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THE MERCURY.
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^ulersvtlto Postoffleo April 27,
the Samlcrt
Srsville, Washington County, Ga.
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THE MERCURY.
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VOLUME VII.
City of Sandersville.
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1C, 1880.
NUMBER 29.
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Mayor.
J, N. Gilmore,
Aldermen.
W. It Tina raw,
]1 E. llouanTON,
,T. B. ItOBHBTB,
A. M. Mayo.
& G, Lano.
GOVERNOR GORDON.
HIS INAVOVItATION AS UOVIAlX,
on ov anonaiA.
Tlio l»n.v II loamy it ml Mnrri-il l>y Itniii
l.x-I resident Hnyc* on Honored Guru.
Clerk.
0. 0. Biiown.
The doorkeeper announced In a loud
mid imposing voico that the joint com
niittee aud the Governor-elect awaited
the pleasure of the General Assembly.
The president ordered that they bo ad
mitted. The party entered in' the fnl
lowing order:
General Gordon, escorted by Senator
.lames, chairman of the Senate commit
tec.
Treasurer
J. A. InvrtN.
Marshal.
J. E. Weddon.
A, C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
103 Bay St.,
Savannah, Ga.
pjPwit,!. merrier, in ai.l titf, courtb.
E. S. LANGMADE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILIaE, Ga.
U. D. Evans, Jn
EVANS & EVANS,
attorneys at law
SANDERVILLE, GA.
The day set apart for the inauguration
of a new Governor emm* in cold, rainy
and thoroughly disagreeable,
account in a fat
This may
measure for (lie fact
that tlie crowd of out-of-town visitors
was much smaller than lmd been expected
by the managers of the occasion. Still
there was a fair crowd in attendance, and
the streets of the busy city of Atlanta
Governor McDaniel, escorted by Mr.
Glenn, of Whitfield, chairman of (lie
House committee.
Ex-President Rutherford II, Haves, es
corted by Senator Butts. ' ’
Prof. Francis Whaley, of Yale, ex-
Licutcnant-Governor of Connecticut, es
corted by Hon. Morgan Rawls, ofEfllng-
lmm.
Following these were the State House
officials, United States Senators Joseph
E. Brown and Alfred II. Colquitt, judge,
of the Supreme Court, of the Superior
Court, ami ex- judges of both courts.
Governor McDaniel ami the Governor
elect were seated to the right and left of
the President.
The ceremony was opened by an elo
quent prayer.
President Davidson then said: “We
have assembled for the purpose of inau
gurating the Governor-elect of the State
of Georgia, the Hon. John B. Gordon,
of the county of DeKalb. I lmvo the
pleasure and the honor of presenting tc
the General Assembly the Governor-elect,
Hon. John B. Gordon."
General Gordon arose, and taking posi
tion just in front of the Speaker's desk,
facing the audience, delivered the inau
gural address.
ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.
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F -tt O A T?"C , OT fora time tdbk on a holiday appearance
, ill Diir X SJljUf The procession formed on Whitelml
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Courts of the
Middle Circuit and in the counties
inrroinding Washington. Special at*
pnticri given to commercial law.
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street, opposite Trinity church, about
10:80 and shortly after 11 o'clock moved
'town Whitehall to Alabama, up Ala
bama to Broad, up Broad to Marietta
... mwiiii, iijr iiiwtiM in JHUIIUIUI,
down Marietta to Pryor, thence up to
Peachtree to the intersection of Forest
nvenm
F, K. Rises.
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HINES & ROGERS,
rneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
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°V HAND AND roil SALE
jgLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
Watches, Clocks
(ill rncsioi' in di" enmities of Washington,
Jtfttnon, Jnliimtnn, Emanuel sml Wilkinson,
•ml in the U. 8. C.mrts for tlio Southern Dis.
1,Id of Georgia.
Will ictas agents in buying, selling or lent-
ill l!‘jl K-iftto.
Office on West sitlo of Public Square,
lelll-tl
W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
—TERMS CASH.—
, where the infantry came t..
halt. Tiie Governor's Horae Guard, com
manded by Captain John Milledgn, pro
ceeded out Peachtree to (lie resilience of
tlie late Walter S. Gordon, corner of
Peachtree street and Ponce de Leon Cir
cle, where they halted and saluted Gov.
