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VOLUME 19
GRIFFIN.
ne point* About the Metropolis of
m Middle Georgia.
jn ia the county seat of Spalding Coun-
. fleorgia, and is situated in the centre of
lit best portion of the nreat Empire State of
tip South, where all of its wonderful and
jilted industries meet and are carried on
• f|thgreatest success, and is thus able to of-,
^ inducements to all classes seeking a home
jfi a profitable career. These are the rea-
'or a growth that has about doubled
tltiopa atlon since the last census,
p, kh ample and increasing railroad facili-
g: the second point in importance on the
itral raiiroad between the capital of the
e, forty miles distant, pyrtiwWffn and its principal
pBavannah, Griffin and North Alabama
oad; the principal city on the Georgia
Hand and Gnlf railroad, one hundred
slong, built largely through its own on-
ttB d soon to be extended to 'Athens
t
ggd the systems of the Northaest .
with the East Ten ’
direct connection great
ggssee, Virginia and Georgia railroad system;
another road graded and soon to be built;
ail bringing in trade and carrying out goods
and manufactures. the past half decade
Griffin's record for
proves it one of the most progressivecities in
tiwrSouth. large cotton factories,
It has built two
representing $250,000, and shipping goods
ail over the world.
ftlias put up a large iron and brass fouu-
a fertiliser factory, a cotton seed oil
g0,asash and blind factory, an ice factory,
bettiing works, a hroom factory, a mattress
igrtoty, and various smaller enterprises.
It has put in an electric light plant by
r Uch the streets are brilliantly lighted.
It has opened np the finest and largest
greaite quarry in the State, for building,
taBMting and macadamizing purposes,
ft has secured a cotton compress with a
hfi capacity for its large and increasing re¬
ceipts of this Southern staple.
It has established a system of raded pub¬
lic Khools, with a'Seven years curriculum,
recond to none.
It has organized two new banks, making a
total of four, with combined resources of
rK s million dollars.
It has built two handsome new churches,
gutting n total of ten. *
It has built several handsome business
blocks and many beautiful residences, the
beading record of 1889 alone being over
$150,000.
It has attracted around its borders irnit
growers troth nearly every State in the Union
sad Canada, until it is surrounded on every
side by orchards and vineyards, and has be¬
come the largest and best fruit section in the
tfiMgwafegtoesr load of its peaches w.ttiug
#l,i#0in the bright of the season.
It las doubled its wins making capacity,
miking by both French and German methods
It has been exempt from cyclones, floods
aid epidsmicis, and by reason of its topo¬
graphy will never be subject to them.
With all these and other evidences of a
lire and growing town, with a healthful and
pleasant climate summer and winter, a
boepitable and cultured people and a soil
capable of producing any product of the tem¬
perate or semi-tropic zone, Griffin offers
nery Inducement and a hearty welcome to
Mw citizens.
Griffin has one pressing need, and that is a
mw (100,000hotel to accommodate tran-
fient visitors and guests who would make it
a resort summer and winter,
fiend stamp for sample copy of the News
iXD8rv and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.
For Sale and to Rent.
fireom house aad S0 acres land .with fish
P«ri *0 oi it and good orcard.
vacant lots, with wide streets, in beau-
AM oak and kickory grove, on Hill street, In
Awd % mile of passenger depot. Time wil
bgrou (f desired. This property
WILL DOUBLE IM VALUE
itseit three years.
The J. M. Urawner 7 room honse am) 2
•riwlsad. also. 4 a- 1 res and 18 new double
too® houses. Will give a bargain in this
*riIbagood -Hocws paying investment. Beautiful
inside city, Win woods.
IWjo-oan m fix Booths becut for up into double lore and present sold inside price.
Aria over
_ Jones house and 10 acres land. A.
So. I oreksrd and valuable place.
'Ju.Ckrtton IPfcfeCofege house houses and and 4 acres, lot, 3V. Hill St.
i acres
isw. Wit (a divided if necessary.
■ Other uk* building lots on Hill, Pop-
^ fiors portion* of the city and sever-
houses FOB 8ALE.
^»088 Mfiwill be having attended lands promptly. and houses to sell or
to
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Beal Estate A gen I .
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HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
BY*
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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The CUjcago Pitching House Em¬
ployes Weakening.
George Schilling Advises them
Not to Strike.
Windy City Carpenters Will Demand
Kiglit Hours—Strike of the Boston Car¬
penters Inevitable—Italians A eked.
Other Labor Troubles In Doth Europe
and America.
