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PUBLISHED EVER Y FRIDAY
BY CLEM. C. MOORE.
CRA WFORD VILLE, OEOF. GIA ,
Entered »t the p'Htoflice at Crawfoidvido,
(rfoig », »» second-clam null matter.
Compliment* „ pass when , quality mo,,
more particularly when it is Chinese qual
ity. When the outgoing Chinese minis
ter goes to call on his successor, he goes
in nil his clothes, top-knot, peacock
feathers and a blue petticoat.
houie, , saya a Washington correspondent,
he wears a bonnet which he takes off
when he goes into the street, as Chinese
ctiouette etiquett goes goes according according to to the the rule rule of of
contrary.
Scarclcy anything will give one a bet
ter idea of the vast extent of our coun
try than the variety of its products. The
raisin industry of California is proving
to be one of immense value. The “pack"
for the present year already lias been
contracted for, of which one house in
Chicago is to receive twelve car loads.
The California man who sols out a raisin
vineyard in a locality adapted to itg
growth bus a pretty sure mortgage upon
the future.
On the eastern bank of the Itio Grande
river and about six miles from Las Cru
cos, ’ N. M, is a colony of people whose
customs,history and 1 religion are the , most
peculiar to be found in the country.
They call themselves “Faithists, ” have a
Bible written by one of themselves, have
a new calendar , , ... which l-iii tho days, i Sab- ri 1 1
baths and holidays are changed, and the
months are called signs; eat only two
meals a day, while fish and fic.li are for*
ever forbidden as an ai ti< le of food.
In Bordeaux, France, workmen may
dine as follows: A large plate of vege¬
table soup, 2 cents; a large piece of
bread, 2 cents; a large plate of red hari- :
cot beans, 2 cents; Haifa plate of roast
veal (the quantity being ntnplc for .
an
ordinary man), 4 rents; it plate of rice, 1
cent, and half a bottle of vin ordinaire, 4
cents. This is a good deal of dinner for
filtcen cent*, but it must be borne in
mind that in Bordeaux fifteen cents
it a good deal of money to a Avorking
mnn.
I" a recent lecture in London, Mr. J.
O. Baker estimated the number of char
000 to 00,000. 1 In plants rr*;i.......v of the north
temperato zone embrace about 20,000
species, while tho higher mountain re¬
gions possibly furnish 2000 1 total I,.
A, 8000 of wfcfntjfi'JSWv y-- /A
‘pines, that is, plants specially adapted to
a cool, damp climate Avith a short sum¬
mer. Mr. Baker eslimates that 40,000
species of plants are represented in th#
possessions of <5rent Britain.
q.. *' ,, v " IM . 1S 'O •iviirmu . . remarks that
the suggestion . that the penitentiary
should be an ideal borne for Socialists
bus a great deal of truth in it as well as
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. property,
limn can acquire no man can
dress bettor or eat better food than
another. There is to be found tho most
complete application of the leveling doc
trine. Tim former capitalist works side
. liy side .. with tho .. railroad . , eats
navvy,
with him, sleeps in his cell, perhaps is
chained to him. Let Parsons, Sph-s and
company try tho penitentiary at Joliet.
It will hardly be thought that * , there ,»
are not on tin* whole globe fifty cities
containing 200,000 people; but such is
the fact, and anyone may convince him
•elf of it by consulting a geographical
dictionary. Jt would seem at first that
tbero must be at least 200 cities of 200,
000 population, but there is not one
fourth of the number Of these ’ Great
Britain „ . has . about . 0; Franco, il; Italy, 4 ;
Germany (proper), ' ‘ 5 or «; China, some
_ 9; India, , . 8 or 0, and the United States,
according to the latest census, 0 or 10 ,
It is someAvhftt remarkable that a coun¬
try only 100 years old should have as
manv (if , not more) large . cities as the
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that, before another century, avc shall
count as large a number of cities of 200 ,
000 inhabitants as there are now in the
w hole • I world 11 M ,« e are inclined . to think
Hint old ami famous capitals, like t'onio
va, Granada, Cadiz, Florence, Venice,
l’sduu, Verona, B ilogna, Warsaw, Cra¬
cow, Antwerp, Ghent. Rotterdam, Ley¬
den, Leipsic, must be very large, though
they really have no more than from 70,
000 to 140,000 or 150. W 0 people each.