Gordon as he entered a carriage drawn by
four horses. Hon. W. C. Glenn, mem
ber of the House from Whitfield, and
Senator James S. James, of the Thirty-
sixth district, occupied scats in the car
riage with Governor Gordon. The pro
cession then moved down Peachtree to
tlie capito).
Arriving at the eapitol, the infantry
formed on Marietta, opposite the build
ing, and the Governor's carriage, followed
by tlio Confederate veterans, in command
of Col. I.oviek P. Thomas, the Govern
or's Horse Guard and the Hill City
Cadets of Rome, Captain Charles Coth
ran in command, who arrived at 11
o’clock, moved up Marietta street to the
entrant
OlHce st lib rcstdoncu, on Harris street,
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SANDERSVILLE, GA.
OIBfo next itnor to Mrs. IhynCs Millinery
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Book work in First.
b ble. 1 romntly nml at ltoa-
■onable l'ricnB.
ffED »ING CARDS,
Vl BlTiNG CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
fOBTERa BALL 0ARD8 '
BANDBILL8,
PROGRAMMES,
Tn statements,
LBrTfi B HEADINGS,
BODGERS,
pamphlets,
ETC., ETC,. ETO
The streets were lined with people who
cheered lustily as the procession moved,
and Governor Gordon, ever and anon,
rising in his carriage and lifting his hat
in acknowledgement.
After the address Chief Justice Jack-
son admini-tcrc I the usual oath of office.
The President handed In the Governor
the great seal of the State, who in turn
entrusted it to the custody of the Secre
tary of State.
President Davidson then proclaimed
tlio Hon. John B. Gordon Governor and
commandcr-in-chief of the army and
navy of the State of Georgia for the en
siling two years.
When tlie ceremony was over quite a
number of distinguished personages
gathered around Governor Gordon and
expressed their congratulations. Con
spicuous among these were ex-President
Hayes, who shook him warmly by tho
hand nnd complimented tlie inaugrnl ad
dress.
Immediately the joint session was dis
solved, and as soon as iho Senate retired,
tho House adjourned.
On the outside, oil Marietta street, be
tween the eapitol and the custom house,
a large crowd gathered to witness the
hist of tho military display. But they
were doomed to disappointment. I he
rain had dispersed tlio military and driv
en tho baud to its quarters. Still the
crowd waited until the carriage drawn
by four white horses, which had been
standing for some time waiting for the
Governor, was driven rapidly away, and
the pin toon of mounted police followed.
The occasion came lo an end without
display, and nil went home in the rain
nnd with little ceremony.
The Governor's Horse Guard scored a
grand success in the dining given by that
command to the local military and tlio
State troops who took part in the inau-
gral exorcises.
Tho dinner was given in one of the
stores in the Brown block, on Wall
street, opposite tho depot. Iho three
floors of tlie store were used and long
tnbles were placed in them. 1 lie seating
capacity of the three floors was six hun
dred, and while the feast was m progress
evorv chair had an occupant.
The grand military ball at the Ifimhali
house was one of (he most _l.nlhim al-
fairs of the kind ever given m Atlanta.
The Kimball, at 0 o’clock, was m o
bln/c of light. Every floor of the an ode
was illuilatcd. The ball room never
100 m d re r sts bC who U bcgan to arrive at
9-80 o'dock, were so numerous that they
Jitonly flllilnlltheball^mibuUh^
filled all the floors of be atu de
manv of the adjacent halls. 1,10 1,11
Esoftho soldiery added much to U»
brilliancy of the scene as also did tho
n,ngnilicent toilets f,"- 1 ' 1
looked as if everybody was■ '
Hundreds of noted publicman of Allan
ta and other cities mixed with thoUirong
ta and otuorciuua ■ if
no grave questions of j
vexed them or would ever vex
ag The military feature, *a. njg
but creditable, , |)s an CSC ort of
gnnizatious wlitc 1 • adrair8 tiou.
gnnizntious wni« a ac i ra iratiou.
L^^L^^^lrect and lns escort reach
Tho Governor--—- •. ,
ed tho eapitol at 12 o clock.