Chicago, April 30.—A meeting of
packing house union men was held last
sentative •agut. i* -being a repre¬
all gathering and the indications
were that the men had weakened
reg mnch in their determination to
About 10 o’clock George Schilling ar¬
rived and spoke for an hour, advising
thought very strongly it would against a strike. He
very likely to result he in inopportune failure and
complish a to ac¬
the anything. IJe did not think
men were well enough organized for
a successful move. His talk was well
received, and after making some ar¬
rangements and for attending the parade
adjourned taking part on May 1, the meeting
until to-night.
The Coopers.
The coopers at the stock yards held a
class meeting last night, and after being
m session until nearly 13 o’clock formu¬
lated the following demand which will
bemade on the heads of the various
packing Eight houses this morning:
with hours, between 8 a. m. and 4:80
p. m. ( a half hour for dinner, shall
constitute a day's work, in consideration
of which we will accept a 10 per cent,
reduction in the present rate of wages.
A committee was named to present
the demand, and if it is not acceded to
the coopers will not go to work Thurs¬
day morning.
Four Cases of Lunacy.
Four cases of lunacy have resulted
ft-om the carpenters' strike. Thojwald
Johnson, a Swede, who had started for
the old country, was taken from the
train at Minneapolis raving about
strikes, unions and eight hours. He is
in the detention hospital, where John
Frayden, another carpenter, raves about
non-union men. Frank Black, another,
wants to take his own life, and a fourth,
William Watz. talks of nothing but the
strike and May Day.
IlllAoi* Troop. Held In Readiness.
Ottawa, 111., April 80.— Company D,
of this city, has received word that it
may be called out for service on May 1
in case of trouble in the contemplated
strikes in Chicago, as the Chicago, Bur¬
lington manded, and and Quincy railroad had de¬
.will receive the entire out¬
put of the Streatorcoal mines for y
day ana the to-day. However, it is thought
that coal miners are preparing for a
big strike on May 1, and that the mili-
tia, instead of going to Chicago, intend¬
ed for the coal mines.
SEEMS INEV ITABLE.
The Threatened Strike of the Boston
Union Carpenter*.
Boston, April carpenters %>.—The threatened
strike of union of Boston for
an eight hour work day seems inevitable,
as their representatives have been unable
to secure a conference with the bosses.
It is stated that the employers’ associa¬
tion not but only refused to grant the confer¬
ence have determn red, under any
circumstances, labor. to stick to nine hours as a
day’s
Italian. Attacked.
The Italian laborers employed in the
place establishment, of the strikers at Squire's packing
when on their way home
COLUMBIA RIVER FISHERMEN.
Battle Between Union and Xon-Unlon
Hen Armed With Ride*.
Portland, Ore., April 80.—The union
and non-union fishermen had a san¬
guinary encounter on the Columbia
river, about forty miles from here. Both
parties were armed with rifles. One of
the combatants, Jack Hayman, was
killed outright, and Charles Olsen and
Charles Wuson seriously injured. The
conflict was the outcome of an attempt
on the part of the union men to prevent
the non-unionists from fishing along the
river. The non-unionists are selling fish
at greatly reduced prices,
Milwaukee Carpenters.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 30.—None of
the union carpenters in Milwaukee
will go to. work 1, before Thursday o’clock morn-
hlav %
_ reply of the Con trao
tors’ association to the demand of
the unions for the the adoption in of the unsettled eight-
hour day left matter an
and unsatisfactory condition, and the the
men have concluded without to inaugurate the
new order of things employers. Where assis¬ the
tance of their
contractors oppose the innovation strikes
will result, but Secretary Stein of the
carpenters’ council, says he does not an¬
ticipate a general strike.
Louisville to Have a Parade.
New York, April 30.—President Gora-
pers, of the American Federation of
left for stated Louisville before he yesterday left that
• afternoon. He
his information from Louisville indi¬
cated that the labor parade in that city has
to-morrow will be the largest that
ever taken place there. Before leaving,
he said that he hoped all members of the
federation would refrain from any sym¬
pathetic strikes, and would remain at
work to aid the carpenters and joiners
jo win their co ntest.
Fort Wayne Carpenters.
Fort Wayne, Ind.. April 30.—The
master builders have refused to grant
the demands of the carpenters ana the
latter will strike. There are 300 carpen¬
ter* in the city, and all but two belong
to the union. They work ten hours ana
receive from $1.55 to $3.50 demand a day, is ac¬ for
cording to ability. Their
nine hours work and twenty-five cents
an hour a* the lowest rate.
In In Spain. Spain.
