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VOLUME VI1.
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 188G.
NUMBER 32.
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City o( Sandersvllle.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL,
STONE MUST GO.
POSTOFFICE REPORTS.
Mayor,
j, N. Giemobe,
Aldermen.
W. R Tihofrn,
r E. Rodohto*,
,T. B Roberts,
A. M. Mayo.
8. G. Land.
A MINE EXPLOSION
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
FROM ALL POINTS.
THE PRESIDENT REFUSES
REINSTATE HIM.
The Annual Summitry a* Preaontrd by
■nnder-Geueral Viler.
EASTERN AND Mil) 1)1,R STATES.
h'A' 1 ; 1 'V' ItKRO, Treasurer of tho South
**«<»" Horse-Car Company, has Been ar-
Clerk.
0. 0. Biiowr.
Treasurer
J. A. In WIN.
Marshal,
J. E Wbddok.
A, C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
103 Buy St., Savannah, Ga.
tripvii.t. rnACTicn in am, tiie courts.
E, S. LANGMADE,.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
g D Kvrss. U. D- Kvai,, > Jn
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE. GA.
P H. SAFFOLD,
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
■ | .. -.in mu i , UCUIl Ul "
resto.l r 0 r mlsnpnropr.ating *101,000, which
i lotion MSPS h "* h®®" * u, ’ k ,n Private apocu-
AnouT 100 persons—ono-half of thorn
jvninon—wore o'TOBto I at Amsionlain, N. Y.,
tor acting as ‘‘pickets” in t| lc (Treat strike
against knit goods manufacturers,
i -11" M. ItoxiK, First Viro-Pfcsldont anil
General Manager of tho Missouri I n. itic
I Ballroad, died a few days ago in New York.
He attained rational prominence in tlm re*
cent great railroad strike in tho Bouthwest
■ Gii.tieut K. Ronntvs (Rep.) has Boon
ole tod Mayor of I’roridoni'o By 2 - , - .’ maority
1 ,,v er tho Democratic uud Prohibition caudi-
; dates.
l-.n tsTi s B nooks, for many years promt-
1 pent in New York journalistic an 1 political
, “fc, is doad in his seventy second year.
! A ti'u-hoat’s Boiler Burst at Now York a
| tow days since and all onboard—four or five
I men—were killed.
i Tiibrk wore t,.Yt0 labor strikes in Now
i ork Statu ant City tho past yoar, n. against
i 3D J in L8A s
Baker A Ci.ahk, wholesale Now York
i grocers, failed for $300,000.
i Oovernot Carrier lias appointed ox-
Govornor Cheney United Status Senator
from Now Hu np-.lilro, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned By lli i death of Austin K. Pike.
Kx-Amikiiman Mot,)i'auk's trial for Brib
ery in Now York rrsuitoi in a disagreement
of the .in; v, nine Being for acquittal uud
throe lor eouv.ction. Tho iury were out
| over thirty-oight hours. Tho result ero-
atod great siirp iso, ns it was genera ly Be
j Hovod Unit the confession of ox- Aldermen
I Ful grad’ mi I 1 Hi Tv woal I remit in convl -
j tion, The mistrial w*as attributed in a great
j degree to tho .Judge’*rharge, which wasquite
favorable to ttio i risouer. The Jad/o or-
; dered n new trial for tho '.'UtU.
Cleveland’* Reason* Tor III* Action* I*
Itemavloa tho Attorney-Uensrai.
President Cleveland inis made pnblio the ,
following correspondence:
I.
PlTTSnURO, Nov. 18, lS^ll,
The lion. A, II. norland, Altorncy-Gen-
eral:
Sin—1 lmvc read the correspondence be-
t.vej i tho Pres dent nil 1 illo Hon. M K. lion*
The reportof Postniastor-Oonornl Vilas fo -
tho past flsi’ttl year h is just been published
In introducing It Mr. Vilas points out
that the tnlloago of mail transportation ex
ceeded By more tlinn i‘id,00.1,000 the Rcrvice
londercd to any Other Gov. rnment, and the
letters mailed wore 100,000,000 more than in
Great Britain, long tho leading letter writing
nation. During tlio year 22,, 47 postmasters
were appointed, of w in, li Hi wero upon re
movals. ssixuion postmasters were arrested
for fraud, a id ski or 40.) lire undergoing in-
|0". Cubed Mates Attorney, r. imoeted with ! vestigntlon. P.y vigilnn is on tho part o7 in-
Itltt I il.t I . .It In I.. I. l.i It .1 n ^ *' . t* . » t
ins restoration to otltce, in whi U it n spears
Hi it ho was suspended from o II e for his a i-
paront neglect of official duties in masiig
sampalgn spco lies. Presumably my sits-
pnislon was ordered for tho ranio reason. \
desire, theiefore, to state t.!io facts in my
s - ns<\ t mn lo But two speeches prior to the
receipt of l io order of sns| vu-iou; one at
Butl. r in an adjoiultiYr county on tho evening
of Got dior 1, nml
l one at Iviitniming, a town
near to ;'itt ini g, on the evening ol October
Will practice in all the Courts of the
Middle Circuit find in tho counties
into Hiding Washington. Special at*
trillion given to commercial hi'v.
O. 11. Rooeiis,
F. K. Hikes.
HINES & ROGERS,
rneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
it .l pijotiee in tho enunlies of WasliingtO’i,
JcITm, a, .hilieslon, Emanuel and Wilkinnon,
md in i lie U. S. Court* for the Bunthern Dm-
t irtof (lispigia.
Wi 1 m i HgcnU in Buying, selling or rent-
Ig It . E-tnli),
Offi c m West side of Fabito Square.
