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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY CONSOLIDATED JANUARY, 1,1891. VOL. XV. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ||R. «. p. ( AnPßFxr, DENTIST. McDonough Gi. Any one desiring work done can lie ac commodated either by calling on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements are otherwise made. Geo W. Bar ax j W.T. Dicker. i:itv v> & mcKF.iv, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MoDosoi'us, ‘*a. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court cf Georgia and the United States District Court. apr27-lv | AS. 11. TIRAI’.H, 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. marl 6-1 y p .1. KBAG AIV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, • . McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and othercollections. Will attend all the Courts at 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 given to collections. octs-’79 yy A. hrowx * 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 |y 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 tiongivento Collections, Oet 8, 1888 Jno. D. Stewart. j R.T. Daniel. STEWART & DAAIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GairriN, Ga. JOHN! L. TIE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices iu the State and FcdcijV yourts. THE— TEN N r A-' Go.njt/rvifle * ash? vx.it /^T >Wcr —~ A* miss,;- iG# r -v r—-N.r' I /® o R O I a\ i • MONTt.OKU«Y '/J>*unsw,cY< I L J«e»SONVILII'%\ StWBIBfMIS vl • . ST.tUCUSTISIIa East Ml Vireinia & Ga. R’Y. SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, PULLMAN’S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS BETWEEN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA without i n*:«»in direct Connections at Chat tanooga with Through TRAINS AND PULLMAN SLEEP ERS TO Memphis and the r ”3Bt, at Knoxville with Tulliuan Sleepers for WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION' ADDRESS, B. W. WRENN, CHAS. N.KICHT (iea’l. Pa»«. Af>, A,G. r. A. KNOXVItLE. ATLANTA aR RAR* A YYA R ! I (lTMltfOk' la LrirtW f|l "W II 11 II t~«< ti fair-v :?■ | ■ r*- <f eitb< r K 1111 B |», x. uL tn read and w rile, and who, (])■ I I I I I I laf'rr inst.oction, will work induatrfoualv, \|r W W V W how to earn Three 1 bousand Dollars a Year in their own loealitie«. wherever thay Hw.l will alaofnrsiah the situation or wfckh yon can earn that a moon'. So money for me unirs* auceeaafnl aa above. Kaeiiy and quickly learned, j desire bnt one worker from ee< b district or reunty. I hare already taught and provided with employment a large number, who are makiag over #*WWI a rearearh. It's K EW and SOLID. Full particular* fK F.K. Address at once, E, ALLEN, llox 420, Aiicutu, Maine. «:tla fort made at r m, 1-r Asl*» sad J do. XJdteti, Toledo, CftV - Others are daiuf a* wall. W) y ? A ora* earn overfill C 0 a YqnCajtdo the work « ». wheer' -r you ar«- JMk N - arc easily eamieg fraaa 95 to ■y.AMarr* W. afefrw you fte'» rt yon dn work la »i~r« tin « lie time m<*aey for wort, allure unko-wn atnotMr then.. i»mJ wMdarful. VariicnVirt fte*. Pllullott A Co., Box a BO Portland, Maine GEORGIA BRIEFS. Interesting Paragraphs from all Over the State. Press Day of the Georgia Chautauqua, at Albany, notwithstanding the inclem ency of the weather, was a grand success. The Western and Atlantic rental for March has been paid. It ann unts to $35,000. This is $1,150.66 a day, $17.94 an hour and eighty cents-a minute—a pretty goood inc me, $420,000 a year. A movement is on foot to establish a telephone lino between Dalton and Chat tanooga, and efforts will be made to get Chattanooga m< rchants interested in it. It is understood that it will run its wires to Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Catoosa Springs and Dalton. Augusta is delighted at the fine pros pects of getting the state fair in October. If the efforts to get the fair are success ful, it will be held in connection with the exposition, which will mako a double at traction. Augusta has made a tine offer to get the fair, and the chances of her getting it are good. A negro peracher in Augusta says that 100 years ago the people were all Baptists, but since that time many have falien, and that was the cause of the earthquakes, epidemics and murders. He also says that the white Baptist folks used to go down to the river to baptize, but now they are so good they baptize in the churches, where they can heat the water. The most important testimony in tho McKee trial at Rome was that of Prof. White, of Athens, who as a chemical ex pert has few equals in the south, lie said arsenic was found in the stomach, and his testimony was very clear and de cisive on this point. Prof. White’s tes timony created a sensation, for, although it has been known that he analyzed tho stomach of the poisoned woman, the re sult of