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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1889)
GENERAL NEWS. (JONDENSA TION OF CURIO 1% AND EXCITING EVENTS. jfKWS FT50M EVEBYWHEBE—ACCIDENTS, STBIESS, J_i.ES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEBEST. St Joseph, Mo., refining company has been absorbed by the sugar trirat, and has closed down for the term of three years. Thirty-seven more bodies havS been taken from the coal pit St. Etienne, France, in which an explosion occurred last wefek. The smelting work# of tho Eureka Consolidated Mining Company, of Eure ka, Nev., burned Tuesday. Loss, $75, 000; insurance, $30,000. G. M. Hitchcock,editor and proprietor of the Omaha and (Neb.) plant World tho has purchased the good will of Omaha Her - aid, and will consolidate the two paper*. Carnegie, the “iron king,” has de clared war against his workmen for re fusing to accept a twenty-five per cent, reduction in wages, and has advertised for new men. William Miles, who killed the bald knobber captain, Nat Kinney, 'in Mis souri, surrendered himself Tuesday, and will be tried Monday. There are fears that he will be lynched. The railroads have refused reduced rates to the Grand Army men for the national encampment at Milwaukee, and the Grand Army officers urge the posts to send only a limited number of delegated. John Kelly, convicted of the murder of Eleanor O’Shea, near Geneva, N. Y.. November 6th, 1888, was hauged Wed nesday. His throat was so badly cut by the rope that he was drenched with blood. At Limerick, Ireland, on Thursday, the jury in the case of Matthew Harris against the Irish Times for libel, for as serting that he was an invincible, has r'eturr ed a verdict of £1,000 for the plaintiff. The grand jury at Denver, Col., inves tigated charges of corruption made against certain state officials and mem bers of the last Legislature, regarding the purchase of furniture, stationery, etc., for the The election of delegates to the con stitutional convention held in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Tuesday, resulted in the choice of thirty-six republicans, sixteen demo crats and three independents. The con vei tion will meet September 2d. The desire for a state government is general, The north-bouud train for Montreal,on th« Central Vermont Road, was ditched in a washout a mile north of Brandon, Vt., early Wednesday morning. A doz en passengers were iujured, but none seriously. The train hands all escaped. The engine ^ and five ears were badly wreckt A dispatch from Marshall, III., says: The committee employed to investigate the accounts of T. W. Cole, ex-county treasurer, has reported to the board of supervisors. A shortage of $21,000 is shown. Cole is one of the prominent men of the country. He wa« mayor of Mar shall two years, and has held many other positions of trust. The mayor of Cincinnati, has directed the police to enforce the law against per forming common labor on Sunday by ar resting all grocers, tobacconists, ice crewa and soda stand proprietors, barbers, etc. The order does not contemplate interfer ence with street car drivers nor newspa pers, as the mayor regards these woiks of necessity. Lasters of the factories of W. I. – I. M. Monroe and J. M. Cropley – Bro., at Woifboro, N. H., struck Thursday, and the stitchers are expected to follow, Prices have been recently adjusted td which the union objects. The firms re fuse to recognize the union, however, They have large orders ahead and employ several huudred hands The steel government cruiser, “Balti mnro ii ,1 . , , . . . ” Ill " sc ° 1 f ? lnd “ thorough , " P test of the SEttST “ d Sett - gM ” g ,U “' called August Belz, of Appleton, Wis., was to his door by a dozen White Capa fom Sunday uight. They attempted to flog for alleged wife-beating. Belz 'Irew a bowie knife and slashed right and left, cutting a number of his assailants, giving stomach. one probnWv a Intel wound in the The White Caps escaped with tohTswf a " d B "* g0 ‘ 8 * tClJ b “° k ' r colonel . William Zollinger, formerly commander of the fifth reniment.M. N. G., Mtot himself fatally at 2.30o’clock Thurs ■my afternoon, ut liis home m Baltimore, . The cause is unknown. He served a the confederate army during the war wia achieved a record for distinguished gailantry. ment during He the commanded great railroad the fitth riots reg- of 1887, and his resolute bravery and good judgment on that occasion gained him great credit. The coroner