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the mercury. mtcred as Sccond-olass Matter at Oxe sandersvtlle Poslojjlce April 27, 18S0. Sandersfille, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY A . J. JKRNIGAN, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1.60 Per Year. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. A <f, JERXIOAX, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LETEBATURE, AOBICULTUBE AND QSNBBAL JWOaJMMIKM. SUBSCRIPTIONi $1.90 Per Annum. VOLUME YU. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1886. NUMBER 26. Olty of SanderiTllle. Mayor. J, N. Gilmore, ENDED IN BLOOD. TO THE TOHB. Aldermen. W. R Thigpen, B E. Rouoiitoiy, J. B Roberts, A. M. Mayo. 8. G. Lang. AS ALL OTIltiJl LIKE MOVEMENTS DO THESE DATS. ‘U It. WALTER OOJIDON AT REST. Clerk. 0. 0. BttOW*. Treasurer J. A. Inwnr. Marshal J. B. Whddok, A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga. 0&-VYI!,!, PRAOTIOR IX ALL THE COURTS. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Ga. U. D. Ivin, J* EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. F. H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Court* of tli* Mid'lle Circuit And in the countic* mrro idling Washington. Special at* tfiitioii given to commercial law. V. K. Uim 0. U. Boosiu. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDER8VILLE, GA. Will I'ractico in iho counties of Wuhingto-i, Jefferion, Johnston, Emanuel And Willitnann, >nit in tlie U. H. Court) for ttie Southern Dii* t i. t nf Oeorgi). Will «ct n« Agent) In buying, idling or rent* ing Ileal EUnte. Oflleo on West side of Pnblio Square. OctlUtr a W. H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH.— W Offin.i at li!) reehlouoo, on Uarrli street. Apr20-’80 H. S. HOLLIFIELD, Physician & Surgeon, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Oflic# next door to Mrs. Bnvm's Mlllinorj ttiir,., on Harris street. HUY YOU It •PECi FROM JEK,Krxa-^.lsr, (Nona genuine without our trade mark.) ox IIAX I) AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY HKPAIRBD BY JERUia-AlT. OXJR department ""r-plieil with all tlie requisite* for doing • II liiiida of Job and Boole work in FiraL Clans Stylo. Promptly anil at Rea sonable Price*. tVl Tw / *0* Lp/ EADING6, 1BBS, bedding cards, VISITING CARDS, ’ BUSINESS CARDS, Pnn ^ BALL CARDS. E0STER8, ■< handbills, 4 PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, The Onirnge on the Part or Men Who Uuxht to Have Kept the Pence— I*nr- tlvulnr* of the Plglit. It looks a* though ovory locked out man at the stock yards in Chicago was ready to go to work. All uround the tho larger houses, the alleys were filled with hundreds of men, waiting for an opportunity to talk with tho bosses. flU’liur ♦ r\ # t a V • LUVJ UUBStiS. Owing to a scarcity of hogs, however, very few men are being engaged. Ar mour & Cl \ will start shortly. Tlie Chi* cago packing and provision company are a little behind Armour, uud they have very few hogs on hand. Fowler ‘Broth ers will probably begin killing in a few days, and other houses as soon us they can get hogs. The price of hogs on change at yards advanced 25 rents per 100 pounds this morning. As about a hundred discharged Pink erton men were on their way to the city iu cur« from the r.tock yards, they were hooted and stoned by n crowd of strikers near Fortieth street. One of them, in exasperation, finally fired his Winches ter into the crowd through a car win dow, mortally wounding Dcunis Bagley, a well to do tcnmstcr. ' Word was immediately sent to the Chica go authorities, nnd upon the arrival of the train here tho entire lot of Pinkerton men together wi’li somi forty non-union workmen who were also on the train, were arrested nnd looked up in Harrison street station. From later nceounts it appeals that the shooting was not confined to one. man,but that, all tho Pinkerton men joined in tlie fusilade. When the train passed through a crowd at Halstead street they were again greeted with jeers, when a largo, stom, red faced man, clothed in a Pink erton uniform, stepped out on the buck platform and fired llis revolver into tho crowd, this was tho signal for a gener al volley, nnd tifto n or twenty Pinker ton men begnu to fire their lilies from car windows. Fully thirty shots were fired. The fence nnd shanties along tho truck were mnrked with bullets. The stock yards strike, which prom ised to pnss into history ns a bloodless one, hns been attended by the sncrntico of humnn life. Terrcy Begley and another man were mortally wounded by the Pinkerton men this