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VOLUME V.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. F. DkLacy. J. Bisnop, Jr.
DIB LACY Ac BISHOP,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW f
EASTMAN, 0 4.
Practice in the (State .ni l Federal courts.
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O. C. 8MLTII,
ATTOR NEY AT LAW,
McVILLE, GA.
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E. D. GRAHAM, JR.
ATTORNEY AT LtW
AND
SOLICITOR /.V EQUITY,
BAXLEY, GA.
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HARRIS FISHER, M, D.
Physician, Snrgeon ami Accoiidier.
O.Tlce at “Eistraao Drug 8 ‘ore" on It til road
Av.ume. Huai Pm so. earner Ohurcli B.reeC and
Fifth Areimi, Ewtunu, (h r 0 i,
LUTIIEIU.HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA.
Practices in tho Ktato and Federal Courts.
Half f ;ts in advance.
Ollhoon 2 d time in my bried bnildin: s on
West Radio.id Averne*. uovl7.6mo.
DR. J. D. HERRMAN 5
PRACTITIONER OF
Medicine and Surgery.
Offloo at tho* City Drugstore of Herrman A
Hcrrnnn, Res den cordor 1st Avenue an 1
County »prll, Ro ’ST- d r street; F.a-tmin, Ga.
DR. J. B. MITCHELL,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON," |
Offers hi* professional s; viccs to tin people
of I)ol«e county. Office nt the reside!) *c of
1$ H, Ilnncll. Calls promptly attended to. d iy
night. * '
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DR. J. HI. BUCHAN & SON,
rinmim uu iirinwists,
FAST ..AN, G EORG1A,
I FVEH theu* profcsHcnnal services to the p >o
• ' pi'* °f li s iiniuMiiitft ini'l Mirio iiidire,’
<• li itlr*. ( I i <»r tliu oilier <’m u prompt!'/ ]>o fun iiiI at
til* II - Oil! hi mis time. A! c 11* nt
it a e I i'iiv or ni^iit. 1 ’ati nts nt a iLstance
> p»<' al eontrai't,
All on ii ' mil private ilUnift:**, either of
ni I or f. Ill 'll', a specialty. No eluiruo f-«i
c umi'Ct'ion It !» letter. Mini slump for itn
in <1 ate iv|il\ A l eoiimitnfioiH unit letters
1 >i vate. V ;.;o ni Mipplv of ilnu?siu e K j»t eon
t n ly on Inin 1, ineluiliiiK alt ot tin ii .\v rein •
ill iiieli 12-tf
\V. IV. JVaA I N ,
Fashionable Barber,
KASTMAN, OKORdlA.
litmus iu niiviul my t>>«*K u>tin-front room
i-r liu* Dml Iiiin' known a* <! iry’* mIch* b!i q». I
a ik it I’oniinn tin* t of tint public patron ik 1 '.
K mv I'hiir*. e t'un towel . uleirp i u/, ir« un i
p:ir ; leiilnr attention aiMireil. Hi r cutting iu
ih I tiMtKt\|>, i lie le mIiii q hIi ip of tin* town,
(i VC ITU* It ca ll, W. I\ Fain.
tueli tf.
BBST<)K ABB.
OUR SUMMER OFFER.
JUST A LITTLE (’ASH DOWN T<
BIND THE BARGAIN. ONLY
A LITTLE. EE.
riunos,4*25 Cum tn l Bal veil'.! or Is .
Organs, *vlo ''nHi nil Hal i\cnit>or Dt.
Rumemhkh Spo; e imIi pt i vh. N’ > advance
Ni) Hit IVMf. I'm in .Tune, July, August or
!v p. ml, *r, aim pay win u crops come in. Lur¬
ch mctu pav height mi l dciluo mine from hi-.t
payment iwc ns,-urn it ). The sccmity r quired
ts invmifthly the sign ti { <>f our usual lens
(’ontr*et, retain'titf tout tlio titlo in instru¬
ment.
AND WHAT IF C1DIM FUL?