Madrid, Madrid, April April 80.—There 80.—There will will be be a a
gathering ithering of of 50,000 50,000 workingmen workingmen at at
mem in bam w w the Anarchists Val¬ ,
the attitude of m
encia and Cartkagena. where the tropwi
will be held in barrack* from April 80
until Mav 4
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 2 1890.
UK i IONS FOri THE DESfftUTE.
A 8t« Bmer Loaded witli Provisions and
Hither Stores for the Suffering. ,
Washington, May 1.—Secretary Proc¬
tor has received several telegrams from
Capt. Weston, New of Orleans, the subsistence depart¬
ment, at in regard to the
steps taken for the relief of the flood suf¬
ferers. He says that he sent 52,000 ra¬
tions to Omega, Madison parish, and he
will send 26,000 rations to St. James and
20,000 to Livingston parish. Mississippi He esti¬
mates that the people of will
require a million rations, and those of
Louisiana a few hundred thousand more.
He says the rations cost about six cents
each. ’ He also that he has loaded
with reports and other
a steamer rations stores
for Catfish Point, Lula, Friar’s Point,
Sunflower Landing, Skipwith, Newton,
abia. New Kansas Landing, Ben Lomond, Ar¬
places in PkP- MisswBippi, ^ikft o^iDg reported as needing
rations for twenty has days. been authorized to
Capt. Weston the purchase bee of fast
continue ntinue the rations as
as needed for distribution.
that A special the back from water Brusley has been Landing rising there says
so rapidly that it is thought nearly all
the plantations around there will be in¬
undated. Deer are coming out of the
swamps in droves, and are being merci¬
lessly slaughtered.
RO BERT E. L EE.
Invitations to he Sent to Ex-Confederate
Generals.
vitations Richmond, Va., May 1.—In issuing in¬
to the unveiing of Gen. Lee’s
statue, Engraved no political lines will be drawn.
invitations are now being sent
out, and all ex-Confederate officers will
be invited, regardless of their politics.
The same invitation that is sent to Gen.
Beauregard, Early Geh. Joe Gordon, Gen. Jubal
and Gen. Johnston will go to
Gen. Malione and Gen. Longstreet. As
far as names have been gotten, they have
been recorded, and the invitations mailed
in the order in which they are reached
on the list of the southern military. The
Confederate camps, the governors of the
southern states, and all of Gen. Lee’s
relatives will be asked to come. A grand
stand to accommodate one thousand peo¬
ple will will be erected, to which admittance
he by card. There will be no charge.
MELON GROWERS MEET,
And Discuss Mutters—Increased Acreage—
A Black List.
of Albany, melon Ga., May assembled 1.— A large number
growers here to in¬
terchange relating views, the and to transact business
eight thousand to melon interest represented. Nearly
acres were
President McCrea, chairman of the
rate committee, stated that the Central
and Plant systems, together with 114
roads north of the Ohio river, had agreed
to accept the weights as given them bv
sworn weighers, their appointed by the melon
growers, upon wagon scales.
last year. But a reduction is looked for
north and west.
It was proposed to black list a number
of commission houses—notice of which
will be sent to members of the associa¬
tion.
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A Young Lady Burned to Death.
Atlanta, Ga., May 1.—Miss Fannie
Walker, who lived with her widowed
mother at 115 East Fair street, died from
burns received while cooking dinner on
an oil stove. In some unknown way her
dress caught,fire from the stove,’ and in
her fright she ran out of the bouse and
tried to reach the next houfli for assist¬
ance. By running she fanned the flame
and fell exhausted could on the porch. the Every¬
thing that be done for unfor¬
tunate young but lady was tenderly badly burn¬ and
quickly done, she was so
ed that she lived but a short time. She
was 17 years old. Her mother was not
at home at the time, but arrived soon
after the sad accident.
Democrats Have a Test Case.
Washington, May 1.—The they Star says
the Democrats now have a case may
get into the supreme court to test the
constitutionality of the act of the speaker
in counting members who do not vote to
make a quorum. They refrained from
voting on the by Dingley 188 affirmative worsted bill, and
it was speaker passed counting votes— It is
the a quorum.
the purpose of the importers to resist the
operation of the bill if it is passed by the
senate and receives the president’s signa¬
ture. an" By taking a test case to the courts
when attempt is made to collect the
duty imposed on worsteds by the bill,
they can get the question before the su¬
preme court. |
New York Merchants Protest.
New York, May 1.—Two hundred and
fifty leading merchants and importers
met at the Metropolitan hotel to protest
against the passage of the McKinley bill.
