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CAKNESVJLLE, FRANKLIN <*<), (iA.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER I. 1893.
iHOPl BIACKSKAKE DANCJ5.
A FRIGHTFUL CEREMONY IN A SUB¬
TERRANEAN TEMPLE.
The Skill of Hie Arizona Indians in
Making linages That Counterfeit
the Form of Living Serpents.
TT~X Northern Arizona, in ono el the
I most desolate regions of North
.1. America, Moltis, livo most the interesting primitive Hopi peo-
<» or a
pie with a religious ritual lull of
strange ceremonies that have been
llal } d ® d dow “ unchanged for centuries,
Isolated as they are in the midst of a
desert, and still farther cut oil from
cliffsthev'reinain 9 * the'same'toolay ‘ • that
they were when , tho adventuicus ,
Coronado marched to the conquest of
the Pueblo country m lo41.
A New York Tribune writer and an-
other white man witnessed one of the
strange ceremonies of these Indians—
I the Pa-lull-kong, or Dance of the
1 Black Watersnake, which occurs every
year about the end of February. This
is a ceremonial prayer to the black
watersnake, the great water god, to
send abundant moisture, either snow
took place m the lux a ot tho priests ot
the black watersnake The kivo was
a grotto hollowed out of tho with living
rock and roofed over level the
courtyard. The entrance was a square
hole in the roof, just large enough to
admit a man, through which a ladder
projected from below.
Together the two white men de¬
scended and found themselves in an
oblong chamber about twenty-five feet
in length. In the centre was burning
a small fire, upon which an old man
from time to time put fresh }wigs from
a pile at his side. At the further end
was a sort of low stage, upon which
was growing the sacred corn and beans
which had been planted with much
solemn ritual in the same placo twelve
days before. This -was tho first sur¬
prise—coru growing inside, while the
wintry blasts were howling without,
and the fresh green of- tho young
blades, which were several inches high,
had a pretty effect. Across the floor
in front of the stage was a long pole,
the purpose of which was understood
later. The walls and the round logs
which formed the rafters were covered
with symbolic figures in green, yellow,
black and red, representing the clouds,
the rain, the lightning and the ram-
gods or snakes. One painted snake
extended the whole length of tho raf-
ter
Xu‘6 snake images which were to be
used in the performance were piled
just iu front of the growing coru. They
were of enormous »ize and startlingly
realistic. The heads were evidently
of wood, painted black, with largo dr-
clcs for the eyes, horned like the
horned serpents of Oriental mythology,
with double rows of gleaming white
teeth, through which projected red
forked tongues. Their bodies, almost
as large in the middle ns a man’s leg,
were painted dark above and lighter
below, and apparently weie made of
tho stout cloth which the Hopi weave,
The make-up was perfect and so un-
canny in its fidelity to nature that it
‘” k *
tkem ’
The performers to the number of
about thirty had turtleshell rattles
fastened to their right legs and were
dancing in unison with a slow chorus
which was an invocation to the clouds
to come near and give their moisture
to fertilize the land of the Hop,. The
dancers moved in double file in a sera,-
circle from one side to the other of the
Kiva, and then, at the signal given by
a rattle, faced about and danced back
again. They were of all ages, from
gray-haired old men to one little fel-
low about twelve years old, whose legs
were too short to reach the floor when
they sat along a bench of rock at the
side to rest between the songs.
The songs were like all Indian songs,
weird, slow, monotonous and oft re-
peated, and the burden of all was a
prayer to the water gods and an invo-
cation of tbe spirits of the thunder,
the cloud and the rain. At. last, nearly
ftt the midnight hour, two of the per-
formers took hold of the long pole
stretched across in front of the stage,
and, fastening cords to its ends, drew
it quickly up to the rafters. We now
saw that it was attached to a curtain,
which was thus drawn up to conceal
the stage just as in a real theatre. The
curtain also was covered with sym-
bolic figures in various colors, mostly
representations of various mythical
duties, and all very artistically drawn,
The Indian is an artist by imjtinct, and
always puts forth his best efforts in
the depicting of his mythical Pantheon, curtain
Across the lower part of tho
were six large holes closed for the time
by movable flags of uniform
w ‘ith the curtain itself. .