Octll-tf
G, W, H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
—TERMS CASH.
tj* OITioo nt his rcaldonce, on Ilnrrl* street.
Ap:20-‘80
H. S. HOLLIFIELD,
WASHINGTON.
M, E. Bki.p, Supervising Architect of tho
! Treasury, in his nnuual report savs that a -
| ti e operations w ro prosecuted during tho
year . u eighty-one buildings in various pa. ts
of the country, varying in cost of construe-
ton iro n >,71,0110 to #;,f)in,ooo. Tho t,tul
e ipondituru dm in - tho year upon now build
ings aggrogated 82,ns”. 117, uud tho expense
of repairs on old buildings, e c., was
102, making n total expenditure of $2,40 .',23.'.
Tilts Appropriations Committee of the
Ilouso of Itoprivuutativoi met in Washing
ton on the slid pnr-nant to the call of
Chairman Bnndull, and nssicned tho appro-
priation l> 11s to tlm siiiio siili-co.nmittoos re
ape tively wli ch had them In charge last
‘0*4 ill.
'I'llK t.tnl number of apprentices in tho
naval sorvlco nt the do e of tho lis. nl year
was 1,105; total numbor of men and appren
tices in the service, 8,123.
Tiik President tins appointed Bishop
Gordon, of Minnesota, to Ihi receiver of
public moneys at liedwood Fulls, Minn.
Tiik annual roport of United Mate*
Quartermaster-General llolabird state? that
transportation was provided by Ids depart
ment during the year fur 2:r.,l''i) persons,
It 0,121 tons of freight ai d 7,‘-mf limses and
nutlo.s, costing, us re orted, l i i. Ad
ditional i!e n- Bring lijo total expen-rs up U)
♦U.0S(),f,7ti.
In Ids annual report tj the Secretary of
War, General McKeciy,C >muil**nry-G moral
of Subsistence, »a s tii it hisburo luoxpondod
$ 1,174,050 during the last llsco 1 yoar.
Five largo Arms have handed In bids fur
tho construction of tho new government
cruiser* and gunboats to be built un'er di
rection of the Navy Department.
Tilt: trial of Washington police ollk'lab
charged with iuniigurnllug n spying system
upon tho p ivato doings and habits of Con
gressmen lias onded in this acce italics of
Chief Walker's resignation, the dismissal of
Lieutenant Arnold and 1‘iiva o Kdelln and
the disciplining of two other o il ors.
2. I did not lea . o Pittsburg or "Butler until
nearly 4 o’clock October 1, and returned on
the morning or the til of October a out'J
o’, lo -k. 1 left I’itt-b.irg for Kittnn-
n big Saturday, October 2, about 5 o’clock c.
M, mil returned t e same night. II()on
both of the iib ive dates the United States
Courts hero were not in session, oxccpt a
abort time in the inoruin rof ca -li day for or
dinary mnti -n . 1 was in nttendanco upon
tlm courts during tlieir sittings and did not
leavo the city upon cither cc iis.on until long
uftor the court had a.l ;ourned. On Ootobor
18th tho United Ktsitts District Court be
gan its session a*. Pltt.burg for tho trinl
of jury causes, n petit and Grand .lury
Be tie in attendnn -o. From October 2 until
October IS I was engaged in the preparation
of United Ntn o. causes for trial, and from
0 to cr 18 to Oetabor 27, the dnto of tho ro-
coijit of tho order of suspension, I was oti-
g .ged in the trial of theso onus s. Noitlior
.luring this period from October 2 toO .-tober
2 . nor nt any other time, did 1 in liny i ar
ticular neglo t tiio dutioi of iny offi e.
Th so st.'itomenti limy iio veriflou by in
quiry of any o‘li or of our courts,
1 feel it my dnty, nfter rea ling
tiio correspondence between tho President
nnd Mr. Ho-iton, to stato these facto in ms-
ti o to myself, nud res ectfudy reunest that
this cominunication lio referred t) the Presb
.lout. I may also add that I d.d not think
that making an o -onsi -mil campaign speech
to my neighbor!), while not negle tin ; tho
duties of my ofli o. would bo a violation of
tho President's order of July 10, 18sU. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
William A. Stone.
II.
Executive Mansion, Nov. 23, US'.
To Hon. I II (luil mil. Alt n-lleneral:
Demi Bill: 1 have read tho letter of tho
I3lh Inst., written t> you by William A.
Slone. 1 itoiy suspended from odloens District
Alt.nicy fur the Western District of Penn
sylvania, nnd tho subject matter to which it
r fers has ro eive liny caroful rdnstderatton.
: I slmll uotimputo to the writer any inisch ov-
o i. in. live in lii. plainly erion. o’us assump
tion that Ins caso and that "
ape.dors, #78,575.(10 Hum been reclaimed by
the government, ns wrongfully taken.
The tree clilivery system tins been ex
tended to Aurora, 111.: I)u uth, Minn., nnd
Newport, Ky. Ilf carriers thou* was an In-
pi ease Of 483. making tho total 4,841. The
cost was 14,312, .O i.’iO, an increase of 13,
1I.VI.I5, or 8. ts per ce it. The number of
id.-res of mail matter lmndlcd was
\,fH! i,520,51);), un incroaso of 201,(1':!,-
18.1. The amount of pos:ngoon lo nl matter
was #5,830,212.07, an o icoss over th >. o-t of
the service of $1,5211,1)^1.27. M* - Vtlas re
pents bis recommendation that, the service
l.c extended to p ncesot 10,0U0inhab.tants, or
$10,(41) gross annual revenue.
