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STOKES & CARNES,
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EAST MAN, GEORG i A
The United States government ha*
purchased 225 acres of land situated im¬
mediately south of the government
lands at Wed Point, X Y , extending
to the river on thn east and to Cram
ton’s hotel on the south. The pries
paid was $113,510. Tee military poat
will be extended.
William Bell, ass.stant surveyor of
the postoffice department of E rgland, it
in this country examining our postal
system. He expresses surprise that the
railway companies here carry the in¬
spectors and mail clerks free. la Eng¬
land nil postal employes have to pa;
their fare and a-e reimbursed by th«
department.
It will be encouraging to American
authors to learn that the fortune of th*
lato Professor Loomis of Yale college
was derived from the royalties on his
books. Tils sarcastic inquiry, “Who
reads an American book? ’ went out or
date a long time nge. It is evident that
plenty of people buy Amor can books,
when tho books are of the kind the
public want.
Edward Atkinsnn, that indofat gabl*
statistician, lias figured oat that about
20 per cent, of the cost of all the food
we cut is lost through our jgnoranej of
how to cook it. Tiie Washington Stir
thinks it might he a good idea to calou
la'e next how much of the nutrifivo vir¬
tue of our food jj worse than lo»t
through fa lu-e to eat it properly.
One of tho features of military drill
in thn Russian army is tho traiuing of
soldiers to switn in battali ms. at the
same time using their weapons, At
the recent annual military mvnouver
in the presence of the cz ir, a fine exhi¬
bition of proficiency was given in this
direcion. A largo force of infantry
swum across a wide lake in full march¬
ing order, with the help of fascine*,
made of reeds and rushes, or of inflated
»hcep*kins. At the saute time they kept
tip a lively fire on the boats of » sup¬
posed enemy who were disputing their
passage.
Tho confirmation of the general be¬
lief that Mr. Stanley and Enin Pasha
both are now acting in behalf of the
British East African Company is at last
at hand, ami explains many movements
of tho two explorer, which at ouo time
seemed inexplicable. Mr. Stanley, says
the Cuicago Il raid, may now put him¬
self on record as having carve 1 out two
great empire, in Africa, for the success
of the now East African country in its
gigantic acquirement of territory is al
ne st entirely duo to him. He has also
concluded the foun lations of his own
material fortune, for British East Afri¬
can stock is going to par.
The effort which humane friends ot
the railroad employe, are making just
now to procure the suostitution of auto¬
matic devices for the awkward hand¬
brake and I ink-and pin coup'ing on
cars deserve, univer*al popu.arsupport.
Tho full meaning of the movement is
not realized till we consider such state¬
ments ns nro nude by ex Ruilroa 1 C-uu
mi-sioner Coffin of Iowa, allowing that
in his Stato alone 352 men wero killed
and injure 1 last year through the u*e
of the old-fashioned apar.itu*. In a
pevio i of tea years there were 2426
such casualties, an average of nearly 243
in a year; and the r ite, of c nirsa is
sontinualiy on the increase, proportion
ed to tho growth of ruilroa 1 traffic.
Taking the mi.cage of Iowa as n stand¬
ard and preserving tlio same ratio of
accidents, it is estimate l that there
must be not loss than 6003 men killed
©rmaimei every year by the obstiuacy
of their employers in resisting the march
of progress in their branch of industry.
That means nearly tsveuty victims every
day. It is a shameful showing, and
the Washington Stir declares that pub¬
lic opinion ought to mare itself felt in
behalf of a multitude of hard and faith¬
ful workers, who arc nearly p .werless
to make their own voices heard.
The anH-Chinese excitement on the
„ Hawaiian islands, the . an Iranctscx
C/noniclt regards a. the natural result
cf a policy which is sure in tho end to
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force , the . natives . to , the ,, Rad. ,, 1-oryt.irs _
•oolies were allowed to come into th.
islands without a check, until now there
is one Chinese to every two natives. A
conserv dire estimate puts the Chinese
at 18,000. while the native Ilawniians
only number 10 000 R .-ceutlv a re
striclion act was passed, but it had not
been so well enforced as our old act in
this tli.s countrr country which ntucti is is euuivalen- equ men. to v- sav
.
ing that any Chinesa could gain alm s
sion to the island. Then as the Chi
nese continued to swarm in ar.d to dis
place the natives from all the trades
and jielty avocations which had for
merlv been given up to them.an amend
'
ment to the constitution . . was iroposed 4
to limit the occupations in which CUi
nese nese couia coutd enwasre engage and to fix a term to 10
their stay on the islands. This amend
ment was indefinitely postponed by the
last legislature. Now the islands are
ovenun with ... Ctunesc, many of m
will not work and anti-coolie agitation
has been begun again. The only way
out of the dilemma seems to be to
choree the rcstr c ion act and to make
Lie vagrant 4 Sttnese do , honest , wora. . In ,
this way the governmeu t may avoid the
Uaixaer “ of _i__“ bsrsh and unjust legislation.
TwEvn-THRBKof the most important ed
countries iu ti e world are represea
bv jiaritime fiftv deleca'es at the International
Oonferenceweceutly convened
it; Was lington. As the pcsiplc nixie of those
countries control n netv "the or cent.
of the wor d’a tonuage, regulations
a,\op evjiefted od by their representatives prevail everywhere. may
be to s >on
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GENERAL NEWS.
COXDEXSATIOX OF CC1U0VS,
AXD EXCt TTXO E TESTS.
ff.,3e avxHTwBiHL- ACcirnmia, STaisE*
rrECft, a?(1> BArtzyrs-j- of mERtar.
Il.e governor-general of , ,, Cuba , d.s- j- 1
claims that he in anyw cT aided the str.k
mg cigariuaker- of h-y N\ est.
