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THE TIMES-JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY R V
3 V fTOHI. E. H. CiMM.
STOKES & CARNES,
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EASTMAN. GEORGIA
■Wh.n New Mexico comes into th.
Union we shall have a State the majority
of Whose inhabitants speak Spanish.
The predominant language in the
courts, schools and newspapers is Span¬
ish. This is a queer country.
It has bean remarked by all travelers
in foreign parts that more English is
spoken on the European continent this
year than ever before. The language
that carries a bagful of dollars behind it
Is the one that overcomes all others in
the long run.
The Osage tribe ot Indians is said to
lie the richest nation in the world. They
have in the United States Treasury $7,-
753,691, drawing 5 per cent, interest,
and besides thi* they hold 1,470,000
acres of land, which is equal to 1009
acres apiece, Each Indian is estimate!
to Ire worth $15, 171.
Ths brave Helvetians, thu only exist¬
ing people who have made a success of
Republican institutions in Europe, were
not going to stand any nonsense from a
country like Fraucc, which, says Frank
Leslies, is never quite sure what kind ot
government it will have to-morrow
morning. So they have built an Eiffel
Tower of their own, and, as it is sixty
three me I res higher above the ievol of
the sea than the one in tho Champ de
Mars, Madame Par s is left very much
behind. It is true that the Swiss tower,
which is on the Eschenberg, a small
elevation in the neighborhood of Win¬
terthur, is only 100 feet high, sinco tho
Eschenberg is itself 595 metres above
tho soa level, That is where these
mountainous countries have the pull
over the flat ones.
Tho San Francisco Chronicle, in a re¬
cent issue, devotes several pages to an
exhaustive article on the subject of irri¬
gation, taking for a text ilia work now
being done by the arid-lands committee
of the United Statos Senate. The
Chronicle claims to have demonstrated
that “it is entirely practicable for the
government to make millions of acrei
of land cultivable which are now only
barren wastes.” The recent rush to
Oklahoma and the possible repetition of
grab methods when the great Sioux
lauds are thrown open for settlement in
the near future are, in the opinion of
tho Chicago News, “reminders that the
areas of really agricultural landi in the
United Slates have their limits. The
Senato arid-lands committee, in becom¬
ing familiar with tho cost and expo li
ency of artificial irrigation in tho West,
is not a single stop in ndvanca of the
nation. There is much to he learned as
to tho cheapest and best methods of re¬
deeming arid lands, but when the u cces.
sity becomes ino re pressing than it is to¬
day the very highest scientific talent
will be fraught to bear upon it.”
The Commercial Conference held at
Pan Francisco called upon the Fifty
first Congress to establish additional
navy yaids in the North Pacific coast,
to put tho Mare Island yard in full
working order, and *c erect <>d-qii a to
defences on Puget Sound, Columbia
River, Coos aud Yaquima Bays, aud
Humboldt, Sin Francisco, San Pedro
aud San Diego harbors. The Now York
Sun considers that “this proper demand
is likely to be satisfied. Indeed, pro¬
visions for a part of the programme are
already made. A hoard of officers has
already recommended a site on Puget
Sound for a navy yard, in accordance
W’ith an act passed by the last Congress,
and its recommendation is almost sure
to he followed. The Mare Island yard
has received an outfit of ship building
appliances, costing about $100,000, and
will, no doubt, soon have an order for
extensive work, possibly including the
7500-ton armored cruiser. Finally, the
Pacific ports will presumably have their
full share of the big 10-inch and 12
inch gun s,'the forgings for which have
already been contracted for, while dy¬
namite guns will he in position at Pan
Francisco next spring.”
A dispatch from Rome states that the
military authorities there have boon ex¬
perimenting very successful v with
smo keless powder. This, according, to
the Washington Star, is not the first
test of the kind made by European
governments. The inventor of the pow¬
der was a French general named I.ebel,
and his government very promptly took
it up, but kept tho secret of its manu¬
facture closely gua rded. A country
chemist in Austria, one Falkenstein,
made a journev to Paris on purpose to
find ~ . out , , how _ the powder was made. m , d „
Ife could not get a specimen, but nap
pening to possess himself of a few
ploded cartridges, found enough there
(,o ma . -e a , asis • o , P lerimen’ ’ ’ aud
finally turned out a quantity of tfia ras
terial, which he carried to the minister
of war at Vienna. The minister sneered
at the whole , , idea, ., on no . . g ........I
then that he “could not picture to him
self a battlefield without smoke.” Falk
eastern then went to Berlin with his de
vice, which Count von Moltke positive
ly snapped at. It is estimated that the
slaughter wrought by this powder on
the field will be four hundred per cent
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great'* than heretofore. If it is adopt
ed t v.France, Italv and Germany,
next general European war will have
the clearest and c.eanest . , bat.iefields
known to history.
The latest statistics of the Pension
Office sliow that on the 1st day of July
the names of 489,725 months pensioners ben were the on
the rolls. Twelve ore
number had l»een 452,557, so that
was a net increase of 37,168 for the year.
GENERAL NEWS
CONDENSA TION OF CURIOUS ,
A ED EXCITING EVENTS.
sews rton EVEBYWHEM-AccinisTS. sruui.
flMES, ASV UAtnSlSiiS OV ISTICkLUT,
The steamer Baltimore, which went
ashore near Cape Heury Wednesday
night, was floated Friday night.
