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VOLUME XVI. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latent U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOLUTELY PURE ■PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J)R, O. r. CAMPBELL, DENTIST. McDonough <>i . Any ono desiring work done can l>e ac commodated either by calling on me in par son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements are otherwise made. Gao W. Betas j W.T. Dicsax. BltVAit A OICKF.N, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court *f Georgia and the United States District Court. apr27-lv | AS. 11. TURNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, G*. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. marl6-ly Jjl J. REAM A.lf, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, G*. Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and other collections. Wili attend all the Courts at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over The Weekly office. J F. W ALL, 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 giv")n to collections. octs-’79 yy a. hßoir.A, ‘ 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 Jj A. PEEBLES, 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, Get 8, 1888 Jno. D. Stl .. aet. | R.T. Daniel. STEWART A DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Gkiffin, Ga. JOHN! L. TIE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Dank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the State and Federal Courts, THE ;- s . • Jr t \ t'J. ~*T’ E■' N > N s? c ’^. S i r :7-i o RO I A ; •■Akf tfM oa, COM v - -A East Tenn, Virginia and Georgia Ry. SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE „ NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. PULLMAN’S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS BETWEEN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA w it ii ou r cii % mg IN DIRECT Connections at Chat TANOOGA WITH THROUGH trainsand Pullman Sleep ers to Memphis and the West, at lAnoxvtlle with Pullman Sleepers for WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK FOR FURTHER INFORM ATI um ABMBSS. B.w. WRENN, CHAS. N. K4C <T OcnU. Psn. A*-., A. C. r. A. UOXm LK. ATLANTA THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. Georgia MUll.md «St UulfH, It. south. Leave MoDonough 7:00 a. m. Arrive Greenwood 7.27 “ “ Louella 7a25 “ “ Griffin B<os “ NoaTH. Leave Griffin 4:00 p, m Arrive Louella 4:40 “ “ Greenwood 4:48 “ “ McDonough 5:05 " VC ® GRAY THE LAMP IN THE W INDOW. Placed There by a Child, It Reunites His Father and Mother. The life-saving departments of somo countries keep a careful record of the lives lost upon each coast, but it would be difficult to estimate the number of lives saved by a lighthouse. The people living near a town, however, will often toll you of vessels, and even give the names of individuals, preserved by the light. There is a lighthouse near a vil lage upon the Canadian shore of Lake Ontario that has had as great a part in the lives of some upon tho land as it eould lmvo in that of any mariner. Re fore tho lighthouse was built a young couple lived in a cottage overlooking tho town. One day they quarreled, and, smarting under bis wife’s sharp words, the husband went away. She repented before he was out of sight, but was too proud to call to him. She thought lie would soon return, but he did not come back, and the baby in tho cradle grew to be a boy of seven. But he could not run about and play, for bo was acripplo, and tho neighbors took their sewing to her and she stayed in the cottage, always sewing except when she was doing some thing to entertain the boy. When the lighthouse was built he was delighted, for he could watch it from his window, and when the light was shown his joy knew no hounds. It was a companion to him, for often in the long night when ho could not sleep {or pain he would look out upon it. Ono day ho asked his mother if he could keep a lighthouse too, and so to please the child, she fitted up a little window, and every- night when the light from the great tower flushed out, tho lamp in tho cottage window was lighted and kept just as faithfully. Tho husband was wandering nbout, never very prosperous, never I Hippy, and ut last ho grow very ill. He thought that before he died he would like to go hack and take one more look at his old homo, and perhaps get a glimpse at his wife as she went about her work. 11c reached the place late at night, and when he saw tho light in tho window he thought it could mean but one thing, that his wifo had put it there, so if by- vhance he saw it ho would know that she wanted him to return, and in the morning she found him fainting upon tho doorstep and very ten derly nursed him back to health again. When tho father had nearly recovered the boy died. liis life-work was finished and there was no need of Lis suffering any more. Before his little life went out, he gave to his father tho lamp in the window, and upon his mother he be stowed his possessions in tho great light over the water, for company if she should be wakeful in tho night or left alone again. She has never been alone since, and the years that have passed have been very prosperous ones. People sometimes wonder that the fine house is not more conveniently located, hut the mother never wants a room except where tho windows look out upon the light-house. And in a beautiful cabinet is preserved the iittle lamp locked away from the eye* of the curious and indifferent, as ono keeps in his heart a great sorrow or a great love.