Well, we will tlx yen there tix. Icstcn! If
when Nov. l«t 'Mini *, yoiicann >t pay flic cadi
lulu ice 4 1• >wit, we will let you complat* pay¬
ment mi'li r either of our One or Tao Years’
Installin' ut Plans, In this ca e, the pro* of
instrument will b*advanced to i s regular »inr*
price under the plan aoleeted, mi l you w li ho
make required rueh to sig:* a new Lease Con trivet, and
small cash pavnv nt, as is c died for
molar the plan -elected.
Tunas If vt>u hav.* bought Avion piano,
style 8 . at cash pric •. # 2 ** 0 , n wl on November 1
wish to complete purcliss** on our Otv* year
plan A, the time unco wtF ho $275, <1 duet the
•25 you have paid, nud it Dave* a ha In tie® of
•250, payabl- f*52 50 cash, €>52.50 in three
mouths ami #135 November I, 1 H 8 *. Seven
other methods of payment aro also given at
your N option in
> risk is run buying under our summer
nft'.ir, as in •vent of h ml tim *s purchasers can
f »ll hack on our easy t< rms as if they had or gi¬
ll dir so purchased. That’s fair, ain't it ? We
wait y tir order and will do our best for vou.
A. L. llvii.s, A gem for L. >% li. S. M. H. in
Dodge, Telfair, Iaurens and Montgomery
coun’ies.
Mi'llar, Oa., .J line 27. 1887-tf
OR. J.C. MONTGOMERY
CIIAUNCEY. GA.
Chronic Diseases of Women, Impo
teney, specialty. Sterility, and all private diseases,
a
General practice promptly attended to.
{^"A full line of drugs and medicines
kept on hand all the time. Calls an
swered all hours, day or night.
MONEY LOANED
On Farms and Town Property,
IN limn AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
ELLI0TT ESTES,
5G1 Cherry St., Macon, bn.
July 13-ly
HOLME’S SURE CURE,
loath Wash end Dentifrice.
Mouth, Cures Sort* Bleeding Throat, Gums, Ulcers, Sore
Cleanses the Teeth
and Purific* the Breath; used and
ommended by l< tiding dentitta.
' bj Drs. Ji P. & W. Holme*,
r- If. Dentists,
PfjKp
“ Justice to All, Malice for None.”
EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY. GA„ THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1887.
1805 . ESTABLISHED. 1805 .
OLD and RELIABLE
| ■■ SALE AND LIVERY STABLES.
A Large Stock of f Horses and Mules
IP
Kept Constantly on ^ Hand. From the
Cheap to The jL- High-Priced.
H. * M. WATERMAN,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
As we procure our supply direct from the West in Carload lots, we are prepared
at nil times to furnish saw-mill and turpentine firms with first-class Mules at the
lowest Market Rates. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY IN THIS TRADE, Informa
tion, or orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
Blow ye the trumpet, Blow !
And Let all the people know—that
MARTIN & PEACOCK
Are prepared to Gin their Cotton as of yore !
Yes ready with our three excellent Gins to turn out 25 bales per day. We
have made extensive prep irations for this season, and believe we have the best
arranged Ginnery in Wiregrass Georgia. We also have wagon scales, upon which
our they cum; brought omers may weigh their loaded wagons and know how much seed cotton
to tIre Gin. Our price for Ginning is as ever—positive, cheap; com¬
parative, cheaper; superlative, cheapest.
25c per 100—3 yds. Bagging and 6 ties for 95c, to OUR CUSTOMERS.
As to quality and quantity we guarantee to be as good as the best, and if any
of our competitors doubt it. we stand ready to test the matter, Bring us your
cotton, and we will do our dead level best to make it t > your advantage. As ever
H <■ lire he idquarters for Corn, Meal, Chops, etc. Special attention to those who
want Corn ground for home use. We are also leaders of low prices in Family Gro
ceties, tinware, hardware, etc.