afternoon, and some hundred nnd fifty of tho latter wero arrested await disposition on tho charge of murder. All Imt six were afterward released. The Pinkerton men say that the strikers made the assault first with stones nnd then with revolvers, and that they made no attack until they had been fired upon. Captain C. Ilar- key said, however, that tlie Pinkerton men did the first shooting without any provocation. Captain .Joy was in charge of tlie Pinkerton men when the shooting occurred. He was standing on the rear platform. He said that tlie men picked out by the city police arc not the guilty parties. He said, ulso, that strikers gather'd about tlie car four hundred strong just as they were about starting and began pelting them w ith stones and some of them shot at them. “We were sent down there,’’ said Cap tain Joy, “to preserve the pence, not to disturb it, but when sonic of my tnen were tired upon hev returned it, think ing perhaps that the lives of tlie em ployees who were in their charge were iu danger. 1 was standing on tlie rear plat form nf the train at the time I rushed into the train and ordered them to stop firing. 1 did not know what injury was done until I came into tho city. William A. Pinkerton says he lias am ple proof that Ids men did not fire upon the crowd until they had hci n fired up on. ( buries Beck, one of the men, wli > whs in a ear ahead of the one from which the shooting was done, says tho crowd tired at least five shots before the fire was returned. Oue of the bullets passed through tlie ear nnd imbedded itself in an opposite wall. Bricks and stones were tlien thrown until the side of the car was well battered up- Mr. Pinkerton says the men lmd been the subjects of constant assaults and abuse while in the yards, and two of them ire now laid up with wounds that may prove fatal. 'a liiiiiuslna Funeral—TheUnto<Ttyl-uuril) Hu- (lovi-rnore Horen (timed* unit the University (tinduntca nf tho City Attend—The Hi-rvlce nt I linreli nnd Cemetery. The remains of Mr. Walter 8. Gordon reached Atlanta, Monday last oil tho 12:80 Richmond and Danville train A large number of friends awaiting the arrivul of the train, and by the time it reached the depot a very lnrgc crowd had gathered. ! lie remains were nccompnnied by Gen. and Mrs. Gordon nnd tlicir daughter, Mit-s Fannie, nnd the berenvod nndhenrt- BIRMINGHAM’S NEW BANE. A Great A**re*nllon of Wealthy Hunk er*. The stockholders of the Alabama State bank, nf Birmingham, met and unani mously resolved to increase tlie capital stock to half a million dollars, and con vert it into Alabama. Three-fourths of the new stock has already been taken. There have been many applications from abroad for tbo balauoe, but tlie manage ment uro holding this back for business men and citizens here. One inn tele graphed for $00,000. Tlie nc.v bank will bo called the Alabama Nat io: id hank. It will have the largest capital stock of any bnnk in Alabama, nnd more 11 an all the other banks here combin' 1. Among the solid men who have taken slock are Josiali Morris, of Montgomery, one of the ablest banker in tho United tales; Mr. E. Norton, the new and live presi dent of tho Qutcn and Crescent; Mr. Felton, president of the Kentucky Na tional bank, of Louisville; Mr. Johnston, president of the First National bank, Columbus, Miss.; Mr. Bpnrr, president of the/Commerce National bank, Nashville; and several other prominent bankers The state bank has been ably managed, and hns been wonderfully sueces-ful. President Joseph F. Johnston has made a successful banker and financial manager, and has the confidence ol the whole state. Mr John W. Reid, the cushicr, has daily added to bis reputation an a careful and prompt business man. FAILURE IN RICHMOND. \ Osterlougb, of Richmond, Va., a huge dealer and shipper of leaf tobacco, made a deed of trust to A. L. Boulware for the benefit of his creditors. The only creditors named are the First National bank!"