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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. VOLUME XVI. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. 5. Gov’t Report Ro v al Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. j)K. «. P. CAMPBELL, DENTIST. McDonocgh Ga. Any one desiring work done can ho ac 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. STEW AKT A UAAIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Gkifkin, Ga. JOH.Af L. TVE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the State and Federal Courts, THE ctmV —t,~l -t. -j JHffwrofal "’ ,»t £” N * Sornr/i'i/le - vfr?~> MISS ' J 'fcu^ M o^ll l £ ‘'^fc^T' MtWDmtMB r East Tenn., Virginia ami Georgia Ry. IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WfcST. PULLMAN'S FINEST YES' TIBULE SLEEPERS BETWEEN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA WITHOUT CH A >G K. Direct Connections at Chat TANOOGA WITH THROUGH trainsand Pullman Sleep ers to Memphis end the West, at Knoxville with Fullinnn tileeper* lor WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. for further information address, B. W. WRENN, CHAS. N.KICHT G«n*l. Pass. Ag*. f A,C. p. A. KNOXVILLE. ATLANTA Grargia .511(11.3 ml *C?nirit,R SOUTH. Leave McDonough 7:00 a. m. Arrive Greenwood 7.27 “ “ Louella 7:25 “ “ Griffin 1 8:05 “ north. Leave Griffin 4:00 p. m Arrive Louella 4:40 “ “ Greenwood 4:48 “ “ McDonough 5:05 “ 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. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS. THE SOUTH IN BRIEF The News of Her Progress Portrayed in Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs 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*. 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