Long before 0,i^ (inic <£*££
SWSii JShEKTSS
Btajp ofHoiala-
Tlio Annniil ltrpnrt of tlio Ciilrf of iho
IItiro mu
Mr. Graves, chief of the National
bureau of engraving and printing, lias
made his report of the operations of the
bureau during the last fiscal year. There
were finished nnd delivered during tlie
year $30,055,4011 sheets of securities, in
cluding $4,077,9-18 of United States
notes, certificates, bonds and national
bink notes, amounting in value to $.100,-
,100,2110. The expenses of the bureau
during the year were $708,208, or $201,-
987 less than for the preceding fiscal
year, and less than any year since 1878.
The amount expended for salaries was
$0,488 less than the appropriation, and
the amount charged to the appropriation
for labor and expenses was $170,8.72 less
than tlio amount appropriated, making
the aggregate saving $182,785, which
will he returned to the treasury unused.
A large share of the saving is due to a
decrease in tho work produced, but at
lenst $12.1,000 may fairly bo set down to
the credit of economies which have boon
made in tlie management of the bureau.
Tlie estimates for the expenses of the
bureau for the fiscal year 1888 are $901,-
030. or $10(1,040 in excess of those for the
current fiscal year. Tho increase is due
to tho increased quantity of engraving
nnd printing., which the various depart
ments nnd bureaus of the government es
timate that they will require.
NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION.
SOUTHERN RATES-
.id I’nsae iwr I’eol* Fixlns I bo I’rlce* of
Tickets.
The Southern passenger association
and representatives of lines in the Chica
go nml Ohio river pool, have finished tho
winter tourist rates to points in the
south. A resolution was passed to con
tinue the regular excursion rates from
Chicago nnd points in the northwest to
Florida and the southern winter resorts.
The rate to Jacksonville from Chicago
will ho $25.40. Last year’s rate was
$30,30. Commissioner Slaughter, of tho
Southern Passenger association, was au
thorized to designate what the into lo
the other southern poluts should be.
The question of making reduced rates
for a special excursion to meet the com
petition of the southern California lines
was discussed at sonic length, hut it was
finally decided to defer this subject for
future consideration.
THI! HALTIMOin: AM) OHIO EXPRESS.
It is rumored that tho Baltimore nud
Ohio express company has at last suc
ceeded in reaching into the southern ter
ritory by a contract made with the Queen
nnd Crescent route for (ne transporta
tion of its cars over the entire line of that
system. T! Baltimore and Ohio people
have for many years been making an ef
fort to reach' southern territory, but
failed until recently. The contract of
the Admns company with the Queen and
Crescent road expired November 1st,
and the Baltimore and Ohio people im
mediately made a bid for the franchise.
If true, this scoop will prove on impor
tant piece of news for fruit growers in
this section. It will give the growers
competitive rates for the transportation
of produce, and will especially ciihanoe
the value of the strawberry interests that
have recently grown so extensive.
A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT GET
TYSBURG.
The first confederate monument ever
erected on the battlefield of Gettysburg,
Fa., has been put in position. It is of
Richmond granite, and marks tlie posi
tion of tlie Second Maryland Infantry,
formerly the First Maryland battalion,
which was stationed at tlie foot of Culp’s
hill, oil tho confederate left, and which
also participated in the short but bloody
charge made on. tlio federal troops
stationed on Culp’s hill, on the evening
of July 2, 1803. The monument will lie
dedicated November 10th.
AN Aim MANGLED.
Columbus Spearman, a son of John
Spearman, of Buchanan, Georgia, had
his arm badly mangled with a gin last
week. Ho was pushing back the motes
with his hand, when tlio gin caught his
shirt, drawing his arm into the gin.
AN ILLICIT STILL UNCOVERED.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
BUDGET OF FUN.
A tonirnellon ol Ellljr-Eialit Million* In.
evitable.
It is stated on-authority in Washington
that the opinion given by tho nttorney-
gcncral ns to the unavailability of the
called three per cent bonds ns a basis of
national bank circulation will make no
change ill the attitude of tlie treasury de
partment. Because this opinion only con
firmed tlio rulo heretofore followed.
Banks have shown considerable diligence
in acting under this rule, nnd in conse
quence of it they have withdrawn from
deposit and presented for redemption
nearly $40,000,000 of- three per cent
bonds siuco the 12th of August, the dnto
of tho first $10,000,000 call. At the
same into hcrenlter, it is expected that
withdrawals will keep pnee very fairly
with future calls.