Thanking you for your past liberal patronage, and hoping to merit a contin¬
uance of the same, we are Yours truly,
Aug. 17 .‘I in MARTIN & PEACOCK.
rr
HENRY COLEMAN.
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes 5
HATS AND CAPS,
SADDLES, BRIDLES, CROCKERY WARE
Highest Market Price Paid for
Country Produce,
Hides a Specialty.
HTRAILROAD AVENUE, July 1,8th, 1*87.
Best Water Wheel in America.
SIMPLEST, CHEAPEST,
AND MOST
POWERFUL.
Sets inside or outside of .water house, Price below all com potion — in reach of
every sm ill mill and gin in the country, Write for large catalogues and state all
the particulars about your power. Iron eases for wheels to set inside or outside
PRICES LOW.
Best Portable Corn Will in the .Market. Took first premium at the Georgia.
Alabama and South Carolina state fairs over thirteen competitors. Gound the best
nicnl a ml more of it.
The Best Saw Mill. Pony Mill with the latest and best improvements, vari¬
able friction feed that beats.them all and no mistake. Ratchet set works, etc. com¬
plete except saw to cut 5.000 feet per day for only $200. It is warranted tocut 2,000
feet per day with SIX HORSE POWER ENGINE. JUST THINK OF THIS!
Larger mills made to order.
Mi 11stonos for all Purposes. The largest stock in the South. Send for prices.
Mill Gearing of till kinds. Shafting, Pulleys, etc Don’t buy any kind of mill or
machine without first gettiug our prices.
A. A. lteLOAUH A BRO., Founders and Machinists.
ATLANTA, GA.
L. HOBBS,
Couni t y Road Street,
GEORGIA,
DEALER IN
and Fancy Dry Goods, Boots,
SHOES, HATS,
Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruits, Con¬
fectioneries, Etc., Etc.
Having just returned from market with a large stock of just such general mer
as the trade demands,’I now ask the public to give me a Tall, feeling as¬
that I can make it greatly to their interest to share their patronage with me.
I keep only the freshest and purest goods, and give my customers down weight
and full measure.
F#* I am in the cotton market, and am prepared to pay the highest cash price
for either packed or in the seed. I also want yout hides, eggs, chickens, butter,
and will give you therefore in cash or barter as much as the next man.
Thank you for past liberal patronage, I hope to merit a continuance of the same.
Vcry respectfully,
' 3<a r. I Eli
, -*
GENERAL NEWS.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HATTERS IN
AMERICA AND EUROPE,
Homo Rule Agitation—Rollin* Pot of
Kuropcnn Polttlca—Labor Matters
nt Home and Abroad, etc.
The steamer Wisconsin, brought to the
port of New r York about 400 Mormon im¬
migrants.
John Gal*?, a colored man forty years
old, of Brooklyn, N. Y., died from inju¬
ries received by being struck with a base¬
ball.
The Liberal League, at a meeting in
Alexandria Palace in London, resolved to
establish branches of that association
wherever National League lodges are
prohibited in Ireland.
The proposed evictions on the Ponsotk
by estates, in Ireland, have been aban¬
doned. Under the provisions of the land
act, twenty-six of the Ponsonby tenants
arc protected and cannot lie evicted.
While a big gun was being cast at Vick
er’s mould foundry, in Sheffield, England, the
exploded, killing four men on the
spot and injuring many others. The
buildings of the establishment were more
or less shattered.
Greenway, Warwick, Smith A Greenway’s bank
at England, has fuiled. The
bank had b.en established for a century,
and had the highest reputation for
soundness. It is feared that the failure
will cause widespread ruin.
The first meeting of the Daughters of
the Veterans of theG. A. It. as a national
body opened at Akron, O., with about
twenty Martin, delegates Philadelphia, present, Miss Laura
of presiding. In
the evening the Daughters gave a big
camp-fire.
The trades congress in London, Eng¬
land, has adopted resolutions agitating
the eight hour a day movement, and de¬
manding Saturday as a full holiday. They
contend if the reforms are accomplished,
ditional employment will be given to 700,000 ad¬
people.