James W. Constable, of Arnold, Consta¬
ble & Co., presided. Mr. Taylor, of Lord
& Taylor’S 1 dry goods house, said that in
almost every instance the McKinley bill
ridsed the duty. A i ramber bill of ptfaenr
protected against the on adopted thesame
grounds, A resolution was con¬
demning the bill, and delegating the
chairman to go to Washington to put the
matter before congress.
Very Important Convention.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 1.—The river
improvement and levee convention is in
session here. Over one hundred and fifty
delegates from Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Tennessee, arrived. Kentucky Altogether and Mis¬
souri have there
are now over 800 delegate < in attendance.
Resolutions will be adopted showing that
the question of river improvement and
navigation is best aided from a national
standpoint by an effective system of
levees, •
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What the Decision May Cause.
peka, New Kansas, York, special May 1.—The It World’s is predict¬ To¬
says:
ed here by members of the supreme
bench that the United States supreme
court decision in the Iowa package case
will nullify the license, laws of every
state.
Rev. J- M. Brows Dead.
Evergreen, Ala., May 1.—Rev. J. M.
Brown, pastor of the Methodist church
here, wise has been sick for some time,
peacefully passed from this world.
Burned to Death.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 1.—News b
t been received that the house of W
older, rear Cum be, and Gap, hi>
»v.,f o^it Mr. Holder, hi* wife
j prfa ed fa the flames.
night clothe*. ai eiy decapod in
UMKIiMlM.
The Judge’s Aetiou In Granting
the Kcmmler Writ,
He Signed the Papars Knowing
They Were Defective
And Gives a. Hi. lteason for so doing
That He Dollbted the Constitutionality
of the Law by Whioh Murderers in the
State of Hew fork nre to Die by Means
of an Electric Shook.
New York, May S.—Judge Barrett,
of the New York supreme ii court, says
Judge Wallace ' * atd fi Cu unprecedented.
"When the Chicago Anarchists were
convicted,'’ he says, "their counsel went
before Justice Harlan, who was the
United States supreme Court justice for
the Illinois district, but to he refused the
writ and referred them the full bench
at trict Washington. judge I nev*r such heard writ of a dis¬
one/’ granting a as the
present
Why it Was Granted.
The World (motes Judge Wallace as
saying: “The. e Kcmmler writ was grant-
ed to Kemmler’s Buffalo counsel on ap¬
plication lawyer. of a well knqwn New York
It waa defective in that it did
not bear Kemmler’s signature nor the
seal of the oourt, but the situation was
such an urgent one that I could not
justify technicalities. myself in stopjfag to deliberate liable
over The man was
to be executed at any moment, and,
having a doubt in my mind of the con¬
stitutionality of the lair by which he
was to meet his doom, I signed the
paper*.”
Thu Paprrs Defective-
Times Referring to “Judge the Kemmler Wallace case, said that The
he says: much learn
that was the very of habeas lUrprised had to been
writ corpus
served on Warden Durston. The writ
was sealed. imperfect, The in that it was signed, but the
not papers were sent to
clerk of the court at Utica, and he had
not heard from them since."
Interview with Governor Hill.
The Times’ Albany special say*: W.
Bourke Cochran, attorney for the elec¬
trical companies in the execution-by¬
Hatch, electricity hast case, and the Charles 8.
Kemmler, attorney for condemned
man, had aeon Executive vernation with
Governor Hill at the chamber
last Thursday relative to an appeal to
the United States supreme court on the
constitutionality of the new death law.
It was understood that a reprieve was
asked for that the counsel might appeal
to the United'States ceurt, and that tiie
govej-nor denied it.
At the executive chamber this theory
was not confirmed. I was asserted that
the conversation was purely a personal
one on the merits of tike case. It is be-
i JiJ!' JSfe
ton to hold off the execution as long aa
possible that the appeal effected to the and United
executed. States court might be a stay
NOT ONE ESC APES.
A Band of Thirty Pirates Slaughtered by
French Troops In Anam.
San Francisco, May 2.—Among the
advices from China was a telegram in
The Haifong Courier, dated Nam-Dinh,
Touqnin, Anam, March 8, which gave
an account of a sanguinary conflict be¬
tween French troops and the rebels.
The village of Gias Phong, where a re¬
doubtable chief named Do van, who had
for a long time terrorized the district,
was supposed to be, was surrounded by
the military and siege was laid to the
house where the rebel band had taken
up its quarters. Not a sound betrayed
the ie presence presence of of the the band band in in the the house house
unt itil all at once a lively discharge of
fire re arms i killed or wounded three of the
military.
