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FLORIDA’S BUDGET
Of Newsy Notes and Pointed
Paragraphs.
The interstate shooting match, in Pen
sscoia. has been fixed definitely for Feb¬
ruary 14.
An ice factory will he built at Punta
Gordn, and will be ia operation within a
few w.eks.
A jwstoffice has been established at
Juno, Dade county, with Ada L. Jenkins
a* post urn*ter.
Kev. Kara Jones will be in Jacksonville
February 10th, and will, no doubt, have
very large nudienccs.
Phosph ite hunters are still in the field
around Lakeland, and rumor says that it
will only be a short time until work will
be commenced on some of the beds iu
that s.ction.
'! he skin business is a big thing at Kis¬
simmee. One dealer alone bough 1 recently
tiOO or HOO ill igator hides, 1,200 pounds
deerskins, 152 otter skins anil 708 coou
skins, representing about $1,200.
When the road between South Jack¬
sonville and Mandarin, some twelve
miles, ia finished, it will be one of the
best in the country. It is nearly com¬
pleted now, and a stage line has already
been established.
It is now suid that alligator meat, prop¬
erly smoked, makes line halibut, or at
least cannot be to d from this fish. It is
also hinted that many of us have eaten an
alligator under this tin me. One thing is
Certain, and it is n well known fact that
the saurian served in this manner to dogs
Will cure the mange.
Probably A correspondent one-half of at the Daytona sava: has
i>oen this orange and crop
shipped from section, good
pries realised. is largely The effects oblber of last wint
•r’s freeze ited. New,
Vigorous loss, and growth lias made up for the
the trees arc looking remark
ably well and promise much for the corn
log ye r.
At a meeting a Ocala, few evenings ago M. at
Armory Hall, in Senator K.
Ilariinnind, on b half of the Democrat y
Jj. of Orange Hryan, county, presented executive to Judge J.
of the county com¬
mittee, a line set of table silver in a neat,
plush case, ns a reminder of (lie rendered appre¬
ciation they have lor services
by him during the past c. mjiaign.
Old Bt Marks is developing a regular
boom—one of the substantial kind.
Jtifsrs Frank Williams, J. L. Hull and
others are to have ruuuing there in a
Short while a saw mill, which will manu¬
facture a large quantity of ye low pine
knd other k ads of lumber, and the Gra¬
ham Lumber company is constructing
tin ro a laige shingle null, which it is said
will turn out 2,000, OoO shingle* per week.
The follow iiur is from Argyle: The
usual c dm of this community bus been
broken by a ripple of excitement over
phosph in to, ph A sphnto man claiming to be on
expert matters, ami from
the phosphate belt of Florida, has been
proKpecting in this vicinity good for soui*
dm- and H'\n be find reason to be¬
lieve it il lu re !(. baa caibere l ape i
1 i ■.
"s*
as to =
X s d ue condition of the
ornnge market linoiighout the country
«ay that it dm n improve The BUp
nly exceeds ti deimuid, confidence is
bn roken, end prices are low and declining.
Shipments are falling "IT, and it is likely
that the prevailing glut will clear away
In the course of a few days. It is possi¬
ble, reaching however, that prices’ will be slow in
t ieir normal standard, owing
to tbo fronted frid going In and the
enormous importations arriving in the
gre it sculmnr I markets.
The tightness of the money market
CMtsed t'y the B-mporary suspension of
Itaring llrns., of London, whs the cause
of the collapse of the phospate deal of
1. Whittaker, of II meliiml. with a L.n
don kn mlicnio Jliin cullupsc will not
reso I 'in in ictiou at Homeland, for Mr.
Whittaker has now nearly completed tie
goti capitalists, itiims with n powerful syndicate of
and it is anticipated that the
mills at Homeland will so u bo grinding
away Kansas merrily, worked by a company ut
City, Mo.
The post • ll’n i nt Key West was robbed
rue ni lit recently. I he thieves made a
big hunt. They blew the s f,> open and
•cuured $1,700 in money -gold, silver
and greenbacks $125 wo’itli of postage
•tHinps t,i longing to tU'Mureo post offiee,
an t all the content of twenty-four regis
ter d letters w hich arrived during the
day. In addition to this public property
they took $1 to iu cash, and $350 worth
of low try belon ing to tin* postmaster,
and $12 in cash tieUmiriiijr to Miss Bates,
tlie postiunatei's ass slant.
The produce d. paitment of the Farm
«*!*’ Alliance cxehatige in New Vo*k liaa
bee • placed in charge of John H. New
ton, ilsi'ii, *811 Washington street Mr Oswald
V pr. sident. says in Ids Circular:
“Mr Ne-toi Ims been connected with
the prtHluee business since 1865 and is
thoroughly familiar with the markets,
am! this insures to our friends and pat
runs that their produce will t o propci(y
handled, lie has every facility for con
dinting the business with experienced
salesmen, ami is prepared to give your
shipments every possible advantage.
