() 8avin S the surrounding b « ,ld,n . S 8 { ™ m destruction. , About 1. 000 ! uns of W was l ,acked in a yard contiguous dly to the buildings. The firemen l i rc iad Rp ate extinguished the flames which sbttd ,n ro °f- s °f the dwelling ad . acent The fire burned 1 ses J - north und , 80111 h through the building. The roar of the flames and the hissing of the burning liquor was fearful. The crash in ^ of tlie ponderous vats, rectifying ap paratus, stills and all the .network of the machinery was appalling. At 4:30 u . m . the upper floors and walls of the south wing went down into a seething mass of fire, with a thunderous crash that made the ground tremble. The fire spread downward through the building, anil soon the boiler room was burning from end to end. Tremendous clouds of sparks and living coals filled the air and were scattered broadcast by the wind. Great fears were entertained for the safety of the bonded warehouse, but it was saved from destruction. In the building were not less than 05, 000 gallons of high wines ancl 20,000 gal ^ ons <d "dues and rectified whisky, aud a birge amount of rye malt and oats were in store; also about 10,000 bushels of corn. The building from top to bot¬ tom is a total wreck. James Nugent, a watchman, is sup¬ posed to be buried in the ruins, as he cannot be found, (‘rawford Fairbanks, the principal owner, estimates the loss at about #100,000. The insurance will ag¬ gregate about #70,000. The building will be rebuilt as soon as possible. At 9 a. m. there was nothing standing except one back wall. One year ago this month a boiler explosion at the distillery killed seven persons and caused heavy damage to the property. A GREAT FIRE AT DENVER. Tlie C’lifforil Iilork Entirely Destroyed— Tho Lose Very Heavy. The Clifford Block, a three-story build¬ ing, owned by W. B. Daniels, was com¬ pletely burned Saturday evening. The ground floors were occupied by their Knight & Atmorc, clothiers, who lost en tire stock, and R. Douglas, china and queensware, whose stock also was totally destroyed. The contents of the upper floors, occupied as office and lodging rooms, were entirely destroyed. The stock of Kilpatrick’s furniture house, ad¬ joining the burned building, was dam¬ aged by water and smoke. The losses are estimated as follows: Knight & At m ire #34.000, insured for #26,500; R. Douglas #35,000 to #40,000, insurance f<>r #54.000; offices and lodging insured; rooms W. #15,000 to #20,000, partially #40,000, fully B. Daniels, on building, insured. Kilpatrick's loss is fully cov¬ ered by insurance. THE DROUTH SUFFERERS. Appropriation for Relief Recommended by a Legislative Committee. The special committee appointed to investigate as to sufferiig section from the drouth prevalent over a large of Texas has submitted to its report to the legislature Thu eommitte state that there is a large section of the state west und north of the Brazos river, and ex tending far down the river edge to Ham ilton, which has been visited by one of the most destructive drouths ever known in Texas. The reports state that in this r ^P ion there arc at least 30.000 persons *rho are, or soon will be, absolutely ( »es titute, and who can not possibly subsist without immediate assistance. The com¬ mittee recommends an appropriation of , #200,000 for the relief _ of the suffer ers under such provisons as may be deemed best, until the crops can be grown. The action on the report will be taken to-morrow. v tobacco factory strike. About oik* hundred und fifty Knights i of Labor, in Liggett Jc \iyer-’- tobacco L.rtnry -truck Monday, ami a committee from assembly N i 7 desired to talk tbe matter over with the managers. The lat¬ ter refu-ed to treat with the labor or¬ ganization. About eleven hundred hands ere employed in the factory, and it is not J known how many of them are Knights. No interruption of work had been caused up to Tuesday afternoon. | PENITENTIARY BURNED. j Frankfort xh , pen itenti»rv * of Kentneky, nt ’and was burned Saturday "were The building contents valued at # 66 ,000, and tbe insurance was only * ’ ooo Fortunately, all the prisoners were locked up in the cell house, which j is a separata building and fireproof. OUR DEFENSELESS COAST. UNCLE SAM URGED TO TAKE IM¬ MEDIATE ACTION, Callins a Convention to bo Held at De Faninli Sprlnp, Florida. The executive eommitte of the Coast Defense Association of the coast cities of the South have issued the following