A dispatch from Fergus Falls Minn.,
savs that the ground «» covered with
snow Monday morning at that place.
* e < f fpatte™of. , he \^ n,.i e C8S T>, .
n Z^oyld a nr s fireFrSav J wm mtallv
T by * * ’
Fhe large fiouring , mill .. of the L. .
Porter milling company, at Winona,
Minn., burned \\ ednesday. Loss esti
mated at $150,000.
Cholera is still raging in the vall-ys of
the Tigris and Euphrates. During the
last three months there have been 7,000
deaths from the disease.
While addressing an audience at Music
Hall in Cincinnati, Uhio, Friday night,
Hon. Allen G. Thurman. on account ol
a failure of strengib, broke completely
down.
The _. National „ . . Carbon „ , work, , atiCleve- ,
land, O., were damaged by fire Sunday
&Tsrtssr^c*sSS the world.
carbon plant in
Fire in Port _ Letdon, r . , T , V., r Fru , ay
.
morning, destroyed the Douglass opera
houie and a number of business houses
and private residences, causing a loss of
over $100,000. All the town records
were burned.
Snow is reported from Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and various points in the
interior of New York and Pennsylvania,
A few flakes fell in Washington also,
mingled with rain, which prevailed nil
Wednesday.
The Chippewa commioners, at Duluth,
Minn., arrived Saturday from the Grand
Bortage reservation, where they received
every male adult Is,dian’s signature land to
the agreement for the taking up in
severalty, and selling what remained.
A fire at Port Clinton. O., on Friday,
destroyed the planing mill and lumber
vard of August Spies <fc Co., an warehouse elevator
filled with grain, and a coal
owned by L. Couch & Co., together with
two dwellings, railroad cars, ' docks, etc.
Loss $100 Out)
The switchmen’s strike in the Louis
ft ^■.ETStSJl^ " 1 N *a: -r.‘“ r E ;“a
in com
ing train, and some of the old ones have
applied for their plfces, and will doubt¬
less go to work at once.
The steamer Quinte, of the Deseronto
Navigation company, at Deseronto,Ont.,
was burned on Friday. E’our persons load
were lost. The boat had a light of
freight and express matter, principally
lumber, all of which was destroyed. She
also carried mails, which were lost.
Great enthusiasm prevailed Pittsburg, at the pe¬
troleum exchange at reached Pa., on
Saturday. On that day oil the
highest price since July 10,1885. The
highest reached was $1.07j; the lowest
this year was on January 27, when it
was 71 f, so the range of the year was
80J, a finechance for profit.
The cruisers Chicago, Boston, Atlanta
and Yorktown will sail for Europe about
the lOtti of November, and after a trip
through to the Mediterranean sea and
visiting all European capitals which can
tie reached by water, will return to the
United States in the spring, and then
make a trip in Soutli American and Cen¬
tral American waters.
Jumos J. West,ex-editorof the Chicago
Times, gave bond in the sum of $2,500
to answer for his appearance whenever
the State chooses to put him on trial on
the charge of issuing stock of the Times
Company with fradulent intent,for which
he was indicted. Charles E. Graham,
former secretary of the Company, was
also indicted with West.
The squaw men on the reservation
have fettled on all the lauds for miles
about Fort Pierre, S. Lb, and intending
settlers arc greatly excited, claiming that
the government has decided that the
squaw men are no better than Other
whites. Serious trouble is feared, as the
white settlers are organizing and threat¬
en to go upon the ipservation and eject
the squaw men.
In an address Monday.before the Boys’
and Girls’ National Home association, in
session at Washington, D. C., Alexander
Homeland, president of the association,
stated that there were $00,000 boy
tramps in the United States. lde advo¬
cated the establishment of a registration
system by which boy tramps might be
found and hired to farmers willing to
smploy them.
A meeting was held at Philadelphia on
Wednesday of manufacturing representatives of establish¬ a num
ber of bar iron
ments of I'ennsylvatiia and vicinity to
consult concerning the condition of trade.
All stated that business was in good con¬
dition and that the demand for iron was
good and that their best quotation for
bars in car-load lots at Philadelphia was
one and nine-tenths cents per pound;
base, net cash.
The plan for changing seed and
of the American cotton trust
merging it into a new incorporated com¬
pany, was made public, at New York, on
Friday. Under its provisions, 000 0 hl the ire new °e^
CO G^T 8SUe 21 ;i O
aud$ll,000,000 rt noooA in K bonds T The present S
holders w.ll receive twenty-five per cent
of the face of their certificates m new
bouds, and fifty per cent, m
stock All property of the present trust
will be translerred to the new company.
A dispatch on Saturday from from Fari
bault, MinD., says: Re ports all
over this country of a terrible drought
are pouring in, and unless plenty of rain
comes before winter sets in, the effect
will be terrible. A great many wells are
now dry. Many farmers in this vicinity
have to haul water six miles for watering
cattle and for household use. There is
fear that the Faribault waterworks well
will give out, which will leave the city
in a helpless condition.
A north bound freight on the Lake
Erie and NYestern railroad was wrecked
at Kokomo, Ind., Friday morning,
Twelve oil tanks exploded in quick sue
geUi finj tQ , he box car3 at .
Two cara of Burchaudise and
j J { our 0 { CO al were consumed. Engineei
Mehl, Fireman Edward Murkett, and
I Head Brakeman John Sherman were
thrown between the cars ami burned,
The accident was the work of
this being the third attempt.