Fuliv ,i thousand ixhiiiI" werv in Ocala
on the occasion of tlu* “B u<* and Gray” I
rrnn ion. < ol John M, Martin chef
marnhsl. and his aids wen ( ..I MlH , r , „(
Ink- Citv Cant 11 ( 5\ii,.|,t G>"-i i I |
Psrr and Mnior I ancaster ans.' ! 1 j
Dickbon e mmaude.1 the veto Hi,
aid wS, W. Atkins fine procession
was a tine aud mp sing one.
tors' association formed « pan of i .)
1 lirector-Geueral Lob.* was master of '
«*rcm"'de«, who introduced the speaker.
President U F Rogers of 'he Farmers'
All'Htiee expo-ttion. who welcomed the
state pre*ss mid the veterans of the blue
*nd the gray.
Tin* article* of incorrmr ti 'ti of the I
jrtotid* Rice Manufacturing « mpanv, to
|>e located at Kwsitniiicc. hav l>e<n puli
Ii»h*-d Ttt<‘ /xsiJer -av- Elsewhere in
this issue will b f«mo t tin articles of
fl*r-orpor lion of the much ta'k< i of rh r*t*
wiiH: also a pro»d«mitton of Mai * or Wat
B«in whmiuiut* to the tv iplc th ipt -sti *n
vlicthcr the c\pc o olitatning tliis
Ir.dust » s' -- t>v taxation, vrh ch
will di-lriti -t upon alt alike and
Brake it a m si u i. t, or by defeali g
TTfR DEMOCRAT, CRAWi-ORl vILLE, GEORGIA.
question of issubjr orrfp, force our
•nergetk v’de-awake business men to go
iown in their pockets and bear th- en
•r burden themselves while others reap
in .st of tile benefits.
The Pi'Dancola Monnat-Bt.
A Wa hington dispatch says: The
TM moment to the Confederate dead of
Pensacola’ Fla , which is being erected
v Mr. Manning in ibis city, is nearing t*.
con p etn ti. Toe des.gn and is well stti.p.e
ch racier, I ut massiv propor
tioted. It will h ve an in cr.ptnm on
eat it of its four sides, one a t ibute to tin
< n of Pensacola and I tCinbia county,
• bo f .11 in the struggle, a .ot ter to the
tntory of Jefferson Davts; and anotbci
wid t>e a trii utc tt.th • •• rvicesof Sti phea and
v. Ma'I. ry, Lnited Mat:" senator
<S' C rctnr/of the Con feder te n ivy. It "
intended that the e timer, ptioiw shall b
( <>l de ted expressions of southern unti
inent as ga In red Irt m suggestions offered
l>y ladies iff the South.
CliriMiSnr Kndfavor.
The Christian En eav ir convention
ivliich met in Orlan 1 > was an enthusi¬
astic meeting. A. N. Adams, presi address lent
i.f the local society, delivered the
of welcome. Delegates were pres at
from Archer, Apopka, Anona, ( k-ar Wa¬
ter Harbor, Chuluoti, Maytona, Eu>tis
(Methodist and Presbyterian), Orlando, Kissimmee, Tangerine,
Lake Helen. Ocala,
Th vates, Temple Mills, I psula, Winter
I’atk r.nd Winter Haven, Pulstka and
Clear Lake, Whin the convention was
called togi ther for business, each society
represented made a report of its condt
ti- n. Orlando is the largest society rep¬ is
resented, with*185 members. Upsala zed
the youngist, having been organ
December 22. After the reports the lol
lowing officers were elected for the ensu
mg y. ar: I‘risident, F. A. Curtiss, of
Oilui.tio; vice pre idents, F.E.NettU
, ()rl) 0 [ | (( , jii Ln, W. F. Lyman, of
winter Park, b. N. Mills, of Orlam o,
Mj (i » Maria Fletcher, of Orlando, E. It.
V 'Imrton, of Winter Iftw n; secret .ry,
a w. Johnston, of Tavares; cm Itaymmid respond
M . m t„ r y and treasury,
V |j en „f Winter Dark. these, with
Walter Strange, of 1‘itlntkn, constituto
the executive c< tnniilti e. A number of
le'egiites to the national Convention at
Minneapolis were selected.
Two W«>n<Irr«i.