‘i tin Money i >i dor S.sto 1I has l eon ex
tended to 301 additional olllcni, nml during
the year there were Issued 7,1140,30 j domostlc
Older* for nearly $114,00(1,1100; o.OIK',428 poi-
tnl notes, for $t 1,718,0.10, and 4u3, t.'3 inter
national order, lor 87,1i8,780.21. Tho total
not, revenue Into I ho Treasury was $!i5o,5.M.s7,
Tho Hpocinl Delivery Service, Mr. Vilns
says, has been hampered by its limitation*,
but *84,7'4.82 has b am spent for it, n gross
jiridlt of nbont r.’;, 1 " 0.
Tho llnancinl condition of tho servlco tins
improved. Mr. \ tins says, beyond expecta
tion. For lustaii'-e, tho total excess or ooit
over revenue was $4,25),I57.fi‘i. In l-8'i tho
total excess was 88,3)1.015,70,
The estlmnto of tho rove me for the coming
year is $47,:;t2,71D.s.:, Tli« appropriation*
for tho year exclusive of tho cost of tiio
tqiecinl delivery tervi o exceed this sum by
$,,053,15). 42.
Tito estimated revenue fur 1848 is A’ O.flld,-
501.41', and probable disbursements, $55,314,-
150.15.
Tho report Breaks in favora'do termi of
til i lo:tor simot envelopes. Tho ,1 a lie: lor
oiflco Unndled 5,023,74> pleco* during tho
year.
When the tlscal year 188(1 < lose, 1. tho post
ofllces of the United Status utiuibero.l 53,011,
besidas 407 branch offices or stations.
IN U’lllril MANY MEN ARE Holt.
lllllLY BURNED BY GAS,
WJESTERN CATTLE MEN
rin» Arrlricnt C>aiinril l»y n (jroii Violation
of Ordora.
TRAGEDY IN ATLANTA.
.1 Uan Shoot* III* Ilrollior and Then IIUu*
■olf— llotli l>oad.
SANDERSVILLE. GA.
Oilico next door to Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery
‘tw, un Harris street.
FOREIGN.
Eviction processes are being served on S')
HUY YOUIi
^JJ|D
from
•one genuine without our trade mark.)
o v ’IA XI) ANI) FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
tounnts on tho Castlelmr estates of l.ord Dil-
, lou in Ireland.
Russia lias Intrusted Franco with the pro
tection of ltuvslnn subjects in Bulgaria
Princess I 7 .ithick, w ife of Prince Henry
j of Battenberg, -nd youpgost daughtor of
’ Queen Victor’ ' ‘
has given' birth to a s< -
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The Austrian Government hns Issued on
order proh.b.tlpg pokor playing.
The emigration into Kansas this yea-
o pittls tiio population of Baltimore.
A la hoe numbor of counterfeit silvor do -
larsaro being circulated in Miunojota.
ently suspended and reinstated, rest upon
tho si mo Htii o of tn ts, but prefer lo regard
his let or ns containing the best statement
possible upon Ihu question of his reinstate
ment.
You remember, of course, that soon after
the present Administration was installed,
and 1 think nearly a year an.l n half ago, 1
considered w ith you cert tin charge* which
h id bu n preferred agdi’i-t Mr. Stone ns a
1 o lernl oi’dcinh You remember, too, tlmt
the action we thou onto q Inte l wu wi.h-
held by reason of the oxcuso* nud
explanations of ids friends. Thee ex
cuse* and u .pi,mat ell* induced me to be
lieve that Mr. Stone’s retention would insure
n faithful performance of official duty, nnd
tlint whatovor idle isivo parti,ntishlp ho lmd
.I,. - *, ol iusli iablo in other circumstances ho
would, during hi- contlimnnce in office nt his
re piest, undo: - an Ailtni istration opposed to
him in political need and policy, content
him elf with n quiot and unobtrusive en
joyment of his political privileges. I
certainly suppo od that his sense of
propriety would cause him to ro-
i rain I nun pursuing such n t artisan course
ns would wantonly oITond and irr.tnte the
frienisof tho Administration, who insist d
that lie sho.ild not be retained tnolHco, either
boenusoof his personal merit or in adher
ence to (it* methods which for a long time
hn 1 prevailed iti tho distribution of Fed oral
offices.
In tiio light of a liottorsystem, aud without
considering Ills ]k>1 iti u 1 atlllintioiiB, Mr.Btone
when j erm ttcl to remain in office became a
I a - 1 of tho bnsino-s cr .animation of the pres
ent administration, bound by every'obliga
tion of honor to ns<i-t w thin his sphere in it*
successful operation. This obligation in-
i voiced not only tho proper performan o of
I official diitv. liiit a cm tain good faith nn.l
lldelity, which, w hile not exacting the least
, sacrifice of political principle, forbade a tlve
; artieipatlnn in purely pat than demonstra
tions of n pronounced type, undo taken lor
! tiio purpose of advancing partisan interests
mil combi tod upon the avowed theory that
the Administration of tho Government was
n itcntitio Itolhoconfid nceundros eetoftho
In Atlanta, on Friday, four or five pis
tol shots were hoard in n room at 12 j
Broad street. When an entrance
lmd been forced to tho room, I h •
bodies of O. O. Ilill and Robert I*. Hill
wero found lyinjj upon the floor, one
f M. E. Benton, | across the other. Everything w.is cov
ered with blood, aud n large pistol lay
mar tho bodies. Tho live chambers
were empty. All the circumstances us
developed by tho discovery of tiio dead
pointed to tno awful fact that Bob Hill
had shot nnd killed his brother nud then
put the pistol to his own hc:nl. The
cause for tho horrible deed is not known.