The sudden hush that fell on the as-
sembly showed that we were approach-
ing a climax. Six performers stepped
out from the rest, and going to the
front, took up each a snake and disap-
p earec } hehiwl the curtain. Another Another
*«tened a sort of tube or band over
one shoulder and passed through u
one of the largest snakes grasping it
tightly by the neck under his right
arm Another, an old man, with a
small pouch hanging from his neck,
then put over his head a mask painted
white, with long plumes. Suddenly ;
arose a chorus of most unearthly
sounds from behind the curtain as if a
whole menagerie had broken lo In
fact, the only thing to which it ran h
compared )» the ,tr.uig- comb 5 atio
of roars, growls and wails so:
heard iu a circus when the wild .1:
have become alarmed
This was the signal All at on tlu
six snakes which had jn carrii
hind the curtain darted their eno;
heads throtigh the holes in its lower
part, ono at, each hole They canto their
out, head, nock and almost half
length, moving their heads from side
to side as if singling out a spectator for
attack, their white teeth gleaming,
tli*r jaws opening wide and again red
closing with a snap, and their
forked tongues constantly darting in
, JSSsz
gaake under his arm seemed about to
ho overpowered by its strength. It
struggled to escape, twisting its ugly
ne ek about his arm, darting its tongue
into his very face, and then, rearing
wou ] d throw itself out with a
m ighty spring so that he had to clasp
both arms around it and press it tight-
]y against his bosom to hold it. It was
^ "F VI "f* ' , f FFF th “ FFF ^ 7
seated tho , Universal n Mother, the cic-
ator and f ruc tifier of everything—was
moving . rapid ] y f rom one snake to the
other, sprinkling upon the head °t
each Bome 0 f the sacred meal from the
pouch hung at his neck. The anakw
.
stretched out their long. necks as he
feet approached beyond tho sometimes curtain, three; pushing or their four
heads against each other and darting
out their tongues in their eagerness to
get at the meftl and their anger at the
delay. As a head was thrust out the
old mail would throw his right arm
around tho slimy neck and hold it
close against his side which while he held allowed out
it to lick up the meal he
to it in his left hand. As the snake
turned and twisted it seemed to re¬
quire his whole strength to hold it, as
much as if he were trying to restrain
an unruly horse by the bridle. At the
same time the other man was struggling
with tho other serpent, the sweat roil¬
ing down his body, and his muscles
standing out like those on the Lacoon.
The unearthly cries and roars behind
the curtain never ceased for a moment,
while the dancers on either side kept
lip all the while their monotonous
chant a-step to tho time of tho turtle
rattles.
The hrown-sltinned dancers, with
their lank black hair hanging about,
their faces, the monster snakes thrust¬
ing thair heads far out through the
curtain, with their gleaming teeth and
their red tongues; the masked figure
holding one of the largest under ouo
arm while he fed it with the other j
the man struggling with oiic>jgsjjgJ
•while he strove to push
of another which was um
seize of sounds him; from the hor^^| bcl^H
,
all this by the
tho fire burnjMM
midnight J
cavern
made v I
never te'A,
the resu '._
0 f spriugsM|^M with^H '
snakes, performbLq^B
0 f tho perfect.T^Bjj |
was almost lastc^H
This part
minutes, when tho
their heads behind the
sounds ceased as suddenly
begun. In a few moments the
WUH lowered, and thero was the fresh
green corn growing as before. An-
other song was started and the dancers
again fell into line to keep up song
a ud dance until nearly aside'until morning. Tho
snakes were put they should
■*» U “ r 1>*« *" «» oulmiartlng
ceremony, after which they are laid
away in another subterranean grotto
known only to the priests of the
order, and the entrance is walled up
until they are needed for the next
annual toast After friendly goodbye
and handshakes from the old men, the
white visitors climbed up the ladder
and found themselves once more on
top of the mesa, with the stone walled
houses on one side, tho desert plain
far below us, and the stars shining
quietly above. _________—--'
... Lo.’t U.iougli His „ h Loie ...... ..... foi Fun Inn.