The cities that can lay claim to 100 .000
population and upward are perhaps
about 150, and these include many of
those which at first though:, wo should
suppose contained two or three times the
number. This planet is very little after
ml. Its millions are not so near nuiner
ou< a* it would seem that they ought to
be. ami the bulk of these do not come
within our idea of ivilixation, any
more thau we come w ithin their idea of
it.
_ 1t may , be dewliuul possible lvalue to form an alliance the ,
wit \ the upon in
vestment, but more prob»l le that you
will get swindle*! without regard to de
•ceucy.
BELFAST RIOTS,
THE MILITIA FIRING ON THE
MOB.
< liihlrru Killed on ibf Htreeti. Women
Miot In Tbolr floor*—Terrible State
of Affair*.
iSIbIss:!
wounds. A fierce, encounter took place
between the soldiers and the mob. A
Koldi(;r at ,.| ose ()lla rUrs fired at a boy,
arrested. shattering his hand. The soldier was
Reinforcements of troops to
tstssr** “ ■"
Attempts to stop the rioting have been
b
is wounded. increasing. The Thirty rioters have been
police keep up a merci
,! Clty ’ ow,n »in « 7^ to tl<: * rf ’ * k aml , nl,n •
of Imuses, presents a deplorable aspect.
Its appearance is similar to that of Fans
after the commune. It is feared that nu
tncrous deaths resulting from the riots,
have taken place which will never be
h , ‘ )ir ‘l from. The hospitals are taxed to
the utmost to accommodate the great
number of wounded persons in need of
attendance. A painful feature of the riots
is the number of children wounded. A
boy was shot while returning from Sun
^ a y *chool. A little girl was shot on the
street, and, it is thought fatally wounded.
She was carried away apparently lifeless.
An incident of the disorders is as fol
lows: Mrs. Mcllwaine ori Saturday ha¬
rangued a small crowd of neighbors in
regard to the riots and roundly abused
the police for firing upon the people,
slle afterwards expressed the fear that
f‘17 speech. uld J She, 0SC ^ therefore, lif / : 0,1 a( in : co,lnt order ," f h to ‘ :r
avoid recognition, put or. a black dress on
Lunday instead of a white one which she
f wore ilc,i) on however, Saturday. This precaution
" to save her. During the
progress * of the riot, she ran to the
<loo to gather in some straying children.
A bullet struck her in the head, and she
fell lifeless in the doorway,
THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS.
Two ( oopi-rs Halo- Ilio rrU un*l tlo Tliroiish
In TI11111.
The turbulent waters of the Niagara
whirlpool rapids were again navigated in
a cask on Sunday, the perilous feat being
successfully accomplished Foils by two men
Their mimes were Win, and Geo.
lla/.elett, two coopers employed in the
tame ini ia } shop <vi with Graham, who made the
’ P M,,mt ”“ rf ; n wl '!' Us a «°- B: r
rot’s boat was ten feet long , conical in
form and built of the best locust staves.
It , was supplied , , will, a keel, rudder, screw
" l " r| “ turret, with glass covered
peep holes. About three hundred
pounds of wind ballast kept it right side
up most of 1 lie rime. The two men lay
1:1,1 ° ’ :l,v "l' 1 ' 1 ' passing through the
s t
cask. Each was likewise kept on his
own side of the cask by means of
canvass sung made fast to sta
ph s. The !: irt was made from the
»; A lac
' T 1 i < > a' 1 1 ".'wm
the cit k to a point ,lust above the cantel
ever bridge. middle Avhcre it Avas turned adrift
in the of tho stream. The novel
craft was submerged about half the tune
Avhilo while circumscribing passing through tho rapids, circle but of
the outer
tiie av! Till pool its occupants thrust their
heads through the opening and Potts
calmly smoked a cigar. A successful
binding was made at Queenstown on the
Canadian side five miles further down
e d by 15,000 spectators,
KILLED T _ TTTT , T . B Y LIGH TT 0 Tim-»TT-»in TNING. |
Ri.ht 1 n.. H.r. n. N .. T Killed '
Lightning struck the main stable of the |
Omaha Fair association, containing six
tnn valuable horses, of which eight were
cither instantly killed hv electricity or
burned to death, lhe animals were m
training for the races, and were of excel
lent promise. Those killed were, Dick
Miles s three year old pacer, valued at
$J,000; Legal Tender, owned by J. P.