The dead brothers wero the sons of
Colonel 14. Pike Hill, widely known ns a
distinguished lawyer, formerly of Atlan
ta, now residing on his farm n few miles
from Dalton, Ga. llobcrt P. Hill was a
lising young lawyer of this city, and the
younger of the brothers, being about 1)0
years old. Ho was bright, popular nnd
and generous. O. G. Hill was about 35
years old. Ho was bill clerk for the
West Point railroad. Both wore grade
ntes of the State University, both unmar-
tied, both excellent and noble-hearted
men, except when drinking. They wore
the only children of a devoted mother
nnd attached father.
An oxploston occurred a few days ago hi
tho Conynglintu Colliery of the Delaware
nnd Hudson Cannl Com] any In tho Second
Ward of Wilkosbnrre, Penn. Over thirty
men nml boys wore burned, aud of these
not loss thin ton or twelve wore fatally In
jure I w liilemnny were badly cut nndbruisod.
od. Tho e (plosion oocured a few minutes after
7 A. M. t ns the men wore going to work. Tho
colliery oraploys 200 monaud boys and about
half of this numbor hnd descended tho shaft.
A storm hnd raised tho water in tho mine so
that it was not thought probable that there
would le any work for tho men em
ployed in the lowor lift Instead of
going to work, therefore, these men,
to the number of sixty, wailed nt tho loot
of the shaft for orders from tho flro bosses,
who wero in their office near the foot of tha
shaft in consultation. Tho men wore ncnt-
trtmi m ound in groups, their llnmliig lights
illu ninatliig tiio dark pns-ages nml gnng-
wnvs. Without tiio slightest warning a
.sh ot of l umo Unshed from an abandoned
passage leading from the main gangway I
clone by the loot of th* shaft. The unfor-
lunate men, surrounded and wrapi od in tiro,
wo e hurled htthor nnd thither by tiio ex
plosion. The smoke, llnuio and dust rushed
up tin shaft nml -lint into the air. ovo'dinng-
in j tho workings l.ko n b’nek pall. Tho in
side sunerinton lent, Uaniel M Donald, who
was on tho smTnco, hastened to get together
n fore* of oxplorers, and unmindful
of ll.e deadly black damp, nt once
went down the shaft. The fee-
bio glimmer of their safety lamp*
brought to light a fearful s - ono. All around
the fool of tho shaft in the al oinlng |*as-
sngo-nnd gangways lny the blackened bodlos
of tho injured men. half burled in dirt and
wro ha o. A fow of tlmselenstinjuro l wero
huddled togothor near tho foot of the shaft
nwrtitlng succor and the groans of tho
In oil ed mon were awful tn hear. Tho
shock of tho explosion was folt In the mo*t
distant part ol the mine, though no damage
wus dune o ;crpt around tho shaft. Tho work
of getting the in ured persons to the surfn e
was begun atouco. Outside foreman John
Bowers took charge of tho sulVerers n* they
came to the sur.nce and had them cnrrleil
Into the engine room, the floor of which win
soon Covered with human forms, so black-
ened, s -orched and mutilated ns to 1» un-
roeogni ablo Mr. Bower* and his assistants,
with blanket) soaked in oil, wrapped up the
writhing forms, and ns fast ns nmbolnu'-os
nud wagons could bo obtained sent some to
the hospital nnd ot hers to tlieir homo*. Th ■ on-
gino-room, wh lo this work was in prngrem,
presented a sight lo sicken the stoutest heart
Tiio cronns and shrieks of the suffering men
wero ten del \ They cried aloud for water,
butnono could lie gi ven them.Oil wo* poured
dow n Hi ir parched throats and llie blankets
ii which tiny were wrapped ko (it saturated
with the sumo.
Gutsi lotlio engine room thoro wasn fran
tic nowd of w imoii nnd children. Nearly
all the men employed in th* mine live in tho
neighborhood, nnd when it wns known that
tho colliery had blown up, tho imputation
living nroutid Hocked to tho works. The
wise's, daughters nnd mothers of the injured
sought admission to tho ongino room, but
* "— slii
wero held back, lest they should interfere
with tho work of those attending tho in
dued. In many ■ nsos forco had to be use I.
Fo in idly was tho work of caring for nnd
removing tho in hired done, that two hours
after tiio a indent over* - man had boon taken
1 out of tho pit, wrapped in oil nnd taken
awnv. nnd the o .tsldo of the colliery ro-
sun o I its wonto I ulet appearance.
The enu-o of tho nc i lent was a flagrant
i vlmati m of order*. Tho (xissageway in which
the ex; lesion took | live was an aim - donod
paiigway kuosvu as the West Working.
Whenever the water rose in tho mine this
i. - migway bocamo filled with gas. This
xuis well known, mid tho place
win guarded with heavy doors, and
n -ros* tliem was a beard with tho word "gas”
in large letters. Notwithstanding this,
Tho i as O'Brien deliberately entered the
passu o with a unko 1 light. Hardly had he
passed tho door when the gas ignited,
iva- terribly burned.
He
CATTLE DISEASED AT CHICAGO.
PERSONAL MENTION.
About 5,OOO llcnri glider Qiinrniilliif—T
Vi*ry Irni'^c.
A >(,, poopla There is no dispute whatever concern-
A. Davis, of Nevada, Mo v _ *nee»a so { M g the fuct Hint Mr. Stone did join others
) who wu a campaigning tho State of i’enn-
Watches, Clocks
AND
jewelry
ncrAinxD nv
Violoiuly tho other day tlmt ho broke one
bin ribs.