issued a cer tifacate of accidental death. A crazy man, named Dennis Depauw, was found lounging around Judge Shep pard’s courtroom in Chicago, Tuesday afternoon, after adjournment, and was ajrested. ■Atdge He said he was looking for jfiurder. Gunnell, said who he intended to Sheppard He he thought Judge was Judge Gunnell and he came near shooting him. He was searched and a huge revolver, with all the chum hers filled, and a wicked knife, were found on his person. He was turned over to the police. A dispatch from Albuqurque, N. M., 781 Wednesday night a occurred on the Santa Fe road, a few miles above this city, and all trains from the north, south, east and west are de layed. The tracks for several miles are washed away, and two bridges are gone. It was the .most violent cloud-burst that has ever occurred in New Mexico, even the steel rails being twisted into all kinds of shapes. Just before the burst oc curred, a violent . stona raged in the mountains and rain descended in tor rents. A dispatch from Indianapolis, Ind., says: An attempt was made before day light Tuesday morning to blow up with powder the building in the central part of the city in which the Salvation Army has established barracks. The explosion was heard throughout the city and the light from it caused the watchmen in the city fire tower to turn in an alarm. A stone jug full of powder was placed in an alley near the building and the fuse lighted. The building was badly dam aged. The Salvation Army ^ _______ meetings have caused much complaint in the neighborhood of the barracks, and the explosion is regarded as a warning to the army. A CLOUD-BURST. SERIOUS DAMAGE IN NEW YORK 6TATE BY THE FLOODS. Reports from Johnstown, N. Y., say that a cloud-burst came up over that vil lage Tuesday night, doing great damage. The water reached fifteen feet and overflowed everything. Ten people ar< reported missing. Tho bodies of foui have been recovered. These four are all Johnstown people. Those whose bodiei are recovered are Charles Frear and two other men, named Soakley and Yost, and a fourteen-year-old boy named Steadwell. The drdwned and missing people were among the crowd of from thirty to fifty persons who stood on the stone bridge crossing the river at Perry street watch ing the rising waters. They seemed re gardless of the danger until the bridge gave way and they were precipitated into tho flood. The bridge was about twenty fedt and about fifteen or wide. Two iron bridges of the Johns town, Fonda and Gloucester railway were wrecked, and seven or eight other bridges were carried away. Two tanneries, own ed by Simon Schriever, were swept away, and Schriever and Anderson dalns were broken down. The water in Cayadutta creek began to rise and the stream was soon converted into a raging torrent of men, women and children who were thrown into the water by the breaking of Stone bridge. A. larger number were 8aved – mean8 of r ?P e * thr ? Wn th em 5°™. t 8bl ^ re - ^ ednesday morning . * h e fi ~<^rtment, under direction of Cue . . II. A. Thompson, engaged in the 6 ?** ch for b ° d l es - lhe wa ^r is still very rough and dangerous for , boats. The tinal and fatal rise in Cayadutta was very sudden, and is attributed to the affects of the cloud-burst. Besides the sweeping away of bridges and tanneries, there is much damage to buildings which are yet left standing. The electric light plant was washed out and the town left in darkness for the night. All communi tion by wire is cut, save through a long distance telephone. Superintendent of Public Works Shan non, of Albany, N. Y., and his assistant, John E. Ashe, returned from the region of the floods at Johnstown and Fonda, They give the following information: At Akin three miles west of Amsterdam, 400 feet of the New York Central track have been washed away. At Fonda the highway bridge spanning Cajaydutt# creek is gone. The Central railroad bridge, adjacent to the village of Fonda, has been swept away. What is known ai DeGraffa’s bridge, midway between Tribes Hill and Fonda, with four tracks of the Central railroad,was carried away, The water is three feet deep in thestreets of Fonda. The p:ank road leading to Johnstown from Fonda was swept away, Tw r o miles west of Fonda the Central ‘rack was carried away for a distance of five hundred feet. At Johnstown and in - Brtieea were C rt. Trite, Hill und £££ travel , and Seveial is being miles .trained ftecommo- of freight to it. utmost capacity. stranded