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MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
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VFPOINTMINT1, DECISIONS, AND OTHEH MATTERS
OK INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Secretary Tracy, Friday, formally ac
cepted the cruiser Charleston.
awarded Seeretasy Tracy Wednesday afternoon
of the toe contract for building two
2,000-ton cruisers, the proposals
for which were opened on last Saturday,
to the Columbian Iron Work9 and Dry
Dock company, of Baltimore, for the
sum of $1,225,000. The contract for the
third one will be awarded to either Har
rison Loring, of Boston, or N. F. Pal
mer – Co., of New York, each of whom
bid $074,000.
The collector of customs at Norfolk,
Va., has asked the treasury department
for instructions in regard to the practice
of Liverpool cotton merchants of send
ing men under contract from that city to
Norfolk for the purpose of buying and
grading cotton lor the English trade,
t he immigrant inspector for the state of
Virginia reported the matter to the col
lector as a violation of alien contract la
bor, and the collector wants to know
what he can do about it. Treasury offi
cials are divided in opinion in the mat
ter, and it will probably be referred to
the solicitor for settlement.
The following dispatch was seat from
the executive mansion, on Saturday af
ternoon, to Governors Melletta and Miller,
of North and South Dakota, Bismark,
North Dakota: “The last act iu the
admission of the two Dakotas as states
in the union was concluded this after
noon at the executive mansion by the
president signing at that moment the
proclamation required by law for the ad
mi-sion of the states. The article on
prohibition, submitted separately in each
state, was adopted in both. This is the
first instance in the history of the nation
al government that two states North
and South Dakota, entered the union at
the same moment.”
The government directors of the Union
Pacific railroad have reported to the sec
retary of the interior that in their judg
ment the interests of the United States
demand early action by congress to se
debtedness cure payment by the company of its in
to the government. The gen
eral plan of settlement first suggested by
the commissioners of railroads, they as
sert, has never been successfully attacked
They express their firm conviction that
the interests of t ie United States de
mand the passage of a bill substantially
like that pending when the last congress
adjourned. The report is signed by
George E. Leighton, John T. Plummer,
Jesse Spalding, Rufus B. Bullock and
James W. Savage.
1 he Washington Star Wednesday says
that the civil#service commission have
decided to ask the district attorney to
prosecute all persons concerned in the
].reparation and distribution of the polit
ical assessment circular recently sent by
the old dominion republican league to
Virginians in the government service.
Those persons uot employes of the gov
ernment will be prosecuted under section
12 of the service, which provides that nc
person shall in any government building
solicit or receive contributions for any
political purpose. The commission
holds that a person not connected with
the government may ask for and receive
money from government employes for a
political purpose anywhere except in a
government building, but that where the
occurence takes place on government
property, or where letters are sent to a
government liable building, those concerned
are to prosecution.
The order of Postmaster-General
Wanannker, dated Wednesday, wat
promulgated Thursday, fixing the rates
fur tbe government telegraphic service
during the current fiscal year. The
basis tor day service is ten cents for ten
words, and a half cent for each addi
tional word for distances under 400
miles, with a sliding scale of increase for
distances greater than 400 miles. For
night messages not exceeding twenty
w'ords, fifteen cents for all distances, and
one-half cent for each additional word.
The date, address and signature are ex
cluded from count both day and night.
charged Signal service cypher messages are to be
at two and a half cents per
word. With reference to the above or
der, President Green, of the Western
Union telegraph, says: “The rate fixed
by the postmaster-general is undoubtedly
below cost, but I am not prepared to say
what the attitude of the company will be
till after the matter has had the consid
eration of the executive committee. The
reduction averages about thirty-three
per cent, from the old rate, which was
uot a remunarative one.”