A dispatch from F argo, N. D., says:
i; a nttemnt to rob the post
ffi w#s made j>j day morning, the re
su , t o j w bich is that Harry Mellon, n'ght
c j erk k as a bullet in Ills right arm. Mel
ton savs he was awakened at m Jnight
by the grow ling of a dog, and found a
robber in the office. He fired four shots
at the man as he was escaping through
the window, and was h«seif shot in the
arm. Melton's story is g. n rally dis
I believed.
At Irwin. Pa., Thomas and James
Thompson. Robert Robinson. Samuel
Hemming and Benjamin Stubbs were
.jttjng under a car playing cards Sunday
evening, when the shifter pushed the the
cars back on the siding, moving cai
they were under, and instantly ’ killing
Robinson, Hemming and Thomas
Thomp-on. James 4 hompson had Ids
back brobtn and died while being re
moved to his home. Stubbs escaped
w j t jj injuries.
TRADE TOPICS.
AN ENCOURAGING BlillBT FROM DlN'i
COMMERCIAL AGENCY.
The following is ft. G. Dun & Co.’-.
weekly review of trade for the week
ending Saturday, October 26th: Th
money market his buome more easy
with pro-pects that serious disturbance
this season is no longer to be appro
bended. The Bank of England gained
last week $270,000, and the Bunk of
France $289,000 in gold. All report
supplies adequate for legitimate needs.
Collections ure unusual!y satis;actoty at
almost tardiness all points, though some holi place
note because faimers l>uck
P-duc«a for better prices. The volume
of trade, fair for the season, at all points,
is greater than a year ago, though outside the
aggregate of bank clearings of
^,.. Y y ork txceed last year s but two per
cent. Trade iu food and groceries is
good. The New wool trade hus been the
largest at York for a long time, and
more active at Boston, where tales were
a, 100,000 pounds, but full at Ph.iadel
phia. Iron grows stronger, having ad
vanced in price $1. A demand from
Canada arid from Mexico is felt, foreign
prices being high. Bar iron is fiim.
blooms and billets feverish, and rails are
J^iJ^ounting *31 50 to 832 orders already booked for
y®" 9 " *“ ta 75OOO tons or lower’ more
T n is a shade*
tio trade “ °? dull 8f this * IexlCftn week, , 8u PP and l 7\ has The coal
is accom
pij s b ed nothing bevond fixing upon
„ 0Q m t0Qg the out t for X ovem
^ taica generally at $3.90. Liquida
t j ou ; u w heat continues with * prices three
cent , lower than a week 8go and gales
0 f 05,000,000 bushels here. Pork is
weak, and in hogs the decline has been
sixty cents per luO pounds. Oilhasrisen
three cents. Coffee is unchanged and
>ugar i s again lower. Cotton continues
down, receipts exceeding those of the
same week last year by forty thousand
hales, and exports thirty thousand bales,
and while there has been a touch of suow
in Virginia, the dreaded frost in the cot
ton states is still deferred. The treasury
has done little to help or hinder, but has
increased its cash holdings $900,000 speculative for
the week. On the whole,
markets are not promising, and judi
ciously let alone by the public, but the
outlook for all departments of legitimate
business is more encouraging than it hus
been for a long time. Business failures
during last week number tor the United
Slate * 188, and for Canada 37 For the
;rsr&r£ 1 s’ss sss
» » •>» » »< Sf*
A GREAT DAY.
THE ALLIANCES OF GEORGIA I1AYB A
GRAND REUNION AT ATLANTA.
Alliance day, at the Piedmont exposi¬
tion,at Atlanta, Ga., on Friday, was even
greater than Cleveland day, two years
ago. There were inoro people within
thebounds of Fulton county than on any
other one day in the history of Georgia,
and the program at the exposition was in
perfect keeping with the immensity of
the crowd. Every train that reached
Atlanta, Wednesday night and Friday,
was packed with incoming thousands.
Ail the roads ran extra coaches to accom
udate the crowds, and all were taxed to
heir utmost to haul tho alliancemen and
their friends. At the grounds the crowd
entered m only in the grand stand and
ou the terraces around the race track,
Die officers in charge say that it was,
vithout an exception, tho quietest aud
nost orderly they crowd tho they Every- ever
-aw, and told truth.
•ody was in splendid humor,
The special alliance exercises began
promptly on time, and when they were
qiened fully within twenty thousand alliance
men were
‘
riages, containing the ™ llle
allianco guests, was drawn up
Pryor street entrance to the Kimball
house, and a few minutes later the start
for the grounds was made. The proces¬
sion was headed by the Forsyth, Ga.,
alliance baud and the Zouave band. In
h* carriages, among tho guests, were a
number of ladies, including Mrs. L. F.
Livingston, wife of President Livingston
and tiie Misses Polk, the charming
daughters of Hon. L. L. Polk, of Ten¬
nessee. The other carriages were occu¬
pied hv the speakers of tho day, the
delegations fiom Texas, Tennessee and
North Carolina, the governor, mayor and
the citizens’ and exposition committees.
