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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
GENERAL NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND hXCITINO EVENTS.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKE 1,
FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST.
The steamer Baltimore, which went
a i hire near Cape Henry Wednesday
nig it, was floated Friday night.
A dispatch from Fergus Falls, Minn.,
says that tne ground was covered with
snow Monday morning at that place.
The factory of the Peerless Plush com
pany, at Patterson, N. J., was totally
destroyod by fire Friday. Loss, $65,000.
The large flouring mill Of the L. C.
Porter milling company, at Winona,
Minn., burned Wednesday. Loss esti
mate ^ $150,000.
Cholera is still raging in the vail ys of
the Tigris and Euphrates. During the
last three monihs there have been 7,000
deaths from the disease,
While addressing an audience at Music
Hall, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Fiiday night,
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, on account of
a failure of strengih, broke completely
down.
The National Carbon works at Cleve
land, O., were dam iged by fire Sunday
to an extent between $30,000 and $40,
000; fully insured. 1 his is the largest
carbon plant iu the world.
Fire in Port Letdon, N. Y r ., Friday
morning, de-troyed the Douglass opera
hou-e and a number of business houses
and private residences, causing a loss of
over $100,000. All the town records
w'ere burned.
Snow is reported from Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and various points in tue
inteiior of New York and Pennsylvania.
A lew' fl .kes fell in Washington also,
mingled with rain, which prevailed all
Wedni sday.
Minn., The Chippewacommioners, arrived Saturday from at Duluth,
the Grand
Bortage reservation, adult where they received
every male Indian’s signature to
the agreement for the taking up land in
severalty, aud selling what lemained.
A fire at Port Clinton. O., on Friday,
destroyed the planing mill and lumber
yard of August Spies – Co., an elevator
filled with grain, and a coal warehouse
owned iy L Couch ifc Co., together with
two Loss dwellings, railroad cars, docks, etc.
$100,0 .0.
I he switchmen’s strike in the Louis
ville and Nashville yards at Evansvi le,
Ind., is practically at an end. New
switchmen a*-e arriving on every incom
ing train, and some of the old ones have
applied fur their pLces, and will doubt
less go to work at once.
The steamer Quinte, of the Deseronto
Navigation company, at Deseronto,Out.,
was burned ou Friday. Four persons
were lost. The boat had a light load of
freight and expies* matter, principally
lumber, all of wnich was destroyed. lUt. She
also carried m ils, which were
Great enthusiasm prevailed at the pe
troleum exchange at Pittsburg, Pa., on
Saturday. On that dav oil reached the
highest price sii.ee July 10,1885. The
high st reached was $L07f; the lowist
this year was on January 27, when it
was 71J, so the range of the year was
30i, a fine chance for profit.
'ihe ciuisers Chicago, Boston, Atlanta
and Yorktown will sail for Europe about
the lOtu of Novtmber, and after a trip
through to the Mediterranean sea and
visiting all European capitals which can
he reached by water, will return to the
United States in the spring, and then
make a trip in South American and Cen
tral Am> rican waters.
James J. West,ex-editorof the Chicago
Times, gave bond in the sum of $2,500
to answer lor his appearance whenever
the Siate chooses to put him on trial on
the charge of ls-uing stock of the 'Times
Company indicted. with fradulent intent, for which
he was Charles E. Graham,
former secritary of the Company, was
also indicted with West.
The squiw men on the reservation
have settled on all the lands for miles
abou’ Fort Pierre, S. D., and intending
settlers are greatly excited, claiming th- t
the government has decided that the
squaw men are no better than other
whites. Serious trouble is feared, as the
w'hite settlers are organizing and threat
en to go upon the reservation aud eject
the squaw mtu.
In an address Monday before the Boys’
and Girls’ National Home association, in
session Hogeland, at Washington, 1). C., Alexander
president of the association,
stated that th'-re were $60,000 boy
tramps in the United Slates, Fie advo
cated the establishment of a registration
system by which boy tramps might be
found and hired to farmers willing to
employ them.
A meeting was held at Philadelphia on
Wednesday of representatives of a num
ber of bar iron manufacturing establish
ments of Pennsylvania and vicinity to
consult concerning the condition of trade.
All stated that business was in good con
j dition and that the demand for iron was
good and that iheir best quotation for
| jar8 j„ car-load lots at Philadelphia 1 was
one and 1 nine-tenths , ., cents , per pound; ,
base, net cash.