The director of the mint ha9 submit
ted to the secretary of the treasury his
annual report. He says the value of
gold deposited consisted was $48,90 n .71‘^ of which
$31,440,778 of llie product of
mines of the United States, a falling off
in gold product compared of about one million
dollais, as with the previous
fiscal year. Silver received aggregated
$35,627,273 standard ounces f«r coining
value ol $41,457,190. Of silver received,
$32,895,985 standard ounces of counting
value of $8,278,964 was classified as of
domestic production. Profit on the
coinage of silver dollars during
the year was $9,370,062 and on
subsidary silver coins, $32,987; total
coinage of silver dollars under the Bland
act to November, 1889, was $343,638,
001. and total profit on silver coinage to
July deducting 1, 1889, $59,378,254; net profit af
ter expenses for distribution
and wastage for eleven years ended June
30. recommends 1880, was $56,349,737. The direc
tor wards discontinuance legislation looking to
a of coinage of $3
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
and $4 gold pieces and the three-cent
nickel piecis and withdrawal from circu
lation of pieces of those denominations
now outstanding.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
R10 US POINTS IN THE S 0 U Til.
A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING) ON OF
IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The Oxford, Ga., .
Few society, at ce e
brated its fiftieth anniversary Wednes ay.
The anniversarian was Mr. Or. 1>. Dor
ough, of Wetumpka, Ala.
The Anniston, Ala., News says that
“they have organized a ‘Sand Trust’ in
Birmiugham. The combine has raised
the price of sand from 80 cents to $1.25
per yard.”
Fire broke out Sunday morning in the
Schofield building, adjoining Rollings
worth block, d’est.oyed on Poplar street, Macon,
Ga, and nearly $100,000
worth of property.
A receiver was appointed, on Friday,
for the firm of Klinck, Vickenburg –
Co., for the last half century engaged in
the grocery business in Charleston, S. C.
Liabilities are about $70,000, and assets
nominally lan>e
* Ke y W«t T ci.U 0 tbe^ K,
. ol Jacksonville, Fla. DelPrao p
i»n says:
tagooe tobacco^.’. %
qmntily of con,.,me*
hre Sunday morning.
It was reported Saturday that Mrs.
Longstrect, wife of Gen. James Long
street, was dying at Gainesville, Ga.
The announcement w T ill cast a gloom
over the many ardent admirers, both
north and South, of her illustrious hus
band.
Billy Ryan, lessee and manager of the
Casino variety theatre, at Birmingham,
Ala., left the city Saturday night foi
unpaid paits unknown, leaving about $2,000 of
debts. Several members of his
company are left without a dollar and
several week’s salary due them.
The state association of confederate
veterans of Alabama was perfected at
Birmingham onWednesday.General E.W.
Puttus, of Selma, was elected president,
with a vice-president from each coDgrcs
sional district. One object of the asso
ciation is to build a confederate home in
Alabama.
.
A. Hirsh – Co., the largest dry goods
and milinery house in Birmingham, Ala.,
was closed on Saturday by the sheriff on
attachments aggregating $43,000. About
$20,000 of the attachments are in favor
of clerks in the store and relatives of the
firm. The Alabama National bank at
tachcd Si!) ’ 000 "
A , passenger tram , . bound , - east , and . a
freight train going west on the Norfolk
Va., anil both trains were wrecked. It is
reported that the firemen and engineers
of both trains were killed. One passen
ger was also killed and many hurt.
Thomas G. Buchanan, a merchant of
Huntsville, Ala., was closed Wednesday
by attachment, as follows: Fechheimer
– Co., of Cincinnati, $2,500; Phil J. C.
Cudder, of Shelbyville, Tenn., $8,054;
Nashional Bank of Shelbyville, $14,250,
and Miss Jennie White, of Huntsville for
$2,500. It is said other attachments
will foliow.
News comes from Spartanburg, one of
the best cotton-growing counties of North
Carolina, of a new cotton plant, which,
if it is as claimed, will make a wonderful
revolution in the agricultural and cotton
oil interests of the nation. T. Ferguson,
an experienced cotton planter, claims to
have a cotton plant wdiich will produce
nothing but cotton seed without the lint.
The Soque Woolen mills at Clarksville,
Ga., which are in the hands of a receiver,
and which will eventually be sold, began
operation Wednesday, to be run by
one of the creditors,for one month, under
a grant from the judge of the superior
court. The object is to get the property
cleaned up and the machinery clean, so
that the bidders may see just what they
have.
