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— l*UIU.mUK.tl WEEKLY AT
HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
T he credit of INew York oily ii good
eno igh to enable it to borrow money at
2 $ per cent
Professor Sousa, who leads the fa¬
mous Washington Marino Band, says
that America has no national a;r.
Statistician Poor computus the funded
indebtedness of the railroad com panic-,
of this country at $4,624,035,023.
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It is slated as n fact that Ohio has
40,373 white vofen unable tu write;
Pennsylvania, 65,0.85, and New York,
TO, 7 i 6 .__
A Corner in diamonds is being en¬
gineered by the Uothchikis, the famous
capitalists of Europe, and the price of
tho beautiful stones known by that
name will be greatly advanced.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington is making arrangements,
announces tire Boston Cultivator, for
the. introduction in this country of new
Varieties of wheat to take the place of
Uio.se wlie h have deteriorated.
A curious exploration is uovv being
-qndert ikon in a vast region* of Scanda
<*nviu, winch has pract catty run wild
for nearly a hundred years, when whole
villages, ‘is well us homesteads and
farms, wore deserted on account of an
cpid citric.
In nn article on the crops of the
present year the London 7'mm says:
‘•The sens on has apparently been on
tbo whole so favorable that it lias been
said id many poinls tlmt ‘if the weather
bad been specially ordered it could uot
Lave been hotter. 1 * *
The mi crease of railroad mileage in
flits country from 35,0:15, it tho close
cf 1865, to 166,082. at the close of
IfvSS, is another signal illustration, ob
atuvea the New York Mini and Express,
»f the (iciiirmdouA material development
■which (he United State* have enjoyed.
Calculations, based on the statistics
f>f Carroll I> Wright, the United States
commissioner of labor, show that the
workers only receive ou an average but
eight- per cent of the fruits of their
labor, the rest going to others in the
shape of profits, interest, ents and
♦axes
i Fifty yea:a ago there were probably
not motii Ilian ‘40 0()0 to 100,003 acres
of fruit hind m Great Britain. In 1872,
the date of tho fir*t re iablo record, it
had increased to nearly 170,1840 acres,
•uad Mr. Whitehead, a wolt-known au¬
thority, estimates tho present acreage at
about 214,000 acres.
Ibsmnrck'a new law for workingmen,
which lias met the approval of the Ger
Kiian Federal Council, make* especial
provision for the suppression of strikes.
A strike is defined as i conspiracy,
und Bttveec punishment is provided for
those edio may hike part in it. Tho
promoters of strike* are declared to be
|n:biie enemies, who may bo either im¬
prisoned or exiled.
LsiIkukTh'ic, the gossipy editor of the
Iioadou Truth, says there are two Bou¬
langers the idea), who combines all the
qualities ol Cmur de Ltou, Bertrand da
Guosclin and Launcrlot: and the real,
• middle-aged gentleman who has never
distinguished himself in any manner
whatsoever, who mount» painfully on a
steady roadster, vs tolerated in a certain
lion-him bug division of Loudon society,
hut i* politely though at odiously ig¬
nored by the better and more exclusive
|*or‘tiKi thereof.
The Philadelphia Lrdjer thinks that
Ski ward Atkinson is “away off" when
lie aay a that “about the only permanent
vc.snlt of the Centennial was a general
improvement, if improvement it mar be
called, in the style of furnishing dwell¬
ing- houses ” R declares that of
one
the most valuable result* if the Conten
*id was the improvement of the school
System of tho country, the de .cb.pment
exf art education, science teaching and
^manual training, and tin* the ex'nibi
[tiem a.ia also a great stimulus to inven-
4i.ni, ami lod to improvements in the
fcMinnfactiiro of textile fabrics and in all
the su called art industries. i
GENERAL NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITING EVENTS.
np.vs from Evr bywhf.be—accidents, strikes,
iiees, and hah'KMXus or inteehst.
Tiic Isthmus of Panama is marked by
dullness and d.stress.
A violent gale prevailed on the Massa¬
chusetts coast Monday.
Cl rk A Ke n, manufacturers ol
worsteds, Philadelphia, made an assign¬
ment Monday.