MeShane A 1 uckcr. a four year old stall
t.m, valued at over #2,000 . Ne>l II. \oung
» trotter of more than usual promise, Ida
owned bv Ed. Pyle, of Humboldt, and
valued at $t,000; Captain P., owned by
same, aiul valued at ^!,.»00; Mascot 10 ,
a n ' |,a ™ "I owned by Mr.
Lewis . of this city. Little Wilkes stall
a
ioa< thl . p r 0 p crU : 0 f t - ap , ain Small,-v and
a promisin'* two year -V old mini, colt sired sn, nt bv V
Ethan Allen, running in a pasture near by,
was also killed bv lightning. John
Simpson a groom was lying ‘f asleep in
,l„. t.ii itfib, ' ‘ ' 11 ‘‘it of where 1 .1 the
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lightning , struck. . He Avas knocked four
feet and thrown against a wall. Al
m A 1 , ,1 amt arous, d otln r
hostlers, 1 ,1 all of whom worked desperately
to release the animals lu.7 which ‘t were rush
ing about in h r V N ' reuv v
dh doors -
exeitemer ,. All the were
U.ioAV" open and great efforts were made
to drive the horses out, but several could
not be forced to move and were left to
their fate.
A NEVA HOAD fO.i MOI 11 I.K
T. G. Bush states that the Alabama
Grand Trunk has secured a terminus in
Mobile, and will petition at once fora
right minus of will way be through south of Mobile. and adjoining The ter¬ the
Louisville and Nashville depot Sur¬
veyors are still on the fine, and the road
Avill run through the Warrior cold fields,
connect with several railroads and
strike Birmingham. The building of the
road begins as soon as the right of Avay
to a terminus is granted.
THE 1’OFK W RITES TO GREW.
The Pope has written a letter to Presi¬
dent Grew, in which he says the t'hina
incident will rather 4 promote than xprosles preiu
t|u , Kr ,,, ich inu , ts< amj C
t j u . f that good relations betwe?u
p nauv am j the Vatican will be main-
WILLIS HUDSON BANG®).
TIIE END OF A TERRIBLE CRIME
IN GEORGIA .
Paying the Penalty on the Gallows. The
Htory of the Murder. The Culprit’s
Bravado on the Gallows.
leaving ifssSsf! him entirely in charge of hi.*
mother who developed into a woman of
hard character. Willis was allowed per
feet liberty of action, selected his own
companions aud never fell under the re
s
g-ew up into young manhood, tall and
black eye, a daredevil among his fellows
»-nd a terror to every community in
' SSenniSm ,sa J nle P aI & ^daughter of a re
spectablc , neighbor. The parents of the
young lady used every means in their
f ower to keep & her from such a rash act
“ ,,ad T r" nr b
she m. forced leave him. “™uTl£i
was to
THE 8 TORY OF THE MURDER.
Mrs lianenel;’, Millirons was washing kf,d at end**-* a wpl!
near r Hancock a mill mill, and her her husband*
ing too unwell to go to his daily weft.
was Hudson, assisting arming her himself by drawing the double water
with a
1 arrcl shotgun, cbotmtn secreted c.ereted Wmc.lf himself in some er , „
bushes near the well, while his mothei
and sister went up and began a murder
ous assault unon Mrs Millirons with bat- ve!
tang sticks. Millirons went to the res
cue of his wife, offering no violence his to
. -he assailants, but simply shielding
wife from their blows a.’ in doing which
ins arms were » badly ii ■* battered jj and i bruised. l • i
Being thus foiled in their attempt tc
hill Mrs. Millirons, the two women turned
upon Mr. Millirons, one grasping his arm,
the other pounding him witt the battl
ing stick. Just at this juncture Willis
Hudson ran up, and placing the muzzle
of liis gun within a few feet of him, dis
charged the whole load in his back.