—[Detroit Free Press. Tattooing Burmese. Of all Burmese customs ono of the most singular is that of tattooing one person from the waist to below the knees with figures in black ink. Every man in the whole of Burmuh is thus adorned; aud, unless the skin be unusually dark, he looks at a little distance as if lie were clothed in a tight-fitting pair of knee breeches, says the Baltimore Sun. This "mark of manhood,” which is usually conferred when the sulije t is between twelve and fourteen years of age, is a very painful one, and the agony, which must necessarily be of the most intense, is often prolonged from three days to a week. The subject, stupefied with opium, lies insensible to the pain, while one figure after another gradually appears on the skin. The instrument used by the tat toocr in doing this dainty work is a brass rod nearly two feet in length and one half inch in diameter, weighted sit the top with a little ornamental figure and provided at the other end with a hollow point, divided into four very sharp points by cross slits. Deep as the points of this stylus sink into the flesh they seldom draw blood, but the limbs and body soon swell in a manner that would alarm any one who did not know what the final result would lie. A »w View of the Wild Parsnip. It is Profossor Power, of Madison, YVis., who is credited with claiming, after a series of investigations, that the parsnip is never poisonous. As report has it, recent investigations show that neither the cultivated parsnip in its sec ond stage of growth, nor the wild parsnip is poisonous. The belief that the par snip is ever poisonous is caused by the fact that there is another root, closely resembling the parsnip, and poisonous, that has been mistaken for it. 1 his is contrary to the popular opinion, which regards the wild parsnip as rank jeiison. —[New York World. M’DONOUGH. GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892. PROHIBITIONISTS Hold Their National Convention at Cincinnati. DELEGATES FROM EVERY STATE IN TUB UNION IN ATTENDANCE—PROCEED INGS OF THE CONVENTION. The National prohibition convention met it Cincinnati Wednesday. Chair man Dickie, of the national committee, called the meeting to order, and intro duced Dr. J. G. Evans, of Bedding col lege, 111., who opened the convention with prayer, in the course of which he entreated that rum be driven from the country and that the saloon cease to exist. A number of belated delegates sought seats after the prayer, and the Silver Lake quartet, of New York state, ren dered a temperance selection while order was being restored. They received an encore. Rev. Dr. Lockwood, of Cin cinnati, then on behalf of the city and the state of Ohio, welcomed the delegates. Professor Dickie res ponded to the addresses. He closed by naming ex-Governor St. John as temporary chairman. Wild cheering and the waving of flags and handker chiefs greeted the mention of the name of ex-Governor St. John. The shouting was renewed again and agaiu as the noted Kansan stepped forward and assumed the gavel and addressed the convention. His closing words, "What is the pleasure of the convention?” elicited the prompt re sponse from numerous voices: "We want St John for president.” The name of A. F. Wolfenbarger, of Nebraska, for secretary, and a list of assistant secreta ries and sergeauts-at-arms selected by the national committee met no opposition. THE FIRST DISCUSSION. The first in the convention oc curred over the question of adopting the temporary rules prepared by the national committee. I hese provided that only delegates present should be entitled to vote. This would have deprived a num ber of far-off states, especially tho o in the extreme sou:h, a part of their represent ation in the temporary organization, as all their delegates could not come on ac count of the expense. Mr. J. B. Cranfill, of Texas, took the lead in behalf of these delegates. He said that if that rule were adopted it would leave the control of the convention in states around Cincinnati. It would cost $3,500 to send the thirty-five delegates of Texas to Cincinnati, and they could not afford it. The