Mr. llalp l’helps, who lives in South
Jacksonville, has a curious tile to tell—
and if anybody cm explain it in: will he
more than thankful, for the phenomenon
puzzles him and his neighbuis 1’htlp*’ not a
little. About two years ago Mr
daughter was on a visit, to him. One
dav she gathered some sweet nged gum burrs ef¬
already dry—and arr them
fectively inn white stone cluna plat tel —
of the remained oidinary tableware material. They
Imvo on a table in the same
position ever since. A lew daj.s dis¬ utio
Mime one was exam niii" them and
covered that the platter hail been af¬
fected somehow by the burrs and had
fallen to pieces. ’I here it was. preserv¬
ing its original shape, but broken into a
hundred pieces. I lie enamel had all
nocu eaten uway, anil the ware appeared
to he crumbling into a loose mass. The
platter had never been dUt ill. 1 t r had
acvthii • leu un it Mi ITh'Iik* thinks
’hire p
laU’ gu i .jo he.its it; \U. into the
stone muleiiui. Ou Mr. i‘iicii>s’ farm
til* re au- t \v i or three unturul pniut quar
lies. Tt '-y produce a mauii.il which
needs only the addition of oil to make a
paint of the veiy best quality. In its
natural state it is iu two color,—a deep
red and a stone gray. There is money in
it know undoubtedly, if tlure und Mr. l’helps wants to
into. is a paint trust which he
< an get
The Prune A*»oeln(t«n.
1 he meeting of the .state !*n ss Anhocux
tion at Oealu was a viand suceies in
every mini address particular l’resid ut Gore’s an
gestive was u thoughtful aud sit"
paper, lie referred to the won
derlul phosphate discovery in th • state
and spoke a so of the gu" It belli, w imw
ou our at,lute books aiiJ thu necessity
4 f uuu'iuliii^ the siunc. The • r ii , nt holm!
the association ,.m do for Is memhers hv
their belonging to the organization was
referred to and the necessity for main
tabling uniform advertising rules. He
dis| urag d 11 lining broad side spasm die
“inis,” hut I,non ( continuous udver
thing, lie si oke hope9ully of immigra
"ou and of the neeessity lor it for the
1 ' lllU ' B "’"'inuetl piosp iity il said that
l| "’l>re«m bind wu-t entiiely inadequate
m * state w. s to reap goo 1 u.-ults,
11 ,m,st l "’ inemi-ed. It Florida ex
|’<'led to grow mid prosper she must ad
: 11 Use. and that lib rally, to Every
U |l ' r state hail do:; so, unit got In i
money back a bun i d lot t, und lie i -
siaiiei-d the cast- of ( .l ilornia. Ito fa
'"'ed a two mill t \ b i t‘, : nr; o
,ll| d said that the newsp peis ot Flmi a
muld do tlu ir read, is m> gn .iie: ..erva e
U> v g "'em to this m-e.
-
, L "•’•*'"’en t/u n ;:t - :to:s mnpd mnt
1 ">• nd.«■ Med a i ut, eelu.,ri 11
'ems ou, with n ear t.H<*-l witi t'onda
I 1 .',"," N ’ ..... n *■'. ” :;o ihn ■ .h
V7" i„.^i N "‘V s, l'l 1 ,l " 1 llu '
*
'iw'k *' , ,, ’ 11 '•
Ip wide 7*r* . ’ 'l ' - ' '
lt< * /’!■ ■ k ^ 1 ’ 1 —. it 1,1 V ir "\
. , ,
.j ’’ 1,1 " ■ 1 ’ mn, ‘nded
., portT» , admirable address, and
‘’special und y the he increased hopeful immigration that tux
.tion. was he pits
< f' s| “ ,u ^ ""“''l do the handsome
•"? m t 1 And the state
, \ ,!,Jor h ‘"rbunks.of reap
,‘ F. r- ;
nandma om-i said ,v l.*.i!, ns o e of a committee
1>I ,,u ’ l,t ***■’’ press two J ears ago to urge t
legislature to create this bureau, he
' muk « i K,, «'’ rs »}«*«»
rratlon .
In ' ”T. lu ‘'r* «tieg and
Ihe wa U u!s a andmv?Zi"« .nile'Stn
that direction more clea*lv now ml
»• *-<"~i l,,u,
prfsi of the state and (fi manded
at they teach tho pisipie tlie im;M>:tance
immigration legislation. Thne eoin
niHIffi vu' i 1 sHjmintcil one t at h on the
r s tie t s nimtss, uumiirr i:t*n ami the j
In* excursion, t\ d the lib» l |«v. j
ddiHvjitt s tit. ju! to th<* NtftioujfJ ’
t nsji N-ijitH iation s-m* Cimrlis W l>a< i
Mr* Lik it* \ ui t\ur, i \l j
.
