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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOLUME XVI.
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DENTIST.
McDonocgh Ga.
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commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
G*o W. Betas j W. T. Diokkn.
Hit VAX A. DIOHm
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
cf Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
JAS, If. TI KAIIK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, O'a.
Will practice hi the courXies composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court cf
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl6-ly
Jjt J. REAGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
*t Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
j F. WALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga .
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
givon to collections. octs-’79
A. RROWA,
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
A. PEEPLES, .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties’ composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, 0«t S, 1888
Jno. D. Stl.. art. j R.T. Daniel.
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Gkifkin, Ga.
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Atlanta, Ga,
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M. E GRAY, Sup't
‘ The Vast Benefits of the Eric Canal.
-Although on account of tho prac
tice of vessels going “ up ” light, only
about 30,299,006 tons of freight were
transported during the season of 1890,
i they were carried an average distance
;of five hundred and sixty-six miles;
so that, multiplying the tons carried
iby the distance in mile.:,we have more
than seventeen thousand million ton
miles,or a freight distribution equal
to almost one-fourth of the ton-mile
age of all our railroads. This lake
: freightage has been done at an aver
-1 age charge to shippers of 1.3 mills per
] ton-mile. The shipments by railroad
! on the contrary, are averaged by the
| Interstate Commerce Commission at
9.22 mills per ton-mile ; so that there
1 was a saving on eaciiton transported
by this water-road over the average
! charges by railroad, for an equal dis
i tance of $4.48,0r an aggregate saving
; to be divided between the producers
and consumers of this country, of
more than $135,800,000.
As the Government has appropri
ated not quite $30,000,000 for the im
provement of the Great Lakes, their
harbors, and the rivers that run into
them, the people of this country re
ceived through the cheapened dis
tribution made possible by this ex
penditure, in the single year of 1890,
four and a halftimes the total cost
of the improvements; or, to state the
advantages of this improved water
way in another wav, tho cost of lake
freight was six and one-half per cent
of the value of the goods transported;
whereas if they had been transported
at the average charge for railroad
freight, the cost would have been
fully forty-six per cent of their value.
This percentage would have obviously
taken so large a part of the value of a
considerable proportion of the goods
that the labor and proiits of their pro
duction and distribution must have
been lost to the community if depend
ence had been placed on railroads
alone. — Forum.
The First Y. M. C. A.
The first Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation was formed in London, England,
June 6, 1844, through the efforts of
George Williams. Sevon years after
ward, in December, 1851, tho first two
of these associations for America were
organized in Montreal, Canada, and Bos
ton, Mass. The growth was slow until
1866, when, at the Albany convention,
the lines of work wore extended and
broad measures adopted. In 1872 the
railroad department was organized; then
iu 1877 the college department; in 1883
gymnasiums were introduced, and in
1888 the foreign missionary movement
was begun. Tho Young Men s Christian
Association is now a well-organized,
powerful and extremely useful institu
tion. Reports ut this date show about
fifteen hundred associations, with numer
ous handsome buildings, costing nearly
$10,000,000 nnd annual expenditures for
religious uses ut least $2,000,000 The,
great work is extending steadily in all
tiie world, so that as Christianity ex
pands the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation moves along with it in special
work for young men. As the auxiliary
of all the evangelical churches, its value
cannot be overestimated.—[Atlanta Con
stitution.
The Fixed Star.
The distance to the nearest “fixed’’
star has been computed by the best
astronomers to bo about 20,000,000,000,-
000 miles, which, by putting it in another
way, would mean twenty million millions
of miles, a distance so vast that a trip to
our own sun seems but a pleasure trip
in comparison.
The next in distance is about four times
further away. If we atempt to fix an
average distance for the fixed stars we
cannot safely place them nearer than
4,000,000,000,000.000 of mi'es away.
And what does this involve? light,
which reaches us from the sun in eight
and one half (8 1-2) minutes, would take
S ivcnty years in making a journey be
tween the average fixed star ami our
little world, says the Philadelphia Press.
If the volume of space included within
our solar system were occupied by one
huge globe 5,000,000 miles in diameter,
even such a mighty mass would be but
;.s a feather in the marvellous spread of
“pace surround ng it.