The flro losses of this year nro evidently
going to exceed by a great deal the usual nv-
orago ol’ $100,000,00J.
TtiRUF* nro I'fl.oOJ women on tho United
State* i elision rolls ns widows, dependents or
rowitivos of deceased soldiers.
Ix Now York < ity thero aro between 3,0 0
and 5,UK) Chinninon, nearly all of the lower
clus - , yet ‘hero nro less than twenty-Uvo
Japanese residents.
Petroleum hns boon discovered in Idnlilb-
gowshire, Scotland, in workablo_quantiti«8.
svlvnnin in opposit on to tho Atiinluistration,
I t a pear*, too, tliut ho wns active nnd promi
nent with noisy euthusn m. in nltoudnuce
upon nt least two largo public mootings; that
thos eo. hosntsu h meetings were largely
devoted to abuse nnd misrepresentation of
Hie Alministrution; that he approved
A member of the live slock cominis-
. sion is authority for the report llml there
, arc nearly 2,000 head of diseased caltle
i scattcivd over the city, which will have
(o be slaughtered by the Stale, in uddi-
| lion lo m arly i),!'00 bead under quaran-
| tine at tho distillery sheds. The apprais-
j cd value of the entire lot will probably
I reach $125,000, nnd it is doubtful wheth
er half that amount can bo realized on the
snle of the meat of such (fhitraclcr as will
jiuss inspection. The expenses of inspec-
, tion and of maintaining the quarantine,
! which have been partly met by 1 he
! Federal government, are sai ! to have
amounted to nearly $25,000 up to the
present date, while the flnancial losses
that liuve resulted to the State nml
THE NEW CRUISERS.
OUR
its natural slate—tho llrst “ilud” of tiio
sort in Groat Britain.
Fifty thousand tons of soot W'e takeii ft-om
London chimneys in a year. 11 is t-timnto l
to bo worth >2U - ,u0ii nnd is usod us a lcrtili-
zer, half a ton to an aero.
r i, e cotton crop will be a little less than
0 500 OU0 balo*, which i* not quito so large ns
that of I8>l but am, lo for the demand with
out a decided advance in tho pi ice.
The total nntnhor of bhist furnaces in this
country, in blast November . ‘
„ wcodv ' a aclty of 1—,u) 1 tons oi i ns.
with 272 furuaeo*, wilh a weekly capacity
of isi.-iU'J tons out of blast.
— —. .. . Chicago because of inability to immedi-
“b rius- uud aotnnHy addressed the jneoGng , nte ]y - U pp reS8 the disease cannot be esti-
hinisclf in somenhat tho same strum, tuat , / , 11
lie attended such mootings away from Ins . mittea.
h miu for tho purpose of making such ud-
drosses, and that ho was advertised as ouo of
tho speakers at each of aid mootings.
I shall accept a * true tho statement of Mr.
Stone that tho t mo spoilt by him in thin
demonstrating his willingness to hold a profit- ,
able oiliro nt iho hands of a:i Administration !
which ho on loavored to discredit with the 1
I eoplc, and » hich had kindly overlooked his
previous offenses, did not result in tho
Jioglcct of ordionry official duty, but his
conduct lias brought to light such an un-
friemllinoss toward the Administration \ Francisco,
which ho pretends to sorve, and of
which ho i* nominally u part, nml such
Hills Accepted lor lilt) )'oii*lriicllon of Tliroo
of till) New Vessel)..
an inthkhstims dbuhion.
department
-l-i.p United Stales Gircuit cou.t
1U , C , ' the "Western Union
supplied with all the rpqul*ites for doing
kiiiiIh of Job nnd Book work in First-
J-'lsBS Biyio, r
souable
t y and at llea-
ipt y an -
Prices.
WE DDINQ cards,
VISITING CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BALL CARDS.
?t
attnehmint’a as 1 c socond crvbtor.
only enough 0 -j t j )0 Western
a con-oquent lack of loyal interest in its sue
revs tlmt tiio safest uml surest gua autco of
his faithful service Is in my opinion entirely
wanting. His course, in itself such us should
not have been entered upon wliilo nit iitaiu-
ingollii ial relntious to tho Aimlnistration,
also renews au<l revives with uuinistnkab.o
interpretation of their character and iuiont
tho charges of offensive part sanship h - reto-
fore made uud up to this time hold in abey*
n "jlr, Stono and others of like disposition
are not to suppose that party linos aro so far
obliterated that tho administration of the
government is to bo trusted in places high or
low 11 those whonggressivoly and constantly
ondeavor unfairly to destroy tho confidence
of tho people in the ] arty responsible for
such administration. While vicious imr-
tisau molh ds should not bo allowed
for partisan purposes to degrade or in-
the public service, it . is my bo;
The Secretary of the Navy bus accept
ed the folio *ingbids for the new cruisers
and gunboats: Cruiser No. 2 (in Charles
ton), to the Union Iron YYorks, ol San
at $1,017,500; cruiser No. 3
(in Baltimore), Cramp & Son*, of Phila
delphia, at $1,325,000; gunboat No. 3,
the Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock
Company, of Baltimore, at $240,000._ In
tho case of gunboat No. 1, no decision
ling vet been reached.
Queen Victoria will go ti Cannos,
France, to pass a portion of tho winter.
Mas. Lucy Parsons ndvised her husband,
tho condemned Chicago Anarchist, not to
sue for nior. y.
Georoe W. Baxter, tho new Governor
of Wyoming Territory, isa very young man,
not ovor thirty.
M. Muxkachy. tho Hungariaa palatal,
expresses onthu*insti - a admiration for tho
beauty of New York svflineu.