cir¬ cular: “We, the undersigned citizens of the South Atlantic and Gulf coast seaports, regard with alarm the unprotected con¬ dition of our cities, which in their present defenseless state render them and our homes liable to destruction or to the exaction of tribute equally as ruinous in the evout of war. This feeling of alarm is intensified by the humilliating fact that a single gunboat of any third power may take posession of and destroy any one of our seaport cities, while we are unable to defend or offer successful re¬ sistance. While the nation lias expe rieneed long the blessing of peace, we cannot is imperative always expect this boon, and it that our ports be placed in have a state of defense, which would alone “We a tendency therefore to avert war. reccommend that a eou veution be held at DeFuniak Springs, Fla., a central and convenient point tc convene the February 8, 1887, to counsel as to best method of securing the pro¬ tection of our coast, based upon modern improvements, We recommend that his Excellency President Cleveland, the honorable Secretary of War and the Navy, both eommiteos of Congress on military and naval affairs. General Gilmore and Captain Greene, of the United States army. General Newton, Hon. S. (’ox, of New York and others be invited to at¬ tend. Also the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor¬ ida, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and 1 (»xas. with four delegates at large aud out • from each congressional district, appointed by the governors of the above States, and delegates from the cities of the coast States. We would gladly in¬ clude all the coast States, but in a coun try of such vast distances, each section should move in convention or otherwise. 1 he circular is signed by wealthy and prominent citizens of all the Southern coast it ir Among the signers are '•ovornor Drew, of Jacksonville, and Messrs, Adgcr of Charleston, Fairbanks of Fernandinn, Dunn of Brunswick, Disinukes oi St. Augustine, Bethel of Key W e>t, Orman of Apalachicola, Mc Quuine of Cedar Keys. Chiplcy of Pcn sncola, Cunningham of Mobile, and Richardson of New Orleans. HAZEN DEAD. Tho End of the Chief of the Slfnal Sop vice. General W. B. Ilazen, chief signal offi¬ cer, U. S. A., died at Washington of diabetes, at eight o'clock Sunday even¬ ing. lie had suffered from diabetes for some years, but of late had improved in health and strength, and hopes were en¬ tertained of his complete recovery. At the reception president, of the diplomatic corps given by the he took a severe cold, causing him to keep his bed on the 14th. On the 15th instant he was up, and saying reported he himself would much his improved, office that go to on Monday. On Sunday morning his phy¬ sician, P. F. Harvey, U. S. A., was sum¬ moned to see him soon after daylight, lie at once repaired to his rooms and found an alarming poisoning change of in his the blood. condi¬ tion, suggesting deemed of The case was so extreme grav¬ ity that his relatives iu Washington were informed, aud they at once gathered about him and spared no effort to bring him relief. Every measure that skill or science could suggos* failed to rally the sinking officer, and lie breathed bis last at eight o’clock in the evening. Information of General llnzen’s death was conveyed immediately by Colonel Huntingdon and Captain communicated Greely to the the secretary of war, who sad intelligence to the president. A TOWN TERRORIZED. A Bad State of A flairs Reported in a Texas Villmre—Two Men Murdered. A perfect reign of terror exists in the town of Uatulla, the county seat of La Salle county, Tex., eighty miles south of San Antonio. As the result of fatal fueds existing in the community County Commissioner Hill and and another man have been shot down and killed in cold blood within the past month, and the slayers of both, although arrested. perfectly well known, have not been Half a dozen vigilant committees have organ¬ ized to hunt the assassins, but they seem t o make no headway, although it is un¬ derstood that the murderers have never left the county. The town is practically under martial law, and business is almost suspended, in fact so great is deserting the feeling the of insecurity that many are village for fear of losing their lives. Cap fain Schmidt has a company of State Rangers, who patrol the streets night and day to prevent an outbreak of hostilities between the two factions into which the community is divided. THE C4I.AN11FRS IN ATHENS, <JA. I)r. W. 11. Ro-c.thc veterinary surgeon <>f the agricultural department. Washing¬ ton, D ( '.. tini-in-d hi- ill’ i--tigation at At ben-. G . Tin -d lie dug Up the b ulies of two hor-e which had died from the prevalent di -CUM . and split ting •i) s; their no-* - found evidences ol glanders. He recommend- the destruc tion of the .