> lfi H veti a „ j k™,, / K u
tjmncy was H for th i i vt a nu i
m.cling of ifie s,, u . nvv0l i H , ion
ea_ tain J. B. J ' union v . 1 - V.ts.‘ (d to
. present the F orida Pr ns nssoc’atirin a
gal delegates to the nat final agso cia
.on. Col. \V. W. Keep was elected s
n 't'-rnal delegate to the Mi-sou i 8tal<
'r> ss i asocial ion, which conv ries it
'ebrunry. The treasurer’s report shower
eat the association had . inetv oi.e rm m
. i ,j , nrid was in a flourishing cond.tioi.
ii.anciiblr.
fostnfflce ttotitiery nt Key West.
Another account of the Key West
postoffice robbery effect says: It needed n
d .ri .; burglar to an entrance to
the post office, ctack the safe and catry
away the money, though the p rty wlro
succeeded was uo doubt an expert. Th
postoffice is a ore-story fame building
(25 feet by 30 feet), located on the gov
eminent lot, 20u feet square, at tin
corner of W hitebead ml Green s reels
•a ith two front entrances and two >,t th»
k, through wbic i the enhance wa
effec ed by means of skeh ton key*. Th«
DUilding ft owned b) Mr. Johi
F Ii Brown, who, while postmaster
had it constructed for his owt
•vtf ty, and rc-nted it to the postomce de
partnn nt. Mr. li* -orth ot | >,,rilvw ’
( who was arret. hi un s spiuo w 1
prelimin ry hea mg More Judge D.
/.ono, and wa, discharged taere be ng
no cvmence to warrant h. committal
„S ( f i; , u«'SZS'”d "
smrng evidence against some ind vidua',
who arrived there the Satm day nigh*
pr. vious to the robbery, but no furth 'r
arrest- have been made. Two
arrived from th • north by the stem ■ r
Mascotte. and are now striving to locate
the burglars.
A Nnpply of l.rniph tor Florida.
Dr. Frank Fremont Smith, of St. Au
gu line, who has just re urned from Bet -
iin, where he lias been since December
Ut, iu an interview Wednesday, estimate gives
very hop ful but conservative ot
the cu alive value of Dr. Koch’s lymph
|>flgi-d upou a peisonal e*amiiia'ion o'
nearly 700 cases under treatment. He
brings home a supply of ljmph for the
Alice hospital in bt. Augustine. D:
Neal Mitchell, of Jacksonville, at pi*-.
em in Berlin, has also sent a supply ol
lymph for use in Flunkie St hum .-ki
hospital in his city. Both these amon| plus/
eiaus report an iciaos, opinion [ revaleut the climab
German phy that
conditions in Florida offer the be t fit)
for successful treatment with lv«> i
renit dy.
ALABAMA’S POPULATION.
The Census Olfice Givus the Fig^ J
ures by Counties.
Foil" ' ii,:.- arc tin: census offices re* a:
of the po, r tion of Alabama by coiiutie.'t
Milan , i, 13,33 1; Baldwin, 0,041; BaJ
bour, 35,742; Bibb, 13 824; Blount, 21/
027; Bullock, 27,003; Butler, 2D,7f>„
Calhoun, 33,835; ( ham hers 20.3
>'lierokee, 20,450; Chilton, 14,51 1
taw, 17 520; Clarke, 22,024. Cmy, 15.
705; Cleburne, 13,218; Coffee, 12,17
( "Hurt, 20.1811; Louecu'i, it, 1;* '"Vi
15,1100; Covington, 7,530 C re shin ,
15,425; Cullman, 13,439; Dale, 17,225;
Dallas, 49 359; liclvnib
Elmore, 21,»J2; Escautbi.t, djHk
fct.wa, .....
‘t Ftuilitln, lU.Kol , Geneva,
Greene, 22,007; Hal 27,501; He
21,847; Jackson, 58,020; Jefft r tn
8-*,5ul; L mar, 14 187; ^ * 11 ’ ’■
23.739; Limestone, i awn-nee, 21.201; 20,725; Lee, 28,0(3; 81,5f)
Macon, Lowutbs, :
18,4:!!); Madison, 3s, 119; At
rengo, 33,095; Marion, 11,847; Mars at,
18,935; Mobile, 51,587; Monroe, 18,99H
Montgomery, 50,172; Morgan, 24,081:
Ferry, 29,332; Pickens, 22,470; Fiki
21.423; Randolph, 17,219; Russell. 24.
093; St. Flair, 17,353; S elbv, 29,886
Sumter, 29.574; Tal.adega, 29 310; Tal
1 '1 >0 >*«, 25,40 i; Tincaloo-a, 31,352;
” ,|1 “-‘ r . 1«,"78; Washington, 7,935;
w >liox, 30.816; Winston, 6,5)2; state,
,J t u L 1,513.017.
tuf run KjtilLlAN I am KLVULI. ncuatT
InSUF^GntS H&VIQ^ Things
Their Own Way.