Mibirons sank down immediately and the
two fiends in female form continued to
beat him while in the agonies of death.
Mrs. Millirons, coming up to the relief
if her dying husband, was again assaulted
l»y the two women, knocked down and
would have been killed had she not been
rescued by parties attracted to the scene
by the report of the gun.
EDWIN ALDEN & BRO.
Tiie flnclnnati Ailvcrtliing Affents Tail
Earn tiirgc Amount.
Edwin Alden & Bro., newspaper ad ver
Using agents, at No. OCWest Fourth
street, with a branch in New York city,
made an assignment on Monday to A. M.
Warren. Their nominal liabilities are
estimated at $192,000, with nominal as
sets at”, 000. These consist of con
long standing, and carried on a very ex
tensive business. No close estimate can
be made as to the real assets and
ties, owing to the uncertain i.-p-—p/
SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDEIIT.
rmUmloit and several Fatally In
Jnrcd.
A railroad accident by which four injured, lives
W cre lost and tAvo persons fatally Ohio road
oceured on tbe Chesapeake and
between tAvo freight trains, near Lime th
stone, ICv., on :t short curve. Oil
east bound train Engineer Higgins had
his left arm torn from hit body, and his
left leg broken. Ilis fireman, Harris avos
hadly burnt. Schernan, his front brake
man was instantly killed. Of the west
bound train, Engineer Davinball was
killed outright. His front brakeman,
Wm- Sho, was killed, alsoliis fireman, B.
" ' lfc * llard ‘
THE BISHOP OF FLORIDA.
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Consecration of night Itevercod Edward
tiardncr.
The Right Reverend Edward Gardner
Weed bishop-elect of the Protestant
Kpiacopol diocese of Florida, was
consecrated Tuesday at Jacksonville,
Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee, presid
i„g. The other bishops in attendance
are Howe, of South Carolina ; Gallagher,
0 f Louisiana • Elliott, of Avestcrn Texas,
am j Seymour of Springfield, Ill. The
principal clergy of the state will also be
present Avith many Aisitors from the
principal southern cities. The cere
monies will be verv ve ry elaborate elaborate.
ANKW»AII.ROAD. _ _
_
o„ On Monday at .. 1-m., ground waabrok- ,
011 tlle Deptford railroad, plantation the for the
Savannah and Tvbee in pre
n , o{ !i a i numlxir of invited guests r.ui and lf
, l i i .
purse, the young son of Captain I). G.
i, ut e, ^resident prt.iueni of oi the uie corn company, nan V it Tt is is
rather singular that it was the fiftieth an
mverSary of the breaking of ground for
, he Central railroad when the first shovel
full o{ dirt wa9 thrown up by the late
Thomas Purse 1 ’ fe crand ‘ father * “ of f this 1
)ouaj,»wr.
THE DRILL in GALVESTON.
The inter-state drill prizes, approxima
ting $15,000 was inaugurated in Camp
Magrudcr at Galveston, Texas. Some
fiftv companies are in camp. The city is
beautifully draped with flags, banners
and streamers of all nations. In the
pools in the inter-state drill, the Houston
Light Guards are the first choice, the
Branch Guards are the second, and the
True Blues third. Brevet Colonel Rose
is in command of the encampment. Be
sides the militia, four companies of
United States infantry and one battery
of flying artillery and tAA-o military bands
are in attendance.
DEATH OF AN EX-GOVERNOR.
Ex-Governor John IV. Stevenson, t.f
Kcutuckey, died on Tuesday, at his resi
donee at Covington, after a short illness,
aged 73 years.
CUTTING TO BE BEHEADED
IN CASE ATTACK IS MADE FROM
BEYOND TUB RIO GRANDE.