Prixce Komatsu, who lias boon traveling
in Ibis country, lies gone to England to con
fer tho Japanese "Drdor of the Chryiantho*
muiu" on tho Prince of Wales.
Although Mr. Bartlett, tho husband of
Baroness Burdo t-Ceutts, is of plain Now
England ancestry, he now riiios in a carriage
emblazoned with two ci nts of arms.
The “Patriarch of Jerusalem" is do*iribeil
as a most kingly man, inectiiig with one’s
conrapt ons of King David's aiqicnruu e in
middle lilo. He is about fifty-five years old.
Tin: Crown Prlnceof Germany is said to
lie a very reserved nnd silent man, and bit
terly opposed to tho sentiments and policy
of I rinco Bismarck, a fact which is a source
of great annoynneo to tho old Emperor.
IturonTs from Washington ray that Mrs.
Cleveland Is now spending a good deal of
time lo .king over samples of carpet and
furniture for tboequii mont of her now home
at Oak View, in tho suburbs of the Capital.
After dining in the evening Prince Bis
marck spends un hour with his fumily nnd
then retires to his study, where ho svorks
frequently till ouo o’clock nt night. During
thoso studies his inse nrnblo companions av
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED
UP IN PARAGRAPHS.
UKOliniA.
' Mlllciigcvillo i* to have a foundry and
; a machine shop
Bears arc plentiful in the swauipsa few
! miles from Darien.
j A little over ]<>,000 bales of notion hns
I been marketed in Eutonton this full.
Judge Willis A. Hawkins died nt his
| borne iu Americas Monday afternoon nt 2
o’clock. All the business houses in town
were closed from 2 to 5 o’clock.
Information to the ciTcel that a syndi
cate, will) one million dollars, lias been
formed in New York for the purpose of
establishing an iron furmino somewhere
oil the Hun of the Rome nnd Decatur
road, lias been received.
The North Georgia conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church south met in
Augusta on Wednesday and will cotttln-
iu session one week. The meetings are
held in St. John’s church, with lli-hop
McTycire presiding. It is the regular
annual conference for the purpose of sta
tioning preachers and attending lo other
business of the church. Tnere are 400
delegate* who arc entertained by the dif
ferent families. At St. John’s church,
the Rev. Dr. Wnrdtnw appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen a* a reception commit
tee: Messrs.W. M. Dunbar. E. B. Evans,
J. B. Davenport, W. J. Hollingsworth,
W. C. deck Icy, George Patrick and I*.
F .Fuller.
Albnny’s cotton receipts this sensou
footed up to over 30,000 bales. That
number was reached lust wook, and cot
ton continues to come in quite lively.
Tbo magnificent dwelling of lion. R.
C. number, on the Baldwin nml Putnam
conuty lino, was destroyed by tiro Wed
nesday. The loss is nbout $5,000, with
no insurance. His fumily barely cseuped
with their lives.
The turpentine distillery of D. I. Har
den & Co., near Gibson. 1ms been des
troyed by tire. AU material lying around
was likewise destroyed. A large number
of men lmvo been thrown out of employ
ment thereby. The (JTvners will start
again.
Savannah is overrun with tramps.
Early Tuesday morning the police niudo
a raid on a camp near tlm outskirts of
the city and captured twelve. They
were arranged Isidore the city court, and
sentenced to various terms in the chain-
g»»K -
Mr. Q. S. Price, of Brooks Station,
killed two hogs that netted 810 pounds;
II. W. Callahan one weighing 310; F.
Bridges one weighing 351). \V. L. Ken
nedy, of tin- fourth district, killcl one
eighteen months old which weighed 535
pounds.
The recent tragedy near Social Circle,
On , remains a mystery. Eive negroes
were g tabling and one of their number
was afterwards found dead, having bc.-n
murdered. 11 is four companions have
been under arrest charged with the
crime, but ns nothing cold 1 be proven
against tliem, they liuve be n acquitted.
A meeting of the citizens of Hancock
was held recently in the courthouse for
the purp se of organizing a county fair
association. A series of resolutions was
adopted consisting of rules and regula
tions for .he management of the business
c/ this organization, nml the whole nf-
[ fair was then turned over to n “linuneia -
| board,” whoso duty it is In select the fair
grounds, erect tho buildings, lay oil and
grade the track, and in general manage
the entile business of the organization
A very destructive Are occurred at
Graham, n railroad station ten inilei
north of Baxley. The lire made its np
pet rail co iu tho railroad warehouse. A
lot of rosin, consisting of two thousand
barrels, stacked from their distillery
to a point beside the railroad, near the
warehouse,quickly caught from the burn
ing house and then their distillery ii
turn took lire, both of which wc:c de
stroyed. The express and mail office
were kept in the warehouse nnd tlieir
contents, with the exception of the money
packages, which were deposited in a safe
and found intact, were also destroyed.
LOC8IANA.
A special from Bayou Sara, Lu., wiv
tiie Red River an 1 coast line steamboat
Richard was burned nt Concordcnc
about forty miles above the mouth of
Red river. Tiie boat and her cargo o'
387 bales of cotton nre a total loss. Eire
man George Clark aud Watchman Chus
Robinson, both colored, were drowned
Dick Hickman, tho cook, was badly
burned.
Ortinind I’rnlrcllnn from Plenrfl-P******
nln nml lliillroail Extorltaa*
Tho following letter has been address
ed to President Clovelnud:
“Office of the Internationa!.