' The American pi: n for changing the constitution
of the cotton st cd trust and
merging it made into a new incorporated com
pany, was public, at New- York, on
Fiiday. Uuder its provisions, the new
company will issue $21,000,000 of stock
and $11,000,000 in bonds. Tue present
holders will receive twenty-five per cent,
of the face of their certificates in new
bonds, and fifty per cent, in mw
stock. All property of the present trust
will be transferred to the new company.
A dispatch on Saturday from Farii
bault, Minn., says: Reports from all
over this country of a terrible drought
are pouring in, and unless plenty of rain
comes bef' re winter sets in, the effect
will be terrible.* A great many wells are
now dry. Many farmers in this vicinity
h»v» to haul water six miles for watering
cattle and for household use. There is
fear that the Faribault waterworks wells
will give out. which will leave the city
in a helpless condition.
A north bound freight on the Lake
Erie and Western rail toad was wrecked
at Kokoma, Ind., Friday morning.
Twelve oil tanks exploded in quick suc
cession, settiug tire to ih< («>x cars at
tached. Two cars of merchandise and
four of coal were consumed. Engineer
Mehl, Fireman Edward Murkett, and
Head Brakeman John Sherman were
thrown between the cars and burned.
The accident, w is the work of wieckers,
thisbeing the third attempt.
A dispatch from F argo, N. D., says:
“A second attempt to rob the post
office was made Friday morning, the re
bu tof which is that Harry Melton, night
cletk, has a hijllet in his right arm. Mel
ton says he was awakened at m dnight
I y the growling of a dog, and lound a
robber in the office. He fired four shots
at the m ,n as he was escaping through
the window, and was himseif shot in the
arm. Meitou’s story is gin.-rally dis
believed.
At Irwin, Pa., Thomas and James
Thompson, Robert Robinson, Samuel
Hemming and Benjamin Stubbs weie
sitting under a car playing cards Sunday
evening, when the shift* r pu-hed the
car-, back ou the siding, moving the car
they were uuder, and instantly killing
Robinson, Hemming and Thomas
Thompson. James '1 hompson had bis
back broken aud died while being re
moved to his home. Stubbs escaped
with slight injuries.
AN UNPRECEDENTED CASE.
THK SUPREME COURT OP TENNESSEE
STARTS A NEW' ORDER OF THINGS.
The supreme court, at Knoxville,
Tenn., on Saturday, decided a case un
precedented in the h'story of Tennessee.
L-ist January, Henry Sutton,ii prominent
stock buyer, was fired upon by men in
ambush and killed. Su.-picion pointed
to five men, Ji hn (or Big John) Ander
son. John, Elisha and Clinton Bernard.
They were all closely rel .ted to each
other, and a family feud had long been
raging between them and the Suttons.
The Bernards were arrested and tiied on
the same indictment, convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged, An appeal was
taken to the supreme court, and that
body confirmed ihe sentence of the lower
court. 'Jheywillbe hanged on Decem
ber 28. It is a remarkable case in several
particular^, and the first on record where
five men were tried for murder on the
same indictment and convicted. At the
same term of ihe lower court six men
were sentencid to be hanged, and several
sent to the peniten lary for long terms
for homicide. The fiisi sentence to hang
ever given in the county, was given at
that term. Hancock county, which ad
joins Kentucky,has been Ion’ kno“n for
bloody feuds and fatal shooting affrays,
hut the decision, on Saturday, it is
thought, wib start a new order of things
in the mountains.
TWO MORE VICTIMS
OF RUBE BURROWS, THE NOTED OUTLAW
AND MURDi.RER.
A special dispatch on Saturday from
Birmingham, Aisays: Rube Burrows,
the noted Alabama tram robber, mur
derer and outlaw, has ag in defeated a
sheriff’s posse aud added two men to hL
long list of victims. Late Friday even
ing Burrows aiiu one member of his
gang, supposed to have been Ben
Thornton, were surrounded ntar Brooks
viile, Blount county, Aia., by Sheiill
Morris and a posse of forty men. 'lho
outlaw’s opened tire, and at the first vol
ley D' puty Shtnff-i Anderson aud Penn
Woouward lell dead, the formei shot
through the head and the latter through
the breast, The officers returned the
tiie, an i over one hundred shots weie
exchanged. The posse were armed ou y
with shotguns anil pistols, and as tli< y
were two hundred yar is from the out
law's, they were at great disadvantage, as
ihe latter were armed with repeating ri
fles of large calmre. James llerrou, o,
i ho posse, was dangerously wounded
and five other-, whose names could not
be learned, received Slight wounds. The
outlaw's fired only at one point in the
surrounding line, and cutting a gap in it
they made a uash for iibeity and es
caped, no pursuit being made by the
posse, who remained to care for theii
dead and wounded.
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE
IN SELMA, ALA.