How He Took Ilis Sentence—Great £x>
citement Among the People.
iSslSIl A dispatch from El Paso, Texas savs :
has ordered the Paso del Norte authori
ties, in case of an attack from Texas,
to cut off the prisoner's Am,'ie. head
> deliver it to th* to^lfve v ke
hundred Mexican troops are said
" L mad, lr.A 1 t.irsr. se ‘-' on<I , de '
j ’ Lartre b crowds h Father at everv street
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Thearriva! o{ ^pany .J F, ’ of the Tenth
Unitcd gtateg cay at Fort BV
i,, whicll was assigned here two months a-o
2 “ rf sSKaSs. Vrdred 77,, t “®?‘. ■5&r$«s thatel R ht
*'» l»comi„ s very
apparent, ana
everything looks LIKE war '
, ' rom a Mexican standpoint. , A report
waB circulated to the effect that Consul
, 5ri ham had confirmed tlie statement
that a second ' demand i for ? fnttimr’s A* re rc
lease . , had . been made by , the Lulled ... States ,
* government and the people ‘; l went wild
ith deli ^ „ ht Mr B J* rrh am • tbe Ameri m .
,' ’ h a s “ ' 1 * ie ,' as
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misunderstood, . that , he expects such a
<ku»n,l at any moment, but does not
know that it his yet been made. Cutting del
h-is ' be<-. n called before court ,° in n Paso -* d - 0
and . Consul ,, . Bn „ . S ham ls . ln . attend -
ance.
cutting took his sentence ’
As sentence was pronounced Cutting
thoroughly slightly pale, but was otherwise
composed. When the read
ing of the sentence was finished, he asked
m a loud voice of the court, at the same
timc pointing to Medina:
‘‘About the $000, is that creature to
get any ot point itf
At this Consul Brigham inter
P ,is cd to stop him.
“« ,the saic .prisoner * the judge. uses insulting I can Ian- add
something to the term of liis sentence.’’
neither fudge he Brigham Cutting assured the court disre- that
nor meant any
spect to it.
“Let us understand,” said Judge
Brigham, “just what this is for?”
side, . r Jt V 8 f « r the publication on the other
of an article which is held to have
vitiated a reconciliation on this side.”
“And this act on the other side,” con- |
tinued Judge Brigham, “was constructed
on this side as a contempt of court?”
To this the court replied in the nega
tive. The court then turned to the pris
onere and asked still'stand • I
“Do you under the protec
tion of your government?”
»«.
supreme court?” the iudge asked
“I have no appeal to make except to
KlI.i,..... e government of the United StatM.” ' j '
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days in Avhieh to give notice. Do a*ou
wish to sign tbe proceedings of this
court?”
“I sign nothing.” satisfaction
<(£)o you w j s 1 j to PX p ress
or dissatisfaction Avith the sentence?”
“No, sir; 1 have never recognized your
court or jurisdiction, imprison and I do not for recog
nize its right to me one
hour.”
Cutting was taken back to jail.
excitement at el paso.
No sooner was the fact of Cutting’s
fence known than both towns on the Mex
i can and American side were alive over
the matter. Two secret meetings min- were
held at El Paso, and companies merchants of
ute men were solders organized. The
fear harm if are not promptly only on
hand. They realize that Congress
can declare war, but the in superior Norte num- j
ber of Mexican soldiers Paso Dei
would play havoc with the single com
pany at Fort Bliss, one mile from El Paso,
Arms and ammunition are not scarce
however, and citizens are secretly organ- !
izing, so as to act on the defensive.
Their voice is unanimous for the vindica
tion of American honor and the protec
tion of our citizens. The Mexicans, too,
are angry at the tone of our press, and
people are fearful of violence on account
of the numerous mass meetings which
are being held.
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.rnTTam YELLOW FEVER.
.
Seven Deaths Oat of a Crex* of Twelve-Tho
Ship Island Quurnniine. *
The British bark, Excalsior, Captain
Whiteford, which Avas intercepted by a
revenue cutter a few davs whim -i,r 0 on her
w-,,-from ? Colon to f -' Mobile Io “ lle ’ until about about to to
enter Mobile 1 bay, and ordered to the
assies
includiiio- tn«uaing the tne captain, e intain out out ot of a a crew crew of ot
Slxt een. It has not yet been ascertained
whet her the disease is vellow fever. No
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lo,', , l,2 reported Another of f,,1 the
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5“ £‘-Jr r fe ' j' a ~°' tanking “‘jSS^ of the i„ sCAenth seventh
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death , out of a crew of twelve since the
vessel left Colon twenty six days ago.