temporary rules would probably be the permanent rules. He moved that each delegation have the right to cast its full vote whether all the delegates were present or not. After a lively tilt Mr. Cranfill carried his amendment on a rising vote, and then the rules with this amendment wore adopted. The roll of states was called ; for the announcement of committee • membership, and then the convention adjourned until 4 o’clock, after giving directions to the committee to proceed at once to the work assigned them. The most interest centered in the member ship of the platform committee and the New Nation commiltee. AFTERNOON SESSION. At the afternoon session the committee on credentials reported 972 delegates present, Louisiana and South Carolina, being the only states not represented. The presentation of the report of the committee on permanent organization recommending O donel Ritter, of In dianapolis. for permanent chairman and Sam Small for permanent secretary and reinstat ng the rule voted down in the morning giving states’ votes only for delegates present, was tho signal for a fight. Mr. Small presented a minority report recommending that each state delegation be permitted to cast the full vote to wnich it is entitled. He made a vigorous speech in favor of the minority report and protested against depriving these states of their full vote as monumental injustice. The minority re poit was defeated by a vote of 350 to 72, and the majority report was adopted, so that absent delegates will have no vote. The convention then adjourned until 8 o’clock p. m. The following national executive committee was selected : Chair man, Dickie; vice chairman, John P. St. John, of Kansas; secretary, W. C. War dell, New York; treasurer, Samuel D. Hastings, Wisconsin; additional members, Helen Gougar, Indiana; J. H. Tate. Ten nessee; A. A. Stevens, Pennsylvania. Notwithstanding the gossip that tho headquarters would be changed to Chi cago, the committee then chose New York for another four years. Song and prayer by Rev. David Tatum, a Quaker preacher, of Chicago, opened the even ing session. Colonel Ritter, of Indiana, who was selected for permanent chair man, was escorted to the platform to succeed Governor St. John as presiding officer. Speech-making took up the time of the evening session. SECOND DAT. The southern question broke out before the prohibition convention had been in session five minutes Thursday, the cause being a speech made by Mrs. Gougar at Wednesday night’s meeting, which was largely made of a story about the sale of a negro child at a slavery auction block, the application being made from slavery to drink. The speech caused indigna ion oc the part of a Dumber of southerners, and at the first opportunity Thursday Mr. W. W. Gibbs, of Virginia, was on his feet and offered the following rcsolu lion: ‘•Whereas, The prohibition party is not a sectional party, but a national party; whereas, The issues of tho late civil war are settled, and se’tled forever; therefore resolved, 'That it is the sense of the convention that speakers who are ac corded the honor of addressing the con vention be requested to refrain from un necessary reference to illustrations th it could be considered reflective on partici pan s on the last struggle. After considerable wrangling. Chair man Dickie, of the national committee, t'ien introduced Dr. Evans, of Abingdon, 111., who presented a plea for contribu lions to e iable the national committee to prosecute i s work. They needed money, oe ssid, not for “blocks of five,” but t keep up the contest against the liqu u rraffi '. Tbousand-dollar subscriptions vere made by Tne Voice, the prohibilio ngin, and W. F Wardwell, of New York, secretary of the national prohibi tion executive committee. Through sev 1 rat lndtv.duals ilhe sine ot Uensyivama gave $1,200; Virginia, SI,OO i; Illinois, $1,000; Miunesoti and Tennessee, 3000 ach; Massachusee s, Colorado, Ken tucky, California, Wisconsin and New Jersey, SSOO each Tftere were several individual subscriptions of SSOO each. New York state g ive SI,OOO to the na tional committee laud raised a considera ble amount in addition for state work. Gathering of suhscribtions was vigorously pushed and enough small subscriptions were finully recod ed to swell the total ainouut to $20,00:’, or $.5,000 more than four years ago. The co.iventi >n adjourn ed until 2 o'clock, just as the platform committee su ceeded at la t in tempora rily getting by th silver plank. When the convention re issctnbled at 2 o’clock, two rep irts from the platform committee were su Knitted. That of tho naj >rity was adopted, after being amend ed in two patticul s, and after a great deal of excited discussion. The platform savs: The liquor trafflo 1* a fon to civilization, the arch enemy of popu'f.r government mid e pub ic miisanoe. It is the citadel