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THE TIMES-JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
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EASTMAN, GEORGIA.
The month of May in Eng'and, in
1889, will probably take rank as the
wettest on record.
The Utah Supreme Court has decided
that Sandwich Islanders cannot become
American citizens.
Japan t proposes to expend 50,000,000 50 000 000
yen ($ 44 ,350,000) on her navy during
the next five years.
Since 1872 France and Germsny have
been making inroads into England’s
Spanish-American trade.
R. n. a Vicksburg (Mins.)
lawyer, has written a pamphlet to prove
that largo coins breed high prices, and
that pennies make low prices.
TheNew Orleans Timet- Democrat say s
that there is a great deal of unoccupied
land in tbe United States, and immi.
grants of a good class are welcome.
The New York Herald, wants the vio¬
let adopted as our national flower, be¬
cause it stands for modesty and is,
therefore, a true representative of Amer¬
ica.
There appears every reason to believe
that the present year will prove the
most flourishing ever known in the com¬
mercial history of the United King¬
dom.
_
There is certainly something perpet¬
ual about the perpetual motion delusion.
The Washington Patent Office, in the
course of the last year has been favored
with not less than twenty-eight new
projects for the construction of the il¬
lusive contrivance.
Robert P. Porter, chief of the census
bureau assures the public that the re¬
turns of population will he made out be¬
fore Christmas of next year, or within
six months from the time the count is
begun. If this is done the Fifty-first
Congress can make the figures the basis
of representation in Congress for ten
years, beginning in 1892.
Chicago will probably have one of the
finest libraries in tho world in the
courso of a few years. Mr. W. L. New¬
berry, one of the earliest residents, left
the sum of $250,000 for the purpose,
and a temporary building has been used
for somo time. It is now intended to
erect a magnificent edifice, capable of
holding 300,000 volumos.
Tho stato railroads of Prussia make
special concessions to inva ids of the
lower classes who are obliged to travel
^^^^osakc of their health. The blind,
i - 1 of .i- v kind are
liv/U ftCllI to/ tLu
Bations and the
■L institutions of
iso giveu the sarno
' i-t I" a
HHHR"r u that hl-Ui d
^^yyeiirs. Just think of itl exclaims
the New York Mercury. Half a century
of moonlight walks, seaside strolls,
picnic junketing, fireside hugging, ten¬
der tones, Summer drives, Winter
aleighrides, nnd whispers of devotion.
That Kentuckian was certainly a phi¬
losopher, and deserved the prolonged
bliss which all the world must envy.
The Churchman, speaking of the
death of Damien, the leper priest of the
Sandwich Islands, says that outside of
the walls of Jerus deni is u leper hospital
tcnAed by deaconesses fri?tn the German
religious houses. “Year after year these
heroic women, without pretentiousness,
without any trumpeting of their work,
almost unknown to the world, have
waited upon lepers, while themselves
literally dying by inchos. Their courage
has only como to light by the chance
notice of travelers.”
A work of engineering begun by th»
Romans under Nero, iu the second cen¬
tury, will be finished this year; that is,
it has been in process of construction for
over 1700 years. Tho work to which
we refer is the cutting of a canal through
the Isthmus of Corinth. The canal,
when done, will be only four miles long,
and will have a depth of eight meters,
which will allow the passage of the
largest vessels used in Greek traffic. It
is not ao great a matter from an interna¬
tional view as the Suez and Nicaragua
projects, but it will do much to further
the rapid progress made by modern
Greece in the arts of civilization and
commerce.
The objection of electricians to th*
new method of execution by electricity
is said to be purely one of sentiment.
They do not wish to see the science de
graded, ^s well, they say, put a man
to death by music or poetry as by elec
tricity. “All of which is true,” ad
mils the New York Commercial A Jeer
tUer y “but these practical poets, the
electricians, must remember that the
protests of the civilized world its.df has
not been able to blot out that instru
tnent of torture, the hand organ.
Doubtless the spinners of hemp were
once much scandalized by the ignoble
use to which their handiwork was put,
but rope-making seems to have survived
the ordeaL ”
A census of horses is being taken in
Paris in order to give the authorities
some idea of the animals available for
military purposes should need arise. At
the last census Paris contained 98.080
horses and 38 mules.
It has lately been notice.’, in a factory at
Cambridge. Mass., that the fumes of naph¬
tha. under certain conditions, produce the
same effect as laughing-gas. In the factory
mentioned a number of girts wen? rendered
hysterical from, breathing by, and some became unconscious
the gas.
GENERAL SEWS. I
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CONDENSATION ON CURIOUS, j
AND EX C IT IN O EVENTS. i
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKER j
FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS <J¥ INTEREST. I
The premium on gold in Buenos Ayres
has advanced to 95 per cent. '
A general strike has been ordered in
the Conneilville, Pa., coal region.
At the the charter election in Guthrie,
Ok'ahoma, Wednesday, the charter was
earned by 113 majority.
Michael McDonough shot and killed
bis wife ^edne.-day night at Kenton, 0.
Lynching is threatened.
The negotiations of the English syndi
cate for the Indianapolis breweries have
terminated in a failure to agree on terms.
Jess Ovcrmau, a jealous lover in Peru,
Iud., shot and killed Maggie hmi’h,
W eduesday night, and then killed him¬
self
Four French journalists have been sen
teuced to pay nominal fines for publia i
ing the indictment against General Bou
lunger.