The nonintereoursc with and isolation
with Ships island quarantine station are
» vigorously maintained by Dr. Murray
that there is much difhcultv and delay it
getting news therefrom. No vesscL of
any kmd is allowed to approm-.i within
the limits of quarantine anchorage except
as are ordered there for detention.
Close observation is kept up during the
day and a whale boat patrols the anchor
age all night to enforce these regulations.
4^*1 .... wta and iiawkin’svii.lf ro ad.
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This company met on Tuesday at 10
o’clock at their office. 40 and 42 Alabama
street, Atlanta, and organized by elect¬
ing John N. Dunn president, Lowry Aaron Haas
vice-president, R. J. treasurer,
J. K. Brunuer secretary, and Henry L.
Collier chief engineer. that they
The directors are confident
will be able to begin work before many
weeks have passed.
CONGRESSIONAL LABORS.
THE WORK DONE DURING TIIE
SESSION JVST CLOSER.
Pleasures Introduced and Passed, and
Hills Vetoed.
days,exc.usive °. ,^“Jays. Of this timethe
Stoaa.* was ito session 16 * days and the House
! ^ ^ m T tbe g Hou *f. m J ou * bl 8 ®
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hills'and Sfjtant , 0 ?*’»mtio“. totaf’for
or a
•kss.'sks.wwsjsssw local importance only.
and Sou bills which originated in the House,
Of these 1,0 jo were received by the President
^^^"hout ’the"PresiS'
tura; iliwe.e vetoed,and 1 ) failed for want of
signature at time of adjournment, ten days
not having expired since thev reached the
President. Of the new laws 7 iC were House
sssssfSa'vtossts :s
jj*—» “*
|Jf the measire3 ve toed by the President
thirty-six were Senate bills and seventy-seven
House bills. Twenty-eight of the Senate
| bills vetoed were private pension bil s. Three
were for the erection of public buildings Zanes- at
Dayton, Ohio; S.ou* City, Iowa, and
vxlle, Ohio; one was to grant to rail
roads tue right of w-ay through the
; tudian reservation in northern Mon
tana; one to niaxe Spnngtie.d, Ma&, a
J;0 rtof delivery: one t. provide that the
bodies of paupers, criminals and Columbia, strangers
dying w.tliin the District of un
cbimed within a specitted time after death,
>hail be turned over to the medical colleges;
and one to quit title to settlers on the Des
Moines River lands, and one to provue tor
t q 0 c ustruction of a bridge over Lake
Champlain. the seveuty-seven House DiLs disap
Ot
Proved by the President, seventy-four for were tne
private pension bills and threa were
erection of public buildings. The proposed
public buildings were for Asheville, N. U;
D '^ e tn ’ n ^ 1 l ber “ meSe, vetoed have during been
t - ne sesg i on was f our more than
vetoed from tho foundation of the Govern
meat to Hie beginning of the session just
mittees with tho recommendation that they
pass, notwithstanding tho Presidents objec
tion, and, while similar action was taken
^ hat s ^ a 0 ati °n g a pension twoHouses to Joseph Romiser) the veto.
was passed Moines by the Hiverbill passed over the Senate
The Des
over the veto, but‘failed to receive the reepu
bfn/tlfgrent a J. pension Wilson to Mary tho
Anderson and to Andrew over Hou-o.
President’s veto were defeated in the
The consideration of the other veto messages
have been enacted iSto laws during the ses
sion, in addition to the regular appropriation
bills, are as follows: prtmdiug
The Presidential Succesaon bill,
themlmb^rs ofTh^CabineUncase resignation, inability of the re- of
moral, ckath, Vice-President, or
both the President and
To provide for the study of the nature and
^o^move^ without having tirst
soldiers Avho re-enlist
To legalizo the incorporation sarr‘I of Nation
3 providing for tax
The Oleomargarine bill, butter,and a
of two cents a pound on imitation
cjonirine that the packages containing it
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provides fortheconstruetionoftAvosea-go- vessefa of
about Ing, double-bottomed 6.000 tons displacement, armored one proteeted
^“toSs'di^S^men’t; one^firebclass torpedo
boat, and for the completion of tho four
double-turreted monitors noyfhe.ns : c°u
o^hesovetsels’ anti $1,W»,000
f 0 r armament. homestead sattlers within
To provide that than loO
the railway limits restricted to less
addRional^ntritw b
settlement patent«d without any
further oroof of and cultivation.