*/ Richmond, $60 000, and Union fctrt 000. The deed conveys about A »|.». dottier with tb* collateral that the banks already hold, will secure th*)» inahlu- lions. broken widow and her two little girls. Judge and Mrs. Bigby, Major F. C. Gordon and other relatives mid fricuds met them and escorted them to the car i ages awaiting outside, Mrs. Gordon leaning on tlie arm of General Gordon. Among those who met the train was the body of the state university gradu ates of the city, nearly a hundred in number, each wearing white gloves. The Governor’s Horse Guards nnd the Gate City Guards. From the depot the funeral procession, headed by Pnrkcr’s band, followed by the two military companies, the hearse, the university graduates, and a lung line of carriages, went to tho Second Baptist c.l urcli. The church was crowded before tho funeral cortege arrived. After the casket was placed in position in tho church, the quartette, sang in a most impressive manner “Their Sun Shall no More go down.” I)r. McDonald’s prnyer was a most bi beautiful one, nnd brought tears to the eves of many present. “Angels Ever Bright and Fair,” was then beautifully reudered. After the discourse bv Dr. McDonald, tho sh.eld over the face of the dead was removed nnd tho counte nance was seen by ninny who slowly passed by the coffin. Thu scene when his widow nppronehod the coffin har rows description. She asked General Gordon to let her see the face the second time, saying in her sobs that “She kniw that it was smiling at her.” The counte nance was perfectly natural in its expres sion, nnd seemed to bear the gentle smile which characterized it in life. The little three months-old daughter was held over the coffin by its nurse to see its father’s nee for the last time. At the cemetery after prayer, “Nearer My God to Thee” was sung, that having always been the favorite song of Mr, Gordon. The coffin was lowered, nnd the lurge assemblage returned to the dty. BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS. Two Ltrn Firm) la Nashville Clnril Up. Hindi Bros. & Co,, nnd llirscli it Lowenstcin, tne former one of the largest cowensiein, tne lormcr one ol tlie largest dry goods houses south, were dosed by attachments aggregating oue hundred aggregating on ul dollars. Malone A and fifteen thousund Gaines, attorneys for Messrs. L cb A Sdioncficld, of New York, filed a trust. Dill in chancery court against llirscli Bros. & Co., for $2,208 17. Hirsch & Lowcnstein, clothiers dosed their stores and the sheriff took charge of the estab lishment. The fuilure of these houses created much excitement throughout the city. Businessmen and all others who held accounts against the firm huutcd up attorneys to represent them iu tho mat ter of their claims. A large crowd sur rounded the house soou after the an nouncement was mode, nnd the cause of iho failure were discussed in all their hearings. In the meantime the customers were arriving, nnd finding tho doors dosed, stood around to learn the facts. By noon the sidewalk in front of tho building was thronged with people. Many pressed their way dose up to tho plate glass doors and peered in, nut only seeing the salesmen moving about with their hands in thsir pockets, fell back to allow others the same privilege. It was a genuine sensation, though in comincr- dul circles the failure was not unexpect ed. The misfortune is regretted by their many friends, who hope that they inny soon resume. The total liabilities are $200,000. The assets are unknown, but thought to be about $60,000. TUOMA8 A. Mil,I.Kit KILLED. Some time since Jake Hill rode by the homo of Mr. Joseph Miller, Sr., the fath er of Mr. Thomas A. Miller. Seeing s little grand child of Mr, Miller’s in tin yard, Hill telling the girl that she was a liar and threatening to “beat" her grand father if found, got down from his horse and searched tlie house. On Widnesday ail congregated nt Lotbair. Ilill was there, and Mr. Miller, although nearly ilk ‘ nearly eighty years of age, walked up to him and told him that he had been in formed that he fllill) wished to whip mid him, nnd now, ririit there, they would settle it by a fair fight. Mr David Mil ler came to 1 is father’s aid, and when Hill saw him coming he drew his knife and said, with an oath, “I’ll kill you.” Young Miller also drew his knife, hut before the combatants could come to gether Mr. Thomas A. M filer stepped up and endeavored to separate them. When Tom Miller came up, I J. Duvis, stand ing near, said: “Stand buck; don’t all jump on Jake Hill.” .Miller put his hand on Davis’s breast and pushed him back wards. Davis asked Miller what he had to do with it, and Miller replied that he wanted to sett'e the difficulty amicably, at the same tirr.e turning his back to Da vis. Davis commenced firing on Miller as soon his back was turned, and Miller retreated until the third shot from Davis’ pistol lodged iu the back of his neck, runging upward to the brain. Miller lived only a few minutes after being allot, and the only words spoken was an ay peal for water. As soon as Davis saw that he had killad Miller, he endeavored to escape, but Mr. Joseph Miliar, Jr,, avid Mr. David Miller, brother* of the dead man, arrested him and brought him back. The coroner being summoned) s buy was impanneled,. the verdiet of nich was “willful murder.” THE WOOL CLIP. Ban Ajisonjo, Tex.