A fire broke out iu Leopold Brothers’
dry goods establishment on Broad street,
in the center of the business portion of
Selma, Ala., on Sunday morning about
2 o’clock. The people were all asleep,
and the fire had gained considerable
m ad iay before it was discovered. A
brisk wind was blowing and the flames
spread while with great rapidity. In a short
the entire block was in flames. In
two hours an whole block of buildings
was consumed. Nothing was t-aved.
The destruction was complete. The loss
will foot up about $200,0U0, distributed
as follows: Gill’s hotel, $50,000, owned
by Mr. W. B Gill, no insurance; Leo
pold Brothers’stock and bu lding, $100,
000; Rockway – Oo., $20,000; Selma
Fraternal lodge, $5,0u0; Fitzpatrick
Bank saloon, $14,000; Rothschild – Oo.,
confectionery, $10,000. There is insur
ance on all buildings and stock except
Gills’ hotel.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
R10US POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CONpENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OF
IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
A terrific storm of rain, snow, hail
and sleet prevailed at Harrisonburg, Va.,
hurricane. Wednesday. Th • wind blew a perlect
Infom at on was received at Rich
mond, Va., Friday night that democratic
judges had been arrested in Charlotte
county the charged with committing fraud
at late presidential election,
The letter carriers of Charleston. S. C-,
in response to a suggestion from the Ul
ter carriers of New York, met on
each Wednesday, and contributed two dollars
to the fund for a monument of the
late Samuel S. Cox.
Switchmen on roads entering Memphis,
Tenn., on Frid iy petitioned the several
superintendents fur an iticreifee of wages
from $2.15 and $2.25 per day to $2 50.
A general strike is threatened if their de
mands are not conceded to.
Five thousand cigai makers are still on
strike at Key West, F a. Many Cuban op
eratives who wish'd to return to Havana,
petitioned the Spanish con-ul to send
them home. A Cuban gunboat is on its
way to ICy West for that purpose.
Mrs. Robert Brown, of Wilmington,
N. C., celebrated the one hundred and
fir-t anniversary of her bit th. Friday.
She nas indisputable record ev dence that
she was born in Charleston, S. C., Octo
ber 25th, 1788.
The Southern exposition opens in
Montgomery, Aia., on November 5th.
lhe managemeui received a letter Wed
nesday mo.mng from Pres dent Harrison
stating that he would stari ihe much uery
through the medium of telegraph wites
on that day.'
At New Orleans a fire broke out Bun
daf morning in the cargo of cotton in
the lorw'aid hatch of the British steamer
Tiinacria, loading for Havre. 'Ihe lu
nacria belonged to the Anchor line. She
had 2,200 bales aboard. The loss is
$ 10 , 000 .
A. A. Wood’s cigar box factory, the
sawmill of the Tampa Lumber company
and the machine aud car shops of the
Tampa Railway company, at Tampa,
Fla., wire destroyed Friday. The Tam
pa Lumbir company lose $5,000, cigar
box factory $5.0d0 and tiie Street Rail
way company $2,550.
Memorial services were held in the
Centiuary M E. church at Charleston,
S. U , in honor of the late Mrs. R. B.
Hayes, who was prominent in establish
ing the woman’s mission among colored
women in the south. The m.-sions of
a.l the other M. E. churcues joined in
the services.
At a meeting of the board of visitors
of the Confederate- Soldier’ home, in
R chmond, Va., on Wednesday, the res
ignation of Governor Lee, as pitsi .eut,
was tendered and accep ed. r l he gover
m r resigns on account of the approach
ing expiration ol his term of office, when
he contemplates moving from tne city.
A dispatch on Friday, fiom Nashville,
Tenn., says: The Southern Iron companv
has just added another va uable furnace
property, (the Dr„uiilard lion company)
to its pos-ession. The propel ty com
prises 17,(00 acres of mineral and timber
lauds, ly ng between the Cumbeiland
river and Dickson, on the Nashville –
Chattanooga road. The aim uat paid
was $140,000 cash.
Edwin D. Mathews, clerk for C. W.
Oliver, tax collector for Pike county,
Ga., was called by some one to his stole
Friday night. He opened the store,
struck a match and lit a lamp, when two
men assaulted him and robbed him of
seventeen hundred and forty dollars tax
m ney be onging to the county. Ma
thews was severely handled ay the rob
bers, and was painfully wounded.
A CHURCH MELEE.
A PRIEST EXPELLED FOR INSUBORDINA
TION—A LIVELY FIGHT.