Agninst the $40,000,000 three lier cent
bonds withdrawn, there linvo only befin
about $8,000,000 of other bonds deposit
ed, so that (lie total bonds on deposit to
secure lintional bank circulation linvo
been reduced by about $31,000,000,
which contracts the circulation by about
$28 000,000. If these proportions arc
preserved throughout the changes result
ing from future calls of three per cent
bonds, there may bo further contraction
of about $58,000,000 by the timo these
bonds are withdrawn. It is said at tho
treasury that this contraction in tlio vol
ume of national bank circulation will not
ho felt in the channels of trade, because
the untionnl batik notes withdrawn from !
circulation will be replaced by disburse
ments from the treasury; and in addition,
banks that surrender bonds and reduce
their circulation receive money for toil
per cent of the bonds redeemed, and Jive
per cent of tlie circulation surrendered,
making fourteen and a half per cent up
on tlie face of the bonds. On the 12th
of August the total amount of three per
cent bonds held by the hanks, as a basis
for circulation, was a little more than
$103,000,000, so that when these bonds
are all paid their payment will put into
circulation fourteen and a half million
dollars more than tho amount of currency
then outstanding on these bonds. Tho
icdcmption of national hank notes is a
a very hIoyv process. Tho last report of
the treasurer showed that lie was holding
$00,000,000 lawful money for tlio re
demption of outstanding bank circula
tion, and of course a more rapid surren
der of circulation larger will be the
amount required to he held in the treas
ury until the people choose to send tho
notes in and take lawful money instead.
NEWSY ITEM8 GATHERED
UP IN PARAGRAPHS.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
GEORGIA.
For some days, recently, the woods in
the neighborhood of Sparta were on lire.
A reorganization of the Savannah,
Dublin and Western Railroad Company
took place at Savannah on Monday.
A tire at Columbus, destroyed tlie
stable of Eugene Lawrence & Co., dray
men. There were 250 bushels of corn
and other food in the stable. It was
insured.
IIo Was nn Apprentice—A Timely
Hint—His 'Wish Reciprocated
— Wouldn’t Walk Halt*
AVny—Tight Money,Etc.
Large forest tires have been raging
through tlie woods around Millcdgcvillc
for two or three days. Tlie smoke and
blazes can be distinctly seen from the
city. There is a big loss in wood,fences,
etc. Tho fires arc about five miles from
the town.
Bagley—“Hello, Toplcyl Where are
Von going with that grip?”
Toploy—“I’m going to Arizona.”
“Fight Indians?”
“No, indeed. I am going thero to
practice medicine.”
“That's right, Topley. Y'ou practlco
on tlioso fellows down there, and after a
year or two you can come homo and bo a
doctor. Till ta 1”—Philadelphia Call.
Miss Bertha Courtney was arrested at
Columbus, charged with aiding ami
abetting the prisoners in escaping from
jail on Tuesday. She is n sister of Wil
limn Courtney, one of the escapes, and
the jailor believes sho furnished him
with u saw.
A Timely Hint.
“I feel as if I wero in heaven 1” said an
ardent admirer, who was slow in popping
tlio question, to a young lady.
“I wish you did,” was tho rejoinder.
“Why, do you doubt my word?” re
proachfully.
“Well—well—they say marriages uro
made in heaven,” she replied.
She wears an engagement ring now.—
He it York Sun.
The at tendance at the Albany academy
continues to increase, and it lins been
found necessary to employ nnotlier teach
er. Professor S. P. Orr, of Athens, is
the gentleman selected for tlie place, and
lie will arrivo to take charge of his duties
in u few weeks.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad lias made an important
change in the schedule of its passenger
trains. Train No. 11, arriving nt Atlan
ta at 11:55 p. in., and heretofore stop
ping at Atlanta, has begun .to run
through to Brunswick, making close
connections nt Jcstip w ith tlie Savannah,
Florida and Western for Jacksonville.
Ills Wish Reciprocated.
“Do you know, Miss Cutter, snid Mr
Yorely, “that I have a predilection for
looking back?”
“Just likepn, when lie failed, lie kept
looking hack all the time; ho was so
nfrnid the slier ill was after him.”
“No, no! you mistake mo. I mean
looking buck into tlio past—reverting to
the days of our forefathers, a hundred
years ago. 1 sometimes wish I had lived
in those days.”
“I’m sure I wish youlind, Mr. Yorely.”
— Yonkers Uaiettc.
turning to a young soldier, “answer sick
call for mo and let us finish this game.