Mexican newspapers state that negro j
colonista will only be permitted to settle j
in itrer districts on the coast. i
J. II. Eathbune, of Wa-hingtoD, Pythias, foun¬ j
der of the order of Knight, of Ohio,
is prostrated at u hotel in Lima,
and is not expected to lire.
Not including Alaska,.Brazil is larger
in ixtent than the United States, It •
p within its limits an area of <
it,2*7,964 square miles, with a population
of 12 383 373 ,
The National Grange, in session at
Sacramento, Cal., on Wednesday pass d
a re-.o ution favoring the election of
Ln t<-d States . tcnato. , s direct ,, , 1 by „ a vote
of ... the people , m The . Grange „ , will ti, meet 1 I
next year at Atlanta, Ga. 1
Judge Foster, of Ihe lmted Slates
district court at iopi ka, Kansas, reu
di red a decision in a criminal ease Tuurs
day, holding that ''No 3!an s Land wa- 1
Indian oountrv, and as uch was part
northern Texas, when the offense was
committed.
A new combine of all the barb wire |
mil!, of Illinois will be known ns the
Fed ral Hteel Company, wiih a capital ot j
$12,Ou0JW0. The presi nt pric 1 of h.rb j
wire, printed, is $8.10 in car load rots,
but after Januart 1 the price will proba
bly go up to $3.50.
A dispu’ch from Kansas City says:
The uorih bound pa-seng r train on the
Nti-souri, Kansas and Texas railroad wa
h Id up. Sunday nigut, at Pryor creek.
near Perry Station I. T. The express
and mad car were robbed. The pa.se 1 -
g, r. w ere not molested. The amount
-ecured by the robbers is not known.
Exports of specie from the ports of
New York last week amounted to $563,-
124, of which $76,820 was gold and
$486,202 si.vcr. All the silver wen to
Europe and nil the go d wen to South
America. Impor s 074,'of of specie forthe week
amounted to $203 which $130,
685 was in gold an 1 $66,889 silver.
i he United States ^ consul , at a /« Colon t re
portsthatsir.ee work on the Panama cn
nut ceased, business at Colon ias >eio
almost entirely prostrated. Jt some
times happens, lie says, that not a s ngie
vessel is to be found in the ur >_ a
thing heretofore unknown since I860.
The Isthmus railroad, wh: cl), in ^ ^
]>aid u dividend of j)er cent., r\i
this yeur pay only 9 per cent.
In an open letter to Charles Steward
Parncll, Miss Anna C'nrsiake, of 1 ronton,
Ji. J., lias taken direct issue with the
great Irish leader about h s nvther’gcon
ditiou. She tells him p.ainly that Mrs.
Parnell is penniless and in ab-olute want,
If he thinks otherwise lie is in error,
Mrs. Carslake has been Mrs. Parueil s
faithful friend, and was Fannie Parnell s
schoolmate.
A revolt has occurred among the con
victs in Layolutc prison at Tunis. The
prrsoners succeeded in freeing them
selves from their chains and in procuring then
firearms and other weapons. They jailers
made a fierce attack up m the
who wore unable to quell the revolt,
and troops were summoned. Whcu they
arrived at the jail a desperate fight and took sol
place mid many of the prisoners
liters wera killed.
Arrangements have been in progress for
several days for the holding of m- ctings
at Kilkenny and Waterford, Ireland, tn
memory of the two men, Allen Larkin and
Gould, who were hanged for the killing
of Policeman Brett in Manchester iu
1867. The government issued a procla¬
mation forbidding the holding of the
meetings. Projectors of the demonstra¬
tion, however, announce that they will
not abandon their plans.
Sunday . .
Fire broke out morning in
the wholesale grocery house of Janney
& Andrews, on Market stree., Emtaael
phia. The fire ts supposed combustion. to have or
iginated from loss spontaneous estimated at nearly
the aggregate is
a quarter of a rnilhon. Janney & Au
drews lose on the b.ocM $100 0j)0 a
sured for $131,000. The building,which
was six stories high, coat $J0 1 »< 0
James AlcCuen, foreman of No. 4 lire
company, was caught by fallm,, ual.
^It was reported Sattmlay that York, the coffee firm
of Sanger aud Wells of New
dealers, were unnbleta meet
gallons. U ts saul that th ^ r ^ ll t cS
wdl be about $300 000, and ««« s
merely nominal. T he cause of the trouble
is said to be the investment of some
of the firm’s funds in « patent banel fac
lory, the headquarters of wh d r
Detroit. The firm has dealt.pnno establish- pally
in Java coffee, and ts an old
ment. A quarter of a century ago in
Fbher^ l-i-ti-r. 4 * They 1 ey 'contTOlled'lf large 0 trade.
AN INSANE WOMAN
COMPELS nun daughter to join her
JK DRINKING POISON.
A «hnstiy affair occurred at Mosher
ville, Mich., Thuisday night. During
the absence of her husband, Mrs. Nathan
Strong filled two tumblers with a solu
tion of paris green and handing girl one of to
her daughtor, Maude, a handsome
eighteen, aud taking the other herself,
she drank her own dose and forced
the girl, at the muzzle of a revolver,
<0 swallow the fata! draught.
AU efforts to save the woman and her
daughter were unsut Ct-s-ful, and Mrs.
agony’nnd g tr ,“. T die! at mi Inight In horrible
Maude *n hour later. Maude
insUtpa to the Ian that her mother
{orced heT t0 drink the poison and said
ghe did not want to die. Sh- begged
piteously of her friends and do tor to
save her life. The insanity which led
*> IIC ‘ h ' 8 bcea c!early ulark#d
,or aboUt g
A SHIP GOES DOWN
‘ rarow_ fifteen lives srr
P0 ^ E n to ilwe ULta lost.