of the forces i hat corrupt polities, promote poverty and crime, degrade the nation’s hom • life, thwai t the Will of the people and will deliver our c iun ry into ho han Isof r ip.ioiod-i class interests. Ail laws hat imdei the gmse yf r gulation legalize and protect this traffic Or nuke the government s are in its ill-go’ten gains, are vicious in prin ciple and powerless a. a remedy. We declare anow for the enliro suppression of the manufacture, sale and importation, ex portation and transmutation of alcoholic liquors as a beverage by federal and state legislation, ami the full powers of the government should Pr exerted to Be ure tnis result. Any party that f its to recognize the dominant nature of this is.ne in American politics is undeserving the support of the pe; >ple 5. No citizen shoulr be denied the right to vote on account of sc and equal lalior should receive equal wages v ohout regard to sox. 3. Tho money of t’ :e oott .trv. compos 'd of gold, silver and paper should be issued bv the general government t ily, and in no sufficient quantities to meet tht demands of busin"ssand give full opportunity for theemploymout of la bor. To tins end an u rease in bn volume of money is demanded, and uo individuil or cor poration should be all 'Wad to make any profit through its issue. ], should be made legal tender for the payraet t of all debts, publio and private. Its volume mould be fixed at a defi nite sum p-r capita at I made to increase with our increase in popuhi ion 4. We favor free an unlimited coinage of silver aud gold. (This fourth plank was s'ricken out by tho convention by a vote of 596 to 333.) Tariff should be evie.l only as defense against for. ign governments which levy tariff upon or bar ont our pios'uets from their mar kets, the revenue bein ; incidental. The resi due of the means neces-ary to an economical administration of tho government should lie raised by levying the burden on what the poo ple possess, instead of what we eousutne. Then follow declarations in favor of government control of railroads, telegraph and other public corporations, and strin gent imm'grntion and naturaliz ition laws, ngaist alien ownership of lands in the United Stales, favo: ing a legal day of rest, arbitration, beral pensions and public schools witlihe English language alone,agamst msrgHWffrdilution and mob law, and the arraignment of both old parties for a loug catalogue of sins. To ihis was atlded from the minority report the following: Recognizing and declaring that the prohibi tion of the liquor trafflo has become the domi nant issue in national politics, we invite to fit 1 party fellowship all hogo who, on this one dominant issue are with us, agreed in the full belief that this party can aud wi 1 remove sec tional differences, promote national unity and insure the best welfare of our entire land- This ad itional plank was at once voted down along with the balance of the mi nority platlorm, hut its failure came near causing a large number of delegates to abandon the convention and it was recon sidered and addi d to the pla form as adopted. Discussion upon it developed great heat and confusion, and there seemed danger of another schism. Then the following resolution, offered by Rev. U G. Evans, of Abingdon, 111., was car ried : Resolved, That we favor a liberal ap propriation by tho federal government for the world’s Columbian exposition, but only on condition that the sale of intoxi cating liquors on the grounds he prohib ited, and that the exposition be kept closed on Sunday. NIOnT BEBBION. Immediately after the opening prayer at the night session, the nominating speeches promptly began. Ex Governor John P. St. John, at the request of the Californis delegation, w»( given the floor first to place before the convention the natno of General John Bidwoll, of Cali fornia. Speeches seconding Bidwell oontinued until New York was reached, when W. Jennings Demurest was placed in nomination. L. B. Logan, of Ohio, put in nomination Gideon T. Stewart. Though only three candidates wore named for the first place, innumerable nomtnaing and seconding speeches lasted until nearly midnight. On the first ballot, at two minutes to midnight, General John Bidwell, of California, was nominated t) head the national prohibi tion ticket. The totals, beforo any changes or corrections were made, stood 582 for Bidwell, 184 for Stewart,l42 for Demorest and three for Ba«com, 487 being necessary to a choice. AN IRISH STEW. I)r. Tanner is Mobbed While Attempt ing to Make a Speech. Advices from Dublin, Ireland, state that on Thursday, Dr. Tanner, protected by 100 policemen, attemp’ed to address a political meeting at Tu-im. The Par nellites seized the speaker’s platform be fore the arrival of the Tannerites. Dr. Tanner made determined efforts to get on the platform, but each time was knocked