Itev. Dr. Tal mage’s Tabernacle at
Brooklyn, N. Y., was destroyed by fin
Sunday morning.
The triennial national congress of Con¬
gregational churches met in Worcester,
Mass., on Wednesday.
A council of war was held in Paris or
Monday. It was decided to strengther
the army on the German frontier.
The ohl board of directors of tht
Western Union telegraph company opposition. war
re-lected Wednesday without
A movement to combine alt the cracker
and cake oakers of the northern cities
into a kind of trust to regulate prices, is
said to be progressing.
Tire regents offered ex-Queen Natalie
a large sum of money, provided conditions she
would accept their fcjervia. proposed
aud depart from
Up to the recess Tuesday night 627
jurors had been excused in the Cronin
case at Chicago, four- accepted and sworn
in and four temporarily passed.
The magnificent store and residence of
Clem StuUebaker, in Evansville, Ind.,
which cost $300,000, was almost de¬
stroyed by (ire Wednesday morning.
Sister Martha Etden died Tuesday at
the convent of Mount St. Josephus,
Frederick, Md. She was ninety-four
years old, and had been in the sisterhood
seventy-six years.
General B. Faulkner, the convicted
Danville bank wrecker, of Buffalo, N.
Y., on Wednesday gave bail in $20,000
to await the result of the appeal of Ins
case now pending.
Judge Jameson, in <he superior court
at Chicago, ou Monday, granted a Carbon bill to
close up the affairs of the Treacy
Lump company. The company is said to
be a tremendous swindle.
LaRourgogne, which arrived at New
York Sunday, lmd on board Millet’s pic¬
ture, L’Angelus, recently purchased at
the Paris Exposition for the American
Art association. $110,000 was paid for
the picture.
A dispath from Brainerd, Minn., nn
noutii.es that the requisite number of sig
naturns to ratify the sa'e of the lands of
the Milio Lies Indians have been oh
tai; ed. The sale embraces 3,000,000
acres of land in Minnesota.
Judge Day, at Auburn, N. Y.,
has decided that the electrical
execution law is constitutional,
and remands Kemmler, under a death
sentence by < lectru ity, to the custody of
the warden of Auburn prison.
Fire broke out in Cook’s lumber yard
at Serpent River, Ont., Saturday after¬
noon, arid fanned by the wind, soon de
siroyed the greater por ion of the city.
Fifty mi.liou feet of lumber were con¬
sumed. The loss is estimated at $300,
000 .
James Morgan, an Indiana farmer, who
luttJy advertised that he would give
$5,000 to any woman who would marry
him, lias been accommodated. Miss
llctty 8 . Wilson, aged forty-seven, has
accepted the offer. Morgan is eighty
two years old.
Since the first of September there have
been five demhs from alternating electric
currents in New York City alone, and
fifteen accidental deaths from contact
with electric wires outside of that city,
nine of which were caused by alternating
electric currents.
An estimate has been made by the audi¬
tor of the Pensylvania railroad of the
losses incurred during the Johnstown
floods, which shows that $1,500,000 will
have to be expended in repairs, while
there was a comparative incidental loss in
earnings of nearly $ 1 , 000 , 000 .
It is reported tbat William Warldorff
Astor, at a banquet, given by himself to
Mayor Grant, on Wednesday night, de¬
clared that the World’s Fair at New
York, must be a success, and that if
necessary ho would foot the entire bill,
estimated at $ 20 , 000 , 000 , himself.
W. R. Robinson & Co., oil dealers, of
Providence, R. I., made an assignment
Thursday to J. Swift, of New Bedford,
The firm was established in 1829, and
lias an oil refinery iu New Bedford, and
an office in Providence. The firm’s in
debtedness is placed at from $250,000 to
$800,000.
At Terre Haute, Ind., Axtele, the
great trotter, was sold to Colonel Con
ley, of Chicago, for $105,000. Colonel
Conley is supposed to represent a syndi
cate. Andy Walsh, of Hartford, and John
Madden, of Lexington offered $101,000,
but it was refused, This is the highest
price ever paid for any horse.