The sea of space could contain 2. 700,-
000,000,000,000 of such globes, each
! swinging at a distance approximating
i 5(10.000 miles apart!
llow can the human mind be expected
to comprehend such immensity?
An Indian who was killed recently at
Camp Independence, Inyo County, Cal.,
was a Piute ‘medicine man" known at
Charley. The manner of his taking ofl
was having his throat cut from ear to
;ar, and his head smashed with a stone.
The deed was done by two of his fellow
i aucks in accordance with the Piute law,
| which says the doctor who loses three
! patients must die. These ludian rnur
' jers, says the Inyo Index, are becom
ng more common, and cnly passing
! lotice seems to lie paid to them by tbe
«cal authorities.
M'DONOUGH. GA,. FRIDAY, JUNE U, 1892.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What is Being Done in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAT TO PAT BRIEFLY
TOLD —RILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Thursday. —lmmediately after th*
reading of house journal and the refer
ence of sundry senate bit's the floor was
accuded to the committee on judiciary.
Friday—Tho only business transacted
In the house Friday was the few bills
authorizing the construction of bridges
over navigable rivers. Among these
were a bill authorizing the Mexican Gulf,
Pacific and Puget Souud Railroad Com
pany to construct bridges across the Ala
bama, Warrior and Tennessee rivers, Ala
bama,and a bill authorizing the construc
tion of a bridge across tho Tennessee
river in Madison county, Alabama. The
house took the usual recess t il 8 o'clock,
the evening session to be for the consid
eration of private pension bills.
Monday. —ln the house, Monday, on
motion of Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, a bill
was passed providing that Indian chil
dren shall be declared to be citizens when
they have reached the age of twenty-one
years, and shall thereafter receive no
support from tho government, provided,
that they havo had ten years of indus
trial training. Mr. Otis, of Kansas,
asked consent for the present considera
tion of the resolution reciting improper
conduct on the part of Secretary Noble
and Commissioner Carter in regard to the
Maxwell, New Mexico, land grant—said
conduct being alleged to be in pursuance
of a conspiracy entered into some years
ago by Stephen B. Elkins and J. A.
Williamson—and asking for a special
committee of seven members to inquire
into the matter. Mr. Payne, of New York,
objected, and the resolution was referred.
The floor was then accorded to the com
mittee on the District of Columbia.
What is known as "District Day” is never
a drawing Programme in the house, there
fore, the second and fourth Mondays in
month are honored with a very small
attendance and proved no exception to
the rule. Absenteeism and indiiference
ruled supreme. After the passage of a
few local measures, the fortifications ap
propriation bill was taken up, but no
final action was taken. A few public
land bills were passed, and the house ad
journed.
Tuesday. —On the opening of the ses
sion of the house Tuesday morning the
death of Representative Stackhouse, of
South Carolina, was announcod. The
deputy sergeant-at-arms was notified to
make arrangements for the funeral, and
the house, in respect to the memory of
the deceased, adjourned.
the senate.
Thursday —There was even fewer re
publican senators present at the opening
of Thursday’s session than there has been
since the exodus to Minneapolis set in,but
among the half dozen were Sherman,
Morrill and Manderson. The chair was
occupied by the vice president. The first
thing proposed and agreed to wa9 that
adjournment be had till Monday.
Monday. —The first indication of the
Democratic movement on Chicago was
the granting of leave of absence to Mr.
Voorhees by the Senate Monday morn
ing. The pension appropriation bill
with amendments was reported back from
the committee on appropriations and
placed on the calendar. The bill intro
duced by Pfeifer on the 26th of May to
increase the currency and provide for its
circulation, to reduce the rates of inter
est and to establish a bureau of laws, was
taken from the table and Pfeifer address
ed the senate in explanation and advocacy
of it. There is a seciion in the bill pro
viding for loans, at one third of one per
cent a month, by a bureaq of loans for
less than twelve months, on security of
personal property, whenever any state
shall have provided warehouses for agri
cultural products, such as cotton, wheat
and tobacco, and for manufactured arti
cles that will not deteriorate by storage
for a few months. Much of Mr. Pi’cffer’s
speech was in denunciation of usury,
which he said was breaking dowu the
republic. The people, he said, were in
earnest about that matter. The republic
would go down unless the people were
saved, and there was no way of
saving them except by destroying
tho great evil of usury. This bill
was ou that line. It was suggestive and
helpful, and at least deserved the consid
eration of the senate. Mr. Chandler ask
ed Mr. Pfeifer whether he considered the
question of the constitutional power of
congress to lend money on real estate and
agricultural products. Mr. Pfeffer said
that he had examined the constitutional
question, and that he believed that con
gress had as perfect authority to lend
money to the people as it had to provide
for carryibg mails or packages, or deter
mining the rates which railroads may
charge for the carriage of freights or pas
sengers. At the close 'of his speech the
bill went over without action. Mr. Mc-
Pherson gave notice of his intention to
address the senate next Wednesday on
the bill for the free coinage of silver,
and Mr. Morgan gave notice that he
would do so Tuesday, as he expected that
there would then be a quorum iu the sen
ate. The senate, at 2:35 o’clock, ad
journed.