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Th I?„. . . , . for^ , r , .
p.^'Tyl h York Wwt
Jhirtv.fivttmssen-.rs last Tuesday aftei noon wiih witn
tnmi-nvt 1 collided o the
schooner Agnes Mann n ,
^°. r “ fifteen lives' ^
^ T‘ a , p.ast h“e iStn are s UP .
P ,,ed t0 tia ' e 1 “ K t The
hrst information of , the disaster was
given in an Associated 1 re*s dispatch
from New London, at the company received s of
flee on Friday. The information
ported to the fact that pr banly over
twenty people have been lost. *h«=
vessel’s crew numbered twenty-seven.
The names of only a few of the crew are
known t0 t [j e old Dominion people.
The Manhattan was valued at $150,000,
and earned no insurance._
a ^ STRANGE « 1 RANGE REQUEST. KEqUfc .8 r.
In his will, Millard P Fillmote son of
p ref:{deat Pmm0re , particularly request*
t ^ at j,j # executor . estrov all correspoa
dence or letters written bv his father,
mother, sister or himself that may be
found in his effects. He bequeaths t.«
estate valued at $500,000 to relatives and
friends.
—
A good sire counts largely in the stock
but he can t do everything. Good dami
sre needed to make the stock as it shouic
p* Thriftiness in both parents is alst
accessary if the best stock is expected.
BUSINESS CUTL-OCK.
TRADE HE VIEW fOR BEl. ENDING Sit
nEDlV 1. Bt I»L"V 4 Co
R. G. Dm A Cm s weekly report says
The Brazil revolution has had surprising
iy little inflienre in the m rkets as ret
Coffee is only 4 higher for the week, an i
the new < crera».rn' appears to be sc
generally J sustained that apprehension D Ot
thp ( ., o o rtg or erruplio !, ., I)f
trade has al.-roH cn»> :d. Bn it ,, *>
u e that the mon y markets wcveindi
reedy affected to om > extent through
Europe, The where EngUred n. certainty contimns
tauk ot lost lor the
**?> k 1,050,003 pounds. and the
bank of Fr.,nce 430.000 francs, ITeie
money has been scarce atm
dull at times, tight at Phi. dt phia, an !
decided, y c.oso at Boston. Reports re
&rdin<j; the policy of the aim nisi ration
n jout silve- have been itvsiduousiy uxed
to create .1 fcchng of dbtru-t as to the
financial future, and in any case the
M*P'oa< h of , first ion of the new
^ n -' rt ; wriuld n ' i tura ‘- T have an un. :t
ting ° iiflum e with . 8- me. I ndcr the
e.rcumstances the m >ney thin markets hare
di-u-oer might have
Kcn apprehended.and the v dume of bus
Jncss ins ot Ejeeii pereepi > y affect d.
Clearings conti m • larger than a ‘ vc >r ago. i'»-t
at New York by lb i«- ca-t. fo
Boston, Pniimieipaia and C icago
by llt , r ccat . 4IJt ) at u n ,, i Bts oot si e
jf* w y rii p, p r o lit. NVnile the
treasury "has takefi in lor the week
$1,430,000 more than it bus paid out
Export- and import- for tin of month th <>
ur botti show an increa e aimut 13
per cent, but as c\p rts i xceeded im
ports by txvea y-tvvo mid a halt millions
m Novemli- r last year, the comp ir.sou is
most satisfactory. The maraet rig o
crops, and the movement of mon.r to
pay for them, have produced an e sier
-i uat.ou ar w.-siern an 1 -ourhern centers
The greet industries nr.) mu.ing sternly
prngre-s, ti ourh he -ale of -teel railsn
$3o, reporrr.'d la-t week, was of snial
quantity, needed for renew .Is only, tin
market is undoubtedly strong, and pig
a«*d most terms of manufactured tr.-n
ttlld stce > ull > uiamtctn previous qu tu
Cotton manufacture has he
doing a steady bustn ss, with firm price-.
prosuer.ty evidence is af
footed by dividend averaging 0. .3 p .
£nt yearly on 3.1 Tail river mil-.
^heat h .s risen , cent, with sales of 2- -
000,000 bushels, and c. rn t>nlv with
8aitg of 5 , 50 ,, 0 60 -ushel*. Cotton u,
chan , with s ,,l es of 4-8 000 bah-s.
ip pe week’s receipts exceed last year’s try
jj^noo, and exports exceed last yew's by
3fl 000 b , llftJ _ ,, , ls rOs0 g ceDt anc j pork
proUuets are liigher, while with sfties ol
329 000 ,, acks co ff e has held only! cent
0 f a Ivance. The general course ol
.. r i ce s li is been upward, however, >ht
advance since November 1st being about
ji per (.p n t on all commodities. Ac
counts from various c-tics -is t. > the sta <■
0 f t, u .ioe, s arc „imost uniform y of a fa
vurabie character receutly observer), and
embrace some items of spccia interest.
Chicago dressed beef receipts are
double those of last year, and of provi
j 0Dg m ore than double, whiio the dry
goods iride still quotes satisfactory re
suits, w ith payments easy in tue country.
The Minneapolis wheat market is very
active, and lumber cut is pm at 27 >,00O,
000 feet. On the whole the ou look re¬
maius favorable, though for the present
monetary scarcity has a depressing intla
ence upon some eastern points. Business
failures during the last seven days:
Number tor the United States, 215; Can
ada, 32. total 277, as compared with 25t
last week,
THE BRAZILIAN REPUBLIC.