between Amsterdam cars are and Johnstown. THE EXPENDITURES. ithe flood , . . £ a meeting »f Pa., tt ednesday, ,comnwaion. hdj , statelnent’of^th^gtnieral at Cresson, a c m relief wo-k per formed. From their report it is learned that }n round fibres the expenditures valley. to date for reUef in tbo Couemaugh $1, John8towu and vicinity aggregate 700 000 Tllia j nc i udes the work of the p; t t s burg Johnstown and Phildelphia also comniitteM and flood commission, d i 8bur8er nents of the state in the abat ment nuisances and the payment of militia detailed for police duty. The number of persons to De fed has varied from a maximum roll of 81,950 to the present commissary roll of 7,000. WANTED TO DIE. , . of . Professor J. H. Hilton, -3 rincirm a large private school at Hs B cevllle, Mor gan county, Ala.. cut lus throat in a room u, the Windsor hotel, in Birmingham, Wednesday night. Hilton sums tune ago fell In love w ith a young J ifancevillo, and a and few days going ago to flropo Uinmng- ■ lie was rejected, whmh ended in ham lm went on u spree, Hilton only his attempt at suicide. is twenty-three years oid, but ranks as on« of tiw twiLtoftsM* to fl * ate ' scflLEY cotmr mm. FARM AND GARDEN. TWO POULTRY RSMUDra*. By far the greater part of poultry dis eases are on the outside, and their names are hen lice and mites or spiders. The best remedies are bukach and kero ceae, the format to be used en the fowls and the latter on the perches, 1 b the neetg and in the whitewash. The two substances give us absolute control of the insects that infect poultry and poul try houses, and consequently control of the so-called diseases resulting from in sect*.— American Aprisukurist. horse dentistry. More trouble and lack of condition in horses are caused by ulcerated and ir regular teeth than is generally supposed. Such teeth should be promptly removed with forceps. There is no reason to doubt that a horse with ulcerated teeth suffers as intensely from toothache as a human subject." Irregular growth or fractures of the ^enamel on the outer edges make the teeth so rough as to in jure the inside ot the cheek, sometimes causing ulcers. In other cases some of the grinders grow more slowly than others and fail to meet those in the op posite jaw, causing what is called “quid ding,” or imperfect mastication of the food. The remedy is to file the teeth into the proper shape. Horse dentistry is now recognized as an important branch of veterinary practice —New York Wit ness. A YOUNG STUMP MACHINE. Take a pole six inches through at the butt and twenty feet long, of some strong wood, and put a stout chain around it two feet from the large end, . with a log-hitch.. This is the anchor to be made fast to a tree or a strong stake; if the latter, maul it in a little deeper after the chain is on so as to make it hug the ground. Now put a long chain on each side of the anchor-chain, also with log-hitches close to it for heavy pulling, and wider apart for lighter' work. You now have a good rig for pulling old fruit trees, etc. Extend the two chains opposite to the anchor and hitch to the tree you are to pull six feet or more from the ground. Take a crowbar, and putting one knee on the pole at the small end, pry the pole and yourself along until you have made a quarter-circle, slacking one chain and tightening the other. Have a boy stand on the polo and hold it with the bar, in default of a man with a second bar, while yon hook up the loose chain. Then pry the pole back again, and so on, cutting off some of the stiffest roots as they begin to show themselves. In this way you can get rid of old trees without leaving stumps; the only limit to your operations is the strength of the apparatus. Do not anchor to a valuable tree; tho chain will destroy the bark.— POINTS IN GROWING BROOM-CORN. The following points in broom-corn culture are given in the New York World : The land for broom-corn should be fertile and in good condition. A rich sandy loam not predisposed to weeds is excellent. Tho young plants are very tender and delicate, so that iveedy ground ought always to be avoided. As regards manure, about the same quantity should be applied as for a crop of Indian corn on the same ground. In planting the tall varieties the rows are usually three and a half feet apart, with the seed drilled two or three inches apart, or about a dozen seeds at intervals 15 inches apart, forming hills and culti vated only one way. Plenty of seed should always bo used, as