the analysis has never before been made public. The citizens of Molena are considerably agitated over the owenership of the real estate upon which the town of Molena is situated. The Richards heirs are about to revolutionize things. Some little doubt has existed all along as to the ability of those in possession to make legal titles, but the matter was said to have been sat isfactorily arranged some time ago and improvement went on. The attorney of the orphans gives notice that they expect to push their claim. The claim involves 750 acres of land, embracing the entire business portion of the town. A change has taken place in the de partment of the principal physician of the penitentiary. Dr. H. V. M. Miller, who was appointed by Governor Gordon, stepped down and out. Dr. W. O’Dan iel, his successor, appointed by Governor Northen, took charge of the office. Dr. Miller, it goes without saying, has made a thorough going and highly efficient of ficer, and his administration has given complete satisfaction. Dr. O’Daniel is a prominent Allianceman, a physician of acknowledged position, and will doubt less prove an efficient officer. This is the last of the state house officers affected by the last election. Sunday was an important day in Epis copal circles throughout Georgia, it being the day of elections for the parish officers and for delegates to the diocesan conven tion to be held May 16th at Christ church in Savannah for the purpose of electing a bishop. Bishop Thompson, of Missis sippi, has been asked to preside at the Savannah convention, and will accept A number of names have been suggested for the honored position. Among them are Rev. Chauncey Williams, of Augusta, Ga.; Rev. I)r. Lindsey, of Trinity church, Boston; Rev. Di. Rainsford, of New York; Rev. Dr. Gaylor, of Sewanee uni versity, ; Rev. Robert S. Barrett, pastor of St. Luke’s church, Atlanta; Rev. Dr. Robert Gibson, of Richmond, Va.; Bishop Wingfield, of California, and others. Judge A. R. Wriglit Dead. Judge A. R. Wright died suddenly Tuesday, near Glenwood, his country home, and apoplexy was the cause of his death. The news of his demise will carry sorrow to many, for one of the grandest men of this day has pissed away. Judge Wright was in congress with Toombs. Stephens and Cobb, tlie intimate friend of all. During secession Judge Wright whs a leader, lie and Mr. Stephens stumped the state for Stephen A Doug lass. As an advocate before a jury, he was was without a peer; as a political orator, there was none who surpassed him. With his death ends the life of one of Georgia’s greatest men. Chicknmauga’a Encampment. The location of the Georgia military encampment for 1891 at Chickamauga, (Crawfish Springs) Ga., by the Georgia military advisory board will be a great benefit, to that aspiring and attractive resort, and will enable it to bid advisedly for the p rmanent encampment of Geor gia’s militia. In speaking of the award of the encampment to Chickamauga, the Atlanta Constitution truthfully savs: ‘‘Chickamauga is one of . the most beau tiful places in the world. It is thirteen miles from Chattanooga, on the Chatta nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, in what is called MeLemorc’s cove, with Lookout mountain on one side and Pigeon mountain on the other. The scenery in the vicinity is wildly picturesque. The famous Crawfish Spring is at Chickamauga. It flows 30,- 000,000 gallons of water a day, and just below it is another spring of equal size. The water is as clear as crystal flowing over the rocks. For its historic associa tions, no better place could been selected. The federal and confederate lossesonthis battlefield amounted te 33,000 men. The government takes 7,500 acres for a na tional park, and a surveying party is now on the grounds. Over $300,000 have already been appropriated.” A Question of Tux. An authority on the handling of cot ton gives an interesting fact regard ing the giving in of taxes on held-over cotton, the importance of which has not been generally appreciated. “There never was in Georgia before,” said he, “near so much cotton left on the Ist of April in the hands of the farmers. It s being in their han ls on the Ist of April makes them pay the taxes on it. lou are going to see a kick all over the state when they come to give in their property for taxation. They have been advised to hold their cotton, as much as possible, MCDONOUGH GA., FRIDAY, APRIL It), 1891. and they have actid in c neert in tnat direction. It wouldn’t help matters if every bale iu the state was sold on the 2d of April—it is in the hands of the farm ers on the Ist of Apf.il, und they pay the taxes on it. The stnte and county taxes will foot up, iu the aggregate, a very large sum to come from the farmers. This is in the nature of an additional tax upon them—something iu excess of what they usually pay, for they