Advices jrom Buenoes Ayres received
Frid y morning, stated that information
had reached that citv from Chili that
leumiu Valparaiso, Iquiquc, T'oquimbo blockade, and Fica
iu a state of 'l’he iu
surgents are also represented to be niaS
ters of the situaii n.' 'J’arapaca has been
seized by the revolutionists. In Valparaiso
’ll the sties containing or sup
posed to contain anm aud ununuuiti n
e- gutted by the revolutionists. The
’utioiiists will permit the port of
\ alpat-aiso to be opened to c none ce ou
oouiiition that tile foreign consuls ol>
serve a neutral attitude. Ihe op 1 iou
geuerally iimintains throughout Chili
thatunless President Balmaeeda speedily
resigns the entire armed force of ChiU
will rise in an insurrection.
i LUOlka nmre 5JontlUU!>. citCDinniic
Mysterious . Death the Heir td
01
Belgium’s Throne.
IV, nee Biudmnu, no, hew of
Iseupold, aud heir to the throne of Bef
gimn, is dead, lie died ia Brussel*
3 o’clock Friday morning. Thcc.useef
death is alleged t < have been an attyok
of oonehuis. Thedeithof the prince
has c used u treme dous sensation ami
ereat< s consternation iu Brussels. Ther
are a!', sorts of rumors circulating, as the
pu «.ic was entirely nuawarv that tin
,„iuce was ill.
UtK GOVERNOR UUVKKHUB IS IS MAD. MAD
Because Of the False Report Of
His Insanity.
y Lincoln Neb disnateii of TVsdav
' we ik.'b'twitl a^emRbe'iu
his usu »1 health alter a few days’ re-t.
THE CARDINAL’S ADDRESS.
--
Measures of Relief for Irish
Sufferers.
A Ballimorv life; Hlcfi of Frid.iv s.ivs:
dUt?i'S$s upon tht* fnm ne
in Irelauil has brought t«>r*h acit\ul-*r
tr.*iti Carotnal Gildnins addressed to all
the | astors c. h s diocese to tak prompt
measures to iai-e a re ief fund among
their eougrcg-xlious.
VER ALABAMA.
V| fbOU3 Thing's That are Hap¬
pening Around Us.
L : ght Infantry, of Opel ka,
organized, witn C aptain J. 1).
the he d of the company,
:u j< r of numerously signed peti
. been forwarded to Montgomery
n ;. t thu modified Henry school
hi|
a] us bureau is-ued on Saturday
|j*te nt of the populu ion of the
Alabama by races. I he tot 1
:j , is given 1,513,017; S30.696
>. 681.431 coioted, 750 Indians
; 1 40 oaiuamen.
The Alliance exchange estima'es that
wing the current season, it will sell
,00a tons of comraerci«I fertilizer. The
it ire consumption of the state will m>
, r loo,000 tons. This is an increase of
lore !• .u 100 per cent in ten years,
Tho two Frenchmen who mysteriously
. d, ,pp<-ared from Birmingham some days
, he hJUIMs time the $24,000 t J belon
, to „„ ot them wa3 8 ol still „» t
„ , , ilud . De . cct i ves iire at work
1 sa. !..»«
f lie .Moulton , "8 \alley Oil and_Gas
t com
P- i!s y, ganized less than six months
” Geeu at last rewarded for their
! j la' r i money spent and their faith,
i;l, d a t enty live carrel oil well is daily
pouring of out its rich treasures six miles
last Moulton.
L> tin: house, Mr. Brown introduced a
: ! '' irday to mcorporpotate the South
<•• a Steel company, T. T. Hillman, Will
' Walker and George L. Morris, of
Btr:i, iglmm. I cing the incorpoiatois.
1 ■ pital is to be not less than $100,
; ' b not more than $30,000,000.
j Heavy rains the fell all over the middle
; sect ion of state Wednesday, doing
or bit: damage to ;h; radroads. A
big hind slide occurred ou the Kansas
City rood, and the completion of the tiew
:U : field, Bloi ton and Birmingham toad
slid was greatly delayed by washouts aud land
„‘S.
'1 he senate has passed a bill to r peal
an act to make an annual appropriation
for the benefit of the State Agricultural
so, This . < t.y, <uk*s approved February 22, 1887.
the av/ay tin-$5,000given annually
to state fair at Birmingham. So the
state fair, if the bill passes the house,
will lose $5,000 a year.
Friday night M**. Y. T. Brannon of
Longview, fire The lost his barn and contents by
ent re crop of corn, fodder
and cotton seed, with livcbalcsofcot
ton, were consumed, also two horses.
one cow and one Jio^ badly burned and
will probably die. A wagon and all the
si <ck of farming implements were de
Htoyed.
t’he state board of public printing, at
Montgome,y, has awarded the Daily
News, au afternoon paper of Binning
ham, the state patronage. Under tie*
r testion of the largest circuia- !
j u ... ^fr state t is ftrfl the a rtoahiaf controlling influ- |
d ir
b ma’s i tory that the contract has been j
a aide i paper not published at the
state i.apiial or to an afternoon paper.
