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Will mvtve FRESH FISH every
morning 6
fuftiiH Market Coined Reef.
.Ni W Codfish,
fresh i ' ley.
Orstbjes mid Lemons.
Jiurtliyrn Apples.
New Lot Fancy Bn mly.
Uraha'n Crackers. •
Few Rye
JVorfhern Butter.
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GRIFFIN.
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0 .-me Points About the Metropolis
Middle Georgia.
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Griffin is the count.; seat, of Spuiiling
ty, Georgia, ami is s.tawtaj in the centre
«e iicat portion of thereat Umpire State
-Ik South, .-where nil of its wonderful
varied industries .ueet and are carried
vitli greatest Hutoiw, and is thus able to of
r i-» dnewfients to all classes seeking a horn6
and a profitable career. These are the jjea-
ons i n a growth that has about doubled
ts population since the last census.
It V,as ample and increasing railroad faeili-
ties: Uie second point in importance on the
: eutrul railroad between the capital of the
tale, forty miles distant, pud its principal
250 miles away; an independent
ne to loatt ia ioga a i l tli.s West by way of
the SiVvannah, Griffin and North Alabama
railroad; the principal city on the Georgia
a idiom) and Gulf railroad, one hnndred
miles long, bunt, largely through its own en¬
terprise. and soon to be extended to Athens
aud The systenta of the Northaest
direct" c ciheStion with tho great East Ten
vessce, Virginia and Georgia railroad system
mother road graded and soon to be built;
, II bringing in trade and carrying out, goods
nil manufactures.
Griffin’s record for the past half \d cade
Droves it one of the most progressive cities in
South.
It has l.ujlt two largo cotton factories,
- presenting $250,0110, and shipping goods
over the world.
It has put np a large iron and brass foun-
y, a fertilizer factory, a cotton seed oi
mil, a sash and blind factory, an ice factory,
oltling works, a broom factory, a mattress
»etory, aud various smaller enterprises,
it has put in an electric light, plant by
ifhich the streets are brilliantly lighted.
It has opened up the fiuest and largest
granite quarry in the State, for building,
ballasting and macadamizing purposes,
it has secured a cotton compress with a
oil capacity for its large and increasing re
eipts of this Southern tuple.
It has established a system of graded pub;
schools, With a seven years Curriculum,
rcond to none.
it has organized two new hanks, making a
lutal of tour, wi).|i combined resources of
half a million dollars.
It has built two haudsome new churches,
unking a total of ten.
It has built several handsome
locks and many, beautiful residences, the
sibling record of 18811 alone being over
150,000.
It. has attracted around its borders fruit
rowers trom uoarly every State in the Union
nd Canada, until il is surrounded on every
de by ochards and vineyards, and has be-
ome the largest and best fruit section in the
tate, a single car load of its peaches n-.tting
1,280 in the height ol the season.
It has doubled its wine making capacity
akingby both French and German meth ods
rt lias been exempt from cycTones, floods
nil epidemicis, and by reason of its topo-
raphy will never be subject to them.
♦With all these and other evidences of a
ive and growing town, with a healthful and
Jeusuirt climate summer and winter, a
Hospitable and cultured people and a eoi
capable of producing any product of the tem¬
perate or semi-tropic zone, Griffin offers
crery inilu c c Bi e pt a nd a h ea rty we - - Vpie to.
ww citizens.
Bh has one pressing need, and that is a
sew ?100,000 hotel to accommodate tran¬
sient, visitors and guests who would make it
re sort summer and winter.
Sefffi stomp .1 I for sample copy of the News
asb Hus and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin
Parties who wish to Rent or Buy Stores,
Polling I h&vn’t got houses, enough Vacantlots to meet and the Farms, demand. and
Tkose who have any of the above to rent or
*di would find it to their interest to consult
®e before disposing of them on or before
wpt-lst. I have only a few places left, and
*«re are bargains in every one of them.
Simmons house and lot, 7 rooms and 12
land in edge city limits.
(00 acres land in edge city limits.
1* “ inside “ «
53 •* «« ** •« **
* “ 7 room house, Hill street.