never before adopted a general policy of holding back their cotton until the Ist of April. Not long ago the list of questions to be pro pounded by the tax collector were changed iu the legislature, and this point about held-over cotton is covered now. The great difference this year, though, is iu the amount of cotton held as compared with the average. Where a man pays $1 tax on cotton ordinarily, he will pay $lO this year, and in the aggregate this amounts to a great deal. Further Instrnellona. An important order has been issued by Governor Northen relative to the pen sions for Confederate widows, and is as follows: “Whereas, The act of the recent gen eral assembly, providing pensions for the widows of Confederate soldiers, stipu lates that each widow, entitled under its provisions, shall receive SIOQ, ana the general appropriation act sets apart $60,000 to cover this expenditure; “And whereas, There is now official in formation in this department, furnished by the ordinaries of the several counties, making the number of applicants more than 4,000; “And whereas, It will be impossible, under existing circumstances, to establish any rules by which the money appropri ated may be judiciously aud properly distributed until all the applications shall be filed iu this office aud passed upon under the provisions of the law. It is therefore Ordered, That payments of pensions to the widows of cenfederate soldiers will not begin until ample time has been given to receive and pass upon all appli cations. Of this, due notice will bo given through the papers and the ordi naries of the several counties. ,The ordi naries are respectfully instructed to ex plain the provisions of this order and in struct every applicant to send her proofs to this department and await notice of readiness to begin the payments.” Judge Calhoun, of Atlanta, announces that application blanks, settiug forth the requirements in the affidavit made by the widow applying, are now ready. In fill ing out these blanks the widow must swear that she is the widow of a soldier, whose name must be given, with his com pany, regiment and time of his enlist ment, and tnat she was the wife of tho deceased soldier, and has never married since his death. She must also give tho date of her marriage, and that she has re sided continuously in Georgia, which was her home on December 23, 1890, and that since that time she has not resided in any other state. She must also state tho date of death of husband, and how, when and where he died. She must state, in case he died of disease, positively how the disease is known to have resulted from the service of the soldier in the army, and not from any other cause. Three witnesses must testify to the facta that she sets forth in her affidavit. There must accompany these a certificate from the ordinary of the county in which the applicant resides. Last of all, she must sign her name to a power of attorney for the collection of the money on any war rant that may be issued in her favor. QUIETING DOWN. The Italian Embroglio Assum ing a Milder Aspect. It is reported that the president and his advisers are very much gratified over the latest message from Premier di Ru diui, which was the subject of considera tion at the cabinet meeting Friday. They re inclined to think that it indicates an early settlement of the diplomatic war. The milder tone assumed by Rudini in his mes-age to Marquis imperiali is, it is considered, due to the clear state ment of our government’s position by Secretary Blaine, supplemented by the very able presentation of the case at R ime by Mr. Porter, United States min ister there. If this government considers the ques tion of indemnity, the inquiry will no doubt be made into tho ch iracter of the alleged subjects of Italy killed in New Orleans, whether they were compelled to leave their native land, under a promise never to return and were compensated to leave, etc. Should it be found that these men left the country for their country’s good, this government would hardly con rent to compensate their families. It was al o repored that at the cabinet meeting a letter was read from either Baron Fava or Marquis Imperiale, intimating that the recall of the minister was really but a leave of absence. The dispatch from Marquis di Rudini, Italian premier, was laid before the cabi net by Secretary Blaine and discussed for a time. Later, Secretary Blaine said that he would not be able to give out any thing for publication now, as the exact text of the marquis’ note remains a se cret, and it is regarded as possible that it will not be made public UDtil the secre tary has prepared his reply. ROASTED TO DEATH. A Conflagration in Which Ten People Lose Their Lives. In a fire at Rochester, Pa., Saturday night, a large frame structure, in which was located the tea arid coffee store of George Edwards, the