In the course of an argument in d' fense
of a bill to make it unlawful for hogs to
run at large in beat 22, I,imestoue couuty,
Ilepr sentative Lane, on Saturday, stated
oil the floor of the house that it would
require in that beat fencing to the value
of $116,000 to keep out of the fields hogs
worth $153. t hese rather startling figures
are more or les< true of scores of beats
throughout the State.
Information that comes from good au
thority is to the effect that the Macon
and Birmingham road will be pushed on
from LaUtange t > Birm nghatn immedi
ftle 1 )'. 1 he company having already male
all necessary huancial arrangements. As
is well known the Kansas Gity is.behind
M. & B. I lie biiiltiri^oi tlic r*‘iHi
menus another through line to Savannah,
Uie biggesttuiug now ia prospect
for Birmingham.
The striking of a twenty-five barrel oil
well iu Moulton valley, foity miles from
Florence, has rent wed the interest there
a hori’-g for oil, and several «ompanics
\e'ured options on large tracts of land
wst year, but secured have never developed. One and
wmpauy lias options on oi', 8.010,
raising $10,009 to bore for a tew
n Ucs from the city. Expert geologists aid
h "-vc found every indication for od
k‘18 in that section is the same ft rmation
nslthat of Moulton valley.
1 he bill now pending in the legis'ature
to provide against the garnishment of
wia-k men’s waves has created somewhat
of (i stir among the ret il merchants of
Birmiut li ini. So much interest have
th y taken in it that a movement was in
nugt;mite tfiake known I among their them opposition a few day s to since the
to
Jefferson representatives at Mon gomerv,
am! to » cute, if cot the defeat f the
l, ill. at least the exe p.ion of Jifferson
conn ty from its operation,
Under the provisions whi'h of passed th** the new re¬
ap|> Ctionmeut bill sen
te first week,. Jiff rson has six repre
sontaiives, Montgomery ijarbour. four. Mobile mid
D. I.- three each, Bullock,
I'nlltoim, Claik, Chambers, llale, 11 nry,
Jacks,in, L- e, Lauderdale, Lowndes,
Madi.-da, Marengo, Morgan, Perry, Fike,
Russel5, Sumter, Talladega, ialupoosa,
‘ 1 » d Wiicox. iwo r-preenta
, ol thy other counties having
, in. Is is web known, the county
j.-ff.-t gains four memb.rs under
the newiapp rtionment.
Steel wi ill soon be manufactured in Birm
ShH^t, and Huy L now willing
lo P ut lut 3’ t ‘° Uusiue-s. w
organized By a basic jirorcss now in
use it is b la ved steel can be in ule there
cheaper tl = :.t nvotfie po:ut in Amcr
ioa. rhe * . up nies arc headed bv
local iron ■ uciurets of wealth and
exi*< ri« net* sinci ev mean t vsiaess. At
Itsl t tWO iilr e st ,el plants will be erected
duVia^tht 7tr
Messrs. airington Bros., of West
Point, G. , ;.i i MHceuie i in obtaiiiug
a; a Ust a coin j ii ated niiaiii
lloixUnUa.- * the SaVaunah aod
Western Railroad Company. Last week
they pure .»std l.lfiO bales of cotton i
Opelika, whii h they wished shipped to
Colum us to be compressed, where they
have a force of men employed to handle
their cotton and properiy s mple it. Thc
load refused to receive it for shipment, a>
they have a contract with the Opelika
compress not to receive any cotton at
Opelisa unless compressed there. This
prevented the shipment of the cot on ior
seviral Pays, but everything i as beet,
satisfactor ly adjusted a d the cotton
forwarded to Columbus to be compressed.
Alliance Resolutions.
The Shelby county Farmers’ Alliance
held n two 0 .pt ion nt l';il"o. ‘"sd r
good de d of bu iDess was transacted. A
resolution was unanimously adopt< d op¬
posing the bill now pending before the
.egis ature to increase the jurisdiction of
the couuty c .urt of Shelny. ’they also
pasud a icsolution un; nirnously asking
the legislature to su mit for ratification
by the people au amendment to the con¬
stitution of the state authorizing local
taxation for educational purpos s. They
also app. iuted a committee of six of
their best men to locate or establi-i) al
least one high school in th* eoutlt*.
where their boys can receive a collegia
education at less expense than now
The reports from the different primaries in
showed the organization to be a
healthy, prosperous to. dition.
AKain.t tlic Force Fill.