TheNew York II or Id Thursday morn¬ Mary
ing prints a rumor that the actress,
Anderson, ia in a private insane asylum
in England.
Five buildings on the south side of
Homer, La., were destroyed by incendi¬
ary fires Saturday. Loss $15,000. In¬
sured $10,000.
Exports of specie from the port of
New York lastwerk amounted to $885,-
544, of which $278,030 was in gold, and
$000,914 in silver.
A true bill has been returned against
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American
woman charged with poisoning her hus¬
band in Liverpool.
A number of naval officials at Beriin
and Keil, Germany, have been arrested
on tbe charge of wholesale bribery. One
of them has committed suicide.
The Rhode Island senate passed a li¬
cense bill Wednesday, after inserting ft
clause prohibiting the keeping of a sa
loon within 400 feet of any school house.
Late news from Indian territory is to
the effect that the famous desperado, the
St. Lopki, was killed last Sunday by
captain of the Creek Indian Light Horse
company.
According to the latest statistics care¬
fully compiled by the hoard of injury, at
Johnstown, i'a , Wednesday, the num¬
ber of lives lost in the devastated district
was about six thousand.
The value of imports of merchandise
-during the last fiscal year amounted to
$745,127,476, and of the exports to
$742,401,077, au excess of imports over
exports of $2,725,077.
A dispatch from Berlin says: General
Von Bchellendorf, in a speech at Koe
uigberg on Wednesday, said that all
fears of war are groundless. He hoped
that this assurance would be widely cir¬
culated.
The Chicago Johnstown relief commit¬
tee met in the comptrollers ollice
Wednesday morning, and decided to
send the balance of subscriptions in the r
hands, $25,000, to the Pennsylvania
authorities.
The civil service exmiination this
year occurs on the 16th of August. A
larger number of persons will be exnm
ined than ever before. In New 5 ork
City alone there are about 2,400 appli¬
cants.
Upwards of half a million dollars have
been subscribed at Syracuse, N. Y., to
the North American Suit Association,
mostly by Onondaga salt manufacturers
on condition of admission to the associa¬
tion. Indian¬
liming a Ronvy ruin ft or in at
apolis, Ind., Saturday night, the fertili¬
zer factory of E. Raugh <fc Son was
burned. The loss is estimated at $00,
000; insurance, $19,500. Loss on stock
was $50,000.
A large meeting was held in New
York Wednesday in the interest of the
World's Exposition in that city in 1892.
The meeting was a success. Mayor
Grant was empowered organization, to appoint com
mittees on finance, etc.
The Standard, of London, Eng., lias
consented to apologize and to pay X100
damages for asserting that Father Cove
ney, of Dunmanvvay, Ireland, publicly hand
appealed to God to strengthen the Martin,
of the man who killed Inspector
at Gweedor.
The meeting of Typographical Union
No. 0, of New York! was jnore largely
attended Sunday than ever before, and it
was decided by a vote of 800 to 400 to
resist to the utmost any reduction in the
price of composition as proposed by the
big New York dailies. ^
The Vatican and quirinal owing at Rome, the
Italy, are doubly information guarded, of plot to blow
receipt of a to
up both with dynamite. It is rumored
that the departure of the Pope will be
forcibly resisted and that government
secret police will watch the exit of the
Vatican.
A dispatch from Kansas City says : The
heavy lains of the past few days in Kan¬
sas, w hich were welcomed a9 a sure pre¬
ventive of hot winds, and as the saver of
the corn crop, seem to have done almost
as much harm as good. The damage to
wheat and oats will be considerable.
Au English syndicate has purchased
five or six breweries in Patterson, N. J.,
for as aggregate of $2,638,000, the own¬
ers to retain one-third interest in the
concerns. The transactions were made
through ex-StnatorGarreit, and com¬
pleted Thursday.
I)tiport, a Boulangist, member of the
chamber ot deputies at Paris, France,
Wednesday night, attempted to make a
speech at Tout L’Abbe, Finistere. but
was attacked by a mob and stoned. A
number of Duport's teeth were broken
and his face cut. and he received permis¬
sion to proceed with his remarks.
While men were removing rock and
coal from the chambers closed at the
Central mine, near Scranton, Pa., on
Wednesday by a cave-in, the lamp of on
of ihe laborers ignited the mine gas and
an explosion followed. JohD Williams
ard Robert Roberts were killed and four
others frightfully burned.
ThcRev. Thomas G. Strong, of Ith:
ca, N. Y'., has lost his reason, and will
be committed to Binghamton insane asy
lum. Dr- Strong was formerly president occupied
0 ,- Wells college, and iuS
lireminent pulpit* in that section of th
“rin.-s^f'lhe R^med
Church. His misfortune is due to so’t
lB ing of the brain,
\ cable from London says: William
Brodie the man who. wb> ! » •
bordering on dellriuiji ffemens, state i
that he had committed the murders and
m utila*ions of women m and about
Whitechapel district, was dischaiged
fr m custody, there being noevidence on
wh rh to hold him and He*was the physician
pronouncing him sane. imme
diately ar.esteu, However, on a cnarge ol
fraud.
A cave-in occurred in Hyde. Pa.,
Wednesday morning over a vein of the
Central mine. Over six seres of ground public
were affected, and the 5th ward damaged.
school building was badly have
Fully a dozen private residences
cracked found-ction the wails and jammed
doors as a result of cave-in. A large
fissure mav be seen in the earth, and it
tbe center of the affected district the
( srfh has settled fully ten feet.
