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S i THE MERCURY. ■—'ZZilns Second-class Matter at ^ulersvtlto Postoffleo April 27, the Samlcrt Srsville, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY a j. Jja RNIGrA-lSr, proprietor and Publisher. THE MERCURY. A. JT. tTBlUiiaAN, Proprietor. DHTOTUD TO UTKIUTUBB, AGRICULTURE AND OENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: ft.SO Per Annum. : $1.60 Per Yeai. VOLUME VII. City of Sandersville. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1C, 1880. NUMBER 29. THE MERCURY. mUSHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTIOE! All Communication» intended for this Paper must be accompanied bp the full name of the urtfor—not nccemarUti for publication, but as • guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for Hie vie ic* or opinion* of correspond* on Is. 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. .... ...... ,,, in. IMIM l|l> III ^11 mil U 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. ■ " I l"IIIHM WII M IIIM IIIIII 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. O. 11 . ItOOKIU, HINES & ROGERS, rneys at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. FROM INTO-AIN - . " ne without our trade mark.) °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, Apr20-'ft0 H, $. HOLLIFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, GA. OIBfo next itnor to Mrs. IhynCs Millinery nr " on Harris .tn'Ot. 1>UY YOUIt LI I'M AND jewelry SErAIURD DY [5Rasria.A]sq-. OUR department ilffiluf! JJ'l 1 '. s11 the requisites for doing 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, mi