To reduce the fees on domestic money or
ders for sums not exceeding $5, from 8 cen
t 0 C banking associations to
x o enable national change
increase their capital stork, and to
their names and locations,
Lib / granted the Atlantic
To forfeit tbe lands to
and Racitte Railroad Company, and restore
the same to settlement. i nsof
and” ^ ^ pens 0
widows dependent relatives of deceased
soldiers aud sailors
Declaring forfeited certain 1 ami gi ants
made to the States of Mississippi, Alabama
Commissioner of Labor to
make an investigation as to tho convict
labor.
a “ifle > ; -venous noims 011 '°the Atlantic" and t’a
coasts, and on the great lakes.
X;i addition to the forego ng, the subject
matter of various snec al bills ha; been en
vfls a^tollows ' 11 seveta a PI jro P ria -‘ on
j u the Agricultural Appropriation bill—
directing the Commissioner of Agriculture animals
to purchase and destroy diseased
whenever, in his judgment, it is essential to
prevent the spread of plauro-pneamonia from
one State into another. lull—
j a the T^rislative Appropriation Commissioner
Creatingthe office of Assistant
of Indian Affairs. bill
In the Sundry Civil Appropriat cm
Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue silver certificates m denominations of
one< two , and live dollars; also appropna
uounce polygamy and for their children,
The important measures Avhieh, after de
bate, were defeats 1 in tho Hons: in which
they originated are: The Senate bill to in
crease the effleien-y of the army; the House
bill for the free coinage of silver, and Sena
tor Vanctf ' 8 biU to repeal Clvl1 bervice
act. failed, by
The one important meacire that
reason of the adjournment o£ Congress be¬
fore executive action hail been taken thereon,
was the "Morrison Surplus resolution.”
••LITER ARY LIFE” ALL RIGHT.
^ settlement has been effected with
the creditors of A. P. Elder, proprietor
.Ljterarv Life," of which Miss Rose
c; CV eland is editress, and the custodian
pj acc< ] j n the office of the magazine has
Been released. It is stated by Elder that
tPf , se j zure Monday would have been
obviated had he received sufficient notice,
and that the publication usual. of the periodical
- v iU proceed as
TEN YEARS.
Tobe Jackson, the CartersviHe aynami
ter, was sentenced to the Georgia peniten
tiary for a term of ten years on Saturday
by Judge Fain, of the Bartow superior
court, the dynamiting sentenced Judge being Aaron Jackson's re¬
ward for Collin's
residence in CartersviHe last January.
CAPTURING BURGLARS.
The Party Taken in Charge by FUttel
Masked Men.
At a late hour Friday night.at Birming
Qam, Ala., Detective A. J. Sullivan cap¬
tured at Woodlawn, Jack Beard, John’
Henry Lee and Bob Harris, desperate
negro burglars, who have for some time
past been robbing citizens of Birming¬
ham and .surrounding country. The ne¬
groes had made a plot to rob a house and
while they were entering the house de¬
tective Sullivan and deputy Sheriff Gill¬
espie captured Beard and Lee. Harris
escaped . Sullivan and Gillespie were
suddenly surrounded by fifteen masked
men, who sprang from the roadside with,
leveled shot guns. ‘'Lav down your
arms'” was their command, Gillespie
dropped his gun. Sullivan had his gun
across his shoulder. Instantly three
men took his gun and revolvers. The
masked party took charge of their pris¬
oners and their late captors, road, proceeding while
a few yards away from the
some took care of Sullivan and Gillespie.
The others took Beard aside and whip¬
ped him severely with a hickory switch,
The party returning, delivered their
prisoner and arms to the officers, triggers warn- of
ing them to not touch the of sight.
their weapons until they got out
THE COTTON CROP.
Report of the National Cotton Exchange for
tbe3Iontb ot July.