Lawyer John r tc
9i g 8 ng a Friday, tc
se Me
six months. Bunn was found guilty of
having induced Cashier Scott, of the
Manhattan bank, to steal $181),000. As
soon as Dunn received the greater part
_ fly the
of the steal, he advi-ed Scott to
country. Subsequently the cashier came
back and appeared as a witness against
Dunn.
A dispatch from Yankton. Dak., says:
a party of explorers, on Friday, un
earthed a number of human skeletous
buried in Chalk Bluff, ten miles east of
Yankton, on the Nebraska tide. Fifty
skulls and two hundred headless skele
tons were found, which 1 cal physician
pronounce to be the remains of white
people, children and adult* The iudi
cations are they have been buried forty
or fifty years. Further researches will
m,l d .
The Richmond, R. I., paper company
suspended Friday morning. The com¬
pany suspended some time ago, and has
been working under an extension, $300
000 new capital being paid in, secured
by mortgage, subject, however, tu a first
mortgage held by tbe Rhode island Hos¬
pital Trust company for $387,000. The
c nipany has had no rating with Brad
street for some time. Their last state¬
ment showed assets of $884,000 and lia¬
bilities ot $008,000. The plant is a mag¬
nificent one.
Rev. Father Curley, director of the
Georgetow n university, died in Wash¬
ington, D. C-, Wednesday morning. He
was the oldest living priest in" the United
States, and, so far as known, in the
world. 11c was horn in the county Ros¬
common, Ireland, in 1790. He entered
Georgetown college in 1827 as a novitiate
ami hu3 remained at the college ever
since, with the exception of two years For
spent in study from 1827 to 1831.
forty-eight years he was professor of phil
, i, >phy and natural science and during
th s time he made a number of valuable
contributions to science.
Dr. A. E. Jones, familiarly known Cincin¬ as
Colonel Jones, was murdered in
nati, on Thursday,by his coachman, who
was arrested on suspicion and confe.-sed
the crime. The colonel was in his sev¬
enty-seventh year, but was as active as a
man of fifty. He had always had an
inclina'ion to military life, and held con¬
nection with the Ohio National Guards,
etrving for a long time as surgeon of
the first regiment. Governor Foreaker
was liis neighbor and aiiDointod him a
member of hi; staff as surgeon affairs general. and
He had been active in public in Cin¬
was perhaps more widely known
cinnati than any other citizen.
A Pittsburg, Pa., special of Saturday
says: It is given out here that the sewer
pipe trust is leaking badly. It has failed
to make connection and prices have been
knocked down. Sewer pipe is now
lower than ever before in the history of
the trade. Last April a combination was
formed in the city under the head of a
stock company,known as the Globe Sewer
Pipe company. The company was given
absolute control of plants which went
into the combine, and each factory was
to i>e run in proportion to its capacity.
The company has not been a Lle to make
any money, assessments are now in order,
and everybody is trying to get out as
nearly whole us possible.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT.
AND 1IIS ADVISERS.
APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTIIER MATTERS
OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The state department IVedj|MBK
Chemnitz, Saxony,a
the fui.d tor the relief ■
IIOOt.1 Ml Juliuelcwuj
to $910 American money.
Emmons Clark, ex-colonel of the Dd
mous Seventh regiment, New York Na¬
tional Guard, has declined the appoint¬
ment as consul to Havre recently made.
In bis letter of declination, Colonel
Clark says that he had fully intended to
accept, hut that since the appointment hie
was made his friends, and especially
physician, had made such representations
to him that lie felt constrained to decline.
Superintendent Bell, of the railway
mail service, said on Wednesday that
there was nothing exceptional in the
case reported from Lynchburg, Va., al¬
leging that two white postal clerks had
refused to instruct a newly happened appointed
negro clerk. It frequently iu
the South that white clerks at first re¬
fused to ins ruct negro clerks, hut a lit¬
tle persuasive talk usually convinced
them that they were unreasonable.
Following is an outline of the month: presi¬
dent's trip to Bar Harbor next
The president will leave Deer Park on
the sixth of August and proceed to New
York by rail, thence to Bonton via Fall
river steamers. He will stay in Boston
one day. That portion of the trip be¬
tween Boston and Bar Harbor will be
made by rail. It is not certain that Mrs
Harrison will accompany the president,
but it is probable she will do so.
The attorney general has given the
Secretary of the Treasury an opinion ction to
the effect that there is no legal obj
to the trausit through the United Stales
territory of the Chinamen recently ar¬
rived at New Orleans from Cuba, en route
to China via Si.n Francisco. This opin¬
ion is iu accord w ith the decision given
by Solicitor Hepburn on the same ques
li n some weeks ago, which was how¬
ever, not accepted by the Treasury De
pertinent.
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
“WHEEL -
THE SECRETARY OF TnE STATE
OF TENNESSEE SKITS.
A veritable sensation has developed in
the state “Wheel,” in session at Nash¬
ville, Tenn. When their organization
met at the capitol Wednesday morning to
consolidate with the state alliance the
secretary, W. T. Davis, was absent, and
it was necessary to elect a secretary pro
tem. A bombshell was then exploded.
A letter was read from secretary Davis
acknowledging thit he was short in his
accounts, and saying his body would be
found in tbe bottom of the Cumberland
river. He also stated that he was tired
of life, and that he could not bear the
disgrace and face his friends. The loss
which is not stated, will be covered by
th- 1 official bond, which is $3,000. TU
order is perlectly solvent and has suffi
ti nt money to pay i ll its obligations.