Go dow n there and personate me nnd tell
the doctor you want another box of his
livor pills.”
Tlio obliging Lieutenant inarched out
nnd proceeded with other soldiers, under
escort of the guards, to the surgeon’s of
fice. When tlie name of Captain Bridges
was called, tlio Lieutenant's face ap
peared at the little otlice window.
“Doctor.” lie began, “thorn pills you
give me helped me up considerably, but
I want another box, I think another box
will fix me up all right.”
“Didn’t them pills cure you,"asked the
doctor abruptly, looking over his spec
tacles nt tlie bogus Bridges.
“No, but another box will fix me, I
think.”
“Well, well,” said tho doctor half to
himself, “I'll have to change tho treat
ment on you.”
Thereupon he picked up a graduating
glass,Nimi from various bottles mixed tho
worst moss that mortal ever saw.
Tho Lieutenant shuddered.
When tho villainous compound wns
made up the doctor stirred it vigorously
nnd viciously, and handing it out, snid:
“Drink that."
Tho Lieutenant took hold of the glass.
Cold chills rail up nnd down hiB spine.
“Doctor,” ho stammered, “I’d—I’d or
heap ruther take the pills.”
“Drink it 1” stormed tho doctor, nnd
in the excitement tlio medicino went
down tho Lioutcnant’s throat.
When tlio Lieutenant returned to tho
fodder loft lie was very glum. When tho
game of cards grew monotonous,Captain
Bridges turned nnd asked:
Lieutenant, git them pills?”
“Nnwl”
“Well,"snid tlio Captain, “you needn't
be so snappish about it. What did the
doctor say r”
“lie s lid he was going to clinngc tho
Mnpier’s gin house and about ten bales
of cotton, and near five thousand bushels
of cotton si'i'il, burned near the line of
Baldwin and Putimm counties on Monday
night. The gin house and fixtures were
very fine and the loss will reach near
Hire-; thousand dollars; no insurance.
Supposed incendiary. This is the second
gin house burned in this county thin
season.
Wouldn't Walk Half Way.
“As Lake 8hore passenger train No. 8
wns pulling out of the Union depot the
other morning, mi old fanner rushed out
of the restaurant and How like a streak
until he caught the hand-rail of the rear
platform,” relates the Toledo Wade.
“He climbed on and entered the sleep
ing coach, lad lie was told to go for
ward. Without a question lie obeyed,
treatment on you, nnd i7 you don't git
tin
well it ain't my fault, for I’ve taken ’
nastiest dose for you that ever I snw!”
A IHnifiio of Cats.
The town is at prosent infested with a
plague of cats, writes Alfred Trumblo hi
the Now York Nem. Tho stroets nftor
dark look ns if it had rained cats. Tho
poundmcii take care that a similar illu
sion in regard to dogs doe< not prevail,
THE NATIONAL CURIOSITIES.
Thr Smtilinoniiiii Iimllluti- Wants nn A<1*11-
Iion In It* At'i'iiiiimiHlnUuii*.
Professor Spencer T. Baird, of Wash
ington, 1). C., director of tlio Smithson
ian institute, nml ex-offieio head of tlie
national museum, in his auniinl estimates
for the museum, asks congress to appro
priate $250,000 with which to begin the
construction of <i new building to flunk
tlie Smithsonian building on the west, as
tlie present building flanks it oil the east.
The new structure is held to bo an im
mediate and pressing necessity, in view
of the lack of room for exhibits already
on Hand. Tho materials prepared for
display arc packed in enses, jars and other
receptacles m collars, crypts and,garrets,
nnd a small village of unsightly wooden
structures erected from time to time for
special purposes is packed with rich ma
terials which remain untouched. Proba
bly a hundred tons of exhibits inherited
from tlie centennial exposition, compris
ing artistic bronzes, tiles, porcelains and
a thousand varieties of typical handiwork
of foreign countries, remain in the orig
inal boxes in which they were shipped
from Philadelphia ten years ago. Were
tlie new building ready for occupancy
to-day, its entire space would He taken
up at once with selected objects already
prepared for display, and current acces
sions are sufficient it is said to fill a good
sized museum every year.
