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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH- AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1891. Look Then don’t put your hands in yourl pockets, whistle “Annie Rooney,” and expect to keep warm these cold Npvember days. You had much better select a nice, warm suit from our fine new stock. Get a Free Ticket -TO OUR- Boys’ Safoty Bicycle Drawing! Which you know occurs on next Christmas Eve, and be happy. We are going to give away a brand new Safety Bicycle, absolutely free of any charge whatever. Every boy who buys his suit from us before Christmas Eve gets a sure enough bargain and a chance at the machine for abso lutely nothing.. The time is drawing near! It is going to be a daisy I Everyone will have a fair, square showing, and you may be the lucky boyl There is nothing small about our stock of Boys’ Suits, ,\ 0 - Overcoats, , And Odd Pants, STATISTICS OF THE LINES IN THE UNITED STATES. Statistics Covering the Operations of Ball* ways During the Fiscal Year Ended June „ SO, 1890—Earnings and Expenses for Nine Months, Ended March 30,1801. Except the price, and that we make exceeding ly small. We can fit you perfectly, and by selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t fo r. get the place. ' a D. wneatiey, Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue. . Washington, Not. SO.—There will be toned this week from the statistl- ctunVi office ’of the interstate commis sion, the third annual report on "etntis- tics of the raitwaya in the United States.” This report gives comprehen sive statistics covering the operations of railways during the fiscal year ended Jane 80, 1890, aud a statement of earn ings and expenses for nine months, eud- ed March 80, 1891. A marked feature of the report which adds greatly tar the value of its statistics, is the mapping and division of all statistics in teu ter-, ritorial groups, by which differences in conditions of operation iu various parti of the oonntry are clearly brought to notice. Comparisons rendered po-wible by this report show marked differenced in different parti of the conutry. The railway mileage in the Uni ted States on Jane BP, 1890, was 100,097 miles; increase in railway mileage brought into operation daring the year vraa 0,080 miles. Michigan shows the largest increase iu railway mileage dnr- ing the fiscal year, being 450 miles, and Georgia comes next with increased mileage of 437 miles. Group five, made up of Kentnoky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, shows an increased mileage of 1,870 miles dur ing the year. The number of railway corporations on Jane 80. 1890, was 1.797, of which 987 are operating companies, twenty- two companies representing 1,046, miles, have been reorganised daring the year, and thirty-fonr companies, representing 1,908 miles, have merged their corpor ate exiateuce into other corporations. Fifty companies, representing 0,190 miles, have Been consolidated with other companies. Forty railway corporations operate 77,878 miles, 47.51 per cent, of the total mileage. The total number of men employed is 749,801, being an increase of 45,351 over the number employed in 1889. The average number of men employed per 100 miles of line on all roods is 470. In the New England states it is 710. In group four covering Virginia, North Carolina, Sooth Carolina and part of West Virginia, it is 380; and in various sections of the western states the ntuli- her ranges from 850 to 888 per 100 miles of Hue. The total iinuiber of persons reported by railways as killed daring the year was 5,880, and the total number report ed us injured was 89,034. Of the total number killed, 9,451 were employes, 885 passengers, and 8,584 were classed as •other persons.” In this latter f>—— are included a large number of «uii Of the total nnmber injured, 83,800 were employes, 8,444 passengers, be sides 4,800 unclassified. If the nnmber of employes billed be assigned to the total nnmber, it appears that one death. occnrr$ for every 800 men employed on ths railwaye, ana one injury occurs for every thirty-three men employed. The largest number of casualties occur to men engaged directlyin handling trains. Thus, while ths trainmen represent hat it per cent, of the total number of em ploye*, other casualties sustained by them account for 58 per cent, of the total casualties. A passenger riding continuously at the rate of thirty miles an boor might expect immunity from death by railway accident for 1.700 years, tint an engineer, brakcraun or conductor, under the same conditions, is liable to fatal accident at the expira tion of forty years. 