The suicide statement finds few believer.-.
It is thought that Davis left the city Mon¬
day night and detectives are already fol¬
lowing clews which they tuink will lead
to his capture.
A PRIZE FORFEITED.
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS GOBBLES $15,
000 ON A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET.
Last week at Chicago, I'll., Lena Lurie,
a Polish Jewess, secured an injunction
restraining L izarus Silverman, banker,
from turning over to Ike or Robert Lu
rie, more than half of $15,000 drawn on
« winning lottery ticket, claiming that
they were attempting to cheat her out of
g jj a ]/ interest which she owned in the
ticket, she having bought it on morning shares
w l th Robert. Wednesday
State's Attorney Locgi.ecker filed an in
f orJ nstion j n the Superior Court asking
that the entire prize be declared forfeited
to th<? state. This action is brought un
q cr a n express provision of a statute to
that end, and is fi-st of the kind filed in
that county. An injunction was at once
granted restraining the bank* r from pay
ing over the money to any of the claim
ants.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM YA -
RIOUS POINTS IN tUE SOUTH.
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a condensed AccorsT of wsAT is goino on or
IMFOBTANCE IN THE SOCTHHHN STATES.
Prof. J. W. Howell, a well-known
educator of Rutledge, Tenn., is dyiug
of hydrophobia. He was bitten thirteen
years ago by a black and tan terrier.
Cora Herron, of Mecklenburg county,
X. C., aged 13 years, was bitten bv'a
mad dog about three weeks ago. A
madstoae was applied, but with no cf
feet, and on Wednesday she died in ter
rible agony.
Andrew F. Crutchfield, aged 65, s
journalist, who was well known in Bal
timore, Md„ and throughout Virginia,
and w ho was one of the founders and
editor of the Baltimorean, died Wednes¬
day at his home in Baltimore.
At an adjourned meeting of Western Cul
Nail association held at Wheeling, W. Va.,
Wednesday, the reduced gauge for nails
heretofore adopted, was re-affirmed and is
now- going into general adoption in all
cut nail mills.
In Atlanta,on Wednesday, Judge Hen¬
derson received a sample basket of Irish
potatoes from Mr. P. Calhoun. Seven
of them filled a big basket. Colonel
had Henderson said they were the finest he
ever seen.
The taxable property of Haralson
county, Ga., was returned last year at
$1,490,753. This year it is returned at
$1,550,625—an increase of surpassed $53,872.
The rate of increase lust year
every other county iu the state.
The southern part of VanZmdt coun¬
ty, Texas, is suffering from the acts of a
band of incendiaii- s, who are burning
churches and schoolhouse9 right and
left. Four of these buildings and have been
destroyed within, a week, the citi¬
zens are becoming greatly excited.
Twenty three murder cases and three
rape cases, making twenty-six capital
case-a, are set tor trial at the present term
of the criminal court at Birmingham,
Ala., and the grand jury, now in ses¬
sion, is grinding out indictment day. for mur¬
der at the rate of two per
At Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday,
Fannie Bryant, the negro woman who is
supposed to have in the been murder the accomplice of his wife of
Dick Hawes
aud children, was brought into court and
arraigned. pleaded She announced and ready her trial for
trial, not guilty,
was set for Monday next.
A dispatch from Danville, Va., says:
Reports from the growing crop of to¬
bacco in the Bright tobacco region, in¬
dicates that the crop has been injured
by excessive wet weather, but with a fa¬
vorable season hereafter it is believed
good crops of bright tobaccos will be
raised. Crops in that section have been
failures for two or three years past.
CIRCUS SWEPT AWAY.
A CIRCUS WIRED OUT OF EXISTENCE—
SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
A dispatch from Parkersburg, W, Va.,
says: Further details of the disastrous
17 -%ls in Wirt county have been received.
The brother of Thomas Hughes, whose
wife and children were drow-ned Sun¬
day, arrived from Pittsburg to assist in
the care of his brother, who is dying
from injuries received. Thomas Black,
who lived (lose to the Hughes family,
w^koTvtS drowned with liis wife,
■ > . A cir
jlMll|fiij8^fc : . i
just after tha per
ond tore tlifj CUU.VUS
■HH^Wm-ii. WPB^ents. t M’Alnia, who :!' : performed
ontne trapeze, was drowned. It is re¬
ported that some employes also lost their
lives, but the whole section of country
where the misfortune occurred is still in
such confusion tint it is impossible to
get full particular. Saulsbury, on the
Big Taigart river, is virtually wiped out
of existence.
MONEY IN POTATOES.
IMMENSE PROFIT FROM ONE AND A HALF
ACRES—HOW JT IS MADE.
Mose» L. Petty, of OpJjir, Ga., is a
grand suocess as a potato raisor—sweet
or Irish, lie plants and cultivates a po¬
tato crop every year, because, as he says:
“It is a lazy man’s crop, ” He says it can
be matured at le-a cost and labor with
better results than any other. He lias
o ie and one-lialf acres in Irish potatoes
this year from which he expects to gather
not less than 6C0 bushels. Now multi
tily this by the probable amount per
bushel he will get, and you will see what
the acre and one-half will bring him—
certainly a great deal more than any other
like amount of ground will sowed bring 3
planted in corn or cotton, or
wheat i-r oats, or almost any crop you
can name. He stdects tha early r se or
Goodrich, prepares his land well, ma¬
nures freely with stable manure and un¬
slacked lime, plants deep for along root,
and then leaves the seedlings to grow
and get in their work. The result is al¬
ways satisfactory, as the crop nets him
well at a small outlay of work and es
pense.