millinery store of Mrs. Hall, and the shoe shop and resi dence of E. J. Keene, was dcstroye L A number of Italians lived over the millinery store and were burned to death. There have been nine bodies found; only two recog nized. They are Mr. Keene and his son, who was a shoemaker. One hundred and fifty dollars in gold was found in the ruins, supposed to have belonged to the Italians. An Italian, who is the only one of the family saved, and who jumped from a second-storv window, says there is SSOO more st 11 in the ashes. The conclusion arrived at is that the Italians became confused and could not fin 1 the stairway, which was a narrow one, and to reach it required the jope un" of two doors ip the rear of the building. AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES ■ NEWS AND NOTES CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. Epitome of Incidents that Hap pen from Day to Day. The grip is epideojie at Oshkosh, Wi»., to an alarming extent. The senate of New York has passed a bill appropriating $200,000 for tka world's fair. A disastrous explosion occurred in a coal mine at Apedale, England, Friday, and ten persons tu-H The police authorities of Buenos Ayres have closed the salvation army hall, claiming that the army was not recog ■ nized by the church. A statement prepared at the treasury department shows that there was was a net increase of $11,641,145 in circulation during the month of March. Fireman Morris a»<i Brnkernan Fred Moore and John Coijroy were killed in an accident on the Erie railroad, near IlorneUsYillc, N. Yn|Thursciay. The secretary of the treasury has paid the direct tax chiitnaf f the state of Ohio, amounting to $1,8ffe,025, and of the state of New Jersey, amounting to $382,- 615. * The printers’ strike in the job offices at Washington, D. C., is ended, the em ployers conceding 42 cents a thousand, with extra rates for more than nine hours a day. The East German conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Balti more, voted 41 to 1 aga nst admitting women as delegates to tho general con ference. A strike was ordered Thursday in all Washington job offices that have not complied with the union’s demand for an advance from 40 to 42j cents per thou sand and a nine-hour day. The utmost tranquillity prevailed throughout the coke region Sunday. It is reported that several of the coke com panies in the region will make strenuous efforts to resume work at once. A small riot occurred Monday in the Phanix packing house, ct Kansas City by a crowd of Italians proposing (o work for $1 a day. They were driven off by a shower of stones from the workmen. A telegram of Monday from Bridge port, Conn., states that P. T. B irnum, the veteran showman, who has been ill for several days with the grip, has suf fered a relapse, and it is feared can live but a little while loDgcr. The will of the late General Joseph E Johnston has been Hied at Washington, and the court directed that letters of ad ministration be issued to James A. Mc- Lane, of Baltimore, executor. The value of the estate is estimated at SBO,OOO, A number of French capitalists have made an offer to the Russian government to Ifuild a Siberian railway, from Tchel cabuisk to Vladivostok, a distance of 7,198 versts, receiving payment either in railroad bonds of by a loan of 300,000,- 000 credit roubles. During the post week, ending at noon Saturday, there were 1,100 death in New York city, against 895 for the preceding week. There were fifty-six deaths from grip, against ten from similar causes tlie week before. The police department has 244 of its force on the sick list. Governor Boyd, of Nebraska, Friday morning, returned the Newberry maxi mum rate bill to the legislature without his approval on the ground that it was unconstitutional. The bill passed the house over the veto, but it is believed that the veto will be sustained in the senate. The many conferences that have been held between the steel company and their employes, at Joliet, 111., have resulted in an arrangement of the wages question, at least until the close of 18m5, after which six months notice must be given of a desired change by either side. The slid ing Beale is adopted. Dispatches from Carson City, Nevada, say: The men employed in the Holmes mine at Candelaria have suffered terribly from the ravages of the grip. Out of 600 men employed about the mine more than 400 have been prostrated, and over 100 have died. Work in the mine had prac tically to be abandoned. General Albert Pike, grand commander of the Scottish Rite Masonry of the southern jurisdiction, and chief of the Royal Order of Scotland for this coun try, died at 8 o’clock Thursday evening, at the home of the supreme council of the order in Washington, D. C., where he bad lived for several years. A London calegram of Sunday says: Von Caprivi, the German chancellor, has