Clara Barton, president of the Ameri¬
can National Afsociation of the Red
Cross, and Dr. J. B. Hubbell, general
field agent of the association, sailed on
the steamer Arizona to attend the inter¬
national conference of the Red Cross, to
be held at Carlsruhe, Germany.
The schooner Niagara foundered six
miles northeast of White Fish Point,
Lake Superior. She was commanded by
Capt. Clements, and was ore-laden from
Ashland to Ashtabula. Her crew of ten
is men was lost, and the captain’s family
also reported to have been aboard.
An official note issued by the Brazilian
legation, at Paris, France, indicates an
intention on the part of the Brazilian gov¬
ernment to suppress an attempt made
under the auspices of Frenchmen in
Guiana to found a republic in the neutral
territory of Counania, between Brazil and
Guiana.
A misplaced switch at the Eatontown
junction on the New Jersey Southern
Railroad, caused the local passenger train
from Red Bank for Jersey City, N. J., to
crash into a freight train standing on the
siding. The passenger engine literally
climbed over the freight engine, landing
on top of a freight ear behind it.
The steamships City of Columbia nnd
City of Atlanta were sold at auction in
New York, tinder judgment of fore¬
closure, to Charles M. Eoglis—the fir-t
named for $150,000 and the latter for
$00,000. The steamers will probably
itin between that city and Charleston
during the season.
An interview with a representative of
the Cuban expedition interest, tends to
the belief that funds are being furnished
the cause by the home rule party of
Cuba, who, finding their own policy
hojielcss, on account of the bitter oppos¬
ition of Spanish conservatives, are now
willing to aid any move calculated to
cripple the government at Madrid and
their representatives in Havana.
Fire started in Joseph Jackson’s silk
mill, which is in a part of the Grant Lo¬
comotive Works building, at Patterson,
N. J., and soon communicated to even
part Works of nothing the building. Of the Grant
remains but the erection
shop, foundry and part of the new mii
chine shop. The loss is estimated at
$150,000, and 600 hands are thrown out
of employment. The loss to the silk
factory is $15,000: insured.
The plan suggested by Mr. Powderly
in his latest circular from Philadelphia,
Pa., to the Knights, it is said by his
friends, would take away much power
Dow possessed by the general executive
board. It would also make it more dif¬
ficult to originate strikes. The selection
of delegates to the grand assemblies in¬
stead of by local districts, is intended to
make the body a representative order as
a whole, thus avoiding petty local jeal¬
ousies and quarrels.
A schooner loaded with naptha was
lying near the wharf opposite John H.
Cunningham's great oil store, near the
Chelsea end of Chelsea bridge, Boston,
Mass. Four men were on deck and one i
below. Suddenly there was a pull of |
black smoke and then a tremendous ex¬
plosion, and vessel a man rise on the bridge saw the
deck of the into the air. In
the midst of flame and smoke were the
bodies of four men. They were hurled
high above the schooner and then fell
back into the flames. The fifth man
jumped overboard and was drowned.
The flames quickly spread to Cunning- de¬
h in’s store-house, which was soon
stroyed.
Two destructive fires occurred at Rush
ville, Ind., burning two dwellings entire,
damaging others and destroying eeveial
barns nnd old woolen mills containing
machiuery worth $40,000. There was no
insurance on anything. The wind was
blowing a hig.i gale, and at one time it
but was thought the city would lie destroyed,
the flames were finally subdued. The
fire started in a stable belonging to W.l
liam Havens, and it is supposed to have
been started by tramps with a view to
burglary, as several of them were arrested
while robbing houses during the prog*
resa of the fiie. The total loss is
estimated at $100,0C0.
A most remarkable case of “faith cure”
look plK® io Chattanooga. Tenn. Mr,.