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED.
A BUILDING BLOWN DOWN, KILLING ETC HI
PERSONS AND WOUNDING FOUR OTHERS.
A terrible storm raged in unfinished Chicago
Saturday night in which an
building, iu process of construction at
the corner ot Twenty-First and Leavitt
streets, was blown down, completely de¬
ni dishing tbe frame cottage that stood
beside it. Eight persons Mere killed
outright, nnd four badly wounded. Ihe
killed are: Miss Amelia Buch, 39 years
old: Anna Buch, 8 years old; Albert
Buell, 0 years old; Cornelius Ferdi
naches, blacksmith, 33 year?, and hi
wife, aud Cora, Alida and Leu the i
children, aged resye; tively 1, 3 and
years of age. The wounded are: Chas.
Bm h, hu-band of Mrs. Amelia Buch:
Albert Buch, Lula Ferdi
naches and Ida Ferdinaches.
is rcporled , to , have , been the ,
The storm visited that
most severe that has ever sec
non of the country. The rainfall wa
the greatest ever known there in a lik
period. Over four inches of rain fell iu
two hours and fifteen minutes.
CHINA'S TROUBLES.
SHE IS AGAIN LNUSDATED BY A TERRIBLE
FLOOD,
A report from China on Saturday, is to
the effect that the Yellow river has again
burst its banks in Shantung, inundating
in immense extent of country. There is
twelve feet of water throughout ten large
governmental districts. The lo-s of life
and propertv is incalculable The gov
I eminent authorities at Pekin are dismay
j ed. Owing to the incapacity of the locai
j ; authorities, foreign engineering aid in
order t-> permanently repair the channel
| of the liver, is c .nsiiertd imperative.
j DEATH FROM GAS.
j Whi Jam*s Sullivan, 14 years old,
e
and Patrick Dovle. were cleaning out an
j old well at 173rd street and Webstei
j avenue New York, Saturday, died.' they were
j overcome bv sewer gas and John
Sullivan, ’ father of the bov, who went tc
r ir ass.stance, was also affected bj gas
La in a critical cchwM.im .
A BIG FAILURE.
{ LEWIS BROTHERS & CO., OF PILADRLPHIA,
MAKE AN ASSIGNMENT.
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I ! Surprise w as occasioned in business cir
cles of Philadelphia, Pa., Thursday morn
j jng by the announcement that the firm o
Lewis Brothers and Co., wholesale dry
[ good dealers. made Chestnut assignment. street, about Sec
(J nd. had an While
j the tained, exact it amount is thought cannot the as liabilities yet be of aseer- the
j nearly $4,000,000.
j Aim will reach The
firm is one of the largest in its line of
business in the eily, and perhaps in the
country. It lias houses in many of the
larger cities of the United States, nota
bly New York, Chicago, Baltimore and
Boston. It is said that one of the cause;
of failure was the Johnstown disaster,
The late Henry Lewis had a large inter
} he C«nbn» Iron works there,
wMch his estate held, and the loss by
flood depreciated Manufacturing these securities. Company’s 1 lie
Johnstown
Woodvale woolen mills,which consigned
their products to Lewis Bros.’ mill
was destroyed by the flood, and
the loss was $300,000. It was con¬
trolled by the Cambria Iron Comp.ny.
Since January there lias been doubt ex¬
pressed about their financial standing,
and in March last the Bradstreets took
away their capital rating and reduced
their credit, rating a grade. Last April
the firm made the following statement
to a large financial institution: Assse a,
$5,473,000, con-isting of ledger accounts,
$1,875,000; of manufacturers’ accounts,
$1,793,000; securities, $871,000; real
estate $770,000; bills receivable, $228,
000; liabilities, $4,128,000, of which $3,
082,000 was bills payable, and $447,000
loans; net surplus, $1,343,000. This
* was not looked on ns a favorable state¬
ment by the trade. The firm had
Lard work to make collections.
For over twenty five years the firm of
Lewis Brothers «fc Co. have been a lead¬
ing house in the dry goods trade. It was
founded in Philadelphia in 1853. large Henty
Lewis died in 1886, leaving a es¬
tate, of which $358,000 was invested ns
ca| ital in the firm; besides, $1,000,000
of his was continued in the business.
For many years the firm has been re¬
garded as the leading commission house
of Philadelphia, and imported handling cottons, goods in w that ool¬
ens, silks
line, and doing a ytarly business, it is
estimated, of from $5,000,000 to $8,000,
000. It is reported to have done as much
as $15,000,000 worth of business a year.
A “DRAW” VERDICT.
THE HOWARD JURY RETURNS A VERDICT
OF ONE CENT DAMAGES.
After being out two days, the jury in
the celebrated Howard damage suit at
Jackson, Miss , on Friday returned a
verdict for plaintiff, giving him ont
cent damages. The plaintiff seemed
somewhat disappointed, pleased with but the the
defendants are
result. This suit was begun nearly
three years ago by the Rev. Frederick
Howard, D. D., against sixteen lead¬
ing Baptists and three newspapers. He
was charged with being under an as
sumed name and a “mass of corruption.” ol
The case will be handed down as one
the most celebrated in the history taken ol
Mississippi. Depositions establish were the charge on
three continents to
of identity. The town, county and sur
rounding communities have been greatly
interested in the result, as well as Bap¬
tists throughout the country, one of the
defendants" Dr. J. R. Graves, having
more than a national reputation, aud all
being prominent cjtijen.. Tb e case will
not be appealed, and the people are glad
it is ended.