The superior court of Richmond
county, Ga., has decided against a num
her of prominent . citizens . . who, twenty
years ago, subsenbed to the capital stock
of tbe National Express and Transporta
tion company. A test cafe was made on
AY ednesday in case ofWilliam II. Howard,
a prominent and wealthy cotton factor,
and a verdict rendered against him
1 his virtually carries the other cases with
it. The verdict is regarded as a great
lnirdship, although in accordance wUh
court decisions in these cases in all states
1 torn Maine to lexas.
BURNING WIRES.
AN EXHIBITION OF THE POWER OF THE
ELECTRIC CURRENT.
A frightful exhibition of the power of
the electric current of the street railway
circuit was given at Cincinnati on Satur
day along the line of the Mount Auburn
Street railroad, Their guard wire,
which hangs above the conducting wire
to protect other wires from coming in
contact with the electric current, broke,
and as it formed a circuit when resting
on the charged wire witli one end on
the street the current passed through it.
The result was terrifying. The wire be
came white with heat and sparkled and
llamed with the blue and white flashes
reigned of an overcharged conductor. Confusion
on the streets. The burning
wire consumed and fell in pieces. Men
ran and women shrieked. Horses were
frightened and rushed away from the
dreadful light. Wagons and street cars
collided, but fortunately the falling wire
nowhere touched any human being aud
no casualties followed.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
A STORY DETAILING THE MANNER IN
WHICH DR. CRONIN WAS KILLKD.
A special dispatch from Winnipeg,
Canada, Saturday morning, says: ‘‘As
sistant State’s Attorney Baker, of Chi
cago, had a long interview with Bob
Heffer. and from him receive ! a detailed
account of the butchery of Cronin.
Burke took a qu'et fancy to Heffer, and
was very communicative with him, tel.ing
him many details about the crime. He
told Heffer that Coughlin was the main
aC { 0r j u tragedy and had engaged
tioth him and Cooney to participate in
^ cr j me He told Heffer that sand
bags were used by two of the assassins
w hile the third wielded a common base
bull that he was under the
8 j on that Cronin was being decoyed to
the cottage under th" pretext that he was
going to attend a sick woman, who was
represented to be at (he point of death.
Four men were waiting in the cottage
for him. They listened for the sound of
wheels. At lust the carriage drove up,
and. an instant laler the doctor hurried
»P the steps and knocked loudly and
hastily as if he realized that his presence
v r as urgently required. Two of the as
sassins stood behind the door ready to
strike, while one of the others from the
inner room called out in a loud voice,
J
“ ,hc d 7’ r oth e rstruck
, „ ,
fl 0 S r .” Burke always declined to say
w fi 0 struck the first blow', and this fact,
Baker thinks, makes it quite clear that it
was g ul i ie himself, else he would have
mentioned the name. He always spoke
a bout the four taking part in the crime
an( j pounding the doctor at the same
time. The moment the doctor was
dowD, the whole four rushed cn him,
and with sand bags and clubs pounded
the life out of him. The poor man
struggled, and moaned awfully. Blood
poured from his mouth, nose and eyes.
Nearly twenty minutes elapsed before he
ceased to gasp. Then the fiends stripped
the blood-stained clothing off of him and
one of them pounded his face so as to
make it impossible to recognize the body.
Coughlin then hauled the trunk over and
the body w r as crammed into it. One of
the quartette went out and brought an
express wagon which had been left in a
convenient place. When they went to
carry the trunk out blood was dripping
frcuR it and ran on the floor, and the
t rut| k was set dowD and these leaks
stopped wuth cotton batting, which was
I° un( I the doctor’s instrument case.
^he trun ^ anc ^ Hs contents were then
* a ken to the lake, Coughlin driving the
horse. There was a boat at the point
^ expected, [ and they \ tried to shove the
ou int0 tl J vat but it woul(1
t work An us t0 t ri(i of th(J
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NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
PRESIDENT HARRISON ISSUES HIS THANKS
GIVING PROCLAMATION.