— Those who lire posted on the wool market predict- that ibe reason's clip will not• exceed ■ THE YELLOW FEYER. IT* PREVALENCE AT BILOXI ES TABLISHED. Reported That the People Have lleen Uiiry- tii# Itodln) Heerntly Every Nliiht for Two Wcelta—A Quarantine Declared Against MlnUnlppI—Tke Pro. clamallan tunned. 1 • • ' r it .vm i , . p , (jflo pound?, for the ren.viu that the sheep arc not .shearing aa heavily as expected, The state board of health of Louisiana, having received information of tho prey alonceof fever nt lliioxi, Miss., eighty miles from New Orleans, and tlm death there of a number of persons from this' cause, had a special meeting in Nejr Or leans to consider the matter. The state ments made before the board show that an itinerant mechanic named Sumpter, who carno from Biloxi,died at Mississippi City. The attending physician pro nounced Sumpter’s disease to be bilious fever, but the nurse said ho vomited “black stuff.” This nurse is a man who enjoys the respect and confidence of ev erybody. Dr. Walker mndo the alarm ing statement, ns coming from people from Biloxi, that nearly every family there bad cases of fever. lie "was told that in all there existed up to Inst night 27G cases; that for the past two weeks people were being buried quietly nt night, nnd that in the daytime bodies were laid away surreptitiously, but in re ply to a question by Mnyor Million, Dr. Walker said such a profoun 1 and alarm ing stnto of nflairs could hardly exist without his knowing something of it. Charles Mnrslmll, superintendent of the Louisvillo and Nashville railroad,who was summoned before the hoard, stated that he was told that Dr. Lemon had pronounced the enuso of his wifo’s death at Biloxi, ns yellow fever. Marshall had received a telegram from tho stntion ngont saying there wore 80 or 40 cases at Biloxi, nnd thnt. Drs. Lemon nnd Mubin hnd difficulty about tho nature of tlie fever, Dr. Lctnon ndh'ring to the belief it was unquestionably yellow fever. Dr. Holt urged the board to take im mediate action to meet tlie demands promptly in this important question. He urged that there wa* no time to be lost, and that means of protection were the paramount consideration, und pointed out tho violation of their pledge made by tho mayor and board of health at Biloxi. Dr. Oliphnnt moved that immediate steps bo taken to protect New Orleans from an invasion by yellow fever, uow at Biloxi, and that a quarantine be forth with declared against tha' place. A quarantine was declared by tho board. THE TERRIBLE WRECK. THE COTTON PICKER. INAUGURATION. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTICE! All Communications intended for this Paper must he accompanied bp the full tin me of the writer—not necessarily for publico lion, but ae • guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinions of corresponds onto. THI TURN OF THE TIDE. THE TEST PRONOUNCED A GRAND SUCCESS BT A COMMITTEE. PROGRESS ON THE PLANS JOB THIS NOTABLE EVENT. The (rial af tka Macao Cattoa Harvester at Hauler, H. C. Krgreaealollvee from the New Yerk Codec Exchange. The success of the Mason cotton picker, which wa* indisputably demonstrated in Sumpter, 8. C., to-day, aigniflea a new era in cotton planting and the harvest ing of the crop. Whilst the machine cannot yet be termed a complete auccusa, yet itia so nearly perfected as to antisfy those who saw it work to-day, that ii time it will supersede manual labor in g athering the Btnple from the stalks. everal rigid practical testa were made in the presence of repreientatires from several lea ring cotton exchanges und others. The New York cotton eiohange waa represented by Mcssr*. R. II. Round- tieo, L. C. Lathrop and Thomas M. Foote, president; A. W. Taft, of tho Charleston chamber of commerce, and nearly a dozen prominent citizen* of that place were present, as were also Colonel D. P. Duncan, president of the South Carolina Agricultural and Me- chanir».l society; W. L. Langtry, of Newark, N. J.; Captain F. W. Dawson, editor of the Charleston News and Courier; J. D. Jerry, collector of the port of Charleston, besides correspon dents of northern and western newspa pers. Mr. C. T. Mason, the inrentor of the harvester, was present, but did not operate the machine. The teat occurred at 11 o’clock in a three acre field about one mile from town. The party of visitor* spent half an hour in examining the