A severe conflict, lasting three hours
and a half then ensued. At last the
house was set on fire, but the combat
still continued, the rebels making a
stubborn defense, and trying to break
through last the surrounded party. When
at it was possible to enter the house
the surviving pirates were killed, but
Dovan himself was found dead, his body
Bring on the floor with the face burned.
The entire band, composed of about
thirty the French individuals, force three was destroyed. killed and Of
were
three wounded.
L°° KS LIKE M URDER.
A Missing Man’s Horse and Blood! Saddla
and Bridle Found.
Flemingsburg, Ky., May 2.—E. L.
Sexton, a well known married man, re¬
siding at Plumville, Mason county, left
home a few days ago, having in his pos¬
session quite a comfortable sum of
money, ' sinoe which time nothing
has been heard ' Of him. Mon-
day his horse was picked up aa an estray,
at Mt, Carmel, five miles from here,
Tuesday, it, his saddle bridle with and blanket bloody marks
on and his were
found where they had been hid in a
he fence corner, There is little dot ’ 1 that
has been waylaid, robbed an., mur¬
dered. No trace of the domestic body has yet
been discovered, No or busi •
ness reason exists for his going away.
General A)*er Out.
New York, May 2—Gen. Alger’s
resignation as director of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company was discussed at
a meeting of the board held at the com¬
pany’s office in this city Tuesday. The
strictest secrecy was maintained as to
what occurred at the meeting. Presi¬
dent Platt became very warm when
questioned as to what was done and as¬
serted in vigorous language that it was
none of of the public’s business,
It was Iparned, however, that the elec¬
tion of Gen." Samuel Thomas to fill the
place made vacant by Gen. Alger’s res¬
ignation was the chief top’- 1 -------”
From the time consumed j
and the flushed faces
when they emerged, it would appear
that that the debate was of a very nvely
nature. No conclusion was reached and
an Wednesday adjournment order was to taken until noon
in permit of com¬
munication with Gen. Alger and Gen.
Thomas.
« 4 Sugar Beet Raising in Canada.
Toronto, Out., May 2.—Experi¬
ments with German bee* root seed mdi-
• cate « practical yield that of thirty tons per
acre. It ir, asserted this mean* a
possible 100,000 ultimate ,»nnual production of
tons of sugar, or about the aver.
age miuiou* quantity now imported into the Do*
... .. 'i-GU f if .
An Improbable Rumor as to Alow Con*
(rasa Will Be Kept Republican.
New York. May 8.— The 8tar (Dem¬
ocrat) publishes a special from Pitts¬
burg, Pa.; in substance as follows:
On the occasion of the American club
banquet, Leach, the Saturday private night, Trank Willing
secretary ofc Senator
friendsa Quay, disclosed srlieme, to a number or political
which he said had been
mapped strengthening out by Quay, the looking to the
of Republican forces
in the house of representatives. The
ut mo souui. ana mus decrease
the number of congressional districts to
which that section is entitled. By this
method it is ergsseted that the southern
states will lose eighteen or twenty Dem¬
ocratic representatives.
In the northwest the census count is
to he asliberally computed as possible, ao
that a gain of at least twenty Republi¬
can from congressmen the states of can Minnesota. be depended Kansas, upon
Nebraska, the two Dakotas, etc.
The legislation necessary to make the
through new apportionments with the will be rushed
aid of Speaker Reed,
in the house, and Senator Ingalls, who
is expected to occupy the chair in the
senate.
According to Leach’s statement, the
committee meeting of called the Republican National
for May 7, is for the
purpose scheme. of officially endorsing this
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THE INS URANCE COMPACT.
Rate Cutting Results in • Dissolution of
the Organisation.
New Orleans! May 2. -At a meet¬
ing of Insurance Compact, held here, it
was decided to dissolve that organization,
which includes nearly 100 of the leading
insurance companies throughout the
United States, representing $1,200,000 in
premiums annually.
It was organized in 1889 for the pro¬
pose entitled of maintaining to rates. for A company $2,500
was one vote every
worth of business. There were 419 votes
in the Compact, and the vote on the
question 174 of the dissolution was 272'yeaa and
solid nays, dissolution. local companies voting
for The trouble arose
out of a disposition on the part of some
companies mediate to cut rates, and the im¬
cause of dissolution was a
quarrel Charles hotel, over the which insurance on the St.
was insured for
$240,000 at (t rate below the schedule of
the combine.
Michigan’s Debt.