In one of the old castles of Northern
England visitors are shown two rooms
which are connected with each other
by a angular mechanism. Each room
is adjoined by an alcove, used as a
sleeping apartment and the floors of
the adjoining alcoves turn on a pivot
in the center of the partition wall,
This ingenious device was the inven-
tion of one of the ancestors of tho
present proprietor, who wigt somewhat
of a wag and found great pleasure in
frightening and mystifying his guests,
When ouo had gone to bed in tho
green room and the other in the blue
the floors were turned on their pivots,
and on awakening tho visitor found
himself in strange quarters, with
clothes that were not liis own. It is
said that this fun-loving lord lost a
rich inheritance by thus disturbing
the restful moments of a wealthy aunt,
who never forgave tho trick her
nephew played upon her.—St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
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A Land . , ot . Wonder*. ... .
P. G. Thompkins, of . Robinson’s , . ex-
ploring party, returned, recently, to
Yuma, Arizoua, from tbe mouth of the
Coloralo. The party, he reports, had
explored explored the the Painted Painted Mountains Mountains near near
the gulf, finding much of great inter- -
cat 1 hey also explored part of the
Isabel! ■ Mission region for treasure
buried by Coronado, Cabesa de Becu
and others.
The explorers intend to visit libit-
island and get some aecuratf
knowledge of the inhabitants M
pioni of the river have advised
lent t •r clear -f it. saving it is
Opli I b anuibab: With in the
post, thirty-five years thi partii are
known to hf ited nd tbt
a flerv .I ii rd o. The
;t of these thi inch d *?-.
sv. i ether S3 , well !:u<j
nth in Ca nd Arizona ha
Da: ipt ;eu
twenty yi >an Y
E tume
THE HEWS IN GENER AL.
COlHleilSGtl flM Oltf MOSt IlUPOllaill
IClC^FElJllilC . AuVICCS .
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Three millions in gold was received
j a t the treasury Tn Washington Wed-
nesday from the New York sub-treasu-
ry is an indication of a favorable turn
in the gold situation.
| m , „ 1 . , _
, , nSw , X the discus*. wer > renorted
at
deaths occurred at the pcsthouse on
North Brotli«rs* iiHa ncl '
Frank B - Kendrick . . assistant cash- ,
Uenn . the Gommeicial bank at
• J ra_
j c ? s . e * N -J-“ R dofa 1 bim^p u ! tcr » the lhur^ sum
J m » 10 > ’
Bpeculation did i.,
Director General Davis, of the
World s fair, calk‘d on the president
Thursday and said president it was the general
desire that the should dose
the World’s fair. A definite answer
has not yet been given.
The action of the railroads in rais-
ing tho rates on "11 Memphis freight
has alienated the sympathy of busi-
ness men from th-' roads, and Mein- !
phis business men arc loud in their
denunciation of the railroads.
A Washington dispatch of Wednes¬
day says: Secretary Carlisle has called
for tho resignation of J. R. Aarrison,
deputy first compl roller of tho treas¬
ury. Mr. Garrison has been more than
twenty years in lie treasury depart¬
ment.
The navy department has advices of
the arrival of the United States cruiser
Charleston at Janeiro, Brazil, Wed¬
nesday. It is anticipated that some of
authentic nows of tho progress
of events thero ^vill now reach tho
United States tjBougli e tho navy J de-
piu , men .. ■ ■ ' j
A dispatch ofjhursday from Romo
to tho Central i says tho Italian
government Jj( 1° ridl IH "
i ^r-
( 2 ia I
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r
it
p|jj g Th u -"T( certain, auy-
how, that the i ere manufactured
America and theiijiuquiries ^Ftectivcs arc this busily
occupied in l on sup-
)los j ori riisnatl,
a cahlo of Thursday from
Carlo ’ R . ( w ^ ich sai le d from Genoa for
Ri0] Brazib on July 29th, has returned
wjth cLolcrft aboa r,l her and is in
quarantjne at Asmara island, near
Sflrdinift Th(J ^ was infected
when she reached Brazil and was not
^ ^ ]and ^ Dm-
t]w who]( , m . HOUS diod
of c holera, ’ most of them on the way 3
.