“ 5 “ “ Poplar si reet.
2fc - 7 •; “ Taylor “
J, “ " Stephenson Vacant, Taylor place, street. 8th
207 street.
“ 2 miles, best Iruit farm in the
state, 15KS on Ck It IL
79b acres 2 miles Good lmit farm.
« 5 - from dty.
meat? “ 14 “ “ “ good improVe-
?? “ 5 “ Large, fine vineyard.
? v? “ “ 5 7 rooms, Jossev place, near Hill st.
/“ .7 “ Goulding Mis.Crocker's " “ “
j. 15 to 20 * Poplarst.
house and lots and land in
of Hampton on O. U. R. can be
[rid 'j” fr low, and Atlanta. only 10 miles from Griffin
om
A. CUNNINGfiAM,
__ Baal Estate Agent.
**«on. —-t-"* ACTIVE MAN f ot each
Salary $75 to 9iOO, to lo-
*• T. Company
wpply Dry Goods, Clothing,
Oary 940, ** cort - i
to enroll
j en.-olled, 9100,000
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'ROUND ABOUT.
City Notes, and News From This
Adjoining Counties.
COME, V! LOCALS.
Hail locals! come far and wide,
We welcome yon most gladly!
Yc fly my grasp on every side.
And I must seek most sadly.
Come to me noon or night or morn
V I’ll greet you most gaily:
Yourlaek doth make me most forlorn,
And 1 grow older daily.
Ed Scott, of Hollonville, was
yesterday.
The new depot promises not
look so bad after all.
Richard Safcral, of Brnshy,
yesterday itr Atlanta.
Henry Bishop left for his home
Jacksonville yesterday.
Col. Jack Stewart, a shining
in the legal profession of Atlanta,
was here yesterday.
Roy West, a successful commercial
tourist, is spending several days with
his family in this city.
J. J. Callaway, the popular travel¬
ing representative of the Macon
Telegraph, was here yesterday.
Miss Mollie Stephenson has return¬
ed home after a visit of several weeks
to relatives in Meriwether county.
Hon. J. H. Blounc passed through
thifkcity yesterday afternoon, en
route home from Washington City.
Miss Amanda Clark returned home
yesterday afternoon from a lengthy
and pleasant visit to relatives at
Douglusville. —
Mrs. J. C. Eljerson, of Montezuma,
who has been visiting her brother, T.
J. White and family in this city, left
for home yesterday.
The Tieman Sunday School Asso¬
ciation will meet at Damascus
church, next Sunday morning at
nine o'clock. A part of the pro¬
gramme will be an address by Rev.
A. Taylor, and others will make
addresses. An interesting time and
a full meeting is expected.
It. H. Henderson, a merchant of
Senoia, had his safe in bis store
blowu onen on Tuesday night and
$250 taken from it. . The work was
evidently thatofprofessionalthieves,
as the safe was drilled from the side,
arad wrapped in a bolt or two of
jeans and a lot of calico, all of which
was made perfectly wet, after which
about 1000 lbs. of flour was piled
around it to deaden the sound, which
was done so effectually that a gentle¬
man sleeping across the street did
not hear it.
Will Flagg, a negro boy who was
sentenced to the chain-gang some
time ago for stealing a pair of pants
from Bass Bros., and who was paid
out of the scrape by W. H. Lumus,
of Henry, and taken oat to his farm
to work, was brought back here yes¬
terday because he had, asthegentle-,
man said who had charge of him4>e-
come utterly worthless and no work
could be gotten out of h 5 m. An at¬
tempt was made by his relatives in
the afternoon to raise the amount
for the balance of his time.
Jim Moore Again.
Last Saturday night, week ago,
Jim Moore killed hia.iather T Handy
Moore, a negro carpenter^ .wjth_an
axe and during the next week was
cl eared of the c rime before" a justice
of the peace in this city, Yesterday
he was arrested again by bailiff
Johnson and policeman Cunningham
on a warrant sworn out by a negro
preacher, Holmes, charging him with
threatening his life. It seem s that
Jim tried to borrow a pistol to kill
Holmes with and made many threats
publicly. The boy is now in jail and
may yet find his way into the chain
gang. It seems that the negro
pieacher had denounced him for com¬
mitting the crime, either fron^ the
pulpit or in his rounds among his
congregation.
i Bits From Brushy.