R solutions of thanks have been tend
ered by the general ass mbly ol
Alabama “to the g<neral assembly ol
Illinois for its refusal to table or reter a
joint resolution expressing c mdemuatio
of the so-called force bill, now pending resolu
in our t ation il congress.” The
tions proceed to say thaffChicago is “one
of the great wonders and marvels of
American growth, which wou d be
largely incieased by the success of the
Columbian exposition.” Yet the genera
assembly of Alabama could mteitain t o
proposition to take part in said exposi¬
tion so long ns the force lull was being
pushed in congress; end “our th nks
are hereby tendered to their all our mem¬ i
bers in congress for oppo
tion to a measure which we regard as
detrimental to American liberty, and wa
ask the conservative and business men of
the north to use their influence to set urc
the defeat of the to-called force bill,
which is partisan in its natuie unpreced¬
ented in American politics, and inexcus¬
able for want and lack of necessity; that
the governor of the state of Alabama is
hereby request' d to fi rwnrd forthwith
cop es of t is resnlu ion to both speaker the
and president of the two houses ol
general as-emblv id'Illinois, end a copy
to be sent to each of our dist nguished
federal senators.” The reso’u ions were
adopted by tlie house and s ut to the
senate, which also adopted them.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS
DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE
SUNNY SOUTHLAND
into latereilTar^gd
Newsy Paragrapi .
The groc ry store anl grain house of
C. L. Schmauck, in Savannah, was de¬
stroyed by Are on Friday. Loss $5,000.
'l’he first annual exhib.tion of the South
Catol na Pet Stock and Fouitry Associa¬
tion and the South Carolina Kennel .Ab
erntiou combined, began at Greenville,
1 ucstlay.
A movement has been started in Chat
t 'nooya, Tenu , to raise a fund to erect a
monument in memory of Miss Ackerman,
who died while t ursing yellow fever suf¬
ferers there some years since. The mon¬
ument has been on foot s me t me, but
has just come to light. Miss Ackerman's
grave has been unmarked and neglects 1
lor some years.
The following bill was introduced in
the North Carolina legislature Saturday
and passed unanimously amidst enthusi¬
astic applause: “The general assembly
of North Carolina do enact that the l'Jt i
day of January, the bitthda, of the peer¬
less Robert E. Lee, shall in each and
every year hciea'ter, be a publ c holi ay.
This act shall be iu force from and alter
its latification.”
£.-:’ga,d» '1 he Piedmont Land Company opened
AI mat 2J9 invited Philadelphia, guests from Winning
Ion Del.. New York and
other eastern cities, Rome, (2. dur.owu,
Anniston. Jacksonville and other neigh
boriuir ^ towns, ’ wer e iu nt tendance.
The Lookoi-t mountain property lias
b en sold. The deal was made at Chat
tanooga .-a'urday. I iie property so d in
eludes the Lookout Land Company, the
Chattanooga and Lookout Railroad Com
puny and ti e Lookout Hotel Company.
The famous Point part and Lulah lake are
included iu the deal. The New England
partis who buy are wealthy. Chatta
nooga rejoices over the coinp.etion of the
deal, as over $1,090,000 will be turned
loose iu the city.
Th re was a lively scene in the lower
bouse of the North Car Jina legists’ure
Friday. Mr. Jones, of Wake, iutro
< ueeii a resolution denouncing the force
bill as infamous, and instructing North
Caro inn's senatotS and requesting und her
rt’i resentatives in congress to vote
work agaiust it rpteehes bitterly de
nunciatory of the bill and of th ■ r publi
Can polity were made by Messrs. t>kiu
ner. Joms ami Pee’le on the democratic
side, wbi.e Messrs. Pr tenard and Hen
dricks. speaking tor the republicans, ted op- the
posed the resolution and deleu
force bill. By a vote of 84 to 14 toe
reiolut.on was adopted.
A MINE HORROR.
J ; Terribl6 p^J^Dead Dd
! reOpte UttdU.
j A terrible miue ex lo-ion occurred at
J the mammoth Pitt-bur.’, works of Fa. the At 'i. the C. Frick
t c’.-ke Uo. m ini-
1 moth mine, Ti e-d.y morning, between
S s xl v n t eighty min rs were at w rk at
the . time. Eighteen bodies have £*> far
I j liven tak. n out. lt is believed tltat at
' least fifty have bo.u killed.
CONFEDERATION.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AGREE
UPON A PLATFORM.
The Meeting in Conformity with
Ocala Instructions.