allowance must be made for imperfect ones that fail to germinate from this cause and also from being covered too deep. The covering should bo very light, with not over an inch and a half of fino soil. When well up thin, out to five or six strong plants to the hill. Being of Southern origin tho seed should not be planted uutil tho soil ia thoroughly warmed, and a littlo later rathor than earlier than Indian corn. Clean cultivation is absolutely necessary for success. In no other hood crop in this more important. The young plants when they first show themselves are very small, and though they soon become strong and vigorous they aro weak at first, t e germ of the seed having only enough nutriment to enable tho young plant to get fairly above ground, when it has at oaco to form roots and provide for its own subsistence. Cultivation must therefore begin as soon as the plants are well up asd be continued so m to keep ahead of the weeds, oUnarwan the crop will bo a poor one. The most successful growers practice cutting as soon as the seed has fairly formed, when the brush will be of a better color than if left until the seed has matured. The old way, when the seed was allowed to become thoroughly npe, was to lop the brush from the top to prevent crookedness by the increased weight of the seed as it ripened. The most common practice now is to break two rows down towards each other so that the stalks of each row will cross those of the other at a convenient height for cutting off the brush, which will be projected out on each side, and which may be laid temporarily on the stalks from which it was taken. This is called “tabling” from the fact that ‘the stalks of the two rows thus bent over towards each other form a kind of platform or table on which the brush as it is cut tuajf be kept off tho ground. THE CULTURE OF FLAX. Replying to tho subscriber who asks the time of year to sow flax, and whether the ground should be heavily manured, and as to how hard it is on land and the soil best suited to its successful culture, the Farm, Field and Stockman answers: Flax thrives best in a cool climate, and a rich, moist soil. A clay loam, or rather light, rich soil is the best. There is no better crop with which to subdue new breaking, and a grass or clover sod suits it admirably. If sown on a heavy soil (old ground) manure heavily and plow under. Plow the land in spring and pulverizo well. Early sowing is ad visable; we would sow as soon after oats as the land could be prepared. If you grow for the seed, thin sowing (half a bushel to three pecks to the acre) is the best, as the plants will be more branch ing and produce more seed. If you raise for the fiber a bushel of more will be the best. Flax is usu ally considered as exhaustive to the soil, but as one of a rotation and where ma nure i# used judiciously, it makes a very paying crop, and need not deplete the land. It is a crop easily harvested; that is, its harvesting is attended with little expense. This makes a temptation to some farmers to flax their farms till they flax them out and then claim flax is hard on land. Any crop is hard on land that is raised continuously on the same field, with no manure. Rightly managed flax is a good crop for one in the rotation of the general farmer. Tho seed always finds ready sale for cash and generally at a fair price. In harvesting use a self-rake machine, and after the gavels have dried a few days, load with a barley or other broa d fork. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. A horse with a dishing face is gener ally cowardly, and a cowardly brute i# usually vicious. It is a safe plan for the farmer to carry his hogs in such condition on clover, that they may be put on the market any time. While it is a good plan to handle the colts from the start, there is nothing gained by putting them to work too soon. v A handful of linseed meal fed to horses two or three times a week, is recommended to regulate tho system and promote health. If milk is set in cans in cold water tho cans should be put into the water as soon as possible after the milk is drawn from the cow. By experiments it has been found that clover fed with corn makes a gain of thirty to forty per cent, greater than a corn ration alone. Farmers in the United States who wish to bread and bring out good sad dle horses should ride daily, or have sons who can constantly ride. In workiug butter with a ladle, do it with a straight downward pressure. Tho