The Daily 3errs, of , London, T 4 prints . , a
letter from C’i etc, which confirms the re
port that Ohakir Pasha, the governor,
allowed Turkish troops to piling i and
persecute Christians after gaining their
confidence by promises of protection,
The letter gives a list of killed, banished
aud imprisoned and describes the atroc¬
ities in detail.
Two thousand women workers in Lon¬
don, England, held a meeting Thursdav.
at which they resolved to organize for
the purpose of improving their rondi
tion. The Bishop of Bedford pr. sided,
and among the w ell known persons pres¬
ent were Lady Sanhurst, the Rev. Messrs,
Pi ice, Hughes aud Clifford, and Messrs.
Burns, Til'.ctt, Mann and Champion, la¬
bor agitatois.
Ex pi rta of specie from the port of New
York for the past week timounted to
$721,017, ol which $58,100 was in gold
and $662,912 silver; of the total exports,
$ 11,000 in g 'ld and $052,662 in siivei
went to Europe, and o4T, 100 in gold and
$10,255 silv< r to troiih Am rica. Itn
poris of specie for veek amounted to
$27,004, of which $0,151 was in gold and
$18,013 in silver.
A special fr »m El Paso, Texas, says:
At Sonora, lb xico, wo companies of
Mexican soldieis were caught in swim¬
ming by the Yaqui Iidians, and all of
them were slaughter]. The dead bodies
of the men were fcuid teiribly mutila¬
ted and stripped Mixican of all clothing and
valuables. Tho government
has sent 40,000 men n pursuit of the
Indians.
Great di-sa! isfactioa is reported in the
Conemau_h valley, <ver the failure to
di tribute fully half the relief fund of
$3,000,040, intended for the flood suffer¬
ers. There are many cases of great des¬
titution, and fcomo \ery pitiful instances
are detailed. Gross mismanagement ol
the funds is charged It is reported
that clerks and ex/ert accountants are
drawing extravagant salaries from the
fund.
A wreck occurred on the Cleveland,'
Wheeling and Lorair railroad, two miles
west of Bridgeport, Ohio, Friday morn¬
ing between an engne and caboose car¬
rying about one hundred laborers. One
train was going norti and a freight with
a caboose coming louth. A gereral
smash-up was the result. Four men,
whose names could rot be learned, were
killed and twelve wwe fatally injured.
The corner stone of lire New York
World’s new home, tie Pulitzer building,
at P rk Bow and Fankfort streets, was
lain Fiiday ufternocn by Joseph Pulit¬
zer, Jr., the four-yea'-old son of the pro¬
prietor and editor of the World. Col¬
onel John A. Cock-Till, editor of the
World, represented Mr. Pulitzer, aud
made the opening address. He was fol¬
lowed by Chauncey Depew and Governor
Hill. Among those who attended the
ceremonies w ere Governor Green, of New
J, r.-cy, George W. (bilds, of the Phila¬
delphia Ledger, E. Furlong, of the Cam
deu Post, and Muvo’r Grant.
IN DARKNESS.
CITIZENS OK NEW YORK FEELING TIIEIR
WAY TO THEIR HOMES.
It lvis been decided that all electric
wires above ground >n New York City
must go. All companies doing business
in the city have gotten out injunctions
restraining the mayor fiom interferring
willi their wires, but the way around
tht-.-e injunctions lias been discovered.
Under the laws of the state, no injunction health
can be served *n tile board of
unless eight days’ notice lias been given,
and should the court make the injunc¬
tions against the mayor permanent, the
board of health will lake the matter in
hand, and beb re the eight days have
passed, not a wire will be left above the
ground. The sudden determination of
the Brush and United States companies
on Monday to shut off their city circuits
plunged a large section of the city into
darkness, the time being too short to ar¬
range for the lighting of thousands of
gaslamps which introduction have fallen of into electricity. disuse
dnee the
I n Madison square and Union
square parks, around which the
life of the city clusters at night, and
almost impenetrable gloom reigned
pedestrians in cros-ing the open squares
were obliged to take their bearings from
hotel and theatre lights. A large and rum
in r of streets were also darkened, on
that portion of Broadway closed occupied at nightfall, by
commercial houses,
the scene was dismal, The sky was
starless, and the clouds served to intens
if. the effects produced by the absence
of artificial light. One big store bad
one solitary candle in a window with os
card beating this legend:. “There’s n c
electric light, but we still live. O a
Third avenue, up to Eighty Ninth street,
where the Mount Morris company’s
lamps begin, the effect was even more
pronoun jed, the elevated structure con¬
tributing to the funeral aspect. In some
stores oil lamps, candles and even chin
ese lanterns were called into play.