After the distinguished visitors had gone
over tiie grounds and through the sever
departments, they were escorted to the
speaker’s stand, which had been specially
fitted up iu their honor. At eleven
o’clock the speaking began in the pres¬
ence of nearly 50,000 people- alliai ce
men anil those who wished them Godspeed
A special feature of the day was a double
wedding, iu which the contracting par¬
ties were attired in cot'on bagging
costumes. The ceremony was witnessed
by the thousands w ho were assembled on
the grounds, and was a very interesting
scene, The day and occasion will he
long remembered by tho farmers of
Georgia.
A JURY SECURED AT LAST.
AND TIIE CRONIN SUSPECTS WILL NOW GO
ON TRIAL FOR TIlElIt LIVES.
The complete F ^ jury y was selected in the
Tuca , h afternoon.
had been finished the
jtatc , g attoruey asked for an adjljUr „
ment of two davs, ^ ’ in order to give the
^ don liu to raake out a ‘ for
tation of the Tho irapan .
oolin .^Allowing tT of the jury commenced August
t t h for the time occupied by
he court in the drainage commission,
and adjourrment asked for by the state’s
attorney, seven weeks have been r.ccu
pied in getting the jury. One thousand
md ninety-one jurors have been sum
moued, of whom 927 have been excused
by counsel for cause. In addition to the
l,’091 special veniremen summoned, there
were also twenty-four on the regular
canel dispose 1 of. One hundred and
seventy peremptory challenges have been
used, of which the defense has used
ninety-seven. At the time the jury was
sworn in, Beggs, iha defendant, had
three perempbwy challenges left and the
state twenty-two.
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THE PAPERS MISSING.
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documents needed to combat ’ 'boodle'’
claims disappear
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It was announced at Chicago Friday
evening that important papers were miss
i ing from the state’s attorney’s office,upon
which the county had largely depended
to combat the old “boodle” claims, ag
^egating 1250,000. They are needed
chiefly to fight the bills o Contractor
Kellogg, ex-M arden \ arnell, ex-Com
missioner Fray and the American
St^StheliiSiDrd^iiine.ita
are recovered it may result in the bss of
many thousand dollars to the county.
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BANK STATEMENT
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; Following is a statement of the ass v
dated banks at New York for the week
' d j g October 26th:
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Reserve increase. - 212,025
Loans decrease.., 2 . 12 v;m
Depo-i;- _____ ' 4 J’LY- .
ecre_8.>...... • 52.2 “ X
Circulation mcreaae...
The b reks now hold $916,050 in excels
u ™ ceBt rule.
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SOUTHERN .NEWS.
!
ITEMS OF IXTERES T FROM VA¬
RIOUS POINTS IS TEE SOUTE. |
os <» i
a cohwismed account of what is going
importarcs ls the bovthebx states.
A .. - of . , hat ., i
terrific storin ran, snow,
“d sleet prevailed at Harrisonburg, \ a..
, ednesday. The wind blew a periec. !
liUrricane -
Information was received at Rich- ;
mond , Va*. Friday night that democratic
judges had been arrested io* Charlotte fraud
couu, .v charged with committing
* the Into presidential election.
The letter carriers of Charleston, S. C.,
in response carriers to a suggestion from the hi
ter of New York, met on
Wednesday, and contributed two dollars
each'to the fund for a monument of the
late Samuel S. Cox.
Switchmen on roads entering Memphis,
Tenn., on Friday petitioned the several
superintendents f. ran increase of $2.50. wages
from $2.15 and $2.25 per day to
A general strike is threatened if their de
mauds are not conceded to.
Five thousand cigaimakers are still on
strike Bike at at Key Kev West W es , t F .a. a Many tanycub Cuban on- |
er “* l T es who wished to return to Havana,
P^tmned the Spanish consul to send
”
*£ {?»■»
fir-t anniversary of her birth Friday.
bhe nas indisputable record evidence tfiaf
she was born m Charleston, b. C„ Octo
ber doth, 1 <88.
The Southern exposition opens in
Montgomery, Ala., on November otli.
lhe management received a letter Wed¬
nesday morning from President Harrison
statingthat he would start ihe much nery
through the medium of telegraph wires
on that day.
At New Orleans a fire broke out Sun¬
day morning iu the cargo of cotton in
the forward hatch of the British steamer
Triuacria, loading for Havre. The i ri
nacria belonged to the Anchor line. She
had 2,200 hales aboard. The L-ss is
$ 10 , 000 .
A. A. Wood’s cigar box factory, the
sawmill of the Tampa Lumber cbmpauy
and the machine and car shops of the
Tampa Railway company, at Tampa,
Fla., were destroyed Friday. The Tam¬
pa Lumber company lose $5,000, cigar
box factory $5,000 and the Street Rail¬
way company $2,550.
Memorial services were held in the
Oentinary S. M. E. church at Charleston, B.
U., in honor of the late Mrs. K.
Hayes, who was prominent in establish¬
ing the woman's mission among colored
women in the south. The missions of
all the other M. E. churches joined in
the services.
At a meeting of tlie^ board of visitors
of the Confederate- Soldier’ home, in
R chmond, A a., on Wednesday, the res
ignation of Governor accepted, Lee, as president,
was tendered ami dhegover
nor resigns on account of the approach
ing expiration of his term of office, when
be contemplates moving from the city.
A dispatch on Friday, fiom Nashville,
Tenn., says: The Southern Iron company
fias just added another valuable furnace
property, (the Drouillard lion company)
to its possession. The property coni
puses 17,600 acre/of mineral and timber
lands, lying between the Cumberland
river and Dickson, on the Nashville A
Chattanooga road. The amiunt paid
was $140,000 cash.