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A Washington special says: Fears
for the safety of the cruiser New York,
should she attempt to proceed to tho
Norfolk navy yard caused Secretary
Herbert to decide Thursday afternoon
to the vessel to the Brooklyn
navy yard, where repairs and fitting
intended to be done at Norfolk will
take place. 1 he heavy draft of the
cruiser rendered it exceedingly risky
f °r her to steam to the navy yarii.
The material to be used in fitting out
the New York will be sent from Nor-
folk to Brooklyn
j | New In the York, United Wednesday States circuit afternoon, court at
| j Judgo Javis, of Lacombe Kansas appointed City, Mo., Samuel and Ro- M.
i land It. Conkling, of New York, ro-
j ceivers for the Jarvis-Conkln Mort-
; gage Trust Insurance Company, Mis-
j souri, on application of and Benjamin J. G.
; Fowler, of Poughkeepsie,
Zachry, of New York city. The com-
pany owns property in the states of
New York, Missouri, Kansas, Colors-
j kansas, do, Washington, Missippi Ohio, and Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Ar-
and Utah, as well as England.
I Surgeon General Wyman, received of tho
marine hosnital service a co-
bleeram otegram Wednesday Wettnesany irom from Consul ^onsui
Rosenthal, at Leghorn, Italy, stating
that cholera was increasing at un
alarming rate there. During the past
twenty-four hours twenty-six new
eases cases developed, developed, making making u a total total of of
sixty-five sixty-five eases cases now now under under treatment. treatment.
. Dr. Dr. Wyman Wyman has has ordered ordered Dr. Dr. O. C. Irvin Irvin
Cross from Marseilles to Leghorn to
look after the interests of tho service
at that place. A cablegram was also
received at tho marine hospital de-
partment from the consul at Strettin,
Germany, announcing the presence of
cholera there.
A British Ship Seized.
Tbe revenue cutter Rush reached
Han Francisco Friday night. Captain
Hooper reports to the treasury the i/n-
portent news that the British vessel
Coquitlam has been condejmed by the
United States circuit court of Sitka,
Alaska. The Coquitlan was seized for
supplying the British sealers with pro-
visions and taking off their seal skins
I in Alaska waters, without entries at.
»United State-Jort,
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Condition of Trade ns Reported by Dim
A Co, for tho Cast Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: l \ complete statement of
failures for the quarter, which closed
5SS. 1C trigSMtS
4,000, and tlic aggregate of liabilities
about $150,000,000, greatly surpassing
,llL ‘ record of any previous quarter.
A' 01 ' tlio P as t week the failures have
been 1129 in the United Strftes, against
177 last year, and in Canada34 against
31 lnHt
“Hope deferred” explains the past
week in part, and it is doubtless true
«»t many indulged unreasonable.
hopes, but business has not entirely
answered expectations. Ihe feeling
of disappointment is commonly silver as-
cribed tu dduy of aotion on the
bill in tho senate. It is also true that
works, which have resumed op-
orati ^ do „ t find orders as large
or the demand from customers as vig-
„ro.m as they anticipated, and with
SO me it is a question whether they will
no t close again. While money on call
1ms been abundant and cheap,and about
$4,500,000 clearing house certificates percepti-
have been retired, there is a
bio greater caution in making com-
mercial loans at New York and at some
western points. Confidence, hc’on prover-
Wally of slow growth, has some-
what diminished, in part, because ad-
vancing exchange suggests the possi-
bility of gold exports, lho cotton
manufacture is gaining more than any
other, ., and i there .1 • stronger . market .
is a ..
for print cloths and prints, while some
reduction has helped to stimulate trade
in other goods Tho enormous de-
crease in production for the past two
months begins to be felt, and sales are
larger, though much below tho usual
qantity.