A DEADLY GAS PIPE.
DISASTROUS AND FATAH RESULT OF A
GAS DISPLAY.
a second accident in the history of tbf
Kokomo gas belt occurred at Jerome, fif
teen tubes east of Kokomo, Ind., on
Monday night, in which Chusa Mormon
was iustantly killed; Frank Little had a
broken, necessitating amputation: fractured.
Hiram Overman bad his skull
and John Hogue probably fatally burned
while a number of others who were in
close proximity were m«>re or less injure .
! A large crowd had gathered at this well.
which is the strongest one in the state,
to witness the gas display, bixty fee'
of four-inch pipe was laid from the well
terminating in a vertical elbow, four feet
! in height. The young man who applied
! the torch foolishly turned this eibow
down t0 Ue ou the ground, and just a>
th M i ited the trt . m -> n dous fore,
! fl i xt feet of pipe around, strikim
HD % „ 8 L v reach,
and urni everything within its
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j BANK STATEMENT
Following is a statement of the asso
| dated banks at New York for the week
ending Saturday:
Reserve increase...... .$ 960,022
W . 4 , 070,300
. 1 . 635,300 152.300
tenders decrease, . 1 ,
Deposits decrease . 5,107:7OC 13,200
Circulation decrease
j The banks now hold $705,708 less
than 26 per cent, iulc calls for.
STOLEN DOCUMENTS.
ALL THE RECORDS IN THE CRONIN CASE,
AT CHICAGO, DISAPPEAR.
A dispatch from Chicago says: A
startling rumor was current, early Satur¬
day morning, that the entire official re¬
cord of the Cr uin case had been stolen.
The record includes a copy of the pro¬
ceedings before the coroner’s jury, the
sworn affidavit of witnesses before the
grand jury, portions of the hair, blood
clots, cotton batting, and other tangible
evidences of the crime found in the catch
badn. the Carlson cottage and the bloody
trunk. An ex-employe of the state at¬
torney’s office, who had full access to all
the valuable pieces of evidence, is now
missing and may be in Canada. Volu¬
minous documentary testimony andmoie
precious, but still bulky, material evi¬
dences were kept in what was considered
a safe place in the state attorney’s office,
to which only trusted employes had ac¬
cess. The ex-employe is said to have
several times been seen in proximity the of
this vault, which, when he was in
employment of the county, he had abun¬
dant opportunity to learn every nook
and crevice. The discoveries were made
Friday morning, when the necessities of
looking up the addresses of witnesses in
compliance with an order expected to be
euteredby Judge McConnell at the morn¬
ing session of the tiial, made a reference
to affidavits taken before the grand jury
imperative. Then, it is said, that the
awful fact presented itself to the state’s
attorney and colleagues, that tho result
of their labors since May 4th had van¬
ished as if by magic.....A1 Hanks and
Mark Solomon, criminal court bailiff’s,
are under arrest, charged with packing
the Croriin jury. The first suspicion of
the fact, was the failure of the men to
report for du’y Saturday morning. Their
absence was due the fact that they were
taken to a Northside hotel by several de¬
tectives, and were kept there in close
surveillance. Two men have also been
discovered in attempting to coriupt ve¬
niremen summoned to Judge McCon¬
nell’s court, and to instruct those favora¬
ble to the prisoners how r to in answer order ques¬ to-be
tions of the state’s attorney
retained as jurors.
ROASTED ALIVE.
A nOUSK AND ITS INMATES BURNED UE
BY THE EXPLOSION OP GAS.