MORE TRUSTS.
A COMBINE FORMED BY THE STRAW
BOARD MAKERS.
The straw hoard makers of the coun¬
try have united in one mammoth com¬
pany or trust. It. E. Newcomb, of
Quincy, 111., acknowledges its existence
and states that its corporative name is
“The American Straw Board Company.”
It was organized very quietly, been informed and the
public has not heietofore
of the movement. Twenty-six mills are
embraced in the combination, located in
the different sections of the country,
fiom Delaware on the east, to Illinois
and Wisconsin in the west. It also takes
in the largest dealers in straw board in
New Y’ork, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, who practically Cin¬
cinnati and
control the trade. The capital stock of
the company is $6,000,600. Ls pur¬
chases includes the plants of twenty-six
mills and all personal property thereto.
THE RABBIT FOOT.
A MAN RUBS IT ON A COW, AND THE COW
DIES, AS HE PREDICTS.
A peculiar circumstance occurred re¬
cently in Maury county, Tenn., which
mav result in a novel law suit A man
had a cow which his friend and neighbor
wanted to buy. They w.re both willing
to trade, hut could not agree on the
price. Finally the one wli > desired to
purchase sail: “I have offered you all
she is worth. If you are not willing to
take it, I will rub my rabbit foot on her
and she will die rvithin three hours.”
At the same time he rubbed on the cow
a rabbit foot which ho held in his baud.
Curiously enough the cow did die, and
her owner declares that he will bring
suit to recover from tha other her value.
SWINDLING TICKET AGENT
Joseph A. Siarck, ticket agent at E is
ton, Pa.,for the New Jersey Central Rail
road company, was, on Saturday night,
discovered short in his accounts,and com
mitted suicide by shooting himself iu tb<
left temple.
THE FOND uncle’s RKPLY.
A y-oung man known as a “gilded
youth” sent the following note to a r cli
unele the other night: “Not one word—
if you do not send me 82,009 before mid
nigbt I shall cense to live.” A similiar
demand had been received earlier in the
day, ao the fond uncle replied: “In re
spouse to a former favor I have already
forwarded you my revolver. It is in
good condition and loaded.”
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A NECESSARY EVIL.
Eev. Mr. Russle—I've succeeded in
converting every Can't man in this camp ex
ceping one. we togetner influence
| Hook-Nose Sam to turn over a new
leaf.' 1
Gnawed Riley ( the scout—Twouldn't
nowise do, parson. Whv, we wouldn’t
have a smfl lett to swear it th’
[Judge.
The young women of a Connecticut
town have formed a very laudable or
F aniZ4tlri11 known as tbe "longue
UuardA Each member drops a pennv
a box every time she says a word
to the “jbody. ihe money is given
poor, and poverty is rapidly dm
creasiaz in that town.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
tSr.-.llXA: IOK.4L LESSON lOJl
AUG 1ST 1.
Text: “Haul ( Iioscii of ihc I<nrd,’
1 Sam. ix ♦ 13-27—Golden Texts
Pruv ., \-iti., la—Comment airy.
After a continued and persistent demand
of the people for a king, that they might be
like other nations, notwithstanding the de
Lord all the words of the people, and the
Lord said: “Harken unto their voice and
make them a king” (viii., 21, 23). It would
what ont"o!S next , c^. todo t w5iwd^poSthe and how to find n fi>S the I king. to tow
revised version says: "The Lord had re
vealecl unto Samuel — Many words Samuel of God
crowd to my pen as i think of
meekly waiting to know Gods will, and
ing God, His our Heavenly Father, relied so lovingly guid- Him.
servant, who upon
‘*Tlie meek will He guide in judgment, , and
the meek will He teach His way.” 4,1 “I will
instruct thee and teach thee in the way
which thou shalt go.” “Thine ears shall
hear a word behind thee, saying: This is the
way, walk ye in it.” “In all thy ways ac¬
knowledge Him. ami He shall direct thy paths”
(Ps. xxv.. 9; xxxii., 8; Isa. xxx., 21; Prov.
iii.. 6). All these are true for us to-day,
and if we sincerely want to know the will of
God that we may do it, we may be perfectly
sure that He will show us His way.
16. thee “To-morrow, about this time. I will
send a man.” Samuel was therefore ex¬
pecting God confidently to meet the man whom
had selected; just where he should meet
him and how he would know him he left to
God, whom he served, but in confidence made
preparation first for him. chapter, Now, as we read the
part of this and see by what a
series o£ apparently most natural events Saul
was brought to Jauiuel, all unconscious of
what awaited him, we must? surely be com¬
pelled to believe that there is a God in whose
hand our breath is aud whose are all our
ways; and that though a man’s heart may
devise his way the Lord directeth his steps.
17. “The Lord said unto him, Behold the
man!” Israel All prophets, their priests and kings in
were as to oitlco (not their char¬
acter) Priest-King, types of Jesus the greatest Nazareth; prophet and true
of and as we
read of this first king chosen to reign over
Israel and hear the words: "Rehold the
man,” we are at once carried forward to a
day when the God of Samuol i\ \\d o£ Israel
stood in human form before tne peopl le for
their accept .ant e or rejection, and the H dll.* M
Governor said; “Behold the man! Behold
your then and King!” still rejected (John xix., 5, shall 14) and sit although
He yet on the
throne of David and reign over the house of
Jacob forever and the people shall be all
righteous. “Tell (Luke i., 32, 33; Isa., lx., 21.)