W. 8. Jordan, wife of a well-known
miaimer, bod for who had been confined to bet
a year and a half with
o K * m
troubles, »cnissary was thoroughly “cured.” An
of Christian science, from Bos¬
ton, arrived in that city, and a service of
prayer was held at the bedside of the
sick woman. The service lasted two
hours, when, to the astonishment of all
present, Mrs. Jordan arose from her bed
into unaided, dressed herself and started out
the street. She walked ten squares
before returning home. The next morn
ing she arose from her bed, and, after¬
church partaking of a hearty breakfast, went to
for the first time in two years.
When she entered the church her most
intimate friends could not believe their
own eyes, although they saw her.
TERRIFIC BLOW.
Ohio la VMted by a Tornado, Which Cause.
Much Damage—No Lives Lost.
A tornado struck Sylvania, Ohio, blow¬
ing down two gas well derricks and
wrencliiug a boiler from its brick foun¬
dation. Three horses in a pasture were
killed by falling trees, All tall trets
were leveled. One farmer had fifty
acres of fine timber all blown down. A
brick school-house, at Michie, was de¬
stroyed. The track of the tornado was
south by east from there along the line of
the Toledo & Ohio railroad, and is from
one to two hundred yards wide. No
fences or tail trees are standing. Corn
is scattered and houses and barns are un¬
roofed for miles. At Wntersville, and
other villages to the southward, much
damage was doue. The slate roofs of a
number of buildings were badly damaged
and the towering chimneys ot the main
building of the insane asylum were blown
down, crushing in the roof. The total
ioss to the insane asylum is $8,000. Dr.
Embry, assistant superintendent of the
asylum, was driving into the grounds at
the time. His wife and little daughter
were with him. His buggy was over¬
turned and all three were thrown out.
The doctor held on to the horse, which
with the vehicle, was lifted and carried
several rods. His wife and child were
carried over a hundred feet and dropped
into a ditch of two feet of water, from
which they were rescued unhurt. The
Wabash train met the center of the tor¬
nado and the smoke stack of the locomo¬
tive was blown off.
». M. OFFICIAL’S TKOl Il LEW.
There is still considerable excitement
over the charges against Collector Hiils
man, of the Nashville, Tenn., internal
revenue district, that he had assessed all
his subordinates five nnd ten dollars each
for the anti-prohibition campaign fund.
The way in which the matter got out was
by a private letter from Ed Wells, a store¬
keeper at Maxwell, Tenn., to his mother,
in Which he says that he don’t like to con¬
tribute, but supposes he must. Wells
reiterated all his statements in the letter.
He told how Boyce brought the subject
up, and told him, and afterwards told
in Fry^ his another storekeeper ‘Boyce in said: that vicinity, “Wells.
Hillsman presence.
writes me to tell you fellows
that lie wants you fellows to send him $5
apiece for the State Protective associa¬
tion and prohibition fund.” Wells
said, “all right,” but did not want to do
so, and so wrote home for advice. Wells
sent in his resignation at once.
The assessment, Boyce said, Hillsman
had ordered. Five dollars on each store¬
keeper, and ten dollars on each deputy,
would produce $450.
ILLICIT DISTILLING.
Deputy M irshals Joseph Spurrier,
Henderson Young and George Graves
have returned to Nashville, Tenn., from
a raid on the moonshiners of the celebra¬
ted Pea Ridge country, in Pickett county,
in the northern part of this state. The
main object of the trip was the capture
of the Taylor boys, who have so long de¬
fied the officers of the revenue depart¬
ment. By the time the marshals had ar¬
rived within five miles of the hiding
places of the Taylors, some friends of the
men who were wanted discovered the
raiders, and in a few minutes a loud hol¬
loa was heard from an adjoining hill top.
The cry was taken up and echoed from
hill to hill, and in a few minutes the Tay¬
lors and all other moonshiners knew that
the hated raiders were out, and the moon¬
shiners and stills disappeared as if by
magic. Some time ago,a still on the Morlow
place was destroyed, and Deputy Spur¬
rier went to a house to arrest the owner.
Before he reached the building he was
halted and found himself face to face
with a double-barreled shot gun and he
was given the choice between immediate
departure or death, and he departed.
nr.NTlNG SILVER MINES.