Range Association, Denver, Col.—
Hi* Excellency Grover Cleveland, Presi
dent of the United States: The time
has come when that branch of the com
mercial interests of our country repre-
si nted by the live stock industry feels it
should no longer plead for, but demantk*
justice. I am empowered by the Live
Stock men of - the plains, who have more
than six hundred millions of dollars in
vented in cuttle alone, to respectfully in
vite tho attention of your Excollency to
tiie imminent danger threatened our
| io ids by tlm existence of contagious bo
vine diseases, which, if once introduced
to the open ranges of tho West will sweep
our entire interests from tho earth. I
feel that I nm justified in nsking that in
your forthcoming messago to Congress
some suggestion inny be made in tho in
ti rest of legislation looking to the ex
termination of tho contagious cattle dis
ci.si known as pleuro-] n uimmia,
such sanitary regulations a; will protect
the cattle interest of tho United State*
against the importation of cattle from
known diseased centers in other couh-‘
tries.
“I would further respectfully submit
that under tho pooling system entered
into by the transportation companies ol
the United States nnd fuvoritcism on th«
rebnto system, grievous wrongs nro per
petrated on tlm producer of beef, and
t he consumer as well. That snmo _ com
bination which compels tho million!
who toil to pay an exorbitant prlco foi
the prime necessities of life, compels the
producer to accept for his products a
price which Iiiib pressed cnttlo growers to
tho verge of ruin. The bill now pond
ing before Congress for tho regulation of
inter State commerce, known as the
Reagan bill, is in tho interest of justice
mid cquulity, and the cnttlo industiy
bospouks for it such attention in your
message as may moot your commen
dation. Respectfully,
[SignedJ “R. G. Head.
“President International Range Asso
ciation.”
A special from Lake Providence, La.
says: 8. Wilowski, representative from
GLADSTONE'S 1‘UOGK AM-gE.
lure
lief that nothing trials so much to discredit
our efforts in the intorest of su h service to
treat fairly and R nerously tho official tn-
emnhen :y of politi «1 opponents ns conduct
is hero diselosod. i he people ot this
! ntry certainly/lo not
portnneo.
posters,
handbills,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS.
LETTER headings,
dodgers,
PAMPHLETS,
ETC.. ETC.. ETC
jlfsn TO EXAMINED-
cd the ]) Ma0 “ „„ cxnmim.tiou of
such ns
country *>v.v).-v . * .
suits of adininis'rativo endeavor
rea ‘hod with such agencies ns these
Upon n full consideration or all I havo be
fore me I am constrained to doclino tho ap
plication of Mr. Stone for his reinstatement
1 inclose his latter with tins, nnd desire you
to a 'quaint him with my decision.
flo/WIPT> IIT.1RV
Mr - Gladstone declines every request to
speak until Parliament reassembles. He
has sent letters to several of Lis late col
leagues statiug his programme for the
eoming session, lie approves an immedi
ate challenge to tile government to state
its Irish policy in debate on the address,
although he expects that tiie Unionists
will maintain their adhesion to tiie
government. Afterwards lie will assist
in an effective settlement of the proced
ure question.
a Ion j smoking pipe nnd a bumper filled with , West Carroll parish, arrived at New
beer, which lio drinks copiously. i Orleans Tuesday evening and reported
Michael Davitt, tho IrsU Homo Rulo 1 (lint he had been waylaid in his parish
leader, i* thus described by a Cincinnati re-I by a gang of outlaws numbering about
nortor: "Hoisamunof massivo frame, aid . J h . n . , ,
u grand head towers above tbo broad len persons. He was accompanied by
shoulders. Tho forehead, broad and full, ; two friends. lie expressed himself
overtops a i airof senrehinR, cral-bla - k eyos, j fortuunto in escaping by taking to the
wliilo tho lowor portion of the face is covered ; won( ] s He further renorted that nbout
by a closely trimmed black beard.”
THE NATIONAL BANES.
8 A31 JUNES’ OMAHA CAMPAIGN.
Penitentiary , Fis i, ns t
j the condition of cx- ^ b guided in
! depM'lmcntfoos.mtw^to^
its judgment 1)3 a There will
Your*
GnovEit Clkvf.land.
III.
Depautuest of Justice, I
Washington, D. O., Nov. 24, 1SS0. I
77,,, ij on . WlViam A. Stone, Fittiburg, Pa.:
Sin: I nm directed by tho President to s»jr
to you that, after consideration of J’our let-
Iv-* 7 .!! At... Db Kith hn will rmf. rnvnlfa nt*
Bant Jones closed Lis three weeks’ cam
paign iu Omaha Monday. At his last
meeting bo raised $100 for a 51. C. A.
building. He lias loft for his home in
Georgia, to take a rest.
Figure* and FnctN Compiled from the Report
of Clio Comptroller of the Currency*
Idj will not rovoko or
•etofore maclesusponflinp:
dS ! SiSS^toforamarta—«.»«
be no action further information ; , |ls district Attorney for the v< estern
until this repori idiG , , j s re , District of Pennsylvania. Very respectfully,
from the Dirt.net Attorney . '
i-eived.
A. H. Oakland, Attornoy-GimbreL
McNEII- A CANDIDATE FOll MAYOB.
Geo. E. McNeil hns manifested his
readiness to Stand as u labor candiduto
for mayor of Boston. Seven thousand
signatures to a petition nuking him to he
a candidate, have been obtained.
Currency, rays in his annual report tbit in
all 3,870 national banks have been organized,
of which 2,858 are now in operation. < >f theso
174 have bt ou organized duriug tho past yoar,
with a capital of $31,000,001), bonds 8
(KiO, aud circulation $2,900,TOO. Twenty-four j
banks went into voluntary liquidation j
miring th* year, ono ceased I > exist by oxi i
ration of charter, and eight railed. The failed
banks have an aggregate capital of 8" - > V 10 ”.
surplus and undivided profits 8201,000, and
liabilities 81,300,030. The creditors of two
of tliese bauks have been paid«in full, prin
cipal and interest. , .