The following is the National cotton
exchange crop report for the month of
July: Glancing over the belt, we
that the tAvo Carolinas haA-e contin¬
ued on the doAvmvard scale. Alabama
has made considerable improvement;
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Avhile and Ten¬
nessee show some advance, Arkan¬
sas has added neatly to her former good
condition. Texas, however, has just
about held her own, and fears are ex¬
pressed in this latter state of a threatened
drouth. In localities worms are mention¬
ed, as Avill be noticed in the state reports,
but no damage has been done thus far.
The bulk of the crop east of the Missis¬
sippi is, however, backward, and there¬
fore dependant upon favorable conditions
from noAV on for the maintuinance of the
present prospect. for the belt is 834 against
The average
825 last month and 1)7 last year.
THREE MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
A dispatch from Cliambcrsburg Pa.,
says; The Elevator of the Western
Maryland road was burned Sunday night.
One man was burned to death and two
missing are supposed to have met the
same fate. The loss 13 $35,000. It is
believed that the men Avere accidently
imprisoned in tiie burning building, closed and
after they had entered, the fireman
and fastened the doors to keep the fire
from spreading, being unarvare of their
entrance.
THE AUGUSTA SHUT DOWN.
The mills all closed iIoavu on Tuesday
in Augusta, Ga., as the factory hands
did not return to work. The knights
held a meeting and organized committees done
to see that no harm, was the
property of the mills during the lockout.
THE TSUBOT NOMINATIONS. -*l|
The senatorial convention of the 25th
senatorial district met at Talbotton, Ga.,
and unanimously nominated Hon. J. W.
Robins, of Talbot county. Hon. J. T. Tu
singer, of Thompson, Ga., Avas chairman
of the convention, and Mr. Rube Arnold,
of Harris county, was secretary. Hon.
J. AV. Robins will make an acceptable
senator.
fatal explosion.
An engine on the Louisville and Nash¬
ville railroad exploded Wednesday, her boiler making at Lex¬
ington, Ky., of on the engine. Engineer a
total Avreck
William Suckles, of Louisville, had a leg
blown off and died a fcAV moments aftei
taken to tbe hospital. Pete Dair, fire¬
man, was injured, probably fatally.
KILLED BT A TRAIN.
A lady, named Miss Bartlett, was
crossing the railroad track at Clifton
Forge, Charlottsville Va., when she was
struck by a passenger train and killed.
The body Avas cut in tAvo.
SENTENCE COMMUTED.
On August 7th Gov. Scales Gooch commuted 1
the death sentence of Wm. and
Jas. Smith, of Raleigh, N. C., to 20 years
imprisonment. They Avere to be hanged
on September 11th for the murder of John
A. Cheatham of Raleigh.
hanged at fort smith.
Kit Ross, a quarter Smith, breed Ark., Cherokee, Friday, Avas
hanged at Fort on
for the murder of Jonathan Daws, a
white man at Dechoteau, Indian Terri¬
tory, the 20th of last December.
A TEXAS COURTHOUSE BURNED.
The courthouse at Hardin, Texas, was
destroyed by fire Sunday. All the county
records were destroyed. The loss is in¬
calculable and much litigation is antici¬
pated in consequence thereof.
Ifoiv He Struck a Job.
On a Northwestern train was a sallow¬
faced. red haired man with a pair of
spectacles on his nose and an annual pais
smooth-faced young man avuo said he
'
in hif p icket. 1 “ Hie next seat was a
was looking for a job. clerk _ in
“I want a young man to niv
office,” said the saliov.-faced man, “and
if you can fill the bill 11 ! take you. I am
an editor up in Wisconsin. Now, s’pose
I was sitting at my desk and a big man
with his fists all doubled up and a wild
look in his eyes sh mid come up the
stairs and inquire for the editor. What
would vou tell him?”
“I d" ell him that the editor wasn't
in,” replied the young man; “but that
if he'd sit d -wn and wait a few minutes
vou d probably be back from the gun
store where you had g ns to get a new
seven-slicot r and a knife thirteen inches
long to cut up roller, and things with.”
“C. nsi ;er yourself engaged. third Salary,
$4 a week and board, with one of
all the big watermelons that come
the office.’’— Chicago 1/eralJ.