Prospectors are roaming about the
mountain country of Tennessee, through
which railroads are to pass, seeking ore
beds. Lands can now be bought lead and for
merely nominal prices. Rich
silver have been found in several localities.
In an immense cave in Putnam county
five distiuct veins of lead have been
found. Lead and silver are 6aid to ex
ist in the upper edge of Smith and the
adjoining portion of Jackson county.
The lead ore is said to be the cause of
deadly sickness there, the poisonous salts
becoming dissolved in the water. There
is large cave on the premises ef Hop
Lee iu the same section, from which val¬
uable specimens of lead ore have been ob¬
tained. This oie is also said to give off
noxious gases that render the exploration
of the cave very dangerous. Three men
who went into the cave recently were suf¬
focated.
IRI8H AGITATION.
William O'Brien delivered a lecture in
London, England, on “The Lost Oppor
tunities of Irish Landlords.” Arch
bishop Walsh presided. Mr. O’Brien said
that the bills introduced by Mr. Glad
stone and rejected by the landlords of
fered a most splendid avenue to power and
honor ever opened to a dethroned and
fallen landlords oligarch. y. But smite the the answer hand of that the
was to
extended to them these benefits. The
landlords left the people no alternative
but to become Democrats, and they
might congratulate themselves upon the
been t ! free mt l from .^ c bl^«hed »d cl«» ^ h*
trad- H, *■> • »hort th »^“ h 8 en ‘'J
* hoold propoeef rankly »» draw a wet
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DOTS FROM WASHINGTON.
PREPARING FOR HARD WORK
NEXT WINTER,
Appoint meats oTNouthern Alea—Interesting
Reports of Department Officers—Notes
Aboat Noted Offiolals.
TDK TIIOKBK-CARIASLE C VSE.
The testimony in the contested election
case of George II. Thoebc against John
G. Carlisle, Oth Congressional District of
the Kentucky, was opened by the Clerk of
House and ordered printed. Mr. Car¬
lisle appeared in his own behalf and
Gen. J. Hale Sypher, ex-member from
Louisiana, Thoebe. appeared ns counsel for Mr.
RESIGNED.
Assistant Secretary Porter has tendered
his resignation. He leaves the Depart¬
ment of State with the best feelings for
all of its officials nnd is only influenced
Porter’s to adopt this course by reason of Mrs.
ill health and other reasons pure¬
ly personal and private. He will return
vo nig home in Tennessee upon the re
Buquiskmen of his office.t
MILITARY RESERVATION.
A general order has been issued by the
Whr Department, proclaiming, by au¬
thority within of the President, u tract reservation, of Inn sj
the Unitah Indian p
military reservation for the post of Fort
Duchesne. The area of the tract is six
square miles, and the proclamation is ac¬
companied vacated by a proviso that the land be
whenever the interests of the In¬
dians shall require it.
AFTER A COLORED MAN.
A peculiar case charging bigamy, came
up iu a Washington court. Benjamin
Anderson, a colored man, was married
about a year ago. Before the War he
lived with a colored woman, although
not legally married to her. A statute,
passed in 1886, declares that all colored
persons in the district, who previous to
their actual emancipation, lived together
as man and wife, shall be deemed to be
husband and wife, the same as if they
der were duly married according to law. Un¬
this statute it is sought to convict
Anderson of bigamy in having remarried,
the woman with whom he co-habitated
and by whom he had several children be¬
ing still alive. The case was sent to
the grand jury, and the bail was fixed at
$800.
THE DOCTORS CALLED.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
received members of the International
Medical Congress with their wives and
lady friends at the White House. The
time assigned for the reception was one
hour, a visit to the Corcoran art gallery
having been planned for the latter por¬
tion of the evening. When, however,
the hour had expired, there still remained
a line extending to the west gate and
thence along the entire front of the
White House grounds, composed of la¬
dies and gentlemen still waiting an op¬
portunity to pay their respects. The
reception was therefore prolonged until
all had been presented. It is estimated
that the number received was not less
than 5,000. The reception took place in
the blue parlor, where several of the
leading local physicians, with their
wives, were stationed.