-tables formerly occupied by the street car stock, the burning of the manure and the quarantine of the ani¬ mals. Dr. Rose does not think there is danger of a spread of a disease, which’ though contagious, is not at all infect¬ ious. LUMBER DEALERS COMING SOI TH ♦ The fourth annual convention of the Union of Associated Lumber dealers, af¬ ter session ju-t held at Cincinnati, left by a special train over the Louisville and Nashville railroad for Nashville aud other points where they will visit and in s|»ect some niilis in the lumber regions of the south. The visit will extend to Bir¬ mingham, ville. Mobile, Pensacola and Knox¬ MORE ABOUT THE BOOM. Items fTom Montgomery, Tnscnloosa, Bir¬ mingham and Bristol. The declaration of incorporation was filed Saturday for the charter of the new railroad to be known as the Alabama Midland railroad. It will run from Mont fahooebee tS’ “ d TroJr *° C *“' The Highland Park «nd f Tmnrrtm in a» the eastern aasaasftfe suburbs of the city. The is * stock all taken tusoai.oosa , s mo compamt. Articles of incorporation of the Coal, Iron and Land company have been tiled, and a stockholder's meeting held for the election of a board of directors. The capital stock is fixed at one million dol lars, and every dollar taken. The com pany has secured, in addition to its live thousand acres of suburban land and city property, a large and ample acreage of the finest coal and iron land in the state, which lies at a comparatively short dis tance from this place. After paying for all lands, the company will have in its treasury a cash capital of five hundred H„d ..igbiv-fn,. th„„ s? „,i dollar. It is now an assured fact that the mm end railroad a branch of the Louisville and Nashville system, the terminus of which is: now only f.venty-six nuies di, Z ZWtXi south. most important railroad lines in the Capital has also been secured for build ing the Macon, Mississippi and Tusea loosa railroad, and one of the officials of this road has been there to secure railroad privileges and facilities. A party of New Oilcans capitalists have made large purchases of land in and about the town of Northport, just oppo site Tuscaloosa, on the Warrior river. ' NEW INDCSTKIES IN BIRMINGHAM. The East Birmingham Land company has closed a contract with a company, which will at once erect a large foundry and machine works on the company's lands. The new company is headed by It. W. Ballard, of Birmingham. Among the stockholders are the presidents of two of the city banks. Mr. II. F. Debardeleben announces that he has perfected arrangements for the erection of a large rolling mill at Bessemer. THE BOOM AT BRISTOL, TENS. The city councils of Bristol and Good* 60 n have unanimously voted a subscrip¬ tion of #50,000 to the Bristol and South Atlautic railroad, and the road to Eliza¬ beth, Tennessee, They also offer a do nation of #10,000 to the first person or firm building a 100-ton iron furnace in their town. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION in. President Tnider. — Reception in tbe Diplomatic i'orpa. At the white house on Thursday even ing, the long corridors and large high rooms were brilliantly lighted, while in every varieties. niche were placed tropical plants of all In the east room the decorations were supplemented by a great profurion of ! choice cut flowers, while gilded columns were wreathed with fern and palm leaves and the large chandeliers twined with smilax. The Marine band, stationed in the corridor, furnished the music. The gaily decorated rooms were crow d- j ed from 9 till after 11 o’clock with con officials, gressmen, diplomats, judges, department army and navy officers and other prominent lady friends. people with their wives aud The receiving party consisted of the president and Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Man¬ ning made and Mrs. Vilas. Marshal Wilson the presentations. Behind the re¬ ceiving party in the blue room stood Secretaries Bayard, Manning. Endicott and Whitney and Postmaster Vilas; Mrs. Charles W. Goodyear and Mrs. George