Tuesday. —lmmediately on the assem
bling of the senate Tuesday morning the
death of Representative Stackhouse was
announced and the body adjourned as n
token of respect to the deceased member
of tue house.
notes.
Neither house being in session Tues
day, members of both houses devoted
much of their time to talk about the
I Chicago convention.
' The contract for a wharf, etc., for a
quarantine station at Sapelo Sound, Ga.,
I has been awarded to Colin MacGr.int, of
Charleston, S. C., on his bid of $10,833.
Bids were opened at the treasury de
partment Tuesday for a heating apparatus
for the public building at Chattanoogr,
Tenn , the lowest being that of Ischopik,
Blackburn A Co., of Chattanooga, at
$7,298.
Tn the house Monday, on motion of Mr.
! Oates, of Alabama, a bill was passed ap-
pi qinatiug $2,26b to the Mobile atut'
Girard Railroad Contpaay for the trans- j
portation of paroled confederate priso
ners.
By authority of the president, two
small islands located in tho main channel
of the Matanzas river at St. Augustine,
Fla , lying east of and opposite what is
known as the old power house lot, have
been reserved and set apart for military
purposes.
The pension appropriation bill was re
ported to the senate Mouduy from commit
tee on appropriation. It carries a total of
$140,737,320, which ’s an Increase of
11,913,284 over the hohse bill and $327,-
200 less ihnn the estimates. The bill ns
r. ported exceeds that of last year by
$i1,522 5G5. The principal increase over
the house bill is $11,907,634 for army
and navy pensions.
A special of Saturday from Washing
ton says: Amid the talk of congratula
tions at the White house, in political cir
cles Friday, the name of Chauncey M.
Depew was upon every one’s lips, and
the president himself struck the keynote
by a ri mark concerning tho yeoman
service j eriormed in his behalf by the
distinguished New Yorker. It would
not be much of a surprise if Depew be -
came the successor of Blaine.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, in the
senate Thursday took occasion to refer
to the split in the democratic party in
his state. He said that it was induced
mainly by the poverty and affliction
which had followed the demonetization
of silver. The democratic party, it was
true, had not had the power to correct
that evil. He wanted, however, to warn
his fellow democrats, when they were
preparing for the coming presidential
campaign, to remember Alabama, and
that they might lose the electoral vote of
that state in a certain contingency.
BIG BLAZE AT BALTIMORE.
Several Vesselg Damaged and 5,000
Bales of Cotton Destroyed.
The big warehouse of the Bay Lino of
steamers, at the foot of Union dock, Bal
timore, took fire Tuesd >y afternoon from
an unknown cause, and within five min -
utes whs n roaring mass of flames.
Stored inside the warehouse, which is
several hundred feet long, were between
five hundred and one thousand bales of
cotton, several shiploads of rosin in
barrels, and a great number of hogs
heads of molasses. The inflamma
ble nature of the contents of the
warehouse caused the blaze to
spread with lightniug-like rapidity.
The big four- masted schooner Augus
tus Weil, the steamer Caroline and a
number of other vessels lay at the pier
when the fire broke out. The Caroline
caught fire, but the lugs made a desper
ate fight to save her. Ihe schooner Wirt
was wrapped in flames in a few minutes.
The heat from the burning warehouse,
together with that of the weather, was
terrible on the firemen, and several
dropped at the hose pipes.