About three months ago, Bishop
O’Hara, of Scranton, Pa., severely re
buked Father Warnegarv, pastor of the
Polish Catholic church at Plymouth,and
afterwards expelled him from the priest
hood for unbecoming conduct. The
congregation was divided into two fac
tions, and one of these insisted upon his
making disposition of the church and its
property. On Tuesday he sent for Rev.
Fattier Mack and deputized him to act
in his name. The police w'ere called up
on to interfere in case of trouble and a
call was made at the parsonage. Upon
admission being refused,the officers were
ordered to forcib y enter the building,
and a moment later they battered down
the doors and arrested six of the inmates.
A fierce fight ensued while the prisoners
were being removed, and in the struggle
Chief of Police Michael Melvin had his
leg broken and back injured. A number
of the prisoners were hurt in the melee,
but none fatally injured.
DEVASTATING FLOODS.
a rey i ew of the calamities caused
by floods in Japan duriug the year 1880,
the Japan Mail says: “Incomplete re
turns show that twelve prefectures have
been devastated, 2,410 po >ple killed,
155 wounded and over 90,000 people do
prived of moans of subsistence. More
thaa 50,000 houses have been swept
aws y have or submerged, 150,000 acres of
crops been destroyed, about 6,000
bridges have been washed away and
sorae hundred miles of road have been
broken up.”
SCHLEY COUNTY.
Schley County Is composed of <eri;ory cut
*8 from Sumter, Marion and Ma
of\ counties,
It WUB organized in 1856, and nuui d f
the i one of
old Colonial Gove, norsof '■ *rg Gov
r,
ernor Schley.
Its location is Southwest-Central. Area 180
square miles. General features, hilly, inter
spersed with level plateax. The soil is
fertile all very
over the county, but varies in color,
some places being red clay, some dark brown,
very sticky in wet weather, some pebbly and
some sandy, under-laid with clay subsoil.
Cotton, corn, sugar-cane, oats, peas, pota
toos, pumkins, melons, rice, wheat, rye, bar.
ly, peanuts and chufas; peaches, pears .prunes,
pomegranates, plums, apples, apricots, quin
ces, cherries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries,
raspberries, goose berries, beets, cabbage, eu
cumbers, squashes, tomatoes, turnips and oth
er field, orchard and garden products, grow
here to perfection.
The fence corners, waste places in old field
and forest, abound in all kinds of wild fruit,
such as blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries
whortleberries, May haws, black haws, plums,
cherries, crab apples,persimmons, fox grapes,
Winter grapes, muscadines, chinquepins,
hickory nuts and chestnuts.
Besides the native crab, crowfoot and other
grasses, many of the best varieties of import
ed grasses do well here, especially Barmuda,
herds, blue and orchard grass.
The no fence law prevails in the county, yet
stock raising is rapidly becoming one of the
leading industries of the county some of the
finest horses in the South are raised here, and
the rich golden butter and sweet country hams
that are daily brought to market by the far
mers of Schley, could not be beaten anywhere.
Cotton is the money crop of the county, but
happily the day has past and forevevr gone
when the people of Schley depended on other
sections for their meat and bread. Nearly ev
ery farmer in the county makes plenty of corn
and bacon for home consumptions and many
of them make a surplus to sell. No particular
attention is given to poultry raising, yet the
people have all the 7 want for homo use and
one man with a horse and wagon keeps busy
the year round hauling chiokensand eggs from
Sclilev county to Americus.
The health of the county is excellent, theav
erage elevation being near two thousand feet
above sea level and drainage is generally good
an epidemic of any diseases, was never known
here.
The farming people of Schley are inteligent
cultivated and refined as any agricultural peo
ple in the world. The county Is dotted with
school houses and churches, and a half grown
person who cannot read and write is seldom,
if ever met with, and of the negro race most
of them since freedom can read and write.
CENTRAL-:- II0 TEL.
Under New Management.
The Central Hot°l, at Columbus Ga., is
fast becoming; a great resort for
the t raveling public.
This hotel has been thoroughly renovated
inside and out and put in first-class order, and
the fare, as well as the accommodations, is all
that couid be desired. This hotel is centrally
located, large rooms, well ventilated and fur
nished in modem style. Polite and attentive
servants. The table supplied with all the del
icacies of the season, making it a most popu
lar resort for drummers and the traveling
public generally.
GEORGE W. DAVIS
BARBEE
Shop east side court honse square. Haircut
20 cents. Shave 10 cents. Shampoo 25 cents.Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
"W~ ILL FARMS
BOOT AID SHOE-MAKER
Repairing done with neatness and dis
patch.
Prompt attention given to all orders.
Shop Southeast corner of public square.
Ellaville Ga.
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