Edwin I) Mathews, clerk for C. W.
Oliver, tax collector for Pike county,
(j a-> was called by some one to his stoic
Friday n i gkt . He opened the store,
struck a match and lit a lamp, when two
mcn assa „ited him and robbed him of
Ilteeil hundred and forty dollars tax
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AN iinDcrrcnrMTFfi UNPRECEDENTED r CASE. acf
THK SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
STARTS A NEW ORDER OF THING8.
The supreme court, at Knoxville,
Tone., on Saturday, decided a raise un¬
precedented in the history of Tennessee.
L ist January, llenry Sutton,a prominent
stock buyer, was fired upon by men in
ambush and killed. Suspioion pointed
io five men, John (or Big John) Ander¬
son, John, Elisha and Clinton Bernard.
They were all closely related to each
other, and a family feud had long been
raging between them and the Suttons.
The Bernards were arrested and tried on
the same indictment, convicted and sen¬
tenced to he hanged. An appeal and that was
taken to the supreme ronrt,
body confirmed the sentence of the lower
court. They will be hanged on Decem¬
ber 23. It is a remarkable case in several
particulars and the first on record where
five men were tried for murder on the
same indictment and convicted. At the
same term of the lower court six meu
were sentenced to he hanged, and several
sent to the penitentiary for long terms
for homicide. The first sentence to hang
ever given in the county, was given at
that term. Ilfflicock county, which ad¬
joins Kentucky,has been long known for
bloody feuds and fatal shooting affrays,
but the decision, on Saturday, it is
thought, will start a new order of things
in the mountains.
TWO MORE VICTIMS
OF RUBE BURROWS, THE NOTED OUTLAW
AND MURDERER.
A special dispatch on Saturday from
Birmingham, Aid., says: liube Burrows,
the noted Alabama train robber, mur¬
derer and outlaw’, has ag in defeated a
sheriff’s posse and added two nitn to hid
long list of victims. Late Friday even- his
• pj urrow3 aIK t one member of
ga „ gi supposed to have Been Btu
Thornton,'were surrounded near Brooks
v j de Blount couuty, Ala., by Sheriff
Morris and a posse of forty meu. The
outlaws opened fire, and at the first vol
j ey y. , )Utv giu-jiff, Andeison and Penn
'\v U ouward fell dead, the formet shot
through the head and the latter through
the brekst. The ofiicers returned the
tiie, aui over one hundred shots were
exchanged. The posse were armed oniy
w ith shotguns Wired and pistols, and as they
were two yar ,s from the out
laws, they were at great disadvantage, ri- as
ihe latter were armed with repeating
fles of large calibre. James Herron o,
the posse, was dangerously wounded
and five other-, whose names could not
be learned, received slight wounds. The
outlaws fired ouly at one point in the
surrounding line, and cutting a gapdu it
they made a cash for liberty und es
;aped, no pursuit being made by th:
posse, who remained to care for then
dead and wounded.
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A BOLD SCHEME.
two men and a woman pllt a trick
A * WAHK ****■
Two well dressed men and a woman
drove up to Gottman savings bank, at
Newark, N. J., Weduesdav afternoon. informed
The meu entered the bank and
the cashier that the ladv in thecirriage
wag unable to waik and' desired to speak
to him and make a deposit. One of them
»nd the cashier went nut and held a con
versation with the ladv. She deferred
making the depo-it to' the cashier re
!urned ‘ The other man left the bank,
entered the carnage and drove off A few
moments later it was discovered that
$1,150 in bills had been stolen from be
hind tha railing.
THE DEADLY AX.
AS OLD MAS KILLED, AND HIS AGED WIF*
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.
A dispatch trim Hawkinsviilc, Ga ,
says: A horribie murder was committed
Sunday night eleven miles from here, just
across Houston county line. .Mr. VVil
dam Miller, an aged farmer, was killed
H „d his wife was nearly killed. Mr. an 1
Mrs Milter lived alone. They were had sd
ting by the fire reading Millar and each hus- a
small lamp. Mrs. heard her
band say: “Don’t do that." Then she
felt herself struck, uml was knocked un
conscious. When she regained con
et ommsi she heard the clock strike
twelve. She saw that Mr. Miller was
apparently ^ dead, and she was afraid to
call for help, fearing that her assailants
were still there. Sue lay there until four
o’clock, when her suffering were so great
that she called for help. Her calls were
soon answered by the cook, whoso house
was forty or fifty yards distant. On the
bed wus an ax w-hicli had struct the
Wowg and the mrable top of a bureau
which had been removed itorn its place
to enable the murderers to rifle the duiw
er3 1,1 search of money, which Aimei
>''\lr \ri 1 ]! e'liw 'iTe It is
su PP°° ed l ^at Mr. Nlidtr r saw the oartie-- panic.
as t b e \ y ra i 3e d the ax. and asked them
1]0t t0 tlik ,. Mrs. Miller did not sec
th SU() WM ncare8t the door, and
—»*•«
“HI TFS
ttruck tivu bloWJ with the ax, and hi.
gkuU WM baUlv smlshed . when found
ho wag gtdl <ittln in Ujs arm chair, with
jj ead and arm hanging over the side.
