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mt fafiae loimtu fattfral. 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. ° ^u-iy O. C. 8MLTII, ATTOR NEY AT LAW, McVILLE, GA. apr29«’85 ly E. D. GRAHAM, JR. ATTORNEY AT LtW AND SOLICITOR /.V EQUITY, BAXLEY, GA. *J»'28-’8fi ly 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. * ' nr july27-ly 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 ^ U ' 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.” » 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 UNEASY ■ “ ii The reported revolutionary ot Pam I it is took $&»’'*** posaeaaion of Pi JR 1] \