curxoua me- chanicnl devises in the Mason work shop, and tho invontor explained the structure of the harvester, then it was brought out nnd two mule* wns hitched to it. The es*ential principle of the machine is the operation into the cotton plants of a number of stems or fingers which nro so constructed as to discriminate between a fibrus and a non-fibres. These stems arc ifmaU hollow cylinders about on inch in diameter and about eight inches long. In tho surface are punched a multitude of keen teeth, which are set in elliptical shaped opening*. The points of tho teeth being in the openings, a e protect ed by the sides of the openings and being introduced into the cotton, plant* pnss narmlessiy over the leaves and opon bolls, and sieze promptly on the ojien cotton, transfer it to doxcs on the side* of the machine, whence it is converted by carrier belts to bags, which are sus pended at tlie back of the machine. The stems rotate around tho cylinders at the same rate of speed as the plants move backward through the machine, DySseeest af Cleseral Cordon Tkoro WI1 He Neltkar Hall Nar Han«uot. The plans for the inauguration of Gen eral John B. Gordon as governor of Georgia have been somewhat changed. On account of the death of his brother, who was more than a brother to him, General Gordon hns requested that there lie uo ball and no banquet. - In conse quence, the ceremonies attending tho in auguration will bt confined to the mili tary display and tho assembling of the lonfederntc veterans, General Fitzhugh Lee, governor of Virginia, will be present, and will take part iu the ceremonies. Accompanying him will come tlie Stuart Horse Guard of Richmond. This command will bo the The harbor lights ar* dim with amok* Which hangs about the under sky, And wraps tfa* simple flsborfolk In lurid mist as they go by. Along the shore th* wind blows free, Koeu twilight kisses the wan sea Far out; steer thither, watch with me The tender etars come out on high." MADE BY THE STORM AND THE TIDAL WAVE. The llrllteb Count Tlilted by tho Sovrital Mtorui at Yenra—Hundred) of l.tves I.oet. Tits latest icportsjshow nhnt the effects of the recent storm on tho soutlirind west coasts were terrible. A Norwegian bark foundered off Tintogel, Wales, nnd the entire crew, consisting of fifteen persons, perished. Ten bodies were washed iishoro on Glamorgan coast. Reports have been received from ull parts of the kingdom, telling of tlie dis- usterous effects of tho hurricane. The British ship Mullory wns wrecked in Bristol chunnol, and twenty ’persons drowned. Tlie shore is strewn with wreckage. The bodies wnslicd ashore hnd becu stripped of valuables by the wreckers. The Norwegian bnrk Frederi- kstad, from Muttsquetosh, N. B., for Swansea, was wrecked off Padstow, and nineteen persons drowned. The bark Allianco was also wrecked off Padstow, and four lives lost. Another largo bnrk was seen to be in distress, the crew boing huddled together on deck. The vessel foundered this morning, and twenty persons were drowned. A MILLION FLAME. A Maryland Town DeXrayed by tbo Flauirs. A fire which started in a small frame stable swept over tbo entire business portion of tlie village. A brisk wind from the southeast spread the flames ra pid- ly, while the inhabitants stood by power less to prevent destruction, as tlie dry frame buildings burned too fiercely to be checked by the small fire apparatus. As sistance has been asked from Orisficld and Wilmington. No lives are lost. BURNED TO DEATH. A negro woman who was severely burned on the place of Mr. M. Cameron of Camilla, Ga., died. Her first expla nation was that her husband, Jim Wil liams, bad choked her and held her in tlie fire, and she never afterward waver ed in hern8sertious. Jim is in Albany jail awaiting tho verdict of a jury. The crime if it be one, is as brutal as war ever chronicled. A CHURCH THIEF ARRESTED. A negro name Brown was arrested here on suspicion. In his r. om were found four Bibles, three church clocks, several fine vestments stolen from an Episcopal minister,and a silver communion set. Tho negro had been robbing churches, and had brought his plunder to Chatta nooga to dispose of it. Tho conimuniou set wus stolen from a Birmingham church. THE VICTIM DIBS. John Mason, proprietor of the Broad way House, Nashville, Tenn., who was badly cut iu an affray with J. C. Fowler, deputy revenue collector, died from his wounds. The reuse of the trouble was an old feud occasioned by Fowler’s ar resting Mason years ago for illegality in running bis distillery. Fowler claims that the tutting was accidental. MARY ANDERSON'.