The blood had run from uis wounds and
made a pool on the fl-or. Ilis death
must have been instantaneous. Mr. Mil
lerwasonoof the most respected ... cm
zeua of Houston; a well-to-do farmer,
upwards of sixty years old. L 1. John
son and Sara Chunkey, two negroes, are
suspected of the murder as they have
disappeared from the neighborhood.
DISASTERS AT SEA.
SEVERAL VESSELS GO DOWN—FRIGHTFUL
LOSS OF LIFE.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says:
The schooner George T. Simmons, of
Camden, N. J., was wrecked off False
cape, thirty miles south of Cape Henry,
in a storm last Wednesday night. When
the vessel was first seen sunk in the
breakers, by tho life-saving crew Thurs¬
day morumg, five men were laslitd in the
rigging. Due by one the doomed men
have been swept away into the sea. bun
day night two men were left. Life-sav¬
ing stations Nos. 4, 5 aud 6 have kept in
readiness a crew of picked men, watching
an opportunity to go to the rescue of the
wrecked men, but the surf has run too
high for the life boat to make an attempt at
relief.... A large three-masted schooner,
flying a flag of distress, is ashore eight
miles outside of Oregon Inlet. Assist¬
ance will be sent from Norfolk. ...The
schooner Lizzie F. Haynes, lumber lad¬
en, from Savannah to Baltimore, lias been
wrecked on Body’s Island. The captain
aud steward were saved. Five men were
drowned. Two of their bodies were re¬
covered and were buried. The vessel is
a total loss, and the cargo is washing
out on the beach... .The schooner A. E.
Blackman rolled over when two miles
out at tea. Captain Charles Edwards,
by aid of a Cork jacket, swam saved. to
New inlet and wus
The other five of the crew were lost....
News from Charleston, 8. C\, Sunday,
savs: The steamer Carbis Bay arrived
lroin York on Friday. She reports that/
filty-four miles northeast by east, of lint-'
tens light she passed the abandoned
of the steameis, and is dangerou, ,o
navigation. She left Charleston for
Philadelphia on the 12th with 558,000
feet of lumber on board.
A FIENDISH DEED.
INHUMAN ACTS OF A PARTY OF NEGROES
IN ALABAMA.
A special, on Tuesday, LaFayettc, to the Birming¬
ham Aje Herald, from Ala.,
records a crime in Tallap osa couuty that
1,as rarelv been surpassed iu its horrible
details. It seems that while Albert
Smith and his three oldest children had
gone some miles to church, five negro
men approached the house and aske l
Mrs. Smith to give them something to
eat, and being refused, they went into
the house,and learning that there was no
one at home but Mrs. Smith and her lit¬
tle babe, torced her into the yard and
began ransacking the house. After ap
prqpidating all that they could find in
the way ol money and valuables, they
set fire to the house, and added horror
io the terrUle scene by forcing th:
distracted woman to witness tho
most brutal of fiendish deeds, which
wag the tossing of her little baby in the
air, and letting it fall back almost on
the point of sharp knives which they held
under it. The brutes finally went away,
leavino the woman with ncthing to greet
the return of the horror-stricken husb md
and children but her half dead babe and
a smouldering heap of coals. People for
miles around' have been searching the
country for the villians, and at last ac
counts three of the negroes had beer
Captured.
A CHURCH MELEE.
a priest expelled for iNSUBORDiNA
TION—A LIVELY FIGUT.
About three months ago, B shop
O’Hara, of Scranton, I’a., severely re
buked Father Warnegary, pastor of the
Polish Catholic church at Plymouth,and
afterwards expelled him from the priest
hood for unbecoming conduct. The
congregation was divided into two fac
tions, and one of these insisted upon his
making disposition of the church and its
property. On Tuesday he sent for Rev.
Father Mack and deputized him to act
in bis name. The police were called up
on to interfere in case of trouble and a
call was made at the parsonage. Upon
admission being refused,the officers were
ordered to forcibly enter the building,
and a moment later they bittered down
the doors and arrested six of the inmates.
A fierce fight ensued while the prisoners
were being removed, and in the struggle
Chief of Police Michael Melvin had his
leg broken and back injured. A number
of the prisoners were hurt in tiie melee,
but none fatally injured.
FLORIDA FRUITS
WILL EE CONSIGNED TO CHICAGO DEALERS
FOR DISTRIBUTION.
A lar°elv attended meeting of whole
sale fruit dealers of Chicago was held
T h ? r !i 8 L^i* hl $u G 'L.Y'
f Jacksonville, t la., as pre- ,
.
ormna e a p an m e 8
tni, for Florida for ,
’ ! »ng poin: - ‘
He wid that the fruit growers .
his st it-: ha 1 arrived at the conclusion
thal !t * was ® of and
-
to consign hundreds of small pac ages
'? and villages throughout the
Northwest. He proposed, as spokesman had 10,
cdthe shippers of Florida, who
°00.0°0 boxes of oranges to send over
the country, that the merchants of Chi
ca 8° uaite 10 make lhat cit 7 a P° lnt for
distribution.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Bills Passed by he Senate and Hunse
of Representatives of Georgia.
A. bill to amend the charter of Au
gusts ; to amend the charier < f the M I
con Savings bank ; to prohibit the judge
of the county court of Putnam from
practicing law in misdemeauor cases; to
enact a stock law for the s>85th district
of Forsyth county; to set apart two
rooms of the new capitol for the pre
serration of confederate war relies; to
retire inebriates from the lunatic asylum.