slightest drawing motion will make the butter salvy and spoil the grain. Anything which worries, frets or tor ments a cow, or renders her uneasy or uncomfortable, will certainly lessen tho quantity and affect tho composition of her milk. The Wyandotte is a quiet, docilo bird, and a good winter layer. They arc not quite as easily raised as tho Plymouth Rocks, but this may be over come in timo. Standard orchard trees as sent from the nursery, vary from fivo to seven feet in height, with naked stems or trunks, and a number of branches at the top forming a head. The branches should be all cut back to within three or four buds of their base. Marigold. If I wore a rose car a lily, Or even a modest pink, I’d so fear to be sold," Said the marigold; “I should never sleep a wfnk." “You’re safe enough,” laughed th* lQy| “Indeed she is,” chimed the rose: “So rest quite at your ease; Just sleep all you please; We’ll save you from passing foes.* Then pansies and pinks and rosea J Indulged in a gentle sneeze, l-> And to keep from laughing; While Lily was chaffing, 4 Bowed low to a gentle breeze. V** Then up came the head of a violet; Down from her eyes rolled a tear, Tho’ she spoke overtold, “Cheer up marigold, Your fears are but idle, my dear.* The marigold looked at the lily, The pansy looked at the rose, As the old gardener gray Came to put them away On a basket of moss to reposa. “We aro going away,” sighed the lily; Said the pink, “I wonder where? Do you think it will be The great world to see; Oh; shall we be happy there?’ Where each one went in her beauty. I’m sure I could never tell, But our plain marigold, Although she was sold, Charmed all in a wedding bell. Mrs. Alice Webster in Free Press. HUMOROUS. Hair may bo plaited and yet be golden. A cat with its fur ruffled doesn’t feel fur-straight. Song of the drygoods clerk: “Swing ing in delaine. ” Fall fashions can never be popular with an aeronaut. Harry—I always pay as I go. Larry —-Yes, but you don’t go. Why is it anger fills our hearts? Why are we like to “bust” With rage? Because the watering carts Don’t lay the dust. Carl—So the duel did not come off? Fritz—No; the principals both apolo gized to each other, and thrashed their leconds. Bradley—“Hullo, Biggarsl Hard at work, I see. Say, Biggars, I hoard a good joke on you awhile ago. It was about you and—” Biggars—“S-shl My wife is in the back office. ” Spectator (to defendant)—“Well, 1 guess the jury will find for you. Tho judge’s charge was certainly very much in your favor. Don’t you think so!” Defendant (moodily) — “Oh, I knew all along that the judge’s charge would be all right. It’s the lawyer’s charge that’s worry in’ me.” At a village school, not many miles from Canterbury, a precocious boy being asked to parse the sentence, “Mary, milk the cow,” went on accurately till he came to the last word, when he said “Cow is a pronoun, feminine gender, . third person singular, and stands for Mary.” “Stands for Mary?” asks the master in astonishment. “Yes, sir,” responded the urchin with a grin, “for if the cow didn’t stand for Mary, how could Mary milk the cow?” Educational Shower Baths. A member of tho board of education of Milwaukee, Wis., is trying to intro duce shower baths into the curriculum of the public schools of that city. He has a high respect for clear lake water as an educational factor. Ho thinks that a pupil should be supplied with a clean cuticle before any attempt is made to rub up his intellect. While he would not make the shower baths compulsory he would try to make them popular with the ambitious youth of Milwaukee, ne believes that they would do much to transform that city of well-scrubbed school children into a flowery field of intellectual promise. This able apostle of cleanliness draws his conclusions mainly from the success of an experiment made in washing tho pupils of tho schools in the German city of Goettingen. There the educational shower bath has proved a great success, banishing grime and replacing indolence in many small and untidy bodies with a generous supply of vim. Consequently he is desirous of inoculating the systems of small Milwaukeeans with the potent shower bath. If the Chicago board of education does not take kindly to this Goettingen Millwaukee idea it will bo about the first matter of the sort which that board has not snapped up hungrily. Music and gymnastics and clay modeling and German and what not are already on the list. Why not add shower baths.— Chicago News.