8HOT AT A PREACHER. A Crank Attempts to Take the Life ef Dr. John Ball, New Tons, Nov. 80.—As Dr. John Hall, pastor of ths Fifth Avenne Pres byterian church, was passing from tlie church to the parsonage adjoining, jn«t after the close of the morning service a man named John G. Bath, a German, 05 years old, stepped from behind A wagon on the opposite side of the ave nue and fired three shots in qnick suc cession at the reverend gentleman, as be was about ascending the steps of his residence. The first shot struck ths stoue stoop of the doctor’s hotue, the second perforated one of the gloss pan els of the front door and the third flat tened itself against tbs side of ths honse. The shooter coolly pnt the pis tol, » five-chambered revolver of the pattern known ns the” Young America," m his pocket, while A. E. Dight, a member of Dr. Hall’a chnrcli, and the sexton, jumjicd upon him and held him until the arrival of an officer. He made no resistance whatever and was locked np. Shortly afterward Dr. Hall went to the police station and preferred com plaint against the prisoner. Bath is a crank and imagines Dr. Hall is in a con spiracy, against him. i TWO FOOLISH VILLAGERS Will Nut Their Death from Kitting mm m Trace. Akron, O., Not. 80.’—A novel wager was made Thanksgiving eveniug by two men in a crowd gathered at a store in Batzum, a little hamlet seven wiles north of this city. William No ble, in a spirit of banter, offered to bet John Springer the oysters for the party that he could sit longer on a rail fence than Springer. The wager was ac cepted, aud the two wen were soon sit ting on the top rail of a fence near tbs store. AI1 night they sat there, thair friends encouraging them with hot coffee, food and additional clothing. Toward morning it began to rain hard, mid rain continued to fail nearly aU day Friday, but neither of the sitters weak ened. Springer, who weighs probably 300, was the first to succumb to the strain end fell from the fence. Bqt$ men wen carried home, and both are now ill from the effects of the exposure. Springer has some chances of recover- bg. The, Industrial Development la the Week Kadleg Nevi SS* Chattanooga, Team, Nov. 8h.—The Tradesman, Chattanooga, In its v^eekly review for the week ending Nov. ports 25 new industries, It new build ings, 3 railroads and 1 electric Btreet railway. Among the most important new industries incorporated as reported to The Tradesman, are the following: Brick work* at Hnmboldt, Tenn., brick and tile works with $100,000 capital at Garrison, Tex., and" a large cigar factory at Tampa, Fia. Coal and Coke corn- panto have been organised at Monnt Clair, W. Va,, and Clarksburg, W. Va., the latter with $50,000 capital, compress and storage company at Montgomery, Ala., with $100,000 capital, also a com press company at Thomas ville. Go. An electric light plant will be erected at Dickson, Tenn., electric light and power companies have been organised at Point Pleasant, W, Va., and Rones- verte, W- Va., and a company with $850,000 capital will erect an elevator at Dallas. Tex, A flouring mill is to be erected at Dickson; Tenn., an ice fac tory at Houston, Tex., an ice, light and refrigerator company has been organ ised at Velasco, Tex., car Works will be erected at Houston, Tex., and n foundry at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., A marble and talc company has been or ganised at Atlanta, Ga., with $1,000,000 capital, a company with $50,000 capital will manufacture fnrnitnre, etc., at Waco, Tex., an organ factory will be erected at Portsinonth, Tex., uud n plow and harrow factory at Mlneolu, Tex. A phosphate company with $50,000 capital has been organized at Istachat- it, Fla., a roofing and paving company at Tallapoosa, Ga., and a cordage com pany at Velasco, Tex. Woodworking plants will be erected ut Radford, Va, and Montgomery, Ala. Water works are to he erected at Milledgerille, Ga.. and Pledmout, Ala., and the system at New Braunfels, Tex., is to he extended. Charters for railroads have been asked for at Fort Worth, Tex., and Charleston, a C„ tho belt line ut Sa vannah, Ga., will be extended, aud an electric railroad is to be constructed ut Ashland, Ky. Depots are to be erected at Hopkinsville, Ky..Hntnbloldt,Tenn„ and Pocahontas, Va.; warehonses at Danville, Ky., and Borne,Ga.; a college building is to be pnt np at Gainesville, Tex., a hall to cost $30,000 at Greenville, Tex., anil an office building to cost $00,- 000 ut Briatol,/Tenn. DONE THEIR PAPA UP. Dow Two Illinois Girl- Treated Tltoir ‘ ' Step-Father. Khawneetown, His., Nov. SO..