Brushy, Ga.. Sept. 30.—The minis
plentiful and cotton is damaged no
little.
Mrs. James Askew returned to her
home in Atlanta Friday.
T. T. Jester has the best crop of
cotton of any body, he says that he
will get twelve bales off of 14 acres of
land.
The store of J. F. Chapman caught
on fire to-day, no damage was done.
Rev. Jackson Wright, of Zebulon,
will preach at Martin Chapel church
Sunday at 8 p. m.
Children Enjoy
The pleasant flavor, gentle action
and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs,
when in need of a laxative and if the
father or mother be costive or bilious
the most that gratifying it is the results family tollow its
use, so best rem
edy known and every family should
have a bottle. -
Alter all tbe best way to know the real
merit ol Hood'll Sarsaparilla, to to try it
yowseH Be sore to (ret Hood’s. 1,
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GlUFFIN GEORGIA THURSDAY MORNING,OCTOBER * 1890
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4' The Election.
The election yesterday passed
very quietly and many people
of it only by the closing of the
roo&8. About 250 votes were
at this precinct, almost all for
regular Democratic ticket. In
of the country precincts a
named Nick ; Price is said to
polled a good vote for the legisla¬
ture. A very light vote was cast in
county.
In the State there was no opposi¬
tion to the State hohse officers, and
their majority it is impossible, to es¬
timate. The senatorial races
tween Sneison-and Terrell and
tween Venable and Todd are
to be close.
GRIFFIN DISTRICT.
The following is the vote in the
Griffin district:
For Governor, W. J.Northen—237.
For Secretary of State, Phil Cook-
245.
For Treasurer, Robert U. Harde¬
man—245.
For Comptroller General, W. A.
Wright—244.
For Attorney General, Geo, N.
Lester—240.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
R.T. Nesbitt—24G.
For Senator 26th District, Hon.
Marcus W. Beck—246.
For Representative SpaldingCoun-
ty, F. D. Dismuke—249.
„For ratification of the amendment
of paragraph 7 of section 7 of article
3 of the Constitution—241.
For ratification of amendment per¬
mitting pensions to widows of Con¬
federate soldiers, 228—against, i.
Scattering for Governor—3.
After trying a number of different
kinds of medicine Bradycrotinecured
the Headaches of J. E.Earp, of Golds¬
boro N. C.
PARAGRAPHICALLY PRESENTED.
Breezy Bits from Divers Directions aU
Over tlio Southland.
A buildi ng and business boom is re¬
ported from Titusville, Fla.
rvsiurao tucwaira, (nvutc-s sue mg mu-
becues are distracting Floridians.
already Quite a arrived number of winter visitors have
at Thomasville, Ga.
Brunswick, Ga,, sent its first cargo of
jetton to England .this season, on Mon-
The Southern exposition at present
overshadows All coming events in Ala-
Daina.
The cotton fields of Newton county,
white _
la., are still with the unpickea
The Georgia school of technology
tober. opened it Atlanta on the first day of Oc-
^Cenjen Jacksonville, Fla., has a force of po-
whose average height is close to
bama Cotton-picking is backward, in some parts of Ala¬
because of scarcity
of labor.
Leesburg, Flg. ( has among its re^i-
seventeen clergymen of the same
ine farmi ers of Catoosa county, Ga,,
jfist have bough; t than more iQachinery before*____ during the
season ever
Viita, The safe in the exp; ress office in Buena
Sunday Ga., was and broke :en open by burglars
flight, $1 $140 stolen.
In order to expedite business, the Mis-
riffiippi elded constitutional hold hold night nal convention i has de¬
to to nig; sessions. set
Tbe census bureau announces the pop¬
ulation of Americus, Ga., as 0,385; in¬
crease, 2,?00, or 74.28 per cent.