WUAT THE NEW OoVEttNMF.NT WILL DO—
OllDGlt TO EE MAINTAINED.
The new government has
that it will firmly maintain
preparing a circu ar to foreign o^ne
meats relative to the overthrow
empire, which will he telegraphed tc
them through Brazilian representatives
abroad. Tue province of Bahia has sig
n ig e( q jts adherence to the republic,
News from other provinces show that
they are a[s0 iu f aV0 r of a republican form
of g 0vernmen t. the governors named
by tho provinc i a i government are all
m ,ij tary moD . Tne newly made repub
i, c will allow the dep .sed emperor 800
cont e>a dereis per annum durmg h;s life,
The bve u ,ticle- of the govtrum nt de
crt . care: First. A republic is pro
o) ^ lme a, 8 . eond. The provinces of
Brazil, united by federation, cunt
Trd. ^KShlto wf/lorra "/ts omfio
cal governm nt. Fourth Each State
w.II send a representative to a Congress
which will convene shortly, and the final
d, c.ston of f wh.ch the Pr -visional G >v
ernment will await, h i, th Meantime
Governors of States will adopt more
means to maintain order and protect ciit
zens’rights 1 he nation’s internal and ex
ermvl relations will be represented mean
while by the Provisional Government.
now it was acoompushed.
Th( ‘ dty awoke on Friday to hear the
Republic proclaimed. and others Gen. proceeded Dabons ca,
Senur Con-tant to
Petrolis in the morning and informed
the Emperor that hr had been dethroned.
D"m Pedro received the deputation with
absolute comp isuie G-n. Dalfonseca
said that Brazil had advanced lar enough
in the padi of civilization to dispense
wiih monarchy. The country,
while grateful to tho Emp- ror
or his patriotic services, was firmly
resolved t - reoogn ze only a Republic,
Dum Pedro made a dignified reply. He
declined to abdicate, but s-id he would
yield to force. The Imperial tumily
.ere allowed one hour to prepare for
their d< parture. Carriages, escorted by
-oldiers, were waiting to take them to
the outer harbor, wtiere a man-of-wai
was lying under steam. The captain the
had beeu inTructed t«» sail as soon ;»s
Imperial family hid embarked. He had
received sealed orders in,Nuctmg him
what route to take. It is supposed ihat
L.sbon ts the destination of the vessel.
™ **wa “ w.xsitrNOTON.
The Brazilian minister received two
telegrams from Brazil, oue from the
minister of foreign affairs and the other
f,om *. ho miuist f r ot fins ? ce Th ' T
wcre simply confirmatory of pres* re
ports of the establishment of a repubh
can form of government, the departure
<>f Dom Pero and that everything Repub was
T uiet aQ< ^ Iran quit in the ic. It
Brazilians “^erstood official to be capacity the mtenbon at Mas- of
in
ffigton 10 await the pleasure ot the newly
organized government.
DAMAGE CLAIMS.
-
border counties op r nssylvama de
masd pay Fjk coxfed.uate invasios.
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Governor Beaver. Auditor Gene-al
McCamm, Attorney Genera! K rkpa rick
„nd several members of the Pen svlv ms
u, 8 g ; 8 utur.-, who constitute a commisrioe
; to i ay beiore congress the c aims 01 the
(>order count.es of the state for extra.*
' diuary losses incurred by confederate in
vasion during the late war, and to de
mand their payment by the government,
met at Cbamtx rsburg on Wtdnesdayto
; organize and to consult with represents
lives of the border < untie*. Tneciaims
for the burning of C am insburg aud t r
! losses in tne other counties aegregate
about $3.090,0tf0. The state of Pennsyl
vaniahasm.de three separate appro
: pgia’.ions, amounting to $ 00,000, to
the relief of the sufferers. It is
the inten’ion of the e mraissi m, backed
( by the united Pennsufv&nia delegation
j i,‘ imbursed congress, to its ask outlay, that the and state that be the re
for
balance of the claims be paid.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MO VE VESTS OF THE PEES WEST
A\D niS ADVISERS
tnornnasrs, incisions, and other hattim
or «TEEF.ST FROM TDK NATION 1L 1 TO to.
Corporal Tanner and Colonel W. NY.
Dudler, both ex-commissioners of pen
s on, have f-mr-ci a copartnership business. here
In the pension and claiat
A commission ot engineers has been
appointed by the secretary of v ar to re
port on the site of the pioposed bridge
across the Mississippi river fit New Or¬
leans.
The attorney-general at Washington is
informed that the trial of the eases ot
alleged frauds in Florida, nt the last
presidential election, has already resulted
in three convictions.
Major Isaac Arnold has been ordered
from command of Fort Monroe arsenal,
Yft., to command of Columbia arsenal,
Tenn.; Major J. R. McGinnis, from outy
at Rock Island arsenal to command Fort
Monroe arsenal.
Subpoenas have been issued for Mr.
Armour, Secretary Williams aud other
persons connected with the Un on stock
yards at Chirago to appear at Wasning
ton before the Uniied State’s senate’
eommittee investigating the dre.-sed beef
monopoly.
J. Edgar EDglo, as-istant chief of lh
record division, G orge A. Bond, clerk.
Samuel B. Hcasey, assistant chief o tli
west rn division, and Win. P. Davis,
assistant chief of the middle division.all
ol the pen-ion office, have been asked t"
resign. They were among those who
had their pensions re-rated.
The president, on Thursday,appointed
John II. Devaux, of Georgia, to -be col¬
lector of customs for the district of
Brunswick, Ga.; Widtnm G. R poss,
postmaster at Wjthevillc.Va., vice A ex.