The loss will approximate $1,000,000.
The fire is thought to have originated
from spontaneous combustion among tho
cotton. None of the vessels lying at the
docks were totally destroyed, because a
tugboat drew them into the stream,
where the fireboat, Cataract, and streams
from the tugs saved them from total loss;
but several fine vessels were badly datn
agi d. Among these were the
steamers Caroline and Gaston, schoon
ers Weslev Oliver, Mamie Howard,
William Wirt and Augustus Weil. The
latter had just arrived with 1,200 tons of
ice. All the top hamper of the schoon
ers named was burned off and the hulls
damaged. The Bay Lino wnrehouse was
totally destroyed with its contents, in
cluding 5,000 bales of cotton and over
one thousand, two hundred barrels of
whisky, intended for foreign shipment.
GEN. STACKHOUSE DEAD.
He Was an Alliance Congressman from
South Carolina.
General Eli B. Stackhouse, a member
of congress from the sixth district of
South Carolina, and a prominent member
of the Farmers’ Alliance, died in Wash
ington City at half past one o’clock Tues
day morning. He was one of the party
that accompanied the remains of the late
Colonel L. L. Polk, president of the
Farmers’ Alliance, to Raleigh, N. C.,
last Saturday. Mr. Stackhouse returned
to Washington Monday morning. He
went to the house of representatives,
which is only one block from his resi
dence, and at two o’clock went home
to luncheon. He complained of a
slight attack of indigestion, but seemed
to be in good sprits, lie remained ut
home for a while, but returned to the
house before adjournment of that body.
Representative bate, of Arkansas, a mem
her of the Farmeis’ Alliance, who has
rooms in the hotel where Mr. Stackhouse
stayed, says that the general did not re
turn to the hotel for dinner. About 12
o’clock Tuesday night Mr. Cate was call
ed to the rooms of Mr. Stackhouse and
was told that he was dying. A physician
was immediately summoned, but before
he arrived Mr. Stackhouse was dead.
The only persons at his bedside when he
died were his son and Representative
Cate. His remains will be taken to Little
Rock, S. C., for interment.
England at Chicago.
A London cableg:am says: On the
supplementary vote in the hous: of com
mons Tuesday, granting £IO,OOO to the
royal world’s fair commission, A. C.
Morton (liberal), member for Peter
borough, asked if intending exhib
itors were satisfied with the arrange
ments made by the commission, fir
John Gorst, financial secretary to the
treasury, replied that the vote was in
creased to £60,000, in order to give free
space and render the exhibit worthy the
United Kingdom. Mr. Morton said he
hoped the government would do its utter
most to make the British section a great
nieces». The vote was agn ed to by the
house.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Judge John T. Henderson announces
his candidacy for ComraUsioner of Agri
culture for the state of Georgia.
It will be remembered that Judge
Henderson filled this position acceptably
for fourteen years up to November, 1890;
and now. complying with the urgent re
quests of his friends, he has again en
tered the race «nd has become a eandi
’at* for the same port jog.
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WnAT IS TRANSFIRING THROUGHOUT OUtl
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
The Crescent Manufacturing company’s
mills, of Hnrtfrrd City, Ind., were do
Btroyed by fire Sunday. Loss, $150,090;
Insured, $75,000.
A dispatch of Tuesday from Provi
dence, R. 1., says: Nclsou \V. Aldrich
was re-elected United States senator to
day. The vote was Aldrich 64, D.ivid
Thatcher 30.
A cablegram of Tuesday from Con
stantinople states that the plague has
broken out in Mesopotamia. It is
thought to lie cholera, which, traveling
east from Persia, has entered Asiatic
Turkey.
It was reported in Washington Mon
day that George V. Massey, of Wilming
ton, Del., had been tendered the office
of justice of the United States supreme
court, made vacant by tho death o( Jus
tice Bradley, but the report lias not as yet
been verified.
The prisbytery of New York met in
New York city Monday. The new trial
of Dr. Briggs, on the clmrge of heresy,
was decided to be impracticable during
tho summer, but it will receive tho at
tention of tho presbytery when it reas
sembles in tho fall.
Tho total visible supply of cotton for
the world is 3,756,074 bales, of which
3,026,074 is American, against 2,667,090
and 1,991,896 respectively Inst year.