*! DONATION. Dr»u.o«, Oetober 18.--~M.i8s Mary An derson has subscribed $2,5w for the ben- ctit of the suffer** by the Charleston c m thqusko. The sum represents the net prop cds of her penformanees during tho jci-t week for the benefit of the »uf- ,, • special guests of tho Governor’s Horse Q\ ' 3uard In 1888 the Governor’s Horse Guard wont to Richmond to act as the special escort of General Lee at a grai d reunion of troops during tho Virginia stato fair. On arriving it Richmond it was found that the name of every member of the Governor's Horse Guard had been plaoed at tho three social clubs of Richmond, a compliment extended only to the Gov ernor's Horse Gunrd by the members of the Stuart Horse Guard. When the command arrives In Atlanta it will be quartered and mounted by the Governor’s Horse Guard. Within the next few days the commit tee in charge of the inauguration will pla have their plans fully matured, and will then announce them to the publio. CHASED BY BLOODHOUNDS. Haxry Estrs MaUr* nn Interotlitf Ram far IiUlorty. Birmingham, Ala.—James Hanley, ‘ ht deputy Sheriff of Blount county, broug' to the city, Henry Estes, a white con vict, who escaped from the rock quar ries at Blount Springs, nnd who was caught after one of the most exciting hunts with blood bounds ever recorded. The prisoner was sent up from Walker county sixty days ago, to serve nit a sentcnco <>f that length. He made a bold dash for liberty Saturday morning, knowing ho would bo immediately turn ed over to the authorities of Jefferson county forhorso stealing. He was work- ‘ ‘ ‘ I in ing on the top of the limestone quarry, vnit' thus preventing any injury to the plants row* of cotton between which Th* row* of cotton between which the machine passed were about four feot apart. The plants were only moderately well fruited, the strike containing im mature bolls and much dried leaves, owing to the protracted dry spell. A large percentage of the hofls were partly opened while many others were burst with tiie filmy whit# substance. The harvester worked exactly seventeen minutes and some three or four long rows were almost cleaned of tho matured cotton. Such bushes os were passed over were pretty well robbed, but a few white pods escaped the keen toothed cyl inders. It is estimated that some eighty per cent of the cotton was bagged at the expiration of the seventeen minutes. The cotton was taken from the bags and weighed and was found to weigh forty- eight pounds. Nearly all the practical men who watched the operation of the pick er, are satisfied that it can pick two thousand pounds of cotton in ten hours. This equals the work of twenty average hands. After the trial your correspondent asked Mr. Langtry, of New York, who is a distinguished mechanic, what ho thought of the invention, and he ruid: “Of course, it is not yet perfect, but, i *e all great inventions, must bo* per fected bi ’ Iclx is one thousand feet perpendicular at one point. The rock stainla out n few feet, enough to hide n man from view, which lie slipped behind and crawled on iris ullfours the distance of two hundred yards, pulled up tin- >11 lance of two hundred feet by l.is hands nnd teeth, holding to slender burin!*. Ho wns compelled to suspend himself in the air several times to climb up sncc. ss- fully, nnd atone time beheld on by his teeth to a small sapling, because* his hands wore so blistered. When lie reach ed the to]i he wns exhausted and laid down to rest. He was awakened by the yelp of tho blood hounds who were look ing for his trail, which they had found but could not follow up tin* steep lime stone cliff. He got a start, nnd ran like a deer over the mountain roads and jy slow processes, I am confl dent, however, that the thing, even in its p esent condition, is a success. The principle is unquestionably tho only cor rect one which an inventor hns yet hit upon. This harvester, when made per fect, will supercede human beings as cot ton pickers. The members of the New York cotton exchange, while not so cm- plintic in their praise, are, nevertheless, favorably impressed with the device us ono of the greatest inventions of tho age. The inventor hns lately devised several ingenuous improvements, which he thinks will do much towards perfect ing the harvester. Tho harvester com pany gave a banquet to the distinguished visitors and a number of eloquent speeches were made by Messrs. Round- tree and Foote, of New York; Captain Davidson and Colonel Smith, of Charles ton, nnd several other gentlemen. An official report will be submitted to tho New York cotton exchange. VERY QUIET AT CHARLESTON. RETURNED HOME A CORPSE. FRACTAICIDE IN CAROLINA. The Palmette State Htlll Furalehla* Htau- tlone. Charleston, 8. O.