The following proclamation setting
apart Thursday, November 28th as a day oi
national thanksgiving was issued by
President Harrison on Friday, By
the president of tbe United States.—A
proclamation. A highly favored people,
mindful of their dependence on the boun
ty of Divine Providence, should seek a
fitting occasion to testify gratitude and
ascribe praise to Him who is the author
of their many blessings. It behooves us,
then, to look back with thankful hearts
over the past year and bless God for his
infinite meicy in vouchsafing to our land
enduring peace; to our people freedom
from pestilence and famine; to our
husbandmen abundant harvests, and to
them that labor recompense of their toil.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United States of Ameri
ca, do earnestly recommend that Thurs
day, |he twenty-eighth day of this pres
ent monih of November, be set apart as
a day of national thanksgiving ami
prayer, and that the people of our coun
their try, ceasing from the cares and labors of
their working day, shall assemble in
give respective places of worship and
thanks to God, who has prospered
U s on our way and fttade our paths the
paths of peace, beseching him to bless
the day to our present and future good,
making it truly one of thanksgiving al for
each reunited home circle as well for
the nation at large. In witness whereof,
i have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be af
fixed. Done at the city of Washington
this of our first f day rd eighteen of November, hundred in the°yeG
0 and eighty
nine, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and four
leeuth. Benjamin Harrison.”
A BIG KICK.
THE ROCK ISLAND,BURLINGTON – ST. PAUL
ROADS WITHDRAW FROM ASSOCIATION.
The Inter-State Commerce Railwaj
association, at Chicago, is practical!}
dead. The Rock Island, Burlington and
St. Paul roads take the ground that the
agreement has been violated by the traf
fic arrangements of the Union Pacific and
Northwestern,and that they will considei
the agreement annulled. No formal no
tice is to be given of their intention to
withdraw, but they will no longer be
bound by tbe rules of the association. A
special meeting of the western and north
western divisions of the Western Freight
association was held Tucs lay to consider
propositions for the restoration of rates
between the seaboard and St. Paul An
agreement whole could not be reached nr' 1 con" t.u
matter was tabled for lurthe”
sideration at the regular meeting ia No
vember. °
SCHLEY COUNTY.
Schley County is composed 0 f eritoty
off from Sumter, cut
Marion and Mat oa counties,
It was organize! in 1850, and nam. d f
r one of
the old Colonial Gove, norsof G
Schley. 1 ; Gov.
ernor
Its location is Southwest-Central. Area
miles. lto
square General features, hilly inter.
spersed with level plateax. The soil is
fertile all the very
over 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.
toes, piimkios, 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, cu
cumbers, squashes, tomatoes, turnips and oth
er field, orchard and garden products, grow
here to perfection. 1
The fence corners, waste places in old field
arid forest, abound in all kinds of wild fruit,
such as blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries
whortleberries. May haws, black haws, plums,
cherries, crab applos, persimmons, fox grapes,
Winter grapes, muscadines, ehinquepins,
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 hero, 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
attent'on is given to poultry raising, yet tbe
people have all the 7 want for home use and
one man with ahorse and wagon keeps busy
the year round hauling chickens and eggs freftn
Schley county to Americus.
The health of the county is excellent, the av
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 amP write is seldom,
if ever met. with, and of the negro race most
of them since freedom can read and write.
CENTRA L --:--H0TEL *
Under New Management.
The Central Hotel, 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 ail
that couid be desired. This hotel is centrally
located, large rooms, well ventilated and fur
nished in modern 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
BAEBER
Shop cast side court honse square. Haircut
20 cents. Shave 10cents. Shampoo 25 cents.Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
■will karris
min 11 SHOE-SUM
Repairing done with neatness and dis
patch.
Prompt attention given to all orders.
Shop Southeast corner of public square.
Ellaville Ga.
A GEN TS W ANTED
TO SELL AN EN
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The most wonderin' collection o. practica
real value ural every-day use lor the poopl- ev
er publl he . on the glode. A marvel of money
Having nrd money eiirninn forevery one owing
it, Thoutands of beautiful, helpful engravings
showing just how to do everything. Noeompe
tition; nothing like it in the universe, When
you 8 clecttlmt which is of true value sales ar®
sure. All sincerely desiring paying employment
and looking for something thoroughly first-fin*®
at ancxtriordinary low price, should wr tc for
description and terms on the most remarkable
achievement in hook making sinco the world
begun.
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