J. Sicard, of Buffalo, and Miss Hastings, the President’s nieces, who are new guests at the white house; the young ladies of the cabinet, and Colonel an<i Mrs. La mont. Mrs. Cleveland wore a trained gown of ruby plush, cut square in front with a moderately high and pointed back; short lace sleeves, a single rosebud, diamond necklace with pendant, aud diamonds in her shoulders. hair and tan glov’es reaching to the j i THE E. T., V. & GA. RAILROAD. Becomes n Dependency of Ihe Richmond A Danville Sy*iem. An important event of the past few days was the sale of the East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia railroad to the Rich motid and West Point terminal com pany. It is officially stated that the main points for the sale, compiling named,have 1,423 miles of railway in the States been agreed upon with representatives Point ol the Richmond and West company. Parties holding control of the East Teu r.esscc s ell their preferred stock for #4 - 400.00b in cash and 40,000 shares of Ter¬ minal stock at forty. Richmond and \S cst Point company "ill put the East Tennessee preferred stock in trust, a? colatteral for #8,500,000 of colatteral trust bomb, which the .yntatc has agreed tc ♦ “•_______ PIG IRON FROM ENGLAND. The Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron company, of St. Louis, in conse quenceof their inability to obtain suffic ient supplies of pig iron from the south, has contracted for ten thousand tons of number three from a Middleborough, England, foundry for immediate ship ment via New Orleans. The price is about *21, duty included, on the wharf in St. Louis, which is one dollar less than the present ^notations on a similar grade of iron from the south. A BOILER EXPLOSION. The boiler of A M. Morris’s mill, at Jeannette, La., exploded Saturday, de¬ molishing the boiler bouse. Demos Morrissee and C4odfrey Proust were bad ly scalded. E. Pelleriu aud a negro called Gus were slightly scalded, and a girl who was pulled from under the ruins 19 belitvsd to b« fatally scalded. ROBERT EYAN SPROUL. ■ j HANGED AN1 > THEN PROVED TO I ^°UENT. - j O.th. BcfT.ld ll« i. Notm.d ih.t n. I. nelr I _ For the ! six m O“ths preceding the 28th v!’ 'hen uuder sentence ?'“i of 1 d 1 1 Vc ^,* a ’ B - C *> for “«rder. It j was a case of life or death with the ac cused, and being an American citizen, a »d that government being impressed w ilh Ids innocence, taking every possible le gal action to prevent the hanging of tlie condemned, tended to create moie than ordinary interest in each step of the proceedings Robert which were then going on. Evan Sprout was a miner who had moved to Canada from Kennebec county, Me., in 1880. He was the part owner of one of the richest mines in the Kootenary district of British Columbia, On the 1st day of Jannary, 1885, one Thomas Hammel, also a miner, and a part owner of the Sproul claim, to’ was killed, £>-*•••> Sproul as the guilty pointed man. .be He accused was ar rested and charged with the offense but stoutly Ms maintained his innocence, and on failed."^ trial, which was had at Victoria, B. certain irregularities Afte^riietria^hlscounselaiiegcd in the which hearing, among was the non-description of the court, but the provincial supremo court sustained the decision of the lower court. Five respites however were granted the condemned man by the gov ernment, and at last he was hanged by order of the minister of justice, who re fused to interfere, although urged to do so by Mayor Fell and some five hundred residents of Victoria, as well ns bv the secretary of state of the United States. After the; trial, the chief witness for the prosecution, one Charles Wolfe, made an affidavit in due form that the evidence given by him at the trial was false, and the American counsel at Victoria reported to the lieutenant-governor of British Col umbia that after the investigation he be licved the prisoner to be innocent. Not withstanding in the order of the highest court Canada, Sproul was hanged on the 28th of September. He maintained his innocence on the gallows. Now a witness whom he could not procure on his trial has turned up in San Francisco, and in order to satisfy the relatives of Sproul that he had been hanged for a crime of which he was innocent, Beatty went before a judge of competent juris¬ diction and made an affidavit that he was with Sproul from eight o’clock in the evening of the 31st of May, 1885, until half past six of the night following, and, moreover, that they were at least fifteen miles from the scene of the crime *i tlie murder was committed ... ■, , between . tliose horns, according;to the prosecution, till. disposes of the theory J that the accused ^prou! AiA the deed. This affidavit has been filed with the Secretary of State. Acting ou tlie iwlv tce of ( ounsel Frar ? k Sproul, a brother o the ****** and admimstrator on Ins estate ba s begun action a .