While seventy-eight manufacturing
concerns are reported as starting,
wholly or in part, against twenty olos-
ing or reducing force, more than a
third of tho increase has been in eot-
* , Hulls, and , another ,, third . ,
on m nm-
chine shops, nail mills, manufacturers
of H to V es and hardware, tools and cars,
while in tho iron manufacture proper,
only seven concerns have started,
against three tkut liavo stopped, and
^Mjhj^—'i’ig docs not seem brighter.
of the largest iron mine in
Norris, which ordino- j
^^Hf a million tons yearly,
» - ’ - uitol >1* character of tho
I
Mhiaiulfor products
M^liC, ^Hihdyork, even and for the the
.(ttract little
Ft ouo strle
^HFted by a sharp
j lie contest bo-
f/tited Association
ic Pittsburg region,
, but too late tor most
vA r ' RA IN EUROPE.
The Scourge is On the Increase and
Many Victims Reported.
A cablegram was received at Wash¬
ington Wednesday from Leghorn,
Italy, signed by A. S. lioscntlml, Uni¬
ted States consul, announcing that
cholera is increasing to an alarming
extent in Leghorn. Twenty-six cases
were discovered within twenty-four
hours. There arc now fifty-six cases
under treatment.
A CHOLERA STRICKEN VESSEL.
J (Wain ! ’ ta “U Black f^I; of ?Ld the steamer Ho-
fved r ’ Jav ( r at New York
Wcdms ay «»'«** m.rni "b m ^ fro „ Sanies 7’ ve¬ «
ho was lnlormcil " ^’hn tfiat tl.o tlio flaliun Italian
steamer Vincenzo I-lor., iron, Genoa
t o Rio, loaded with .mm.g.ants, and
which was refused admission to the
ports of Brazil owing to cholera on
board had for some days been lying
ontsido in a helpless condition,
Deaths reported to be from twenty to
thirty daily, and the bodies of the
victims their bedding and clothing,
were thrown overboard and washed
ashore. It is supposed tho vessel is
without medical assistance or supplies
and fias insufficient provisions or clou
; to proceed further,
MINERS DROWNED.
l'liirty-Hcven Unfortunates Uauglit in
a Flooded Mine.
1 ,, The Mansfield mine, few miles
a
from Crystal Balls, Mich ., caved in
Thursday night and a number <>f
miners were entombed beyond hope of
j rescue of any of them alive. J ho ac-
; cidont occurred during the night,
1 \ w water of the river rushed into the
niiue iind the men were entrapped like
rats. It is not possible that any es-
| capod. Most of the victims are Cor-
nish men and nine-tenths of them arc
™en with liirgefiunihes. 'Ihenumher
oftlievietimsis nowplaceduttliiity-
Mansfield is an isolated sta-
tion on the Ubteago and Northwestern
ra j] road The mine was the only ac-
tiv) . the Crystal Palls district on
ftCC0Unt 7 0 f its being a producer * of
. *,1 , , , lt . ■
\\ / J 1 ,.ivtv
' B
^ , ,
’
iployniont ^ to about one hundred
The Mansfield min-has always
b( , on conHid(:rod u dangerous one to
work in aIld Thursday night’s disaster
often been predicted
The Work of Wreckers.
Tho worst wreck in tho history of tlio
Mobile and Now Orleansdivinion of th«
Louisville and Nashville tailroad oc-
cu rred at Gulfport, Miss., at 1 o’clock
Thursday morning. Pas engar train
y 0 2 consisting of three sleepers, pas-
genger and smoking coaches, mail and
baggage and express car and engine
an d tender, went into an open Bwitoh.
Investigation showed that the switch,
which Itad bi < u properly set aud lock-
ed had been forcibly opened. Three
negro tramp# who w'ore stealing a ride
klUedi
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
The Drift of Her Progress and Pros¬
perity Briefly Noted.
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Pithy Paragraphs.
A Knoxville special says The re-
ceivers of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad issued a circular
duHion Wednesday afternoon announcing aro-
of f. and 10 per cent m wages
of trainmen to take effect November
1st. The men will submit.
The Eagle and Phenix mills, of Co-
Iambus, G„., which are the largest
cotton untl woolen mills in tho south,
and which have been running on half
lime since the early spring, will start
again on full timi Largo orders
ahead make this step necessary
Nows reached Mobile, Ala., early
Thursday mornil)g that tho north-
bound passenger ‘ train on the Luuis-
vin „ nl d Nashville railroad 1m,l been
ditched between Scranton and Belle
Fontaine Two or three were * report-
ed killed and many injured. This Is
the second attempt at the same plaee ’
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!!v near" , h , .x^leW, .,^ <l ", , dnZlv ' . ..I 1 ’ ' v ."
v K, Tlfiina; o
, 1())U |j l0 struct RohertVazelton, nr •» f 11 and
McFarland, AUmrt
I|)bl Bnd j k Turiier all c .