A bid to appropriate money to the
{^Yo?h«tcE?I«iterstorageroom, Lunatic asylum—the sum ol
* addi
f nces elc . s.'i institution 000
Uonal for maintenance maintenance of of the the institution,
included in the amount; to amend the
act establishing the city court oi Home
so as to increase the salary of the judge
from $000 to $1,000, and to enlarge the
jurisdiction of the court; to make op¬
erative the stock law of the 1334th dis¬
trict of Randolph county; also, a bill to
make operative the st; ck law for the
934th district <f Randolph l).;de county; to
amend the load laws of county so
a; to provide for a commutation tax in
l u ot road work- to strike out the sec
ton exempting U sing Fawn and Tren¬
ton from the law; to amend section
1,465 of the code so as to provide for
r turns of certain property to the comp¬
troller general; to amend item 12 of
section 920 of the code bv inserting of
the word oatli the words “in conformity
with the blanks furnished said receiver
by the commissioner of agriculture,” so of
as to get full and accurate returns
crops: to incorporate the Smithonia,
Lincoltou aud Augm-ta IUilroad com
pany; to incorporate the Laborers’ Loan
and (Savings bank; a registration bill for
j.^ski county; to amend the road laws
akl ^ c so f ar as j j relates to Eman
ue j. amend the charter of the town of
i IaT tw<dl so as to make the number of
aldermca fiv0) RI1 d to. gt*e them
power to elect a mayor from their number;
to increase the salary of the state libra¬
rian to $1,800. Amended to apply the to
the office during the present term of
incumbent; to submit a constitutional
amendment which will authorize pensions
for the widows of confederate soldiers
who were killed in the war or died since
from wounds there received.
A hill to amend the charter of Monti
oello; a registration fh bid for Jasper council coun¬
ty; a hill to allow mayor and
of Baruesville to regulate the sale of li¬
quor for medicinal and sacramental pur
u ses only; to incorporate the Union
Point and Eiberton Short Line railroad
company; to change the time of holding
Troup superior court, spring term, from
the third to the fourth Monday in April;
to amend the act reducing the number
of trustees of the University of Georgia,,
and provide for their appo fit ueut by the off
Governor. The amendment cuts
compensation and only allows acti al
expenses; to incorporate the Bainbridge
aud Northwestern Railroad company,
to change the name of the t e Under¬
writers’ Mutual Insurance company to
the “Underwriters’ United Insurance
company,” ami to give it the right to in¬
sure against lightning; to amend the
charter of West End; to incorporate the
Atlanta & Alabama (ri al and iron Rail
load company; to amend the charter of
Dalton so as to require the registration
of trades and prescribe fire limits; to
mend the charter of Athens, Ga., so as
io authorize the mayor and council to
assess costs for fire protection; to amend
the act to establish public schools at
(Quitman; to authorize the city court of
Athens to impose fines up to $200 and
imprison or work on the streets for six
month's; to amend the charter of Buch¬
anan in Haralson county; to repeal the
of b U
to incorporate the Fa rmonid Val y
Hwlroad comp .ny; to lucorpora.e the
American Inter-Ocean Canal company:
to repeal an act reducing the w ork on
roads in Johnson county; a throe mile
prohibition hiiijor Bethesda church, in
Jackson county; to incorporate the town
of Meigs. Also, to incorporate the town
of Metcalf, in Thomas county ; to au¬
thorize the judges of the superior courts
to hold special terms to admit to lhe
bar persons who have diplomas from the
law schools of the State university, Mer
: ocr university, . or Emory college; to pro
v i' le a drainage law for the county ol
Franklin ; to amend the charter of Greens
‘^er 0 -
BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Governor Gordon, on Friday, affixed
his signature to the following bills, and
by so doing made them laws: the An act to
appropriate money to pay commis¬
sioners clerk and surveyor appointed
under a resolution of the general asiem
hly of 1887, to make and file an upprulso
meat and survey of the property known
as the Western & Atlantic railroad tor
such services as were rendered in accord
ance with tai 1 reso ution. An act to
amend an act to incorporate tho Under¬
writers’ Mutual Insurance company. An
act to am -ml an aofc t > prohibit within the sale
of intoxicating liqqprs one mile
of Midway church in Gwinnett county,
An act to amend act 3, section 7, pira
graph 7 of the constitution of the state
by adding the following words: “But
the first reading of each bill in each
house shall consist in the reading of tho
title only.” An act to incorporate the
town of Jenkinsburg, in Butts county,
An act to empower the mayor and alder
men of the city of Savannah to establish
and control by ordinance of its council,
harbor lines in the Sivannah river from
the crosstides above the city to the city.
An act to author.ze the county commis
sionc-rs of Terrell county to submit to the
qualified voters of said county the ques¬
tion of the issuance of county bonds to
pay for the election of a courthouse in
said couu y. An act to incorporate the
Southwest Georgia railway. An act to
repeal the charter of the town of South
Rome, and to extend the limits of the
c ity of Rome so as to include a/I the ter
ritory now unbraced iu the limits of
South Rome. An act to incorporate the
Empire Mills Telegraph company, privileges and to
confer certain powers and on
the same,
THEY RESOLVE
TO CONTINUE THE USE OF COTTON BAGGING
AND. ENCOURAGE ITS MANUFACTURE.