Receipts of all interior towns, 14,552
bales. Receipts at plantations. 18,807
bales. Crop in September, 8,803,529
bales.
A New York dispatch of Monday says:
Rachel Elikant, of Ceze9cowicz, Austria,
a passenger on the Dutch steamor Peca
land from Amsterdam, was removed by
the health officer to the smallpox hospital
on North Brothers island, suffering from
the dread disease. Tho steamer was at
quarantine for disinfection.
The whole business portion of Rock
fort. Mo., burned Sunday. The fire
started at noon and, fanned by a strong
wind, spread with such quickness tint it
was impossible to check it. It stopped
only when it hail consumed everything
in its path. Sixteen business buildings
were destroyed. Loss, $75,000.
A cablegram from Paris says: As
President Carnot was leaving Long
champs Sunday between double lines of
troops and police three well-dressed men
hooted at him, shouting, "Wooden
head,” and giving utterance to other
abuse. They Bpoke with a foreign acceut.
Betore they could be arrested the crowd
had nearly lynched them.
A Minneapolis dispatch of Saturday
says: The first thing done by the nation
al committee after adjournment of the
republican convention was to unanimous
ly choose J. S. Clarkson as temporary
chairman of the committee and D. E.
Young as temporary secretary. The
committee will meet at Washington, Juno
27, when a permanent organization will
be effected.
Au earthquake shock, lasting nearly
thirty seconds, was felt at Santa Anno,Cal.
Tuesday morning. The vibrations w* re
from east to west. The same report
comes from Riverside, Cal. The shock
must have been felt on two continents,
as a cablegram from Athens, Greece, says:
Several earthquakes occurred in northon
Greece Tuesday, the shock being special
ly noticeable at Thebes.
A dispatch of Monday from Guthrie,
Oklahoma, slates that a party of thirteen
deputy marshals returned to that place
Sunday night from tlie pursuit of the
Red Rock train robbers. They have
given up the chase. They followed tlio
robbers 250 miles and were oblidgcd to
give up, their burses giving out. The
thieves had the route marked out and
were furnished relays of horses.
All the governments of Europe, with
the single exception of Piussia, havo
cither formally or informally accepted
the invitation issued by the president to
participate with the United States in n
monetary conference looking to a more
ex'ensive use of silver money. A favor
able response from Russia is confidently
expected. The timo and place for the
conference havo not yet been settled.
Cable dispatches from Madrid state
that terrific thunder storms prevailed in
various parts of Spain Sunday, and
heavy loss of life anil injury by light
ning is reported at Media-, in the prov
iuce of Orenses. The parish church was
struck while worshipers were attending
mass. Ten were killed and twenty-eight
seriously injured. At Mticcenles, in the
province of Valladoliet, a church was
struck and five were killed and ten in
jured.
A dispatch of Sunday from Topeka
says: The people’s party (Farmers’ Al
liance) of Kap-as, will probably nomi
nate Jerry Simpson, member of congress
from the seventh Kansas district, for
governor. There is a bitter fight in ul
liance ranks over the noniination, and
Jerry Simpson will be sprung as a dark
horse in the hope that he will secure the
nomination and heal all factional differ
ences.
A statement is going the rounds at
Washington, which is said to come from
a reliable source, that a petition is in
course of preparation which will be cir
culated among the labor unions of the
country calling upon the national repub
lican committee to withdraw the nomi
nation of Mr. Wbitelaw Reid on the
ground that he lias ever been an oppo
nent of organized labor, and that his
name on the ticket would cause a very
great logs in labor votes to the republican
ticket.
A special from Cbicora, Penn., says
about midnigh', Monday night, fire broke
out in a restaurant in that town presuma
bly from natural gas. The water supply
gave out almost immediately and on uc
count of the intense dry weather the
buildings burned like tinder. To stop
the progress of the fire, buildings were
torn down by the hook and ladder com
pany and several b'owu up with dyna
mite. One hundred buildings were
butded, Including the postuilice. Many
families ate homeless. It is thought no
lives were lost.