Oil Wednesday, first dirt oil the Rome
ami (,'nrrolton road was broken. The
road will be finished by tlie first of next
June. Mr. Williamson, president of the
Bomeaml Cnrrolton railroad, Has tele
graphed from New York that arrange
ments have been made lor the extension
of the road from Cislnrtown to Carrol-
ton, and work will lie commc'iiecd at
once. The building of these two roads
are of great importance to Rome, mid
the people are greatly rejoiced.
TENNESSEE.
William (.‘oilman, a prominent mer
chant of Knoxville, committed suicide
Tuesday morning by cutting His throat,
lie had a paralytic stroke six months ago,
ami for two mouths had been demented.
A week ago lie attempted to jump from
the Tennessee river bridge, eighty feet
high, but was rescued before making the
leap. Last Friday he walked into the
river, but was caught before he got t o
yomi his depth.
ALA HAM A.
and was looking for a seat in the next but Tabby's worthlessness as a prey to
sleeper when the porter-aid : ‘Go further tho hungry flood secures her immunity
forrud, sail, to the nex’ call.’ He went Loin tho persecution poor Tray falls tho
one car further lo another sleeper, and hapless victim to. If Mr. Borgh’s prop-
settled himself in a seat from which he osition to set up a cut pound is uot soon
was again routed. He protested some, adopts d, we shall find our higliwnys per-
hut lie went. He slopped in the fourth ilous after dark, and have to pny visits
sleeper nnd was determined to find a on th • highways rifle in linud and witli
seat. The sleeping ear condu lor eaino accident insurance politics in our pock-
in and snid: ‘You’ll have to go into a ; ets. The trocs of the public | arks will
forward car.’ The granger rose on his he infested with wild eats, and they will
dignity and said: ‘.vow, you look here, pounce upon tho passer-by from garden
1 bought a ticket to carry me clean walls a ml assail him from areas and alley-
through to BulTalo, and I'm blamed if ways. Down in the French quarter they
I’m goiii' to let you make me walk hall keep the streets fairly clean of feline
the way. Bv shucks, I'vo been walkin’ prowlers, for they snaro tin m therefor
all the way from Toledo, and blamed if the purpose of securing their fur, which
you don’t want inu to walk clean to they put to some use or other in a sump-
Clevelnnd,’ A tor some coaxing the tuury way. I notice also that an invont-
farmcr was induced to go into the day ivo frnmemnkcr has discovered a utility
conch next in front.” ' for the immnturo grimalkin by stuffing
■ ■■■ — it nud nailing it to a frame ovor whose
Tight Money. edge it peeps in what tho Indies assure
Mr. Jake V. Kersey, the supply ager t
of the Louisville aud Nashville railroad at
Birmingham, made a fatal mistake last
Sunday night, by taking nil overdose of
morphine which caused ids death.
Captain William II. Gardner, of Mo
bile, a prominent merchant and insurance
man, died suddenly of heart disease on
November 8th. He was for live years
president of tlie cotton exchange, mid in
1883 was elected president of the nation
al cotton exchange of America.
At breakfast timo yesterday morning mu is quite a elite aiul charming way in-
one of Pittsburg's best citizens looked l \ cc “; i lie next step in the way of ex-
uneasy nnd suspicious. Finally lie re- tiiiclion will probably be marked by the
marked to his wife ns ho sampled a roll: appearance ot rublut stow ns n rcstnurnnt
“Sleep well last night?” dish. In Fiance, where thero is always
“Yes, dear fairly well." 11 lingering suspicion that eat nnd rabbit
“Didn’t find a man under tho bed synonymous terms witli the rcstaur-
when you looked lor him Inst night?” ati ur, it is I lie custom to al ways servo
“No dear ” (' lu i lclil * °f 11 rabbit with a dish that pro-
“And you didn’t hear nny burglars to 1,0 composed of its llosli. hvon
ubout tho house?" this is not regarded as positively insur-
i’HE THREE PER CENT BONDS.
ORTON IN JAIL.
Tlio Clnliiiunt In Trouble.
Arthur Orton, whose claims to the
Tichbornc estate in England gained him
notoriety, has been arrested at his board
ing bouse in Brooklyn, N. Y., upon
comptaint of tlie pension department nt
Washington.
Orton is charged with having person
ated one Charles Curtis, who is alleged
to have served in tlio 100th New York
Volunteers, and with endeavoring to
draw the presumable pension of the nl-
legcd Curtis.
Orton is locked up in Raymond street
jail in default of $2,500 bail.