The Georgia committee on cotton bag
ging,at its recent session iu Macon, Ga.,
passed the following resolutions:
“Whereas, The btgging committej has
information from a number of sub-al
liances throughout this state indicaring,
in the strongest terms, a determination
to continue the use of cotton bagging
alone for the purpose of covering the
crop That of 1889. Therefore. Re-olved,
in conformity wi h thi3 purpose,
we recommend the manufacture of bag¬
ging, to weigh not less than one pound
to the yard and 44 inches wide, loosely
' v °ven similiar to that now manufac¬
tured lay the Lane and West Point, Ga.,
mills. ”
i B a Tripp, the millionaire of .Scrnn
ton, Pa., has a peculiar habit. lor
many years hesmoked cigars until Lis
physician { UAd him he must stop amok
ug G r die. Thereuixin Tripp hired a
negro to smoke all day near him and
blow the smoke into his face. The
neglo dul this for year, untd he died,
arid his pla.e was taken by a wiute inau.
Mr . Tripp is w perfect health. His
S m ker uses about two ve fine cigars
„ day. Tripp seems to derive great en
joyinent from this second-hand metiiod
of indulging m tobacco.
DO YOU
WEAR CLOTHES?
Because if you do, it will interest you t.» know that our complete FALL am!
WINTER Stock of Extra Fine #
Suits, Overcoats, Hats,
UKDERWBH HOSIERY- HECKWEtR AND FCRNISHISGS.
IS NOW EBATYI
0,0, P. Shipments continue a special feature with us’.
Privilege of examining before piling!
Buies for self-measurement m request !
Extra sizes a specialty !
We Can Always Fit
ANY MAN, BOY OR CHILD REGARDLLSS OF IU'lLD OR DIMENSIONS.
SOLE AGENCY FOR
KNOX'S - FINE - HATS!
I y i t It I A ,4 Who cater to fine trade can get some special JOBS
I I ) I L I fl A I I L U\ by writing to us.
i i s'. || i Y Our Immense Retail Trade gives us many advaut
-LJ AY Ad t-A A.L ages over the exclusive JOBBER!
1«> I Conafi’ess Savannnli, 4irn.
B. H. LEVY So BRO.
Schofield’s Iron Works,
Manufacturers 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 Cotlon tins.
J. S. SCHOFIELD & SON
mySl-lvr MACON, GEORGIA.
ALTMAYER & FLATAU,
412 Third St., Macon, Ga.
-W11< )LESA LE
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C 14**1 MIS*
WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF ANY HOUSE IN
MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Sole agents for Export, Kate Claxton, Bak v and Club House, pure oopper
distilled Rye Whiskies, Georgia ami North Carolina Corn, Peach and Apple
Brandies alw ays en hand.
Imported wines and brandies KICK a BEER, specialty. non-alcoholic.
Hole agents for the celebrated
Sole agents for Val Blatz Milwaukee Beer, by the dozen or cask.
idrcrcs- TC“I«.^a.IS3ES
solicited, and a liberal discount given to tiie trade. Orders promptly filled,
paekeil and shipped, according to directions.
Price List and Order Book furnished upon application. ill io
Send for our prices before purchasing elsewhere, and you w save money
any tine we carry, such as Liquors, Tobaccos and Cigars.
ALTMAYER & FLATAU,
412 TlUlli) STREET, MACON, GA.
my 24-(lmO
I ' a JJ 3, fjjll-illili.
410 AND 421 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA.
Successor to Stool/ and aflat to rtf.
Is still in (he field, prompt to furnish merchants, millers and
I traders with all kinds of Provisions and Produce, Ragging, Ties, To¬
bacco and Cigars, small groceries, such as can goods. Lowest prices.
Orders will have prompt attention, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Captain Mallary will insure your life; I will insure your pros
perity. my31 -<>m
18155 . ESTABLISHED 1805 .
0 LI» AM* REIilAItLE
and feel CO) e. -g.. a. / 5L w i
A Large Stock
Kept COflStaHtly Oil I
Cheap to the
II. & M. WATERM AN,
Ho tv hi nsviftc , 4 * a
As we procure onr supply direct from the A\ est in car load lots
wo prepared at all times to furnish saw mill and turpentine firm,
are lowest market rates W make a special¬
with first-class mules at the e prompt
ty in this trade. Information or orders by mail will receive
ttention ._ _ _apriLL^ly_
a
—DEALERS IN—
TCI3STID.
Boilers, - saw - Mills, - Grist - Mills, - Cotton - seed - Grinders, - Belting,
Lubricating Oils, iron Pipe and Fittings,
INSPIRATORS, BRASS FITTINCS, Etc.
SMITH & MALLARY,
Jan. 15. 1BS9. ly MAC OX, GA.
,J. M. BATEMAN,
--REPRESENTING
GEO T ROGERS’ SONS,
OLD RELIABLE WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE,
_____ ” _ .“L.
Will call on the Merchants of LAbl-MAJs f every , _ ive two . n
This house IS agent for . the , following , ,, • ppb.hrafed celt. and popular P
brands of Flour:
WARE HAMPTON, LEONA IP „v. pitpyt PATL-YJ, WHITE VELVET.
The PAIiTIDO P Tim 13 ia the the U| best O-cent >i cent Cigar Cigar in the market.
A;, Also a^-nt for the famous MISSING LINK Tobacco.
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Horses and Mules,
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High-Priced.