^ r -unst he 1 rovinte of Rntish Columbia for #.»0,000 damages on Jw*[ One strange n th f thing m h «ngiug. connection with tk e affair is, that four davs befoic 1ihe ex ^ution, a friend of the prisoner died in Boston bequeathing him #100,00(1, which was n( >t made known to the condemned man un Bl he walked out on the gallows, CHATTANOOGA SCOOPED. Th. CUT Aatoundcd .. Ik. R.c... Change*. Chattmooga . wrought , . to . pitch . . » up a EaatTenneaaee of high excitement over the ac .op ot the aystem Official hy the Richmond endDanv'lle. of the former line, Mate that information from the contmll ing elements is to the .fleet hat the headquarters of the system will be re moved to Atlanta, and that the consoli¬ dated shops will be built there, as that city is the geographical center of the new consolidated system. The headquar¬ ters have been retained at Knoxville in consequence of local influences, but uow that the control has passed to others, the the natural conditions will be carried out. The scoop leaves the Norfolk and Western bottled up at Bristol, and already an or der has been issued that all freight from the South and West should be sent via Morristowm aud Asheville, instead of Bristol, as heretofore. The Norfolk and Western, it is thought, will unite with jLq Baltimore and Ohio to build a UCW ii ne through East Tennessee to make western and southern connections at Chat tonooga, and will hasten the building of the Tennessee Midland from Bristol to Memphis, Tennessee, a line diagonally across the State. The effect of the scoop will also be to cause the immediate ex¬ tension of the Memphis and Charleston from Stevenson to Chattanooga. A WOMAN ON FIRE. her ^ rg p u ti er) an old lady living standing with family, at Athens Ga., was near an 0 p en fi re Tuesday, when she dis covcre( j tHat her dress was ablaze. She „, ls bv hersel{ in the hou8e . she r „ shed 7* °. f i° i on ‘° ‘o tbe nreT, , but . , before * she had gotten out ot the yard was enveloped in flames from fright her clothing. Framie with pain and she began tearing them from her and when first s ccn was sitting on the frozen ground trying to puli off her stockings all that was left on her. Dr. Benedict was at once summoned, and reached there in about fifteen minutes. When it was found that nbe was literally blistered all over, and some places tbe burn extends through the skin. Her left hand is badly burned. _ mE 4T TOION SP „, N<;S . - A fire at Union Springs, Bullock , coun tv, Ala., Tuesday, consumed the follow ing buildings in a new block in the busi¬ ness part of the city: The Pulmanhouse, the po.--t office, J. P. Roberts’ and L. J. Frazer's stores with contents,the Bullock County bank, the opera house, the West ern Union telegraph office and Wright’s new brick store. The loss on the build ings and stock is over #40,000, partly in ■ured. NUMBER 35. WRECKS ON THE RAIL. gavn-al Lively Shake Ups and Oars on Sn4« hat No Casualties. h, ? h 7^7 P MS «>g er tl * ,n . ». dug 1 efftfe raolA, i ££*£*& M ica N TJtoK Y _ Tho on their sides. Only one passenger and •' *• ......... clock Ihursday s?&» o morning, was thrown from the track by the rails spreading, near Middletown, N. Y. .The tender of the engine, two baggage, three day coaches and three sleepers left the track and ran an eighth of a mile before stop ping, pointed where the v still stood upwri"lit but in as many directions as there were but cars. the Everybody was well shaken jury up, only man sufferin'' actual in was the baggage ° master, upon whom a heavy trunk fell. The train was run ning fifty miles an hour when it left the track, A second wreck occurred 'I hursday af¬ ternoon at Middletown, N. Y., growing out of the first wreck on the Erie. The ^th^Wu.e^k^ wreckers i ‘ bar! thm. w.irrbt Hlu on m Je£ near the station, vi„ tl.e express due in r : fv „ t r- o° n r .i, .i,^ ** ^ A * s enous collision occurred Thursday . at two o’clock, between the frcl £‘ri and passenger trains on the Sa y annan, Florida and Western