At Davis Switch, a small village, thir¬
teen miles fom Bradford, Me., the
dwelling of Patrick Daily was burned,
and his wife ai d three sons aged thir¬
teen, eleven :u d nine respectively, o'clock were Sun¬
roasted in the flames. Ai 6
day night, while the Daily fnuvlv "’ere
at supper, the father we at 1 ve
to partly turn off the gas, i ■ urn m
tionally shut the throttle tight, and on
reversing it again the h- i 1 ,vas j..ied
with gas, and an explo , c ed and
in an instant the eut o Goii- .’aa in
flames. The three bo.i f the othei
fell prostrate on the f overt me by
the beat and flames, X HO house was
entirely consumed in a few minutes.
The charred and blackened bodies pre¬
sented a 1110 -t s ckening sight. Mr.
Daily was severely but not fatal y burned
about the head aud face, and is almost
crazed with grief.
ALLIANCES IN ALABAMA.
BOTH WHITE AND COLORED ALLIANCES
BEING ORGANIZED AND BOOMING.
The following is from Greenville,
Ala.: “Thirteen colored Farmers’ Alli
ances have thus far been organized in
this, Butler county, alone.and before the
close of the year similiar organizations
will be formed in ev*ry township. The
membership is not large,but it is rapidly
increasing, and bids fair to be strong.
T he white and colored Alliances are
united in their war against trusts, and in
promotion of the doctrine that farmers
should establish co-operative stores and
manufactures, and publish their own
newspapers, conduct their own schools,
and have a hand in everything else that
concerns them as citizens or affects them
personally or collectively. A manufac¬
turing and commercial company, under
the auspices of the Farmers’ Alliance,has
been organized here, with a capital of
$125,000.”
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
WHO WILL MANAGE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
AFFAIRS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
The grand encampment Knights Tem¬
plar of the United States, in secret ses
-ion at Washington, D. C., on Thursday,
elected the following offh-ers to serve for
the next three years; Very Eminent. Sir
.J. P. S. Gobin, of Pennsylvania, most Sir
minent grand master; Very Eminent
Hugh McCurdy, of Michigan, deputy
grand master; Very Eminent Sir Warren
Lome Thomas, of Kentucky, grand
geueralissimo; Very Emineut Sh Reuben
Hediin Lloyd, of California, grand Sir cap¬
tain general; Very Eminent Henry
Bales Stoddard, of Texas, grand senior
warden; Very Eminent Sir Nicholas Van
Slyek, of Rhode Island, grand junior
warden; Very Eminent Sir H. Wales
Lines, of Connecticut, grand treasurer;
Very Em nent Sir William B. Isaacs, of
Virginia, grand held recorder. The next
conclave will be in Denver.
King MATAZEE,of the Western Ashan
tees, ruLoules Kaiser W illiam’s plan of
marking his favori.e siaves with stars
aud ribbons that might get lost by acci¬
dent, and informed a German traveler
that his own courtiers are distinguished
of for life scraping by a tat 00 etched in by means
a iron and the acrid juice of
a species of euphorbia, leaving an in
delliblc pale spot on a background of
black hide.
WASHINGTON, D. C,
MOVEMENTS OF THE PIlESIDRNl
AND I1IS ADVISERS.
APPOINTMENTS, DECISION'S, AND OTHER MATTERS
OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Edward D. Olmstead was on Thurs
day appointed postmaster at New Deca
tur, Ala.
The President on Thursday appointed New
Edward D. Olmstead, postmaster at
Decatur, Ala.
The government dry dork, just opened 536
at the navy yard in Norfolk, Va„ is
feet over all, and will hold 8,0 0,000
gallons of water. It has cost $500,000.
Francis F&va, son of the j resent Ital¬
ian minister to this country, qualified the
as a citizen of the Un.ted States at
state department, Monday.
A. G. Riddle, attorney for the District
of Columbia, and Henry E. Davis, assist¬
ant attorney, on Saturday, tendered to
the district commissioners their resigna¬
tions, which were accepted.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Bussey, on Wednesday, rescinded the
order of Commissioner Tanner, provid¬
ing that no disability pension shall be
less than four dollras per month.