—Iu Barnwell county on Sunduy, E. J. Rowell killed his brother, E. L. Rowell. They bud in tended to go fishing together, when they became involved in a qimricl. E. j. Rowell cursed his brother and dared him FIRE NEAR TtlOMAHTU.J.t to advnuce upon him, when the wife of ” id the murdered man interposed and suc ceeded in taking the husband away. The quarrel was renewed by E. J. Rowell, who hud secured a gun He again cursed his brother, who tore away from his wife and started to ndvnneo upon E. J. Row ell, who fired. Rowell fell almost in the arms of his wife and died in a few hours. The murderer wns arrested to day, but speaks of the killii g in the most unconcerned way. Both were murried. '] he murdered man left a wife and eight childrod. t PUTNA II CIMKH/ME HUE NEK. THE CUBAN MAIL ISTRAMERN. THE MINISTER TO MEXICO. Tli* Or* Mr* Anxious to Cultivate ftod Relations. El Paso—-The new nti ister to Mexi co, Judge Manning of Louisiana,,found awaiting him hew a special car, which hud l/iep setj.t on from the City of Meji- <;.*> ior his accQmo.dati.ou. TTiffre seems to 1 ■ a universal desire in Mexico to be as : i nily and ns kind ns possible to the uew minister. through gullies nnd on up cliffs. He ‘ )d eluded the hounds and was climbing over the limestone cliff of Jack Blankets mountain, twelve miles distant, when he looked across on tlie other mountains, a distance of threo miles, nnd saw Messrs. James Hanley and William King on horseback, riding at full speed, with six blood hounds following his trail. IIo ran on and soon heard the yelp of the hounds, nnd dim jod up a tree. He. was discovered by the dogs baring at tlip roots of it, and knew he v ns riiliged to surrender, which he did. and wax brought, back to the JefTi rsan county pii-,sou where he will await his, trial "for horse stealing. Charleston—The city is very quiet, though active in business circles. The relief committee so far has authorized the repair of 844 houses of persons who are unable to do any work without any assistance, but tlie amount granted in every case excluded plastering, MURDER IN AMERIOUO, A cutting affray took place Saturday night at the house of Annie Moore, of Americus, Ga., a woman of bad reputa tion. Pat Erskine, of Atlanta, was se verely cut, and died from the wounds Tuesday afternoon. Henry Black and the woman are under arrest for the crime. Frank Whitner, colored, was brought to Westminister, 8. O., a corpse on tlie noon train from Atlanta. He wus shot and killed by another negro at some S oint on the Georgia Pacific railroad, iu .labama, on last Thursday. The remains were carried to Walhalla for interment whsr* the family of the deceased lived. _ThomasVILI.H, Ga.—The residence, kitchen and smokehouse of Mr. Dan Forest, ten miles south of Thomasville, were completely destroyed by lire. Mr. Forest was absent from home, No in surance. Eatonton, Ga.—The ginliouse of Mr. Robert Young is burned. Eight bales of cotton, besides 2.* 00 bushels of cotton seed, wero consumed. The total loss will loot up $1,000. From November 1st, mail sti mners will sail on a twenty-five hour schedule from Tampa, Fla., to Hava a, Cuba, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, in stead or semi-weekly, as (hiring the dim mer months. “This is a wonderful age. Just think of that submarine boat going under the water and staying under foi ’’ — —uutav* *OT IlfcLf flU hour.” “Tbst's nothing. The Oregon went under water months ego, and she is there jot.”—Tseas Bif“-“ '7”. The sky is deepening overhead; The sail flaps loose; the wind hat died; Tho water laps the boat like lead; Faint ripples plash against the side And shimmer with unearthly light; The harbor lights are out of sight; W<* drift Into a starleea night Together on the ebbing tide. How still—how strange—the tide 1* slack, Wo eddy round—We drift no morel What swell is that which sweeps us back To where the gathering breakers roar About the pale unlighted land! Can any tell if we shall stand Safe in the morning, band in hand, Upon the steep and rock-bound shoreF* —Boston Advertiser. PITH AND POINT. An after-dinner speech—“Check, sir." —Life Grain “ought to go up” in Chicago with so many tali elevators here.—Na tional Weekly. A lawn party is pleasant enough until it begins to rain. Then it becomes a tor- lorn party.