S. Ileder, removed; Thomas Clay Me
Dowell, of Kentucky, collector of inter¬
nal revenue lor the seventh district of
Kentucky,vice William Cassius Goodioe,
deceased.
S'.cretary Proctor is endeavoring to
make stith arrangements as wdl enabie
h m to leave Washington during the
Christmas holidays in company with
Gen. Cook and Capt. Pratt, Superintend¬
ent of the Carlisle Indian school, for the
purpose of making a picr-omd visit of
inspection to Mt, Vernon barracks, Ala¬
bama, where Gtronimo and his band of
Apache Indians are now imprisoned. the
The secretary has been in ormeu by
surgeon of the barracks that the tribe is
unusually sickly this year, and that there
is especial difficulty found in | revest¬
ing the spread of the tendency
to consumption tribe. that He is received chnruc
t* ristic of the
a letter Saturday from Capt. Pratt who
argne;l strongly against the removal
of the Indians to a higher latitude or
altitude. The secretary hopes to find a
solution of the problem by a personal
scrutiny of the condition of the barracks.
Dr. Valente, Brazilian minister, on
Saturday, received a cablegram from Rio
de Janeiro, stating that United States
Minister Adams had estabii bed relations
with the government now in the control
of affairs in that country. This informa¬
tion he communicated to the state de¬
partment, and it is reported that he
urged this upon the secntaiy instructing the expediency Minister
oi g iVi rnment
Adams to complete the act of formal rec
oguiti n. While it is doubtless felt Iy
th- state department that the Republic
of the United States of liraz.l has been
established upon a permanent basis, it is
probable that the act of tormali y rec >g
n zing it through our minister will be
postponed until there is an official head
executive chosen in puisunnce
method. A meeting of
in Brazil has been called for
when the new republic complete will
he launched with a
org nization. When this is acc miplishe l
the quesiion of formal recognition by
this government will probably not be
delayed,
The annual report of First Assistant
postmaster Ge neral Clarkson shows that
2,770 fourth-class pos offices were estab
ashed during the last fiscal v. ar, against
8,864 during the previous year. 1.147
p,. s tofiices were discontinued duri tg the
8am0 time, making the t-tal number oi
, ffi CL . g operation on Ju v 1, 1888, 58,
g.jii of which number 2.083 were presi- ol
dential offices. The whole number
8 p po ntments of postmasteis for the yeai
j* & 20.030. f ; d ^ J ^ ; T ’
n t!l( , ea!h 0 f
I , nmst 4 , ’ 7ro oa the establishment
J st(l(Hc Th , llumiKr of lnon ey
M . J operation at the close of
, flsC;ll yo:lr ' a g ’ 5S3 J , incre ase of 473
h vc r , Xlie ull (nb r of money order
gtllUou ; ui op , ratioQ Julv , 1889, was 144;
all increase 14 oV01 . t i ia previous year.
- lhe num , )er of ,' posUl li 0 t e offices in
tion at the Q(i of lhe volr was 597 .
The reports shows that June 30,1889,
there were 401 free delivery p. si offices
; n operation, an increase of 41. In
about five other offices tho free
delivery service has been established,
Theamual report of Second Assist-nt
Postmaster-General Whitfield shows the
numb r of star mail routes in operation
j uue go, 1889, xvas 15,077, up. n which
the total cos of the s rvice wa- $5,177,
j, g Colonel Whitfield recommends the
appointment of a comini-siom r to in
yestigate and report, with a view to
make the carrying of the mail under the
star route system equitable alike and tithe
government and the contractor, re
lieve it, as Dr as p iHble, from the evils
a .,d iniquities with which it is burdene4.
; \i the end of the y<a- tic re were 128
.reamh a' rout 8 in operation of $446,032. at an au
alla l rate of expenditure
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A TERR IFIC STORM cT/ a DM
h aEnIO| . s RAI i.hoad
* ‘
-n ,n;rK< tifpoiitfd .....
A special from Missou a, Mont, savs;
v terr tic snow -torm struck here about
qvc o’clock Fnd *v moru-ia^, and is -t *»I
r .,g' 0 g in all its fury. All trains
on the Northern Pacific road have
been blocked and two ® e *
reported nenr Bonner, a town about
seven miles east of li-re, on the banks of
Hell Gate river. Several t ainm n were
injured and a special iron contain: g
..hysicians and loed '
have gone to the scene of the wreck.
This is the third wreck that ha, occurred
a t that place duneg the past three weeks
A l,Ur U »P‘»ch s.ys: “ l wo more »
Jious rimre wrecks, in all probability m cmred >re-e
it than the first me; t oned, ,.,
Vl of here. It is imp -s ble to ascer
ti f a u u.rt.cuiars p at uiis h-ur.’’
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GREAT PRAIRIE FIRE. ’
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destrcctiox of crops, fences axe
trees—tie " ivy losses
Passengers wh . arrived at For Worth,
Tex., on the south-bound For Wrh
and Dearer train, Wednesday n:ght, re
ported that a t, rrib.e pr drie a , i forest
fire sas rag nz for over t; n miles along
the r ud, and back from the r ad f-r
more- tha a ml-. The fit. ci tg tit m
a lo-om- ive, and a hg w.nd Tn.m th
west b owing the flam -. h y s .on licse 1
up h* , corn, 01 ences, baras and
farm houses, ltalir-ad men. farmers an!
st ckmeu worked diligently, but were
unable to areest tue sprea i of the flames,
Great trees are on fire, and the situation
is critic;*. The fire begins south of
Rhoue, in V s county, and euus ne»i
Herman, ten miles distant. Tho loss will
reach thousands of do.l rs.
THE NEW PLANT
K3ICD PI.'.-i, r ‘'K3 COTTON SEED WITHOUT
the irst.