John Henry Haynes, consul at Bagdad,
Turkey, writes the state department, cholera un¬
der date of August 22d, that was
raging then in Bagdad mid surrounding
country. InBigdad59 deaths were re¬
ported in one day.
Secretary Tracy issued an order Tburs
to the contractor of the Petrel to deliver
vessel at the Norfolk, Va.. navy yard for
acceptance. Her electric light she plant will
will be placed aboard, aud then
be complete and ready for service.
The surgi on-general of the marine hos¬
pital service, received a telegram Thurs¬
day morning from Dr. Posey, at Jaok*.
sonville, Fla., saying that the state board
of health reports several eases of yellow
fever at Key West, 'ihe surgeon says
there is no need of apprehension, and
that every precaution has been taken to
prevent the spread of the disease.
Acting Rear Admiral Walker has or¬
dered the purchase of libraries for ten
of the new ships of the na y lor the
spec ial use of the enlisted no u on board.
These books are generally novels of the
better s rt. Scott, Dickens, Tli ckeray
and the like, an l miscellaneous works,
and aie imended for the entertainmet
of the men in the forecas le, (where they
will be placed) when off duty. Each
ship wih be provided with about three
hundred volumes.
Ihe present term of the United States
Supreme Court will be confronted with a
docket of 1,325 cases, and it is esti¬
mated, diligently as court may sit, it can
di-pose oi not more than 400 during the
term. Virginia coupon ca-es wdl be
called immediately, as will also be the
case of Cross and While against the
state of North Carolina. This latter is
a criminal case which, in pursuance of a
previous order of the court, has been
advanced on the docket.
The president, on Saturday, made the
following appointments: Andrew W.
Smythe, of Louis ana, to be sup rintend
ent of the mint, at New Orb an-; Charles
A. Cook, of North Carolina, to be U. S.
attorney for the eastorn district of North
Carolina; Simon S. Matthews, of Missis¬
sippi, to be U. S. marshal for the south
ern district of Mississippi; Benj min W.
Walker, of Alabama, to be U. S. mar¬
shal lor the mi Idle and southern dis¬
tricts of Alabama.
A statement preoared at the treasury
department shows that the total amount
of standard sdver dollars in the treasury,
against which certificates muv be issued
is $5.176 171. Of a total coinage of
$341,199,650, silver dollars, there is in
the treasury $282,829,333, against which
there are in circulation $277,753,162 of
certi ficutos. The amount of standard
dollars in circulation is $38,370,377, and
the count of silver certificates in the
treasury is $3,582,205.
The necessity of making some prepa¬ has
ration for the meeting of establish eongre.-s the
compelled Ihe president daily to transaction
f Rowing rules for the
of business at the executive mansion,
which will be strictly obeyed : Senators
and members and others having business
with the president will be received every
day, except Monday, between eleven and
half-past receptions twelve, and in the at no other at time. 1
Public east room p.
m. Monday, Wednesday and t-aturday,
will be held as usual.
Cotton returns of the first of October,
to the department of agriculture, show a
large plant, growth, active opening of
bolls, the fibre in good condition, and
generally fine weather for picking, yet
the plant is everywhere reported late,
and fears are expressed that The frost may has
seriously shorten the crop. crop
been injured more by moi-ture than
drouth, though some soils and localities
have been too dry in September. Worms
have wrought considerable injury, not¬
withstanding the general use of insecti¬
cides, especially west of Alabama. Com¬
plaint of adulteration of paris green is
made in certain quarters. presented: The following
state percentages were Vir
gir a 58, North Carolina 72, South Car¬
olina 81, Geoigia 87, Florida 88, Alaba¬
ma 87, Mississippi 79. Louisiana 83,
Texas 78. Arkansas 83, Tennessee 82.
This makes, as a gt-nerai percentage, 81.4
of a full crop. Prospects on the first of
October, compared with 87.9 per cent,
last October
A Venetian publisher is about to issue
a book describing a bold project mooted
by two Venetian engineers. It is the
excavation of a ship canal right across
Italy from Venice to Spezzia, which
would form a direct water-way between
the Adriatic and the Golf of Genoa.