Th)e supreme court of Alabama will
meet on the first Tuesday in November,
which will be the fourth day of the
month. —
— candidate Mayor Glenn, suggwted of Atlanta, is the latest
to by some Alliance-
man oppose Governor Gordon for the
senAtorship.
One Ezell will serve the state of Ala¬
bama for *1.50 a year. He “raised” a $2
bill to a $20. an* goes to the penitentiary
for twelve years.
John P. Spence, of Huntsville, Ala.,
who snot himself last Friday morning,
with sUicidal intent, died Monday of in¬
ternal hemorrhage.
cotton A Lumpkin, from which Ga., he man has has a field of
ered 2,500 pounds to the already gath¬
nearly acre, and will
get 1,000 more.
The Japanese village, which has been
on exhibition for sortie time past in New
York, will be one of the curiosities at tbe
state fair, in Macon, Ga.
The West Point (Ga.) Press says: “We
know of a bright boy who could get a
ropd his situation, is and cigarette.” the only thing that
m m way a
It is said that Archbishop Kendrick,of
8t Louis, who, like William E. Qlad-
fitone, is still in the prime of life at the
age of 84, is to be made a cardinal in the
near future.
The biggest bores ever seen in Jack¬
sonville, brought i ville, from from Fla., Indiana, is a Clydesdale mare,
to ________ be shipped pounds” to
She weighs 1,800
and is a noble looking animal.
Tbe Montgoroery(Ala.) Advertiser tells
of a Coosa county young man who died
of eating stones. He started in young
with red gravel, and finally got to swal¬
lowing flint rock and pebbles.
Floridians who have been summering
north are hastening iastening homeward by the
ftainl It to said that that the the exodus exodus
from sopie towns in tbe early summer
as greater than ever before known.
There was a movement in the Missis-
constitutional convention to make
years tbe minimum age of represent-
in the lower house, but it was (
aud the usual
WASHINGTON.
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Colonel Whitfield Named to
Succeed Colonel Clarkson
First Assistant Postmaster
General.
Dowry Bell Steps Into Mr. Whitfield's
Mims—A n Afpslstmot That Is Hot
Looted ’
Upon as a Promotion — No
Morn Desecrating the American Flag
With Adverti sements.
CLARKSON S SU CCES30B.
Colonel S. A. Whitfield Named by the
Fresident, —
Washington, Oct L — The Whitfield presi¬
dent has appointed Col 8. A.
to succeed Ool. Claricaon as first assist¬
ant postmaster general, and J. Lowry
Bell, who has been filling the i.fil;e of
general superintendent of the railway
mail service, has been appointed to suc¬
ceed Col. Whitfield as second assistant
postmaster general. The transfer of
Col. Whitfield can hardly be regarded
as a promotion.
Dotios or the Office.
The first assistant postmaster general
has charge of the appointment which includes dffice,
five divisions, the
spectively duties of each re¬
follows: Appoint¬ being as
ment division is
charged duty with the
all of preparing for the
cnees
establishment, and dis-
conlinuanee
change of name
or site of post-
offices, appointment and for the
o f
8. A. WKITFIKMi. all i ostmasters,
agents, mail mes¬
sengers, postal clerks and department all
employes, spondence and attending to corre¬
comei'iient thereto.
The bond division 1 receives and re¬
cords appointments, vends out papers
for postmasters and ‘t heir assistants to
their their qualify, qualify, bonds bo; receiving, i and oaths entering and issuing and filling the
commissions for postmasters.
The duty of the salary and allowance
divirion is that of readjusting the sal¬
aries of postmasters and tho consider¬
ation of allowances for rent, fuel,
lights, clerk hire am other expendi¬
tures.
Another ther division division is the free delivery,
which prepares cases for the inaugura-
tion of f that that systi system; in cities, the ap-
pointment ointment of fett* letter j carriers and the
m system,
the blanks, wrapping paper, twine,
letter balances ana canceling stamps to
offices entitled to receive the same.
There is no difference in the salary,
which is $4,000 in each office.
THE 8TARS AND STRIPES
No Longer to De Used ft* an Advertizing
Medium.