A statement lias been recently pub -
lished showiug the condi ion, acreage
and probable yield of the v.iriom crept
hi Kansas. This statement sliowt the
reported damage to Kansas crofts exag
gerated and at pres ut promises to tic one
of the most prosperous in the history of
the state. The yield of winter wheat h
estimated at 58,880,208 bushels, in in
ere se over lust year of 2,415,514 bushels.
Spring wheat 4,827,168, increase 3,447,
209 bit,ln Is. Corn 187,847,730 bushe’s.
deeiease 2,010,380 bushels. < * its 43,
961,100, increase 4.050.057 Imslie s.
GEORGIA CROPS.
Some Slaleinonts trom Agricultural
Department Reports.
The monthly crop report of iho sta'e
agricultural department will be issued in
n few days. It contains tho monthly
crop averages for the different sections
of the state, from which we make a few
extracts. These averagos are based on
reports from about a thousand corres
pondents of the department in different
parts of the state, and the average for
each county being fouud, the county
averages are combined to make tho dis
trict averages for north Georgia, middle
Georgia, southwest Georgia and east
Georgia. The figures all represent tho
condition of the crop as compared with
an average crop, except in the case of
cotton, where additional figures arc given
to show the stand as compared with a
perfect stand. The district averages are
as follows:
North Georgia—Corn, 955; oats, 99J;
wheat, 100; cotton, stand, 925; cotton,
condition, 99.
Middle Georgin—Corn, 925; oa's,
75 4 5; wheat, 94 1 9; cotton, stand,
88 3-8; cotton, condition, 80 2-3.
Southwest Georgia—Corn, 91$; oats,
68$; wheat, 05; cotton, stand, 86; cot
ton, condition, 84.
East Georgia—Corn, 965; oats, 85;
cottjn, stand, 86$; cotton, condition, 92,
Comparing the district averages, the
average for the state Is as follows: Corn,
94 1-16; oats, 82 18; wheat, 96 1-8; cot
ton, stand, 88$; cotton, condition, 88$.
The reports from the watermelon dis
trict show that the crop is somewhat be
low the averngo in condition, while the
acreage, with the exception of some of
the most southern show* a marked de
crease. These reports indicate that the
acreage is large in the lower oounties
that come into the market first, while the
upper or late counties have heavily re
duced their crop. This is clearly the re
sult of last, year’s experience, which was
uniformly disastrous to the late sdiippers,
while the earlier ones in some cases did
fairly well. Conridering acreage and
condition tho crop is not likely to lie as
large as that of last year.
The notes accompanying the reports
indicate that the drouth throughout tho
stato has made crops backward. In
s ulhwest Georgia tho spring oats iiave
been almost a total failure. Cool nights
have also contributed to tho baekwurd
n< ss of crops. Tho bud worms have been
injuring torn all over Georgia. In the
southern part of the state cotton has been
attacked by lire. Corn is very small,
but generally in n healthy condition.
The reports from all parts ot the state in
dicate a fine peach crop. The report for
apples is a little less favorable and that for
pears is very discouraging. In the coun
ties which produce tho Lo Conte pear
largely it is reported that tho crop will
be almost a failure.
A CYCLONE’S WORK.
An Illinois Town Almost Swop! Out
of Existence.
A very destructive cyclone | assed
thtough the northeastern part of Knox
county, 111., Monday, and ruin was left
along its path. It seems to have first
made its appearance northwest of Galva,
About 7:30 o’clock two black, threaten
ing clouds were noticed in the west ap
proaching one another, and tho tornado
is thought to have resulted from this
junction. Its course was south and east
through that city and the main body of
the storm passed along the main businoss
strcels of tho city. It came with such
suddenness that the citizens had no time
in which to Hy to places of safety.
Many buildings w< re totally wrerked,
and that many people were not killed is a
miracle. The saddest feature occurred at
Augusta Olsen’s house. There were in
the house at the time Mr. and Airs. Olsen,
Charles Olsen and four others. The resi
dence collapsed, killing Olsen instantly.
The others escaped by a miracle.
The place Tuesday was in a state ef
demoralization. Business was completely
suspended, the streets being filled with
debris of every description. The stores
were more or less in ruins. Hardly a
residence but what will need repairs.
The damage is estimated at $300,000.
Considering the number of buildings
wrecked it is surprising that there was
no greater loss of life. Mr. Olsen was
the only one killed. Eleven persons were
badly hurt. The track of the storm was
three to four miles wide. West of Galva,
about a mile, stood a fine large farm
house before the storm, not a vestige of
which now remains.