I Only About XI* ly-FIvn Million* of tbs Loan
Kruinin Um-nlloil.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR.
Tbc Eighteenth Aniiunl Exhibition Ilrtiln*
Next Tneaday.
The cigliteentli annual exhibition of
tlie South Carolina agricultural and me
chanical society bus began at Columbia,
S. C. The fair gives promise of excep
tional excellence, both in variety and ex
tensiveness. The indications are that the
display of field find garden products will
be particularly full and attractive. The
entries of live stock are numerous. A
peculiar feature ot this year's fair is the
absence from tlie grounds of all sorts of
gambling games and all descriptions of
catcli-penny devices. This rule, which
is rigidly forced, bears hard
fakers.
A statement prepared at the National
Treasury Department in Tcgnrd to the
status of the 3 tier cent, loan at the close
of business November II, shows that
$30.1,581,250 bonds issued, $.72,2.70 were
redeemed in 1888, leaving subject to call
$30.7,520,000, of which amount there has
since been called $288,021,000. In ad
dition to this, uncalled bonds to tlie
amount of $2,770,050 have been .surren
dered for redemption, so that there now
remains subject to call but $G4,137,35Q.
'1 here are now outstanding $21,082,05.1
of railed threes, of which bonds $11,200,-
000 have not been presented for redemp
tion. The money for their redemption
lias, however, been taken from tlie treas
ury cash and that fund lias been reduced
accordingly. The remainder of the out
standing bunds arc embraced in tlie one
hundred and forty-fourth call, which
does not mature till December 1st.
“Whv no dear” ing safety, since no ouemts tho head,
“I thought you didn’t,” lie'replied, mid it can therefore be made to do duty
with a sarcastic smile. “You didn’t over again. In London there is an early
wake mo up once to go down stairs to nioruluK beverage known ns saloop. It
chase thorn out. I’d like to know, is simply snssnlras tea, served hot, nnd a
though, where that five-dollar gold piece, I J ,,l hhit ]>ic commonly goes with it. I
those three silver dollars and those half ^ mv,? tried the saloop, hut never had
dollars and quarters I had in my pocket courn #° the pie. I had heard too
last night when I went to bed have dis- ,nan .V weird tales of its origin. I lie
appeared to.” London pieman would he in his glory
“I have them, my dear.” here just now. 1 here is raw material
‘ The deuce you havel” he exclaimed, cuougu about our streets to stock him
astounded by the openness of the eonfes- f°rtho winter. If we do not have a cat
g j on pound let us have a pieman at any rate.
‘•Yes, dear; I read in the Dispatch that ^ ne or °^ 1(ir i* s a crying necessity,
money is tight in the East,nnd you know
it is just ls likely to get tight here ns
there, so I thought it best to take it away
from you.”— Pittslmri/ Dispatch.
NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
Will Withdraw from the Niitionul Cotton
I-'xehmitfc Next Year.
the
RAILROAD MAN KILLED.
John Klein, aged forty-four, a switch
man in tlie employ of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company, at Locust Point,
Maryland, slipped and fell under a mov
ing train and sustained injuries from
which he died in a few hours.
At Willow Grove a brakeman in tlie
employ of tbe same company was killed
while engaged in coupling cars. The
casualties occurred within a short di
stance of each other.
NO ONE HURT.
A dispatch from Buchaunuu,Ga., says
the revenue officers made a raid in the
first district in this county capturing a
still and Dr. Ab Churles’s son, who was
running it. A negro who wss assisting
in running tho still, uiado his escape,
An accident occurred on the Mobile
aud Girard railroad at Guerryton on Sun
day, by which two (ins were completely
wrecked and several others slightly dam
aged. It wns caused by several cars of
an extra freight train becoming detached
and runnin" into that part qf the train
ju front, hio one was hurt. ' '
At a special meeting of the hoard of
examiners of the cotton exchange held
November 8th, the following, resolutions
were adopted:
That in consequence of the action of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, in
refusing to abide by the standards adopt
ed by experts chosen by the various ex
changes constituting tlie National Cot
ton Exchange, on or about the 10th day
of September last at New York, and for
other reasons, the secretary be and here
by is directed to notify the authorities of
tlie National Cotton Exchange of tlie de
termination of tlie exchange to withdraw
from tlie membership in the National
Cotton Exchange at the close of tlie cur
rent year.