Detroit, May 2. — Wednesday the
state of of Michigan wiped out every dollar
its bonded indebtedness, by deposit¬
ing in New York the sum necessary to
cover the last installment of war bounty
bonds issued during the closing years of
the war, and falling due on that day.
The amount is only $229,000.
There remains, however, a perpetual
trust depot on which interest will always
be called for, amounting, according to
the last official report, to $5,253,920, and
to the neighborhood the of $8,000,1500. lands This
arises from appropriations of
made at different periods for the last
fifty years for the benefit of the pri¬
mary schools, the norm an school, the
state university and the; agricultural
college. The bulk of these bonds have not been
sold, and when the last acre is disposed
of, the entire proceeds having been re¬
ceived and used by the state, will remain
a perpetual educational debt for the benefit of these
great interests.
A Dream Never Realised.
Baltimore, May 2.—After seven
months of married life Mrs. Isabella
Martin obtained an absolute divorce from
her widow husband, when George she married Martin. him, She wa a a
and
prominent in social circles. They had
been playmates in childhood and sweet¬
hearts in their youth. They then drifted
apart and she married Dr. T. Clay Mad-
dock, whe wa* killed in an election riot
in 1881. Five, years later she met the
lover of her girlhood in Atlanta, Ga.,
and after twenty-four hours’ courtship
they were married. But they were ill-
mated and their love dream was never
realized._____
pistols, Clubs and Razors.
Macon, Ga., May 2.—A* row occur-
ed between about twenty negroes while
they were Fincherville, returning from Monday prayer night, meet¬
ing at pistols and and in
which clubs razors were
! ground dead, Frank with a Thornton pole through
the left breast. was
arrested, charged with the killing.
Marrlad a Count.
Philadelphia, May 2 .—The mar¬
riage of Maximillian Albrecht, Count of
Pappenheim, daughter of Mr*. to Miss Mary Wheeler,
Charles wheeler, took
place forming here the Tuesday. Mayor Fitter per¬
ceremony. The affair was
conducted in a very unostentatious man¬
ner. The before religious services which were
necess ary the bride attained the
title of Countess of Pappenheim, took
place at Bt. Mark* oburch, Wednesday.
Tha Lower MisaiMlpyl,
New Orleans, May Jl Brusley
Landing special says: The backwater has
been rising here so rapidly that it is
thought nearly all plantations around
here will be inundated. The large Sin¬
clair place went under Tuesday. Her
back levee gave way and within *£x hours
many acres of fine cane was flooded.
Deei are coming out of the swamps in
droves and are being mercilessly
slaughtered.
Accident on the Florida Southern.
Palate a, Fla., May 1. —The Florida
Southern freight train dashed into the
Florida Southern and Palatka train at
O a ! a and denidJished one coach, but for¬
tunately no (Hie was injured. The freight
was coming down grade and could not
e stopped train in which time, and standing struck the pas- the
enger was on
crossing with the engine detached.
The W<>,-I. of le isure Hours.
Albany, Ga., May 1. —Mr. G. C. Hur¬
ley, a night watchman, spends his leisure
time in the day, cultivating cabbages.
Hs finds ready sale for all he can raise,
at good prices. and and He this tliii lias about raised one-eighth about
of an acre, year year ra
am* which, , at at fifteen fifteen cents cents each, net
him about ftOQ—oy $.!,fif'd per acre.
Cold weather has delayed the rott<
crop in Egypt.
There are in the indications gulf of of Mexico. a cyclonic
turbanco
The carpenters’ strike in Chiea;
having a bad effect on lumber sales,
POOH ALEX.
Thr Cznr Sudd i ily Leaves Gate,
china for 81. Petersburg
In Order to Be Surrounded by
a Strong Guard.
Ha* That May Day Might lx
Made MemorabU to Rim In • Manner
He Would Not Relish—Evolutions of
Our War Votaola Abroad Attracting At¬
tention— Othor Foreign Nows.
London, May 3.- A letter from 8t.
Petersburg say* the c*ar wa* afraid to
pas* May Day at G&tachina and that
this fear was the motive of his sudden
return to St. Petersburg. An intima¬
tion had reached the imperial ear* that,
while there would-be no workingmen's
demonstration on the 1st of May in Rus¬
sia, the date might be made momorable
in a way more terrible to the czar, and
it wa* thought beet to be intrenched for
the day among the powerful garrison
and pcjice of St. Petersburg.
GOING TO ^A FRICA.
Sir Francis do Winton Accepts the Gov¬
ernorship of the East African Company.
London, May 2.—Sir Francis de
Winton has definitely accepted the gov¬
ernorship of the East African company.