(Since the beginning of tho system m loot
only 112 national banks have jaded -
these 30 havo paid tlieir creditors iu full, and
20 have paid interest hosldes, fifteen in full
and 5 in part. „ , ,
The total number of sbures of national
bank stock is over 7,000,000; total sbarohold
er- - , 223,000. , , ,
Tho contraction In national bank circula
tion duriug tho year excoods $53,000,000. i ho
aggregate deposits iu the* banks have tu-
cveasesi from $522,000,000 iu January, t8-o,
to 81.172,000,000 in October. 1880, while loan >
and discounts havo risen from SSOtyWOJKl >
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
French Npnllnllon < - lnini«-—Tlm Cabinet
Mertlna—Debt Mtnti men).
Arguments of counsel in the French
foilntion cases wero. concluded before
io court of claims Wednesday afternoon,
uml tiie first fourteen cases on tho calen
der srcre submitted for decision. Theso
sro test cases, uud involve the general
question of tiie government's liability
for damages claimed. The president’s
messago again formed the only subject of
discussion nt tho meeting of the cabinet.
All tho members were present. It is un
derstood tlmt the message is complete
with tho single exception of tlmt portion
relativo to naval establishments.
The public debt statement show* a
decrease in debt for the month of No
vember <>l a little over $1,003,000. Tbo
small amount of reduction is principally
due lo tho fact Hint nearly $14,000,000
were paid out during the mouth for pen
sions atone.
Receipts during tho month wero about
$27,000,000, and disbursements about
$24,000,000. In November of last year
the receipts wero nbout $85,000,000 and
expenditures about $23,(830,000. There
wns nn increase of about four millions in
tho debt in November, 1885.
CLTTVERIUS’ LAST CHANCE-
The Apitral to Governor Ere.
As tho day (10th of December) ap
proaches the execution of T. J. Cluverius
for the murder of Fannie Lillian Madi
son, at Richmond, Ya., public interest
in the case increases. According to ap
pointment the prisoner’s counsel imd ar
ranged to call on Governor Lee to present
to him petitions both for the pardon of
Cluverius and for tlic commutation of the
scntenco to imprisonment for life, which
had been freely circulated through tho
stnte and received numerous signatures.
Thero is much speculation as to tiie ac
tion of the governor, but ho lios given
expression to nothing that would inaicato
wlmt ho will do. It is generally belLved,
however, that even if ho refuses to inter
fere with tho execution of tho sontonco
ort the prisoner, ho will nt least respito
him for a time. Rumors arc in circula
tion that Cluverius hns made a statement
giving an account of his whereabouts on
the night of the 13th of March, 1884, the
night of the murder of Miss Madison,
but tlioy cannot bo traced to nny reliablo
sources. Ho will doubtless do so, but it
is not expected thnt it will be mado pub
lic before it goes into the hands of the
governor.
SHAKING BY THE QUAKE.
Mile of Knllroad Track Washed
Away.
woods. Ho further reported thnt about
ten o’clock tho night before, Ins book
keeper, Major John McKay, a justice of
tiio peace, wns shot and killed nt his
home, about four miles from Caledonia,
together with his cook. His dwelling
was set on flro nnd both bodies were con
sumed. Wilowski has lurgo business in
terests in West. Carroll parish, where lie
lms lived a great many years and brought
up Lis family, nnd whom be wus com
pelled to leavo behind in order thnt ho
might escape.
MISSISSIPPI.
A flro nt Bay St. Louis, Miss., Tuesday
destroyed the properties of Bojarin
Breath, Higgins A Delery, a residonco
and drug store and the Stockton Hotel
and outbuildings. The residences of
Mr*. Villars and Misses Wagoner wero
badly damaged. The loss is estimated at
$25,000, partially covered by insurance.
BIG COTTON FIRE.
Tuesday afternoon a flro broke out
amoug cotton on the city cotton platform
at Raleigh, N. C., started, it is suppos
ed, by «i spark from a soldoring furnace,
usod by tinners who were roofing a
„j. , lately erected compress on tbo platform.
St tto'fomm - data to *1,413,003,000 at ’tho I About 1 000 bales wore destroyed. The
latter date. loss u about $60,000.
The new dam which has just been fin
ished at the Lanatry cotton mills, on tiio
lino of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta railroad, gave way Monday after
noon, and it is again almost a complete
wreck. Tho water rushed through in a
resistless flood from the pond, and swopt
away half a mile of tbo track of the
Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta rail
way, nnd badly damaged the track of tho
South Carolina railway. All the new
nud expensive work recently completed
on the former road is totally ruined, and
it will be at least a week before the dam
age can be repaired. Tiio passenger,
mail and express train from Augusta,due
in Columbia at 10:35, was cut off by
the flood nnd could not reach that city.
The necident is ascribed to a violent
shock of earthquake, which is reported
to havo been felt in that locality. It is
believed that this shock was sufficiently
strong to shako away the foundations
and cuuso the structure to break loose.
Tbo waters are inundating all the adja
cent country.
FIRE AT AIKEN, 8. C.
There was a serious fire at Aikin, S. C.
Tuesday morning. Eight buildings wore
destroyed, as follows: Hahn & Co , dry
goods and groceries, loss $14,000; Schro
der & Thorpe, loss $8,000; W. J. Pratt
& Co., loss $2,700; M. Loeb & SohultiE,
loss $1,600. Other losses $2,000 The,
total losses are estimated at $34,000, and
the insurance at $22,000,
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