18. me, 1 pray thee, where the seer’s
house is.” A prophet was before time called
a seer (v. 9;) that is one who sees what natur¬
al eyes cannot see. Saul and his servant
had given up seeking the asses and were now
seeking the man of God if perchance he
might tell them where the lost animals might
be found; and as they come near totlie city
certain young mail lens going out of the city
to draw water inform them that the seer is
just before them having come to the city that
day, and that there is a sacrifice in the high
place with the (vs. Vi-13}, so seeks, Saul stands knowing face to face
man he not that
Samuel expected him.
19. “I am the seer.” How like this is to
the nnd reply tne of blind Jesus to the “I woman that sneak at the well,
to man: talketh unto
thee am He.” “It is He that with
thee.” (John iv., 26; ix,, 37.) “Ye shall eat
with me to-day.” How surprised he must
have been; as much so, perhaps, as Zaccheus,
who only wanted to see Jesus, but was called
down from the tree to receive Him into his
house.
20. “Set not thy mind on thorn; for they
are found.” If wo would consult Him who
is perfect in knowledge and is always with us
(Job. xxxvi., 4) wo would more readily find
our lost “A things,
21 Benjamite, * * * smallest of
the tribes, * * * my family the least of
all the families.” Beniamin, since the
slaughter the smallest of Judg. *x„ 46-48, in was literally
of the tribes point of num¬
bers, and it may have been in the same re¬
spect that Saul’s family was also the least, for
his father is said in verso 1 to have been a
mighty man of power or substance.
22-24. “So Saul did not eat with Samuel
that day.” What a day of surprises for
Saul! Samuel expects him, speaks to him of
a high place in Israel, invites him to a feast,
gives chief portion him the chief the pluceat feast, the feast, and the
reserved for him, of while all a that portion specially
Saul bad in
view’ when he came to Samuel was that he
might recover the lost asses of his father.
How many people are to-day intent upon
earthly while things, thinking of nothing higher,
there is a feast and a kingdom and great
honor awaiting them, of which they are
‘ utterly “Samuel Ignorant.
25. communed with Saul upon
the top of the house,” This was after the
feast when they were come down from the
high place into the city, and Saul and Samuel
were alone. We are not left in ignorance as
to the subject of their eor\YQi'satiai\, for chap¬
ter x., 16, implies that the communion was
concerning “Up, tho kingdom.
26, that I may send thee away.” So
spake Samuel to Saul, very early next morn¬
ing. Just as the three apostles had soon, to
come down from the Mount of Transfigura¬
tion where they would fain ha ve remained,
so Saul must go forth from this holy place
and return to take up for a little season the
ordinary Jesus affairs of life. Though bv / faith in
Christ we are now children 0 God and
joint heirs with Christ, (Rom. seated w ith Christ in
the heavenliness viii.. IT; Eph. ii., 6);
yet we must go forth day by day into the or¬
dinary affairs of life, there to glorify God
while we wait for the kingdom.
27. “Stand thou still a while, that I may
show thee the Word of God.” The servant
was told to pass on and thus Samuel and
then Saul annointed wore again him alone Captain with God. Samuel
or Prince (R.
V.) over the Lord’s inheritance, foretold four
events which should come to pass that day,
and gave him certain commands until he
should see him again and shew him what to
do. The events foretold that morning, all of
which carne to pass that day (chap x., it),
teach me that as I begin each new day. all
the events of the day, all the people I shall
meet and all they shall say to me, are all
foreknown to God and foreseen bv Him, suvd
that therefore He is it God, becomes and me that to He. be still and (maw
U making all
things work together for my good (Ps. xlvi.,
10 ; Rom. viii., 084 .—Lesson Helper.
The Loquat.
the Tho loquat is commonly known by
misnomer “Japan plum.” The
Kelsey Japan plum differs from the lo
quet, and the true Japanese plum is en
tin ly Florida different At a late meeting of
the Nurserymen’s Association it
was vote-d that the Eriobotyra Japoiea
j be known as the loquat, and the Kelsey
j | Japan The plum loquat simply introduced as the Kelsey into plum,
was Lon
| don ir '' m Ja P»“ ab cmt a hundred years
ago. It came dire t from Japan to
California. It is ah autiful evergreeD,
growing to the height of twenty -five ,
or thirty feet. The leaves are large,
! j eight or tweive and inches in length, undu- j j
lated, thick shiny, aud dropping
The freely blossoms at c rtain s.asocs produced of the year,
are in umbels
I or spikes at the end of the branches,
are small, white and inconspicuous.
The fruit ripens la-ginning on the 1st
°f March to the 1st remain of May, and but for
Ihe birds would sound ou the
tree until tbe 4th of July. The fniit is
yellow, plum-like, elongated in share,
from one and a quaiter to two inches
long and containing It has from one to two
atoms or pits. a pleasant pe¬
culiar, arid ta te, combining the flavor
of the tamarind and pineapple.
We are told by ex - commissioner
Coleman that the loquat is extensively
cultivated in Lower Loui-iaua. The
fruit is marketed in strawberry baskets
and brings fancy prices. For the year
1886and 1887 the cropt was light, owing
to the late and severe frosts.