down. Finally the platform was pulled down and Tanner was caught beneath Then a free fight, and fun waxed fast and furious. The situation became so dan gerous that the police were compelled tc charge the mob with drawn swordg. This had the desired eff ct and the m >b dispersed. TAILORS WALK OUT. One Thonsandof Them Dissatisfied with “Task” Work. One thousand coat tailors in Bdtimore went on a strike Thursday morning in an effort to free themselves from "ta-k” work. Heretofore each tailor has been allotted a certain amount of work by the contractors to be done in a day. Some time* to finish this, it is claimed, they had to work fourteen to sixteen hours. The men want to work ten hours a day with reasonable wages and weekly pay day. NEWS IN GENERAL. Happenings of the Day Cniled from Onr Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches. WnAT IS TKANSPiRING THROUGHOUT OUU OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS. The ship Peter Stewart struck off Clie boyne Point, N. 8., Monday, and drown e l three pers ns. The national convention of representa tives of the colored race assembled at Cincinnati Monday morning at 11 o’clock. In a balloon ascension in Boston, Mon day, the elements were unpropitious. I lie balloon fell into the bay. Two men were killed and one is dying. The president has decided to appoint Col nel Robert Williams, senior a-sist ant adjutant general, to be adjutant gen eral of the army, vice Gen. J. C. Ivellon, retired. Four men were killed while at work Thursday afternoon laying a siono abut ment to a railroad bridge at Providence, B. I. The bank above them caved in, completely burying them. A telegram from Lima, 0., says: A tornado pissed through this sec tion at 1 o’clock Saturday morning. At Foraker several houses were blown over and three barns were unroofed. The cyclone did $50,000 damage near Bluff ton. News comes from Elreno, Oklahoma, that the influx of negroes has so incensed ttie white portion of Cleveland county, which is principally made up of citizens of Texas, that they have commenced the old “koklux” methods of driving the black settlers out. A cablegram of Thursday says: The steamer Spaiirndam from from Rotterdam June 20th, passed the after part of a sail ing vessel. Only the white rail was to be seen of the quarter deck. This un doubtedly is the Fred B. Taylor, which was cut down by tho Trave Juno 22d. The Sealers’ Association of British Co lumbia, received Sunday a lengthy dis patch from Ottawa, reporting the seizure of the British steamer Coquillou at Post Etches. The matter has been placed in the governor general’s hands and imme diate steps will be taken to have the ves sel released. A London cablegram of Monday says: The hull of the City of Chicago has been examined by a diver, who reports that the steamer is firmly caught on the jagged rocks, and is in n much damaged condi tion. Tho steamers sent by the Inman line from Liverpool nro preparing for an attempt to pull tho Chicago into deep water. A Paris cablegram of Wednesday states that public feeling regarding the charges against Captain Borup, late military attache of the legation, is be ginning to quiet down. There is a gen eral disposition to accept as true iiis statement that whatever information ho procured was for the war department at Washington. Independence day was more generally observed in Washington city than ever before. Mercantile business was almost entirely suspended, the executive depart ments and municipal and private offices were all closed, and everybody who could do so took holiday. The Sons of tho Americnn Revolution and Sons of the Revolution held joint patriotic exer cises appropriate to the occasion. A letter from Grover Cleveland was received Monday by Norman E. Mack, chairman of the sub committee appointed by Hon. A. L. Wilson, chairman of the committee to notify Cleveland and Ste venson of their nomination, stating that the 20th instant would he a good day. Mr. Mack wili call his committee to gether a day or two before that date in New York for the purpose of conferring with William C. Whitney and Mayor Hugh Grant, in whose hands the matter of making arrangements for tho notifica tion has been placed. A NEGRO NATIONAL PARTY Organised In Texas-Will Put Out Candidates for Every Office. A dispatch of Tui sdny from San An tonio, Texas, says; Gualoupe county to day saw the birth of a new party op posed to all the old parti<». U> der a call isaued by B. Berry, a large number of negroes assembled in mass meeting and perfected a permanent organization with Berry as chairman, and adopted a platform calling for negro nom inations for every office in the gift of the American people from presi dent down to constable. It recites that democracy is inherently opposed to ihe African; that republicanism is false to bun and that theie is no hope for him in