notified Lord Salislmry, the British prime minister, that Germany will abandon southwest Africa, unless the Anglo-Gcr mau syndicate succeeds in raisimr the proposed capital. It is doubtful whethei the sum required can be secured. A London cablegram of Sunday says: A movement has been st irted to create a gigantic trust to conti ol the output of the collieries in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The uvow (d object* of the new trust are lo bring the consumer id direct contact with the producer, aDd to place the profits on a less fluctuating basis. About 200 honorably discharged vet erans, who have served in the United States army and navy, met in New York city Tuesday and adopted resolutions favoring an organization to be known as the United States Regular Army and Navy Veterans. A copy of then-solutions were sent to varioua organizations with a request for endorsement. Twelve brick manufacturing firms ol Trenton, N. J., announce a reduction ol wages, beginning Tuesday, of 15 to '2< per cent. The reason assigned is the falling off in the demand for brick. There was aa oversupply last ycr, nnd the prospect is not good for this season. Employes are considering the advisability of striking. The Waverly oil works, at Pittsburg, Pa , covering an area of four acres, were totally-destroyed by fire Fiday night, to gether with 80,000 fe-.-t of sawed timber, owned by George S. Lacy. During the fire several tanks of benzine exploded, but no one was seriously injured. The total loss is estimated at $150,060. fully uov- | (red by insurance. The origin of the fire is not known. The French government has decided to 1 allow Prince Louis Bonaparte to v'sit Paris. The Bonaparte family council at San Remo, resulted in Prince Louis re taining the property left by his father, Ex-Empress Eugenic grantiug Prlneo Victor a sum to raise his annual income to $22,500. The ex-Emprcss Eugenie is still wealthy, though part of her fortune wa* involved in the receut troubles of the Baring Brothers. A dispatch of Friday from New Castle, l'a., says: A naturalized Italian, named Gabarrlo, who owns property at Wam pum, and ia he’d in good repute, has made public the story of his having been approached by some of bis countrymen w ith a proposition to join 20,000 Italians iu a plot to capture and destroy Pitts burg. Gabarrio says every Italian in Allegheny and Beaver counties has been similarly approached. Sunday’s dispatches say: Secretary Blaine is not yet prepared to make public ! anything throwiug additional light on I the Italian situation, and unless there should be, contrary to all expectations, another bombshell as sudden and start ling as the recall of Baron Fuva, it is probable that the Italian entanglement will not again be a subject of all-engross ing public interest, aud that it will take the usual tedious course of diplomacy. Up to Monday night several Morewood rioters had bccu arrested, and eight depu ties who did tho shooting. Tho squire before whom the heariugs were held found a precedent somewhere, held those charged with riot and carrying concealed weapons in SI,OOO hail, while the depu ties charged with murder were released on S3OO. It is said that the wounded strik ers, previously reported as having died Saturday, were privately buried Tuesday. A Boston dispatch of Saturday, says: Thursday night’s storm has resulted iu tho general demoralization of the tele graph service out of Boston. The poles have beeii blown down, the wires tangled arid wrecked, and it is said that tho gen eral condition of tho telegraph system is worse than that which resulted from the blizzard of January 25th last. Neither the Western Union nor Postal had a wire working to New York Saturday, and the Associated Press wires were down iu all directions. DUN’S REPORT Of the Condition of Business for the Past Week. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The uctuul condition of bus iness does not improve, however hopeful the anticipations warranted. Unfavora ble weather has prevailed over a wide area, nffectiug local trade and making country roads still more difficult. Labor troubles are becoming an important factor, strikes having begun at many localities in tho building trades, and tho great strike having resulted in riots and tho calling out of troops. Money is temporarily closer at some points on account of April settlements, but at nearly all interior markets quiet and comparatively easy. Philadelphia notes slow collections in most lines; wool quiet, with liquors, tobacco and jewelry; trade in chemicals fair, but iu paints light, and in shoes troubled by slow col lections, though the prospects are con sidered good. Pittsburg notes no im portant change, and Cleveland only a fair trade, with Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Kansas C'ity in the same condition. Chicago observes an increase