—Lowell Citizen, “Always aim a little higher than tho mark,” says an exchange. What, k ss a girl on the noHe? Never 1—Statesman. “What can give such finish to a room as a tender woman’s facet" asks a writer. A tender woman’s scrubbing rag.—Bur- lin/jton Free l*reei. When gloomy night’s dark vapors disappear. And silver-throated warblers gi oet thu day, cken-coop * ’Tin t hen that in tho chicken-coop wo hem* Blithe Biddy proudly ca kling o’er her lay. —Boston Courier. An exchange says that a great ma iy ra ~ hermits have been discovered in Penn sylvania. That’s always tho case about tax collecting time.—Burlington Free Press. “Garments without buttons” are ad vertised. Evidently tho cast-off clothing of bachelor# who don’t know how to handle thread and needle.—NorrUtotcn. Herald. “Women can doa great doal of talking with their eyes,” snys n Philadelphia editor, who hus evidently steppe I on a beauty’s dress in a crowded ball room.— Omaha World. ‘Bah Jove, Cliarloy,” said a young man at a ball, “Miss 8. asked mo mu I wouldn’t bo kind enougli to bring her some coffee, and, don’t ye know, we’ve never boen introduced. What do you think of that, eh?” “What do T think of it?" replied Charley. “Why, I think she mistook you for one of the waiters.” —New York Sun. Circus Contortionists. The perforators of what ore known aa “contortion acts,” says the Chicago Inter- Ocean, are ordinarily emaciated, loosely- jointed persons, like ill-made manikins that have a tendency to tumble down in heaps, and their doing of unnatural und preposterous things seems easy ciiou_>h for such creatures, who have uo mmclo to get in the way of tho bones that they fling so cnrelossly about Hence it is rather surprising to sec a person who is a model of physical per fection do theso same feuts, and wli* n that person happens to bo nn extraordi narily beautiful young woman, graceful in every movement as a kitten ar un in fant, with the perfect form of un ideal Venus and the strength of n young lion ess, surprise blends most happily with admiration. But such performers exist. One is Miss Julian, who is uow performing with her brother at Barnum’s circus. This phenomenal foraalo was taught, iby' her art by her mother, and was only live years old when sho received her first les sons, and was kept in training for three years before she made her first appear ance in public in Melbourne, where she was barn. Her mother had been a con tortionist before her, and her father waa an athlete; so Doth were fully competent to give her the necessary instruction cov ering a wide range of pcrfoimuncev, of which the contortion acts arc only a part. Before making her a pearanca in pub lic it is nc ccssury to work in the dress ing-room for tun or,fifteen minutes, in order that she may get thoroughly warmed or “limbered up,” which exer cise is similar to the public performance —bending in all directions, balancing, twisting and so on. Clubs, dumb-b Ms and other apparatus are never u*e 1, ns they are not necessary, and nothing is done in tho way of dieting or any oilier exercise except that which is incidental to her performance to keep nor in train- Bhe ing. She weighs 145 pounds anil is five feet three iuches high. There is uo foundation to tho popular notion that contortionists rub themselves, or are rubbed, with certain oils to limb r the joints and make their limbs more tloxible. The only things needed to make a contortionist are natural aptitude for tho work and long, patient practice, begun at an early age. The work in urea no one, and most persons rather like it. A Midnight Battle With a I'anllter A few dayssince John Me A tee, a prom inent mountaineer of West Virginia, started from a neighbor’s residence nt nightfall for bis home, several miles off. The path he followed led through thick Ddla woodlands. It had grown intensely dark, and he was stumbling along tlie path when his blood curdled at the hor rible scream of a panther, apparently some distance away. He hesitated to retrace his steps, when the scream was heard again, this time much closer. Mc- Atee realized that the beast was on hia trail, and drawing a la ge sheath-knife, the only wrap m he carried, he boldly E ashed forwaid. He had traversed ncr aps two hundred yaids wheilhhe crack ling of twigs in a low tree a few yards ahead attracted his attention,, Looking up he saw two frightful balls of fire Eriarir Taring at him. The next iniiment the beast spraug upon him A bloody battle took plena, in which"thp panther woe killed and the mail b«Ry*wounded, 'Lfie beast measured eight feet.—^VWte/ff* i'M '.’>1 *11 ■! ; •fm m C-F. ' V■’ " ,