MRS. CLEVELAND’S ANSWER.
The President’s wife has declined th®
invitation to present flags to the New
York fire department in the following
letter: Executive Mansion, Washington,
Septemlier 5th, 1887.—Hon. Abram S.
Hewitt, Beckman, Mayor of New York City; Hon.
B. president board aldermen,
Hon. James. E. Fitzgerald,—Gentlemen:
I have received your pleasing note, re¬
questing me on behalf of the donors of
certain flags to be presented to the New
York fire department, as well as in behalf
of the citizens of New York generally,
and the executive and legislative branches
of the city governmert, to deliver the
colors mentioned by the fire department
on such a day in September, ns shall suit
my convenience*. It would certainly af¬
ford me a pleasure to contribute, in any
degree, to the significance satisfaction of this occa¬
sion, and to the of the brave
and gallant men, whose services are thus
to be recognized. I hope, however, that
I shall not be misunderstood when I
base my declination of your kind invita¬
tion upon my unwillingness to nssunie
that I, as the wife of a President, ought
to participate in so which prominently he in a public
ceremony, took no part.
Yours very truly, Francis Folsom
Cleveland.” The letter is in Mrs.
Cleveland’s own handwriting.
NOTES.
Manchester and Pocahontas, in Vir¬
ginia, will be declared Presidential post
offices on the 1st of October.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has a ppointed William B. Webb to hi«
Unite d States gauger at Grain Valley,
Mo. «
Gen. Crook reports to the War Depart¬
ment that he has removed all unauthor¬
ized persons from the Ute reservation.
The Indians are quiet.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has appointed in the 8th John district A. Davis of Virginia, to be
gauger David Poindexter be in
and to gauger
the 5th district of North Carolina.
The contract for furnishing 300,00C
pounds of distinctive paper for use in
printing internal revenue stamps has been
awarded to the Fairchild Paper Company,
of East Peppercll, Mass., at seven and
one-fifth cents per pound.
In his annual report to the Secretary ol
the Interior, Gen. M. C. Meigs states
that the new Pension building is pended practi¬
cally finished. The total sum ex
has been $886,614. An elevated railroad
is to be built to carry baskets with docu
ments from the record room to the clerk’s
rooms.
PLBURO-PNRUMONXA.
Thirty-three cows belonging Baltimore to John
Clay, a milkman in county,
Md., affected with pleuro pneumonia,
were killed and buried. The state paid
$16 per head for them.
Like Poor Pirewarkt.
“Maria,” said Podgkina, who has a
family of grown-up firewerfca.” daughter*, “our
girl* aeon like poor
“Lika poor fireworks, John!
“Thay fail to go off.”
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NUMBER 16 .
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
BUDGET OF NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Many Railroad Accidents—What Is Trane*
plrlng In Temperance Matters-Social Uosslp*
And Religions
The investigation before Governor
Gordon, of Georgia, with reference to
excessive punishment of negro convicts,
brings out some startling testimony.
Judge Thomas J. Simmons has been
chosen by the Georgia Legislature to fill
the judgeship in the Pautaula circuit
made vacant by the death of Judge Hall.
A Arc started in the engine house of
the Barren Pork Coal company, near Flat
Hock, Ky., and destroyed costly ma¬ is
chinery used in mining. The loss
$300,000.
M. E. Reid alias James Merwio, agent
of the National Express Company at
Glen’s Falls N. Y., was arrested at Hen¬
derson, N. C., charged with the theft of
$0,000 from the company.
The corn fields in the Dismal Swam s
of Virginia are overrun with bears, an
some of the farmers have killed or cap¬
tured several in a single night. The
Norfolk markets are well supplied with
bear meat.
Freight rates from New York, via the
Ocean, have been Clyde and Mallory steamship lines
reduced to Jacksonville, Fla 9
about fifty per cent on nearly all classes
of freights.