Just before the -dose of the session
Monday afternoon Caldwell ffceuker Reed recog¬
nized Judge to call up his bill
T to he prevent has the^desecration riven unremitting of the atten- flag,
tion to this bill, aud has not ceased at
any stage of the session to Watch for a
chance to bring it up. Unanimous con¬
sent was riven at once, and the bill
passed with the greatest enthusiasm.
Immediately rounded by friends Judge Caldwell was sur¬
from both sides of
the house. The report on this patriotic
bill to honor the flag was made by
Judge judiciary Thompson, committee. df Ohio, from the
It is very brief,
but is well worth repeating here. Says
the report.
“The flag of our country is the symbol
of our i National existence, the power and
sovereignty. dom and It is and representative emblem of free* of
the glory economy of the American
name. It is
a reminder of American fortitude, cour¬
age and heroism and of the suffering
and sacrifices on land and sea which
have been endured for its preservation
and for the preservation of the country
it represents. It is the shield and pro¬
tection of the citizen at home and
abroad, and should beRonoredTBid rev¬
erenced by every American who is a
lover of his country. It should be held
a thing prostitute sacred, it and the to deface, disfigure
or to purposes of adver-
tiring against ing should the nation, bo held to be a be Crime
and should pun¬
ished as such.”
NITRO-GLY CERlNE E XPLOSION.
Nan Blown to Atoms st Dlaekiiorse
Landing, W. Vo.
Steubenville, 0., Oct 1.—A ter¬
rific explosion of nitro-glycerine oc¬
curred Monday at 11 o’clock at Black-
horse Lauding, over the river in Han¬
cock county, W. Vs.
The factory was operated by the
Acme Torpedo company, Turkey which fur¬
nishes torpedoes for the Foot
oil region, located here, and a work¬
man named Ralston Shoff was opening
explosion 200 quarts occurred. of nitro-glycerine The building when tbe
was
entirely into demolished, The and largest Shoff was torn
mince meat. piece of
him found was his tongue.
Shoff wa:>;; 1 years of age, and came
to Blackhorse from Olean, N. Y. His
home is Pierre, N. Dak.
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ANOTH. : WHITECHAPEL HORROR?
Jack iRi ii • ilusine^t t! •
OI«l S cl.
London, 0.-t. l.— .ii.' London Mriro-
polita.i police have jin-: received auotlrer
communication from -hick tire Ripp-.-r.
It and, was like ded its .'i predece- red at V. itcehapol jrh-es station,
. the usual
warning of hto appro . 1 oray.
An Appeal for ID-llef,
New York, Oct. 1.- The appeal of the
American committee for the relief of the
famine in Ireland haa been issued. It L
based upon careful data * inhered fre>iu
variou sources in tire i ountry, which
finds itself again face m t ace with tlie
grim spectre of famine. The movement
is utterly without political or other out¬
side significance. It has no connection
with any organization iu this country or
General Wanarnaker has
i the senate ti
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A ttungvuvi f .*** ,.. titi'il !>y tt UGUtiiig
*t»rly Un.tucr,
TaLLaS iK*, FhjL, Oct. 1,—-Our quiet
little towu ’.a, jeat biren . .1 into a
fever of exdu-meut. A ’!r. p-:,,
lives about ill toe 1 mile a oni l.ec-, emts
host to town girl, iu a Mtoii cwrf. w^hji*MaiTT,j iijb
that they a l,.v«4e. It wss noticed
were a little excited on enter¬
about ing town, the and more so when they asked
hack making connectlons wjib
different trains. After these queri.-s
two wero snilo^LctoriJy comfortably 'answered,, in tire and hack the
were seated
awaking the the driver to cluck hto “go on"
to steeds, it was tlren that the cur¬
tain was raised, and the third party
came upon the scene in the person of
Mr. Lysle, a brother to the young tadv.
He came riding down the street, appa¬
rently in great haste, and never drew
rein until lie reached the hack. Then he
presented Welch, and a double-barrel commanded him gun to on “get Mr.
out 0 / tint hack, or I will blow the top
of your head off f'
It is useless to sav that he “got out,”
and he was a sensible young man, too,
excitement for Lysle had lulled tho “drop'" afterward, on him. The
the soon i.j.d
would-be bride was helped into an
ox wagon loaded with cotton seed, and
was soon on h«r wav homeward. Her
brother followed, still clinging to his
shot gtm to prevent young Welch from
trying lovely it over blonde again. Miss Lysle to a
little of fourteen summers.