... tors at work on the ,, same, wore , hadlv ,,
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Mayor Trout returned to Roanoke
Wednesday, coming directly from
Richmond About tlireo hundred
people, many of whom wero liis per¬
sonal friends, were at tho depot to
greet him and a large number crowded
around him to grasp his hand.
Mr. Trout was assisted into an open
. and with Acting . Mayor
carriage
Buckner was driven to his home,
The switchmen and yard engineers
employed in the main yards of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad at
Louisville, Ky., qtiitwork again Thurs¬
day night. The men claim they struck
as individuals and without recognition
by their organizations. This action
came as a complete surprise, as ouly
Wednesday night committees that rep-
I’cscnf i<l tlm Hwitclimen and engineers
promised the company to abide by flic
decision of their chiefs at the time tho
reduction in wages was accepted.
A private telegram of Wednesday
from Rio savs that iu the bomhard-
aaent ol the city by the rebel fleeta
clerk in the Loudon and Brazilian
was hiiieu it t jus ut‘"k, Tho
bombardment is said to liavo ceased
only only when the foreign war vessels
threatened to turn their guns on the
rebels if the city was not spared. Fort
Santa Cruz, at tho entrance to the
bay, is still said to ho holding out
against the rebels and negotiations arc
resumed between the government at
intervals with apparently no better
chance now of peace than there was
some weeks ago.
Governor Carr of North Carolina,
on Newbcrn, Wednesday, appointed J. S. Mann,
of chief state commissioner
of shell iisli for two years to succeed
W. H. Lucas. Bitter attacks huvo
been mado on Lucas and tho strict Jaw
of tho state which has broken up oyster
dredging. Last year there wero sev¬
eral canneries operated by Baltimore
packers and these oysters were simply
canned and then shipped to Baltimore
where labels were placed on the cans
and they were sold ns Maryland oyH-
ters. This year these canneries will
not lie in operation, the mchinery
having all been removed. Thero is
opportunity for people of the state to
can and ship oysters.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Industrial Progress os Reported for
Ihe Past Week.
1 lie review of the industrial aitnation in tho
south for tlio past week shows that no material
change in Imlnsljial, financial unit m rcui 1 tile
circles has taken place. There in u soniowliat
increased demand for money, as cotton 1 is com*
iag in more freely, and •here is a huh uffioieut
supply thereof for present no ds, ■fheri d in no
change to icporttn the iron market. Co ton
und woolen millH are now generally branches in full op¬
eration. and oilier industrial continue
with no change for tho worse, if none can he
reported for the better.
that Collections owing to are economy growing practice easier, V 11 ” f eved
growing reason, changes in crop production,
and curtailments in advance* ?" 310 U V.“;
Southern farmers wero never so free from debt
ns at present. Business during tlio fail and
winter so ould bo unusually supplies, good. and Less for money past
beil ig needed to pay for heretofore will be
Ind* btedne-s, moro than of all kinds.
avsilalile Among for important improvements new industries established
er incorporated during the week are the follow-
ing: Clear Spring l’iniajitiate Oo., of Bartow.
Fla., capital *150,000; Rome Furniture Oo., of
Rome, Cia., capital capital *100,(K)0; $50,000; Henrico Mill Land Crook 0»,
of Atlanta, Ca-, W. Va,, capital $25,000;
'limber f!o., of Manufacturing Ripley, Co., of Now Or-
Cocoa Fii.T ■ seed mill
leans, capital $10,000; a cotton oil at
Mur •l.le Falls, Texas, and a cotton mill at At-
lania. Ga. -
Thirly-two n-w indu»tne» were catabluhed . ,
or iricorporaled daring tho week, together with
four enlargeriicnt* of manufaotorie*, and
twelve important new building*—Trade am an
(Chattanooga, Ten a.)