over last year in the receipts of grain and cheese, and 50 per cent in wool, no chnnge in cured meats and hides, and a decrease in flour, lard, butter, and 60 per cent in dressed beef. REPORTS FROM THE CITIES. Merchandise moves more slowly than a few weeks ago, on account of bad roads. Memphis finds trade not yet near normal, but at Atlanta it is improving, and at New Orleans sugar is active at lower prices, rice scarce and cotton quiet. Bad weather affects trade at Montgomery, and at Jacksonville there are fears of a disas Irons spring and summer trade. Iron docs not mend at all, for the con fidencc that the strikes will soon end, consumers are awaiting. Tho lowest prices on record are made by »omo works for bar iron, aud structural movis 'lowly, while wrought pipe is terribly demoral ized. Pig iron is duller than for years, and buyers generally hold off as to rails, disliking to help tho combination. Coal is flat, official prices being about 15 cents above last year, but with some cutting. FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICES. Speculation in breadstuffs does not abate, and with sales of 33,000,000 bushels here wheat is 1J cents higher than a week ago. Cotton has not changed, and trad- ing is light. The new tariff has taken effect as to raw sugar, and the price is now 3$ cents against 5.10 a week ago, while granulated is selling at 4$ cents against (ty cents last week. The average of all prices is a shade lower than a week ago. In the stock market there has been some weakness on account of the total indifference of the public and the pros pect that the new Nebraska law will cut down the earnings of many railroads seriously. Business failures throughout the country during the last week number, for the United States, 211; Canada thirty two. For the corresponding week last year tin figures were 180 in the U nited States and seventeen in Canada. THE INDIAN IS AVERSE To Enlisting in the United States Regular Army. News received at the war department Friday of the results of efforts becing made by western army officers to carry out the provisions of the array appropria tion hill authorizing the enlistment in the regular army of 2,‘WO Indian recruits is verv discouraging. The offioers report that the Indiras will not enlist in the infantry under any circumstances, a« they adhor walking. They will not enlist in the cavalry except as scouts, because they do not care to Lind themselves to five years’ service, nor to lie subject to removal to distant parts of the country Then, too, they want their women with them, and a great majority of the bucks are physically unfit for military service It is doubted whether a single Indian company can be recruited in the west. SOUTHERN BRIEFS DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND Curtailed into Interesting and Newsy Paragraphs. A break in tho levee south of Green ville, Miss,, is reported. The cotton receipts to date in Augusta, Ga , amount to 200,557 bales. The superintendent of the census places the ponulatlon of California at 1,208,130. Tho confederate veterans of Richmond, Va., have decided to erect a monument to General A. P. Hill At a meeting of tho citizens of R ch mond, Thursday night, resolutions were panned v pon tho death of General John ston. Falk & Bentsohner, retail clothiers, at Charleston. 8. C., made an assignment Saturday. Liabilities $50,000; assets, $40,000. Tire governor of Tennessee has applied to the secretary of tire treasury for the refunding of the direct tax collected in that state, amounting to $392,005. Two-thirds of the town of Grctua.La., has boeu submerged by water from the Ames crevasse. Many of tho people from tiro overflowed section ure moving to New Orleans. Tho North Carolina legislature imposed a tax of twenty-live cents per slmro on the stock of the Raleigh and Gaston rail way. It is now discovered that by an error in engrossing the bill, the tax levied is only twenty cents per share. Lexington, N. 0., is terribly wrought up over the appearance of smallpox. Sev eral cases in the worst stages of the dis ease have developed there in the last few days. Some of the citizens are leaving. The city and town are iu a state of in tense excitement. Octavius Coke, of Raleigh, has been appointed secretary of state by the gover nor. Coke was born at Williamsburg, Va., fifty-one years ago. He served in the Thirty-Second Virginia, was wounded at Sbarpsburg and Five Forks. In 1878 he madeEdenton, N. C., his homo. The Louisville leaf tobacco market has been featureless the past week. Baler have been moderately large, consisting chiefly of tobacco of an inferior quality, with now and then a first-class hogshead. All colorv and clean red hurley are very strong, in fact slightly higher than Inst week. Peter M. Dox died at Huntsville, Ala., Thursday night, in his 78th year, lie was born in