Elections on the question of local op¬
tion were held in nine counties of Mis¬
souri, seven of which voted in favor of it.
This makes thirty prohibition counties in
the state and eighteen others will vote on
local option soon.
Roy Sisk and Dock Stat, two boys
aged about 10, were hunting doves near
Huntsville, Ala. Sisk’s gun was acci¬
dentally discharged, the whole charge
striking him in the face, blowing off his
nose and the top of his skull, causing in¬
stant death.
At the last term of the superior court,
iu Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Killian got a ver¬
dict of $12,000 from the Augusta & Knox¬
ville road on account of her husband be¬
ing killed while working on it. The road
asked a new trial, but it was refused by
Judge Roney.
Capt. Cameron, the messenger of the
Georgia Senate, stated that he had just
returned from Telfair county, and that
near Jacksonville, L. P.* Jones, a mill
owner, had killed a rattlesnake nearly
six feet long, which had in its stomach a
suckling pig. Abbeville, Ga., claims a
seven foot rattlesnake.
Some men at work excavating on the
line of the E. T., V. & G. R. R., near the
oleomargarine works at Atlanta, Ga.,
unearthed the body of a Federal soldier
of who had bloody undoubtedly been fought slain in one
the battles there in
1864. In the soldiei's pockets was found
$00, in $o, $10 and $20 gold pieces.
The fast mail train leaving Richmond,
Va., for West Point, when nearing Fair
Oaks station on the Richmond, York
River & Chesapeake road, ran into a
mule team, which was crossing the
track, the killing and both injuring mules, the demolishing driver,
wagon, so a
farmer named Verrell, that he died soon
if ter reaching West Point, where he was
taken.
The people of Charleston, 8. C., have
just issued an official document showing
the wonderful progress made in the
resurrection of a year, since the earth¬
quake. It shows that 6,050 residences
paired; and other buildings were rebuilt erected; or re¬
in itself. 271 new The buildings the rebuild¬ a
town cost of
ing and repairs was $4*204,775; Charles¬
ton spent on this work $8,000,000, the
balance coming from outside the city.
A white man named Houston in Au¬
gusta, Ga., has engaged lawyers to pros¬
ecute Berrian Rachaels, a county convict
guard, for stated having that his his nephew nephew, whipped. is
Houston wno
a small boy, was employ* cd on the Sand
Bar Ferry road, near wn ore the convicts
are working, and* that a few days since
he refused to do something Rachaels de¬
manded him to do, when Rachaels had a
burly negro convict to catch and whip
the boy severely.
When Sherman left Columbia, 8. C.,
cn fire, there was but one house on the
principal thoroughfare left, No. Richland 248, on
the east side of Main, between
and Lumber street. This sole survivor
was destroyed by fire a day or two since.
The house was a two-story wooden
structure, occupied by Mrs. M. C. Bo¬
land and family, and was owned by Al¬
exander Civil, who built it in 1862. At
the time of Sherman’s visit it was rented
and occupied by Theodore Huchct and
family.
The retirement of Robert Garrett,
from the presidency of the Baltimore A
Ohio Railroad, leaves Samuel Spencer, the
first vice-president of the road, at
head of its management, He knows
more than aoy other man about the con¬
dition nnd the needs of the system. By
his own merits he has risen to the occupies. high
and responsible position he now since Mr.
It has not been many years
Spencer Jirs ft Columbus, Ga., his native
place, an went to Baltimore. He began
with the Baltimore &.Ohio in a very
humble capacity and at a small salary.
His rapid promotion has been the result
of hard work, of native ability, and of
sterling character.
KIOKUM RAILROADING. *
,
A train of five loaded fist ears went
Swonia, through N. a Y., bridge the five Brie milee railroad east c
on .an
a the man track named Smith being wae cleared, killed. * IMj
wae a
excursion train approached on
curve, end before the train could
ped the engine wae buried in the
beneath the bridge. 1
of the first car loft the
damage done. m
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The reported revolutionary ot Pam I
it is
took $&»’'*** posaeaaion of Pi
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