SEPTEMBER COTTON.
Commissioner Nesbitt Issues His
Monthly Report.
CommiftHioner Nesbitt has issued his
,„v, r . i..i.™ th.t
since the last report cotton has fallen
off 4 1-4 per cent in condition, anil
that tint backwardness of tho crop
makes it liable to further injury, which
will make tho total yield for the state
no more than last year. 1 lie coinnns-
sicner advises farmers to handle their
crops in a very careful manner and give
it proper shelter so as to obtain the beat
market price, lho report shows that
the condition of the corn crop has ful-
l< n oil very greatly, making it now 11
per cent below the corresponding pc*
'^V>d of lust year. The rico crop woujd
Lave been up to the average had it not
^ oen tor terrible storm that laid
Utttuy of the plantations m rqin.
NO. 40.
A SHORT COTTON CROP.
In the Slates of Tennessee, Mississippi
and Arkansas.
A Memphis, special says: The Com¬
mercial weekly report on the condi¬
tion of crops in the Memphis district,
published Thursday shows a further
reduction in tho average condition of
cotton In Tennessee there is con-
Biderable damage by dirt being thrown
into the open bolls by the recent rains
reported, while in Mississippi the crop
will fall 25 per c ut. below that of last
year Arkansas reports a slight im-
proveiuent since last week, due to
moro favorable weather, but the gen¬
eral averago is at least 18 per cent
Bhort.
CORBETT AND MITCHELL
Agree to Fight for a Purse of Forty
Thousand Dollars.
A New York dispatch of Sunday
says: Tlio international prize tight be¬
tween “Jim” Corbett and “Charley”
Mitchell for the heavy-weight cham¬
pionship und a purse of $40,000 will
take placo before tho Coney Island
Athletic club, if there is no interfer¬
ence from tho authorities of Kings
county. Mitchell signed articles Sat¬
urday in the Hoffman house, bind¬
ing himself to fight tho Californian in
tho arena by the sea in December. The
articles were sent to Corbett, who is
training at Lock Arbor, Asbury Park,
and he signed them thero Monday.
WORK OF WHITECAPS.
They are Burning Gin Houses in Parts
of Mississippi.
A special of Tuesday from Brook-
liavcn, Miss., says tlmt Frederick Grif¬
fith, a colored farmer living fourteen
piiles southwest of that town in Frank¬
lin county, had his cotton house aud
contents burned by ivhiteceps u to¬
nights ago. The mill and cotton gin
and contents owned by Dan Sasser, in
tho southern portion of Lincoln coun¬
ty, was burned to tho ground. Con¬
siderable excitement prevails and more
trouble is expected.
Soulli American Revolutions.
The New York Hr raid correspond¬
ent iu Hantiago, Culm, telegraphs that
the government of Argcntu has over¬
come the revolutionists in the state of
Hanta Fe, and also has suppressed the
turbulent element in the city and pro¬
vince of liuclios Ayres. The Brazilian
government bus issued a decree order¬
ing all vessels arriving from European
ports to be quarantined.
Soltliei’s Indicted.
A KVioxvilli'i’IV sn . ,i ■■■■<-i:vI <>f Sat¬
urday says; The grand jury of Ander¬
son county has returned indictments
against several of the state militia men
for the lynching of Drummond for tho
alleged killing of one of their number.
The names of those indicted arc not
made public. them Adjutant General Fito
will deliver to the sheriff of An¬
derson county.
Virginia Bonds Quoted.
At tho stock exchange at New York
Thursday, $10,000 Virginia funded
debts bonds of 1801 sold at 51}. These
bonds wore listed Wednesday at the
stock exchange and wore issued under
tho settlement of July 1, 1801,as made
by the Virginia bondholders’ commit¬
tee.
Bismarck Improving.
Advices of Thursday from Kissen-
g eII > Germany, state that Prince Bis-
mnrek continues t gain strength
slowly liis family arc arranging to
start with him for home
ATLANTA MARKETS.
COItltECTlCI) WEEKLY.
(Jroeorlo*.
OolToc—Roasted—Arbiieklo’s 24 00 V on—Ex. hh) m.