—The sensation vC the day here is the shoot iug of her step-father by Miss Belle Fores ter, about six miles south of this city. The troublo grew ont of the marriage on the 18th lust, of Mrs. Frances Fores ter, mother of Miss Belle and her four sisters, to her hired man, n young man immed John Norris. The marriage hav ing been consummated without consul tation with any of the girls, all of whom are of a very fiery temper, was resented, more especially os tbe widow and her daughters are possessed of considerable property while Norris had only bis clothes, and not very good oues at that Norris went a half mile or so from the residence to find some hogs and while away, according to his story, waa attacked by Miss Bells and her sister Caroline, who knocked bim down end beat bim about the head with fenoe rails and then while Miss Caroline held bim, Miss Belle shot him several times with a pistol; one ball entered below tbe left eye, coming ont bock of the left ear; one over tbe right eye, tho hall fol lowing around the skull, coming out behind the left ear, and the third baU entering behind the left ear and coming out behind the right ear. Norris is in a very critical condition, and Dr. Bcade, the attending physician, has no hope of bis recovery. The yonng women left Norris for TO BE RETURNED. xns yonng women lert Morris for dead and repaired to the home of their brother-in-law. Green Kanady, from which place they seem to have vanished into thin sir, as the sheriff and his dep uty have so far failed to find any trace of them. Miss Belle Is beautiful and vlvaciuus, about 30 years old, and has for years been the belle of the neighbor hood. At the same time it has been known by all her ncqnaintances that sho and her sisters were possessed of tempers that wonld not bear intrusion, and that they were amply able to' take care of themselves. Public opinion is nearly equally divided with reference to their treatment of Norris, many be lieving that they acted in self-defence. But their, mysterious disappearance puzzles everybody. State Attorney HcKenon and Sheriff Banks are doing all in their power to locate them, bat so far have utterly foiled. flcorK* Kennan lufferlnf. Bah Francisco, Nov. 30.—George Kennan, lecturer and writer on the Siberian exile system, who is hers b£w, is a victim of nervons prostration. ‘For months he has been working fit teen hours a day on hia new book about Siberia. It has made heavy drains on his energy and for several weeks he has been traveling and lecturing at tha same time. The result is that his nervons system is wlioUy shattered and insomnia has secured a grip which he cannot shake off. Kennan says that he has great hopes that his disclosures of Bosnia convict system have killed ths extradition treaty with Russia which is to come before congress next month. A Jackson. Uto., special says: At the opera house here, just after the cur tain rose for the Bill Nye-Burbauk com bination entertainment, Nye felt out of ths back door of the opera home, a dis tance of fifteen feet, landing on a pile of lumber. He waa so bedly hurt that he could not appear and the a adieus* THE CONVICTS WILL BE 8ENT BACK TO THE MINES. The Governor Determined to Bond tho “Zebra*" to Brlcovlllo and Cool Crook. Ho Holds m Contnlf at Ion With the Brf ga< dler»(ienera1. Nashville, Nov. 80.—"The counots shall be returned to the mines it it takes every ablebodiel man in the state to do it,” said Governor Bachnn.ro. "When will they be returned, gov< eruor?" ho was naked. "That I do not know yat." "Will yon Rend a military guard with them!” "I can not tell yon that I can simply lay that the convicts shall be returned to the mines if it takes every able-bod ied man in the state to do it. Is not that enuugii?" • Although the governor was reticent, from other sources information is gath ered oouceruiug the matter. The les- bave made a demand upon the state for the convicts.