FIENDISH WORK OF NEGROES.
A Young cjirl Brutally Assaulted by Penn¬
sylvania Ruffians.
Barry ville, Penn., Oct. 1.—^Two dis¬
charged farm hands of John Hannon, a
well-to-do-farmer of this place, kidnap¬
ped hto daughter, Julia, ag L * 20 years,
took her to a hut in a ravine, and kept
her there a full day, assaulting her re¬
peatedly, throat. and forcing whisky down hsr
Then they left her. The fiends’
names are Samuel Johnson and Jack
Williams. A searching party went out
when she failed to return home, hut it
was not until the second day that she
was found. She was almost insane, and
in her ravings accused Johnson and Wil¬
liams. The men iiuve not yet been cap¬
tured.
INDIANS ROB A WAGON TRAIN.
They ore Overtaken, but Make Their Ks-
cai>»—Two Soldiers Killed.
LYty of Mexico, Oct. 1.—A party of
fifty Voque Indians, well armed, attack¬
ed a tv|gon train near Curmuryea and
capturod Twenty-five it, after killing one teamster.
Indians, whom men they went succeeded in pursuit in of the
taking, over¬
when a fight ensued, in which
a corporal killed, and one other of their the pursuers
were and two of number
were wounded. The wagon train booty
HELD UP THE STAGE,
And Thou tlift Robber is Pursued, Captured
and Confessas.
San Francisco, Oct. 1.—Tho stage
from Wednesday Lompoc last, was held up aud robbed
on Santa Barbara county,by near Los masked Alainoe,
a man,
and tbe express box taken. Four men
from Lo.i Alamos started in pursuit.
Among 1lio party was John H. Conway,
who, after thirty-four highwayman hours’ riding,
overtook tho and captured
him. The robber confessed, and said his
name was West.
Chlcuge Firemen Seriously Wounded.
Chicago, Oct. 1.—A fire of uncertain*
origin started in the two-story and base¬
ment brick building at 178 South Canal
street, aud twelve firemen were serious¬
ly injured by a falling roof.
Killed by • Jump from a Parachute.
Delcsicb, Mo., Oct. l.—M’me Craw¬
ford, balloon tho parachute tiie fair jumper, here. The leaped parachute from
a at
did uot work, and lire woman fell to the
ground and received fatal injuries.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Naval Stoic*.
Ssvansah Ga , Oel. 1.—Turpentine steady at
3«Mc. Hosiu iteady at $1.45,
Ties slut D a irying .
Ailasta, Oct. 1.—Arrow lies, $1.45. fogging,
m#>, #J4c; )H», * Hc: *t>, Kid *S4*«, »c.
Grain uud Hay.
Atlanta, Oct. 1.—Own- choice wliito, TO c .
No. S mixed. *7 V Oata- No. * mixed, <4 c;
Hay—Timothy No. 1, largo Intel Site; small bate
90c.
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Opening atul clodog 11 Wa l «n at cotton fu
tures in New York.
New Yobi, October L
■t tpentng. Closing.
O ctober
December
January.. ...I0.SSJ
February. ........IB list.. 10.412
March ..
£l ,ril ...... .......10.55 4 .. ...I0tlt a
Max .......10.4 d . ...10.572
June...... .......10.M.S.
July...... ........10. W&
August
Spot cotton dull Middling uplands 10)£c.
Liverpool Future*.
Opening and closing quotation* of cotton fu-
♦•uas in Urer[)OoL LtvxarooL, October
1.
October October ■Ml JiyTembflr, . Opeaiog. 5.34 5.41 Clten* 5 5 :« »
4 u 5 38
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ChUn^o Market*
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Bein$r Hits’:H Into thp United
tl Stntps ii / urge tjuantiUefli
In Anticipation of the Passage
of Iho McKinley Bill.