IN is, Lion 24.60c, Leveling’s 24.00c. Ore
tra choice :2 ; choice goo I 21c; fair 20c;eom-
mon f 18a 19c Bugat —Or aim I at ed 0 c off
granulated-; powdered «%c cut loaf wrbi to
extra O 4J4ej New Orleans y< How olarillec. Hi
yohuw extra E 4J,jal“fe. Syrup —Nosv
(Means choice Molasses—Genuine 45c; prime Culm 8.V}40e; S5@38cdmi- ,co ramon
20(&30o. Teas—Black .3Q#55c;
iation 22(325. 2r>©30c. green
4()®60o. Nutmogs 05@85e. Cloves
Cinnamon l(J(g)12f4c. Allspice 10(|(1 le Jamai-
c» ginger 18c. Singapore poppoi r 12c; Maoe
$1.00. Rice, Hoad tic; good 5% <;; common
filty fish, hair bhls.$4 00; pails 60c
White 75l
8 ottIl .„Tal|ow, 100 bars, 75 lbs 00a 3.7)
tin J’ routine, f> 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2,25 a 2. !.50
c lUvlt . ara flne 11 y.c; star lie. Match* )H—
4 oo„ *4 00; 800s $8 00*3 70; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60*
5 gross * *3 75. Soda-Kegs, bulk do 1 W pkgs
Q < 0ttHe8 1 ]|, 5 V 0 , <i 0 1 tt „d %lbn XXX 8 c, do%ib
g Crackers—XXX soda BWo; butter
fjsy,.'. „t ’ XXX pearl oysters tie: shell and excelsior
7 1(J roon cr(;u Candy—Assorted ,„, !) Ci XXXginger stick-7 snaps % 0 e; French corn¬
y (; . 0 ;
• j lac Canncil mackerel$31)5at goods—Condensed 00 Milk,
$6l)()a80 o imitation W
mon $«00a7 50i F. VV. oysters $180; L
^, o- com $3 50a3 : 50; tomatoes $2.10
’ potasll y 3 <ju. Starch—Pearl 4 l.'i
(!a|1 celluloid $
. . nickel packages $3 00 ; quarts,
i’g0 plain or mixed, pints $1 00*1 40;
jj Wft Powder—Rifle, kegs $3-50; %fc
$2 00; % kegslt 15. Shot $1 60 per sack.
Flour* (ilraiu miU Weal.
Flour—FirHfc patent $5 00; second patent
ftj. 75 ; extn* fancy $8.55 ; fancy $3 60; family
$3 jo. Corn—No. N 1 white 62e. mixed,
59 c Oaf*. Mixed 40j; wiiito 42c, Texas rust
proof 44a Heed rye, Georgia 75a80c.
llav—Clioice timothy, largo oales, $1.00
No. 1 timothy, large bates, $1.00; choice
timothy, small bales,$1 00; No. 1 timothy,small 95c.
bales il-Plttm $ 100 ; No. 2 timothy, small bales,
Ji ea 60e; bolted 57c. Wheat bran—
Largo sacks 90c, small sacks 90c. Cotton-
Boston beans sltuts; $2.65a3.75 per bushel,
Tennessee, i i.75a 3.00. Grits—Pearl $3.30
country Produce.
| Eggs ! 01 ■ .1 □ ery
c I0(®12^^per grades de*
j ^ V n/ G Live poulti-y-Turkuys and 28c. spring ehioken*
j lb . hens 25 ^ 1
|««a ““‘J a X r, . n | ll 8 jiso; chick-
i iavCal5. lriwh potato**, new, 2.50#2.75per
1 ^ Hwout potatoes 50 r 60'3 per bu. Hoi iey-
strained HaiCc; in thocomh lOaU/. • hi ion*
,
. $1 «0 a»t W per •'«
j | .^^"tKar-curod , boxed u i Lie-cured accord hel llies
; and average;Califnruia, ham* I3^1<k>. 104 « 0 bre ing ak- |
to brand loai8o. Law, war an,* omponmi .
tw. bacon
| ye. cotton.
1 Loeal-Migket, quiet. Mitiaiing 7%c