Geneva, N. Y., and served in tho legislature of Unit state. He moved to Alabama in 1855. In 1805 he represented Madison in the rcvisional constitutional convention. He repre sented the eighth Alntmma district in the forty-first and forty-sPeond congresses. , The St. Augustine, Fla., gas works were burned Monday morning. Tho fire was caused by the giving way of a sealed door in a tank holding decomposed water, while it was being ehurged with illuminating power from kerosene. The entire p’nnf, except ilie oil and charging tanks and gas meter and generator, was destroyed. The loss is estimated at $65,- 000; insurance unknown. A Parkersburg, W. Va., dispatch of Friday says: There is considerable com motion among tho railroad lines in this state, and there are indications that the Italians arc avenging their countrymen by the destruction of property. Two at tempts to wreck a fast express on the Baltimore nrrd Ohio railroud were de tected in time to prevent the loss of life. Three thousand barrels of sugar wer ■ freed from bondage at tho custom house st Charleston, the duties, amounting to SIB,OOO, having been rebat'd, under the recent act of congress. Of this amount over 1,000 barrels were shipped to mer chants in the interior of the state, and most of the rest will go out at once. The price of granulated sugar tumbled to 7 cents a pound at retail, a fall of 2 cents. STORMS IN THE NORTH. Fourteen Inches of Snow in Western New England. A dispatch of Fridry from Boston, says: Tire storm throughout New Eag land is very severe. A stiff northeast gale is blowing with heavy rain on tire coast and snow in the interior. There is fourteen iuchca of snow throughout wes tern England. All trains are from one to four hours late.' The wind reached the velocity of sixty miles an hour. The center of the storm passed over Boston at 6:30 o’clock a. m. In the harbor the tide is highest for six months. Cons'd erable damage has been (lone to shipping. Mauy vessels lost or dragged their anchors arid drifted on the flats. A few schooners were dismasted. Others were badly damaged by being driven against the wharves. IN NEW TORE. A New York telegram s tys: The heavy storm which swept over this section Fri day night did conridcrab’e damage, particularly to the east of New York. The storm outside of the city was accom panied in mmy places by heavy, wet snow, and this, aided by the high wind, demoralized the telegraph wilts to a great exlent. . A SUGAR COMBINE. Spreckles and the Havemeyers Form a Trust. Dispatches of Thursday from San Fran cisco say: The combination between Spreckles and the Ifavemcyers is com pieted . The new organization is known as the West Coast Sugar Refining Com pany, and the arrangement is that the two local refiners shall work alternately. When the American refinery Is shut down, Spreckles' establishment will be working, and vice versa The removal of duty on sugar had 1i ■ tie effect on the prices listed. The prices of American and California refineries were alike in every respect. Both showed a drop in prices of cube and crushed sugar of 5-8 cent, and 3 4 cent in dry granulated sugar. Quotations on yellow sugars showed a rise of 1-4 to 1 rent. You should subscribe for this piper and see what is going on in the world. t Henry County Weekly, Established 1876, / Henry County Time*, Established 1884. AN AGREEMENT Between the Jute Trust and Alliance Representatives. The alliance and the jute trust have agreed upon the basis of future transac tions in bagging. A maximum scale of prices has been fixed, and with free com petition below the scale, the business agents of the alliance have accepted the proposition of the Cordage Bagging company, representing all but one of the factories that were formerly included in the trust. Ihe regulations began with the nationul bagging committee, com posed of Oswald Wilson, manager of the Florida state exchange: M L. Donaldson, manager of the South Carolina exchange, and \V. L. Peek, manager of the Georgia exchange. At the recent meeting of the alliance state business agents at Birming ham, all the cotton states were represent ed except Muith Caro lina. Colonel W. L. Peek, of the Georgia exchange, cou’d not go because of illness in his family. There Mr. Os wald Wilson, the chairman of the na tional cotton committee, submitted the proposition of the Cordage Baggage Com pany and it was adopted by all the states represented. The Cordage Bagging Com pany proposes to guarantee a maximum price of OJ cents per yard for one and a half pound, CJ cents for one and three quarter pound, 7i cents for two pound, and 7J cents for two and a half pound jute bagging, and agrees to meet compe tition below tins scale. They agree to supply all the jute bagg ng the alliance men want. The alliance business agents, in accepting this proposition, agree to take what jute bagging they need