He will consult Stanley before he starts
for Afrioa, and they will decide what
course it is best to pursue in view of the
persistent German efforts to encroach
upon British influence aad the peculiar
attitude of Emin. It is expected that a
thoroughly treatment of intelligent the and satisfactory
situation will result.
Stanley aad the Congo Governorship.
It is reported here, although the rumor
lack* confirmation, that Bung Leopold
has offered Stanley the governorship of
the Congo State, and that Stanley is in¬
clined to accept this offer. Stanley,
however, undertake according task to the reports will
this only on condition
that he shall be allowed a perfectly free
hand in reorganizing the regiment. This
of would the present probably officials, reeult in a clean sweep
ley for whom Stan¬
has an undisguised contempt as re¬
gards both their ability and their sin¬
cerity.
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WATCHED WITH INTEREST.
Th« Evolutions of Undo gam's War
Vessels ia the Mediterranean.
London, May 2.— The evolutions of
the United States vessels of war in the
Mediterranean have been observed with
no little interest by the naval author¬
ities here, and regular reports have been
received from British agents at the
points Where the squadron has been so¬
journing. Expert the American opinion is decidedly both
menr, anuTneToAe or A ugiieir navy, -merer ; as
m
Just alluding to the much subject, discontent admits is exhib¬ this.
at present
ited with the large expendituree and
poor results in the royal navy, and the
rage for sea-going leviathans and guns
of tremendous calibre has been greatly
dampened.
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EMPEROR WIL LIAM W ANT8 A YACHT.
Rumor That Ho Desires to Make a Voyage
to America in It.
Paris, May 8.—A private letter from
a Berlin correspondent says that the Em¬
peror of Germany has directed the build¬
ing of a yacht which will be the largest
of its class in the world. The emperor
has developed strong nautical testes
since he ascended the throne, and is
already the British entitled admiral. to wear the uniform of
It is said that the
emperor, when the yacht is ready, will
pay a visit to t he Uni ted States.
Foreiga Notes.
The London Herald says that the Darm¬
stadt meeting totally failed to settle the
Hanoverian question, the Duke of Cum¬
berland obstinately refusing to renounce
his claim to the throne.
The London Standard says Churchill
considers twenty-four years purchase, the
difference between the letting value, as
an ordinary house and the letting value as
a public houae, adequate compensation.
The pope la said to feel deeply cha¬
grined over the failure to establish regular
diplomatic relations with England, for it
ie now conceded that Lord Salisbury’s
government will take no step in that di-
reetion, although desirous of maintaining
friendly re lations with the Vatican.
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congress .
One Hundred and Eighth Day.
In the senate the land forfeiture hill wa*
discussed. On a motion to lay the Call
amendment in relation to Florida lands on
the Sable no quorum voted. A call of the
senate brought fifty-two members, where¬
upon Mr. Sherman gave notice that he
would insist hereafter on countlng an
present and not voting. The bill was
passed and the customs administrative
bill taken up. Pe nd ing discussion the sen¬
ate, at 5:SB p. m., adjourned.
In the houee the bill removing tire
charge of desertion from William Dawson
was passed. The postoffiee appropriation
bill was reported. The bill defining
worsted woolens was taken up and de¬
bated till 7 p. m.,' when the noose ad¬
journed, no quorum voting,
INDIAN A’S GOVE RNOR.
It is Ssid He May Not Live to Sorve to
tho End of His Term.
Indianapolis, May 2.— The friends
of Governor Hovey are becoming very
much alarmed over his condition. One
of them said Tuesday that he did not be¬
lieve the governor wonld serve to the
end of bis term. Some three months ago
Mr. Hovey suffered a severe attack of
the grip and this was followed by a very
acute form of rheumatism.
He was still suffering from the latter
disease when dropsical tendencies be-
came feeble plainly health. marked, He and he is now in
very is frequently when ab¬
sent all day from his office, and he
come* down he is compelled to use a
carriage. It is with great difficulty that
he walks even on the smooth oiling floor
of the capital, and he goes in and out of
his carriage only with assistance,
Mary Andersen’* Wedding.
New York, May 8.—A cablegram
from London dated April 29, says:
Mary Anderson will arrive here early in
'ay. ill lie Her solemnized marriage at with the Mr. Navarro
The rush for Brompton already ora-
> y, seats has be-
i. Among the bridesmaids will be
■ daughters of Lord Lytton and the
•idea aster.
NUMBI
N< /VS IN BRIE
A Coiulnmali#* of Ini
Various Subjects.
Springfield. O.. will have « *
astery.