A Washington dispatch says: Cyclonic
storms, similar to that whict struck
Galva, 111., are reported from Peoria,
Sandwich, Rockford and elsewhere in
Illinois, Boone, la., and Hammond, Ind.
A great deal of damage was du e to prop
erty, and many people were injured, but
there was no actual loss of life.
FLORIDA PROHIBITIONISTS
Select Delegates to Cincinnati and Put
Out a State Ticket.
The Florida prohibitionists met iu state
convention at Palatka Tuesday, niDe
counties being represented by thirty-five
delegates. The following are the dele
gates chosen to the national convention
at Cincinnati: J. 11. Wells, of Tampa;!.
W. Biddle, of I.awtey; J. Q. Bunnell, of
Lawtey; I. A. Duckworth, Orlando; C.
H. Greene, Daytona; I M. Murcheson,
Jacksonville; E. 11. Padget, of Palatka,
and J. H. Howley, of Grove Park. Dele
gates are uninstructed and are author
ized to select their own alternates. Na
tional electors were also nominated and
the state executive committee was au
thorized to place a ticket in the field.
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AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OK HAPPEN
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAT WITHIN HER lIORDERS.
Dr. E. \V. Johns formerly modical
purveyor general of the confederate states
aimies died at Richmond, Vu., Monday,
aged sixty six years.
A dispatch of Sunday from San Fran
cisco says: Profossor S.W. Burnham, the
well-known astronomer, Ims resigned his
position at Lick observatory. Ho has
achieved special fame as the discoverer
of double stars. It is reported that he
will go east to accept a more remuner
ative position.
Kec. ntly the Anniston Pipe works
sent out tlic heaviest shipment of pipe
t* at was ever hauled from a southern
city. It was consigned to Lancaster, N.
H., and consisted of a solid train of
twenty-five cars, and was the heaviest
train load of pipe that ever left a south
ern city to cross Mason an Dixon’s line.
Judge Leachman died in Anniston,
Ala , Monday in his eiihty-sixth year,
lie it was who first advocite I th" Nica
ragua caual. It was at Memphis, Tenn.,
thirty-six years ago in a convention he
made a speech ably setting forth the ad
vantages the Nicaragua canal would af
ford the United States.
At Atlanta. Gil., Friday a horrible
wreck occurred on an electric car line in
which three persons were killed outright
and [twelve or fifteen injured, some of
whom mny not recover. The accident
was caused by two cars leaving the track.
The cars wero on a high embankment,
and were hui h d to the bottom of a ravine,
completely demolishing them.
At a meeting of a number of friends of
the late Colonel Polk, held in Raleigh
Monday evening, it was determined to
call a public meeting June 22d for the
purpose of organizing the Polk Memorial
Association, locking to the erection of >i
suitable monument to his memory. A
committee was appointed to invite the
co-operation of those interested in North
Carolina and throughout the country.
The following compose it: Marion liut
ler, E. Mi K. Goodwin, N. B. Broughton,
AJ. Ddby, 8. O. AVils a, W. J. Pcclc,
J. J. Thomas.
ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS
Name a Full Slate Ticket and Select
Chicago Delegates.
The Arkai aas democratic state conven
tion met at Little Rock, Tuesday, Hnd
tlie following state ticket was nominated :
For governor, William M. Fishback ; at
torney general, K. H. Clarke; secretary
of state. P. 8. Armistead; auditor, C.
B Mills; commissioner of lunds, C. E
Meyers; commissioner of agriculture,
J im D. Adams; superintendent of pub
lie instruction. J. If. Shinn; treasurer,
R. N. Morrow ; associate justice supremo
court, W. E. Ilemmingway. The con
vention took a reci ss after the nomina
tious were made until 8:80 |>- m , at
which time delegate at large to the Cni
cago eo vention wo re elected
i minuet* itt .ve.slou.