the people’s party. He is the rational balance of power. Delegates in every rotiug precinct were duly appointed and t convention called for the 22nd of July. A BIG LOCKOUT. Carnegie’s Iron Works Shut Down and Three Thousand Men Idle. A Pit sburg, Pa., dispatch says: The Homestead shut-down went into effect Thursday. There are 3,000 idle tonnage men on the streets and they have invited the mechanical department, day laborers and watchmen to j iin them. They ex pect that they will do so. If th'-y do, the entire p ant will be idle. The firm discharged all their employes at mid night, and notified them to report for their pay at the office on Saturday. By this action, the C’arnegies have cleverly forestalled the men, and, by making it a lockout instead of a strike, have placed them on the defensive. The streets arc crowded, but everything is quiet so far No Lotteries. A New Orleai s dispatch of Tuesday says: The general assembly has passed a bill whereby the lo tcries will not 1>« allowed in the state after December 31, It? 03 ttlgantte Strike Threatened. A special dispatch of Thursday from Ouray, 001., ie to the effect that ten thousand mieess in Bae Juan distric wil. strike on Jriy let sgaloet a reduction of wages. THE COMPANY SAYS “NO.” Drexei & Morgan Refuse fo Take Hold of Uiclimond Terminal Affairs. A New Yoili tel: gram of Tu siluy states that Drexei, Morgan & Co. have declined the invitation to tied i take the reorgani zation of tlie Richtnoi d Terminal io a letter to W. C. Strong, chairman of the Richmond Terminal stock Holders' com mittee. They givu their reasons for so doing in the lollowiug letter: Dear Sir—Referring t > our | revious correspondence regarding tho affairs of the Richmond Terminal system, we beg to say that we have made a careful inves tigation of tho tiff drs of tile Richmond Terminal system. We liavo ro cited the conclusion that a reorgauiz ition is fen i ble on the basis of equity to ail concerned, one that we should he prepared to uuder take, and one which in our opinion would place your property on a sound financial basis. The complication Bnd difficulti s which mu-t be met in this connection, make it necessary, we need scarcely add, that we should us your representative and as far as possible ho protected against any single interest which might for persouai or | other reason desire to th .vart the success ful carrying out of such a icorganiza tion. With this in mind, we deem it eesen tial before any action ou our part that a majority of ihe stock and bonds of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse company he de- I posited with us for purpose of io irgaui | zation aud that all litigation should be put under our control and the persons of our selection substituted for the receivers now in possession of the property. Therefore upon le ruing of theappoint ment of receivers of the Richmond and Danville property by the United States court, we applied to Mr. W. P. Clyde to know whether in case we undertook tlie reorganization, the suit under his control would bo irunsferred to us ami tlie pres ent receivers resign in favor of Mr. Spen cer, stuting to him that, in our opinion, such course was essential. Ho dccliues to give us any such assur ance, aud our cotmrsaiim with him leads us to doubt it s loyalty to any or ganization plan whatever, although he,a* one ol your committee, Bigne I a request to us to undertake the same. As, in our opinion, it is essential to the success of mi) plan that during the reor ganization the properties involved should be under our control, as already mention ed, und as the position taken by Mr. Clyde makes this impossible, we are obliged, reluctantly, to decline tiio invitatiou to undertake the reorgan zati oi. 'l'hanklng you for your confidence, we remain, dear sirs, yours very tiu y, Dkkxel Morgan & Co. LETTERS TO OTHER STOCKHOLDERS. A similar letter was sent to Kessler A Co., Spencer, Trask & C0.,-Job* Rsuodg good & Co., Charles Head & Co., unT other*. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New Enterprises Reported for the Past Week. Tho industrial nitna ti< *n in tlio Son Mi for tho oast week, according to the (!hatr*ncoga Trade* man, ba-t been genera-hr favo able. The judi cial a ttlements of railr ud d Men 1 ties which are now n pngro-s will have a goo I effect in preventing unheal 1 by compel ition, and bringing into mauxgeablo shape the various into.* chin which for some time pa t have b on in need • f adjournment. Tho iron producer* in the Ala bama, G orgia and T< unn-Ho • district ar- look ing for an early advance in price*, because of great reduction instock*. Arrangements »re being nitdo, and am nearly perfected, which will considerab y increase tho demnud, ami ex tend th«* markets for Houthem coal. The ex* port at ion of large quantities at regii'ar inter vain, will hoof permanent benefit to the pro ducer* and I hose engage I in tran*po. tation and shipment. The lumber market hld w hii ad vancing tend* nev, iufln need by Increas ng iliipments and a steady d* maml. Forty-nine new Industrie-* ar reported as es tablished or incorporated during the week, to gether w*th 8 enlargement* <»f manufactories and 21 important n* w building*. Am ng tho qow Industrie* are a brew r. with $36'.