Tha Storage Ccpselti- of tfie Uupded
Warehou* s 1FIH (wet rely IW Able to
HoM the Rnerman. tJn.iutUleA Kx-
Itoatod to Arrive Before tho Now
fori* Measure Goes Into Ktfeet.
E*t W,st, Sim., Oct $, — Cuban
tobacco is being rushsJ Into the United
States through this port In largb quaa-
Mttee, and there has bean unusual activ¬
ity in Imports daring the past few days.
The government storage capacity of tbe
bonded warehouse will scarcely be
thenew tariff biUg'eAtato effect.
storage. The vbjort & to cure the
tobacco here instead <ff in the Havana
warehouse, been cored where stand it has after heretofore porebase,
ana
and Imported at occasion demanded.
to Nearly Savannah all the Ahd manufacturers have been
T^re returning 1$ after mak¬
ing .pprchaeee. now^to toe
I any one
time. l on epeett-
lattor,.
LAKE MICHIGAN STEAMERS.
MlIwsakM’i Raltd MilUepjsito Brewer Will
• »U.t.
Milwaukee, *, Oct L—Chtpt t, Fred.
Pabet, the millionape brewer, who war
formerly a lake Cfptain, has concluded
to bfiild a fleet Of paeeenger boats to
run on Lake Michigan between MU-
l P«b-t
. Will be
abroad. The during 1 l '“hii 1 ""recent trlv£
unequalled styleThli ycs*ui* will thl ^tracts be finished in
cail for them {6 be ready to Bill
mtorion May go Into coffi-
on ^891. T~~CHECK£0.
AGED LOVER 'S FUqH
Eiouement of ■ ‘ll»ty Vs»r OId lfen WUh
• Child of Foartooe.
Ashland, Ky., Oot. L—Unde Dick
Uttfer'offfibty; hare an’eiop-
ing couple, arrived <» the \0M
train reach Monday Irontou, night. where They were old trying
to the man
and the girl intends! tttog married,
A the telegram awaited eoupU, " i here advising
arrest of the L_ consequently
they who stomped held them into tits until )f girl’s the officers, mother
--------------too
arrived And conveyed her home. The
>ld rirl man is is said and to they be both wealthy, declare but their the
ntention poor, of being married
later.
Beaten te Death.
Mount Morris, N. Y., ;Oct I,—
William Joelyn, who arrived here from
Mount Clemens, Mich., here to which place
he removed from several years
ago. was assaulted by a gang of roughs
in front of the 9coville house about 10
o’clock Monday evening and beaten to
death. The murdered man has a wife
and two cbjldr n at Mount Clemens.
He is a brother 0 # M. Joelyn, of this
place, business and here. was The formerly four in the Mvery
Keaton. Jeny Keaton, men, Jr.. Jerry Fred.
Morris, Dygert and i ’uniel Keaton, all of Mount
who are accused of murdering
William .T of Monnt Clemens,
Mich., arc all in custody.
I ft/*• wit’it * Xonvg Flr«t)nt
Napa, On!., Oct. 1.—Jotnes Fla-
mowt, tlie 20-jvur-old son of a well
known olive grower, was arrested Mon¬
day Lee night, Borrril. and th« < fticors are looking
of for Dm agid It. on two charges
this arson. town has ing suffered the utat tw,, years
from usmerous
incendiary eretl that FIhiuoi (Ins. The ^
case perfoi 1,’ilJi m-d hII They tho work of s tt : ng
fire t<i a g. would sat mate
the-straw w.tii kerosene, place a lighted
candle e*sr. i t an in ch lo ng OB : the top
and then go home. Fla moat has con¬
fessed to firing two buildings.
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The In** Spik« I)riv«n.
YBrsAiLi.es, Ky., Oct. i,—Ver-
saiilej, Nici.o.::sville and Richmond are
now ni.ited by a band of steel. The
1* t spike in the Ricluuoud, Nicholaa-
\Lle. Irvine and Bea; tv vill e railroad
was driven here at fi o'clock Monday
evi-uirg enthusiastic in "he presence of a large throng
of iqiectatoni, among them
nearly all the bndnees men in the town.
skull Cre.h»4 With n n»it Cifl,
CHIC.VOO, Oct. l.-Jchn Brenock. a
wealth;, skull and prominent citizen, broke
the of E. U. ftwiney. a well-to-do
married man, with a base ball bat.