from this source, always provided that it meet* competition and supplies the goods promptly. As Georgia was not repre sented in the Birmingham meeting, the same proposition was submitted to tho directors of tho Georgia state exchange at a meeting in At lanta, and it was unanimously accepted. The importance of this action by ull the state agents of the cotton belt but one is very groat. Even if the action does not bind the Sub-Alliances, the recommend ation carries great weight. When the Alliance passed resolutions boycotting jute bagging, there were few Ailiancemeu who did not stand up to tho lint of tho order, though it cost them over a dollar a bale. When they make a fiat which relieves them of this extra cost, there is every reason to believe that they will nil stick. It simply menus that, by ono clever stroke, half the bagging for the coming year has been sold in advance, on terms mutually advantageous to maker and consumer. The recommendation of the business agents leaves the fanners free to buy cotton bagg ng if they prefer, but as the jute is cheaper, it is not likely that many will now buy cotton bagging. Ono of the directors was asked how this would leave the southern factories which put in machinery to make cotton bagging. “Their machinery was bought with a view to coiiv. rting it to other purposes,” said he, “and they can do that now. They have had a large sale at good prices, and they are not hurt.” All merchants who want to build up their business should advertise in this paper, as it will pay them to do so. A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL. A Boy Makes a Big Haul From the Atlanta Postofflce. Several days ago SII,OOO worth of checks and notes for the Atlanta Na tional bank were stolen from the hank’s private drawer at the Atlanta postofflce by a ten-year-old boy. On Saturday the boy wus arrested and $10,215.00 were recovered. There are still several other checks missing, which will run the total up to SII,OOO or more. The drawer was out of order, and could bo opened from the outside by a little shaking. The boy stood on the outride and took the letters as oitenly (is though he imd been in the employ of the batik. If you want to reach the peeple voU should advertise in this paper. ATLANTA MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLT. Flour, Grain mid Mewl. Flour—First patent *8 50 ; second patent S 8 0(1, extra fancy $5 75 ; fancy #5 80 ; family $4 75. Corn—No 2 white 90c ; mixed H9c. Oats- No. 2 mixed 65c ; whito 67c ; Kansas rust proof 88c. Bar—Choice timothy, large bales. #SO ; No. 1 timothy, large bales, 90c ; eh ice timothy, small bale*, tßc ; No. 1 timothy, small hales, 90c ; No. 2 timothy, smsll bales. 85c. Meal—Plain 78c ; bolted 75c. Wheat bran— La ge sacks *1 80 ; small sacks $1 35. Cotton seed meal- *1 30 per cwt. Steam feed-tl 35 per cwt Grits—Pearl $4 50. (sr«rerif>. Coffee—Rowjted—ArbueUe t * 26' $ 100 TN cases; Levering’* 25‘/ic. Green—Extra choice 23Wc; choice 23c; good 21JsJ; fair 20c; common 18(8! 19c. Hugar—Gratm ated sJic; off yr ulu lated 6%c; powdered 7%-, cut loaf 7%C; white extra C 6c; vehow extra 0 5%c. Syrup — Ntw O leans choice 48(350; prime 35@400; co muon 30(335c. Mol.sses —Genuine Cuba 85@33; imi tation 28(330. Bice—Choice 7>fc; fibjc; common imported Japan 6(gio; 81ft—Hawley’s dairy *1 50; Virginia 7oe- Cheese- -Full cream, Cheddars 13c; flats igi/r- ,km White fish, h If hhls $4 00; pails 80c. Soaps—Tal ow. 100 bars, 75 tbs #8 00.3 75; turpentine, 6J bam, 60 lbs $2 00s2 25; tallow, 60 bars, 60 lbs $2 25a‘J 50. Candles—Paraflnc lU'<c; star 10c. Ma’ches— 400s $4 00; 300 s #3 00*3 75; 200. $2 OOa2 75; 60s 5 gross *3 75. Boda-Ki gs, bulk sc; IH> pkgs sc; cases, assorted, lbs 6Ji&B<tfe. |4|)» 6J£a6e. Crackers—XXX soda 6>*o; XXX butter ftke; Gandy -Assorted stick mixed 12%e. Canned goods—Condensed milk tti 00a8 00; imitation mart-tel *3 95a4 00; sal mon $6 00a7 50; F. W. oysters »2 20a2 50:1. W. #160; corn #2 00a2 75; tomatoes »1 .5a2 50. Hall potash *8 20. 1 lump bV.r: nickel packages $3 50; celluloid s■> 00. Piekies, plain or mixed, p nts $1 OOal 40; quarts $1 50al 80. Towdcr—lt fl •, kegs $5 50; ke„a $8 00; y t kegs 41 05. Shot $1 6 > per sack. Clear rib sides, boxed c6V; ice-cured bel ies 7c. Sugar-cured bams Static, according to brand and average ; California 6V»c ; breakfast bacon &y,~. Lard— Pure leaf 8c ; leaf 78,a7 %c ; re lined 6c. t’oualrv Pruduce. Eggs 18c. Butter—Western creamery SOa 35c ; choice Tennessse 25a30c ; oth.r grades 15al8o. Live poultry —Hs ns 30a32%>-; young chickens, large 20a25c ; small 12a14c. 1> eased poult re—Turkeys 17al8c ; ducks 14c ; chickens 15c. Irish potatoes $4 50 per bbl. 3wo po:a roes 75c per bush !. Honey-Strafned Bal<te; in the comb 10a 12c. Omons $6 00 per bbl. Cabbage 2a3e per ib. Aimeria gripes, 50 ll» packages $6 50a7 50. • Cotton. Market quiet.—Middling 9c. NO. 82,