>,0 K) caj>- Ital at Louisville, Ky , brick w**ikß at Danville, Va. t canneries at Atlanta und Madison, Ga., and a cigar factory at Sanford. Fla. A $ >O,OOO 30 1 ton compre * will bo built at Van Huron, Ark. A development company with $50,000 •apitftl has been organ zed an I i* in operation it Bridgeport, Ala., a $25 000 e eoti-ie e niipany it Louisville, Ky,, an I others at Chattanooga, renn., and Stanford, Ky., a fence compare/ chartered at Manning. *. 0,, and a SUS (KK) fer tilizer company at Orlando, Fla. Flouring anil s are to be built ut S:ili*bnry und Roxlxir », N. 0., Gracey, Ky ,an t Key <r, W. V , an ice factory established a ; Nownan, Gi., a ?as company »t Manniugton, W V» , Mid a $25,000 iirigatiui company s.t Orlando, Fla. A machine shop will l>e li*- tablUhed at Kilgore. '1 ex , a land company with $ 100,h00capital at. Huntsville, A h., coal mines opened at Jasper, Ala., iron mineiat Laney’s, Ala., and a quarry at Draiden T**wn, Florida. A cott -n oil company with $100,( 00 capital has been chartered at Marlin, Tex., one with $50,- 'JOOcupital a' Macon, Ga.. and a $30,000 cme*t Lad-»nia, Tex., a pbo-phate mini >g company with $3,000,000 oapital chartered a Ocila Fla.. \ steel plant is icportei ut Midille bo;ougb, Ky., sugar refineries at New Ibera, La., and Ga., a tannery a f Loui.svill , Kv., and cotton nulls at Sanford and Salisbury, N. 0. A chair factory will bo built at Fort Smith, Ark., a handle factory at Jlnntsvil o, Ala., a S3O 000 lumber oomp«ny at Warn-11, Fla-, nn i ene at Little Rock, Ark., saw and planing mill* at Texarkana, Ark., Lawrencevillo, Ga., ami South Rost*ui, Va., und a stuve and heading factory at Jonesboro, Ark. The enlarg rne.it* reported for the week in clude coke oven* at Fire Creek, W- Va.,anelec trical plant at Morristown, Tenn., flouring mill* tt Paducah, Ky., and Han*a Anna, Tex., iron work* at ChatUnooga, T*mi., cotton mills at Salisbury, N. C., and woodworking plants at Luveme, Ala-, and Palestine, Tex. Among the new buildings are bank building* at Harriman, T mu, St. Charlcm, La., and New port, Ky.; b sin s houses.at Birmingham awl Fort Payne, Ala-; church©* ut Richmond, 5a.; a cotten compress a I homasvillc, Ga.; schools at Hi *h nier, Ala, and Maryville, Tenn.; a $30,000 hotel at Hamilton. Ky. -, a refinery at Lousville, Ky., an l warehou-i* at < ordele, Ga., Harriman, Tenn , and Louisville, Ky. COMER IS RECEIVER Of the Central Railroad Appointed by Judge Speer. A dispatch fr m M ion. Gv, stys: At 12:20 M nday morning Judge Sp er, on >i i etition of stockholder- repnsenting 11,000,000, appointed 11. M. Cono r ic eiver of he (Vitnl rudroid. J idge Vdams fil>d Epidemic of Scarlet Fever. A scarlet fever epidemic prevails io London, according to cablegrams re ceived Thursday. Already 2,360 cases have been reported. The asylum board is causing huts to be hastily erected upoL the grounds of the hospita s for the re ception of patients suffering with the dbMue. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS. THE SOUTH IN BRIEF The News of Her Progress Portrayal in Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OP HAPPEN ING* OP GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAT TO DAT WITHIN IIEIi BORDERS. The convenlion of confederate vete rans of South Carolina has been called to meet at Columbia on Julv 10th. for the purpose of effecting an organization similar to the Grand Army of the lie public. Ex-Seaator Wade Hampton will preside. A Raleigh dispatch says: Thursday night the third company of North Caro lina's naval res rve militia was organized at Fayetteville, with sixty six men. J. 1). McNeill i-i chosen lieutenant com mander. The first company is at Char lotte and the second at Now Berne. Upon the petition of Samuel Thomas in a bill filed Wednesday in Tate chancery court, at Mobile, Ala., the register in chancery appointed a receiver for the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad Company, naming T. G. Rush, president of the company, as such receiver. Fire broke out at 8 o'clock Friday night in the wholesale denortment of Goetter, Weil & Co., the largest whole 'll dry goods and notions dealers in Montgomery, Ala. The four-story build ing was destroyed. At one lime the whole bloc s was threatened. The loss to the stock is sloo,ooo,fully covered by insurance. The lost on the building is about twenty thousand dollais. A Birmingham dispatch of Thursday says: The search for oil amid the moun tains of north Alabama hns at last been rewarded at Hartselle.in Morgan county. The well is 1,700 feet deep, and the drill has penetrated .