railway, seventy-eight miles trom Savannah. Tha scnville passenger and tram the was coming from Jack freight was going south, The passenger engineer heard the whistle of freight,but was unable to discover “ clearly, , as it was very foggy. The P^enger ho was backing at the rate of four an " r > aud the frei g ht running at ei b rllte cn miles. The engineer and fire m en °? bo th trains < from their en . . thcir lives and S mes ln save - n ® one was injured save one colored man, who was slightly bruised. The freight engine was a total wreck, and the pas senger engine telescoped considerably damaged. One car was by the freight tender, and fou y frei g at cars w< ?re thrown from ie f rac a- The track wns also torn up , \? T 8om ® dlstanc e. The passengers on the northbound train were considerably shaken up, and the train was delayed fhree hours, but no one was injured, CONSTITUTION’S CENTENNIAL. The I’rpaident Sends a Message Regarding Its Celebration. The President hasr sent the following message to congress: To the Senate and House of Represen As a matter of national interest, ......one solely within the discretion and „ r vl ,' nitrivl< , trommit tho ac ; ttm,„ in ; VIIIv memorial of tile executive • et ,• the ,, sub-constitutional , ... .. , e. uttnmcc , , ecn tem.ial commission, proposing to cele , M1 t]u< 17th 0 f September, 1887, in (lu . ( . ifv l){ Philadelphia, as the day upon Jon ' * u llit . h all( j the w! the c on linIl |lml Fedcral constitution , on( ., u<ll . t | ]., 1)0rs nn( ] submitted the |( . s||h nit itication to the thirteen .tate> then composing {,ne the United States, Tlll , was of the deepest interest j ( , V(1 , uortllv 0 f commetm,ration. I iin aware that as each stale acted iude peiidcntly in giving its adhesion to the new constitution, the dates and nnniver ‘mies of their several ratifications are not C( 'incident, so action looking to a national expression iu relation to the celebration of the close of tlie first century of popu the written nonrti tution has already been suggested, and whilst stating “, tlie great interest I share in renCT cxll ,„i„„tion bv the Amer k ,, thl-ir n , c of the historic „i ■f„u„ <ln ,i on „f government, dlacriminitlng I <lo not feel war ,1 in * in favor J of or „j, |st the |iroposition t0 8elect 0 e day J[ pluc0 1 in 1 t0 M other , then fore, content myself with convey¬ ing to congress these expressions of pop¬ ular feeling and interest upon the subject, hoping that in a spirit of patriotic co-op¬ eration, rather than of local competition, fitting measures may be enacted by con¬ gress which will give the amplest oppor¬ tunity all over these United States, for a manifestation of the affection and the con¬ fidence of a free and mighty nation in the institutions of the government, of which they are the fortunate inheritors and under which unexampled prosperity has been enjoyed by all classes and condi¬ tions in our social system. Gjiover Cleveland. A LAND GRANT DECISION. The Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Cannot Condemn Certain Lands. In the case of the Alabama and Chat tanoogn railroad company against tho Tennessee and Coosa railroad company, the secretary of the interior has affirmed the decision of Commissioner Sparks, of July 23 1885, which held that a tract of land within the six miles granted limits of the grant to the state of Alabama by the act of June 8, 1856,to aid in the con¬ struction of the Tennessee and Coosa railroad is not subject to selection by the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad com¬ • demmty - ., uotw.thstau, . , th.. , « n ,ng the fact that the Tennessee and Coosa ., d has b con8tractcd . Th , decision is made on the ground that the grant in question has never been forfeit¬ ed by congress. The case involves sev¬ eral thousand acres of land in tbe Hunts¬ ville, Ala., district. A MURDER IN INDIAN TERRITORY. ? „ e ° r y S mlt £' *? f.g „ ™ 1 *!. aai , ? nf .. United States , . Deputy Marshal John Phil JW ““ rd " ed ‘’.T^r “Zn’at ' EuteiZ’ 3 particulars hived. , of the T aflat , have - . been , re territory Marshal serving Phillips writs and and party arrest- were j n ing violators of United 8tates laws, GOL.D AND SILVER IN VIRGINIA. Botetourt county is excited over the ■ discovery of gold and silver deposits oA * the line of the Shenandoah Valley railh . - road. The arsava range from #16 of ton flft«en for surface feet. rock to * #60 at the depth i * ■