Tt F lit w i ot to tAu. it i ’_nt Bieti
tioned m these colutcnstsome time ago,
is attracting cunsidjerable attention. the
There seems to fc-e- no doubt about
existence of such a plant, as pro T of it
is ex .ii.iied in Charleston There were
received there Tuesday a box of boils
«** rn bumter county a l cent in.ng
cotton seed without a fibre of lmt.
this new plant which wi.s
tji ^ . ^ in Spartanburg duce from county,
Jt ; s clamed prn 3,0 to
^ btlalleU of Cot:on wed w i thollt i; Bt
to the acre. The bolls are filled wi h seed
which are perfectly clean and contains st ow no
s gns f lint. Everv boll ns
many seed as it can hold, the bolls being
the six,- of the averagecotton boil,and ev-
6 iy indiv.dual seed is as clean a* a Boston
bean. Ti e importance of this matter may
be understood when it i3 remembered
that there are thousand, of cotton oil
mi is throughout the south, and when it
i- added ti at the prop g tors of thisnew
c t n plant claim that at the pr sent
price of cot on seed, »n acre of the new
plant will yield from 80n to 100 pir cent
moie than an acre 1 f cotton.
fcOLTUEUv -MAYS.
ITEMS OF 1STEREST FROM VJ
R10U8 FOISTS IX THE SOUTH
1 CONDENSED AOCOrxT OP WHAT IS OOINO OS Ot
IMPORTANCE IN TUE SOUTHERN STATES.
, A fire nt Bald ..insville, N. Y.. on
WVdne dav night < mreed a loss of $250,
000. The tl .me- 01 'gin 10 d in the Seuecs
ho el, and th cn i. hotel block, with
two large warehou os adjoining, were
de-troyed.
Tho valuable barn of I. C. Webster, m
Orchard Hill farm. K. , was destroyed
by tire buriday morning. Four noted
s'a 1 lions were burned to death—Ev mi¬
ni red, I’ruri; Wilkes, Joe Larkin and
Weuglement. T he loss is $75,00 *.
Arrangemen s were made at R<ch
motid. Ya . Tour- lav to restore (twice
from Richmond to Lynchburg and the
.-out .tret, over tli • Richmond a.-d * un
vi11 and Norfolk uad We.-tein, via Bun
kerville. The schedule goe-. into effect
at once.
The Randolph county. West Virginia
capit di-ts purchased out- hundred thou
and acres of l aid, wh ch is occupied by
sq irters, who have armed themselves t *
resist evict, n One surveyor h is nl
ready bicn kilUd, and serious trouble is
anticipated, us the settlers will tight.
A dispatch says that on Thu s.liy a
. fearful storm struck tin* plate and pulp
factory of is. II. Gray, nt Nu-'b rnc, N
C.. in which there wore sixty hands,an I
1. voted it to the ground. One mortally employe
was instantly killed, another
wound’d, and eight others injured.
An .’her meeting was held at ilie Mer
chu ts’ exchange at Na-hviile, Tenn., or
S turd ay night in the interest f the
fund t > save Jeffers m D vis’ home.
A committee was appointed to go ne ol
lively to work at o ee. A num er
subscriptions have already been made.
A number of gentlemen arrive I ai
Denver, ol , on ?a-unlay f.oin 11 no
county, K ul. to locato cov.rnment lands
. in SmthSmta Fe for a c lony <-f 200
Mennonites, who propose settling o . the
.in“ of the Atcl i-on, opeka and Santa
Fee mad. It is tin- first colony of the
kind to locate iu the territory.
William Carp nter and Whitfield Mur¬
rell were convic*ed at E igi-ficlil, S. C.,
• hureday, of tile mut'd r of Pre -1011
Y.nince in June last, l he intir er was
ji; >st brutal and unprovoked The pres
otters were sentenced to ne hanged ot
the third of next January. These art
tlv fir-t white murderers convicted in
Edgefield county for forty years.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, on
Friday, acted upon the cas 1 * of the fi e
B t nurds, sentenced to hang for mu tier
in Hancock noun v. The gov. rn r p.r
loned ab oiuteiy John, Jr., an * El j th
Bft’uard, commuted to five years in tne
P‘nitentiarv th.-sentences ol Cun and
Anderson Barnard, and to ten years that
• a old man John Barnard.
A sp.-ciai to th Nfts-iville Amerioar
from Hopkinsville, Kv., s ys; Inforina
tion s r ceived to tli ciToct that Jo-ept
A. bun 1 U the man who killed W F.
Williams, town mar-hai ol Trenton, s
vii age on Ii Lnut-vi I - and Na-hv lie
railroad, several miles south of tires city,
two weeks mo, \v s t ken Irom jail al
Elkton, the county seat of Todd, Sunday
night, by a mob, uad hanged to a tree in
lie courthouse yard,
A meeting of stoekhol lers of the
R chmond, r icdeiickstuirg ft; tl Potomac
Railroad com|»mv was held at Rieh
mond, Ya., on Wedne day. Tue r, port for
howe.l the operations of the re ad
ine months <■ ded Ju te 30, 1889 in
route was e'502,434; expenses of tr-.ns
p -nation $307,068; interest on bonds for
i,ine months $31,271. Dividends on
ye leral stock for nine months $20,271;
net profit $137,823.
Governor lV.lur has received petitions i East
from 3,000 prominent citiz s t
Tennessee md letters fr-un a m tjor.ty oi
the supreme. judg'S, nqu sting hun ;0
pardon or commute the sentence of death
passed on the five Barnard brothers who
killed If -nicy Sutton, in Hancock coun¬
ty last January. After a careful exami¬
nation of the record, the governor has
d- cided tp commute the sentence <>f all,
aud he may pardon some uf the five.