>nly a foot into the oil bearing sand. The oil rises 800 foet in the well, and is cloar and beautiful. Gas flows from the well, mul, when lighted, the flame burned steadily for twenty feet in the air. The prospecting has been done by experts from 1* nnsylvania. Col. James L. 8h ffleld, one of the most prominent politicians in Alabama died suddenly nt Montgomery Saturday. He commanded a Confederate regiment during the w>r which he spent his entire fortune equipping, and he served with signal bravery until 1804. He was noted as one of the most effective slump speak ers in the sttte. and in 1884 was an inde pendent candidate for governor. He was interested in the Kolb movement in current Alabama politics, ami was ranked ns one of the most influential speakers on that side in the present campaign, lie was seventy-three years old. In a recent, account of u free distri bution of flowers lo the poor of- a certain dirtriot ill New York city was included a description of the society's perambulat ing ice-water tank wagon which followed the truck bearing the flowers, and from which all who wished could have a drink of cold water. Men, women and chil dren from Baxter, Mulberry, Park, Mott, and Centre streets swarmed about the truck in such numbers that it was with great difficulty that those wlm were in charge could make any equal distribu tion of the precious fluid. It has long been the custom in all tho great railroad depots, ferry waiting rooms, largo stores and many of tho public buildings to furnish free ice water, hut of course the very poor could not avail themselves of such opportuni ties, and how thankful many of them must have been to those who sent them this cup of cold water free!—[Harper's Y'oung Peoplo. ATLANTA MARKETS. COnitECTKD WEEKLY. Groceries. Coffee —Roasted —ArbuckUi’s 19.00 |i 100 lb. cast h,Lion 19.60 c; Levering’s 11160 c. Greon-Ex tra choice 20c; choice good 19c; fair 18c;com mon ifi%c. Hngai-Granulated 15c; ofi granu lated —c; powdered 5%c; cut loat 5%c; white extra C 4%c; New Orleans yellow clarified 4>/c; yellow extra V 4c. Syrup—New Orleans choice 48<tC50; prime Ss@4tk-: common 30(<i36c. Molasees—Gennino Cuba 35@:!Hclimi tation 22®25. Teas—Black 35®55c; green 40ftifi0c. Nutmegs 65(n 70c. Cloves 25@30c. Cinnamon lOtfiaMi!. Allspice 10@llc. Jamai ca ginger 18c. Singapore | epper 14c; Mace SI.OO. ltice fair 7%c; good 6%c; common (IV (ft 6c; imported Japiui I! os7a Salt—Hawley’s dairy $1 fiO; Virginia 70c. Cheese--Ftlll cream, Cheddar t <•; Oats 12c- White fish, half bbl«.s4 00; pails 60c- Soaps—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs $3 00(375; turpentine, 00 bars, 60 lbs, $225 a 250 ; Candles—l’araflne 12c; star tOWc. Matches— 400s $4 00; 300* $3 00a3 75; 200* $2 00a2 75; 60s, 5 gross $3 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk sc; do i lb pkgs sy/,.; cases, 1 lb sttc. do 1 and ‘/.lbs Bc, do‘/.lb H>:c. Crackers -XXX soda 6l£c; XXX butter XXX pearl oysters 6c; shell and excelsior 7c-lemon cream l*c-; XXX ginger snaps He; oorn ipll. y,-. Candy—As-orted stick 6%0; l ranch mixod 12%c. Canned g"ods—Condensed milk $6 00a8 00; imitation mack rcl $3 95x4 00; sal mon $6 00a7 50: F. W. oysters $1 75a ;L.W. *125- corn $2 50a8 50; tomatoes $l6O. Ball liotash $3 20. Htarcli—Pearl 4%C; lnmp sc; nickel packages $ i 59; celluloid $5 00. Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quarts *t 50al 80. Powder —B lie, kegs $5 50; % kegs $3 00;% kegs*l 65. Sliot $1 70 per sack. Flour« Urnln and 3l«*al. Flour—First patent $5 75; seotral patont $5 85 ; extra fancy $4.75 ; fancy *4 50; family $3 50@$4 00. Corn No. 1 white 68c. No 2 white 68 •; mixed 6G j. Oats— Mixed 45*~c; whito 47c; Kansas rust Droo f 53c Hav—Choice timothy, large bales, $1 00- No. 1 timothy. Isrg- titles, 95c; ch -ice timothy.small bale*, 97%c;N0. 1 timothy, small hal<*a 98c; N'»- 2 inuothr, small bale*, 92c. Meal—Plain 67c: bolted G 0 -. Wheat bran— Large sacks SI.OO small sacks 1-00 Cotton sco<l meal~sl 10 per cwt. Steam feed— perewt. Grits—Pearl $3.50. ConnlrT Proilsrf. Fires 12%c. Butter—Western creamery 20a22‘/c; choice Teimess- e 16a20e; other grades 10al2V?o. Lire poultry—Turkeys 10@18/Jc per lb- hens 30c, young chickens largo 2Ca2sc ; small spring poultry—Turkeys 18a20e; ducks 15al8e;chick !ns 15a16. Irish potatoes, 2.00(5,2.59 (ter bb.. sweet poratoessl.o6al. 10 per b.L Honey-btrai..- ed 8a 10c •in tho comb 10a 12c. Onion *2 50 |>er bbl. Cabbage—Green Floitda 1%®2,-. I*r lb. Louisiana 1%. Provision*. Clear rib sides, boxed 7%c; ioe-cured bel lies B%e. Sugar-cured bams 1 to brand and average; California BXQB/V-- break fast bacon Lard-Pure lear —c; leaf 7%; refined none. Cat ton. Market finn.- Middling 7e. A Cup of Cold Water.