Orchards of loquats may be seen in
Florida. One near Jacksonville was
said, a tew years ago, 4o have brought
in more cash per acre than any other
piece of land used for agricultural pur
poses in the State,
The tree is grown from seeds which
germinate while fresh. slowly It but ai-o readily if planted
is grown from iay
ers and cuttings, and can toe grafted
and budded on the quince and haw
thorne, which are closely related trees.
.Kan Franciso Chronicle.
Judge (to prisoner)—“So you were
t Irunk and disorderly? What have you
to say >•* Prisoner—“I've a good deal
to say, your honor, if you'll only give
~ m , e time to say it.” Judge—“Certainly,
wi . ith piea-ure. Sixty days will be enough,
won’t it? Our object is to please.”—
Washington Critic.
FAHSION.
It is our pleasure to announce our usual SPRING and SUMMER
display of
Gents’, Youths’, Boys’ and Children's
wmm mmm
Furnishings, Underwear, Neckwear, Hats
t llrWIPW T • A
T |*
1 J
We do not exaggerate when we say that our present season's ex
Jtiliil SURPASSES anv stock EVER shown bv US, ill QP ALITY,MA
IE RIAL and PERFECTION of FIT.
MAIL ORDERS
Have our most c ireful attention, and rules for measurement and
Oilier 4 .» 1IIiorilltlt • , 1011 • Ciieerl , p lllly n sent *. Oil request, *
-0. O. 1).
Shipments with privilege of examining before paying.
EXT 11A SIZES,
For STOUT, THIN, TALL and SHORT gentlemen a specialty.
Oountry IVSCoi^olJL^xi.ts
('tut, by virtue of heavy purchases, and extraordinary facilities, obtain
BIG TRADES in SLI’ERIOR Clothing. We have some job DEALERS lots that
cannot fail to prove profitable investments forC()l.\TR\
The Clothing Palace 106 Congress Street
jail. 11-lyr Savannah Ca
Schofield’s Iron Works,
MatsI'facti'rers and Jobbers of
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, COTTON PRESSES,
General Machinery and all Kinds Castings.
Sole Owners and Manufacturers of
SCHOFIELDS FAMOUS COTTON PRESS,
To Pack by Hand, Horse, Water or Steam.
Brass Goods, Pipe Fittings, Lubricators, Belting, Packing- Saws. Etc
General Agents for
Hancock Inspirators and Gullets Magnolia Cotton Gins.
J S. SCHOFIELD & SON
my31-lyr MACON, GEORGIA.
ALTMAYER k FLATAU,
412 Third St., Macon, Ga.
-WII( )LESA LE
Liiquors, Totoaccos,
,/.V» ClOslRSn
WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF ANY HOUSE IN
MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Sole agents for'Export, Kate Claxton, link r and (Tub House, pure copper
distilled ltye Whiskies, Georgia and North <'arolina Corn, Peach and Apple
Brandies always on hand.
Imported wines and brandies KICK u BEEIt, specialty. non-alcoholic.
Sole agents for the celebrated
Sole agents for Val ltlat/. Milwaukee Beer, by the dozen or cask.
solicited, nnd a liberal discount given to the trade. Orders promptly filled,
packed and shipped, according to directions.
Price List, and Order Book furnished upon application. ill in
Send for our prices before purchasingelst-wh-Mv. and you w save money
any line we carry* such as Liquors, Tobaccos and t'igars.
A LTM AYE 11 & PLATA U,
412 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA.
toy 24-0nib
A Q 33, mvi: a i rx.
419 AM) 421 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA.
Successor to Souitl and •fBut tart /,
Is still in the field, prompt to furnish nierchnntK, millers find
traders with all kinds of Provisions and Produce, Magging, Ties, To¬
bacco and Cigars, small groceries, such its can goods. Lowest prices.
Orders will have prompt attention, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Captain Mallary will insure your life; 1 will insure your pros
perity. inv.'il (irn
iMio. ESTABLISEEIILD i s<;5.
OLD AND RELIABLE
5ak> aud feed Stablest
■
A Large Stock 0|!
Kept Constantly on
Cheap to the
II . & M . IV A T E R M A N,
/iu wki a sri //«-, €* u
As we procure our supply direct from tho West in cur load lots
we are* prepared at all thues to 1 urnidi saw mill and t urpenl ine firms
with first-class mules at the lowest market rates. W ^ e receive make a special
ty in this trade. Information or orders by mail will prompt
Mention. ! - " 1: _
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Smitli cfc Mallary,
—DEALERS IN—
~0~F-TT~NrTr!"R J V~ OIF 1 ENTEK/Y KIHsTD.
,______
Boilers, - saw - Mills, - Grist - Mills, - Cotton - seed - Grinders, - Belting,
Lubricating Oils, Iron Pipe and Fittings,
INSPIRATORS, BRASS FITTINCS, Etc.
SMITH & MALLARY,
Jan. 15, 1889. ly MACON, GA.
J. M. DATUM AN,
--REPRESENTING
GEO T ROGERS’ SONS,
THE OLD RELIABLE WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE,
Will „ call ,, on the , Merchants ,, u . of ,r LAM v ivt\( MAN iv etery „ rer .. two t wo weeks.
This house is agent for the following celebrated » Il, l popular
brands of Flour:
WADE HAMPTON. I.EOYA PATENT, WHITE VELVET.
The PARTIDO is the best 5-eent Cigar in the market.
Also agent for the famous MISSING LINK Itibacco.
J une 4-tim /
•veryst^v J
g| ^
|ff
Horses and Mules.
From Ihe
High-Priced.