* This demand was answered promptly, that when the con victs had been captured they wonld be returned if supplied with a sufficient guard and proper quarters. The proper quarters will be hnilt at once. This will take about two weeks. Twenty-five at each place, it thonght, will be the number of militia men ilistribnted to do gnarddnty. litre gart to this laBt feature Governor Buch anan wired General Carnes of Mem phis, brigadier general of Tennessee militia, to come to Nashville. The two were in consnltation all tho afternoon About 300 of tbe 435 released convicts have been recaptured. SNOWSTORM IN VIRGINIA. A Severe mlxxarit Htrlkea Norfolk— Mora Miow Kxpeetetl. Norfolk, Nov. 30.—Norfolk is a winter city. A blizzard, of severity al most unknown in this section, struck the city, beginning at abont 3 o'clock in tbe morning, tecomponind by sleet, which later tnmed into heavy snow, whicli now lies seven or eight' inches deep on a level, aud has drifted much deeper in places. For the first time in several years sleighs are on the streets. Street car travel has been interrupted, and a semblance of a schedule is only kept np hr clearing the way with enow plows. Tbe hay steamer has arrived a little boliind time. The wind, which at Cape Henry reached fifty miles an hour, is off snore, therefore no disasters to shipping are expected. .The const tele graph line to Kitty Hawk is hII right, and, as nothing has keen reported, It is supposed no wrecks have occnred. This is tlie earliest snowstorm in Norfolk since tbe signal office was established here in 1871, and tbe heaviest ever known to take place before Now Year. It is colder, with the sky still heavily overcast, and indication! point to more snow. At Fortress Monroe it has been snowing since midnight Saturday, and is the worst storm seen there in years. Know In North Carolina. Wilmington, Nov. 80.—Quite a heavy snowstorm for this section is reported from various points. At Weldon seven inches of snow fell; at Battleboro six inches; Rock Monnt, five inches. Know fell all along the line of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad. Tbe anowfoll was light here and points furthersouth. It is very cold here now. WA8HED OVERBOARD. ' Tha Captain of the Schooner D. H. UttUm Loit In » Cyclon*. London, Nov. 30.—'Tito mate of the schooner D. H. Rains, at Liverpool from Bt. Simons, says the cyclone encoun tered by that vessel on its voyage was the worst he had ever experienced. The captain was washed overboard and it was impossible to make tbe slightest effort to save him. The huge waves opened the deck seams and wrecked everything portable. The main boom was broken, the life boat waa destroyed and nearly all the provisions spoiled, Tbe mate ami seaman who were steer ing were knocked fiat on the deck by heavy, and had a narrow escape from being beaten to death by loose wreck age. The crew worked waist high in water at the.pnmp. They continued at their work four days anil nights, nntil they became exhausted. About the same time the coal and water became scarce. Fortunately the weather then moderated. Is Hs Cratjr t New York, Nov. 30.—The case of Loots Armand, the insane Frenchman who has for a long time annoyed Mrs. Charles E. Alexander, daughter of the California millionaire, Crocker, will come before the doctors at Bellevue hospital for examination, bat no official report will bo given out for several days. The doctors state that Armand is suffering from what is known as paramoia, and that he is a very danger ous patient. They pronounce bim sane upon all subjects other than his mind love for Mrs. Alexander. Whlb the doctors believe end say that be should be confined, they are eomhntted by his action of hia f-l mis, who protest against depriving uim of hie liberty, and ore reedy with their babeas-oorpa* to open confining door*. His he rrajrsr. Hopkikbvillc, Ky., Nov. 80.—J. C. Howard, a wealthy citizen of Kohlen berg ookety. was engaged in prayer at tbe Green rill* Presbyterian church when be dropped dead from heart dis ease. Ha was 89 yam old and had tha church hr forty ' THE TROUBLES CHINA A l>4*ft|>«?rat« Itutllffi H«Iwh« I lie Government mid Rebel*. London, Nor. 80. The 'rimes pub lishes a dispatch from it* corre poudent at Siiunghui which confirm* the reports that the trembles in China are not alone based on the anti-foreign feeling enter tained by 4puur of the natives. This is but one reason for the discontent which pervade* many district* of China. The natives of the country believe that the time is ripe to overthrow the Manchu dynasty and to establish again the na tive dynasty which was overthrown in 1W4. The latest dispatches from China have reported the killing of a number of priests*/and native Christians and the