PREPARING FUR WORK.
The Augusta factories have voluntarily
reduced tlie hours of labor from sixly-
eight to sixty-live hours per week and
all mills begin work Monday. Commit
teeman Wright, who compromised tlie
differences, is engaged in paying oil debts
incurred during the lockout. Ho will
pay out about $25,000 for groceries and
supplies for tho knights,
Milking Wooden Toothpicks.
Thero arc, I havo been told, but tlirco
toothpick factories in the United States.
A Lesson Lost. . Ono of them is located at Belmont, Allo-
H. M. Jloxie, of tho Missouri Pacific gany county, Now York, just on tlio
Railway, is noted in railway circles for ed^c of the town and near the banks of
His proncuess to give his inferiors good, tho Genesee river. The factory makes
sound lectures on the slightest provoea- two articles of eommereo; toothpicks, as
tion. lloxio is a hard worker, and ail already stated, and nllumettns, or Inmp-
who have seen him know how round- j lighters. Wo started in the basement,
shouldered lie is. One day a brnkoninn and after exploring tbc engine room be-
cnlled on him with a letter request for a took ourselves to where the woodwork
pass in his pocket, leuviug the door wide was in its first stages. Wo found in this
open as he entered the ollirc, nnd wear- second room piles of circular blocks of
ing his hat on his head in true brnkuntin wood about sixteen inches in diameter
mail style. In a loud voice he called by perhaps five in thickness. This wood
out: was “bind” nnd “soft” maple and pine.
“Is Hoxic in?” These are put into a revolving machine
At this the general manager looked up which strips them of their bark; they
from his di sk nnd replied : are then sent up to tho first tloor. Hero
“Yes, sir, Mr. lloxio is in." they are put into another revolving
Tlie brakeman took liis letter out of his machine, which cuts them into line strips,
pocket, grabbed tlio corner of the eu- which are then cut into the required
velope between IPs thumb and fore- shape for toothpicks. The “picks" are
finger, and sent the missive spinning and dropped out at uno side while tho refuse
whirling up in his superior's desk, lloxio falls from tho other into a sh ift and is
looked up in amazement, and said: carried down to the basement and sub-
“Now, young man, would it not look sequently ti ed for firing. Some are
better for you, when coming into a gen- round, some square. This little machine
tleman’s office, and especially so xvlicn which makes them appears simple
asking a favor, to remove your hat, wipe enough to the (initiated, but in reality is
your feet, aud inquire in a quiet voice: qiiit.d complicate!, containing, we wero
"•Is Mr. lloxio in!”’ informed, several hundred kuives.
The brakeman looked at the general These small nrticUsof after dinner ser-
mauager a moment, asked for his letter, vice are then taken up to the second
got it, went out, closed the door, and in story, where they are kept in a heated
a moment inarched in again, closed tlie room until sufficiently dry for pucking.—•
door loftly after, xviped his feet, put his Rnchen'er Lilian.
hat under his arm, and in the most polite _
ma ZlX£; the general manager, j Uenmimo, the Apache ChlcL
in?” [ Whatever his lineage, it is not less true
“1 am Mr. Hoxic,” replied the general that Geronimo is one of the most ro-
nmnoger; “what can I da foryou?” markable Indian commanders the nation
“You can go to tho deuce, you round- lias over known. Gifted with the enn-
shouldered crank 1" retorted tho brake- uing and ferocity of a savage beast, al-
mnn. “I don't want none of your favors most void of human instincts, and skilled
—I’m from Texas.”—Chicago Herald. as n modem professional in tho ’uso of
arms, all < ombine to make him a most
IMayinii' Substitute for nn Invalid | dreadful enemy. Added to these peculiar
During the war about twenty Confcd- 'j traits is his singular and almost unlimited
eratc prisoners were nt Fort McHenry, influence over tho people among whom lia
stored away in a fodder loft under guard, has lived, lie has command of English,
Ono morning Captain Ned Bridges was Spanish, and several Indian dialects, and
playing au innocent game of cards when ! in military capacity aud the power to
the sick call was sounded—the signal for
ailing soldiers to report at the surgeon’s
office and be examined.
“Lieutenant,” s^id Cnptain Bridges,
use his resources he is more thau a match
for any of the trained s ddiers xvho have
been hunting hint for years,—San Fran
cisco Chronicle,
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