The conference of the different labor
organizations began at Washington City
Thursday afternoon. A committee on
“business” was appointed, consisting of
LivingstoB, of Georgia; Wright, of
Pennsylvania; Humphries, of Texas, and
Wild, of Washington city. After dis¬
cussing a basis of action and adopting
plans for the same, the commi tee ad¬
journed until Friday morning at 10
o’clock. The delegates met promptly at
the hour ap ointed. The question un¬
der consideration organizations was some plan could of agree¬ unite
ment by which
on some satisfactory platform and organiza¬ form
a close <o federation of state
tions for both offense and defense. Alter
a long session the following demands
were agreed upon:
“We demand the abolition of ua'ional
banks as banks of i sue, and as a substi¬
tute for national bank notes we demand
that legal tender treasury no es be issued
in sufficient volume to transact the busi¬
ness of the country without damage or
si eciid advautage to any class or calling;
such notes to he legal tender in payment
of all debts, both public and private; and
such notes, when d. manded by the peo¬
ple, shall tie loaned to them at not more
than 2 per cent per annum upon non
perishable products, as indicated in the
snbtreasury plan, aud ..Iso upon real estate
with proper limitations upou the quantity
of land and amount of money.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
We demand the passage of laws pro¬
hibiting alien ownership devise of land, and that
prompt action to some piau to
obtain all lands now owned by aliens and
foreign syndicates, and all lands now
held by railroads and other corporations
iu excess of such as is actually used and
needed by them, be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual settlers
only.
Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, we deman t that taxation—nat onal,
state or mnnicipal—shall not be used to
build up one interest or class at the ex¬
pense of another one.
We demand that all revenues, nationd,
state or couuty, shall be limited to th#
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly administered.
We demand a just aud equitable sys¬
tem of graduated tax on iucome.
We demand the most rigid, honest and
juit state aud national government con¬
trol and supervision of mean- of public
communication audtTansporta’ion, und if
this cod rol aud supervision does m t re
rao' e the abuses now existing, we demand
government ownership of such means of
communication and transportation.
We demand that the congress of the
-tkiTtvd IStetamibttti! an" amendment to
the constitution United providing for by the direct elec¬
tion of Stat s senators a
vole of the people of each state; also
president aud vice president by a direct
vote.
Resolved, That this confederation of
industrial organizations denial d that ia
each State a system shall be provided and
fai hfully executed that will insure an
honest and accurate registration of all
voters, a full, fair, secret and official
ballot and an honest public count; and
we demand that each state legislature
shall make it a felony for any improper
interference wi h the ex rcise of registra¬
tion, ballot or count.
Permanent organization was then
form'd by the election of Ben T< rrell, of
Ti xus. as president, and J. W. Hayes, of
Pennsylvania, as secretary and treasurer.
Upon invitation, L. L. Polk, presi¬
dent of the National Farmers’ Alliance,
addressed the meeting. Mr. Polk spoke
warmly iu support of the views of the
confederation as expressed iu the above
Si ries of demands.
Ben T< rrell, A. IV. Wright committee and J. J.
Rogers were appointed instructions a on
by-laws, with to report at
Saturday's meetiug.
The business of the conference was re
edit - Hug them .u oocti urn-ot the organ
'“d 10 "’ ,» U.ffKU.ty 1ms been en
countered in d.sse.umaUng the pnnc.p «
“ion** Z
reaching , basis . Inch ... to
a common ou *
This is a plieuble well particularly iu to
,jj e Ee r, ri , regions as portions as of a
degree to other
{ j ie country, where it has bee*
f, iunc j t | lat „ ear ]y every state organiza.
t ion has different methods of reaching
t j le , le ,»pie. T he confederation, afti r long
finally determined that the
nutl(ma i committee is to consist of tho
c fi (l j rmen r) f t. e diff rent duty organizations in
the coii'ederation. The of this corn
mittee will be to determine on the best
methods to perfect the work of the or
gimization aud carryout the demands
niade by the coni’deration. The new
cimmittee has plenary power during the
adjournment of the delegates composing
ti e organization, and each chairman of
the executive committe ha- p >wer to ap
p,,i n t au assistant to aid him iu any w y
; n carrying out th ■ views and impressing
upon the people of his orguniz tiou the
piiuci|iles of confederation. By-laws
, were a is<> adopted by the coherence
f or tfi e governme t < f the confederation,
which also prescribe the duties of the
officers of the different organizations.
1 tie presute I or Hie courv-tluruiixA i wa*
au herized and empowered to send invite ail
indu trial o piuizatious exchange to r views nre
i sentatives to in et aud
i w th the conf' deration at i s next meet
to'ict for the orgadzaitou/ they tepre
sent, ’ihe confeieuee theu aujourned to
meet again on F. ru try 22, 1892, at some
p.acc to be decided upi u by the chairn on
of the execti ive committee* Tut j reai
dent, however, has potv r to rail an ther
meeting win never he deems it advisable.
li. A. Humphries w«s el cted vice pieai
uent ot tile con*rdvrati-n.
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