Btenock simper ted Swlney cf iniiuiacy
with his daughter, fewiney trill die.
»AJal Jli.t.kv of m
PAKKOiSDURG, W. Va., Oct. 1.—
Mias Lottie Byrd, a young lady re¬
siding at Dizalejb, above thtocity, who
was given deadly poison a few days ago
liuongh Monday the mistake of a druggist, died
afternoon.
11 r SftSft. OtU Kiery.
) “ TUJL Ky., Oct. 1.- Bradford
• - *. •» lad 17 years old. was . bed and
...te.i,ly fatally Sunday injured while by playing o-e of his
^ .jupunions revolver, which they with
n didn’t know was
loaded.
*i«-ix* ’Em All.
Port Tovssend, Wash.. Oct 1.—
Orders have U-ea received by the rev¬
enue cutter Hush to pn ceed to Behring
8eize ^ «»Bng schooners
f u . fid there.__
F. f.* .| ; nrlae a Drunken QssmL
Chicago, Cct 1.—During « drunken
(HIM*
NUM 1
Mt HAS SPOKEN AT LAST,
■aya Ha win met Support Tfllnaa, aw '99*
“I Will not vote 1
contend that no
our lhiinot
gjx?«< ht*s thr
anti its [reo'ple; rid* (cTthiT
government, oont;
m 1H78 by tho white
man. From 1
for him, but
against by him. Mind*
political office are -
duty, ly but I_ the violation a i I
so, our
surance that
an unrestrain-
be other than 1
1 execution.
: we can do ;
ol orffi! voters as we *
SALE QE RAIL ROADS
Coder a Deere# of ,
WIU Ton Over the Bead.
_ _ -
omwj n ttn uw-
Roanoke city, u»„m
land, and Jefferson
gtoia. Oie above Louie Fitzgerald
As tho Norfolk figures.
and
majority Valley railroad, of the bondao# the f
the road w “
into its control. A special <
will be held here about C
month to receive and
port of the tale, i
the receiver will --------- rTT
road over to the Norfolk and ■
Tho Talladega end i
iSsiasf
of allitaeq tWenty-i
formed 1
hwri . ^ T'V'lI
= : - ixpeete ltaag,
•ays . H He . te bat I
tor* May fL, te S ~ "
8t. Augustin*. .
mio Joseph, daughter of i
a mlirdored prominent by marcbU Aiexatn
rejected lover.
found Campbell Miss Mamie wenf in to
mother and a lady vis His first
------------into a L.
where she fell in a flower
villain fired two more shot
her life, The outcries '
S-aasE ted^e neigh born,
tmf
,
to him.
GEORGIA* __________ 8f
AtEELECTiOW.
emmm-
Tk« Officer. < borea aad Seme A are a* m e ats
Votes Upea.
^Atlanta, ______ have Qct. l.—The
officers to
Governor—William ofSt^e—Phil-- J. N
Heftetery Treasurer—R. U.
Hardeman.
•ml—W.A.I
*
powfl — amendments people hare also voted on the pro-
to the ftrewti ta
t he sta te, th e first to extend tbs I
of the Conf ‘
have not remarried ; and
rovide that the second bet^tllkocty. re_
the legislature shall be by
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SECRETA RY BLAINE WANTED
To Coaw to Atlanta Ihkriif Uw Ttttmnmt
K.% pool tion. - U?
Washington, October 1.—The com¬
mittee* from Atlanta, beaded by Mayor
Glenn, has called on Mr. Blaine in tmter-
ence to the invitation to tbe i
state to visit the
great general apostle desired of r to'be
I v heard in tbe
south, pleaded that be bad already ro-
fused » «,■stem invitation for timaama
date. will Nevertheless, to Atlanta. it is stilt hoped be
come
Senator Daniels accepted an iuvHatkm
to attend. President Harrison declined
on uci-oubbof a eon flic ting engagement.
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