A MORMON GROWL
THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS EXPOSED
BY THE COURTS.
A dispatch from Salt La<e City, Utan,
suys: I he mre tL«ntion in regard to the
endowment house oaths and teachings of
the Mormon chur. h was resumed in the
distuct court Sa’urday. James E i tl
mage price p i of the Mormon c dleg •
V. t e touwW tit
Irl reK ar<T to plmai m-miage was from
is,,*, the pnrKiiintias t, ftn
er ] y administer. .1, did not ’inb-r ere with
auy revelations of God. Witness said he
believed polygamy was right and the law
a ., ainstit uncnsmutumai, notwi h
n.lincr f trie derision of the
courto the Coiled Sta es. AU pupils
to obey tho revelation »f
ee i. f ,ial mairiagc. Witness thought
, . - ,1 irt _ ( ,f his friends w»« «
] lyi , ami ^ He believed the president
; )f the church was divinely called and
jd b him
ORANGE INTERESTS.
. union and Florida
orange growers
fecit exchange consolidated.
The rT „ board of , directors ..- of . tee , .on- a
r
Orange Gr.w. rs union have been in ss
sion for two days at Ocala, and the re
’" u Ls the consolidation of the Orange
Gr wers’union an 1 the Florida t uitvx
change. The outcome 01 the nearly ronso it ail a
twn will be t, place
the o rf,n 2 e crop in the :an ,
. the exchange has alr- ady han
; which
j hied 6.00 * rev - of orange, tin, - a-m,
at .ureease of 500 per cent. oy<r the pro
£ ! ° UH J ear : ih: tot,il f jra, '-t-'e
or i, <3 ““, IS l e N ' mue,J a „;, * r
, Lh'-O.OOO to '-. 1 0 J 00 b 1 a -. iheex
change, through its sgenevs m various
sections . f the ».ate. pronab.y cont.o: at
least 1.500.0* 0 b xes of this crop. 'Hire
consolidation marks a new era in
* n - F.or da oranges and it is r-xp’-cted
teat it.will save growers at ltast $lu0,
i ^•*0 this year.
dIaVvt and ri Rfors.
There are at least live thousand In
: Jiao? within the limit* of X*-w York.
The pockets ot the British lofatur?
roat are to be sewed up until on si Ore
1 duty.
,
General Meade got the nickname
‘ Four-Eyed George" because he wore
«pectac e,.
A rear ago there were eleven prize
' fat on exhibition in this country,
I women
but now thvre are only six.
J >hn Adams and Thomas Jeff .'-son
were the two ex-Presidents that died on
; the same day. July 4, 182C.
Prince Louis de Rohan, one of the
i foremost , of , Austrian , sportsmen, shot
his 12.0'Otb buck last month.
Editor Stone, of th- Now York Jour¬
nal if Commercs. has not taken a day s
test !rom roviiuo work for thirty year*,
Eighteen tons of steel disappear daiiv
on the sing e system of the London &
Northwestern ra.lway through wear
and rust.
A family nee.lle cushion wa* emptied
a lew days a-«• by a lady in Michigan
a id found to contain 2.2 needles, till .n
perfect cond.tion.
Chicago’s native born white popu'a
tiou dates from 18J4. In that year Chi¬
cago’s first wni.e child, E..eu Marion
Ive z.e, was born.
iSuperstitiou* people will not ba sur-
1 n-od .it the statement that tha rccorJ-t
show N i. 13 to have kilie 1 more people
than any other train on the Erie Ra.l¬
way.
Most of the c inarv birds in America
are imoortei f om Germany. Iu Ham
burg there are severa. large concern*
that do nothing but raise canaries for
export.
A handy man in Steubenvillo, Ponn.,
used his child:ea's roller skates to movj
a heavily .aden rcfr.gerator from the
dining-room to the outkitchen, and not
one breakdown tiappene 1. m
Tne coinage of gold dollars a t the
Philadelphia mint. 13 limited to 5 000 a
year, and they are put in tne poss sim
of the treasury to make ex •<: change in
paying depositors of gold bullion.
The largest steam hammer in tho
United Slates is now m operation at tho
La'robe (Penn.) S eel TVeras. It
weighs twenty ton*, ant is arranged to
strike a blow wita the force of eighty
ton*.
Tiie ru e of human growth is that a
child shuulA increase two pounds in
we ght for every inch in heigh betweta
t.-ree anT four feet, and two and one
ha f pounds for every 111 c 1 he. woe 1
four and five reef.
A new gem. the Pierre Tonquinoise,
is in the mu ket. When cut like d:a
monds it is said to bn very beautiful.
Its color is a dark blue, more brilliant
than sannhi™. «k « ti* oomo rauu-iffS
have a purple or red t nge.
H. L P.tarris of Superior. Neb. has
rni-e l two n.-mirka'ilz big beets. Ouo
measures 3 feet 2 inches in long a, an 1
lfij nche in circumference, a id weigh
in 13 p >u ids. Tue other m :astired 2
fee' 8 ine tes in length, an t 14 inenes in
circumference, an l weighed 12 poun Is.
Bret H irto wa* the editor of the
On rland Magus ne, an l fai.ing to secure
a story of Cn if >rni 1 l.f \ tie wrote one
himself. It was “The Luck of R rnring
Camp,” which was rece v.il wi.h a
storm of abuse on the P.cific coa*t. In
the ea*t, however, it ha I at enormous
success, and was the commencement of
hi* literary fortune.