burning and pillaging of the Christian mission*. The responsibility for these outrages has been placed by the govern ment upon bands of Mongolian robbers, but the Times dispatch shows that the troubles are not due to the predatory incursions of Mongolians. The move ment has n far wider and more signifi cant object in view, no less than I he driving of the present emperor from power and the placing of a native Chi nese ruler upon the throne. The Times correspondent says that the rebels have already captured the town of Cbuoyang, in the province of Leao Tong or Shiug King Short** They are rapidly gaining accessions to their ranks, and ’have quite a formidable army. They are marching on to the capital, Pekin. The imperial forces are preparing to meet them, and it is be lieved that a desperate battle will soon be fought. The intelligence that the rebels are marching to the attack of Pekin has caused the greatest excito- rneut in that city. CITY FATHERS FIGHT. A Special Meeting of Omaha** Council* Aieu Emit In a How. Omaha, Nov. 80.—Tho special meet ing of city council wound up in a big row in which three council men severely pounded each other and the spectators had to separate them. There tiAd been bad blood existing for some time bo- tween Councilman Specht, Moriarity and Blumer on account of charges of toodling preferred by the former and against the latter. Blumer and Mort ality objected to the snfficiency of the bond ordered by the Treasurer-elect Bolen, which caused Specht’s ire to rise. After a few words had been in terchanged, Blumer grasped Specht by the throat and the latter retaliated with sledge-hammer blow which drew blood from Blumer’s month. The men grappled and fell, when Moriarity rushed up and began kicking Specht. One of the spectators objected to his kicking a man when he was down and when Moriarity did not desist, the ob jector Inid the belligerent kicker low with a blow which cut an ugly gash in Moriarity'.* chin. By this time the other councihuen and the spectators rushed iu and separated the men and the nutting adjourned. ON TARIFF REFORM. llreckenrliltfi* Agr«M With Carlisle mmI Favor* the Flection of Mill*. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 30.— Colonel Breckenridge was seen uud asked: Have you seen the letter of Mr. Car lisle, and what do you think of it?" He replied: ”1 agree with Mr. Carlisle in both paragraphs of his letter, and it is •ulwt anti ally the position that I have taken in public speeches and in private conversation. On tariff reform we can elect a president and a majority in both houses of congress and only on that issue. I am a sincere bimetallist, and friend of the party of the two met als I am anxious to avoid a division in the Democratic party. If we divide we not only lose tariff reform, but the sil ver question. The election of Mr. Mills ill be the declaration that the tariff issue ia the question upon which the iresideutial canvass shall be fought, fis defeat, no matter by whom, wiU be accepted as our declaration that we are not willing to make that the issue and commit ourselves to the reform of tax ation. This, in my judgment, will be calamitous, and I am therefore in favor of the election of Mr. Mills. “ A BIG CONVENTION. btea an elder ia lie Com Ilia Meeting of l.nhor Had Flintier*' Organisation*. St. Louis, Not. 30. — Mr. H. E. Taubeneck of Illinois, of the committee appointed to select a place of meeting for the national convention of labor »nit farmers' organizations next February, ith Mr. W. 8. Morgan, secretary of the Reform Press association, met a committee of citizens here and mad* arrangements for holding the conven tion in St. Lonis. Feb. 33. The conven tion will be one of the largest and most important ever held by tbe various third parties os there will be delegates present from the Farmers’ Alliance, F. M. B. A.. National AUianos, Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Patrons of In dustry, Trades Federation, Kuighta of Labor and Reform Press association. The People’s party will also be repre sented by its executive committee, ont it is not expected that it will send any delegates to taks part in ths proceed ings. The convention will take np a number of nutters left unsettled st tbe convention at Ocala, Fla., and will en deavor to arrange a federation to insure harmony daring the national cam paign. Albert and Lizzie Kansas City for tbi child of Banker known to tbs crooks who res* crimes for a H who is also l