Miamisburg, O., will go MOW
improvement.
Lima crude oil slide* up to
cents per barret. •, ,,i
Wesley Drake was arrested
W. Va., for horse stealing.
Two children of Jessie Ba.
by a runaway team at Lodi,
That English syndicate op¬
tions maw to gobble the Sp‘
breweries. -
A special dispatch state*
truth in the report thgt
struck Mnncie, Ind.
Covington, Ind., hitches o
millennium with a new W
tian Temperance union.
Harry Work. tuoiekA ream
injured, near Millereburg, O,
dental discharge of a revolver.
Al. Wallace, charged v----- .
in the murder of Station Agent 1 .
Poeeyville, Ind.. wa* acquitted.
A fleshiest) skull, supposed
be that of Hiram Sawtelle, has i.
between Cornish and Limerick; 1
Frank Woodruff, tbs lying, M
inating witness in the Cronin case, ha*
been given *ix month* for hone stealing.
Miner*’ meeting, at Pomeroy, O., ery
for quarter, but won’t yield a point--
want a quarter of a cent per bushel ad
The penchant of echool teacher Juste
Haite, of Geneva, O., for marrying esreral
times each week, ia worrying the nslgh-
borhood.
old association. *
;
Herman Here, who recently left Weston,
O., and eloped to Muntie, Ind., with#
woman named Rookly, wa* arrested at the
latter place on the 87th last.
Charles Jacobson and another Finn, who
distance of 100 feet. They are dead.
A fumace at the Edgar Steel work* at
Braddock, Pa., exploded Tuesday. Four
Hungarian* were seriously burned, and
one of them, Jacob Kronbl, fatally. *
Attorney 8. W. Sweety, for ‘
Marion, Ind., i* now on trial tel_____
N. Y., on a charge of malpractice,
preferred by a girl named Annie M
At Indianapolis Pat Killian and!
Harter quarreled. Result:
stabbed In the head and KilU
the mouth, both wonds being
The Mexican chamber oft
approved the bill granting an
number of terms to prestdsnte <
vote*, and the bill has been
senate.
James Phillip*, taction
Chicago and Indiana Coal ya
Ind., was badly and perh*
lured, while loading tie* at__
county.
though the justice expressed the. 1
that the law closing the rooms was
stitutional
The e defense defi in the Jones murder case
at Paine linevlUe, O., is producing the usual
well •locked stoexea family family insane insane asylum asylum to to
btetorhti ^ d murderw w “ not w»P®»d-
Agent Sommers is charged wil
ping whisky down his neck and “
burg and Western railroad
his pocket, and flitting from Morris, Be.,
to Columbus, 0.
William Robinson, an attache of the
Carboudale mines, near THrmtegtisni.
Ala, was called from his house by on-
known assassins Monday night and fatally
shot. Cause unknown.
The body of Miss Mattie Bacon, the
daughter jumped <0 Col. Bacon, of Niles, Mich.,
who into the lake on the night of
March 87, waa found floating at a point
near where she plunged in.
The Fostoria, O., trench diggers decide
that to dig trenches ten hours daily and
retrench twenty-four hour* is double work
and want au advance of twenty-five cent*
on the I1.2S wages now paid.
The body of an unknown man about 81
years old was picked up at the west harbor
of Ashland, Ky. He is supposed to have
been in the river four or five days. A let¬
ter dated Iron ton, O., March 37. was found
in his pocket. %
The southern zephyr that swept all the
baggage off a sailing vessel along the
Florida coast, near Funta Garda, cam*
near taking with it Mr. and Mr*. A. D.
Mullfkin, of Louisville, and Miss Rom
E lizabeth Cleveland, who were on board.
George Weeks, son of Rev. 8. L. Weeks,
Baptist minister at Murphytown, seven
miles above Parkersburg, W. Va, wa*
found dead In his room with a bullet hole
through the head. It is supposed that he
wa* accidentally killed while cleaning hi*
gun.
William Lambert, the richest »*» in
Michigan, committed suicide at Detroit,
while temporarily insane, by hangteg. He
was a confidante of J ohn Brown, Fred
Douglass and other abolition leaden
before pnd during tjhe war.
May Nullify Lieeuae Laws.
New Yore, May 8 . -The World*
Topeka, dicted here Kan., by special member* say*: of the “It 1* pre¬
bench, that the United State* supreme
court dedaqu in the Iowa packiwe supreme
earn
will nullify the license law* of every
state. One judge predicts a third ungr
and National issue cm the question.
James Anthony Fronde recently
celebrated his 72d birthday.
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