Tho master plumbers of the United
States met in Washington City luesday
morning in their annual convention with
nn immense crowd in attendance. Pres
ident Jeremiah Sheehan, of St. Louis,
called the convention to order, after
which Commissioner Douglas, of Wash
ington greeted them with a hoarty wel
come and the freedom of the city.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Co (Tee Rousted—Arlnickle's i 9.00 ft WO lb,
CBSI K I Jon 1 9-fiOe; Hcvering’s 19.60 c. Green-Ex
tra choice 20c; choice good 19c; fair 16c;com
mon lfl' ic. bngar—Grauu aled sc; on gratm
laled —c; powdered s Vic; cut loaf s>£c; wliite
extra C 4,'ic; New Orleans yellow clarified
yehow extra •' 4e. Syrup—New
Oi leans Choice 48(5/50; prime 35i<7.4D0; common
30@35c. Molasses—Genuine Cuba 85<rt38olimi
tation 22@26. Tens—Black 85r»515e; green
40@60c. Nutmegs 65(6i70c. Cloves 25@30c.
Cinnamon llli»l2%jc. Allspice 10(<§11c. Jamai
ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 14o; Mace
SI.OO. Blue fair 7 1 /,c ; good o%c; common
sV@6c; imported Japan 0 @7c
Sait—Hawley’s dairy *1 50; Virginia 70c.
Cheese--hull cream, Cheddar* ItJJ/ie; flats
13c,; White fish, lnlf bbl*.s4 00; pails 60o‘
Soaps —Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs *3 UOa 3 75;
turpentine, 00 liars, IK) lbs, $225 a 250 ;
Candies—Pa ratine 12c; star 10Wc. Matches—
KHIs $4 00; 800 s *3 00a375; 200 s $2 00a2 75; 60s,
sgross $3 75. So la—Kegs, bulk sc; do 1 lb pkgs
5»/c; cases, 1 lb sJtfc. do 1 and Bc, do%lb
tibjC. Crackers XXX soda fiWc; XXX butter
XXX pearl oysters 0c; sliell and excelsior
7c;lemon cream 9c; XXXgiuger snaps 9c; corn
lulls l*-. Candy—As-orted stiok 6VJc; French
mixed Canned g nats Condi nsed milk
$0OOa8OO; imitation mackerel $3 Oual 00; sal
mon $6 OOaV 50; F. W. oysters $1 75a ;L.W.
4125; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes SIOO.
Hall Potash $3 20. Starch—Pearl 4c; lump
sc; nickel packages $3 00; celluloid $5 00.
Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quarts
$1 50al 60. Powder— It,He, kegs $5 50; % kegs
$3 00; L kegs $ 1 05. Shot $1 70 per sack.
dour. Grain nml 'leal.
Floor -First patent $5 75; second patent
$5.25 ; extra fancy $4.75 ; fancy $4 50; family
$3 50<®$4 00. Com -No. 1 white 72c.
No. 2 white 71 ~ mixed 68\ Oats-
Mixod 45.1-c; white 47c; Kansas rust
proof 53c. Hay—Choice timothy, large bales,
97Vic; No. 1 limotliy. large bales, 95c; ohoioe
timothy.small hales, W)<e;No. 1 timothy, small
lialiis. 97 l / t r; No. 2 limothv, small bales, 80c.
Meal—Plain fit -: bolted C3.\ Wheat bran—
Large sacks small sacks 1-00 Cotton
seed meal- $1 10 per cwt. Steam feed—sl.3s
[XT cwt. Grit#—Pearl $3.50.
Cosstrr Produce.
F.ggs 14dtd5c Butter—Western creamery
22Vi«25c; clteifoTennessee 18a20c; other grade*
10a12%c. Hive ponltry—Turkeys 10@13%c per
It*; hens 30c, young chickens
large 2Ca2sc ; small spring 12%a15a. Dressed
poultry—Turkeys I8a20c; ducks 15al6c;chick
ens 15a16. Irish potatoes, 75@80c per bn.
sweet potatoes $L15t1.25 per bu. Honey-Strain
ed Baloc ;in tlie comb 10al2c. Onions $3 00*
3 5) per bid. Cabbage—Green Florida l%s2c.
per lb. I/>nisiana
Provisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed ice-cnre*l bel
lies Hugar-cnred hams lJ%al3c, according
to braoil anil average; California
breakfast bacon Laixl—Pure leaf -—c;
leaf 7%; refined none.
t'oets*.
Market tina - Middling TV*- » _ .