A steamer sails fr >tn Eng and every
year for the m .uth of th: Yencsei river,
taking merchandise thus direct to Sibe¬
ria by water. The steamer generally
manage* to get through such ice as it
encounters, and it send* its merchan¬
dise up the Yene*ei into the v ry heart
ol Siberia on ft it-bottoms 1, light
draught steamboats.
He T.mk ii Away.
He rang the door-bed of a house on
S c nd avenue and then sat down. In
a minute he rose up and rang again.
Then lie waited a sped and rang for the
third t.me. 8-on thereafter the lady
of the house, be raying a d. zen proofs
of sick headache, opened tha door mid
demanded :
“Are you tre ng to pull the house
down?’
“No, ma’am ” he answered. “Have
you the L ves of Plutarch?’ ’’
"N >, sir, but if I was a man I'd havo
yours in ab u a minute.”
‘ Eh—ha! I see, madam. I guess
I d better go.”
And he took the “Lives of Plutarch”
under h.s arm, and his own in his hand,
a: d banked down ihe step and out of
the gate and went off with the air of a
man who wished ho hadn't .—Detroit
Free Fna.
Time to Kefl. ct.
Sweet G;r —“On. tins is so sudden.
Y*m must give me time to reflect—a
week at least/’
Fond L-ver—“Certain'y. Even
you shou d accept tonigut it would take
about a week to get au engagement
ring made.”
Sweet Girl—“Um— perhaps you’d
bet er taka the measure- of my tiiygir
now, George. ’
Effle’s Th< ugkts.
“She is . t e dream est, most poetical .
little thing you ever saw. What is my
Effie thmkin . ahant-' Tel: me love’’
-Oh. bio, mam. mamma. • n Oh, cant ■ we Kv have
chicken livera and cream tarts every
day forever and forever dearest
1 think of them n ^ ia
~ ’
j ^ dearest, sweets sweetest, -1 mamma."
-
P,ope.
A Disappointed Bey.
“What yer got m yer mi-ket, Jim?”
asked one little boy of another.
“A poua/ cake-’’
‘ Give us a piece?” intersupted
,
j queJioner.
“A pound cake of soap ,' 1 said tic
I ^ t j, e p aE (- et _
-oh
DO YOU
WEAR CLOTHES?
3 ectug( . j{ y 0U do - t interest you to know that our complete FALL and
WINTER Stock of Extra Fine
Suits, Overcoats, Hats,
UNDERWEAR- HOSIERY- NECKWEAR ANO FURNISHINGS.
IS NOW RBAI 3 Y!
f=J mi 4ft FT ■*%. Till
W* W l Jip i
We Can Always Fit
ANY MAN, BOY OR CHILD REGARD ESS OF BUILD OR DIMENSIONS.
SOLE AGENCY FOR
KNOX'S - FINE - HATS!
DEALERS Who cater to fine trade can get some special JOBS
by writing vo us. advant¬
Our Immense Retail Trade gives us many
ages over the exclusive JOBBER I
1 CS 1 Congress Kt., Savannah, <*n.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
Scliolields Iron Works,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, COTTON PRESSES,
General Machinery and all Kinds Castings.
Sole Owners and Manufacturers of
SCHOFIELD’S FAMOUS COTTON PRESS,
To Pack by Hand, Horse, Water or Steam.
Brass Goods, Pipe Fittings, Lubricators, Belting. Packing' Saws. Etc
General Aoexts for
Hancock Inspirators and Gu'lets Magnolia Cotlon Gins.
J S. SCHOFIELD & SON
my31-lyr MACON, GEORGIA.
a B. SH /> j J-iA> j r
1
410 AND 421 THIRD STREET, MAOON, GA.
Successor 90 Stool I ft mm! • tloHai'tf,
Is still in lhe field, prompt to furnish merc hants, millers and
traders with all kinds of Provisions and Produce, Ragging, Lies, io
bacco and Cigars, small groceries, such as can goods. Lowest pit* cn.
Orders will have prompt attention, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Captain Mallary will insure your life; 1 will insure yoiw pros
perity.
1805 ESTABHISHED 1805.
.
OU) AINU RELIABLE
Me @4 feed JtjMid
‘
A Large Stock
Kept Constantly on
Cheap to the 1
ir v. 1
H & M. W A T E R M A N,
.
Mtawkinsvillei <”**
we are prepare nl'SuS*'roflanisb lowest market rates. tuRl. IV * 1 2 make rj,entitle a spet firms tab
with first-class 3 ulos ut the by
ty in this trade. Infonnation or orders
ttention.
9
—DEALERS IN—
maohiheby OF every kind.
Steam engines,
Boilers, - saw - Mills, - Grist - Mills, - Cotlon - seed - Grinders, - Belting,
Lubricating Oils, Iron Pipe and Fittings,
inspirators, brass fittings, Etc.
SMITH & MALL ARY,
MACON, OA.
Jan. 15, 1889. ly —5
J. M. BATEMAN,
__representing
GEO T ROGERS’ SOUS,
THE OLD RELIABLE WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE,
the Merchants of EASTMAN every two vre«k«.
Will call on celebrated and popular
This house is agent for the following
brands of Flour: VELVET.
HAMPTON, LEONA PATENT, WHITE
WA1>K market.
The PARTIBO is the best B-cent Cigar in the
Also agent for the famous MISSING LINK Tobacco.
June 4-firo
JOB PRINTING
OF—
EVERY DESCRIPTION
NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE.
Orders Will Receive Prompt, Attention f
GIVE US A TRIAL!
SEKD US YQZR W 0 FK. SATISFACTION
OTABANTEED. * -w *c-
Shipment, continue a special feature with us 1
Privilege of examining before piying!
Rule- for self-measurement on request!
Extra sizes a specialty !
pf »,
im
Horses and Mules,
Hand. From the
High-Priced.